“You have this attempt in Western countries to drive the Jews out. At the same time they want to drive them out of Israel. What does this tell you? This tells you it is a civilizational emergency and something very insidious is going on,” reflects Dr. Donald Sweeting of Colorado Christian University. 

Plus Masha Pearl of Blue Card on the killing of a Holocaust survivor in Australia.

“When I heard of the terrible terrorist attack I knew I needed to do something . . . that Boulder needed greater light,” says Rabbi Yitzchak Moully, creator of public art menorahs. He created a special menorah that will be lit Monday on Pearl Street, in the same spot where hostage advocates were violently attacked on June 1.

Plus a little more from Shana Goldberg on her column, “Bacon bits”. And David Bryfman, CEO of The Jewish Education Project, reflects on a recent event with Rachel Goldberg-Polin.

Special guest: Richard Liverance of Israel’s Ministry of Tourism on the state of tourism in Israel and some of the recent fantastic archaeological finds.

Plus ‘On this day’ and a peek into this week’s IJN.

“I think your condemnation is half baked“ is what recent IJN Cast guest Rabbi Marc Schneier told NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani following the anti-Israel protest outside of Park East Synagogue last week, where Schneier’s father is the longtime rabbi.

Rabbi Schneier returns to the IJN Cast, with further reflections on events in New York and his talk with Mamdani.

Plus ‘My Two Shekels,’ including a eulogy to the penny.

“Justice can be achieved in many ways“ says Ruth Halperin-Kaddari, who advocates for victims of Hamas’ sexual violence through The Dinah Project.

Plus the latest news and this week in history.

A visit with Jason Schnissel, director of Aspen Jewish Congregation, on the death of congregation founder Gideon Kaufman.

This edition of the IJN Cast includes interviews with Temple Emanuel Denver Co-Senior Rabbi Emily Hyatt and Rabbi Marc Schneier of The Hampton Synagogue in New York.

Along with our monthly “My Two Shekels,” Temple Emanuel Rabbi Elizabeth Sacks joins the IJN Cast from Israel, ahead of next week’s installation of Rabbi Sacks and Rabbi Emily Hyatt as co-senior rabbis.

Denverite turned New Yorker Glen Milstein has been blowing the shofar on the Hudson River for 20 years, from a shofar his father bought in Jerusalem in 1974. Plus Ohad Lapidot, father of Oct. 7 victim Tiferet Lapidot and Abram Herman of the Sukkah Project in Grand Junction.

“I really wish I had the chance to meet her” shares Ari Schneider after embarking on a tour through Europe to uncover his relatives’ Holocaust stories. The author of Stolen Headstone, Schneider is a senior writer with the Mountain Gazette who lives in Boulder.

Plus a peek into this week’s IJN plus on this week.