Special Sections
VIP New Faces: Yaron Marcus
Larry HankinNov 17, 2016
Marcus, 39, grew up in a real estate family but he never intended to make that his career, until seven years ago when he decided to give it a shot. He didn’t just give...
VIP New Faces: Sara Zessar
Andrea JacobsNov 17, 2016
Zessar, 35, was born in Rock Island, Ill., and graduated Washington University. She founded Discovery College Consulting, which helps high school students navigate the...
VIP New Faces: Simon Schwartz
Larry HankinNov 17, 2016
Schwartz loves Israel. At 33, he has chaired the Colorado chapter of JNFuture, Jewish National Fund’s young leadership, and is the organization’s national membership...
Funny guy Jack Barton reinvents himself at 92
Larry HankinNov 17, 2016
you hear the one about the 93-year-old guy…? Sounds like a joke but it’s not. It’s the true story of Denver’s Jack Barton, believed to be the oldest active...
Estelle’s saga: running from death as a child in the Holocaust
Andrea JacobsNov 17, 2016
81, Estelle Nadel bears no physical hint of the trauma inflicted upon her in the Holocaust. She’s petite, lovely, immaculately groomed. Her expressive eyes communicate...
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...
‘Corned beef’ Jew plays the blues
Andrea JacobsAug 11, 2016
Chesis, whose deep voice winks lazily as clouds and sunlight pass above his shaved head, is the essence of laid back. Despite the morning heat, it might as well be cool...
Daniel Krausz: The art of architecture
Chris LeppekAug 11, 2016
you might not know it, within the greater Denver Jewish community Daniel Krausz is virtually everywhere. Not the man himself (though he does seem to get around quite a...
ECE: Littlest Learners
Andrea JacobsAug 11, 2016
the 1950s and 1960s, many Jewish parents dispatched three- and four-year-olds to nursery schools. Games eased the awkwardness, and naps, cookies and milk revived drowsy...