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Young Israel Denver is excited to launch our annual crowdfunding campaign! We are grateful to our generous sponsors who are offering a matching grant, allowing every donation during the campaign to be doubled to maximize your impact! Any amount you can donate is appreciated! No amount is too small.

We are also excited to announce that we will present to everyone who donates at least $90 a copy of Rabbi Halpern’s new book on Koheles "In the Light of Eternity".

Testimonials

Rabbi Shmuel Halpern brings Koheles to life with remarkable clarity, depth, and  relevance, transforming an ancient and often challenging text into a compelling  guide for how we understand purpose, meaning, and the way we live our lives.  “What truly defines us is not what we accumulate but what we do with what we  have been given.” Koheles is a thoughtful and inspiring book that Young Israel of  Denver is truly excited to share with our community. 

Hanah Polotsky, MD, MBOE
President, Young Israel of Denver
Author, Physician Leader: How Exam Room Experience Drives Leadership Excellence 

King Solomon is known as the “wisest of all men,” yet one of his seminal works,  Koheles (Ecclesiastes), seems filled with contradictions and enigmas. There have  been many attempts at interpreting Koheles, but it’s Rabbi Shmuel Halpern’s new book, In the Light of Eternity, which brings King Solomon’s words into a  contemporary context. Rabbi Halpern’s insights and meticulous decoding of  Koheles reveal the true meaning and depth of that monumental work, establishing In the Light of Eternity as a monumental achievement in and of itself. 

Harley A. Rotbart, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair Emeritus, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine

We are a full service shul:

• Three daily minyanim

• Beautiful Shabbat and Yom Tov services

• Weekly delicious Kiddush

• Shabbat youth minyan
• Fantastic YIDKID childcare

• Scholars-in-Residence

• Social events

• Warm, supportive community

• Counseling and support for all lifecycle events

• Strong Israel advocacy

We need your help to keep growing! 

We have so much more to offer our community - please help us get there!

Join our Teshuva. Tefillah. Tzedaka. campaign, and let's continue our journey!