Opinion
Not just because Saudi Arabia isn’t worth it
IJN Editorial StaffDec 06, 2018
Sad to say, Jamal Khashoggi died in vain. Had his brutal, officially sanctioned murder in the Saudi embassy in Turkey led to a reevaluation of the American relationship...
Mashed potato pancakes — just in time for Chanukah
Rocky Mountain JewDec 03, 2018
Don’t have a food processor? Too lazy or tired to get out the box grater? Then this recipe is for you. Mashed Potato Fritters — you get the fried potato goodness...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #30
Hillel GoldbergNov 29, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #30, “Loving the Omnipresent” In a memoir of...
Puzzled
Shana GoldbergNov 29, 2018
I am slightly puzzled by the mass outrage over the US-Saudi relationship in light of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. That the murder of a journalist is heinous...
Israel isn’t isolated
Jonathan TobinNov 29, 2018
BDS activists who think they are succeeding in isolating Israel aren’t paying attention. Last Sunday, reports surfaced that negotiations about building a gas pipeline...
As far as the eye can see
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 29, 2018
When I think of Chanukah in Jerusalem, I think of the fiery winter sunsets. Like a perfect magical signal that it’s time for kindling the Chanukah lamps, comes...
Chanukah, more than one light per night per home — why?
IJN Editorial StaffNov 29, 2018
Chanukah teaches a lot. But everything it teaches — about Jewish disunity, Jewish persecution, Jewish courage, Jewish faith, Jewish freedom — lives behind the...
Airbnb and the West Bank
IJN Editorial StaffNov 29, 2018
Hmmm. Airbnb now forbids the listing of Jewish owned-apartments on the West Bank of the Jordan River — but Arab-owned apartments on the West Bank are not subject to...
Anti-Semitism statistics
IJN Editorial StaffNov 29, 2018
No Jew needs an announcement or a statistical count to know that anti-Semitism is growing. We report week after week on what seems to be the endless creativity in...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #29
Hillel GoldbergNov 21, 2018
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #29, “Being beloved” The Kotzker Rebbe said:...
