Special Sections
‘My first time in Israel’
IJN StaffMay 01, 2009
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
Worldwide maggid bringing back an old tradition
Chris LeppekMar 27, 2009
A schoolboy brings his expensive watch to the yeshiva one day and leaves it on his desk during recess. When he returns to the classroom, the watch is gone… An...
‘The Deli’ – your local Swiss army knife
Larry HankinMar 27, 2009
It is said that the kitchen is the heart of the home, and that may be especially true in a Jewish home, where so many rituals and observances revolve around […]
Jewish Prague: a photographic tour
Shana GoldbergFeb 27, 2009
This photographic tour of Jewish Prague is available as a Google Map, featuring a map of the area, walking route, photos and descriptions. The majority of Pragues...
Guide for the financially perplexed
Andrea JacobsFeb 16, 2009
On Dec. 1, 2008, the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that America had been in the grips of a recession since December, 2007. The headline-making...
A mayoral view of Boulder County
Stacy FarbJan 08, 2009
Despite the word recession ricocheting around coffee shops, bars, and hiking trails, Boulder County has and will continue to outperform the state and national...
To be a Jewish Democrat: IJN exclusive roundtable
Chris LeppekAug 28, 2008
A fair warning to all Republicans, conservatives, libertarians and other detractors of the Democratic Party: This is an article exclusively of and about Democrats. The...
CU President Bruce Benson: Keeping up with him…a losing battle
Hillel GoldbergAug 21, 2008
Do not come to philosophize. Nor to talk politics. Or shoot the breeze. Do not even come to talk about education, as in what happens in the classroom. Im not...
Profile: Avi Halzel, DCJE President & CEO
Chris LeppekAug 21, 2008
Avi Halzels first year as president and CEO of Herzl-RMHA at the Denver Campus has been anything but dull. He came aboard just in time to play a role in […]
