Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
Temple Aaron: historic synagogue saved — for now
Chris LeppekSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION A PAGE 12 Reports of Temple Aaron’s demise are — to paraphrase Mark Twain — greatly exaggerated. The historic synagogue in...
Seidenfeld brings new excitement to Yeshiva Toras Chaim
Chris LeppekAug 09, 2018
It’s a weekday afternoon and Rabbi Naftali Seidenfeld is doing an interview — the hard way. He’s obviously in the car and at least some of his children are riding...
Major restructuring of Hillel of Colorado
Chris LeppekAug 09, 2018
Colorado’s largest Jewish student organization, the Hillel house at the University of Colorado at Boulder, has been declared an independent entity, according to a...
Gerson leaves at the top of his game
Chris LeppekJul 19, 2018
In a few days, when Rabbi Bernard Gerson walks away from the Rodef Shalom pulpit for the last time, a quarter century of rabbinical leadership in Denver will come to an...
Lightstone stamp on embassy opening
Chris LeppekJun 28, 2018
Safra Katz, the Israeli-born co-CEO of the Oracle high-tech giant, was being driven on May 14 to the opening ceremony of the new US embassy in Jerusalem by a driver who...
B’nai B’rith’s Mariaschin reflects on 175 years
Chris LeppekJun 14, 2018
Daniel Mariaschin likes many things about B’nai B’rith International, the organization with which he has been affiliated for nearly 30 years, the last 19 as its...
Bagel Store down to a day a week starting April 13
Chris LeppekMar 29, 2018
PASSOVER EDITION 5778 SECTION A PAGE 14 At the end of business today, March 30, the Bagel Store, a popular source of baked goods for the Denver Jewish community since...
Jewish students lead, participate in walkouts
Chris LeppekMar 22, 2018
When untold thousands of American students walked out of their classrooms on March 14 to memorialize and protest the killing of 17 people in a Parkland, Fla. high school...
The life of an eruv inspector
Chris LeppekMar 15, 2018
On a brisk and sunny February afternoon in Denver, Tuvia Gordon-Bennett has his work cut out for him. One suspects that he might prefer to enjoy a leisurely lunch, or...
Colorado and Israeli water experts exchange
Chris LeppekFeb 08, 2018
On a hypothetical list of things that Colorado and Israel have in common, water might appear near the top. As in, neither place ever seems to get enough of it....
