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...
Where synagogues become condos
JTAMay 12, 2016
By Lucy Cohen Blatter, JTA NEW YORK — If there’s one story that sums up the changes afoot on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a once heavily Jewish...
Photographing survivors before it’s too late
Chris LeppekMay 12, 2016
Pregulman knows that the subjects of his photographs are in that stage of life sometimes poetically referred to as the “twilight years.” The subjects themselves —...
Exhibit illustrates scourge of the Spanish Inquisition
IJN StaffMay 12, 2016
By Diane Joy Schmidt DURING THE Golden Age of Jewish culture in Spain that spanned approximately 500 years, Jews, Arabs and Christians collaborated in astronomy,...
Muslim mayor of London sets out to build bridges
JTAMay 12, 2016
LONDON — The newly elected mayor of London, the first Muslim to hold the position, attended a community program commemorating the Holocaust as his first official...
Rabin in his own words
Curt Schleier, JTAMay 12, 2016
NEW YORK Rabin in his Own Words, which opened last week in New York, Los Angeles and South Florida, is more than a tribute to the two-time Israeli prime
Lamborn co-sponsors US funding for anti-terror tunnel technology
JNSMay 12, 2016
WASHINGTON — The US House Armed Services Committee has approved an amendment to add funding for technology to thwart terror tunnels to a defense bill for Israel. The...
Robert ‘Budsy’ Klausner
IJN StaffMay 12, 2016
Robert Budsy Klausner, 88, died peacefully at his home on April 29, 2016. Rabbi Bruce Dollin and Cantor Martin Goldstein officiated at the May 1 service held at the...
Ted Epstein Jr.
IJN StaffMay 12, 2016
Ted Epstein Jr., a renowned athlete who competed in many ultra-endurance sports, passed away May 7, 2016, in Denver. Rabbi Richard Rheins officiated at the May 11...
What motivated the Nazi doctors?
Hillel GoldbergMay 12, 2016
heal. And I kill. I like healing. And I kill with zeal. I heal, because I am a doctor. I kill . . . why? In spite of the fact that I am a doctor? And if I kill in spite...
