Opinion
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #9
Hillel GoldbergJun 21, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #9, “Purity” The alert reader will notice...
Everyday anti-Israel hate at the UN
Jonathan TobinJun 21, 2018
It was just another day at the office for UN officials. As it has done innumerable times in the last 50 years, on June 12, the General Assembly devoted an entire day of...
Give me your tired, your poor…
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 21, 2018
There was a song I used to sing a lot when I was little. Its melody was very beautiful, truly stirring, “shalach teshalach et ha-em, ha-banim tikach lach, lema’an...
Sewers
Shana GoldbergJun 21, 2018
When I drive, I’m all about the “traffic sewers.” Wonder what those are? It’s a term I picked up from Jonathan Fertig, a cycling advocate on Twitter, who defines...
What? Separate children from parents?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 21, 2018
Three hours before we went to press, and after the following editorial was written, President Trump signed an executive order apparently banning the separation of...
Wolf in sheep’s clothing
IJN Editorial StaffJun 21, 2018
What could be more Jewish than compassion? Are not the Palestinians in Gaza suffering? Should Jews not know about this and empathize with it? Does our tradition not say...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #9
Hillel GoldbergJun 14, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #9, “Joy” Rabbi Isaac Orlansky (1898-c.1992)...
Lose-lose
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 14, 2018
“Netiv Ha’avot,” the Path of The Forefathers. Until this past week, it was a neighborhood of about 15 homes and families in Gush Etzion, Israel. Two days ago the...
Multi-tasking
Shana GoldbergJun 14, 2018
They say that men are not great multi-taskers. I have experienced this firsthand in various jobs, although a friend just told me that whether this is innate or learned...
Too?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 14, 2018
Nothing against the Rockies or DU. Both, in very different ways, beautifully enhance our community. Yet, with numbers too big for almost all of us to get our heads...
