Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
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...
Denver day schools stream along
Chris LeppekApr 02, 2020
the profusion of “new normals” imposed upon civilization by the coronavirus pandemic, it’s remarkable how much normalcy there still is. Technology — much of...
Uncertain future for Pueblo’s Jewish community
Chris LeppekApr 02, 2020
the first night of Chanukah, 2019, something happened in Pueblo which, so far as anybody knows, had never taken place in the city’s 158-year history: A menorah was lit...
Denver’s mikvehs remain open
Chris LeppekMar 26, 2020
the coronavirus’ virtually universal reach impacting just about everything — and closing everything from restaurants to synagogues to schools — it’s little...
Coping with coronavirus
Chris LeppekMar 19, 2020
Let’s face it — the last couple of weeks have been rough. The coronavirus pandemic has triggered an avalanche of ominous and downright bad news covering an almost...
Steve Farber
Chris LeppekMar 12, 2020
Steven Farber, a Denver attorney and national-level lobbyist whose impact on the Jewish community and Denver in general will be felt for decades, passed away March 4,...
