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Retrospective: Freedom Rider recalls his activism

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

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

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

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

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...

Deadline Nov. 15 for 35th annual Coloring Contest

Deadline for entries in the 35th annual Intermountain Jewish News Chanukah Coloring Contest is Monday, Nov. 15, 5 p.m.

Catching up with the Consul General in Salt Lake City

April, the IJN spent one-on-one time with Israel’s Consul General of Los Angeles, Hillel Newman, on a visit to Denver. That interview with Newman helped commemorate...

IJN kicks off Chanukah Coloring Contest

The conclusion of the High Holiday season with Simchat Torah this past week signals the opening of the 35th annual Intermountain Jewish News Chanukah Coloring Contest....

Sukkot: Why it’s the favorite holiday at our house

Sukkot — which begins Monday evening, Sept. 20 — has long been a favorite holiday at the Altman house in Colorado Springs. For my husband and me, it is a […]

Colorado Springs mayor sustains his friendship with the Jewish community

Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers has had an illustrious career. He has served as a deputy and chief deputy district attorney in Colorado Springs. He was an adjunct...