Opinion
IJN Chanukah Coloring Contest underway!
Rocky Mountain JewNov 11, 2011
The month following the high holidays is somewhat of an anomaly. During Cheshvan we celebrate not a single holiday nor mourn an historical event with a fast day. So what...
Why remembering Kristallnacht is important
Hillel GoldbergNov 10, 2011
THERE are two types of memory: spiritual and historical. Or, put it this way: There is memory from the point of view of G-d and memory from the point of […]
Losses, capped off by Jewish togetherness
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 10, 2011
IT has been a huge week for the Jewish people. Some significant Jewish yahrzeits this week, and unfortunately, some new ones added, that will begin to be observed next...
Food-rich blessings, over-eating curse
Martin WestermanNov 10, 2011
The harvest festival of Sukkot has passed and the feasting holidays of Thanksgiving and Chanukah approach. Lets thank our farming and herding ancestors for helping...
Perhaps, Netanyahu’s absence from the GA was a blessing in disguise
IJN Editorial StaffNov 10, 2011
We certainly mean no disrespect to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu. If anything, the untrue, demeaning, inappropriate, unprofessional, undiplomatic,...
What we say when the microphone is off
IJN Editorial StaffNov 10, 2011
In 1984, former US President Ronald Reagan was warming up for his weekly radio address when he leaned into the microphone and said, My fellow Americans, I’m...
A prince of humanity
IJN Editorial StaffNov 10, 2011
Imagine this: A person is stricken with Parkinsons Disease. In his case, his speech is affected and his movements are exaggerated in the extreme. He cannot help it....
Remembering Kristallnacht…73 years later
Rocky Mountain JewNov 09, 2011
Every year the Holocaust is one year further in the past and every year more Holocaust survivors leave this world. Keeping their stories and memories alive is surely one...
Counterpoint: No death penalty for Palestinian terrorists
Shana GoldbergNov 04, 2011
Should Palestinian terrorists be sentenced to death? According to an IJN editorial, published two weeks ago on October 21, the answer is an unequivocal...
Turkish-led regime change in Syria would be dangerous for Israel
IJN Editorial StaffNov 03, 2011
Turkey is fed up with Syria. Turkey, until very recently, was a staunch ally of Syria, but no more. Turkey, like most of the rest of the world, is shocked […]
