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Quiet revolutions

The anxiety over the issue of the haredi draft in Israel is increasing. Last week in New York City there was a protest by some chasidic groups against the State...

Another take on marijuana: Acting responsibly

The whole world is watching Colorado to see how people change following the legalization of marijuana. Will boomers search through boxes for 40-year-old blue jeans and...

One take on marijuana: Marijuana won. Who lost?

For fun. For a high. For “recreation.” Smoking marijuana is now legal in Colorado, as of January 1, 2014. Not only marijuana for medicinal purposes — that is old...

A Christmas tree (doesn’t) grow in Jerusalem

Israel may be a Jewish state, but that doesn’t mean its citizens are exclusively Jewish. In fact Israel is known as one of the only countries in the Middle East...

Territorial Imperative: forward to the past

In The Territorial Impe In The Territorial Imperative, Robert Ardrey argues that a universal, primal instinct encompasses both the animal kingdom and humankind: the...

Why I say Merry Christmas

As a Jew, and a religious one at that, this week, I am wishing my fellow Americans a Merry Christmas. Not “Happy Holidays.” Merry Christmas. I write, “my fellow...

As a child suffers…

Heartbreakingly, many of us have heard of the tragic plight of the  little boy from Texas, Rephael Elisha Meir ben Devora Cohen. Aside from the fact that many of us...

Ken Gordon, 1950-2013

The Jewish tenet of social justice was embodied in Ken Gordon, the soft-spoken, mild-mannered yet driven and respected former state senator who passed away suddenly this...

Dearest Claire Davis

Dear Claire Davis, of blessed memory: You were a blossoming, beautiful, caring high school student, but, shockingly, no longer. It might well seem that none of us cannot...

IJN seeks summer intern for 2014

@IJN_Colorado is seeking high school seniors with an interest in #journalism for a summer internship. Details @ pic.twitter.com/tITps9flCs — IJN (@IJN_Colorado)...