Andrea Jacobs

Jewish students in Denver, regardless of age, ideology or religious engagement, are caught in a wildfire propelled by the Israel-Hamas war. And they are afraid.

Former Denverites Ariella and Rabbi Michael Sunshine are racing out their door to find badly needed supplies for young chayalim (soldiers) heading for war when the phone rings.

“Jewish Life Flourishes in Atomic City!” This intriguing headline, accompanied by a three-column article by publisher Max Goldberg, ran in the Intermountain Jewish News on June 30, 1949.

Dr. William “Bill” Silvers does not open the front door. Sara Fischer opens it instead. She hands a mask with long ties to the guest, who left hers in the car. Silvers, a well-known doctor, activist and mensch, suffered a C4 devastating spinal cord injury last spring. His life crashed upside down.

Nina Rubin, despite her pervasive agency in the Fort Collins Jewish community since 1979, keeps a low profile beyond its borders. With a few...