IJN Editorial Staff
Iran’s straightfaced hypocrisy at the UN
IJN Editorial StaffJun 13, 2008
Last week, Irans ambassador to the United Nations filed a complaint to the UN Secretary General, demanding a condemnation of big surprise Israel. Ambassador...
A different America
IJN Editorial StaffJun 05, 2008
The Intermountain Jewish News does not endorse political candidates, but surely it ought to be non-partisan to observe how far America has come. Without endorsing Barack...
Passing the torch
IJN Editorial StaffJun 05, 2008
A moment of meaning and continuity occurred at the annual meeting of the ADL earlier this week. Karen Steinhauser stepped into the shoes as chair of the Mountain States...
The stakes are high in the controversy over kosher slaughter in Iowa
IJN Editorial StaffJun 05, 2008
We dont have enough evidence to condemn or to exonerate Agriprocessors, the large kosher slaughtering company in Iowa, on whose premises a variety of illegal...
The Ten Suggestions?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 05, 2008
Democracy and the rule of law are wonderful until you get a parking ticket. Then you wish the enforcers were less competent, that democracy did not work so well. Its...
Negotiating out of weakness
IJN Editorial StaffMay 29, 2008
Sometimes you have no choice but to negotiate. Lyndon B. Johnson would have told you after it became clear that he would not beat John F. Kennedy for the Democratic...
Hollywood couldn’t have done it any better
IJN Editorial StaffMay 29, 2008
Pure fiction, is what French media watchdog Philippe Karsenty called the ostensible news film aired eight years ago by a major French television station. Actually,...
Watson, meet Nakamura
IJN Editorial StaffMay 29, 2008
Have you heard this joke? As youll see, its not entirely a joke. A Jew spends years teaching his parrot to daven the entire High Holiday services. The parrots...
Time for President Bush to nominate judges
IJN Editorial StaffMay 29, 2008
Under the best of circumstances, legal proceedings take time. Patience is required no matter what side of the table one is on. It is incumbent upon all concerned to do...
Should Israel dismantle checkpoints to make life easier for the Palestinians?
IJN Editorial StaffMay 29, 2008
Checkpoints criss-cross the West Bank and the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel. They make it difficult for Palestinians to travel to work, to friends or...
