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On the horizon: a third anniversary since the Hamas horrors of Oct. 7, 2023. Eylon Levy remembers the Israeli war room like it was yesterday. “They needed people to talk to the media, and it was an atmosphere of all hands on deck,” Levy told the IJN. Levy became the English spokesperson for the Israeli government.

The countdown was on. It’s less than two days before HEA’s big fundraiser, featuring Cantor Azi Schwartz in concert, and CEO Steve Levine is unrattled by the relentless demands on his time and attention. “You know the story of the ducks,” Levine says, “where the duck that’s underwater is pedaling like crazy. But just above water, they look calm. Inside, right now, my mind is churning with everything I need to do.”

The patient is young, and squirming. After all, what two-year-old enjoys the ritual of annual inoculations and the needles that go with it. “All right, we’re done torturing,” says Dr. Rachel Fishman. Dr. Fishman happens to be a veterinarian, the medical director of VetCare Animal Hospital. Her patient is a young and feisty terrier named Boci.

A person carrying a Torah scroll in memory of a loved one on his yahrzeit tripped and dropped the Torah scroll during the procession around the Hebrew Educational Alliance sanctuary as the Torah was being returned to the Ark...

It was 2019. Life was good. Jay Siegel was four years removed from his retirement from Cummins Diesel after a long career as an engineer. Siegel, a gabbai at BMH-BJ, spent some time consulting, and was even a part-time barista at Starbucks — just to keep busy.

David Last’s book, Forged by Limitation, is aptly published by a company called Journey Institute Press. It is indeed the story of a journey — more like a roller-coaster ride — that starts with his cerebral palsy diagnosis at the age of 11 months and meanders through his childhood, high school and an attempt at college. 

The path to Ilene Rosen’s office is easy to navigate, as long as you shuffle to avoid the line of wagons filled from the latest Costco haul: Bubbie’s pickles, condiments, plastic cups, hot dog buns — all essentials for a carnival. Purim was on the horizon when we met.

A new kosher restaurant, L’Chaim Ma’adenei Melech is slated to open soon at 909 S. Oneida St., Suite 1-B. The eatery, owned and operated by the Katanov family, will feature Middle Eastern — notably Bukharian — cuisine from Uzbekistan, which L’Chaim’s manager Benjamin Katanov says is “full of flavor boosts.”

A ceremony officially declaring Mount Nebo Memorial Park and Cemetery a Historic Landmark took place Sunday, Nov. 16, at the cemetery. The Historic Landmark status was granted by unanimous vote of the Aurora City Council.

All school districts, and many individual schools are powered by real estate. Denver Jewish Day School has been no different. In 2005, JEWISHcolorado loaned DJDS $1 million to aid in the expansion of its campus on S. Wabash St.