Columns
Sin and memory: From shul to Babi Yar Park
Hillel GoldbergSep 27, 2012
FROM Shabbos to Sunday, Sept. 22 to 23; from the East Denver Orthodox Synagogue to the Babi Yar memorial; from Rabbi Amsel to Prof. Shneer. Shabbos. Arent sin and...
Are leftists deaf to global hate speech?
Dennis PragerSep 20, 2012
HAVE you noticed that the left regularly condemns alleged conservative hate speech but is almost completely silent on the most pervasive hate speech in the world?...
Yom Kippur, the circle of forgiveness
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 20, 2012
YOM Kippur, the gift of a day that comes to the Jewish people once a year. Every week there is Shabbat, a sacred pause to the week. But once a […]
Bin Laden was not ‘brought to justice’
Hillel GoldbergSep 20, 2012
This is not a political column. Like every other American, I hope the killers of the US ambassador to Libya will be caught, tried, convicted and punished. Likewise, I am...
Heavenly, and then some
Yisroel & Shloime EngelSep 13, 2012
Dear Tzviling, Why is it customary for Rosh Hashanah to make round challos and shape them like a spiraling ladder? Melanie (Denver)
‘The Boxer’ 1997
IJN StaffSep 13, 2012
By Herbert Cohen WHEN I was in junior high school, I met Dolly, a sweet and personable girl. She went to a different school and one day I invited her […]
What’s new in your Jewish New Year?
Amy LedermanSep 13, 2012
It was early morning and we could tell by the blanket of heat enveloping Grand Teton National Park that the day was going to be a scorcher. We loaded up […]
The body is also part of the soul
Hillel GoldbergSep 13, 2012
If I even mention the subject of this article up front, the chances are youll roll your eyes and stop reading right now. So I shall introduce this delicate ...
Who shall live and who shall die
Hillel GoldbergSep 06, 2012
WHEN I met Frank Talmage, his legend was growing. He had just been appointed the first editor of the journal of the Association for Jewish Studies. He had a reputation...
Welcome to Jamaica
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 06, 2012
BEFORE last week, the closest I ever came to Jamaica was standing on the concrete subway platform at the subway station in Jamaica, New York. The contrast could not have...