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What Israel’s election means

Whom Israelis elected as their leader is not yet clear. What the electorate said, however, is very clear. Whether Tzipi Livni or Benjamin Netanyahu becomes prime...

Rabbi Noach Weinberg, 1931-2009

With the major Jewish educational presence overlooking the Western Wall in Jerusalem, with many innovative and massively attended programs, with 27 outreach branches...

“Black Over White”

With the Gaza War still fresh, and Israeli elections getting ugly, it’s hard to remember that good stuff is still going on. A film screened Monday at the Denver...

Israeli election resources

Although most of us in Colorado won’t be voting in Israel’s parliamentary elections, we still find ourselves curious. Rocky Mountain Jew has gathered a few...

The Pope and the Holocaust denier

Today, the Vatican called on Bishop Richard Williamson to recant his statements of Holocaust denial. While Israel’s foreign ministry may think this is a step in...

The pardon Pollard campaign uses the wrong tactics

We received a post-mortem on the failed attempt to have ex-Pres. George W. Bush pardon Jonathan Pollard, the American spy convicted of passing American secrets to...

It?’s not 1975

The most encouraging story we have received in 30 years from United Jewish Communities (or its predecessors, Council of Jewish Federations and United Jewish Appeal),...

Exalted evening

I find it safe to say that no one is concentrating hard on Passover preparations just now. Why, it’s not even Purim yet. However, the current Torah portions focus on...

What it means to be One

The excitement and majesty of the inauguration of our 44th president are now behind us but the inspiring image of the beaming “First Couple” as they waved to the crowd...

The colonel has spoken

What’s that saying, “when everything’s falling apart it’s nice to have a constant”. Rocky Mountain Jew isn’t sure of the exact...