Opinion
Welcome to the GA: From lynchings to TB to rare beauty to integrity
IJN Editorial StaffNov 03, 2011
The substance of the General Assembly (the GA) celebrates a plethora of Jewish themes and passions a day of service, US and Israel, Israel activism on campus,...
Where is Jack? Where is Kristallnacht?
IJN Editorial StaffNov 03, 2011
Did you notice? We have heard a lot about Choices and the Mens Event next week and about whatever else might fill our personal calendars then. But next week is,...
One person can make 25,000 differences
Hillel GoldbergNov 03, 2011
I was intrigued. Immediately. First, it was a reunion. I like reunions. But I couldnt imagine what this one would be like. Intrigued and more than intrigued. Even...
Seeing the world
Yisroel & Shloime EngelNov 03, 2011
Dear Tzviling, I really enjoy your column. I look forward to meeting you at this years GA. Perhaps you can help me with the following dilemma. I am not as […]
What a joke, except . . . it’s not
Tehilla R. GoldbergNov 03, 2011
After the official and upsetting acceptance of a nonexistent Palestinian State into UNESCO this week, I received this little vignette that was circulating. When Golda...
Over the rainbow
Tehilla R. GoldbergOct 27, 2011
THERE is so much imagery in this weeks Torah portion, Noah. There is the ark, and the endless pairs of animals marching into it. There is the special tzohar, the...
Hard times in the Jewish book business
Amy LedermanOct 27, 2011
THE day my daughter started school was a milestone for us both. She looked so grown up in her new jeans and Barbie T-shirt. I was bursting with pride as […]
View from a panel: Iran, Israel and the Arab Spring
Shana GoldbergOct 27, 2011
Last Sunday found me in Frankfurt, Germany in a convention surrounded by thousands of Israel supporters. There were Jews and gentiles. Christians who support Israel out...
Be fruitful and multiply
Hillel GoldbergOct 27, 2011
NOT once, not twice, but three times the Torah instructs humanity, Be fruitful and multiply. Is this a good idea, with the human population scheduled to reach seven...
Move over Qaddafi, Mubarak, Ben Ali and Saddam; here comes Bashar Assad
IJN Editorial StaffOct 27, 2011
The days of dictators in the Middle East are numbered. America got Saddam Hussein. Tunisians got Ben Ali. Egyptians got Mubarak. Libyans, with NATOs help, got Qaddafi....
