Rocky Mountain Jew
Miscalculation
Rocky Mountain JewMar 18, 2010
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
Shana GoldbergMar 12, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewMar 09, 2010
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
Shana GoldbergMar 05, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 26, 2010
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
Shana GoldbergFeb 11, 2010
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?
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 05, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 29, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 22, 2010
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
Rocky Mountain JewJan 15, 2010
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...