Education & Culture
Denver Community Kollel’s new southeast center
IJN StaffAug 15, 2014
EDUCATION & CULTURE When the Denver Community Kollel began more than 16 years ago, its bais medrash (study hall) was located on Denver’s West Side. Rabbi Yaakov...
Jewish Explorers in Stapleton and Highlands
Chris LeppekAug 15, 2014
EDUCATION & CULTURE “Give the people what they want,” goes the famous quote, variously attributed to Red Skelton or George Jessel, “and they’ll come out...
Virtuoso violinist
Andrea JacobsAug 15, 2014
EDUCATION & CULTURE ISABELLE Aboaf possesses a repertory and a reputation that would satisfy violinists twice her age. But this 15-year-old has no room for flashy...
What could be better than getting paid to watch movies?
Andrea JacobsAug 08, 2013
HOWIE Movshovitz occupies an empty table at the Tattered Cover LoDo. Lost in thought, he pays scant attention to patrons lining up for their morning espresso. But people...
Homeschooling: Learning, an organic, flowing process
Chris LeppekAug 08, 2013
A few years back, when Nachshon and Shoshana Zohari made their first tentative steps to educate their children by themselves, they weren’t entirely sure how to go...
Holocaust instructions: a DU mission
Chris LeppekAug 09, 2012
EDUCATION & CULTURE Leland Huttner is a man on a mission: To teach the Holocaust, and to ensure that its lessons are not forgotten. It is a mission with a […]
The victory of Jewish music over evil
Andrea JacobsAug 09, 2012
EDUCATION & CULTURE ON a summers day in 1999, Prof. Joshua Jacobson raised his hands to conduct the Zamir Chorale of Boston in a sunlit courtyard at Auschwitz. No...
Solomon reinvents original passion
Chris LeppekAug 09, 2012
EDUCATION & CULTURE MICHAEL Solomon really doesnt mind if you dont understand his paintings. Lots of people dont, he says. But they still enjoy them. He also...
Mesorah Learning, Kehilat Rodef, replace CTT
Chris LeppekAug 11, 2011
ONCE upon a time until very recently, actually the Denver Jewish community had something called the Community Talmud Torah. Hundreds of Denver Jewish kids passed...
The Cell: Technology against terrorism
Chris LeppekAug 05, 2010
PICTURE a typical peaceful afternoon on Denvers 16th Street Mall. The sun is shining, pedestrians are entering and leaving shops and eateries, shuttles are making...