Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
Free kosher meal debut
Chris LeppekJul 30, 2020
spite of the landslide of bad news making headlines these days, the pandemic — as awful as it is — is also making some good things happen. One of them is a new...
Colorado Democrats condemn Israel
Chris LeppekJul 23, 2020
adoption last weekend by Colorado Democrats of a resolution many Jews see as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic has left local Jewish leaders disappointed and concerned over...
Sports angst in a pandemic
Chris LeppekJul 16, 2020
the summer simmers on, and the coronavirus pandemic only grows worse in the US, the wide world of sports is suddenly not looking so wide. Fans of major sports are facing...
COVID in Colorado: Monitoring key developments
Chris LeppekJul 02, 2020
do we know about the coronavirus in Colorado? A great deal — reams of data, long columns of numbers and statistics, charts upon charts, graphs and projections. And,...
Hot House District 6 race
Chris LeppekJun 25, 2020
this strange season of multiple limitations, one commodity that is not banned, restricted or constricted is issues. Whether social, economic or political — perhaps...
Remembering Leopold Guldman and the Golden Eagle
Chris LeppekJun 25, 2020
Guldman is no longer of this world. His bones repose in Emanuel Cemetery, and have done so these past 84 years. The business he founded and tirelessly promoted, the...
Jco raises $650,000 for COVID relief
Chris LeppekJun 11, 2020
needs. That’s the phrase Rabbi Jay Strear, president and CEO of JEWISHcolorado, uses to describe what he and other leaders of the Denver-based Jewish federation saw...
Holocaust education bill passes Colorado Senate
Chris LeppekJun 11, 2020
News was received at press time that the bill mandating Holocaust education in Colorado’s public schools was passed unanimously in the Colorado State Senate on...
When it comes to reopening, shuls are taking it slow
Chris LeppekJun 04, 2020
summer settles in, and as at least some aspects of life in Colorado are beginning to return to their pre-pandemic routines, are local synagogues ready to follow suit?...
They are also heroes: Chevra Kadisha
Chris LeppekMay 28, 2020
coronavirus pandemic has managed to disrupt a multitude of things people cherish and take for granted, including many dimensions of Jewish ritual and worship, but at...
