Opinion
Shimon Peres at 90
IJN Editorial StaffJul 04, 2013
The 90th birthday of the oldest sitting head of state is surely a momentous and celebratory occasion. In the case of Shimon Peres, whose presidency of Israel caps a very...
Justice at any age
IJN Editorial StaffJul 04, 2013
Denverite Osi Sladek gasped when he saw the man’s picture. Suddenly, painful memories of one of the worst days of Sladek’s life resurfaced. The image was that of...
Dispensable fathers and mothers
IJN Editorial StaffJul 04, 2013
Nineteen firefighters die in one blaze in Arizona. A heat wave stretches across much of the country, and 658 people die each year from too much heat, according to the...
Five daughters of redemption
Tehilla R. GoldbergJul 04, 2013
One of the great motifs in the book of Numbers is the land of Israel: the implicit rejection of the land by the Israelites revisionist perspective of how great things...
Rapping with Rapp
Hillel GoldbergJul 04, 2013
If a woman converts to Judaism while pregnant, is her child born Jewish? Or does the child need a conversion of its own? Is it always permitted to perform surgery ...
‘Moderate’ Rouhani?
Rocky Mountain JewJul 03, 2013
Why is the international press referring to Iran’s new president as a “moderate”? Is it because he speak English, holds a degree from a British...
STOP
Hillel GoldbergJun 27, 2013
AS anyone who has ever looked into a finely written Torah scroll knows, it is a work of art. It is impressive. A close look reveals more than even columns […]
Technology and the price of convenience
Dennis PragerJun 27, 2013
When I was in high school, I went without lunch for a month in order to pay for my first stereo system. When I was in college and graduate school […]
Humanity’s oldest story
David SirotaJun 27, 2013
This is a tale of two presidents the one we hope we have and the one we actually have. It is also a tale of two kinds of violence […]
Ice cream
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 27, 2013
What is it about summer and ice cream? Do you know anyone, grown-up or child alike, who doesnt have an affection for this frozen confection? If you do, I would...
