Generations
Soccer, the import sport, takes hold among Jewish kids
IJN StaffJun 25, 2015
By Griffin Hughes Every four years, the world unites to watch the greatest tournament in sports: the FIFA World Cup. The world, that is, minus the United States. These...
Five Colorado Springs women celebrate Bat Mitzvah
Julie Greenberg-RichmanJun 25, 2015
age 76, I have my Bat Mitzvah degree. This is a big deal because I got married at a young age and didn’t go to college,” says Gloria Royne as she speaks on the bimah...
Colorado’s pot czar: Navigating untested waters
Andrea JacobsJun 25, 2015
Freedman, the first person in the world to bear the auspicious title of marijuana czar, occupies a barebones office in the Colorado State Capitol Annex building on...
From Aleppo to Denver: A family’s journey
Chris LeppekJun 25, 2015
are fascinating, and sometimes unpredictable, phenomena. L’dor V’dor — from generation to generation — is a Jewish ideal dealing with passing on Judaism and...
Friendship Circle reaches out
IJN StaffJul 02, 2012
By Joe Parris Laughter, smiles, and companionship; that is what friendship is all about. For some children with special needs, however, making friends can become...
Aliyah: Local families making the big move
Chris LeppekJun 28, 2012
GENERATIONS MAGAZINE THE word itself aliyah is loaded with significance. Translated from Hebrew into English, it means to ascend, or go up. In terms of Zionism,...
Bright, funny, happy and. . . trapped in a body that does not work
Andrea JacobsJun 28, 2012
GENERATIONS MAGAZINE Eric Blackwood knows a thing or two about imagination not the kind that inspires great literature or art but allows him to soar in a wheelchair...
Dorothy Feldman Cohen: Regal repository of Denver Jewish history
Andrea JacobsJul 01, 2011
Feldman Cohen, 94, sits on a high-backed purple chair in her living room. A regal repository of Denver Jewish history, she politely dismisses the spotlight enveloping...
Polio Journals: Its devastating effects on a Jewish woman and her family
Andrea JacobsJul 01, 2011
A week after returning from her mothers funeral in 1985, Anne Gross received a package at her home in Denver. She carried it to the kitchen table, opened it and...
Warrior Stories: 20 WW II veterans swap memories
Chris LeppekJun 30, 2011
story short.” More than one of the old warriors who gathered June 6 at a Denver area restaurant summed up their tales of war with that phrase. Long stories, indeed....