L’Chaim (Spring)
Off the grid: Life in the gates of Heaven
Chris LeppekFeb 28, 2019
the Great Divide, on the far side of the Rocky Mountains from Denver, lie the Gates of Heaven. More eloquently known by its Hebrew name, Shaare Shamayim, and more...
Police chaplain Steve Kaye answers the call
Andrea JacobsFeb 22, 2018
the evening of Jan. 24, 2018, as Rabbi Steve Kaye relaxed at home, he received a text: “Officer-involved shooting. Respond to Denver General.” Kaye, the Denver...
Library celebrates Jewish West Side
Shana GoldbergFeb 22, 2018
up a chair, sit back, relax and take a trip down memory lane. Or, better yet, discover a world you never knew. After scrolling through the interactive exhibit on Jewish...
How did American newspapers report the Holocaust?
Andrea JacobsFeb 23, 2017
did Americans know about the Holocaust while it was happening? “History Unfolded: US Newspapers and the Holocaust,” a national project of the US Holocaust Memorial...
Shabbat in Gibraltar
Shana GoldbergFeb 23, 2017
is an anomalous place — and its citizens a reflection of its unique character. It is a British overseas territory, and has been since the 18th century, but it sits at...
Spain re-invites the Jews
IJN StaffMar 03, 2016
By Diane Joy Schmidt WHEN THE Edict of Expulsion decreed that the Jews of Spain convert or be expelled by the Ninth of Av the last day of July, […]
Jewish Sweden without a map
Andrea JacobsMar 03, 2016
fall I traveled to Stockholm alone to visit my brother and sister-in-law, whom I hadn’t seen in 30 years. An eternity had passed in the blink of the eye. Time had...
The art and philosophy of Harry Sherman
Chris LeppekMar 03, 2016
Within the vast reaches of the universe, space, in its entirety and everything in it even your thoughts are electromagnetic energy, as expressed in the spectrum....
1968: History Colorado looks at the year everything changed
Andrea JacobsFeb 26, 2015
moons have passed since I navigated the troubled shoals of 1968. The year that changed the world in ways we never anticipated changed me forever. While I’ve never...
Growing up in the Jewish Bible Belt
Chris LeppekFeb 26, 2015
the Rocky Mountain News stopped its presses for the last time in 2009, setting a good many talented people adrift, the newspaper’s editorial cartoonist was one of the...
