Larry Hankin
IJN Associate Editor | larry@ijn.com
Rabbi Sinai from Brooklyn directs Israel’s Muss high school for Diaspora kids
Larry HankinJun 09, 2016
THIS BELONGS in the “you-never-know-what-the-future-may-bring” department. Leor Sinai started out as a New York City nightclub promoter. Today, he is a rabbi and...
Tiny house movement — downsizing with a passion
Larry HankinMay 27, 2016
HAVE YOU ever been in a house with a walk-in closet so large that you jokingly remarked, “I could live in this closet?” For a growing number of people, that huge...
‘What keeping kosher means to me’
Larry HankinApr 07, 2016
Kerry Berman, President & COO, real estate investing firm, 3 children Keeping kosher means raising my consciousness about what I am eating, something that is an...
The other side of Rose Community Foundation
Larry HankinJan 28, 2016
“ROSE COMMUNITY Foundation is known primarily as a grant making organization the steward of the $170 million in proceeds from the sale of Rose Medical Center in...
Dinger at IJN Chanukah contest ceremony, Dec. 10
Larry HankinNov 05, 2015
The Intermountain Jewish News is proud of its community partners, Childrens Hospital and the Colorado Rockies, in making the IJN Doris Sky Chanukah Coloring Contest a...
Irene Lofland, from Soviet emigré
Larry HankinOct 29, 2015
Irene Lofland lived the first six years of her life in Minsk, Belarus, but she has no memories of that life. Irene’s parents Jacob and Elena Garelik fled the Soviet...
Mordechai Hoffman, business mind behind Hillel Academy
Larry HankinOct 29, 2015
EIGHT YEARS ago, Hillel Academy’s fiscal situation was a train wreck. There was even talk of closing the venerable school, Denver’s oldest and original Hebrew day...
Community solidarity for terrorized Israelis
Larry HankinOct 22, 2015
SOLIDARITY WAS the theme of a community gathering for Israel as it endures lone wolf terror attacks on civilians. The gathering on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Temple...
HEABrews and Bad Jews Bears take softball title
Larry HankinAug 27, 2015
The Denver Jewish Softball League concluded its largest season ever on Sunday, Aug. 23, with two championship teams, the HEABrews and the Bad Jews Bears. The league had...
Crossing the goal line: How Andy Levy shed 138 pounds
Larry HankinJun 25, 2015
IT’S LUNCHTIME, and Andy Levy doesnt even need to see a menu. He orders his usual: a scoop of tuna salad in a tomato garnished with sliced cucumbers and onion....
