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Andrea Jacobs

IJN Senior Writer | [email protected]

The whirlwind: Mother of six, PhD candidate, teacher, rebbetzin

RIVKA Alter swoops through the front door and apologizes for a glitch in her tightly coordinated schedule. “I have to take the kids to BMH-BJ but I’ll be right back....

IJN healthcare roundtable: Five Denver Jews debate which way to go

If the current healthcare debate in America could be measured in aggregate blood pressure readings, the results might put cardiac specialists on high alert. Reminiscent...

Waiting for return from Afghanistan: ‘The sukkah of peace’

SUKKOT, the third pilgrimage festival in the Jewish calendar, commands all Jews to build temporary structures in commemoration of the Israelites’ 40-year sojourn in the...

HEA’s Salomon Gruenwald: anthropologist of the soul

RABBI Salomon Gruenwald, the HEA’s associate rabbi, wants to know before whom he stands –– or this case, sits. After posing a few questions to the IJN, the...

A cool cat from Los Angeles

SHAHAR Azani’s job title –– consul for culture, media and public affairs for the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles –– is an official  mouthful. After five...

Our best kept secret: Denver’s Kirkland Museum — stunning

FIRST-TIME visitors to the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art at 1311 Pearl Street must ring a bell in order to obtain admittance. Once inside, it’s a bit...

When life is ending: Jewish hospice

HOSPICE has revolutionized the way human beings die. Surrounded by family, tended by a compassionate staff and chaplain, the dying person can leave this world with...

Jews who fly

WHEN Mike Greenstein began flying, his uncle in New York called to ask why his nephew wanted to become a “fly boy.” “I don’t think he considered it a very […]

DU’s Farer to step down in 2010

The controversial dean of DU’s Graduate School of International Studies, who angered local Jews for his condemnation of Israel’s policies toward the Palestinians, will...

Aron, Feld awarded

Shana Feld and Dylan Aron, graduating seniors at Herzl-RMHA, are recipients of the Rose Medical Center Outstanding Student Athlete Award for achievement in scholarship,...