Kavod on the Road: A Special Screening of Kesher: The West Side Jewish Connection

Please join us for the screening of “Kesher” and a panel discussion following the film.

“Kesher: The West Side Jewish Connection” recounts how some 150 years ago, Jews from Germany and then Russia built a community in Denver’s West Colfax neighborhood that has been compared to Brooklyn in the way that merchants, educators and neighbors came together, with a grocery store on every corner and businesses that not only provided, for example, kosher foods but also kept their ovens warm for Sabbath dinners. A former resident who grew up on “the street of little porches” called it a Brigadoon of miraculous blessings. But times change, beliefs and circumstances evolve, and people move on. With its chain restaurants, high-rises and high prices, not to mention a whole new population of people unaware of the neighborhood’s history, gentrification is the latest threat. The Office of Storytelling’s documentary team of three journalists spent about a month embedded in what remains a predominantly Orthodox community, visiting homes, schools and synagogues and working to gain the trust of a historian, rabbis, leaders, and residents past and present, gathering their personal stories and historical accounts on camera. The resulting documentary celebrates a small group with a significant legacy.

Reception to follow – donations welcome
REGISTER HERE VIA THE HEA LINK:
https://www.headenver.org/event/westside082024