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VIP New Faces: Jessica Milstein
Larry HankinOct 26, 2017
the late 1970s, Alla and Vladimir Milstein fled the Soviet Union and settled in Denver so that they could live freely as Jews in a democracy. Their daughter, Jessica...
VIP New Faces: Gary Brandt
Larry HankinOct 26, 2017
the three years since Gary Brandt arrived on the scene in Boulder, he has made a big impact on the way Jewish youth there “do Jewish.” Brandt, 34, became the...
VIP New Faces: Jacob Eichengreen
Julie Greenberg-RichmanOct 26, 2017
undergraduate studies at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., Jacob Eichengreen, 27, volunteered in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake assisting emergency and aid...
VIP New Faces: Rebecca Sunshine-DeWitt
Andrea JacobsOct 26, 2017
Sunshine-DeWitt, 31, is a Denver native who’s passionate about encouraging young voters to get involved with the political process. A Cherry Creek High graduate, she...
VIP New Faces: Ben Sanders
Andrea JacobsOct 26, 2017
Sanders, 23, grew up in Denver, attended DAT for elementary and middle school and Denver Jewish Day School for high school. He earned a BA in Jewish studies at CU. A...
VIP New Faces: Meredith Levy
Andrea JacobsOct 26, 2017
Levy, 35, grew up in Philadelphia. She earned a BS in human services from George Washington University and an MA in community leadership and philanthropy studies at The...
Literature meets law
Chris LeppekAug 10, 2017
Nan Goodman has held for the past two years a very prestigious position in Jewish academia, as director of the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado,...
A ‘forest kindergarten’ in Mitzpe Ramon
Andrew Tobin, JTAAug 10, 2017
MITZPE RAMON, Israel — It sounds like a Jewish mother’s nightmare: a preschool class held outdoors in the desert. But parents in this remote Israeli town drop off...
You’re 80? Meet Dr. Herzl Melmed
Chris LeppekJun 22, 2017
first question of the interview — “What is it with you and bicycles?” — makes Dr. Herzl Melmed laugh. Whippet-thin, agile and looking far more fit than his 80...
What a year for the Boulder JCC
IJN StaffJun 22, 2017
By Raphael Bein in the entryway of the new Boulder JCC is impressive. The modern building is as vast as it is pleasing to the eye, and it is clear that a great deal of...
