Walk for Israel this Sunday
IJN StaffMay 19, 2016
JEWISHcolorado invites Israel supporters across the community to join together on a two-mile walk on Sunday, May 22, as part of an extended Yom Ha’atzmaut, Israel...
100 years of kindness
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 19, 2016
want to tell you something about my grandmother, Miriam Harris Goldberg, editor and publisher of the Intermountain Jewish News weekly. She turned 100 years old on...
Flying high and judging fairly
Amy LedermanMay 19, 2016
I TRAVEL by air quite a bit and to be honest, it isn’t fun. Besides the stress of getting to the airport in sufficient time to remove half the clothing
Feast yourself this Shavuos on Ziegler’s Ruth
Hillel GoldbergMay 19, 2016
hold in my hands a remarkable work, Ruth: From Alienation to Monarchy, by Yael Ziegler of Israel (Maggid, 2015). The biblical book (or “scroll”) of Ruth is a mere...
Nina Davidson
IJN StaffMay 19, 2016
Nina Davidson, a Holocaust survivor who escaped Nazi Europe on a Kindertransport to England, passed away May 10, 2016, in Denver. Rabbi Steven Foster officiated at the...
Yoav Weinstein
IJN StaffMay 19, 2016
Yoav Weinstein, age 10, passed away May 4, 2016, at The Childrens Hospital from an undiagnosed disease he fought his whole life. Rabbis Raphael Leban and Anat...
In case anyone doubted that history is relevant
IJN Editorial StaffMay 19, 2016
It may be weird, but remains true, that the Middle East is still convulsed by the implications of a little known diplomatic agreement hammered out 100 years ago this...
Dual — not divided — loyalties
Rocky Mountain JewMay 17, 2016
Last fall, there was a news item about South Africa potentially banning dual citizenship. Local analysts said that the decision was being considered to stop South...