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The ugliness in Israel

In Israel, it’s an ugly scene. It’s hard to know which is worse: the radically divided body politic or the radical distance between Palestinian Arabs and the Arab...

Faith-based economics

The current standoff over the debt limit will probably get resolved, most likely at the 11th hour.

Headstones of heartache . . . and . . .

It is almost as if had the one pair of murdered little beautiful brothers from last week’s terror attack, Asher Menachem and Yaakov Israel Paley, lived, they would...

I always wanted my own personal codex

Move over “London, Tel Aviv and elsewhere.” Move over British Museum. Move over US Constitution. All of these eminent worthies — not to mention Sotheby’s and the...

Putin’s war. Ultimately, the loss of truth

Putin's war: One year later, inestimable, ramified loss. Pain. Instability. Danger. Still — hope.

Questions for a 100-year-old person

Whenever you read a newspaper interview of someone celebrating their 100th birthday, it’s always upbeat. Invariably, the centennial celebrant is asked some variation...

Spare me the details, please

A bill has been introduced in Congress to require long overdue accountability from the United National Relief and Works Agency, abbreviated as UNRWA. The bill makes...

A dreaded anniversary

It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the war between Russia and Ukraine. It feels like just yesterday when even here in America, where many were...

Fighting for his life — why?

As of press time, a totally innocent East High School student is in critical condition, having been shot for no reason other than sitting in his car. Luis Garcia is an...

I never cease to be shocked . . .

Why do I never cease to be shocked? Probably for the same reason that no one else is, either. I open the Intermountain Jewish News from 1935 — three years before...