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They are also heroes: Funeral directors
Andrea JacobsMay 28, 2020
S. Eliot, contemporizing Chaucer’s lyrical ode to spring in The Canterbury Tales (1387-1400), immortalized April as the cruelest month in his epic poem, “The...
They are also heroes: Chevra Kadisha
Chris LeppekMay 28, 2020
coronavirus pandemic has managed to disrupt a multitude of things people cherish and take for granted, including many dimensions of Jewish ritual and worship, but at...
Some area Orthodox synagogues are reopening; others wait
Shana GoldbergMay 21, 2020
synagogues in Denver plan to open as soon as today, May 22, and others next week. Among the synagogues that plan to resume minyanim is Zera Abraham off West Colfax....
No COVID-19 deaths at Kavod or Shalom Park
Chris LeppekMay 21, 2020
, as they say, don’t lie. In the grim arithmetic of the coronavirus, it’s clear that older people are considerably more likely to die of the disease than those who...
School psychologist during a pandemic
Andrea JacobsMay 21, 2020
Ayala Zoltan Rockoff, who began working as DAT’s school psychologist in 2019, had no idea that a pandemic would upend the world in the coming months. Although DAT...
DJDS seniors weigh in on Zoom graduation
Andrea JacobsMay 14, 2020
Sixteen graduating seniors, proud members of Denver Jewish Day School’s Class of 2020, will celebrate an unforgettable moment in unanticipated settings on Tuesday, May...
Opening up: Are people ready?
Chris LeppekMay 14, 2020
some two months in one or another form of self-isolation, or even quarantine, the lifting of some coronavirus restrictions in Colorado last week might seem like the...
ADL: Anti-Semitic incidents rose in 2019
Ben Sales, JTAMay 14, 2020
NEW YORK — Last year saw the most anti-Semitic incidents in the US since at least 1979, according to the ADL. The 2,107 incidents recorded in 2019 reflect a 12%...
BMH-BJ preschool to open
Chris LeppekMay 07, 2020
what might be the first sign of the Denver Jewish community awakening after its prolonged coronavirus slumber, the BMH-BJ preschool has announced that it will open next...
Local military COVID effort
Chris LeppekMay 07, 2020
the end of June, Rabbi Joseph Friedman will step down from the pulpit of DAT Minyan, the East Side modern Orthodox synagogue he has served as spiritual leader for the...
