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Chris Leppek

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Fogel’s baseball treasure trove on display for All Star Game

Tomorrow morning, on July 10, an armored truck is scheduled to travel from an undisclosed bank vault to the Rally Hotel at McGregor Square, just across the street from...

Constantine’s civilian sword

author that he is, James Carroll has built a spectacular career writing mostly about what he knows best, which is the Roman Catholic Church. He learned those religious...

DU disavows sponsorship of anti-Israel conference

a very long way from Denver to Jerusalem, but that hasn’t stopped the Middle East conflict from roosting in the Mile High City — at the University of Denver, to be...

Local reaction to new Israel government

The old adage that when you have two Jews you’re likely to get three opinions is likely to be put to the test this week, in consideration of the new government that...

Reproductive geneticist aims to improve fertility

While one in 400 women across the general population have the BRCA mutation, one in 40 Ashkenazi women have it. That’s the highest susceptibility rate of any...

Rose statue in offing near State Capitol

It always amazed Denverite Paul Shamon how many people — including Jews, even rabbis, even physicians who practiced there — thought Rose Medical Center was named...

Preservation, economic growth clash

Last week, a humble and attractive house on Denver’s West Side — long the home of Jewish families — escaped the wrecking ball by a very thin margin. Its future,...

Gabby Giffords: ‘Change in our grasp’

we becoming numb to mass shootings? Are incidents of gun violence in which multiple people are killed or injured becoming so routine that after the initial shock for a...

Jeanne Abrams’ latest book spotlights John Adams

Jeanne Abrams needs few introductions in Colorado. Historian, author and archivist, she is already well known and respected here, especially among members of the Jewish...

Israel at 73: The state of the nation

Israel, just touching base: How’s everything going with you? It’s a fair question as the Jewish state observed Yom Ha’atzmaut — its 73rd anniversary as an...