Kosher Living

A new kosher restaurant, L’Chaim Ma’adenei Melech is slated to open soon at 909 S. Oneida St., Suite 1-B. The eatery, owned and operated by the Katanov family, will feature Middle Eastern — notably Bukharian — cuisine from Uzbekistan, which L’Chaim’s manager Benjamin Katanov says is “full of flavor boosts.”

Purim has arrived, and the decibel level in the Denver Jewish Day School gym is rising by the moment. Many of the 160 lower division kids are dressed as Mordechai and Queen Esther, anxiously awaiting the Purim spiel. As the conclusion of the spiel – including the requisite vocal disdain expressed at every mention of Haman – music quickly fills the air. Everyone is dancing and singing. So is Rabbi Shalom Lebowitz. Dressed as Mordechai, he is prancing from group to group, injecting doses of enthusiasm.

Growing and maintaining a collection can be a fulfilling and meaningful hobby for many. People collect things such as coins, stamps, art, rare books, comic books and baseball cards. Then there is Isaac Pollak of New York City who collects chevra kadisha artifacts. That’s right — objects from Jewish sacred burial societies, many often used in tahara — the ritual cleansing — and dressing of dead bodies in accordance with Jewish law. Not your typical items to be collected.

Out of the 613 mitzvahs in the Torah, there are three that are considered the foundational block of observant Judaism: kashrut, Shabbat and taharat hamishpacha (family purity). While most are relatively familiar with the first two, the third —...

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 Reykjavik, Iceland. There, Shabbat can sometimes last a lot longer.

In 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, 2012, he decided to eat only kosher meat. That was a...

Rabbi Eddie Shapiro is a man of many skills and much experience; of many varied clients, both Jewish and non-Jewish, both living and dead; and of many titles.

A new cookbook, Flipping Houses & Pancakes: Kosher Recipes & Kitchen Design Tips from an Amateur Professional, is written by former Denverite Dora (Krausz) Segan-Kohanim.

The words entrepreneur and CEO describe Rabbi Chaim and Chavie Bruk of Bozeman, Montana.

The formal name is Kehilas Bais Yisroel, the MB Glassman Shul, but everyone just refers to this East Side Orthodox synagogue as “KBY.”