Special Sections
VIP New Faces: Meryl Wolff Suissa
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2020
Wolff Suissa grew up in Genessee, Colo. She graduated Colorado Academy in Denver and attended Colorado College until transferring to CU. She then went to Physician’s...
VIP New Faces: Rabbi Yisrael Katz
Larry HankinOct 29, 2020
Rabbi Yisrael Katz moved to Denver in 2016 to direct the NCSY chapter here, he has grown the teen organization from 60 members to more than 420. Nili Fischer, one of...
VIP New Faces: Daniel Kassai
Chris LeppekOct 29, 2020
Kassai is somewhat modest when discussing his professional pursuits, other than to say that he works in healthcare. He is known as an emerging leader in Denver’s East...
VIP New Faces: Alex Kasdin
Larry HankinOct 29, 2020
Kasdin, 28, is a New Jersey transplant loving Colorado as a project manager at the US Fish and Wildlife Service. She caught the “Colorado bug” during a nine-month...
VIP New Faces: Joseph Dubroff
Larry HankinOct 29, 2020
one thinks of a diplomat, an ambassador or another member of the Foreign Service may come to mind, but the Jewish community needs diplomats too. Joseph Dubroff has made...
VIP New Faces: Avital Rotbart
Chris LeppekOct 29, 2020
Rotbart knew from a very young age that she wanted to be a photographer and that she had a knack for it. By the age of 15 she had already established her own...
VIP New Faces: Carly Schlafer
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2020
Schlafer was born and raised in Milwaukee, Wis. and graduated Nicolet High School in Glendale, Wis. She majored in international affairs at George Washington University....
VIP New Faces: Rachel Mckiernan
Shana GoldbergOct 29, 2020
her role as partner and director of client relations for Johnson Financial Group, Rachel Epstein McKiernan, 39, works with clients and their families to create a...
VIP New Faces: Lior Lapid
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2020
Lapid was born in Jerusalem in 1982. He moved to New Mexico in 1990 and returned to Israel in 1997 to teach chess to disadvantaged children in Kfar Saba. Lior earned a...
VIP New Faces: Loren Knaster
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2020
Knaster is a fourth-generation Denverite, as is his wife Laura. He earned a BA in broadcast journalism from Syracuse University and an MA in conflict resolution from DU....
