Opinion
For your viewing pleasure: Jewish Golden Globe nominees
Rocky Mountain JewDec 13, 2018
There’s something about this time of year and movies. Maybe it’s the cold nights, maybe it’s the days off. But the Jewish tradition of going to the movies on...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #31b
Hillel GoldbergDec 13, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #31(b), “Loving acts of charity” The list of...
One day a pacifist, one day a warmongerer
Jonathan TobinDec 13, 2018
Maybe you thought that the discovery of tunnels built by Hezbollah under the border between Lebanon and Israel would generate a full-scale debate about the deadly nature...
Dior
Shana GoldbergDec 13, 2018
The first clue that you’re entering something special is the Parisian storefront. Walk through its doors and you may not be in Maison Dior on Avenue Montaigne in...
The right and the wrong way to counter anti-Semitism
IJN Editorial StaffDec 13, 2018
ADL reports an increase in anti-Semitic incidents. CNN and the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency report high levels of anti-Semitism in Europe. This is all...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #31
Hillel GoldbergDec 06, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #31, “Loving G-d’s creatures” Given all...
Chanukah hypocrisy?
Jonathan TobinDec 06, 2018
TheNew York Times’ coverage of Jewish topics has long been fodder for those who study both media bias and the complicated relationship between the newspaper and the...
Passing it on
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 06, 2018
Burton Kaplan had nine lives; alas, he did not have ten. I don’t know anyone else who ever fought more serious illnesses, and more types of serious illnesses, over a...
‘Judas Maccabeus’
Shana GoldbergDec 06, 2018
It’s always intriguing to hear one’s own religious stories through an objective, historical filter. Several years ago, my favorite podcast, “In Our Time,”...
George H. W. Bush, 1924-2018
IJN Editorial StaffDec 06, 2018
As America prepared to lay its 41st president to rest this week, the American Jewish community did its part in measuring the legacy of George H. W. Bush. That task is...
