Editorials
Vidal Sassoon, not just appearances
IJN Editorial StaffMay 17, 2012
When Vidal Sassoon passed away on May 5, the world mourned the revolutionary celebrity stylist who transformed the average woman with one deft swing of the scissors....
New government in Israel; new chance for peace?
IJN Editorial StaffMay 17, 2012
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government marginalizes Israeli political parties who oppose concessions to the Palestinians and welcomes Kadima, the largest...
Never again? Don’t ask the Syrians
IJN Editorial StaffMay 10, 2012
We admit, it is difficult to swallow the objections to genocide by the president of the Syrian American Council and its spokesman, Dr. Mahmoud Khattab of Chicago,...
Second Amendment does not ban common sense
IJN Editorial StaffMay 10, 2012
Even if we concede that the Second Amendment permits individuals, not only militias, to carry guns; even if we concede that it’s quite nice to have an armed person in...
Discontinuous hate crime laws
IJN Editorial StaffMay 03, 2012
We admit it’s a lost cause in our Balkanized world in which humanity recedes as the number and the type of victims become specified ad infinitum. Nonetheless, we feel...
Denver’s homeless: Beyond the ban
IJN Editorial StaffMay 03, 2012
Boy, that was a tough one . . . How to make the streets of Denver safe and appealing without specifically targeting the homeless and making their lives even more...
Stormy skies don’t dampen stellar spirits for Israel Independence
IJN Editorial StaffApr 26, 2012
Should one celebrate birthdays when storms loom on the horizon? We contemplated this as Israel celebrated its 64th anniversary of modern existence this week, for it...
Bizarre
IJN Editorial StaffApr 26, 2012
We had to blink twice. At first we thought we were seeing one of those over-the-top metaphors. But we weren’t. One Murray Koppelman, whom the JTA dubs a “well known...
Anita Stieglitz, 1949-2012
IJN Editorial StaffApr 26, 2012
When we think of Anita Stieglitz, we think of passion. We think of the way she approached her teaching, her music and her causes with zeal and depth. Not for […]
Farewell, Brown’s Hotel
IJN Editorial StaffApr 19, 2012
Before people disappeared inside smart phones, a thousand distracting apps and wall-sized TVs, they used to dress for dinner, enjoy a leisurely meal and watch great...
