February 5, 2020

A lot has changed since Tera Johnson-Swartz published this great article on Jewish life in Steamboat. The quote below still rings true!

"As an adult, I’ve visited plenty of shuls where I’ve felt swallowed whole and spit out for not being “good enough” to join. But here? No one cares! Rich or poor, observant or lax, all are welcome at Har Mishpacha. ... We’re truly a mixed bag of Jews — Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist, Humanistic, and even interfaith. Some of us traded big cities with easy access to Jewish life for a new path, a new place of belonging. And as a group, we’ve created a stable foundation for the future of our community. At our congregation, the haves don’t make the rules for the have-nots; here, we’re all in it together."