Banning the bris in the former land of Nazis
IJN Editorial StaffJul 19, 2012
Of all places in the world that you would think would be especially sensitive not to persecute Jews, it would be Germany. You would think. And you would be wrong....
Peres and the Olympics
IJN Editorial StaffJul 12, 2012
In his ninth decade Shimon Peres has finally found redemption. Israel’s perennial political loser has blossomed, ironically enough, in the politically neutral position...
Money and politics
IJN Editorial StaffJul 12, 2012
Some people are very exercised over the recent Supreme Court decision to sustain its 2010 decision, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which allowed...
Bad news on Iran
IJN Editorial StaffJul 12, 2012
It’s true that we live in an age of alarmists. Listen to the Republicans and the country is being destroyed by the Democrats. Listen to the Democrats and the country...
High and low
IJN Editorial StaffJul 12, 2012
Will my aches and pains be as high when I can alleviate them by going low? Oops. Medical marijuana wasn’t supposed to work this way. Which way? The new Israeli...
Fertility in Europe
IJN Editorial StaffJul 12, 2012
Remember ZPG, “zero population growth,” that was supposed to supplant “be fruitful and multiply” as the new value system of the late 20th century? Well,...
Yitzhak Shamir, 1916-2012
IJN Editorial StaffJul 05, 2012
Opinions about the late prime minister of Israel, Yitzhak Shamir, were polar opposites. One thought he was the best, or one thought he was the worst. Either way,...
Fires bring out the best in the worst of times
IJN Editorial StaffJul 05, 2012
Theologians will probably differ on whether the fires that have ravaged Colorado during our scorching month of June — and in many cases, continue to ravage — are an...
Reeling: This was the week that was
IJN Editorial StaffJun 28, 2012
A “slow news week,” this surely was not. As if the High Park fire that began three weeks ago in the Fort Collins area were not enough . . . […]
When we met Nora Ephron
IJN Editorial StaffJun 28, 2012
With the 1989 release of the film “When Harry Met Sally,”singles stuck in dating-world rat trap snuck incognito into their video stores to rent it again and again....