From the archives: Yom Kippur War
Rocky Mountain JewSep 21, 2023
Fifty years ago next week war broke out in Israel. It was the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and the country was caught unawares.
9 Jewish things about pomegranates
Rocky Mountain JewAug 24, 2023
pomegranate has become synonymous with Rosh Hashanah. Images of the fruit are mainstays of Rosh Hashanah cards, Jewish jewelry and a range of Jewish ritual objects, and...
From the archives: Israel re-born
Rocky Mountain JewAug 17, 2023
One of the best things about a visit to the IJN archives is that you never know where you’ll end up. Example: Intending to write a post about this year’s summer...
From the archives: The Colorado Jewish Indian
Rocky Mountain JewAug 03, 2023
Have you heard of the Colorado Jewish Indian who fought in an 1868 battle near Wray? Neither had we! OK, he wasn’t actually an Indian, the headline in the July 26,...
From the Archives: Marking milestones
Rocky Mountain JewJun 29, 2023
Ahead of the publication of its 110th Anniversary Magazine, the Intermountain Jewish News peruses its archives to see how earlier anniversaries were marked, particularly...
What do kibbitz, babble, brouhaha have in common?
Rocky Mountain JewJun 22, 2023
When you kibbitz with your friends, does your babble ever lead to a big brouhaha? English words with Jewish linguistic origins.
56 years since the reunification of Jerusalem
Rocky Mountain JewMay 19, 2023
On the 28th of Iyar in 1967, during the Six Day War, Jerusalem was reunited under Israeli sovereignty after years of Jordanian rule. Since then, this historic day, today...
When Shavuot and American Cheese Month meet
Rocky Mountain JewMay 11, 2023
to the natural clash between the lunar and solar calendar, Shavuot can fall out either in May or June. Imagine our delight when we discovered that May is American Cheese...
From the archives: Coronations past
Rocky Mountain JewMay 04, 2023
Ahead of Charles III's coronation, a search through the IJN archives for how past coronations of British kings and queens were covered.
Israel @ 75
Rocky Mountain JewApr 26, 2023
When it comes to marriages, reaching the 75-year milestone is a rarity — for countries, however, 75 is relatively young! Some reflections on 75 and 1948 on Israel's...
