Editorials
Dispensable fathers and mothers
IJN Editorial StaffJul 04, 2013
Nineteen firefighters die in one blaze in Arizona. A heat wave stretches across much of the country, and 658 people die each year from too much heat, according to the...
The US is setting itself up for failure in Syria
IJN Editorial StaffJun 27, 2013
World powers understand that the civil war in Syria is a proxy war, testing Americas resolve. For the US to announce that it expects no major military shift in power...
Supreme Court rules on BRCA
IJN Editorial StaffJun 27, 2013
The US Supreme Court ruled June 13 that isolated human genes, including the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes so prevalent in the Ashkenazi Jewish population, cannot be patented....
‘O Jimmy, wherefore art thou?’
IJN Editorial StaffJun 20, 2013
Reading the news of Jimmy Hoffa this week brought to mind that great Charles Dickens opening line concerning Ebenezer Scrooge’s erstwhile business partner: “Marley...
With our 100th anniversary magazine…100 years of questions
IJN Editorial StaffJun 20, 2013
The IJN staff has steeped itself in 100 years of community history — and 100 years of our archives. Fascinating discoveries — and enduring questions — leave...
The options in Syria will only get worse
IJN Editorial StaffJun 13, 2013
Color the scenarios in Syria any way you wish. America’s inaction in Syria has, in part, facilitated them, and America’s continued inaction will only exacerbate...
A great week for George Orwell’s estate
IJN Editorial StaffJun 13, 2013
After reports of massive government snooping, sales have jumped for 1984, the frightening Big Brother is Watching novel of the warrior against totalitarianism,...
Sisterly love between Boulder and Nablus?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 06, 2013
Boulder is on our minds this weekend with the Boulder Jewish Festival taking place Sunday on the Pearl Street Mall. It’s always fun to see the Front Range Jewish...
What’s with Bolivia?
IJN Editorial StaffJun 06, 2013
The guilty-until-proven-innocent treatment of Jacob Ostreicher in Bolivia is a blatant case of judicial corruption that hits close to home because it involves an...
Matchstick factories: Watch what you wear
IJN Editorial StaffJun 06, 2013
A little more than a century ago, on March 25, 1911, 146 garment workers — mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrants trying to support their families — perished in...
