Opinion
Our graduation
Hillel GoldbergJun 23, 2011
I OFTEN wonder about the Hebrew for congratulations Mazel Tov because it means good luck. Luck is something that happens or it doesnt. Its random....
How are geopolitics shaping Israel’s position in the Middle East?
Shana GoldbergJun 17, 2011
Remember a few weeks ago when we blogged about UN Resolution 377, which enables the UN’s General Assembly to circumvent, or overrule, Security Council votes? The...
Torching mosques: Not a civic, Jewish, Israeli or Zionist value
IJN Editorial StaffJun 16, 2011
It is disheartening to need to state the obvious: Torching a mosque is not a civic, Jewish, Israeli or Zionist value. A mosque was torched in the Maghayer village near...
More on scumbagness
IJN Editorial StaffJun 16, 2011
Well, here we are again. If we are to believe the Denver Post and various other media outlets, we have a true, live, genuine scumbag of our own right here […]
What Arab Spring? A review of Arab countries finds dictators still in place
IJN Editorial StaffJun 16, 2011
Supposedly, a wave of desire for democracy is sweeping the Arab world. Dictatorships are overthrown and the popular will is taking their place. Really? Yes, to an...
Syria: Israel prefers the devil it doesn’t know
Hillel GoldbergJun 16, 2011
YOU know somethings up when Syrian citizens say their own government is lying about Israel, Yes, somethings up when Syrian citizens say that the Syrian...
Ah, summer
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 16, 2011
ITS summertime. And that means one thing: its picnic season. Or as my younger brother used to adorably call it when he was a toddler: picnit! Picnics are very...
Money and happiness: real cost of living
Amy LedermanJun 16, 2011
RECENTLY, my husband and I went to a Beatles Musical Review and had a wonderful time singing and dancing in the aisles with other middle aged, ex-hippies to tunes like...
Scumbagness
IJN Editorial StaffJun 10, 2011
In todays world, many forms of discrimination, be they racial, sexist or religious, still exist in various degrees, whether they are illegal or not. One area of life,...
Bel Kaufman
IJN Editorial StaffJun 10, 2011
First of all, relax. Bel Kaufman, author of Up the Down Staircase, that 1965 bestseller about being a new teacher at a New York public school, is very much alive....
