Welcome to Temple Or Hadash
Greetings, and thank you for visiting our site. Temple Or Hadash is a vibrant Jewish congregation serving Northern Colorado and Southern Wyoming (and beyond, via live streaming). We are proud to be the only congregation in Northern Colorado affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism. In addition to a strong commitment to our Jewish heritage, we are a congregation that is active, progressive and welcoming, always with an eye toward service to the greater community (tikkun olam).
Diversity and inclusiveness are part of Or Hadash’s DNA. Interfaith families form a large part of our congregation and non-Jewish spouses and partners play key roles in many aspects of the congregation’s life. Whether you are gay, straight, religious, or not-so-religious, you will find a warm welcome at Temple Or Hadash.
Parents will find our religious education program is lively, fun, and infused with a passion to make the next generation aware of their Jewish heritage.
I’d like to extend a personal invitation to you to join us for any of our events. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter so we can keep you posted about goings-on at Or Hadash. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to call me at 970-407-7896 or send me an email.
Thanks again for visiting our site. I look forward to meeting you at a future temple event.
Shalom,
Brooke Freeman, President
We want to hear your story
We want to know about your journey to Judaism. Everyone’s path is different and we thought it would help our community to learn about those different stories. Let’s face it, we live in the diaspora of the diaspora so one common item we all have is how difficult it is to belong. Eli has interviewed […]
Lenore
Meet Lenore. Once upon a time she was a nun.
Lynne and Rob
Meet Lynne and Rob. Rob came from a traditional Jewish background. Lynne did not – and now she’s one of our rabbis.
Eli
Meet Eli, one of our co-presidents. Eli’s journey started off like that of most Jewish children and then he took a long pause.
Book Club
The book club is meeting. Join us.
Contact Form
We would really like to hear from you, assuming you are a human and not a spambot computer thingy*. In order to do this please send email to contact@templeorhadash.org and include your name, a way we can contact you (email or phone), and any question or comment you have and we will get back to […]
2017 High Holidays at Temple Or Hadash
Please join Temple Or Hadash as we observe the High Holy Days in Northern Colorado. All services will be held at the Fort Collins Senior Center Auditorium. We will be using the new URJ prayer book: Mishkan Ha’Nefesh. NO tickets or reservations are necessary! Everyone is welcome! For any questions, please contact Brooke at president@templeorhadash.org […]
Parashat Lech L’cha – Life in Shades of Gray
Our patriarchs and matriarchs were not perfect people. Among the stories in this week’s Torah portion, Lech L’cha, one of them shows Abraham, and another shows Sarah, not at their best. The parasha begins with God telling Abraham to leave his homeland and go to a land which God […]
ONE JOURNEY ENDS, ANOTHER CONTINUES
Our journey through the High Holy Day season has concluded, and we now take up the more prosaic journey through the year just begun, the year 5776 on our ancient calendar. Most rabbis and commentators track the High Holy Day season beginning with the month of Elul, leading up […]
Parashat Nitzavim: Choose life, by choosing to live in covenant
You stand this day, all of you, before the Lord your God – your tribal heads, your elders and your officials, all the men of Israel, your children, your wives, even the stranger within your camp, from woodchopper to water drawer – to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God. Deut. 29:9-11 […]
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