Opinion
Preparing for Yom Kippur
Rocky Mountain JewSep 13, 2010
This Shabbat we won’t be partaking in warm chicken soup or steaming hot cholent (as reported in the IJN’s Rosh Hashana edition). We’ll be doing all of...
‘Why Israel doesn’t care about peace’
IJN Editorial StaffSep 08, 2010
Its no secret that the national news magazines such as Time and Newsweek are struggling to survive. Perhaps that explains the disturbing cover of Times Sept. 13,...
Four responses to a planned burning of the Koran on 9/11
IJN Editorial StaffSep 08, 2010
It strikes us that there are four levels of response to the plans of Pastor Terry Jones of the Dove World Outreach Center, an evangelical church in Gainesville, Fla., to...
The colors of teshuvah
IJN Editorial StaffSep 08, 2010
There is a dignity in autumn that precedes its arrival. Outside its still hot. Unprotected skin burns. Grass wilts, animals move slower. But in late August and early...
The power of a promise
Tehilla R. GoldbergSep 08, 2010
WHEN we are all sitting in shul on Yom Kippur night ?. . . when we arrive in white and the ark is opened . . . all the Torahs […]
Transforming America, right and left
Dennis PragerSep 08, 2010
THE giveaway regarding presidential candidate Barack Obamas plans for America was his repeated use of the words fundamentally transform. Some of us instinctively...
The toughest part of a favor: asking for it
Hillel GoldbergSep 08, 2010
For most people, and most of the time, theres something a lot harder than doing a favor, or a chesed. Thats accepting a favor. Rightly and repeatedly, we are told...
Blowing the shofar – a mile above sea level
Rocky Mountain JewSep 03, 2010
It’s not something one ponders often, but how difficult is it to blow the shofar in Denver, at one mile or 5280 feet above sea level? In its Rosh Hashana
Prayers for 5771 from the IJN Staff
IJN Editorial StaffSep 02, 2010
This New Year, we thank G-d for having given us the strength to persevere, the wisdom to make the right decision and the humbleness to cherish our friends. Thank you...
Mosque at Ground Zero? Makes as much sense as . . .
Hillel GoldbergSep 02, 2010
I AM in favor of the Cordoba House being built at Ground Zero, because, you know, there is no context, no emotion, no meaning, no memory that attaches to a […]