Special Sections
Spiritual markers on the journey of Avrohom and Sorah Larimer
Hillel GoldbergMar 27, 2014
Move over, Cotopaxi. Your tenure in Denver Jewish history began oh so recently, in the 1880s. Once you were king of the hill. The founders. The legends. The people...
A Torah teacher
Andrea JacobsMar 27, 2014
It’s early morning at the Denver Community Kollel on Xavier Street. Men place their black hats on top of the coat rack inside the closet. Large Hebrew books line the...
A Sephardic presence
Chris LeppekMar 27, 2014
Niso Aharonian lives in Denver, which is a long way from where he was born and raised, Herzliya, Israel, and even further away from where his parents came from, which...
25 years later…Catching up with L’Chaim couples
Larry HankinFeb 27, 2014
L’Chaim® magazine, which is all about celebrations, has a celebration of its own. This is the 25th anniversary edition of L’Chaim© magazine. The first L’Chaim©...
The stuff of legends
Chris LeppekFeb 27, 2014
It’s accurate to call Marshall Fogel a collector, but hardly sufficient. His collection of baseball memorabilia is nothing less than legendary, said to be second only...
Capturing the productivity of boomers
Andrea JacobsJan 30, 2014
Around 2005, Rose Community Foundation observed a surge of baby boomers opting for retirement in Denver, then the boomer capital of the nation. It was great for the...
Colorado Jewish Professional Women
Andrea JacobsJan 30, 2014
In 2007, friends Shira Zimmerman and Jodi Cooper co-founded a network model called Colorado Jewish Professional Women that encourages the innate qualities women bring to...
A magnificent C.U.R.E. for emptiness
Chris LeppekJan 30, 2014
Funny, sometimes, how things begin. One of the world’s largest, most effective and respected charities, for example, began in the simplest, humblest and smallest of...
A new JEWISHcolorado
Chris LeppekJan 30, 2014
FIRST things first: The Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado no longer exists. Nor does its partner, the Jewish Community Foundation. The federation and the foundation...
‘Just call me morah’
Chris LeppekJan 02, 2014
Yehudis Fishman, teacher and scholar, is one of those rare individuals who has two birthdays. Her physical birthday — she marked her 70th this year — fell most...