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J Street joins JCRC; mixed reactions
Chris LeppekJun 29, 2017
Street has finally arrived. Last week, in its second try at membership in the Jewish Community Relations Council, the Israel-focused and liberal-leaning activist...
Colorado Springs Chabad hit by anti-Semitic message
Larry HankinJun 15, 2017
The Chabad Jewish Community Center in Colorado Springs was hit with an act of vandalism that Colorado Springs police are calling a hate crime. Congregants arriving for a...
Swastika painted on Aurora home
Andrea JacobsJun 08, 2017
and Sandy Wolf, who have lived in their Aurora home for almost 42 years, heard a knock on their door at 5:45 a.m. Friday, June 2. It was the police. After reassuring the...
Swastikas at DU; police investigating possible hate crime
Chris LeppekMay 11, 2017
swastikas and the letters “KKK” were scratched into the surfaces of six cars on the same block as a Denver Hillel house last week, the Anti-Defamation League remains...
Temple Sinai celebrates 50 years
Andrea JacobsApr 20, 2017
1966, as the Vietnam War raged and the disturbing question “Is G-d Dead?” appeared on the cover of Time, a young rabbi faced a choice that would ultimately redefine...
Robert E. Loup dies
Larry HankinMar 23, 2017
tough talking fundraiser whose soft side repeatedly revealed a heart of gold. A self-made man from humble beginnings who ascended to arguably the highest Jewish lay...
Bob Loup: The human side
Andrea JacobsMar 23, 2017
Loup, who was married to Bob Loup for 30 years, is still overwhelmed by the boundless love she felt at the funeral at the HEA on Sunday, March 19, just one day...
Bob Loup: The public figure
Chris LeppekMar 23, 2017
was always a lot more to Bob Loup than met the eye. What met the eye — at least from the perspective of a journalist working in the Jewish press — was something of a...
Anti-Semitism: Colorado elected officials speak out
Chris LeppekMar 09, 2017
the face of a rising tide of anti-Semitic bomb threats and vandalism in recent weeks — including two incidents in Boulder — Colorado political leaders called for...
Anti-Semitism: Denver non-Jewish spiritual leaders speak out
Andrea JacobsMar 09, 2017
first wave of bomb threats hitting Jewish community centers across the US made headlines on Jan. 9, 2017. The next three swelled in quick succession. The fifth wave,...
