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Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein: Humble and towering teacher
Hillel GoldbergApr 23, 2015
Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein was awarded the Israel Prize last year on Israel Independence Day for his towering knowledge of Talmud, his mastery of the Western canon (he...
Journey of Larry and Cindy Halpern
Andrea JacobsMar 20, 2015
IN 1993, Ahron Wasserman, then a yeshiva bocher, called Larry Halpern, head of Safe Systems, Inc., about a Shabbat-compliant home alarm system for his father Rabbi Isaac...
A primer for Passover cleaning
IJN StaffMar 20, 2015
Cleaning for Passover is a daunting task because of this fundamental stringency: Since leaven is not a forbidden food not like pork a Jew is used to eating...
Modern pre-nups in Jewish law
Chris LeppekMar 20, 2015
nice Jewish boy, Neil Sedaka, one had a number one hit with a song about a truism: Breaking up is hard to do. Anyone who has broken up with a boyfriend or girlfriend...
Is there a real health rationale behind kashrut?
Shana GoldbergMar 19, 2015
living. When it comes to how we eat, what does it mean? The plain answer is following Jewish dietary laws of kashrut, which govern what we eat and how food must be...
1968: History Colorado looks at the year everything changed
Andrea JacobsFeb 26, 2015
moons have passed since I navigated the troubled shoals of 1968. The year that changed the world in ways we never anticipated changed me forever. While I’ve never...
Growing up in the Jewish Bible Belt
Chris LeppekFeb 26, 2015
the Rocky Mountain News stopped its presses for the last time in 2009, setting a good many talented people adrift, the newspaper’s editorial cartoonist was one of the...
Can you go? Probably!
Larry HankinFeb 26, 2015
YOU WANT to take a trip. Perhaps youre longing to go on a cruise, or your grandchild is getting married in another state. You have the time, money and desire
A divorce obligation beyond finances
IJN StaffFeb 09, 2015
By Margot Freedman Alicks FOR SECULAR Americans, the concept of divorce revolves around the determination in a courtroom that the civil relationship of marriage has...
Gordon Gamm’s philosophy of philanthropy
Chris LeppekJan 29, 2015
would agree that Judaism and philanthropy go together like peanut butter and jelly. Most Jews who give their money to others less fortunate will, to varying degrees,...
