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Andrea Jacobs

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First graders talk about the Torah

I attended first grade at Blackberry Lane Elementary in St. Louis. It had a fair number of Jewish students, including me. I remember the exploits of Dick and Jane, and...

What do Denverites think of Obama’s 1967-border suggestion?

On May 19, Barack Obama dropped a policy bombshell when he proposed that borders predating the 1967 Six Day War should be the basis of peace negotiations between...

‘Next year in Jerusalem’: What it means to a broad spectrum of Denverites

At the conclusion of the Passover seder, four exclamatory words reverberate around the table like a lightning bolt. “Next year in Jerusalem!” Slumbering grandchildren...

Osama bin Laden killed: Local reaction

WHEN President Obama announced that Osama bin Laden had been killed by US forces on Sunday, May 1, cheers rang like clamoring bells throughout the country. Ground Zero,...

‘West Side Stories’: The movie that Denver Jews cannot stop talking about

“West Side Stories,” an hour-long documentary about Denver’s Jewish shtetl of long ago, induces tears of nostalgia in those who grew up in its Yiddish arms. People...

IJN mayoral forum draws big crowd

HOW do you top a class act like John Hickenlooper for mayor? That’s the challenge Denver’s Jewish community tackled at the Intermountain Jewish News Mayoral Forum...

Observant women explain what the laws of modesty mean to them

A JEWISH woman goes shopping at the local mall in July. As she peruses racks sporting flimsy summer tops, she eyes another woman wearing a long skirt, long sleeves,...

Memory in Berlin and New York — the evolution of Holocuast memorials

IN 1997, Prof. James E. Young chaired Berlin’s five-member Findungskommission to explore ways of accomplishing an improbable goal — commemorating six million Jews...

Shabbat, day of (basketball) rest

FOR the first time in Colorado history, the state athletic association rescheduled a high school basketball game to accommodate Jewish athletes on Shabbat. The Denver...

Suit didn’t have a prayer

US District Judge Christine Arguello has dismissed an attempt to stop the Feb. 10 National Prayer Luncheon at the US Air Force Academy one day prior to the event. She...