Deborah Lipstadt on anti-Semitism — from the right and left
Andrea JacobsFeb 07, 2019
. Deborah Lipstadt, unadorned yet instantly recognizable, ambles down the hallway at the Marriott DTC. Post-hellos, the hunt is on for a quiet corner and a reviving...
Security costs after Pittsburgh for local Jewish institutions
Andrea JacobsJan 24, 2019
for Jews is an enormous concern. People feel threatened not only by a spike in anti-Semitism but the massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018. To...
‘We Don’t Waste’
Andrea JacobsJan 17, 2019
A Denver boy is riding the bus to school. The buzz centers on music, girls and sports — but he’s too worried that he will go to bed hungry for the […]
Eve Ilsen of Jewish Renewal looks back, moves forward
Andrea JacobsJan 03, 2019
a choice, Eve Ilsen would focus exclusively on her late husband Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, unrivaled leader of the Jewish Renewal movement until his death in...
Rodef Shalom’s Rabbi Kobrin is thoughtful, joyful
Andrea JacobsDec 13, 2018
Rachel Kobrin speaks with such intensity that her body sways back and forth in the chair, as if she were davening. The observation both surprises and intrigues her....
Rembrandt at DAM explores the Dutch Master’s prints
Andrea JacobsNov 29, 2018
buzz circulates among visitors queuing up for “Rembrandt: Painter as Printmaker” at the Denver Art Museum, the sole venue showcasing a lesser-known aspect of...
In Colorado Springs, free guns for rabbis
Andrea JacobsNov 15, 2018
Bernstein, owner of Dragonland near Colorado Springs, trains neophyte gun owners how to nail bulls-eyes — but local rabbis suggest his credibility is way off...
Non-Jews in Denver reach out after Pittsburgh
Andrea JacobsNov 08, 2018
Jews trapped in the emotional trauma of Pittsburgh instinctively seek comfort from other Jews. Who else can possibly understand the pain, the outrage, the loss? But...
Denver native in Pittsburgh recounts events last Shabbat
Andrea JacobsNov 01, 2018
Saturday, Denver native Rebecca Tessler Pollack was at her in-laws home close to Tree of Life to help prepare Shabbat lunch instead of going to Poale Zedeck about a...
Former Pittsburgh — now Denver — rabbi recollects
Andrea JacobsNov 01, 2018
Rheins, senior rabbi at Temple Sinai, had a memorable relationship with Tree of Life and Pittsburgh’s Jewish community for 10 years, 1995-2005. He was the spiritual...
