Purim at The Jewish Experience 🎭✨ From tiny superheroes to young professionals in full costume mode, Purim showed up in full color this year. Between the Olami crowd and our Family Experience crew, the rooms were packed with laughter, hamantaschen, creative costumes, and the kind of joyful chaos that only Purim can deliver. Two communities,…
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Freda and Moshe Levy win $8 million in the lottery. Overnight, life changes. They buy a huge mansion and, naturally, hire a butler.
One day they tell him, “We’re inviting the Cohens for dinner tonight. Please set the table for four. We’ll be out all day.”
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The Kohanim that served in the Mishkan and the Beis Hamikdash wore extremely fashionable clothing. Even a superficial perusing of the parsha will clue you in on their wardrobe. Was exquisite clothing such a necessity to fulfill their obligations such as was required? After all, the main objective was to accomplish their roles and attend to the myriad details involved in the daily routine in the Mishkan and later the Beis Hamikdash.
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Jennifer Dechtman’s connection to The Jewish Experience is deeply personal and unexpectedly full circle. Long before TJE became a familiar name, Jennifer felt profoundly supported by Rabbi Ahron Wasserman and his wife, Hadassah, during her early years in Denver. “They were a big part of my time here,” she shared, recalling the warmth and sense of belonging they created.
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Connection When It Matters MostConversations with Madison Esses & Aaron Polster Madison Esses: Finding Belonging through Invitation For Madison Esses, finding Olami wasn’t just about learning more Judaism. It was about finding connection at a moment when she needed it most. After October 7th, Madison found herself searching. She had grown up Jewish but not…
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Jewish Joke of the Week: The Cinema Critic A man walks into a movie theater… followed by an elephant. The ticket clerk blinks. “Sir. You cannot bring an elephant into the theater.” “He’s very well behaved,” the man insists. “He loves movies.” The manager comes out. “Absolutely not.” “Please,” the man says. “He’ll sit quietly.…
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The Mishkan was an architect’s dream. Everything was measured and ‘clicked’ together perfectly. Tapestries and beautifully woven embroideries adorned the ceiling of the Mishkan. The inner altar was made of pure gold and the draperies that surrounded the external area of the Mishkan were exquisite. The vessels that were contained in the Mishkan was also golden and handcrafted with extreme precision.
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Judaism You Want to Show Up ForA Conversation with Adam and Barbara Moskowitz Adam and Barbara Moskowitz are leaders in the Denver Jewish community, partners in life, and deeply committed champions of The Jewish Experience. Adam serves as President of TJE’s Board of Directors, while Barbara is actively involved in Women’s Experience programming and brings…
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A Jewish grandmother calls her grandson to make sure he knows how to find her new apartment. She does not trust GPS. GPS never raised a child, never hosted a Passover, never once remembered who likes the end piece of the kugel.
“Listen carefully,” she says. “You come to the building on Elm Street. Not Oak, that’s where the dentist is and he still owes me a phone call from 1997. Elm. There’s a glass door in the front.”
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This Week in Pictures: a snapshot of Jewish life in motion. From Rabbi Leban sharing Clean Speech at the Aish Conference, to a thoughtful and connecting evening with Laya Saul, to the Olami mentorship group gathered around a table for dinner and learning, this week held learning, conversation, and community in many different forms. Take a look at a few moments we were grateful to share.
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