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Welcome to the GA!

EVERY year, Jewish leaders from across North America – and guests from overseas too! – meet for the annual General Assembly (GA) of North American Jewish...

Jews in Colorado? Yes!

HUMAN memory wavers like fickle candlelight across the mind, obscuring faces once adored, illuminating others hardly known. Kaleidoscopic images — a favorite toy, a...

Doug Seserman

AJF’s Doug Seserman not afraid to face changes in federation life

DELEGATES to this year’’s General Assembly will see lots of local Colorado faces during their Denver stay — some more than others. One of those on the “more”...

Forever 18…when it comes to music

Paul Epstein — 6’4”, wavy white hair flowing past his shoulders — bends slightly to greet his guests in the back hallway of Twist and Shout, Denver’s massive,...

Desire for beauty: Art and words of Withold K.

The art of Witold K. has taught Witold and painted a fascinated a great many people over the years, and mystified perhaps even more. They have seen in his creations...

Mesorah Learning, Kehilat Rodef, replace CTT

ONCE upon a time — until very recently, actually — the Denver Jewish community had something called the Community Talmud Torah. Hundreds of Denver Jewish kids passed...

Dorothy Feldman Cohen: Regal repository of Denver Jewish history

Feldman Cohen, 94, sits on a high-backed purple chair in her living room. A regal repository of Denver Jewish history, she politely dismisses the spotlight enveloping...

Polio Journals: Its devastating effects on a Jewish woman and her family

A week after returning from her mother’s funeral in 1985, Anne Gross received a package at her home in Denver. She carried it to the kitchen table, opened it and...

Warrior Stories: 20 WW II veterans swap memories

story short.” More than one of the old warriors who gathered June 6 at a Denver area restaurant summed up their tales of war with that phrase. Long stories, indeed....

The dangers of distracted driving

By Samantha Bernstein Colorado is one of 26 states that have categorized text messaging while driving as a primary offense. The statute has been implemented due to a...