Mass refugees: The cause is irrelevant to the ethics of taking them in
IJN Editorial StaffOct 01, 2015
If the Arabs of Palestine had no responsibility for taking in European Holocaust survivors, Europe has no responsibility for taking in refugees of the Syrian civil...
WGN TV’s ‘ignorance’ points to larger problem
IJN Editorial StaffOct 01, 2015
Many media typically run segments on major Jewish holidays for their viewers. Children lighting candles. Young boys wearing yarmulkes. Matzah. Shofars. Dreidels,...
Ushpizin: Why these seven?
Rocky Mountain JewOct 01, 2015
In our search for an eye-catching holiday-themed cover photo for our Facebook page, we came across one depicting the Ushpizin, the seven Biblical guests we welcome, one...
DJDS alum competes in worldwide cycling
IJN StaffSep 24, 2015
For 18-year-old Samuel Fogel, a Denver Jewish Day School 2015 alumnus, the UCI Juniors Track Cycling World Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan were the culmination of a...
Oral cancer survivor in Ride to Conquer Cancer
Special to the IJNSep 24, 2015
By Christine DeSouza, Heritage Florida Jewish News MIAMI It all started with a little bump on his neck. Now Jason Mendelsohn is on a mission to conquer cancer and...
Young Jewish chef made vegan tasty — and cool
JTASep 24, 2015
By Lucy Cohen Blatter, JTA NEW YORK — Theres a new eatery on the corner of Bleecker and MacDougal streets in Manhattans Greenwich Village. The restaurant, by...
Your etrog…courtesy of Mohammed
Ben Sales, JTASep 24, 2015
ASSADS, Morocco Why the Jews want etrogs, Mohammed Douch does not entirely understand. What he does know is that they are his main customers. Each August and...
Google Israel matches Jewish, Arab, Druze students
Michael Bachner, TPSSep 24, 2015
JERUSALEM A program in Israeli schools is bringing Jewish and Arab students together by utilizing technology to break down barriers. The program, Hanging Out for...
Money, memory meet at Auschwitz
Ruth Ellen Gruber, JTASep 24, 2015
CRACOW Pawel Sawicki gets to his desk every morning by 7, but he works no regular office job. Sawicki is an information officer at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State...
Rabbi Paul Laderman
IJN StaffSep 24, 2015
At press time, the Intermountain Jewish News was informed that Rabbi Paul Laderman, formerly of Denver, passed away on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2015, in Jerusalem. He was 81....
