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Fast Forward Boulder Council Votes 7-2 for Sister City Deal With Palestinian City of Nablus
The City Council in Boulder, Colorado, voted to make the West Bank Palestinian city of Nablus its eighth international sister city. Its 7-2 vote last week came three years after a council decision against entering into a formal relationship with Nablus and years of heated debate over the issue. The council identified Nablus as being…
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Fast Forward Boulder Mulls Becoming Sister City With Palestinian Town of Nablus
The Boulder, Colorado city council agreed to hire a moderator and to convene a citizen panel for a facilitated discussion between local proponents and opponents of a entering into a sister-city relationship with the Palestinian city of Nablus. The city council at its meeting on Tuesday night agreed to spend the $5,000 allocated annually for…
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News Colorado Jewish Center and Synagogue Emptied by ‘You Have Enemies’ Threat
(Reuters) — Workers at a Jewish community center and a nearby synagogue in Colorado opened envelopes on Monday containing a white substance and at least one threatening message, police said. The Boulder Jewish Community Center was evacuated after a letter was found to hold white powder, which was later declared harmless, along with a note…
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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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