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Awards
NM Jewish Journal Sweeps 2026 77th Annual NM Press Women Communications Contest. Wins FIRST PRIZE Publication with Ten First Place Awards and Forty Awards Total
Community News
By Austin Curtis New leader, familiar face. After more than a quarter century under one leader, Congregation Albert’s Early Childhood Center is beginning a new chapter. The center has named Katelyn Clark as its new director. Clark joined the Early Childhood Center in January 2021. After serving as a
Community News
By Tori DeAnda Rainbows filled Santa Fe Plaza and nearby streets on Saturday, June 27th, as thousands celebrated Pride Month, showering the streets with bubbles and music in a joyous show of support for the LGBTQIA+ community. Booths lined the sidewalks featuring local businesses, organizations, and supportive religious institutions — among
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By Diane Joy Schmidt The person who on June 2, 2026 smashed Congregation Albert's front doors, setting off their gunshot alarm, and then 8 minutes later attacked the more resistant inner doors of the JCC with a wrecker's bar, after which he was pursued and sprayed
Temple Aaron
WEEKEND CELEBRATION HONORS TEMPLE AARON’S FOUNDERS Celebrations across the state this year mark Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood—and Temple Aaron of Trinidad has witnessed nearly all of that history. On Founder's Day Weekend, July 23-26, 2026, Temple Aaron will celebrate 143 years since the
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Jewish Community Foundation Increases Grants to Immigrant and Refugee Organizations after an Influx of DonationsBy Vivian Skadron, JCF Grants Committee, Co-Founder of the JCF Immigrant and Refugee Assistance Fund This month, the Jewish Community Foundation of New Mexico (JCFNM) announced an increase in grantmaking through its Immigrant and Refugee
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Welcome to Congregation Albert, Your Center for Jewish Life in Albuquerque! https://www.congregationalbert.org/ecc READ ABOUT OUR NEW DIRECTOR KATELYN CLARK! "PLAY FIRST, LEARN FOREVER: Katelyn Clark Named New Director of Congregation Albert's Early Childhood Center" EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER Welcome to Congregation Albert’s
SPECTRUM: Profiles
Jane Wishner has emerged as a core leader of the New Mexico Jewish community. Veteran reporter Ellen Marks tells us who she is, where she came from, and what she stands for, in our newest Spectrum profile of influential Jewish voices in New Mexico.
Newsletter
Arraignment Update. Independence Day Issue, June 25, 2026: The Synagogue of the American Revolution; Jane Wishner on Conflict, Community and the Jewish Future; Release the Goats!; Love, Anyway; Amir Tibon Wins Sami Rohr Prize; Inside RACAA; Albuquerque's Running Rabbis.
Interfaith Relations
Rabbi Shefa Gold: I love to sing. I had wanted to join the Community Chorus, but at the first rehearsal I innocently asked, “Are we only singing Christmas music?” The choir director proudly said YES.
Community News
\By Howard Friedman Who would have thought that Albuquerque and Congregation Albert have the unique distinction of having not one but two rabbis who run marathons. They are Rabbi Celia Surget and Rabbi Micah Citrin. After a Google search, they appear to be the only two rabbis at a single