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Zaler gets a long, 15-year sentence
Chris LeppekNov 12, 2009
WITH the sharp finality of his gavel strike last Friday, Nov. 6, US District Judge John Kane passed sentence on Arnold Zaler, the former Denver kosher meat entrepreneur...
Remembering Andrew Graham
Andrea JacobsNov 12, 2009
ANDREW Gelston Graham, 23, who was shot to death in the early morning hours of Friday, Nov. 6, somewhere between a light rail station and home, was remembered Tuesday at...
Moishe House! New York, Beijing, and now Denver
Andrea JacobsNov 12, 2009
IN the semi-darkness, there are no Stars of David or Shalom greeting mats distinguishing the basement apartment on Washington Parks western edge. A painted...
Mayor Barkat wants Jerusalem to soar
Chris LeppekNov 12, 2009
IT cant be easy being the mayor of Jerusalem. The shadow of his ancient, beautiful and troubled city seems to follow him everywhere he goes, even to faraway Denver....
Abbas’ threat to resign sparks fears
Leslie Susser, JTANov 12, 2009
JERUSALEM Just as he hoped it would, PA President Mahmoud Abbas threat to resign has concentrated the minds. Both Israels prime minister and the US president are...
Countries confront past differently
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTANov 05, 2009
ROME A row of empty shoes where Jews were shot dead on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest. The image of a grand synagogue chiseled into stone […]
Israel arrests settler for terrorist acts
Jerusalem PostNov 05, 2009
By Yaakov Katz & Abe Selig, JPost JERUSALEM — The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) and the Israel Police announced on Sunday, Nov. 1, that they had arrested an...
Sukkah sacked at Stanford
Sue Fishkoff, JTANov 05, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO Stanford Universitys Jewish community celebrated the first night of Sukkot eating the traditional festive meal inside the sukkah it puts up every...
Celebration in Trinidad
Chris LeppekNov 05, 2009
The culmination of more than 10 years of painstaking and sometimes frustrating work will be celebrated on Nov. 14, when Temple Aaron of Trinidad and the Colorado State...
URJ’s biennial to look outward to interfaith, rights of Israeli Arabs
Sue Fishkoff, JTAOct 29, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO A newly restructured and slimmed down Union for Reform Judaism will focus on interfaith relations and the rights of Israeli Arabs at its biennial...