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Free kosher meal debut
Chris LeppekJul 30, 2020
spite of the landslide of bad news making headlines these days, the pandemic — as awful as it is — is also making some good things happen. One of them is a new...
Colorado Democrats condemn Israel
Chris LeppekJul 23, 2020
adoption last weekend by Colorado Democrats of a resolution many Jews see as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic has left local Jewish leaders disappointed and concerned over...
COVID consequences: delay, denial
Andrea JacobsJul 23, 2020
sudden pain grabs your chest. Your arm goes numb. Although you know these are potential warning signs of a heart attack or stroke, you attribute the red flags to...
A Torah falls
Andrea JacobsJul 16, 2020
Yaakov Meyer did not see the Torah scroll fall to the floor on the Fast of Tammuz, the solemn beginning of the three-week mourning period that culminates on Tisha...
Temple Sinai holding in-person and online Shabbat services
Larry HankinJul 09, 2020
Temple Sinai has entered the second phase of reopening its building for in-person worship services. The southeast Denver Reform synagogue has been holding in-person Bar...
Governor signs Holocaust and genocide education bill
Shana GoldbergJul 09, 2020
Under a hot Colorado sun, Governor Jared Polis signed into law HB-1336, the Holocaust and Genocide Education in Public Schools bill, at JEWISHcolorado on July 8. The...
IJN wins 12 Rockower awards in Jewish journalism
IJN StaffJul 03, 2020
The Intermountain Jewish News took home 12 American Jewish Press Association awards at the 39th annual contest. The July 2 ceremony was held virtually this year due to...
Welcome back to shul — with new rules
Larry HankinJul 02, 2020
The past month or so has seen some Denver-area synagogues slowly reopening for limited daily and Shabbat services. The services don’t look like they did before the...
COVID in Colorado: Monitoring key developments
Chris LeppekJul 02, 2020
do we know about the coronavirus in Colorado? A great deal — reams of data, long columns of numbers and statistics, charts upon charts, graphs and projections. And,...
Hot House District 6 race
Chris LeppekJun 25, 2020
this strange season of multiple limitations, one commodity that is not banned, restricted or constricted is issues. Whether social, economic or political — perhaps...
