Opinion
CU vs. aches and pains
Hillel GoldbergDec 24, 2014
Like many people, I have benefitted from physical therapists. They make the aches and pains go away. That’s why I was receptive when Pat Grant, a former Colorado state...
Chanukah is not a ‘minor’ holiday
IJN Editorial StaffDec 18, 2014
In the context of the winter season, or of the “December dilemma,” Jews often say that Chanukah is a “minor” holiday. Apparently, the characterization is meant...
Palestinians forsake negotiations
IJN Editorial StaffDec 18, 2014
Jordan, on behalf of the Palestinians, was scheduled to submit a resolution to the UN calling for the complete withdrawal of Israel from the West Bank by 2016. Whether...
Talking to ourselves
IJN Editorial StaffDec 18, 2014
With Taliban militants who shoot children in the head, one by one, there is no common humanity, no common language Just when one thought that the last word on...
It’s Chanukah and Purim
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 18, 2014
Is this Chanukah or Purim? After many years of Hamas petitioning the EU to remove the terror appellation from Hamas, the EU has voted to honor the request and has...
Four pieces of beauty from Los Angeles
Hillel GoldbergDec 18, 2014
Last Shabbos in Los Angeles, I bumped into four pieces of beauty: human, generational, material and spiritual. I bumped into . . . Shoelessness on Shabbos. Double...
Bring your own light into the world!
Amy LedermanDec 18, 2014
CHANUKAH IS a holiday with many names. Some call it the Festival of Lights, while others refer to it as the Feast of Rededication or the Holiday of Miracles. To...
Five reasons not to support Palestinian unilateralism
Rocky Mountain JewDec 18, 2014
On Wednesday, Jordan submitted to the UN a resolution on behalf of the Palestinians that calls for the complete withdrawal of Israel from the West Bank by 2016. This is...
I’m in debt
Hillel GoldbergDec 12, 2014
CHANUKAH EDITIONSECTION A PAGE 4 Dont you get mail and sometimes you know whats in the envelope even before you open it? For example, wedding invitations seem to...
Time to fry!
Rocky Mountain JewDec 12, 2014
How many different ways can you make latkes? One might think that at some point the options run out. But that’s just never the case. Maybe it’s because latkes...