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IJN to further digitize archives with help of Rose Community Foundation grant
IJN StaffSep 02, 2021
The Intermountain Jewish News is the recipient of a Rose Community Foundation Jewish Life grant, announced IJN Assistant Publisher Shana R. Goldberg. The grant will be...
Fifth suspect arrested in murder at Yeshiva
Chris LeppekSep 02, 2021
With the arrest last week of the fifth suspect in the Aug. 17 slaying of Yeshiva Toras Chaim student Shmuel Silverberg, Denver Police now have in custody all of the...
A school copes with a murder
Larry HankinAug 26, 2021
One often hears members of school communities, businesses and organizations refer to each other as “family.” A nice sentiment, but its meaning may not be truly...
Arrests in Silverberg murder; bias discounted
Chris LeppekAug 26, 2021
Less than 48 hours after the murder of 18-year-old Denver yeshiva student Shmuel Silverberg last week, Denver police arrested four suspects in that shooting, part of a...
Yeshiva Toras Chaim student murdered; deeply mourned
Chris LeppekAug 19, 2021
A student at Denver’s Yeshiva Toras Chaim was killed late Tuesday night, Aug. 17, in what appears to have been a drive-by shooting, apparently part of a crime spree...
Yeshiva student murdered on West Side
IJN StaffAug 18, 2021
(YESHIVA WORLD NEWS) — A student at Yeshiva Toras Chaim was shot and killed in Denver. Police say the horrific incident unfolded in the late Tuesday, Aug. 17, and...
Synagogues, grappling with Delta, try to plan for High Holidays
Chris LeppekAug 05, 2021
year ago, decisions regarding how to worship as the High Holidays approached were relatively simple, if unavoidably bleak. As the coronavirus pandemic rode triumphant...
Don Kortz dies
Andrea JacobsJul 29, 2021
Donald (Don) Lee Kortz, 81, a pillar in Denver philanthropy, real estate and health care, supporter of numerous Jewish and civic causes and a loving husband, father,...
Gov. Polis signs joint resolution authorizing Rose statue
Chris LeppekJul 22, 2021
long last, Maurice Rose will be coming home to Denver. Not in the flesh, of course, since the much decorated US Army major general died from enemy fire in the waning...
Jewish soldier advocates for Afghani translators
Steve LipmanJul 15, 2021
Adam Malaty-Uhr, a Jewish officer in the Army National Guard who served in Afghanistan, 2008-09, sensed something amiss one morning with Hemi, the young Afghani...
