Today’s Life
Sukkah tales of joy — and wildlife — from the Springs
Jill AltmanOct 15, 2020
“It’s still standing!” This was the daily joke in the Altman household during Sukkot. We had had our share of problems with the Colorado wind wreaking havoc on our...
Chanukah Coloring Contest during COVID
IJN StaffOct 08, 2020
The Intermountain Jewish News is gearing up for its 34th annual IJN-Doris Sky Chanukah Coloring Contest amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. [Scroll down for entry form]...
Fort Collins’ Rabbi Gorelik sworn in as Army captain
IJN StaffOct 08, 2020
Rabbi Yerachmiel Gorelik, founder and director of Chabad of Northern Colorado and CSU in Fort Collins, was sworn-in as the first Jewish chaplain in the Colorado Army...
Clean Speech Colorado, Volume 2, this November
Larry HankinOct 01, 2020
Eleven months ago, the Colorado Jewish community joined together in an unprecedented effort to improve itself. In the years, months and weeks leading up to November,...
Meet the multiracial Bruks of Montana
Josefin Dolsten, JTAOct 01, 2020
BOZEMAN — In many ways, Chavie and Chaim Bruk are the archetype of Chabad emissaries. The couple live in Montana, one of only a handful of observant Jewish families in...
Air Force Academy’s new Jewish chaplain
Jill AltmanSep 17, 2020
Meet Captain Saul Rappeport, the newest addition to Colorado Springs’ Jewish clergy. Rabbi Rappeport is stationed at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. He...
Chabad South Metro opens new $6 million campus
Larry HankinSep 03, 2020
The Jewish landscape of southeast suburban Denver is changing with the opening of the new South Metro Campus for Jewish Life at 6100 E. Belleview Ave. in Greenwood...
Temple Shalom gears up for golden anniversary
Jill AltmanJul 30, 2020
Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs has a golden anniversary coming up in 2021. In the mid-1960s, the two existing Jewish congregations in Colorado Springs — Reform...
Sinai Bat Mitzvah milestone for Reese Bernstein — and temple
Andrea JacobsJun 04, 2020
Bernstein’s Bat Mitzvah Saturday, May 30, in Temple Sinai’s chapel signified a milestone in this young gymnast’s Jewish life and the Reform temple that shuttered...
Saul Rosenthal retires as cantor of Rodef Shalom
Larry HankinMay 21, 2020
Rosenthal has had a long and varied professional life: college instructor, regional ADL director, front man for a Jewish bluegrass band, PR consultant, music store...
