Moroccan minister: Save Jewish buildings
JTADec 27, 2012
The Moroccan government announced plans to preserve and renovate buildings that once served as Jewish schools. The Muslim nations education minister, Mohamed El Ouafa,...
New chief rabbi faces fractious British Jewry
JTADec 27, 2012
By Miriam Shaviv, JTA LONDON — Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has big shoes to fill. Appointed last week as the 11th British chief rabbi, he will succeed Jonathan Sacks, an...
Jewish priorities in 2013
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 27, 2012
WASHINGTON Will we fall of the fiscal cliff? Plunge into war with Iran? Dive into contentious confirmation battles? One things for certain: There will be plenty of...
Arnold Held
IJN StaffDec 27, 2012
Arnold Held, an active member of Temple Sinai until declining health prevented his participation, passed away Dec. 19, 2012, in Highlands Ranch. Rabbi Richard Rheins and...
Jeanne Cohan
IJN StaffDec 27, 2012
Jeanne Claire Cohan, a native and lifelong Denverite, passed away Dec. 22, 2012, in Denver. Cantor Maurice Weiss officiated at the Dec. 23 graveside service at Rose Hill...
The not-so-cool war
IJN Editorial StaffDec 27, 2012
Who said the Cold War is over? With the break up of the Soviet Union came some freedom of movement for those who wanted to leave the borders of the […]
UN to Israel: Give up the Golan Heights
IJN Editorial StaffDec 27, 2012
Israel’s most consistently peaceful border since 1967 has been its border with Syria — because Israel holds the Golan Heights. Israel has removed the Syria...
Gun control is a worthy, effective public policy, not a religion
IJN Editorial StaffDec 27, 2012
We’ll keep our worship directed to G-d, thank you, and our veneration limited to the Torah. Guns do not qualify as objects of reverence, faith or belief. The Second...
Mirrors from a traveler’s diary
Hillel GoldbergDec 27, 2012
I HAVE traveled and listened traveled to the Holy Land and to New York and listened to deep and different stories. I traveled to a simcha in Israel and […]