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L’Chaim (Spring)

Bar Mitzvah serves as ears and advocate for his parents

On the morning of January 29, a 13-year-old strode to the pulpit at East Denver Orthodox Synagogue and delivered a Bar Mitzvah speech that rocketed him into manhood, and...

Sailing through history on the Hudson

A Monsey resident — by way of Germany and Spain — says he will emulate the footsteps of Jewish travelers from the 17th-19th centuries this spring, aboard a...

Funny man: Denver native hits the big time

Gardenswartz, busily at work on Amazon Studios’ much anticipated, post-COVID fourth season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is at the top of his game. “This is my...

Judaism and horror in film

those not-so-rare occasions when religion and horror cinema intersect, Judaism is seldom part of the picture. Phantoms, demons and assorted other entities that go bump...

Coaches for couples

 and Jim Sharon have the street cred when it comes to successful couples’ relationships. They not only talk the talk, they walk the walk. The talk: Jim Sharon, EdD,...

Adolph Kiesler was called ‘man of the century’

his many beneficiaries, Adolph Kiesler would always be known as the “prince of givers.” To his good friend and fellow Zionist, Rabbi Herbert Friedman — known in...

Tradition meets technology

You hear it all the time. The world of dating can be rough. Once you have decided you want to meet someone to settle down with, you have to decide […]

Millennials ‘do Jewish’

many Jewish millennials, born between 1981-1996, have you seen at services lately? If the answer is “not many,” fear not. They are doing Judaism at another address,...

Welcome back: Spain and Portugal re-invite the Jews

a millennium ago, give or take a century or two, the monarchies of Spain and Portugal visited upon their Jewish citizens one of the most massive and egregious acts of...

Matt Buckstein

Matt Buckstein: Denver’s Nashville-style star

Buckstein, one of Denver’s hottest country-western singers, arrives in jeans, a plaid shirt and low-slung cap. His baritone greeting ignites sweet fire in unsuspecting...