Opinion
Libya — attack; Syria — coddle
IJN Editorial StaffApr 28, 2011
Libya is an easy target. It’s leader is a buffoon. It’s geopolitical location is not sensitive. It’s oppression is blatant. Take it on! Its almost a...
Dangerous Jewish position on the national budget
IJN Editorial StaffApr 28, 2011
The American Jewish community is notoriously hard to define, but when the federations, the JCRCs and the religious groupings all agree on something, its as close to...
Score a 16 on a par 4 — what’s the big deal?
Hillel GoldbergApr 28, 2011
The other day, Kevin Na shot a 16 on a par 4 hole. It was a record. No one on the PGA had ever shot that score before on a […]
What, no matzah on Pesach?
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 28, 2011
WHEN it comes to Pesach observance, everyones opinions about observance become stronger than usual. What is it about this holiday that brings this out in people? For...
Exactly who is selfish?
Dennis PragerApr 28, 2011
IN the contemporary world, where left-wing attitudes are regarded as normative, it is a given that capitalism, with its free market and profit motive, emanates from and...
Is Passover after the seder an anti-climax?
Hillel GoldbergApr 22, 2011
The build-up to the Passover seders is tremendous. The cleaning. The purchases. The changeover. The strategizing in the kitchen. The matzah. The maror. The cooking....
That non-Pesach Pesach time
Tehilla R. GoldbergApr 22, 2011
FOR me, all of the detailed and tedious pre-Pesach work climaxes and is compressed into three related rituals: bedikat chametz, the night before the seder when we search...
My New Zealand Shabbat
Amy LedermanApr 22, 2011
IT wasnt easy to get there but the effort was worth it. A bus trip winding our way out of Queenstown took us to our first destination, where we boarded […]
The legalization of school choice takes into account the irreversible changes in America
IJN Editorial StaffApr 22, 2011
I. The Legal Issues The US Supreme Court upheld an Arizona law that gives parents tuition tax credits if their children attend private schools, including parochial...
The other Rabbi Goldberger
IJN Editorial StaffApr 22, 2011
The late Rabbi Daniel Goldberger was an extraordinarily admired religious leader in our city, a fact testified to by, among countless other measures, the size of his...