Opinion
Second Amendment does not ban common sense
IJN Editorial StaffMay 10, 2012
Even if we concede that the Second Amendment permits individuals, not only militias, to carry guns; even if we concede that it’s quite nice to have an armed person in...
The human bricks of the Third Temple
Hillel GoldbergMay 10, 2012
Spiritual guidance EMOR. Saying. This weeks Torah portion speaks about kohanim. Priests. Pretty remote unless youre a kohen, which most Jews arent....
What would Rashbi say?
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 10, 2012
SOMETIMES timing is a funny thing. Just a day before Lag bOmer, when so many cities in Israel are blanketed in the smokiness of bonfires commemorating the day that...
A Jewish Mother’s Day confession
Sharon Duke EstroffMay 10, 2012
WHEN I was eight, I had names picked out for all of my future offspring (a dozen baby girls). At 13 I had my own babysitting business. After grad school, […]
Who is Jewman?
Shana GoldbergMay 04, 2012
One thing almost everyone comments on when touring Switzerland is the cleanliness. Spotting garbage is almost exciting in its rarity. Somewhat surprising then, is the...
Discontinuous hate crime laws
IJN Editorial StaffMay 03, 2012
We admit it’s a lost cause in our Balkanized world in which humanity recedes as the number and the type of victims become specified ad infinitum. Nonetheless, we feel...
Denver’s homeless: Beyond the ban
IJN Editorial StaffMay 03, 2012
Boy, that was a tough one . . . How to make the streets of Denver safe and appealing without specifically targeting the homeless and making their lives even more...
Rabbi Amsalem’s plan for haredi society
Hillel GoldbergMay 03, 2012
CHAIM Amsalem, a member of Knesset, is a maverick. A learned Sephardi rabbi-politician, Rabbi Amsalem was educated in haredi yeshivas, was elected to the Knesset as a...
Thank you, Frieda
Tehilla R. GoldbergMay 03, 2012
ECCLESIASTES teaches, generations come and generations go. Last week, as Frieda Shames Makovsky Englard passed away, the Denver Jewish community was imbued with...
Do you think I have a bomb in my shoe?
Amy LedermanMay 03, 2012
I TRAVEL quite a bit for my work and to be honest, it isnt fun. Besides the hassle of trying to book a flight online before the price changes (I […]
