Editorials
New York Times article gave us the what, but not the why
IJN Editorial StaffSep 29, 2022
Here’s what The New York Times exposé of education standards in the chasidic community missed: There are reasons why ethnic communities choose to stay insular. This...
Lesson from Sweden
IJN Editorial StaffSep 29, 2022
As we look to October and election season hitting its full stride, we have a plea to lawmakers and civil society — stop making every issue political and remember that...
IJN Staff Prayers 5783
IJN Editorial StaffSep 22, 2022
Intermountain Jewish News staff share prayers ahead of the Jewish New Year, 5783.
Could the US have saved more Jews from the Nazis?
IJN Editorial StaffSep 15, 2022
Even taking into account all the limitations, the US could and should have done so much more.
Gorbachev — you’d think he’d grown up like Abe Lincoln
IJN Editorial StaffSep 08, 2022
Gorbachev's American style led to his society’s freedom and to his own political demise.
Saving and reclaiming spiritual homes in the West
IJN Editorial StaffSep 08, 2022
When Jewish pioneers ventured into the Western United States — parts of it still the “Wild West” — they often started new Jewish communities by building...
125-year denial
IJN Editorial StaffSep 01, 2022
The heart of the Palestinian opposition to Israel: opposition to a Jewish presence anywhere, of any size, of any strength, in the Holy Land.
Unnoticed costs of the Ukraine war
IJN Editorial StaffSep 01, 2022
Perhaps the ultimate irony of war is that the soldiers who lose it don’t know they’ve lost it. They die before the ultimate outcome is known.
Fifty Holocausts and fifty raises
IJN Editorial StaffAug 25, 2022
Standing next to the German chancellor, no less, Mahmoud Abbas said that Israel committed “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians.
Turkey and Israel’s critical step to regional stability
IJN Editorial StaffAug 25, 2022
Just 35 years ago, no one foresaw diplomatic relations between Israel and seven Muslim countries.
