Opinion
Not your average latkes: Leeks
Rocky Mountain JewDec 10, 2012
We’ve been running a poll on our Facebook page asking our fans what other kinds of latkes they’d like to see this year, aside from the traditional potato. So...
Low-fat latkes
Rocky Mountain JewDec 07, 2012
Here’s something you probably thought you’d never hear: low-fat latkes. Sounds like sacrilege, or an oxymoron at best. But kosher cooking maven Helen Nash...
Khaf Tet b’November
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 06, 2012
Personally, I wonder, had Abbas’ speech not been a part of that now doubly historic day, November 29, whether things would have unfolded differently this past...
Perfect Chanukah gift for kids?
Sharon Duke EstroffDec 06, 2012
As every parent and grandparent knows, kids have an incredible tolerance for repetition. They can watch the same Phineas and Ferb episode again and again without...
MAQ: Most asked question
Hillel GoldbergDec 06, 2012
RABBI Joseph Caro compiled volume upon volume of Jewish law, but perhaps his most influential statement is a mere 22 Hebrew words, and it is a question. Perhaps the Most...
Palestinian amnesia at the United Nations
IJN Editorial StaffDec 06, 2012
It took 65 years. But finally the world recognized. Finally! So says Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. Really? It took 65 years, for the world? You have...
Chemical weapons in Syria
IJN Editorial StaffDec 06, 2012
The US is threatening Syria, if Syria should use its chemical weapons. Good policy. Bad timing. Wrong strategy. The time to threaten Syria was when it began its civil...
Verbal Xmas dilemma
IJN Editorial StaffDec 06, 2012
It’s the first week in December. Christmas carols jingle in the marketplace and parking is as challenging as first-year calculus. Undeterred, a Jewish woman in search...
Don’t mess with the pied piper
Rocky Mountain JewDec 05, 2012
One thing that really struck us during last week’s proceedings at the UN was how little respect the Palestinian leadership has for the United States. Earlier last...
Tears that bind
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 29, 2012
IN last weeks Torah portion, Vayetzi, the Torah tells us that the first time Jacob sets eyes upon Rachel, he weeps. And Jacob kissed Rachel, and raised his voice,...
