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CARMEL FOREST, Israel — The rabbi’s yarmulke fluttered in the wind, his hand holding it to his head, as he recited E-l Malei Rachamim, the traditional prayer for the deceased.
In front of him were 50 guards from a nearby prison. Behind him, a wall displayed the names of 44 prison service cadets, teachers, police and firefighters — including Denver’s Rabbi Uriel Malka —who died when a bus carrying the cadets was engulfed by the largest fire in Israel’s history.
The Carmel Fire started on Dec. 2, 2010 and burned for five days, destroying 6,000 acres of northern Israel’s expansive Carmel Forest.
Last June, the government released a harsh report in criticizing the conduct of its agencies during the fire.
Even as the country continues to mourn the fire’s dead, the forest is being reborn. Trees are regenerating on their own, new species are being planted, protection against future fires is expanding and hikers are returning to once-charred trails.
WHEN Betty Lehman’s infant son Eli was diagnosed with autism 24 years ago, dreams of a normal life shattered into a million pieces — and she’s still putting them back together.
“One of the things that really made me grow up was having a child with extreme needs and a potentially terminal condition,” Lehman, former executive director of the Autism Society of Colorado, tells the Intermountain Jewish News.
“The level of responsibility is tremendous — and I had taken on a responsibil...
It used to be that when Denver Jews wanted to do business with each other, the contacts and deals were often made in the comfort of a deli or country club dining room, at a community event, perhaps even in a synagogue lobby.
It was an informal, friendly and heimische way of doing business, a fraternal practice that more often than not need nothing more than a firm handshake to seal the deal.
Business is still done that way, of course, but at least in the mind of one Denver businessman, not nea...
It’s been over two years since the Boulder JCC launched a capital campaign to build a new facility. Reaching $17.2 million in November, 2012, the campaign was ready to break ground after reaching the $18 million pre-construction goal for construction in December.
Believed to be the largest amount of money raised for a non-university capital campaign for a non-profit in Boulder, the success of this campaign is one that will go down in the books.
Several community organizations and members he...
Calling young students interested in business and entrepreneurship! A new overnight camp is looking for campers ready for work and play.
The Boulder JCC is introducing Camp Inc., which is focused on business and entrepreneurship, to be held at CU-Boulder’s campus and directed by Josh Pierce.
The Foundation for Jewish Camp received the grant to launch the incubator camps, funded by The Jim Joseph Foundation and the AVI CHAI foundation, giving $8 million over five years.
An incubator advisory...