Intermountain Jewish News

Ahead of Boulder’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the IJN sent a questionnaire to Boulder mayoral and City Council candidates. Six people are running for mayor and 13 are seeking the five open seats on City Council. More information about each of the candidates on Boulder Reporting Lab. Overall, candidates’ responses to the questionnaire reflect an awareness about how serious the issue of anti-Semitism in Boulder is. Below are the responses of the mayoral candidates, in alphabetical order.

Ahead of Boulder’s municipal election on Nov. 3, the IJN sent a questionnaire to Boulder mayoral and City Council candidates. Six people are running for mayor and 13 are seeking the five open seats on City Council. More information about each of the candidates on Boulder Reporting Lab. Overall, candidates’ responses to the questionnaire reflect an awareness about how serious the issue of anti-Semitism in Boulder is. Below are the responses of the city council candidates, in alphabetical order.

A Jewish public school teacher who posed as a pro-Palestinian advocate in Philadelphia, Hannah Gann, admitted to fabricating Palestinian, Tunisian and black heritage to her colleagues for years, in a case that some online commenters are dubbing “the Palestinian Rachel Dolezal.” Dolezal, a white woman who posed as black, taught Africana courses and held a leadership role with a local NAACP branch before being exposed in 2015.

“Hateful words targeting Denver Jews wrongly demonizes Zionism” is the headline over an op-ed in the Denver Post, Sept. 20, 2026, by Scott Levin and Rabbi Joe Black. I have penned comments on this op-ed. I invited Scott Levin and Rabbi Black to respond. Their comments follow mine.

The Charity Commission for England and Wales has opened an investigation into Médecins Sans Frontières UK, also known as Doctors Without Borders, following a report raising concerns about alleged links between the medical charity and terrorist organizations operating in Gaza. The report was submitted by UK Lawyers for Israel. The Charity Commission, which regulates charities in Britain and Wales, confirmed to UKLawyers on Sept.

Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote, “war is a continuation of politics by other means.” He meant by this that wars are conducted by political leaders making rational choices to achieve goals using war as a tool because other means are not as effective or efficient. While choosing war might appear irrational, von Clausewitz was saying that even leaders we perceive to be madmen who start destructive, murderous wars still have in mind rational political objectives.

The Netherlands will return to the Eurovision Song Contest, overriding a broadcaster that withdrew over Israel’s actions in Gaza. The Dutch organization that oversees public broadcasting, the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep, said on Sept. 23 that it will take over the country’s entry to Eurovision after Avrotros, the broadcaster that usually takes part in Eurovision for the Netherlands, pulled out of the 2027 event in Burgas, Bulgaria.

IJN Assistant Publisher Shana Goldberg, together with Scott Levin, former regional director of Mountain States ADL, presented a workshop at the annual meeting of the Colorado Press Assn., Aug. 28, 2026. The topic: “The Jewish Experience in Journalism Since Oct. 7.” Here is an adaptation of the IJN’s presentation. Where journalism has fallen short Curiosity. As Jews and as journalists, we have experienced professional disappointment. Curiosity is the bedrock of journalism.

Earlier this summer, when we published a profile of Ramah of the Rockies’ Rabbi Eliav Bock, one of my oldest friends told me that she and he shared a kibbutz family, one year apart, and that he was a close friend of one of her college friends. In August, my friend in London, who incidentally is not Jewish, was at the Bar Mitzvah of her friend’s son. Who should she meet but Rabbi Marc Soloway of Bonai Shalom?

There is just nothing like the joy of the holiday of Sukkot in Israel. The country seems transformed. Pulsing with an unbridled joyousness. “Simchat Beit ha-Shoevas” – Sukkot celebrations — of all kinds. Concerts. Tours. Hikes. Packed cafes. Day trips as varied as the country itself. Audible and uplifting melodious musical Hallel services floating in the air.The ancient Old City of Jerusalem tours. The Kotel. The pilgrimage. This atmosphere is not expressed by a non-tangible spirit alone.