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Sunrise, sunset: Shabbat near the North Pole
Steve MarkApr 04, 2024
The rules for the duration of Shabbat are pretty clear: Roughly 25 hours and a few minutes after candlelighting on Friday night. Unless you are in a place like...
A kosher transformation
Larry HankinApr 04, 2024
2011, insurance agent Adam Moskowitz took a trip to Israel with The Jewish Experience and came home inspired to become more observant in his Judaism. Starting Jan. 1,...
In Steamboat Springs, taking a STAND
Steve MarkMar 14, 2024
Following an anti-Semitic incident in Steamboat Springs, Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary formed STAND (Steamboat Team to Disrupt Anti-Semitism and Discrimination) while...
Santa Fe — Jewish vignettes
Shana GoldbergMar 14, 2024
Vignettes of Jewish Santa Fe: Rabbi Berel Levertov, Prof. Ron Duncan Hart and Rabbi Jack Shlachter talk about Jewish life in northern New Mexico, including Los Alamos....
The boiling point lowers the higher you go
Hillel GoldbergMar 14, 2024
Peter DeWolf likes toffee. He likes it so much that he makes it. He makes it so much that he sells it. He sold it so much to friends that he decided to sell it to...
Jewish at DU — in the aftermath of Oct. 7
Chris LeppekMar 14, 2024
For Jewish students at the University of Denver (DU), the last five months have been, to put it mildly, tempestuous. The Intermountain Jewish News speaks with students,...
The Israel-Hamas war — an economic and geopolitical perspective
Shana GoldbergJan 25, 2024
From his perch in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Denver-born Daniel Wagner has a different vantage of the Israel-Hamas War. That’s not only because of his...
Sam Goldberg knows why he’s hooked on JNF
Chris LeppekJan 25, 2024
As the Mountain States president of Jewish National Fund-USA, it was a no-brainer that Sam Goldberg would show up at the international convention of JNF in Denver last...
Adding up the security dollars
Steve MarkJan 25, 2024
Properly securing synagogues and schools is a costly endeavor. The line item on budgets is commonly referred to as an “anti-Semitism tax,” which initially appeared...
Rep. Ron Weinberg: Articulate representative from Loveland
Chris LeppekJan 04, 2024
A native of South Africa, Rep. Ron Weinberg who today represents Loveland in the Colorado State House, immigrated to Los Angeles with his family in 2002, concerned about...