Rocky Mountain Jew
Analysis: Your reactions to Gaza, anti-Semitism
Rocky Mountain JewJun 10, 2021
The repercussions of the most recent Israel-Gaza flare up will continue to unfold and be felt for some time. While recent Israel-Gaza conflicts have led to significant...
Your reactions to Gaza, growing anti-Semitism
Rocky Mountain JewMay 27, 2021
As covered extensively in this week’s IJN, Jews across the globe have been targetted, harassed and attacked for being Jews. By all accounts, this massive spike in...
Matt Preston’s classic cheesecake
Rocky Mountain JewMay 13, 2021
It’s just not Shavuot without a slice of cheesecake. We’ve tried in previous years to do down different dessert routes, and while we produced luscious, dairy treats...
Is there a country called Palestine?
Rocky Mountain JewApr 22, 2021
It seems that as of late the Denver Post food section has developed a penchant for the term Palestine. First, it was an essay about the ubiquitous salad found across...
How will you break your chametz fast?
Rocky Mountain JewApr 01, 2021
Is it too early to talk about chametz? We’re big fans of Passover food, especially the empty palette that a piece of matzah offers for myriad toppings. But at about...
Herzl’s Uganda Proposal received support from unexpected corners
Rocky Mountain JewMar 11, 2021
Theodore Herzl gets a lot of flack for floating the idea of Jewish settlement to Uganda, but the story is far more complex. By the time you’re done reading this,...
Remembering George Shultz
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 11, 2021
In 2018, when Israel was celebrating its 70th birthday, the IJN published a selection from a series of short essays on 70 Americans who made significant contributions to...
Do you regret your vote?
Rocky Mountain JewJan 19, 2021
A story in this past week’s IJN — “Buyer’s remorse among Trump supporters?” — got us thinking. Soon after the Nov. 3 election, we ran a poll here on the...
Top Ten worst UN actions of 2020
Rocky Mountain JewDec 24, 2020
Every year, UN Watch, an NGO that monitors the UN Human Rights Council, publishes its Top Ten list of the UN’s most egregious actions in the calendar year. The NGO...
Chanukah lockdown? Books to the rescue
Rocky Mountain JewDec 10, 2020
Much like Passover, Shavuot, July 4th, Rosh Hashanah, Thanksgiving . . . you get it . . . Chanukah 2020 will also be like no other. Aside from a handful […]
