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Radio Chavura
by Maxwell and Dean Rotbart
A weekly radio program celebrating the Jewish Community in Colorado and around the world. Radio Chavura is broadcast Sundays at 6:30 pm on 990 KRKS AM in Denver. The program is hosted by father-son duo, Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
Episodes
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Allies In Isolation: Israel's Unique Friendship with the Federated States of Micronesia
This week on Radio Chavura, we feature an exclusive interview with His Excellency Asterio Takesy, Micronesia’s Ambassador to the United States and Israel. Micronesia, an international exporter of fish, bananas, and black peppers, is not known for much in the western world except as the periodic...
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Preparing for the High Holidays 5775: "A Time to Refocus"
Rabbi Daniel Rapp, whose permanent home is in New York, might be dubbed the "Commuter Rabbi," because he regularly shuttles between Manhattan and Denver in order to serve and enrich our community in his capacity as the Interim Rabbi at East Denver Orthodox Synagogue. Rabbi Rapp and his family…
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Preparing for the High Holidays - Rabbi Evette Lutman, B'nai Havurah
Beginning this week exclusively on Radio Chavura, we launch our annual series on preparing for the High Holidays. This year we are proud to feature another prominent group of Colorado spiritual leaders, starting with Rabbi Evette Lutman, the spiritual leader of B’nai Havurah, the Denver...
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Jewish Family Service of Colorado Showcases the Best of the Jewish People
This week on Radio Chavura, we speak with Yana Vishnitsky, president and CEO of Jewish Family Service of Colorado, about the important role that JFS plays in our community. As an immigrant, Yana, herself, has a special connection to JFS, which she explains during our interview. Begun in 1872 as…
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Jewish Values Make For Great Business Values - Safe Systems' Larry Halpern
Larry and Cindy Halpern have built their company, Safe Systems, Inc., into Colorado's largest locally owned security provider by following a Jewish-inspired philosophy of treating customers like members of the family. Safe Systems, which began in 1982, faithfully serves more than 10,000…
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Exclusive Interview with Marcie Natan - National President of Hadassah
On this week's edition, we speak with Marcie Natan, the national president of Hadassah: The Zionist Women's Organization of America, about how the 102-year-old organization continues to attract a devoted following - despite the changing times. The answer - which is well-worth listening to - is…
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Thinking Beyond The Four Questions - A Conversation With Ari Hoffman
Denver psychotherapist and wilderness guide Ari Hoffman believes that the four traditional questions asked during the Passover Seder are just the beginning of the questions that we should be asking ourselves. Indeed, Ari explains in this compelling discussion, the Exodus story can teach all of us...
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Paula Burger Writes a Book About Her Holocaust Survival with the Bielski Partisans
Paula's Window: Papa, the Bielski Partisans, and A Life Unexpected By Paula Burger (As told to Andrea Jacobs) Purchase Paula's Window on Amazon Paula Burger was only a child when she and her younger brother, Denver's beloved Cantor Isaac Koll, survived the Holocaust with the Bielski partisans.…
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The Jewish Ethics of Public Relations - Denver Community Kollel
Hear the unedited audio from the April 2, 2014 Torah 4 Tycoons business ethics lunch and learn series, presented by the Denver Community Kollel. The topic was, "In the Eye of the Beholders: The Ethics of Public Relations." The panel was moderated by Daniel Woodrow and featured Rabbi Mordechai...
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Flashback: Exclusive Interview with Esther Pollard - November 2006
In November 2006, Radio Chavura co-host Dean Rotbart conducted a broadcast interview with Esther Pollard, wife of Jonathan Pollard, the former American naval intelligence analyst who pled guilty to passing classied secrets to Israel and has been in prison since 1985. Joining Dean was Dr. Donald...
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Jewish Students Fondly Recall Rabbi Uriel Malka, z'l, Namesake of Denver's Beit Uriel Congregation
Top Row (l-r): Niso Aharonian, Rabbi Uriel Malka, z'l, and Eliana Azoulay Bottom Row (l-r): Liat Fischer, Josh Khalepari, and Yehuda Alter Beit Uriel is spearheading an effort to raise funds for Rabbi Malka's widow and six young children, and is asking the help of the Denver Jewish community. For...
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A Conversation With Sholem Aleichem's Granddaughter - Bel Kaufman
Bel Kaufman, the 102-year-old granddaughter of famed Yiddish author Sholem Aleichem, is the guest on the January 19, 2014 edition of Radio Chavura. (L) Bel as a child with her grandfather, Sholem Aleichem; (R) A recent photo of Bel Kaufman. Born Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich in 1859, Sholem…
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NATIONAL EDITION: Featuring Historian Dr. Jeanne Abrams and JNF Leader Gene Kay
On this week’s edition of Radio Chavura, we feature exclusive interviews with two Denverites who will be active participants in the upcoming JNF National Conference, scheduled to be held here in Colorado from October 25th through October 28th. Our first guest is noted historian Jeanne Abrams. Dr....
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NATIONAL EDITION: Exclusive Interview with JNF's Russell F. Robinson
Russell F. Robinson, JNF's CEO and a member of its global board of directors, is the featured guest on this inaugural national edition of Radio Chavura. Robinson divulges that at this year's national conference, JNF will formally announce an unprecedented 10-year, $1 billion fundraising campaign,...
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Strong Jewish Marriages and Perfect Games
Rabbi Gadi and Mrs. Eve Levy discuss their workshop, "7 Habits of Highly Effective Jewish Marriage." The Levys, both of whom work at The Jewish Experience in Denver, developed the course to offer married couples Torah-principled marriage guidelines. One of the 7 habits, Mrs. Levy explains, is to...
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Exclusive Interview with Itamar Marcus, Director, Palestinian Media Watch
The Palestinian Authority continues to hide its true intentions toward Israel from the non-Arab world, while consistently pushing a three-part anti-Israeli message to the Palestinian people, says Itamar Marcus, director of Palestinian Media Watch, and the special guest on this week's final...
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Our Special 5774 High Holiday Programming: Featuring Dr. Neil W. Levin, Milken Archive of Jewish Music
______________________________ Tonight on the Radio! Dr. Neil W. Levin, a professor at the Jewish Theological Seminary and one of the world's leading experts on Jewish music, joins us for our hour-long High Holidays series kickoff. Dr. Levin presents seven classic Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur…
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Season Two: 'Move the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem' - U.S. Congressman Doug Lamborn
One of Israel's staunchest allies in the U.S. House of Representatives is Congressman Doug Lamborn, representing Colorado's 5th District. As the co-chair of the bipartisan Israel Allies Caucus, and co-chair of the Republican Israel Caucus, Congressman Lamborn is a consistent and strong supporter…
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Boaz Meir: JNF's Mission Circa 2013 Includes Desalination and Desert Reclamation
Come October 25, 2013, the eyes of the Jewish world will be focused on Denver, as the Mile High City hosts the annual Jewish National Fund national conference. JNF, which is also known by the initials KKL (for its Hebrew name - Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael), is one of the largest and most prominent...
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Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) in Denver Celebrates its 100th Anniversary
Radio Chavura host Dean Rotbart, who also hosts a the weekly Business Unconventional radio newsmagazine, interviewed Rabbi Hillel Goldberg about this week's commemorative issue of the Intermountain Jewish News (IJN), which is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Dean's interview with Rabbi…
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Boulder's Own Adventure Rabbi and Hazon Founder Nigel Savage
On June 9th, the Radio Chavura team drove to Boulder to participate in the Boulder Jewish Festival. This year's event, the 19th annual festival, was organized by Cheryl Fellows, who also publishes the Boulder Jewish News with her husband, David. We saw many friends from both Denver and Boulder…
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Rivka Cohen's Inspiring Musical, Broadway unBound
Two segments on this week's edition of Radio Chavura, which is broadcast every Sunday at 6:30 pm (Mountain) on 990 KRKS AM. When Rivka Cohen was a young girl, she fell in love with musical theater. Determined that her life's direction would take her to Broadway and beyond, she pursued her passion...
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Evergreen's Rabbi Levi Brackman Helps Teens Identify Their Passions
Decades ago, cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the popular "Far Side" comic strip, drew an image of two middle-class parents, watching their son play video games, and wishfully thinking that maybe - one day - he would find a high-paying job as a Nintendo or Mario Brothers player (because he...
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10th Anniversary Denver JCC Celebrate Family Festival and Walk for Israel
Watch the amazing video and see all 210 photos in only 3 minutes and 30 seconds On this week's edition of Radio Chavura, hosts Maxwell and Dean Rotbart reflect on last Sunday's vibrant 10th Annual Celebrate Family festival, presented by the Robert E. Loop Jewish Community Center, and the Walk for...
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Denver Jewish Students in an Amazing Race
Four of Denver's community-minded Jewish young people are guests on the first segment of this week's broadcast of Radio Chavura. The students, each of whom attends the Denver Academy of Torah, will be participating in The 2013 Color Run to benefit Denver Yachad on Sunday, June 16th. The students,...
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An Extended Interview with Bill Korn Discussing the Jewish Community in Pioneering Leadville, Colorado
This is a bonus audio featuring an extended Radio Chavura interview with Bill Korn. You can hear the broadcast portion of the interview (May 12, 2013) here.
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The Pioneering Jewish Community of Leadville: An Interview with Bill Korn
The merchant store that became a national conglomerate. The immigrant family that emerged as among the wealthiest in America. The synagogue president who was also county commissioner (and - bizarrely - for a short time, the owner of a brothel). For a period of thirty years at the onset of the…
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Jewish & Widowed: A New Community Group
A new community-wide initiative, Jewish & Widowed, is the focus of our program this week on Radio Chavura. The group, offering a safe, non-threatening way to begin new friendships, will hold its first event this coming Wednesday, May 8th. The program is open to Jewish men and women of all ages…
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STUDIO J at Radio Chavura: 2013 Lag BaOmer Edition
Celebrate Lag BaOmer this year with Studio J at Radio Chavura and three of Colorado's most engaging and entertaining musical talents: Hal Aqua and the Lost Tribe Danya and Eyal Bryan Zive & Kol Echad Hosted by Denver's own multi-talented singer and songwriter, Julie Geller. Maybe it's the crisp...
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Denver's Temple Emanuel: 2,000 Families, 138 Years, 1 Susie Sigman
On Sunday, April 21, we speak with Temple Emanuel’s dynamic director of membership and programming, Susie Sigman. As the go-to person at Colorado’s largest and oldest synagogue, Susie manages a congregation that is larger than some cities in our state. And she does it with professionalism and...
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Radio Debut: Two Talented Colorado Jewish Teens!
This we speak with two outstanding students from the Jewish Student Connection: Georgie Seserman and Ben Weil. Georgie (who, in addition to playing five instruments, is a talented singer and songwriter) is a senior at the Denver School of the Arts and plans on attending the Berklee College of…
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A Fond Farewell to Rabbi Selwyn and Eileen Franklin - Episode #02
As he bid adieu to Colorado after six years as senior rabbi at BMH-BJ Congregation, Rabbi Selwyn Franklin stopped by the 990 KRKS AM studios to share some of his fond memories and to discuss his legacy. Rabbi and Mrs. Franklin are much beloved by both the BMH-BJ membership and the Jewish…
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The Legacy of Rabbi Manuel and Bess Laderman, z"l - Episode #01
Denver's own weekly Jewish radio magazine, Radio Chavura, discussing Rabbi Manuel and Bess Laderman, of blessed memory, with their children, Rabbi Paul Laderman and Mierle Laderman Ukeles. Paul joins the program by phone from Jerusalem, Israel. Mierle was interviewed from her New York office.…
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A weekly radio program celebrating the Jewish Community in Colorado and around the world. Radio Chavura is broadcast Sundays at 6:30 pm on 990 KRKS AM in Denver. The program is hosted by father-son duo, Dean and Maxwell Rotbart.
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