Opinion
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...
Hands
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 10, 2014
CHANUKAH EDITION SECTION E PAGE 23 Between last Passover, when I shared with you about my beloved Bubbie’s egg lukshn that she fried, rolled like a cigar, and sliced...
Gil Marks, 1952-2014
IJN Editorial StaffDec 10, 2014
There’s no denying that enthusiasm for Jewish cookery has experienced a veritable explosion over the past decade or so. This mirrors an increased interest in food...
Jordanians hate; a Palestinian loves
IJN Editorial StaffDec 10, 2014
Two extremes. First, the bad news. Jordan’s parliament, as reported in the IJN (Nov. 28), held a moment of silence for the two murderers — not the five victims —...
