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Where Denver day schools stand on vaccinations
Chris LeppekDec 06, 2018
It’s rare that Jewish organizations across the denominational spectrum in Denver — or anywhere else — find unanimity on anything, but on the subject of vaccination...
Gov.-elect Polis speaks to the IJN
Shana GoldbergNov 29, 2018
The name of Colorado’s governor-elect is not new to these pages. A quick search through Intermountain Jewish News archives brings up articles about Jared Polis going...
In Colorado Springs, free guns for rabbis
Andrea JacobsNov 15, 2018
Bernstein, owner of Dragonland near Colorado Springs, trains neophyte gun owners how to nail bulls-eyes — but local rabbis suggest his credibility is way off target....
Non-Jews in Denver reach out after Pittsburgh
Andrea JacobsNov 08, 2018
Jews trapped in the emotional trauma of Pittsburgh instinctively seek comfort from other Jews. Who else can possibly understand the pain, the outrage, the loss? But over...
After Pittsburgh, 200 gather in Denver to recite Psalms
Hillel GoldbergNov 08, 2018
Seven Orthodox congregations held a Psalms recital, Oct. 31, at Congregation Zera Abraham, in the aftermath of the murder of 11 Jews at Tree of Life congregation in...
Hundreds gather in Cheyenne to honor Pittsburgh victims
IJN StaffNov 08, 2018
Mt. Sinai in Cheyenne held an interfaith anti-hate and memorial event, Oct. 29, to commemorate the victims of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Dave Lerner,...
Historic win: Polis will be Colorado’s first Jewish governor
Shana GoldbergNov 08, 2018
Colorado Democratic Congressman Jared Polis beat Republican State Treasurer Walker Stapleton on Nov. 6 to become Colorado’s 43rd governor, and its first Jewish...
Denver native in Pittsburgh recounts events last Shabbat
Andrea JacobsNov 01, 2018
Saturday, Denver native Rebecca Tessler Pollack was at her in-laws home close to Tree of Life to help prepare Shabbat lunch instead of going to Poale Zedeck about a mile...
Synagogues work to create a safe space
Chris LeppekNov 01, 2018
Amidst the avalanche of emotions in the wake of a tragedy on the scale of last week’s mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue, fear might be the most immediately...
Former Pittsburgh — now Denver — rabbi recollects
Andrea JacobsNov 01, 2018
Rheins, senior rabbi at Temple Sinai, had a memorable relationship with Tree of Life and Pittsburgh’s Jewish community for 10 years, 1995-2005. He was the spiritual...
