Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
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...
No COVID-19 deaths at Kavod or Shalom Park
Chris LeppekMay 21, 2020
, as they say, don’t lie. In the grim arithmetic of the coronavirus, it’s clear that older people are considerably more likely to die of the disease than those who...
Opening up: Are people ready?
Chris LeppekMay 14, 2020
some two months in one or another form of self-isolation, or even quarantine, the lifting of some coronavirus restrictions in Colorado last week might seem like the...
BMH-BJ preschool to open
Chris LeppekMay 07, 2020
what might be the first sign of the Denver Jewish community awakening after its prolonged coronavirus slumber, the BMH-BJ preschool has announced that it will open next...
Local military COVID effort
Chris LeppekMay 07, 2020
the end of June, Rabbi Joseph Friedman will step down from the pulpit of DAT Minyan, the East Side modern Orthodox synagogue he has served as spiritual leader for the...
In the midst of a pandemic, what is the meaning of life?
Chris LeppekApr 30, 2020
is the meaning of life? In times of stress and peril, it seems, such existential questions grow urgent and pressing, which is why the Intermountain Jewish News put a...
Twin brothers from Denver are lone soldiers on Gaza border
Chris LeppekApr 30, 2020
first thing you need to know about the Brothers Grinberg is how very much they have in common. Which is an understatement. They’re both articulate and courteous young...
Project C.U.R.E mobilizing to collecte medical supplies
Chris LeppekApr 17, 2020
better or worse, this is a story well suited for clichés. Such as, what goes around comes around. Or, charity begins at home. For more than three decades, the...
Food deliveries to first responders
Chris LeppekApr 08, 2020
have discovered in the past few weeks that watching the news might best be something taken in small measures. Whether delivered via the internet, the television or in...
