FALL SEASON 2025
Sundays 9–11 AM

• September 14
• September 28
• October 12
• October 26
• November 9

WINTER SEASON

• Sunday December 14th, 9–11 AM: Hanukkah Program
• Monday January 19 Time TBD: Mitzvah Day
• Friday February 13, 4:30–5:30 PM: Tu B’Shvat Seder
• Sunday March 1, 2–4 PM: Purim Carnival
• Sunday March 29, 4–6 PM: Passover Scavenger Hunt
• Friday May 29, 5:30–7 PM: Youth Shabbat Service

​​​​​​​SPRING SEASON 2026
Sundays 9–11 AM

• April 12
• April 26
• May 3
• May 17
• May 31

Masa: Jewish Religious Education for
Pre K - 4th graders

 

Masa means journey and we are excited to walk with your student/s on their Jewish Journey at Har Mishpacha! Our educators this year are Bella Davidson (Pre K-1st graders) and Sari Davidson (2nd-4th graders) 

During our fall and spring sessions, we begin our day by meeting as a whole group to learn songs and prayers with Rabbi Kolby. We then break into classes to use hands on learning to explore Jewish values, traditions, holidays and stories.

Our winter session is dedicated to monthly events that focus on learning about and celebrating specific holidays along with our annual Mitzvah day project.

Sundays @ 5:30 -7:30 pm

Dates: 

October 12th
December 7th
February 8th
April 5th
May 31st

Moving Traditions: Family Jewish Journey for Students in grades 5-7 with parent(s)

 

Join us for some family Jewish learning with Rabbi Kolby guided by the Moving Traditions Family Curriculum.
We will have 4-5 sessions throughout the school year rotating the location at homes of families who are willing to host. These sessions of learning together with parent/s are incredibly meaningful and connects our Jewish families to each other during these formative years for our pre-teens.

"The Family Class program offered by Har Mishpacha was fantastic. Rabbi Kolby crafted thought-provoking and highly engaging material for each session, & it was so amazing to see the kids dig deep & express themselves & their judaism in a social setting. As a parent, it was an amazing opportunity for me to connect with my daughter, learn more about her religious curiosity & perspective, & really connect with her in a way we had never done before. Both Ellie & I loved the class... it was such an important part of her Bat Mitzvah journey."

-Parent, Greg Friedman

BBYO Youth Group Kick Off Event:

October 25th @ 6 - 8:30 pm: Movie: “You Are So Not Coming to My Bat Mitzvah” Pizza, & Pumpkin Painting  

BBYO Youth Group Monthly Events:

• Next BBYO Board Meeting November 9th @4pm via zoom 
• BBYO Regional Convention November 14-16
•  BBYO Hannukah Party December 6th or 7th: TBA

BBYO Youth Group
For Students Grades 8-12

 

We are so excited to bring BBYO Youth Group, a completely student-led and student empowered Jewish Youth group, to Har Mishpacha!

BBYO will meet about 2x per month and also have the opportunity to participate in regional, national, and international BBYO events. 

If you have a student in 8th-12th grade, please register for BBYO youth group. You do this by going to bbyo.org/become-a-member. Then you will click on the link to join, fill out all the information—select Rocky Mountain Region as the Region and Steamboat Springs as the chapter.

There is a one-time registration fee to join BBYO, and if this is an issue for your family please reach out to us and Har Mishpacha can help cover this expense for you.

Har Mishpacha BBYO Youth Board::

Eliana Merage, Tesher Feinberg & Livingston Swartz

CINDY RUZICKA (she/her), Masa Educator

I have been an active member of Har Mishpacha since I moved to Steamboat Springs in 1992. Having grown up in a reformed synagogue, I instantly felt a connection to the thoughtful and open-minded people who launched this congregation. Within a few years, I began teaching an introduction to Jewish studies to elementary-aged Jewish youth in town. The class sizes were always small but the sense of community, identity, and connection to heritage was strong. As a certified and practicing elementary and middle school teacher, my Jewish studies lessons focus on engagement and construction of personal meaning of Jewish holidays, customs, foods, and history. As the demand for classes for students in Kindergarten through Bar/Bat Mitzvah age increased, I now share the teaching responsibilities with Sari Davidson, with Sari teaching the K-2 students and myself teaching the 3-5 group. I studied Hebrew in college and completed a semester abroad at Tel Aviv University so I feel very comfortable and capable of teaching studies Hebrew language acquisition. In addition to teaching "Sunday School", I have led Jewish outreach programs at Casey's Pond senior living center as well as The Foundry addiction rehabilitation facility. Teaching my own daughters as well as many Jewish children in the community has been a weekly mitzvah for me for decades.

SARI DAVIDSON (she/her), Education Director and Masa Educator

I have been an active member of Har Mishpacha since 2012 when I enrolled my then kindergarten-aged daughter in Cindy Ruzicka’s Introduction to Jewish Studies Class. I have been a board member of Har Mishpacha since 2016. Our family loved the sense of community that we felt once we joined Har Mishpacha’s Religious School. I began teaching the Introduction to Jewish Studies class in 2016 when the demand for classes in the Kindergarten through Bar/ Bat Mitzvah age increased and Cindy Ruzicka was no longer able to meet the demand by herself. I have a MA in Expressive Arts Therapy, a MA in Counseling Psychology and I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. My Expressive Arts background helps me to bring a creative approach to teaching the students about their Jewish heritage, culture, holidays, and torah stories. I studied Hebrew in college and led a six week tour to Israel for American and newly immigrated Russian teens after I graduated college. I also spent four months training with the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company on Kibbutz Ga'aton in Israel. In addition to teaching religious school, I am the director of Music Together Steamboat which provides music education for children 0-5 and their caregivers. I love teaching the Introduction to Jewish Studies class and am grateful to have the opportunity to work with your children.

Livingston Swartz
Religious School Educator 

Hi, I'm Livingston. I recently moved back to Steamboat in January and have been reconnecting with my Har Mishpacha roots in this town. I recently joined the BBYO youth group and will continue that throughout the year. I taught religious school in Denver for a year before moving back to Steamboat. I enjoy joining programs like this that benefit both me and the children I teach. I believe that religious school can help expose younger children to their Jewish roots and help them understand themselves better, and I couldn't be more excited to work with them.