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Preparing for Yom Kippur

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’

It’s no secret that the national news magazines such as Time and Newsweek are struggling to survive. Perhaps that explains the disturbing cover of Time’s Sept. 13,...

Four responses to a planned burning of the Koran on 9/11

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

There is a dignity in autumn that precedes its arrival. Outside it’s still hot. Unprotected skin burns. Grass wilts, animals move slower. But in late August and early...

The power of a promise

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

THE giveaway regarding presidential candidate Barack Obama’s 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

For most people, and most of the time, there’s something a lot harder than doing a favor, or a chesed. That’s accepting a favor. Rightly and repeatedly, we are told...

Blowing the shofar – a mile above sea level

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

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 . . .

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 […]