Opinion
The tears of Rebbe
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 29, 2013
A Talmudic persona emblematic of teshuva, of repentance, is none other than Elazar ben Dordayah (tractate Avoda Zara 17b). He was steeped in immorality. He fell to the...
The ways (and the opposite ways) of being good
Hillel GoldbergAug 29, 2013
START with this: Not only do we not know the name of the author of this book, we are not even certain in which century it was written. Anonymity is […]
The IJN staff prays, 5774
IJN Editorial StaffAug 29, 2013
Andrea Jacobs: My brother met the poet Robert Frost many, many years ago at John’s Hopkins, where he was a student. “He wasn’t that nice; rather unfriendly,” my...
Rosh Hashanah in the summer: Tomato-corn sauté
Rocky Mountain JewAug 28, 2013
We promised you another recipe from our Rosh Hashanah’s Foods section, and here it is. Like the Palisades Peach Shortcake dessert in our previous posting, this...
Rosh Hashanah Foods: Peach shortcake
Rocky Mountain JewAug 23, 2013
The days are still long. The sun is still bright. Yet Rosh Hashanah is rapidly approaching. Menu confusion, anyone? How do the traditional carrots, beets and red wine...
Ben Franklin and Thomas Jefferson did not devise modern Egypt
IJN Editorial StaffAug 22, 2013
The idea that the Egyptian military will or can reconcile with the Muslim Brotherhood, or vice-versa, is entirely unrealistic. For all its faults, the Egyptian...
And poisoning the wells, too
IJN Editorial StaffAug 22, 2013
Want to know the cause of the chaos in Egypt? And you thought it was the Muslim Brotherhood, or former President Mohammad Morsi, or his terrible economic track record;...
The latest ‘fee’
IJN Editorial StaffAug 22, 2013
One of the most memorable lines from “The Graduate,” which hit America in 1967, was when a guest said to a bewildered Dustin Hoffman, “Ben, Iwant to say one word...
Summer, 2013
Tehilla R. GoldbergAug 22, 2013
HAVE you noticed? All that melodious bird song is beginning to wane. Cheerful bird chirping can still be heard, but it is getting less and less. All those birds...
Your Rosh Hashanah greeting in the IJN
Rocky Mountain JewAug 22, 2013
Wish your friends and family a Happy New Year, with your own personal message in the IJN’s special Rosh Hashanah edition published August 30, 2013, before the...
