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Irene Lofland, from Soviet emigré
Larry HankinOct 29, 2015
Irene Lofland lived the first six years of her life in Minsk, Belarus, but she has no memories of that life. Irene’s parents Jacob and Elena Garelik fled the Soviet...
Toby & Mort Mower, newcomers to Denver making their mark
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2015
Toby and Dr. Morton Mower, Denver’s newest power couple, reside at an address fit for royalty. Original paintings by Renoir, Monet, Degas and Picasso transform the...
Mordechai Hoffman, business mind behind Hillel Academy
Larry HankinOct 29, 2015
EIGHT YEARS ago, Hillel Academy’s fiscal situation was a train wreck. There was even talk of closing the venerable school, Denver’s oldest and original Hebrew day...
Gail Klapper, veteran political activist
Chris LeppekOct 29, 2015
Everybody seems to know who Gail Klapper is — she’s been a player on Colorado’s political, social, policy and educational scene for decades. The tough question,...
Rev. Leon Kelly, Moses in the land of gangsters
Chris LeppekOct 29, 2015
REV. Leon Kelly is on speakerphone in his downtown office, speaking to a man in another city. As his visitors wait for him to finish the call, it becomes apparent that...
Ryan Warner, familiar voice on Colorado Public Radio
Andrea JacobsOct 29, 2015
RYAN WARNER is early. Sitting patiently in the foyer, his translucent eyes absorb the minutest detail. Once the clock hits 9:30 a.m., he extends a firm hand and greets...
Soviet-Jewish American writers come of age
Andrea JacobsAug 13, 2015
. Sasha Senderovich is a master analyst of an exciting literary wave fomented by Soviet-Jewish American authors who came here as children and teens. Their contemporary...
New melodies at Temple Sinai
Andrea JacobsAug 13, 2015
Sheila (pronounced Shayla) Nesis has temporarily lost her office to the final stages of Temple Sinai’s building campaign — until a staffer in the religious school...
Harvard to HUC to Emanuel
Andrea JacobsAug 13, 2015
Elizabeth Sacks, looking more like a mother dropping off her child off at religious school than the next senior cantor at Temple Emanuel, nestles into a corner seat in...
Teaching the Holocaust
Chris LeppekAug 13, 2015
the Holocaust be taught to children? Let’s allow one of the primary architects of the Holocaust itself — Hermann Goering — to answer the question. “Education is...
