Shana Goldberg
IJN Assistant Publisher | shana@ijn.com
‘In his time’
Shana GoldbergOct 11, 2018
This week’s parsha makes the oblique reference to Noah as a righteous man in his time. There are two well-known interpretations of “in his time.” The more positive...
YAD Family Shabbat brings young families together
Shana GoldbergOct 11, 2018
Held several times throughout the year, YAD Family Shabbat offers the opportunity for young families to celebrate Shabbat together. Inspired by JEWISHcolorado’s YAD...
Season of joy
Shana GoldbergOct 04, 2018
G-d is a Colorado fan. How do I know? Shortly after Passover concluded on April 7, 2018, the Avalanche — in a do or die game — proceeded to the NHL playoffs. Fast...
Mass hysteria
Shana GoldbergSep 27, 2018
In 1983, there was a mass fainting epidemic in schools in the West Bank. Palestinian leadership accused Israel of poisoning the mostly teenage school girls. Israel...
Disinformation
Shana GoldbergSep 20, 2018
Once upon a time propaganda was not a bad word. It simply meant the dissemination of information in favor of a given cause. To us now it sounds Orwellian, but...
Domestic suspense
Shana GoldbergSep 13, 2018
There’s a new genre of thriller that has emerged in the past seven or so years, and it’s absolutely hooked me. I don’t know what the literary powers that be have...
Jewish history’s port of call
Shana GoldbergSep 06, 2018
ROSH HASHANAH 5779 SECTION A PAGE 2 Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to visit the Western History Center at Case Western University in Cleveland. Sean Martin,...
German-Jewish Cookbook: A food anthropology
Shana GoldbergAug 30, 2018
From IJN High Holiday Foods Back in the 1990s, my brother brought a cassette of Jewish humor home from school. One of the routines featured a heimish Jewish woman who...
Chappaquiddick
Shana GoldbergAug 30, 2018
Alleged crimes. Alleged lies. Cover ups. Pay offs. No, I’m not talking about President Donald Trump, but Senator Ted Kennedy. The story told in “Chappaquiddick”...
Kanopy
Shana GoldbergAug 23, 2018
In my favorite childhood book series, “Betsy-Tacy,” the protagonist’s world widens, both geographically and metaphorically, when she’s old enough to go downtown...
