Opinion
Playoffs
Shana GoldbergApr 11, 2019
When I stepped into the Pepsi Center last week, I remembered an observation I made years ago: The best sporting event to see live is basketball. (Admittedly, my field is...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #47
Hillel GoldbergApr 04, 2019
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #47, “Being precise in one’s study.” Rabbi...
City of David and the problem with Jerusalem
Jonathan TobinApr 04, 2019
Those who continue to deny the historical facts about Jewish Jerusalem got more bad news this week. Archaeologists working at the City of David site in Jerusalem...
37 years! — we never forget
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 04, 2019
Two separate sets of Jewish bones, of Jewish skeletons, were unearthed this past week. One excavation was in Brest, Belarus. The other — after 37 unbearable years of...
Recycling
Shana GoldbergApr 04, 2019
According to a recently published report, Denver’s recycling rate is 18%. The national average is 34%. Shocking, considering how “green” and “outdoorsy” Denver...
Boeing cut corners on safety
IJN Editorial StaffApr 04, 2019
Too much trust placed in one company. The more that comes out about the Boeing 737 MAX, the worse it gets. This model Boeing crashed twice in six months, the first...
48 Ways to Acquire the Torah: Way #46
Hillel GoldbergMar 28, 2019
Pirkei Avot, “Ethics of the Fathers,” states in chapter 6:6: “The Torah is acquired in 48 ways.” This week: Way #46, “Making one’s teacher wiser.” The...
A contradiction in terms: Abolition of the electoral college
IJN Editorial StaffMar 28, 2019
Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest state of them all? Lest we be misunderstood, the editorial is not about who won the popular vote in 2016: Hillary Clinton...
Rest in peace, Capt. Bacos
Tehilla R. GoldbergMar 28, 2019
I never saw the movie “Entebbe” or, as history’s most audacious and daring military rescue operation was known to me in my Israeli childhood, “Mivtza...
Mrsool
Shana GoldbergMar 28, 2019
I tend to think of smartphones as a way to avoid communication. Sometimes it’s easier to hail a ride through an app than talk to a dispatcher. Or order from an online...
