Hanania Cohen, proud Sephardi — and practitioner of Chinese medicine
Andrea JacobsMar 07, 2013
Hacham Hanania Cohen, wearing a loose white robe, black cap and phylacteries strapped to his forehead, opens his East Denver door on a snow-packed morning. It is the...
Who was Maurice Rose?
Andrea JacobsFeb 21, 2013
Art Diamond, now 89, was in the 104th Infantry Division of the Seventh Corps of the 3rd Armored Division commanded by Gen. Maurice Rose in WW II. The one and only...
Choreographing the Holocaust
Andrea JacobsFeb 21, 2013
CLASSICAL ballets are often the domain of regal swans, star-crossed lovers, evil magicians and mythical beasts. For the price of a ticket, the balletomane can swoon in...
Financially unhandicapping the disabled
Andrea JacobsJan 24, 2013
WHEN Betty Lehmans infant son Eli was diagnosed with autism 24 years ago, dreams of a normal life shattered into a million pieces and shes still putting them back...
After Newtown: Holes and hope in the mental health system
Andrea JacobsDec 20, 2012
THE bewildering tragedy that claimed 26 lives 20 of them children age six to seven at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. has once again resuscitated the...
Local shul gift shops’ unique menorahs
Andrea JacobsDec 06, 2012
CHANUKAH EDITIONSECTION D PAGE 4 While chanukiot and Chanukah-related gifts are available just about anywhere, including online, you might want to peruse your friendly...
Lightning: When forgetting is a blessing
Andrea JacobsNov 22, 2012
THE last thing A.J. Hibshman remembers about that fateful post-Yom Kippur night on Sept. 28, 2012, is leaving services. The rest is a blessed blank even now. A.J.,...
Fry saved 2,000 in France from Nazis
Andrea JacobsNov 01, 2012
Pierre Sauvage, the award-winning documentary filmmaker, celebrates the quiet heroism that contradicted armies of the morally silent in the Holocaust. His films include...
AMA President Jeremy Lazarus, the nation’s top doctor
Andrea JacobsOct 25, 2012
Dr. Jeremy A. Lazarus knows how to sustain a musical phrase, allow patients time to reflect, run marathons, and captivate colleagues with the power of his eagle-eyed...
Grasping for answers in the face of the unspeakable
Andrea JacobsOct 25, 2012
LAST Friday, Oct. 19, as leaves scuttled across Rose Hill Cemetery, black-clad mourners parted as men escorted Beverly Liggetts plain wooden casket to its premature...
