Intermountain
Helena synagogue returned to Jewish hands
JTASep 08, 2022
By Jackie Hajdenberg HELENA — The Jewish community in Montana closed a deal Aug. 25 to reacquire the state’s first synagogue, built in 1891, returning it to Jewish...
The rabbi replies: Iah Pillsbury
Steve MarkAug 04, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Iah Pillsbury of Temple Beit Torah in Colorado Springs. “Celebrating diversity is important to us as a community, which is part of...
The rabbi replies: Jay Sherwood
Steve MarkJul 14, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Jay Sherwood of Temple Shalom in Colorado Springs. “There’s a beautiful thing about communal singing, because you could feel the...
The rabbi replies: Menachem Siderson, Aish of the Rockies
Steve MarkMay 19, 2022
The Rabbi Replies speaks with Rabbi Menachem Siderson of Aish of the Rockies. “I had the blessing of coming to a community that knew me, that I was familiar with, in a...
Mikvehs to be built in name of Meron victim
Special to the IJNMay 19, 2022
A diverse group of Jews who come together to build two mikvehs in memory of Yossi Kohn in Boise, Idaho, and Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Retrospective: Freedom Rider recalls his activism
Chris LeppekApr 28, 2022
A Freedom Rider and civil rights activist, Rabbi Allen Secher marched and prayed with Rev. Martin Luther King.
Coin of the realm: childhood passion to business
Jill AltmanMar 17, 2022
Matt Trookman, numismatist, first became interested in coins at the age of five, when he stopped a passerby to ask about the jingling noise coming from his pocket. He...
Wyoming: the rabbi with a kaleidoscopic approach
Chris LeppekMar 10, 2022
It’s a question virtually every rabbi has been asked at one time or another: What kind of rabbi are you? It has certainly been asked of Rabbi Moshe Halfon: “The best...
The First: Nussbaum fights for freedom of worship
Jill AltmanFeb 10, 2022
Nussbaum Speir Gleason, a law firm located in Colorado Springs, specializes in fighting for our right to worship as we choose, free from governmental interference.
Cross country in Frisco, at any age
Special to the IJNNov 18, 2021
By Marilyn Shapiro My husband Larry and I just returned to our Florida home from an early November trip to Frisco, Colorado. While we were there, the weather was...
