Opinion
Garrison Keilor’s rant
IJN Editorial StaffDec 31, 2009
If you thought that Garrison Keilor was simply a homespun humorist and the host of the long running radio show, The Prairie Home Companion, think again. It seems...
The Orthodox community confronts the honesty issue
Hillel GoldbergDec 31, 2009
VIGNETTE: On the wall of the Fish Grill in Los Angeles is a sign, Do not speak lashon hara. Lashon hara is slander, unkind words or gossip. The Torah forbids […]
Obama’s vacation
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 31, 2009
ONE question: Why is Obama still in Hawaii? To tell the truth, I was not too impressed with his going there in the first place. But OK, that is just […]
What’s in a name?
Yisroel & Shloime EngelDec 31, 2009
Dear Tzviling, My fiancé and I are preparing for our wedding, and my rabbi indicated he needs our Hebrew names for the ketubah even though I dont regularly use them....
Einen guten Rutsch
Shana GoldbergDec 31, 2009
Here in Switzerland, on Silvester, what the Swiss call New Year’s Eve, the phrase “einen guten Rutsch” is heard frequently. The commonly held...
Fin de d
Rocky Mountain JewDec 30, 2009
An expression used in arts and literature, the French fin de siècle translates to “end of the century”; it connotes the waning years of an era, while also...
Little House on the Prairie
Tehilla R. GoldbergDec 24, 2009
I REMEMBER the first time I went to the theater. I was in the eighth grade. Just then a theater interpretation of S. Y. Agnons short story Tehilla, at The...
Lincoln’s last best hope? No more
Dennis PragerDec 24, 2009
AS the passage of the bill that will start the process of nationalizing health care in America becomes almost inevitable, so, too, the process of undoing Americas...
Top ten stories of 2009
Rocky Mountain JewDec 24, 2009
It’s always natural at the end of the year to reflect on the previous 12 months. This year’s “a look back” is more pronounced than most...
The mysteries and pitfalls of translation
Hillel GoldbergDec 23, 2009
ALL of the fast days in Judaism demand introspection and repentance. Certain fast days also demand mourning; for example, the tenth of the Hebrew month of Teves,...
