L’Chaim (Fall)
Milestone for Kavod Senior Life — 50 years
Chris LeppekSep 02, 2021
The precise date of birth for the institution now known as Kavod Senior Life appears to have been lost in the mists of time.
Michael Klein, current president-CEO of...
Trailblazer: Dr. Wendy Berenbaum
Andrea JacobsSep 02, 2021
Dr. Wendy Berenbaum, one of the oldest and longest practicing female OB-GYNs in Denver, first envisioned a future in medicine — and specializing in women’s health...
The rise and fall of I. Rude
Chris LeppekSep 17, 2020
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5781 L’CHAIM® MAGAZINE PAGE 13 is a park in the West Denver neighborhood of Sun Valley, an urban oasis with sweeping lawns, a little stream and...
Dysia Sonenreich: The voice of a survivor
Andrea JacobsSep 17, 2020
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5781 L’CHAIM® MAGAZINE PAGE 23 Sonenreich, 89, recounts her years in the Holocaust with equanimity. Bitter loss never dissolves in tears. A few...
Air Force Academy’s new Jewish chaplain
Jill AltmanSep 17, 2020
Meet Captain Saul Rappeport, the newest addition to Colorado Springs’ Jewish clergy. Rabbi Rappeport is stationed at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He...
Wanted: Documents concerning the guilt or innocence of Emanuel Saltiel
Chris LeppekSep 30, 2016
ROSH HASHANAH 5777 L’CHAIM MAGAZINE would we be without our heroes and our villains? They are, after all, our avatars of right and wrong, good and evil — the polar...
Lior’s journey
Andrea JacobsSep 30, 2016
ROSH HASHANAH 5777 L’CHAIM MAGAZINE birth to adolescence, young adulthood to serving as the rabbi at Roua’h Kidmah in Toulouse, France, the unfolding life of Lior...
Art renaissance in Curtis Park
Chris LeppekAug 29, 2013
L'CHAIM (FALL) MAGAZINE Nestled in its urban corner in the shadows of downtown skyscrapers, Curtis Park is an old neighborhood whose Victorian homes and shady streets...
Not for the faint of heart
Andrea JacobsAug 29, 2013
L'CHAIM (FALL) MAGAZINE As Allan Striker reminisces about his years as a mountain climber, high clouds swirl in his eyes. You can see his spirit leap up from the couch...
Pets and Judaism: A special bond
Andrea JacobsSep 13, 2012
The connection between human beings and their pets is like a love sonnet composed for someone who can neither read nor speak yet understands each line. Despite our best...