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As it is, Holocaust remembrance is doomed

FULL disclosure: • There is virtually no time when I am not in the middle of reading a book about the Holocaust, whether a history or a memoir by a […]

The search for peace on Mount Zion

As we sat with our friends on the rooftop of their apartment building, a glorious display of fireworks exploded over our heads in the Jerusalem night sky. In the streets...

As a Bostonian

SUNDAY evening through Monday was Israel’s Yom Hazikaron, “Memorial Day.” I was already steeped in the intense spirit of this very Israeli experience. It’s hard to...

Israel: You’ve come a long way baby!

Oh, how things have changed. The occasion of Israel’s 65th anniversary is a natural point for reflection. And it is astounding how significantly both the discourse and...

Israel at 65

The problems Israel faces are well known. On Israel’s 65th birthday, we prefer to note: Israel has invented world-changing devices, medicines and best practices in the...

High fives, Jerry

Please pardon us, dear reader, while we step away from the usual nature of this editorial page to focus attention on one of our own. We at the Intermountain Jewish...

Margaret Thatcher, 1925-2013

Like any political leader worth his or her salt, Margaret Thatcher earned a number of enemies along with her friends. We’re not talking about the obvious foes that...

Barry Curtiss-Lusher, national chair of the ADL

TO the best of my memory, Denver Jewry has produced three heads of major national Jewish organizations: Bob Loup, head of UJA; Sheldon K. Beren, head of Torah Umesorah;...

YU honors Jimmy Carter . . . what?

GROWING up in Jerusalem, I remember well the drama of Israel’s relinquishing the Sinai Peninsula as part of the Camp David Peace Accords brokered by former President...

Ten lessons of the Holocaust

Monday, Jews around the world observed Holocaust Day. This day ought to be universally observed because the lessons of the Holocaust are universal. Here are some of...