Opinion
Homeless problem
Shana GoldbergAug 01, 2019
We need to talk about Denver’s homeless problem. Last week, I visited the central branch of the Denver Public Library for the first time in a while. I’d heard what...
Yes, back to the moon — and Mars
IJN Editorial StaffAug 01, 2019
In space exploration, a trio leapfrogs over every other human attainment. Wonder. Wisdom. Mystery. The wonder dates back to the uncharted prehistoric era when human...
The Nine Days: eat healthier while mourning
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 01, 2019
August 1-10 is known in the Jewish calendar as The Nine Days. These are the final days of a unit of time known as The Three Weeks, which culminates in the saddest day of...
No plea bargain for the 9/11 mastermind
IJN Editorial StaffAug 01, 2019
Eighteen years after alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed sent not only some 3,000 innocent people to their deaths but also his fellow terrorists, suddenly...
Is there a single ethical ideal?
Hillel GoldbergJul 25, 2019
What is the ethical ideal? Is it always altruism? Pirkei Avot states in the name of Antigonus: “Be not like servants who serve their master with the expectation of...
Trump stakes out the moral high ground in defunding the Palestinian Authority
IJN Editorial StaffJul 25, 2019
In any other context, funding the PA would be prosecuted as accessory to murder. The claim is made that President Trump’s defunding of the Palestinian Authority is...
Preventing a fatal distraction
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 25, 2019
It’s summer, and it’s scorching hot outside. This is my third time deciding to dedicate my column to this horrendously painful modern death called hyperthermia,...
Joe Silver, 1927-2019
IJN Editorial StaffJul 25, 2019
From his perch at age 92, Joe Silver never did make it back to age 18 again, as he so devoutly begged every rabbi and anyone else whom he thought could or should make it...
Nice to meet you
Shana GoldbergJul 25, 2019
Over the past four and a half years, I’ve gotten to know some of our readers in a variety of ways. Sometimes it’s when they call to renew their subscription....
Cultural appropriation
Rocky Mountain JewJul 18, 2019
Talk about cultural appropriation. We’re sure you’ve heard this one before: “Jesus was a Palestinian.” Never mind that a Palestinian national identity didn’t...
