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Dueling billboards hit Denver
Chris LeppekApr 12, 2012
THIS spring, the Middle East conflict has arrived on the streets of metro Denver. Not, thankfully, in the form of rockets or airstrikes, but in the tried-and-true media...
Lunch program to remain at JCC; JFS will fund
Andrea JacobsApr 05, 2012
Sometimes to have a little good luck is the most brilliant plan. Woody Allen, Crimes and Misdemeanors PHILANTHROPIST Joyce Zeff rushed to the plate at the...
Lunch program to leave JCC, destination unknown
Andrea JacobsMar 29, 2012
THE Loup JCC has confirmed that the VOA kosher lunch program for seniors, a treasured weekly staple at the community center, is exiting the building. While there are...
Colorado debates circumcision
Chris LeppekFeb 09, 2012
THE effort to restore Medicaid funding for circumcisions in Colorado passed its first legislative hurdle last week, with a 6-3 vote of the State Senate Health and Human...
CU says ‘no’ to divestment
Chris LeppekNov 17, 2011
The University of Colorado Board of Regents last week voted, in effect, to reject an activist groups request that the school divest from Israel. Technically, the Nov....
At GA, energy!
Hillel GoldbergNov 10, 2011
The energy! You cant bottle it. You cant even define it. But the energy at the GA was bursting. And ubiquitous. Everybody felt it. And said so. Maybe in...
At GA, big tent
Chris LeppekNov 10, 2011
The General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America is a massive, potent, frenetic, humorous, serious, fun, intellectual, trivial, mercenary, philanthropic...
At GA, general holds court
Andrea JacobsNov 10, 2011
AS journalists and GA delegates converge upon the 16Mix watering hole at the Sheraton Hotel Sunday evening, Aluf Benn observes the commotion with eagle eyes and a...