9/11 – I remember, and I was there
Chris LeppekSep 08, 2011
FRANK Schiff remembers the time when nine and eleven were nothing more than odd numbers. He also remembers the moment when that changed forever. On the morning...
Mesorah Learning, Kehilat Rodef, replace CTT
Chris LeppekAug 11, 2011
ONCE upon a time until very recently, actually the Denver Jewish community had something called the Community Talmud Torah. Hundreds of Denver Jewish kids passed...
‘Isaacson Rosenbaum’ now a piece of denver legal history
Chris LeppekJul 07, 2011
AN eerie quiet pervades the lofty 17th Street space that once served as home base for Isaacson Rosenbaum. Telephones and computers are dark and silent; offices and...
Warrior Stories: 20 WW II veterans swap memories
Chris LeppekJun 30, 2011
story short.” More than one of the old warriors who gathered June 6 at a Denver area restaurant summed up their tales of war with that phrase. Long stories, indeed....
The man behind Chabad — ‘We measure success in small increments’
Chris LeppekJun 10, 2011
WRITING a thumbnail biography on Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky is no small challenge, at least if one follows the rabbis own guidelines. By his own definition, the rabbi is...
Dennis Ross explains Middle East strategy of President Obama
Chris LeppekJun 02, 2011
IT wasnt exactly damage control, since Dennis Ross, special assistant to President Obama and an acknowledged Middle East expert, didnt backtrack or make apologies...
Rent vs. buy — the case for flexibility
Chris LeppekMay 26, 2011
A HOUSE is made of walls and beams, the writer and educator Dr. William A. Ward once said, and a home is built with love and dreams. Anybody who has […]
From Vitebsk to Denver, deputy at county jail is a Russian Jew
Chris LeppekMay 12, 2011
WHEN Captain Jacob Kopylov begins his 12-hour shift as a watch commander in one of the several Denver County jails where he works, he knows hell be overseeing some...
40 years of IST — it’s in a very different place from where it started
Chris LeppekMay 05, 2011
LET us ponder, for just a moment, the significance of the number 40 in Judaism and Jewish life. The ancient Hebrews wandered for 40 years in the desert on their...
Activist pushes for greater Middle East media accuracy
Chris LeppekMar 31, 2011
NEVER underestimate the power of words. The ability of words and phrases to affect reality to actually alter perception is of great interest to Aryeh Green, who...