Cleaner speech in Colorado
IJN Editorial StaffDec 12, 2019
The 30 days of “Clean Speech Colorado” officially came to an end on Nov. 30, but the work has just begun. So said Rabbi Raphael Leban in the series’ final video....
Jerry Lande, 1930-2019
IJN Editorial StaffDec 12, 2019
Imagine having experienced a childhood so wonderful that you relive it for the rest of your life. That’s exactly how Jerry Lande felt about his upbringing during...
Christmas ornaments
IJN Editorial StaffDec 05, 2019
Prof. Alvin Rosenfeld of the University of Indiana argues that the memory of the Holocaust is being transformed and trivialized by its overwhelming representation in all...
Israeli court’s . . . apology?
IJN Editorial StaffDec 05, 2019
We thought for certain we were reading wrong. An Israeli Supreme Court justice apologized for . . . for this? Yes, for including words of condolence to the family of a...
Bloomberg’s false piety
IJN Editorial StaffDec 05, 2019
Speaking of worthy journalistic standards, do not look for them in the recently announced campaign of Michael Bloomberg for the Democratic nomination for president. ...
Iran’s ghoulish cruelty
IJN Editorial StaffDec 05, 2019
Totalitarianism has always been more than cruel. Think of the Nazi practice of not only killing Jews from sheer hate, but of cremating them and then mailing the ashes...
Embarrassments coming out of Israel
IJN Editorial StaffNov 28, 2019
Another Israeli prime minister is indicted, another election comes up sterile If President Trump is impeached by the House, it will not constitute a criminal...
Humanities coming out of Lebanon
IJN Editorial StaffNov 28, 2019
Nazi paraphernalia went up for sale. Neo-Nazis, however, were pointedly outsmarted. We were right on board with Rabbi Menachem Margolin, chairman of the European Jewish...
Legal or illegal, settlements are not the issue
IJN Editorial StaffNov 21, 2019
It would be obtuse to deny that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement that the US will no longer consider Israeli settlements on the West Bank...
It’s not only about Brexit
IJN Editorial StaffNov 21, 2019
Comment on election in foreign countries — unless Israel — is not typically the purview of this page. But the upcoming general elections in the United Kingdom have...