Miscalculation
Rocky Mountain JewMar 18, 2010
Israel messed up. Big. Netanyahu’s timing of announcing the construction of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem was a mistake. His belligerence in the face of the...
Oscar dud
Rocky Mountain JewMar 09, 2010
Despite three Jewish-themed films being nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards, we went home empty-handed. Oh, but you know who did win?...
Links to…Purim spoofs
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 26, 2010
It’s that time of year again – spoofs, gags, jokes, all kinds of mischief. At the IJN we’ve published this week our annual Purim spoof, written by our...
Israel in the EU?
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 05, 2010
Rumblings of a most strange kind of being heard across Europe. Italy’s prime minister, the infamous Silvio Berlusconi, earlier this week called for Israel to join...
Review: A Serious Man
Rocky Mountain JewJan 29, 2010
The latest release from filmmaking auters Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man, tells the story of Larry Gopnik, a physics professor living in 1967 Minneapolis. His story...
Jewish efforts for Haiti
Rocky Mountain JewJan 22, 2010
The catastrophic effects of the earthquake in Haiti on January 12 are being deeply and keenly felt. Something that makes this crisis so difficult to combat effectively...
The passing of Miep Gies
Rocky Mountain JewJan 15, 2010
The world suffered a huge loss this week. Miep Gies, the righteous gentile who was pivotal in both hiding the Frank family and the safeguarding and subsequent publishing...
The question of airport security
Rocky Mountain JewJan 08, 2010
There’s a theme running across the stories we’ve uploaded this week to the website: security, specifically airport security. After the Christmas Day attack,...
Fin de d
Rocky Mountain JewDec 30, 2009
An expression used in arts and literature, the French fin de siècle translates to “end of the century”; it connotes the waning years of an era, while also...
Top ten stories of 2009
Rocky Mountain JewDec 24, 2009
It’s always natural at the end of the year to reflect on the previous 12 months. This year’s “a look back” is more pronounced than most...
