Sanctions: No substitute for hard decisions on Syria
IJN Editorial StaffApr 19, 2012
The terrible bloodshed in Syria has evoked mostly handwringing, but also a rather non-serious UN attempt at mediation. Neither substitute for hard political decisions....
In denial about Holocaust remembrance
IJN Editorial StaffApr 19, 2012
A third-generation Holocaust survivor, quoted in a JTA story beginning on page 1, is concerned that if the grandchildren of survivors do not act now, the link to the...
‘Let justice be done, or let the heavens fall’
IJN Editorial StaffApr 12, 2012
On June 30, 2008, Lakewood resident David O’Shell murdered his wife Tiffany and then committed suicide. A desperate act, it was motivated by a desperate chain of...
A disturbing Supreme Court decision on strip searches
IJN Editorial StaffApr 12, 2012
It is now the law of the land that if you are arrested, even erroneously, for not having paid a traffic ticket, you may be strip-searched. “I know it when […]
Kudos: Four honorary Jews who help us make Passover
IJN Editorial StaffApr 05, 2012
PASSOVER EDITION SECTION C PAGE 28 Pete: Shabbat Shalom What is this? A shul or a fresh fruit market. Who is this? A rabbi or an expert in fruits and vegetables....
Eva’s words
IJN Editorial StaffMar 29, 2012
We wish we had never heard of Eva Sandler, that remarkable, selfless woman whose husband, two little boys and friend’s child were gunned down in Toulouse, France, last...
Wise and welcome decision by the NFL
IJN Editorial StaffMar 29, 2012
The National Football League did exactly what they had to do last week — come down hard on the New Orleans Saints’ practice of offering “bounties” to players who...
Maybe the Supreme joke is on the Court’s ‘experts’
IJN Editorial StaffMar 29, 2012
Supposedly, a tough question by a Supreme Court justice put to the Solicitor General is a tip-off as to that justice’s view on the case at hand. The Solicitor General...
Emotional chametz and its destination
IJN Editorial StaffMar 29, 2012
Nearly every rabbi worth his sermon has spoken from the pulpit about emotional chametz. Emotional chametz may be as small as a crumb or as large as a three-tiered...
Murder is murder, whether by Afghans or by Americans
IJN Editorial StaffMar 22, 2012
It was astonishing to learn that according to reports the protests in Afghanistan against the burning of Korans by US troops were more extensive and violent than the...