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Mexico City mayor’s Jewish identity tenuous
JTADec 13, 2018
By Alan Grabinsky MEXICO CITY— It was during her ultimately successful campaign for Mexico City mayor that Claudia Sheinbaum made a rare reference to her Jewish...
Poll: European anti-Semitism growing
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTADec 13, 2018
AMSTERDAM — The last time that a stranger directed an anti-Semitic insult at me, I was carrying supplies for my son’s birthday party. It was on a Sunday afternoon on...
Where Denver day schools stand on vaccinations
Chris LeppekDec 06, 2018
It’s rare that Jewish organizations across the denominational spectrum in Denver — or anywhere else — find unanimity on anything, but on the subject of vaccination...
US media struggle to understand complex reality of Iranian Jewry
JTADec 06, 2018
By Larry Cohler-Esses NEW YORK — Several days after the Jewish Daily Forward published the first-ever report from the Islamic Republic of Iran by a reporter openly...
Remembering Pres. Bush’s complex Jewish legacy
Ron Kampeas, JTADec 06, 2018
WASHINGTON — President George H. W. Bush’s public grappling with Jewish leaders made headlines while his private interventions helped bring tens of thousands of Jews...
Gov.-elect Polis speaks to the IJN
Shana GoldbergNov 29, 2018
The name of Colorado’s governor-elect is not new to these pages. A quick search through Intermountain Jewish News archives brings up articles about Jared Polis going...
In Europe, Austria leads fight against anti-Semitism
Cnaan Liphshiz, JTANov 29, 2018
VIENNA — Less than one year after the election of Sebastian Kurz as Austria’s leader, he has taken his government to the forefront of the fight against Europe’s...
Ocasio-Cortez compares US border situation to WW II refugees
Ron Kampeas, JTANov 29, 2018
WASHINGTON — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is just one of 435 members of the incoming US House of Representatives, but her youth, surprise primary win in her Bronx-area...
Former Nugget opens Jerusalem sports center
IJN StaffNov 29, 2018
Former Denver Nugget Dikembe Mutombo was on hand for the Nov. 27 opening of a new sports center at the Jerusalem YMCA. The Sylvan Adams Sports Center of the Jerusalem...
California wildfire: ‘Catastrophic’
JTANov 21, 2018
By Gabrielle Birkner LOS ANGELES — The Woolsey Fire, which has engulfed a massive swath of Southern California, had as of last week — burned nearly 100,000 acres and...
