Denver
Rodef Shalom’s Rabbi Kobrin is thoughtful, joyful
Andrea JacobsDec 13, 2018
Rachel Kobrin speaks with such intensity that her body sways back and forth in the chair, as if she were davening. The observation both surprises and intrigues her....
Fanny Starr survived — and persisted
Shana GoldbergDec 13, 2018
There were tears, applause and awe last Thursday evening, Dec. 6, at the Tattered Cover book signing of local Holocaust survivor Fanny Starr. Freezing temperatures...
Meet the ‘Meir’ of south suburbs’ Jewish teens
Shana GoldbergNov 08, 2018
2015, Rabbi Meir Simon moved to Highlands Ranch to “step into the gap” left when Jewish teens complete Hebrew school. Together with his wife Sara, Simon, who is...
DAT’s high school building unified the school campus
Hillel GoldbergNov 01, 2018
The new 5,000 square foot high school building at DAT, to open in December, is more than a construction project. It is “transformative,” says DAT President Dr. Aryeh...
A century later, Sarah Cooper, age 4, has a headstone
Shana GoldbergOct 18, 2018
Sept. 28, 2018 a group of 13 people gathered for an unveiling ceremony at Rose Hill Cemetery in Commerce City. Unlike most unveilings, Sept. 28, 2018 was not the...
YAD Family Shabbat brings young families together
Shana GoldbergOct 11, 2018
Held several times throughout the year, YAD Family Shabbat offers the opportunity for young families to celebrate Shabbat together. Inspired by JEWISHcolorado’s YAD...
JCC Denver now ‘The Staenberg Campus’
IJN StaffSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH EDITION 5779 SECTION D PAGE 5 The corner of Leetsdale and Dahlia is changing. The Staenberg-Loup Jewish Community Center will now be known as The Staenberg...
JTown, a new suburban address for ‘doing Jewish’
Andrea JacobsAug 30, 2018
, whose name evokes a dusty designationloin a Clint Eastwood Western, is attracting a steady stream of followers to its growing Jewish communal presence in Lone Tree....
Father of Taylor Force speaks ahead of Denver visit
Hillel GoldbergAug 16, 2018
Stuart Force, it is safe to say, is a name no reader of the Intermountain Jewish News ever would have heard of, if it were not for another name that readers also would...
For JCC’s Lara Knuettel, ‘failure was not an option’
Hillel GoldbergAug 09, 2018
Knuettel gave birth to another boy, one she wasn’t expecting. It was exactly eight days into her new position of CEO of Denver’s Jewish Community Center that she...
