Today’s Life
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.
The Bat Mitzvah — 100 years after the first one
Jackie Hajdenberg, JTAMar 24, 2022
Temple Emanuel is one of more than 100 synagogues honoring the milestone in expanding roles for women in synagogue: the 1922 Bat Mitzvah of Judith Kaplan Eisenstein, the...
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.
Ben Lusher, national chair of Moishe House, cites ‘silver lining’ in a pandemic-defined term
Steve MarkJan 13, 2022
Strategic direction seems to be a common theme in the life of Ben Lusher. Lusher is the CEO of Denver’s Nexus BSP, an energy company with oil and gas interests across...
From litigator to challah baker
Steve MarkDec 23, 2021
Hagemeier is in her kitchen, occasionally opening the oven to poke into what’s cooking. “Just to make sure there’s nothing raw,” she says. Hagemeier is...
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...
The Denver Kehillah stresses inclusivity
Larry HankinNov 18, 2021
East Denver’s vibrant Jewish landscape is going through another growth spurt, evidenced by the recent expansion of the East Denver Eruv, current reconstruction of the...
Deadline Nov. 15 for 35th annual Coloring Contest
IJN StaffNov 11, 2021
Deadline for entries in the 35th annual Intermountain Jewish News Chanukah Coloring Contest is Monday, Nov. 15, 5 p.m.
