Chris Leppek
IJN Assistant Editor | ijnews@aol.com
One of the last of Dachau liberators
Chris LeppekFeb 03, 2022
Dan Dougherty was 19 years old when he came face to face with what would come to be known as the Holocaust.
The date was April 29, 1945. The place was Dachau.
Jeremiah Baronberg at crossroads of international relations, communications
Chris LeppekJan 27, 2022
The pandemic, and the remote working milieu that it imposed on many employers, brought Jeremiah Baronberg back to Denver, his hometown, which he says is a very good...
In ‘Love Remembers’, Mizel explores memory loss, recovery
Chris LeppekJan 06, 2022
Relocating to Colorado last year, Vicki Mizel has encapsulated much of her knowledge and experience in memory training into her recently published book, Love Remembers. ...
Enrollment is up as DAT gets through COVID
Chris LeppekDec 29, 2021
the end of a year that has imposed an abundance of hardships on educators and schools — all of them direct or indirect effects of the coronavirus pandemic — one...
DJDS, Hillel do their best to cope with COVID
Chris LeppekDec 16, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic and its unwelcome variants have constituted the perfect storm for many sectors of society — most definitely including Jewish day schools....
The long road from Tehran to Denver
Chris LeppekNov 25, 2021
CHANUKAH 5782 SECTION A PAGE 6 a tense and precarious night in 1985, when Robert Salehrabi, his younger brother and two other Jewish boys crossed the line from...
Security conference in Pueblo
Chris LeppekNov 24, 2021
CHANUKAH 5782 SECTION A PAGE 8 years ago, Temple Emanuel discovered that it was the target of a white supremacist plot to firebomb its historic synagogue in the heart of...
VIP New Faces: Heather Howerton
Chris LeppekOct 14, 2021
Meet Heather Howerton of Swallow Hill, one of the Intermountain Jewish News' 15 Under 40 for 2021.
VIP New Faces: Cheris Kline Berlinberg
Chris LeppekOct 14, 2021
Meet Cheris Kline Berlinberg, active with JNFuture and HEA, and one of the Intermountain Jewish News' 15 Under 40 for 2021.
COVID Holocaust comparisons in Douglas County
Chris LeppekOct 07, 2021
When it comes to the national trend of comparing COVID-19 vaccine and mask mandates to the Nazi Holocaust, Colorado continues to prove that it can keep pace with the...
