Growing up in the Jewish Bible Belt
Chris LeppekFeb 26, 2015
the Rocky Mountain News stopped its presses for the last time in 2009, setting a good many talented people adrift, the newspaper’s editorial cartoonist was one of the...
West Side objects to marijuana business
Chris LeppekFeb 26, 2015
proposed recreational marijuana business aiming to open its doors on West Colfax Ave. has triggered stiff opposition from citizens and institutions located near the...
Jack Adler: Auschwitz, then and now
Chris LeppekFeb 12, 2015
WHEN JACK Adler visited Auschwitz-Birkenau on Jan. 27, the 70th anniversary of the camps liberation in 1945 and during his four previous four trips for the annual...
Azerbaijan comes to Denver
Chris LeppekFeb 05, 2015
Nasimi Aghayev, Consul General of the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a remarkably patient envoy. He admits that he’s grown accustomed to the blank stares with which...
Reprint from 2005: World recalls Auschwitz liberation
Chris LeppekJan 29, 2015
Reprinted on the occasion of the passing of Rabbi Israel Rosenfeld; from the IJN, Feb. 4, 2005 years to the day — the 27th of January — is what it took for...
Gordon Gamm’s philosophy of philanthropy
Chris LeppekJan 29, 2015
would agree that Judaism and philanthropy go together like peanut butter and jelly. Most Jews who give their money to others less fortunate will, to varying degrees,...
Wilf: Israeli elections are ‘truly open’
Chris LeppekJan 22, 2015
IN LESS than two months, Israel will once again hold national elections, potentially changing the political landscape of the Jewish state in significant ways. There...
After France: Reason to fear in Denver?
Chris LeppekJan 15, 2015
suis juif — I am a Jew — resounds. Even here. Paris is obviously a great distance from Denver, and the realities facing its Jewish community are vastly different...
Boulder Jewry comes together in search to handle ultimate necessity
Chris LeppekDec 31, 2014
the most basic and sacred obligations any Jewish community has toward its members is to provide a place to bury their loved ones who have passed away. The Colorado...
J Street speaks in Denver
Chris LeppekDec 31, 2014
the many things Jeremy Ben-Ami knows is how fervently his opponents feel about him, his views about the Middle East and J Street, the liberal advocacy organization he...