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CONTACT Blair Becker Engagement Program Manager 303.316.6320 bbecker@jccdenver.org Daniel Siegel Engagement Program Manager 303.316.6418 dsiegel@jccdenver.org TABLE OF CONTENTS Arts & Entertainment P1 College & Adult Education P1 Jewish Community Organizations P4-5 Kids & Teens P5 Medical Professional P5 Restaurant & Beverage P6 Senior Services P6-7 Socializing & Networking P7 Social Services P7
Volo Sports
3821 N Steele Street, Unit 1414
Denver, CO 80205
402.630.7713
nate@volosports.com
volosports.com/Denver
Sports level the playing field. They unveil our determination, perseverance, and heart, pushing us to our limits, striving to be the best we can be.
But we can’t play alone. Sports surround us with teammates, captains, coaches, teaching us teamwork, compassion, and how to express sportsmanship.
That’s why we believe sports make better humans and deliver interactions to deepen our compassion for others. Through sport, we find our own humanity and perhaps, a new perspective. Volo’s mission is to create the opportunity for a fulfilled life through genuine communities and access to activity.
Golda Meir House Museum on the Auraria Campus
1148 9th Street Denver, CO 80204
303.475.9964
lena.fishman@ahec.edu
Center for Judaic Studies
2000 East Asbury Ave., #157
Denver, CO 80210
303.871.3020
cjs@du.edu
Holocaust Awareness Institute
2000 East Asbury Ave., #157
Denver, CO 80210
303.871.3021
hai@du.edu
Kabbalah Experience
3540 South Poplar Street, Unit 104
Denver, CO 80237
303.337.0959
admin@kabbalahexperience.com
Rocky Mountain
Jewish Historical Society
2000 East Asbury Ave., #157
Denver, CO 80210
303.871.3016
Jeanne.Abrams@du.edu
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ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI ATZERET & SIMCHAT TORAH HANUKKAH TU BISHVAT PURIM
PASSOVER YOM HASHOAH YOM HAZIKARON YOM HA’ATZMAUT SHAVUOT TISHA B’AV
ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI ATZERET & SIMCHAT TORAH HANUKKAH TU BISHVAT PURIM
PASSOVER YOM HASHOAH YOM HAZIKARON YOM HA’ATZMAUT SHAVUOT TISHA B’AV
ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI ATZERET & SIMCHAT TORAH HANUKKAH TU BISHVAT PURIM
JEWISH HOLIDAYS
PASSOVER YOM HASHOAH YOM HAZIKARON YOM HA’ATZMAUT SHAVUOT TISHA B’AV
ROSH HASHANAH YOM KIPPUR SUKKOT SHEMINI ATZERET & SIMCHAT TORAH HANUKKAH TU BISHVAT PURIM
PASSOVER YOM HASHOAH YOM HAZIKARON YOM HA’ATZMAUT SHAVUOT TISHA B’AV
Rosh Hashanah
Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year, one of the “High Holidays” in the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah occurs every year during the Hebrew month of Tishrei and is celebrated over a two-day period. Traditionally, it is both a time of celebration and of serious introspection, a time to rejoice in the completion of another year while also taking stock of one’s life.
Traditional worship in a synagogue includes reciting prayers from the machzor (from the Hebrew root “to return.”) During the service a shofar (ram’s horn) is blown to symbolically awaken the listeners in the congregation and inspire them to atone and rejoice before the Judgement Day of Yom Kippur, the next upcoming Jewish Holiday.
Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, is the Jewish Holiday that occurs 10 days after Rosh Hashana. Between the two holidays, Jews observe the 10 Days of Repentance, a time where those who practice can reflect on the opportunity for change in the coming year. It is a time to make amends with those you have wronged and ask for forgiveness.
Yom Kippur starts in the evening with a service called Kol Nidre. During this service a prayer is recited as a declaration annulling any vows made before God. During the 25-hour observance of the Yom Kippur Holiday, a customary fast occurs. The practice of fasting is intended to allow a person to be in a state of reflection and repent rather than indulge.
The Yom Kippur holiday ends with a service called neilah in which congregants stand before the open doors of the ark and ask for the final opportunity of forgiveness. The open doors of the ark symbolize the open gates of heaven. A long blast from the shofar signifies the end of the holiday, and thus the closing of the gates and the inscription in the Book of Life for the coming year.
Sukkot
Sukkot begins five days after Yom Kippur. Sukkot is named for the sukkah, a walled structure covered with organic material. On the holiday of Sukkot, Jewish people
spend time in the sukkah, evoking the temporary dwellings the Israelites inhabited on their way out of Egypt after escaping from slavery. The festival of Sukkot is one of the three great pilgrimage festivals of the Jewish year. During Sukkot, Jews also take and wave the Four Kinds while reciting a blessing. The Four Kinds are an etrog (citron), a lulav (palm frond), three hadassim (myrtle twigs), and two aravot (willow twigs).
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah
Shemini Atzeret & Simchat Torah come at the conclusion of Sukkot. Shemini Atzeret means the “Eighth Day of Assembly,” while Simchat Torah means “Rejoicing in Torah.” Simchat Torah conveys a clear message about the centrality of Torah in Jewish life. It is both a source of Jewish identity and a precious gift from God.
Hanukkah
Hanukkah, or the Festival of Rededication, celebrates the rededication of the Temple in Jerusalem after its defilement by the Syrian Greeks in 164 BCE. “Hanukkah” directly translates to “dedication” in Hebrew. The eightday festival of Hanukkah is also known as the Festival of Lights, and we light the menorah or hanukkiah (candelabra) on each night of the festival. The message of Hanukkah is one of Jewish resilience and commitment to maintaining a culture and peoplehood. During Hanukkah, you may also see people playing the game of dreidel. Dreidel is a gambling game that was used as a façade so Greek soldiers did not see Jews studying. The dreidel has a Hebrew letter on each side – nun, gimel, hey, shin. These letters represent the saying, “nes gadol haya sham,” translating to, “a great miracle happened there.”
Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat is the Jewish holiday occurring on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat. It is also called the New Year of the Trees. In contemporary Israel, the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day and trees are planted in celebration.
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Purim
The holiday of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. It commemorates the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from Haman’s plot “to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews.” To celebrate, Jews will attend synagogue to hear the reading of the megillah (Book of Esther), eat a festive meal, get dressed in costume, and eat hamantaschen. Hamantaschen are triangular pastries filled with jelly, chocolate, or poppy seeds. These sweet cookies are symbolic of Haman’s hat, which was known to be triangular.
Passover
Passover is one of the three major pilgrimage festivals of ancient Israel. The holiday celebrates the liberation of the Israelites (before they we were known as Jews) from slavery in Egypt by way of a leader, named Moses. This famous story is told in the Book of Exodus in the Torah. To celebrate, Jews around the world gather for the ritual meal, or seder, to retell the story of the Exodus. Moses went to the Pharoah, saying, “Let my people go.” The Pharoah refused. Therefore, God unleashed a plague on the Egyptian people. Moses returned to the Pharoah, again saying, “Let my people go.” The Pharoah refused him yet again. God unleashed another plague. This pattern continued until ten horrible plagues befell the Egyptian people - the Nile River turned into blood, frogs, lice, diseased livestock, boils, hailstorms, locusts, darkness, and finally the slaying of the firstborn sons of the Egyptian people. The Israelites marked their doorframes with lamb’s blood as protection, so the angel of death “passes over” their homes and does not harm them. This is where the name for this holiday comes from.
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah is the Day of Remembrance. It is a commemorative day in which the victims of the Holocaust are remembered. It is marked on the 27th day in the month of Nisan.
Yom HaZikaron
Yom HaZikaron is on the fourth of Iyar, the day preceding Israel’s Independence Day. It was declared by the Israeli Knesset (parliament) to be a Memorial Day for those who lost their lives in the struggle that led to the establishment of the State of Israel and for all military personnel who were killed while in active duty in Israel’s armed forces.
Yom Ha’Atzmaut
Israel’s Independence Day is celebrated on the fifth day of the month of Iyar, which is the Hebrew date of the formal establishment of the State of Israel. On this date in 1948, members of the “provisional government” read and signed a Declaration of Independence in Tel Aviv.
Shavuot
Shavuot commemorates when the Jews received the Torah at Mount Sinai after the Exodus from Egypt. To celebrate Shavuot, Jews will attend synagogue and enjoy a festive meal with cheesecake, cheese blintzes, and cheese kreplach.
Tisha B’av
Tisha B’av, the ninth of the month of Av, is a day of mourning for Jews. Tisha B’av is the holiday that commemorates a series of catastrophes in Jewish history. Most notably, this holiday is to remember the destruction of the first and second temples and the sacking of Jerusalem in 586 BCE and 70 CE. Tisha B’av is a collective and communal sadness that is meant to be shared.
HOLIDAYS BEGIN AT SUNSET THE PRECEDING EVENING
Rosh Hashanah
6:54 pm, September 16-17
Yom Kippur
6:43 pm, September 25
Sukkot
6:31 pm
September 30-October 1
Shemini Atzeret
6:20 pm, October 7
Simchat Torah 6:19 pm, October 8
Hanukkah 4:22 pm, December 8 - 15
Tu B’Shevat 4:50 pm, January 25
Purim 7:00 pm, March 24
Passover (Pesach) 7:32 pm, April 23-30
Yom HaShoah
7:43 pm, May 6
Yom HaZikaron
7:54 pm, May 13
Yom Ha’Atzmaut
7:54 pm, May 14
Shavuot
8:15 pm, June 12 - 13
Tisha B’av
8:05 pm, July 27
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Anti-Defamation
League Mountain States
1120 Lincoln Street, Suite 1301
Denver, CO 80203
303.830.7177 mountainstates@adl.org
BMH-BJ Congregation
560 S Monaco Parkway Denver, CO 80224
303.388.4203 info@bmh-bj.org
Congregation Beth Shalom
303.505.9236 shalom@cbsdenver.org
Congregation Rodef Shalom
450 South Kearney Street Denver, CO 80224
303.399.0035 amy.berkowitzcaplan@rodef-shalom.org
Ekar Farm
6825 East Alameda Avenue Denver, CO 80224
860.716.9231 ekar@ekarfarm.org
Hadassah Greater Denver
303.321.7430 denverchapter@hadassah.org
Hillel of Colorado University of Denver
2390 South Race Street
Denver, CO 80210
303.777.2773
lily@hillelcolorado.org
JCC Denver
350 South Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80246
303.399.2660 info@jccdenver.org
Jewish Fertility Foundation
720.463.3989 eryn@jewishfertilityfoundation.org
Jewish National Fund USA
303.573.7095 rachael.solomon@jnf.org
JEWISHcolorado
300 South Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80246
303.321.3399 marketing@jewishcolorado.org
JUDAISM YOUR WAY
303.320.6185 askus@judaismyourway.org
JCC Mizel Arts and Culture Center
350 South Dahlia Street Denver, CO 80246
303.316.6360 boxoffice@jccdenver.org
Moishe House
704.512.0409 comm@moishehouse.org
National Council of Jewish Women Colorado
PO Box 460892
Denver, CO 80246
303.332.7637 ncjwcolorado@gmail.com
Temple Emanuel
51 Grape Street Denver CO 80220
619.550.7155 swall@emanueldenver.org
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Temple Sinai
3509 South Glencoe Street
Denver, CO 80237
(303) 759-1827
mail@sinaidenver.org
The Blue Dove Foundation
6300 Powers Ferry Road, NW Suite 600-304 Atlanta, GA 30339
404.490.2391
info@thebluedovefoundation.org
The Jewish Experience
399 South Monaco Parkway Denver, CO 80224
303.316.6412 info@theje.com
The Mizel Institute
300 South Jackson Street, Ste 350 Denver, CO 80209
303.844.4000 details@mizelinstitute.org
Family Tree Private Care
3600 South Yosemite Street, Suite 320
Denver, CO 80237
303.791.3155
Demetrea.Kinnermon@familytreecares.com
Milestone Pediatric Therapy Services
695 South Colorado Boulevard, Ste 20
Denver, CO 80246
303.360.0727
milestonedenver@healthpro-heritage.com
Streamline Physical Therapy
350 South Dahlia Street, Suite 103
Denver, CO 80246
303.578.6404
Joelcrandall@getstreamlinept.com
B-Elite Soccer Academy
720.272.0290
info@belitesoccer.com
Denver Academy of Torah
6825 East Alameda Avenue Denver, CO 80224
720.859.6806
info@datcampus.org
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Zaidy’s Deli & Bakery
600 South Holly Street, #114 Denver, CO 80246
303.333.5336
joel@zaidysdeli.com
ACOYA Cherry Creek
301 South Harrison Street Denver, CO 80209 720.601.7992
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ACOYA Cherry Creek offers a social, safe, and elegant lifestyle for seniors who want to live their best lives. A full-service restaurant, large apartments, and endless engagement opportunities are just a few reasons to check out ACOYA!
Humana
6300 South Syracuse Way, Suite 555 Centennial, CO 80111 720.501.7912
btorrez@humana.com
Julie Freshman with Integrity Health Advisors
303.868.6088
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Health insurance broker specializing in Medicare products and Anxillary Coverage: Travel Insurance, Dental / Vision, etc... Personalized, professional services to meet your needs. There are no costs asociated with my service. Licensed in 24+ states.
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Kavod Senior Life
22 South Adams Street Denver, CO 80209
303.399.1146
Info@KavodSeniorLife.org
Shalom Park
14800 East Belleview Drive Aurora, CO 80015
303.680.5000
Cindy.Silverman@shalompark.net
Sunrise at Cherry Creek
251 South Colorado Blvd Denver, CO 80246
303.333.1166 cherrycreek.dos@sunriseseniorliving.com
Jewish Family Service of Colorado
3201 South Tamarac Drive Denver, CO 80231
303.597.5000 centralintake@jewishfamilyservice.org
Denver Jewish Chamber of Commerce
PO BOX 371516 Denver, CO 80237
720.707.1612
admin@denverjewishchamber.com
Honeymoon Israel
347.292.8809
info@honeymoonisrael.org
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The 28th annual Denver Jewish Film Festival returns in March 2024! Keep an eye out for the lineup to be announced in January 2024, with tickets and passes going on sale
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