Opinion
The Pope’s Jewish legacy: Seeing the forest, not the trees
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 14, 2013
In evaluating the interfaith legacy of non-Jewish religious leaders, Jews sometimes forget that the main allegiance of these leaders is to their own faith. Keeping that...
What is it with soccer?
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 14, 2013
We’ve seen it in Latin America and Europe — and now Israel. Fans of soccer — sometimes even players — behave like fools, or worse. Soccer fans, particularly of...
Incivil defense of civil unions
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 14, 2013
According to Colorado Sen. Pat Steadman, if one opposes, not civil unions, but merely a clause in the bill that would allow adoption agencies, on First Amendment...
Shalit inspires joy – and discomfort
Shana GoldbergFeb 08, 2013
Keren Hayesod (or United Israel Appeal) Switzerland was at the plate with two strikes. The first in their series of annual fundraisers, which brought the former French...
Epitaph
Tehilla R. GoldbergFeb 07, 2013
I REMEMBER reading the intriguing New York Times article back in 2008, interviewing former mayor of New York City Ed Koch about his burial. This past Friday, at age 88,...
Shades of secession
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 07, 2013
The Denver Post editorial page (Feb. 5) is in a tizzy because Greenwood Village has “defied the Colorado constitution” in banning the transportation of marijuana...
Netanyahu’s not in charge of peace
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 07, 2013
It is not easy for pragmatic America to accept that some problems don’t have solutions. One of them is Israel-Palestinian negotiations over a two-state solution, under...
Hagel, a disaster for Israel
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 07, 2013
We believe that the average reader of the Intemountain Jewish News knows more about aspects of America’s defense policy than Chuck Hagel, nominated to be American’s...
Bravo to Bulgaria
IJN Editorial StaffFeb 07, 2013
An international pat on the back is owed to Bulgaria, which, in a rare act of European political courage and moral clarity, put the blame for last summer’s bombing of...
A heterogeneous Knesset
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 01, 2013
Israel’s election results last week came as surprise: Netanyahu was returned to power by an unexpectedly narrow margin and now faces the extremely difficult...