Steve Mark

At 8:30 a.m. on July 5, Bruce Shaffer was the first to arrive at the Colorado Convention Center, holding a sign that said “T/Y N.E.A. For No To Anti Zionist Hate.” The message was aimed at members of the National Education Assn. “It’s really important to be out here,” Shaffer said, “and let the NEA know that we’re really in favor of solid education that presents kids with fair content and not indoctrination to anti-Zionist, anti-Israel and anti-Semitic tropes that predispose them to a type of thinking that really just leads nowhere but to hatred.

Last month, retired Judge Gary Jackson and other collaborators hosted “Cherry Creek 150 and the Untold Story, A Colorado Sesquicentennial Chronicle,” a presentation at The Daniels Fund Bldg. Panelists included Jackson and Gerard Rudofsky, whose family has lived in Cherry Creek North.

In a solemn moment, US Army Commander Chris Countouriotis rose from his seat at the Boulder JCC and summed up the life of former Boulder resident Jacob Wiese. “He set an example for all of us to follow,” said Countouriotis. “Humility, passion, confidence, and an unwavering trust with adaptability and commitment.”

Three months since an automobile accident ended Gerry Goldberg’s life, a memorial near the dangerous intersection of East Belleview and South Franklin St. that was heavily populated by flowers and pictures of Goldberg, is now barren, except for a broken power transporter and a few dormant electrical wires.

On the horizon: a third anniversary since the Hamas horrors of Oct. 7, 2023. Eylon Levy remembers the Israeli war room like it was yesterday. “They needed people to talk to the media, and it was an atmosphere of all hands on deck,” Levy told the IJN. Levy became the English spokesperson for the Israeli government.