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Pardes Levavot, “Orchard of Hearts,” was formed in the spirit of creating conscious holy community. Our name expresses the spiritual blossoming of each individual heart within an inspiring and nurturing orchard.
For information on our congregation please call (303) 563-2110 and leave a message or send email to info@pardeslevavot.org. To join our congregation, please print a copy of our membership form, fill it out, and send it to our Synagogue.
Pardes Levavot gratefully acknowledges Allied
Jewish Federation of Colorado for their support of
our Circle of Family Education program. Thank you!
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First Monday Critical Regional, National and International News from ADL _____________________________________________________
Regional News from ADL
Save the Date! Bill Hosokawa and Federico Peña to Receive ADL's 2007 Civil Rights Awards! ADL's 2007 Civil Rights Award Luncheon will honor Bill Hosokawa, veteran Colorado journalist who documented his experience and those of other Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II, and Federico Peña, former Denver Mayor and U.S. Secretary of Energy and Transportation, who has championed civil rights throughout his career. The luncheon will be held on Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2007, from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm at the Adams Mark Hotel, 1550 Court Place.
ADL's International Affairs Committee Presents ...
The World on Wednesdays
The first luncheon for this series will be on January 3 with Professor Shaul M. Gabbay, Executive Director of the Institute for the Study of Israel in the Middle East at the University of Denver, discussing "Israel in a Time of Uncertainty" from noon to 1:30 p.m. in ADL's Conference Room.
Reservations are required. Participants can bring their own lunch or order an optional box lunch for $15.
To make reservations, contact Vanessa at 303-830-7177 or vmartin@ADL.org. Please specify if you will be bringing your lunch or would like to order lunch for $15.
The International Affairs Committee is co-chaired by ADL Board members A. Craig Fleishman and David Ickovic.
We hope you will join us for the World on Wednesdays!
ADL Calls Upon Colorado Attorney General to Investigate Charges of Tax Dollars Being Spent on Religious Education
Responding to media reports involving charges that tax dollars are being spent on religious education through the Hope Online Learning Academy Co-Op, ADL's Mountain States Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey issued the following statement on November 29:
"ADL has very serious concerns about the use of state tax dollars to pay tuition and other expenses at religious schools as a part of the Hope Online charter school program. If media reports are true, this program directly contravenes the principle of the separation of church and state, and violates Colorado's Constitution which expressly bans the use of state funds for religious education.
"Colorado's taxpayers have an interest in educating our children in the "three R's" (reading, 'riting, and 'rithmetic), but not in adding a fourth "R" - religion. We call upon the Colorado Attorney General to immediately investigate the allegations of improper use of public funds for religious instruction, and to vigilantly enforce Colorado's constitutional protections separating church and state."
DeBoskey added, "All Colorado citizens have an abiding interest in protecting religious freedom by insuring that government and religion do not become entangled."
In the News: "Group urges probe into Hope Online's funding," Rocky Mountain News
Israel strives to avoid hurting innocents The following Letter to the Editor from ADL's Mountain States Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey appeared in the November 23, 2006 edition of the Rocky Mountain News:
Rima Barakat ("Israeli depredations must be curbed," Speakout, Nov. 20) decries the death of Palestinian children and families, and blames "depraved Israeli policy."
While all compassionate people join in mourning the loss of innocent life, Barakat knowingly takes these tragedies out of context to turn reality on its head.
Contrary to her assertions, Israel values life - Palestinian and Israeli - in all its policies. It issues warnings before military activity so that civilians can leave an area. When taking military action against terrorists who threaten its citizens, Israel always takes pains to strike surgically, never wantonly targeting innocent civilians.
The sad fact is that Palestinians hide and conduct their militant activities in densely populated areas, thereby endangering civilian lives. There simply is no policy of "systematic indiscriminate murder of civilians," and Barakat's misleading statements will not make it so.
Twisting the facts to ignore Israeli deaths caused by Qassam rockets and conveniently forgetting that it is Palestinian suicide bombers who favor the "systematic indiscriminate murder of civilians," Barakat goes on to point a finger at American Jews, remarkably asserting that Israel's actions are committed "in their names." Sorry, but that isn't so either.
Unlike some extremist Muslim terrorists who in fact state that they are acting in the name of their religion, Israel acts only in its own name, as would any other nation fighting for its own security and survival. Israel speaks and acts for the Israeli people - not for American Jews.
Israel withdrew from Gaza and is rewarded with daily rocket attacks launched from civilian centers against innocent Israeli citizens.
Imagine if the United States were to be attacked every day by rockets launched from Canadian or Mexican cities. We would respond swiftly and aggressively in order to protect our citizens, and, while trying to avoid unnecessary death and destruction, we would do whatever it took to ensure our citizens' security and safety. Israel is doing nothing more and nothing less.
Bruce DeBoskey, Mountain States Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League
ADL's 2006 "Society of Fellows" Donor Luncheon
ADL Provides "Becoming An Ally: Interrupting Name-Calling and Bullying" Training to Boulder Middle School
On November 16, ADL trained 30 seventh grade students from Manhattan Middle School to interrupt name-calling and bullying in their school.
ADL's A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute training, "Becoming An Ally: Interrupting Name-Calling and Bullying," is a new interactive training program that engages students in practical situations that allow them to explore the harms of name-calling and bullying, and teaches them how to respond to such incidents.
To view the coverage by 9News, "School receives anti-bullying training after shocking incident," click here. To read the story in the Boulder Daily Camera, "Middle-schoolers learn to be allies," click here.
For additional information about ADL's "Becoming An Ally" program, contact Paula at 303-830-7177 or pbrown@ADL.org.
ADL's Bruce H. DeBoskey Receives National Senn/Greenberg Award
The Anti-Defamation League's Mountain States Regional Director Bruce H. DeBoskey received ADL's prestigious 2006 Senn/Greenberg Award in recognition of his leadership.
ADL professional and an outstanding national ADL professional. Awardees are recognized for their creativity, conscientiousness and dedication, effectiveness in carrying out assigned tasks, and fund raising.
The award is named to honor Greenberg's generosity, and in memory of Milton A. Senn, a distinguished ADL staff member who, until his untimely death, served as Western States Area Director and Director of the Pacific Southwest Region (Los Angeles).
Tobey Borus Joins ADL as Volunteer Coordinator
ADL's Mountain States Regional office is the first ADL office to have a volunteer, Volunteer Coordinator. In October, Tobey Borus, previously Tobey Adler, joined ADL to create and implement a volunteer program.
ADL's Chet Schwartz to receive Jack Shapiro Community Service Award
SAVE THE DATE! * Please Note: The 2006 Civil Rights Award Luncheon has been changed to Feb. 6th. *
Mark your calendar now for these exciting 2007 ADL events:
January 3, 2007 - World on Wednesdays - International Affairs Luncheon Professor Shaul M. Gabbay will discuss "Israel in a Time of Uncertainty" from noon to 1:30 p.m. in ADL's Conference Room. Reservations are required. RSVP to Vanessa at 303-830-7177 or vmartin@ADL.org. Please specify if you will be bringing your lunch or would like to order lunch for $15.
February 6, 2007 - ADL's 2007 Civil Rights Award Luncheon ADL will honor Bill Hosokawa and Federico Peña from 11:45 am to 1:30 pm at the Adams Mark Hotel, 1550 Court Place.
March 7, 2007 - World on Wednesdays - International Affairs Luncheon ADL Board room, noon-1:30 p.m. Topic to be announced.
March 14, 2007 - ADL's 2007 Torch of Liberty Award Dinner Seawell Ballroom in the DCPA, 5:00 pm. Details to come.
April 17, 2007 - ADL's 26th Annual Governor's Holocaust Remembrance Program Boettcher Concert Hall in the DCPA, 6-7:30 pm. Details to come.
May 2, 2007 - World on Wednesdays - International Affairs Luncheon ADL Board room, noon-1:30 p.m. Topic to be announced.
June 4, 2007 - ADL Annual Meeting Details to come.
National and International News
ADL a partner of National Inclusive Schools Week ADL is now a partner of National Inclusive Schools Week, which runs this week from December 4-8. The Week highlights and celebrates the progress of our nation's schools in employing inclusive practices to ensure a quality education for an increasingly diverse student population.
Planning tools, proclamations, celebration kits, lessons plans, articles and other relevant materials are available at www.ADL.org/education/ and www.inclusiveschools.org.
ADL Anti-Bias Materials Available in Spanish ADL now offers Spanish anti-bias educational workshops and materials designed for parents and early childhood family members and caregivers of young children.
In response to changing demographics, ADL's Miller Early Childhood Initiative of A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE® Institute (The Initiative) has translated its existing Family Workshop materials into Spanish, created in partnership with Sesame Workshop and made possible through the generosity of Cynthia and George Marks.
Newly translated workshop materials include Fundaciones Sin Prejuicios: Afiche De Educación Preescolar (Bias-Free Foundations: Early Childhood Poster) and Fundaciones Sin Prejuicios: Actividades Preescolar Para Las Familias (Bias-Free Foundations: Early Childhood Activities for Families).
More information on The Initiative is available at http://www.adl.org/education/miller/
ADL Slams U.N. Human Rights Council ADL slammed the U.N. Human Rights Council for appointing Desmond Tutu as the head of a fact-finding
mission created to investigate recent civilian casualties in the Gaza Strip,
citing his long record of anti-Israel rhetoric. Tutu's appointment
followed on the heels of the Human Rights Council's approval of two
resolutions slamming Israel for alleged human
rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza, while
ignoring other more pressing humanitarian issues around the world. More Untold Stories of the Righteous from Arab Lands
ADL Says Chavez Government
"Fosters Hate" Toward Jews and Israel
Foxman Named "Top Pick" by Forward 50
OSCE Governments Urged To Collect Hate Crime
Data
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