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There’s a theme running across the stories we’ve uploaded this week to the website: security, specifically airport security. After the Christmas Day attack, the American government is scrambling to shore up the many holes that were revealed within its airport security screening along with communication failures among intelligence outfits.
One such effort is extra screening for [...]
It seems unbelievable. Just two weeks ago, two Rocky Mountain Jew entries ago, we reflected on Kristallnacht, on evil, on destruction. And on the importance of remembrance.
But, once again, evil has struck. This time in the form of a coordinated terrorist attack in Mumbai, targeting 10 locations, taking the lives of close to 200 people, [...]
After a summer busy with moving house, family visits and of course setting up the new Intermountain Jewish News website, I’ve been enjoying having that extra bit of time to settle in with some good books. The list has included literature (Naguib Mahfouz’s Cairo Trilogy), a biography (Vikram Seth’s Two Lives) and history (Odd Westad’s [...]
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