IJN Editorial Staff
Nuclear sense of humor
IJN Editorial StaffJan 20, 2011
Maybe we are insufficiently embedded in the cyber world. Certainly we have no competence in nuclear weaponry. But in the of-course-denied, computer-virus Israeli and...
JFK’s inauguration
IJN Editorial StaffJan 20, 2011
Fifty years ago, in what would be John F. Kennedys only inaugural address, the vigorous new president defined sacrifice in terms that appealed to young and old alike....
Honorary landsman John Hickenlooper
IJN Editorial StaffJan 13, 2011
Gov. John Hickenlooper is, to the best of our knowledge, not from Ratno, Poland, Brest Litovsk, Lithuania, or Furth, Germany. Still, he sees himself as a landsman. Or,...
Debbie Friedman, 1951-2011
IJN Editorial StaffJan 13, 2011
Mi shebeirach avoteinu Avraham, Yitzhak, ve-Yaakov . . . He Who blessed our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob . . . may He bless and heal the sick person (name),...
Discrimination goes two ways
IJN Editorial StaffJan 13, 2011
Alarmed at the recent massive influx of non-Arab minorities into Israel, rabbis in Israel recently banned Jews from renting to non-Jews. The ban is a terrible idea that...
‘Talkin’ ’bout my generation…’
IJN Editorial StaffJan 06, 2011
This weeks Intermountain Jewish News provides readers with an unplanned yet poignant contrast in the presentation of three generations in our country. On the front...
Ex-President of Israel disgraces himself, his family, his country, his people
IJN Editorial StaffJan 06, 2011
Frankly, we found the take on the JTA reportage on the conviction of a former president of Israel on charges of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment a bit too...
Is the world coming to an end?
IJN Editorial StaffJan 06, 2011
On. Dec. 31, 2010, around 5,000 birds dove to their deaths in Beebe, Arkansas. On Jan. 2, 2011, 500 feathery relations littered the roads outside Baton Rouge,...
Obtuseness incarnate: Henry Kissinger
IJN Editorial StaffDec 30, 2010
Someone who tries to explain his reference to gas chambers is either a downright bigot, or downright dishonest. We choose dishonest when it comes to Henry Kissinger....
Backlash against illegal Africans in Israel
IJN Editorial StaffDec 30, 2010
Here are two extremes, neither of which is valid, and neither of which will extricate Israel from her current, unexpected and growing problem with illegal immigrants....
