Editorials
Reunified Jerusalem at 50
IJN Editorial StaffMay 18, 2017
Russia recognizes West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. No predicted dire consequences ensue. Trump should follow suit. If not now, when? The IJN has published a...
Crematorium in Syria
IJN Editorial StaffMay 18, 2017
The Trump administration reports on the existence of a crematorium in Syria. To burn human bodies — opponents of the Assad regime. Trump released the satellite...
Herzogs would roll over in their graves
IJN Editorial StaffMay 11, 2017
Aye the lovely Irish, what happened to ye? It’s hard to believe that Ireland was once home to an extremely important Jewish community that produced chief rabbis and...
Jewish concert canceled in Detroit. Does this sound familiar?
IJN Editorial StaffMay 11, 2017
Does this sound familiar? “Several credible threats of protest and demonstration[s] have been planned in response to the appearance of Achinoam ‘Noa’ Nini at Adat...
Dr. Jules Amer, 1924-2017
IJN Editorial StaffMay 11, 2017
It wasn’t just because of modesty on the part of the late Dr. Jules Amer that we did not know of his many academic achievements in pediatrics (see the long list in...
Kudos to UNESCO, shame on the US Senate
IJN Editorial StaffMay 04, 2017
UNESCO has a tough enough time as it is, standing up to wild Israeli claims of legitimacy, without the US Senate piling on. For shame!* You remember Denver’s...
Jew or Palestinian, a terror victim should not be denied
IJN Editorial StaffMay 04, 2017
Here is the ugly inverse of Palestinian payments to the families of terrorist “martyrs”: the Israeli refusal to send a payment to the six-year-old survivor of an...
Sixty-nine years of miracles
IJN Editorial StaffApr 27, 2017
The miracle merely changes colors. In 1948 the miracle was a ragtag band of Holocaust survivors, led by a small but determined cohort of Zionist dreamers, who fought off...
Pope Francis, meet Sean Spicer
IJN Editorial StaffApr 27, 2017
The world without Holocaust survivors is upon us. A few survivors are still with us, but their collective impact is gone. Last week, we took President Trump’s...
Temple Sinai at 50
IJN Editorial StaffApr 27, 2017
At 50, Temple Sinai is no longer the new kid on the block, yet it still exudes a fresh, youthful vibe. When it was formed in 1967, America was experiencing a revolution,...
