Chris Leppek
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Where we were, what we felt, in 1967: Four Denverites remember
Chris LeppekMay 18, 2017
The IJN solicited verbal postcards from Denverites who lived through the Six Day War, June 5-10, 1967. Clara Elefant My husband had a sabbatical coming in 1962 so we...
Whither Israel, post-1967?
Chris LeppekMay 18, 2017
Landmark anniversaries — such as next Wednesday’s commemoration of 50 years since the reunification of Jerusalem — are great opportunities to gaze at the past...
Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi
Chris LeppekMay 18, 2017
Twenty seconds. That’s the average length of time a resident of Sderot, Israel has between the sounding of a siren, warning of an incoming rocket strike, and reaching...
Swastikas at DU; police investigating possible hate crime
Chris LeppekMay 11, 2017
Although swastikas and the letters “KKK” were scratched into the surfaces of six cars on the same block as a Denver Hillel house last week, the Anti-Defamation...
Why has JNF quadrupled its campaign? Meet Boaz Meir
Chris LeppekApr 27, 2017
Next time you’re playing a casual game of word association, throw “Jewish National Fund” into the mix. If participants are actively Jewish, or know a few things...
The new look at the ‘Deli’
Chris LeppekMar 23, 2017
Customer service has always been Joshua Horowitz’s thing. His first job, when still a teenager, was working in the kitchen for a New York caterer. Soon thereafter, he...
Bob Loup: The public figure
Chris LeppekMar 23, 2017
There was always a lot more to Bob Loup than met the eye. What met the eye — at least from the perspective of a journalist working in the Jewish press — was...
Anti-Semitism: Colorado elected officials speak out
Chris LeppekMar 09, 2017
In the face of a rising tide of anti-Semitic bomb threats and vandalism in recent weeks — including two incidents in Boulder — Colorado political leaders called for...
Team Israel prepares for World Baseball
Chris LeppekFeb 23, 2017
When Team Israel heads to South Korea to compete in the World Baseball Classic next week, they’ll be taking a bit of Colorado with them. Quite a bit, actually. The...
Anti-Semitism at Conifer middle school
Chris LeppekFeb 16, 2017
Allegations of anti-Semitic bullying and harassment are roiling West Jefferson Middle School and normally bucolic Conifer, the mountain town 32 miles southwest of Denver...
