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Silverman: Denver’s Babi Yar Park is a hidden gem and a moving monument to Holocaust victims
Here is a southeast Denver secret for you to remember: Babi Yar Park lies just downhill and east of South Havana across from Sam’s No. 3 and the Stampede Club. Locate that giant Larry Miller flag. Go east on Yale. You are there. The parking lot is rarely full. On RTD, take the 83D. The […]
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Opinion: Of G-d, big questions, dark alleys, and Whoopi Goldberg
“Do you believe in G-d?” my son asks while I hastily drive him to meet the rabbi for Hebrew school, after yelling “sweet Jesus” to the sweet-looking senior in the left lane driving so slowly it’s as if he’s on a Sunday jaunt through the English countryside, and long before thinking through what I should […]
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Opinion: As lawyers, we believe it’s time to face the legal profession’s role in the horrors of the Holocaust
The story of the Holocaust has for decades been told by those who survived the crimes of the German Nazi State. However, as the sands of time take these brave and courageous souls from us, the responsibility for telling the story – and keeping the flame alive for those who died at the hands of […]