Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
In Frisco, Jews gather at Backcountry Bayit
Chris LeppekJul 03, 2019
snow season arrives in Summit County, the sights, sounds and scents are unmistakable — the gentle schuss of skiers and snowboarders zooming down the slopes, the pines...
Sistine Chapel up close — a traveling exhibition
Chris LeppekJun 13, 2019
who’s coming to Colorado on the Fourth of July. How about Adam and Eve, Noah, Esther and Haman, a wide assortment of prophets — not to mention the Entity who created...
Air Force Academy rabbi is chaplain to all
Chris LeppekMay 30, 2019
of the 400-some chaplains currently serving in the US Air Force, only six are Jewish. One of those precious few is Colorado’s own Rabbi (Major) Michael Bram, one of 10...
Israel’s four teen emissaries — shinshinim — in Denver
Chris LeppekMay 09, 2019
the crow flies, the distance between Colorado and Israel is considerable — more than 6,000 miles from Jerusalem to Denver — but there’s nothing like human contact...
For Araceli Velasquez, sanctuary means safety, but not happiness
Chris LeppekApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION A PAGE 8 house in which Araceli Velasquez and her family reside is a house of prayer. The attractive structure in Denver’s Park Hill neighborhood...
Which of the Four Sons are you? Denverites reply
Chris LeppekApr 18, 2019
PASSOVER 5779 SECTION C PAGE 7 “Of the four sons mentioned in the Haggadah — the wicked son, the simple son, the wise son and the son who doesn’t know enough to...
Sabbath mode — hot-wired rest
Chris LeppekApr 04, 2019
Ottensoser knows a thing or two about appliances. A mostly retired mechanical engineer from Baltimore, he knows pretty much everything about how these increasingly...
Hickenlooper throws his hat in the ring
Chris LeppekMar 07, 2019
Colorado Jewry hardly needs to be introduced to John Hickenlooper, the former state governor and Denver mayor who this week became the latest Democrat to join the field...
Off the grid: Life in the gates of Heaven
Chris LeppekFeb 28, 2019
the Great Divide, on the far side of the Rocky Mountains from Denver, lie the Gates of Heaven. More eloquently known by its Hebrew name, Shaare Shamayim, and more...
Alleged anti-Semitism in Conifer school headed to federal court
Chris LeppekFeb 07, 2019
long-running dispute over allegations of anti-Semitism at a Colorado middle school is headed for federal court. In December, the family of Isabella Grunspan, the girl...
