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Miscalculation

Israel messed up. Big. Netanyahu’s timing of announcing the construction of 1,600 new homes in East Jerusalem was a mistake. His belligerence in the face of the...

Sound bytes

The Holocaust. Economic growth. Hezbollah. Iran. Sanctions. UN. Settlement freeze. These were some of the topics discussed a roundtable event here in Zurich as part of a...

Oscar dud

Despite three Jewish-themed films being nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards, we went home empty-handed. Oh, but you know who did win?...

Benefit dinners and Natan Sharanksy, revisited

What’s the biggest difference between a Swiss and American benefit dinner? Recently I saw an ad for an event honoring the 90th anniversary of Keren Hayesod/United...

Links to…Purim spoofs

It’s that time of year again – spoofs, gags, jokes, all kinds of mischief. At the IJN we’ve published this week our annual Purim spoof, written by our...

Rockies vs. Alps

Rockies versus Alps. No, I’m not referring to the baseball team, but to two of the world’s most famous and beautiful mountain ranges. A brief excursion to...

Israel in the EU?

Rumblings of a most strange kind of being heard across Europe. Italy’s prime minister, the infamous Silvio Berlusconi, earlier this week called for Israel to join...

Review: A Serious Man

The latest release from filmmaking auters Joel and Ethan Coen, A Serious Man, tells the story of Larry Gopnik, a physics professor living in 1967 Minneapolis. His story...

Jewish efforts for Haiti

The catastrophic effects of the earthquake in Haiti on January 12 are being deeply and keenly felt. Something that makes this crisis so difficult to combat effectively...

The passing of Miep Gies

The world suffered a huge loss this week. Miep Gies, the righteous gentile who was pivotal in both hiding the Frank family and the safeguarding and subsequent publishing...