VIP New Faces: Brett Kopf
Shana GoldbergNov 07, 2019
Kopf, 32, developed Remind, a private mobile messaging platform used by more than 50% of public schools in the US. Remind, which he founded as Remind101 together with...
VIP New Faces: Sarah Raphaely
Shana GoldbergNov 07, 2019
Native Denverite Sarah Raphaely, 38, is a philanthropic advisor and development consultant for her own company, SKR Advisors. She and her husband Mark, and their...
Nuts
Shana GoldbergOct 31, 2019
Many have the custom not to eat nuts on Rosh Hashanah. The source is that nuts can cause a dry, scratchy throat, and the rabbis wanted to avoid the possibility
Generation to generation
Shana GoldbergOct 24, 2019
L’dor v’Dor, “from generation to generation,” is a cornerstone of Judaism. The source is in the repetition of the Amida service, when we recite: “To all...
Denverite survives Halle synagogue attack
Shana GoldbergOct 17, 2019
is every Jew’s nightmare, and Denverite Talya Feldman lived it. The daughter of Dr. Steve and Barbara Feldman, and graduate of the Denver School of the Arts, was in...
Disruption
Shana GoldbergOct 17, 2019
When I was in Kansas City this summer, I visited the National WW I Museum and Memorial. The complex is a stunning structure with a massive obelisk, “Liberty Tower,”...
The reading class
Shana GoldbergOct 10, 2019
Urban, check. White, check. Female, check. Educated, check. When it comes to the characteristics of the “reading class,” I seem to fit the pattern. A recent Atlantic...
The Jewish Cookbook tested: Black-Eyed Pea Stew
Shana GoldbergOct 03, 2019
The cold weather came just in time. For about a month now — since Leah Koenig’s The Jewish Cookbook landed on my desk — I’d been planning on trying a […]
Perfection
Shana GoldbergOct 03, 2019
Who said breaking records is a good thing? Or perfection, for that matter? Some years back, the Cleveland Browns finished their season with a 0-16 record. Used to being...
At Moving Traditions, a space for teens to confront today’s issues
Shana GoldbergSep 26, 2019
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5780 SECTION D PAGE 5 At Moving Traditions, not all those leading the educational programs are professional Jewish educators. Rabbis, cantors and...
