Joseph Friedman is DAT Minyan’s new rabbi

CHANUKAH EDITION 5776 SECTION A PAGE 8 Rabbi Joseph Friedman’s military obligations brought him to Denver earlier this year, the last thing he expected was to wind up back on a pulpit. Yet — call it synchronicity, serendipity, bashert or random chance — that’s exactly what happened. Since August, he has been serving as spiritual leader of Denver’s DAT Minyan. In the living room of the East Denver mid-century modern home he shares with his wife Melissa — in which unpacked boxes illustrate the still-new reality of his being here — Rabbi Friedman tells the story of how it all happened. An occasional expression on his already expressive face suggests surprise and amazement at how rapidly things have changed for him. It is a story […]