Opinion
A significant milestone: the Mountain States ADL at 70
IJN Editorial StaffJun 10, 2011
Anti-defamation, if you think about it, is not the most facile formulation. But some things stick. Like (pardon the pun) Scotch Tape. Or Kleenex. Or Xerox copies....
How to argue against the attempt to ban the bris
Hillel GoldbergJun 10, 2011
IT may be a lot harder for the Jewish community to defeat the anti-bris movement than it might think. San Francisco will vote on whether to ban circumcision. I would...
The beauty of Ruth’s character
Tehilla R. GoldbergJun 10, 2011
I HAVE always loved the Scroll of Ruth. Especially Ruth herself. It is such a loving, gentle, harmonious and literally redeeming story. Aside from the tender emotion and...
Circumcision debate heats up
Rocky Mountain JewJun 10, 2011
How closely have you been following the circumcision debate? This autumn, the people of San Francisco will vote on what’s being called the MGM – male genital...
Sicilian cheesecake – final result
Rocky Mountain JewJun 10, 2011
Here’s what you’ve been waiting for — the final result of our Sicilian cheesecake recipe. As you can see, it’s not crack-free, but does have a...
Cheesecake, glorious cheesecake
Rocky Mountain JewJun 03, 2011
It’s that time of year again, when butter, cream cheese, farmer’s cheese and ricotta all converge in creamy yumminess on our holiday tables. Yes,...
Shavuot
IJN Editorial StaffJun 02, 2011
If the idea of studying Torah at midnight, not to mention at 3 a.m., seems far out, count our sleepy eyes as evidence of sympathy. Yet, what could be more […]
The PA seeks a state unilaterally not because negotiations failed, but because they succeeded
IJN Editorial StaffJun 02, 2011
The Palestinian Authority is going to the UN to seek statehood not because Israel would not negotiate, but because it would. The PA does not fear the absence of...
Leniency for Yigal Amir
IJN Editorial StaffJun 02, 2011
For the life of us, we cannot understand the penchant of the High Court in Israel (its Supreme Court) to extend leniency to Yigal Amir. Amir was convicted of murdering...
Poems for Shavuot (and the rest of the year)
Hillel GoldbergJun 02, 2011
EVERY day the mail is placed on my desk. Sometimes it is quite a stack, for it includes books. The other day it included two books, one quite large and […]
