Are you interested in knowing more about Judaism?
Are you looking for an introduction to Jewish life?
Are you looking for a greater feel for Jewish traditions?
An Introduction to Judaism in Three Parts
October 7, 14, 21 7:30-9 pm
Session I: Spirituality
Session II: Ethics
Session III: Community
Classes taught by Rabbi Joel Schwartzman and sponsored by Congregation B'nai Chaim. All sessions will be held at B'nai Chaim, a Reform Jewish Synagogue in Morrison, CO located at 4716 S. Coors Lane. Check out www.bnaichaim.org or call 303-842-9113 for information and directions.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Mazel Tov
Three Denver youth celebrated their Bar and Bat Mitzvah this past weekend. They were Ari Baruch Grant, son of Mira and Kim Grant; Alyssa Renee Miller, daughter of Wendy and Jimmy Miller and Aliza Rachel Berman, daught of Kerry and Mindy Berman.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Negotiating the Boundaries of Legitimacy
You are all invited! Please share this information with your community…
Join the Center for Judaic Studies at DU for a public lecture and series of Rimon: Master Classes in Judaic Studies with internationally renowned scholar of Jewish Philosophy
Shaul Magid
“Jewish Renewal in Contemporary America: Negotiating the Boundaries of Legitimacy”
Jewish Renewal has moved into its second generation. Join Professor Magid as he examines the question of “legitimacy” more generally through the lens of Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi’s recent Hebrew writings.
Shaul Magid is the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Chair of Jewish Studies at Indiana University. Professor Magid’s work focuses on Kabbalah, Hasidism and medieval and modern Jewish philosophy. He is the author of Hasidism on the Margin: Reconciliations, Antinomianism and Messianism in Izbica and Radzin Hasidism. Editor of God’s Voice from the Void: Old and New Essays on Rabbi Nahman of Bratslav and co-editor of Beginning Again: Toward a Hermeneutic of Jewish Text.
- Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 7 P.M.
- University of Denver, Gottesfeld Room
- Daniel L. Ritchie Center, 4th Floor
- 2201 E. Asbury Ave., Denver
Join Professor Magid for a unique and intimate learning opportunity as he leads series of Rimon: Master Classes on
“Lurianic Kabbalah on Scripture”
Much of the focus on Kabbalah in the academy has dealt with Kabbalah’s metaphysical world-view, its liturgical and devotional applications, and its historical setting. Less work has been done on the hermeneutical strategies used by Kabbalists to re-write Scripture in their own image and how these interpretive schemes may have been responding to local and global events in the Jewish world. This series of classes focuses on one kabbalistic fraternity, that of Rabbi Isaac Luria in 16th-century Safed, and explores the way they used Scripture as a lens to understand the major theological and cultural events in their time.
- Wednesday, April 25, 2007 from 4-7 P.M. and
- Thursday, April 26, 2007 from 4-7 P.M.
- University of Denver, Multi-Purpose Room 3430
- Daniel L. Ritchie Center, 3rd Floor
- 2201 E. Asbury Ave., Denver
All events are free and open to the public; however, RSVPs are required, as space is limited. Please call 303.871.3660 or email palarsen@du.edu.
For more information on the lecture series or the Master Classes, visit our website at www.du.edu/cjs.
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Thursday, March 1, 2007
Rafael Spiritual Healing Center
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DENVER — February 27, 2007 — Jewish Family Service of Colorado is pleased to announce that Cynthia Heller recently joined the staff as coordinator of the Rafael Spiritual Healing Center (RSHC). RSHC is a welcoming place that offers programs, spiritual bereavement support groups, counseling, resources, and referrals. It provides both spiritual and psychological support for those facing issues associated with death, grief, chronic illness and caregiver support.
“This job combines all of my work experience, educational background, and interests in pastoral care, theology, and the psychological-spiritual approach to healing,” says Heller. She brings a unique set of skills to RSHC. Heller has worked as a Jewish and interreligious educator and as a spiritual facilitator with diverse groups of people to create rituals, programs, and workshops that address a variety of complex emotional, social, and spiritual issues.
As coordinator, Heller is responsible for representing the RSHC in the community and developing alliances and collaborations with other healing, medical, Jewish, and educational organizations. She is also responsible for developing programs which offer spiritual healing education and training to professionals and the general public, organizing and promoting marketing efforts, overseeing all RSHC programming, and co-facilitating support groups.
Heller co-facilitates the current RSHC bereavement support group with Rabbi Eliot Baskin, JFS community chaplain, and Dr. Laura Hockman, JFS psychologist. She is also engaged in outreach with other agencies and programs to build reciprocal referral networks. Additionally, Heller is working to maintain and expand the RSHC library and online resources.
The Rafael Spiritual Healing Center is made possible by Rose Community Foundation.
About Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Jewish Family Service of Colorado is a community agency serving metro Denver that provides professional services, resources and referrals in the areas of mental health counseling, food assistance, adult care management and in-home support services for the frail, elderly, emotionally vulnerable, people with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, and the hungry regardless of faith or economic status. JFS, a nonprofit and nonsectarian human service agency, is one of the oldest organizations in Colorado and impacts more than 21,000 people each year. For more information, please call 303-597-5000 or visit www.jewishfamilyservice.org.
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Contact: Ed Galemba
303-597-5000 x305
egalemba@jewishfamilyservice.org
Cynthia Heller Joins JFS as Rafael Spiritual Healing Center Coordinator303-597-5000 x305
egalemba@jewishfamilyservice.org
DENVER — February 27, 2007 — Jewish Family Service of Colorado is pleased to announce that Cynthia Heller recently joined the staff as coordinator of the Rafael Spiritual Healing Center (RSHC). RSHC is a welcoming place that offers programs, spiritual bereavement support groups, counseling, resources, and referrals. It provides both spiritual and psychological support for those facing issues associated with death, grief, chronic illness and caregiver support.
“This job combines all of my work experience, educational background, and interests in pastoral care, theology, and the psychological-spiritual approach to healing,” says Heller. She brings a unique set of skills to RSHC. Heller has worked as a Jewish and interreligious educator and as a spiritual facilitator with diverse groups of people to create rituals, programs, and workshops that address a variety of complex emotional, social, and spiritual issues.
As coordinator, Heller is responsible for representing the RSHC in the community and developing alliances and collaborations with other healing, medical, Jewish, and educational organizations. She is also responsible for developing programs which offer spiritual healing education and training to professionals and the general public, organizing and promoting marketing efforts, overseeing all RSHC programming, and co-facilitating support groups.
Heller co-facilitates the current RSHC bereavement support group with Rabbi Eliot Baskin, JFS community chaplain, and Dr. Laura Hockman, JFS psychologist. She is also engaged in outreach with other agencies and programs to build reciprocal referral networks. Additionally, Heller is working to maintain and expand the RSHC library and online resources.
The Rafael Spiritual Healing Center is made possible by Rose Community Foundation.
About Jewish Family Service of Colorado
Jewish Family Service of Colorado is a community agency serving metro Denver that provides professional services, resources and referrals in the areas of mental health counseling, food assistance, adult care management and in-home support services for the frail, elderly, emotionally vulnerable, people with disabilities, refugees and immigrants, and the hungry regardless of faith or economic status. JFS, a nonprofit and nonsectarian human service agency, is one of the oldest organizations in Colorado and impacts more than 21,000 people each year. For more information, please call 303-597-5000 or visit www.jewishfamilyservice.org.
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