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Literature meets law
Chris LeppekAug 10, 2017
Dr. Nan Goodman has held for the past two years a very prestigious position in Jewish academia, as director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of...
A ‘forest kindergarten’ in Mitzpe Ramon
Andrew Tobin, JTAAug 10, 2017
MITZPE RAMON, Israel — It sounds like a Jewish mother’s nightmare: a preschool class held outdoors in the desert. But parents in this remote Israeli town drop off...
You’re 80? Meet Dr. Herzl Melmed
Chris LeppekJun 22, 2017
The first question of the interview — “What is it with you and bicycles?” — makes Dr. Herzl Melmed laugh. Whippet-thin, agile and looking far more fit than his...
What a year for the Boulder JCC
IJN StaffJun 22, 2017
By Raphael Bein Standing in the entryway of the new Boulder JCC is impressive. The modern building is as vast as it is pleasing to the eye, and it is clear that a great...
Get off the couch — and into the wilderness
IJN StaffJun 22, 2017
By Raphael Bein Avanim Adventures seeks to bring Jews out of their home and into the wilderness, organizing camping and wilderness excursions that accommodate...
Generations of Mitzvahs
Larry HankinJun 22, 2017
The Bar and Bat Mitzvah of twins Lila and Noah Rubin was a nod to five generations of their family who have lived and practiced Judaism in Colorado. It was also a...
The importance of genetic screening
Andrea JacobsJun 22, 2017
Steven Senft, development director for Judaism Your Way, was born in Bogota, Colombia. He moved to Denver with his wife Daniela Loeble, a native Israeli from a Peruvian...
In Eisen home, personal touch in every room
Larry HankinMay 25, 2017
Melanie Eisen loves to entertain her large extended family on the holidays. It’s not unusual for 20 to 30 guests to gather around the Eisen table for Rosh Hashanah or...
Should we pray for healing?
Andrea JacobsMay 25, 2017
A friend leans over to you at services and whispers that a congregant is terminally ill. Regardless of your connection — close, remote, conflicted — shock levels the...
Where we were, what we felt, in 1967: Four Denverites remember
Chris LeppekMay 18, 2017
The IJN solicited verbal postcards from Denverites who lived through the Six Day War, June 5-10, 1967. Clara Elefant My husband had a sabbatical coming in 1962 so we...
