Steve Mark

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.

The workday begins at 5:30 a.m. It is now late morning on a snowy day in Boulder, and Steve Pagnotta still has an energetic bounce in his step. “I’m the late guy,” Pagnotta laughs, “but we are baking around the clock.” Pagnotta is general manager of Moe’s Broadway Bagel

The countdown was on. It’s less than two days before HEA’s big fundraiser, featuring Cantor Azi Schwartz in concert, and CEO Steve Levine is unrattled by the relentless demands on his time and attention. “You know the story of the ducks,” Levine says, “where the duck that’s underwater is pedaling like crazy. But just above water, they look calm. Inside, right now, my mind is churning with everything I need to do.”

As then-national board chair of the ADL, Denver’s Barry Curtiss-Lusher knew Abe Foxman well. On the day of Foxman’s funeral in New York (May 12), Curtiss-Lusher shared these thoughts with the IJN’s Steve Mark.