Rocky Mountain Jew
Enter the IJN Chanukah Coloring Contest
Rocky Mountain JewNov 20, 2009
The Intermountain Jewish News’ 23rd annual Doris Sky Chanukah Coloring Contest is underway. Deadline for entries in the contest is Monday, Nov. 30, 2009, 5 p.m....
The Goldstone Report explained
Shana GoldbergNov 19, 2009
Last night Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch, spoke to a mixed crowd here in Zurich. By mixed, I mean half hard-core Israel-can-do-no-wrong types and half...
Links to…Kristallnacht
Rocky Mountain JewNov 13, 2009
This week we commemorate 71 years since Kristallnacht – the infamous pogrom instigated by German Nazis, which made clear to the world exactly what the National...
Defiance
Rocky Mountain JewNov 10, 2009
The story of the Bielski Brothers, and Jewish partisans in general, was largely unknown before the release of the film Defiance. Here in our own community we had two...
Links to…J Street
Rocky Mountain JewOct 30, 2009
Does AIPAC no longer represent the broad political spectrum of American Jews? Do all American Jews hold the same viewpoint regarding Israel and the peace process? Must...
Destruction and rebirth in East Germany
Shana GoldbergOct 26, 2009
Memorial to the Great Synagogue of Leipzig, which was destroyed during Kristallnacht, 1938 Last week I conducted an extremely brief and therefore somewhat superficial...
Long lost relatives
Rocky Mountain JewOct 16, 2009
When browsing the Internet for our regular “Links to the world” posting, we came across a fascinating story about a UK government minister who discovered a...
Obama awarded the Nobel – what a joke!
Rocky Mountain JewOct 09, 2009
Breaking news. Guess who’s won this year’s Nobel Peace Prize? If you guessed the world’s golden boy, he who can do no wrong, you guessed correctly....
Fall harvest
Rocky Mountain JewOct 01, 2009
Sukkot — the feast of booths. We tend to associate the holiday exclusively with its literal meaning – an outside abode, reminiscent of the temporary dwellings...
The best ever DIY sukkah
Rocky Mountain JewSep 24, 2009
For those contemplating building their first-ever sukkah and feeling overwhelmed, keep the following in mind: As a first-timer, you’ll most likely begin with a...
