The bitter battle rages between Israel’s security and political establishments over who bears responsibility for the failures ahead of the Oct. 7 attacks. Former Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar filed a defamation lawsuit against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who blamed the intelligence head for the failures leading up to the attack.

I have published three books about rabbis who were the Torah leaders in our generation, yet I always hesitated to write about the local Torah leader in Denver, a giant of our generation, the late Rabbi Israel Kagan.

Enjoy reading and deciding on the 14 statewide ballot measures in Colorado’s upcoming election. If Constitutional Amendment 85 passes, there will be no more ballot measures in the next election, or in any election. Zippo. Zilch. Amendment 85 reads: “Shall there be an amendment to the Colorado Constitution . . . requiring all state and local ballot questions to be written in plain language and at no more than an 8th-grade reading level . . .?”

An intermountain road trip led to Jewish communities in Pueblo, Colorado; Trinidad, Colorado; Las Vegas, New Mexico; Santa Fe, NM; and Los Alamos, NM.

Aish of the Rockies Rabbi Yaakov Meyer new book collects the Jewish prayers for all kind of occasions, from known to the obscure, including a Prayer for Loneliness, which he jokes could be applied to Broncos fans depending on the season.

Among the Jewish and Israeli players to watch in the NBA this season are Deni Avdija, the Portland Trail Blazers forward, fresh off his first career All-Star selection, and Domantas Sabonis, the Sacramento King.