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Israel’s fruit of the vine: Newfound respect for very old tradition

FOR a long time, Israeli wines — like those of California — suffered from what could be called the Rodney Dangerfield syndrome: They didn’t get any respect. Wine...

Meet Alexander Maller, architect and philosopher

UNTIL his family emigrated to Israel in 1958, 10 years after the Jewish state’s improbable birth, Alexander Maller suffocated under a tyranny of pernicious silence in...

Levin ‘smitten’ after recent trip to Israel

SO just how is Israel doing as it approaches its 64th birthday? Is it, like the Beatles once lamented in singing about that particular number, “losing its hair” and...

‘Next year in Jerusalem’: What it means to a broad spectrum of Denverites

At the conclusion of the Passover seder, four exclamatory words reverberate around the table like a lightning bolt. “Next year in Jerusalem!” Slumbering grandchildren...

40 years of IST — it’s in a very different place from where it started

LET us ponder, for just a moment, the significance of the number 40 in Judaism and Jewish life. The ancient Hebrews wandered for 40 years in the desert on their...

Does J Street harm Israel? Sparks fly during IJN facilitated discussion

PLACING Jews with opposing viewpoints of the Israeli-Palestinian situation in the same room is like venturing outside on an early spring evening. Dress for polite...

Herb Keinon: Hometown boy makes good as diplomatic correspondent

In a coffee shop in his native city, as a Denver spring blizzard howls outside, Herb Keinon contemplates the roads not taken. More than two decades ago, with a brand...

‘My first time in Israel’

Larry Hankin, IJN Associate Editor It was 1972, and I was finishing my freshman year at college. I worked full time and lived at home during that first year of