World of silence
Andrea JacobsMay 14, 2009
Alerted by the doorbell, Samuel Landman, 29, appears at the entrance to his parents modest home on the West Side. Welcome, he says, his warm tone matching the...
Colorado prepares for swine flu
Andrea JacobsApr 30, 2009
Tuesday morning, a female employee frantically restocks containers of hand sanitizer at the Safeway at 6th and Corona downtown. We had a run on them yesterday, she...
PORC: Surprise meaning to taboo item
Andrea JacobsApr 10, 2009
A Jewish son or daughter comes home for the holidays sporting a bizarre haircut, addicted to strange music, vociferously defending radical causes. Its just a...
Book reviews: the history of El Al and marketing strategy secrets
Andrea JacobsApr 03, 2009
El Al: Israels Flying Star (Airways International, 2008), written by Marvin Goldman and featuring historical photos, chronicles 60 years of a once fledgling airline...
‘CP is part of my everyday living’: David’s story
Andrea JacobsMar 19, 2009
David Last darts his fair-haired head into the reception office at Herzl-RMHAs lower school. Now what? he asks his mom Sheryl, who is close but far from cloying....
The painful fraternity of the kidnapped
Andrea JacobsMar 05, 2009
Karnit Goldwasser, a slim, attractive Israeli, stands before the Allied Jewish Federation board to call attention to the continuing plight of Gilad Shalit. Since Shalit...
Guide for the financially perplexed
Andrea JacobsFeb 16, 2009
On Dec. 1, 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that America had been in the grips of a recession since December, 2007. The headline-making...
Israel resolution passes state Senate
Andrea JacobsFeb 05, 2009
A pro-Israel resolution that passed Monday, Feb. 2, in the Colorado State Senate sparked unexpected legislative fire on its road to victory. Introduced by State Sen....
Choices: Paying down debt Chatzky’s way
Andrea JacobsFeb 05, 2009
Jean Chatzky personal finance journalist, columnist, editor, author, speaker, TV and radio personality is fluid in the rarified financial terminology that flies...
Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children from the Holocaust
Andrea JacobsJan 22, 2009
In 1939, an unassuming British stockbroker named Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Czechoslovakian children from the widening jaws of the Nazis. Winton, then 29, obtained...
