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Fast Forward Boulder JCC Takes Jewish Engagement Back to Farm
(JTA) — There’s not much to see yet at the site of this city’s new Jewish community center, just some trailers and earth-moving equipment covered in snow. But the first inhabitants already are on site living in a pair of sheds. Though it’s cold, they don’t complain much. That’s because they’re goats and chickens. With…
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Fast Forward Colorado Man Dies After Xbox Robbery Beating
A 30-year-old developmentally disabled Jewish man has died in a Colorado hospital from injuries sustained during an alleged robbery in his home last week. Aaron Tuneberg died Tuesday. Boulder prosecutors have now filed felony murder-charges against two men being held in the case. Tuneberg suffered serious head injuries from the attack that left him unconscious…
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Food From Wine to Water
What could be more sacred than water? It is essential to all life, refreshing to drink, and beautiful to behold. In May of 2013 we celebrated our marriage with a carefully crafted and lovingly personalized Jewish ceremony. When it came to designing the Kiddush for our wedding, the blessing traditionally said over wine, we chose…
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Fast Forward Colorado Floods Wreak Havoc With Jewish Holidays as Shuls Battle Rising Water
(JTA) — Before the start of Yom Kippur, a flood of historic proportions swallowed Boulder, Colo., and surrounding areas, displacing families, damaging synagogues and threatening services on the holiest day of the Jewish year – until determination came to the rescue. Orthodox Boulder Aish Kodesh hit the Internet first, sending a mass email to 500…
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Fast Forward Synagogue in Flood-Ravaged Colorado City Holds Yom Kippur Service
Some 300 worshipers attended Yom Kippur services in the lobby of the Chabad on Campus center in flooded Boulder, Colo. The lobby of the synagogue building is above the flood line, according to Chabad.org, which reported Sunday on the services. Rabbi Yisroel Wilhem, co-director of Chabad of the University of Colorado, said many were unable…
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