Tag: #coronavirus
School psychologist during a pandemic
Andrea JacobsMay 21, 2020
Ayala Zoltan Rockoff, who began working as DAT’s school psychologist in 2019, had no idea that a pandemic would upend the world in the coming months. Although DAT...
Tales of plague and morality
Special to the IJNMay 21, 2020
By Sharon Cohen, National Library of Israel In these tumultuous days of the coronavirus, as we all endure the weighty rules of social distancing, allow me to recommend...
DJDS seniors weigh in on Zoom graduation
Andrea JacobsMay 14, 2020
Sixteen graduating seniors, proud members of Denver Jewish Day School’s Class of 2020, will celebrate an unforgettable moment in unanticipated settings on Tuesday, May...
Opening up: Are people ready?
Chris LeppekMay 14, 2020
some two months in one or another form of self-isolation, or even quarantine, the lifting of some coronavirus restrictions in Colorado last week might seem like the...
Online worship ‘zooms’ into Colorado Springs
Jill AltmanMay 14, 2020
To use an already-hackneyed expression, we are living in an extraordinary time. Who knew that Judaism would be affected in this day and age by a virus? And yet, it...
Scott Kaplan
IJN StaffMay 14, 2020
Scott Kaplan, 43, a dedicated supporter of the MS Society, passed away from complications related to COVID-19 on May 2, 2020, in Denver. Rabbi Rick Rheins officiated at...
She survived the 1918 flu — and 2020 coronavirus
Ben Harris, JTAMay 14, 2020
WASHINGTON — After Marilee Shapiro Asher was admitted to the hospital in mid-April sick with COVID-19, her daughter got a call from the doctor telling her she ought to...
JFNA-led consortium came up with PPE
JTAMay 14, 2020
By Michele Chabin NEW YORK — When the novel coronavirus began its relentless sweep through elder-care facilities in North America, Andrew Banoff, chairman of the Assn....
Prophecy (un)fulfilled
Shana GoldbergMay 14, 2020
As I read Rabbi Sacks’ column this week, a section jumped out at me. Sacks recounts the story of Jonah, who was told by G-d to warn the people of […]
BMH-BJ preschool to open
Chris LeppekMay 07, 2020
what might be the first sign of the Denver Jewish community awakening after its prolonged coronavirus slumber, the BMH-BJ preschool has announced that it will open next...
