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Oct. 7 rouses Idaho Jewry — and their allies
Shana GoldbergMay 16, 2024
Almost immediately after Oct. 7, local Jewish agencies began organizing. And elsewhere in the intermountain region, where the infrastructure did not exist for an...
Post Oct. 7, Hadassah mobilized fast
Larry HankinMay 16, 2024
Last summer, when Carol Ann Schwartz of Cincinnati was elected national president of Hadassah, the Women’s Zionist Organization of America, she was set to lead the...
Sunrise, sunset: Shabbat near the North Pole
Steve MarkApr 04, 2024
The rules for the duration of Shabbat are pretty clear: Roughly 25 hours and a few minutes after candlelighting on Friday night. Unless you are in a place like...
A kosher transformation
Larry HankinApr 04, 2024
2011, insurance agent Adam Moskowitz took a trip to Israel with The Jewish Experience and came home inspired to become more observant in his Judaism. Starting Jan. 1,...
In Steamboat Springs, taking a STAND
Steve MarkMar 14, 2024
Following an anti-Semitic incident in Steamboat Springs, Rabbi Kolby Morris-Dahary formed STAND (Steamboat Team to Disrupt Anti-Semitism and Discrimination) while...
Santa Fe — Jewish vignettes
Shana GoldbergMar 14, 2024
Vignettes of Jewish Santa Fe: Rabbi Berel Levertov, Prof. Ron Duncan Hart and Rabbi Jack Shlachter talk about Jewish life in northern New Mexico, including Los...
The boiling point lowers the higher you go
Hillel GoldbergMar 14, 2024
Peter DeWolf likes toffee. He likes it so much that he makes it. He makes it so much that he sells it. He sold it so much to friends that he decided to sell it...
Jewish at DU — in the aftermath of Oct. 7
Chris LeppekMar 14, 2024
For Jewish students at the University of Denver (DU), the last five months have been, to put it mildly, tempestuous. The Intermountain Jewish News speaks with...
The Israel-Hamas war — an economic and geopolitical perspective
Shana GoldbergJan 25, 2024
From his perch in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Denver-born Daniel Wagner has a different vantage of the Israel-Hamas War. That’s not only because of his...
Sam Goldberg knows why he’s hooked on JNF
Chris LeppekJan 25, 2024
As the Mountain States president of Jewish National Fund-USA, it was a no-brainer that Sam Goldberg would show up at the international convention of JNF in Denver...
