February 23, 2025 To our subscribers: The New Mexico Jewish Journal stands in support of the Associated Press, which has been banned from covering events at the White House and from boarding Airforce One, because they chose not to change the name "Gulf of Mexico" to the "
Analysis
by Ron Duncan Hart February 4, 2025 Over the last twenty years my wife Gloria Abella Ballen and I have spent months on end at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in conversations with faculty members and doing research in their vast libraries. The Bodleian Library at Oxford has an
Jewish Holiday
By Diane Joy Schmidt February 4, 2025 In 2025 Tu B'Shvat begins on the full moon, Feb. 12th. On Tu B'Shvat, some years ago... A marriage ceremony took place between a Navajo groom and a Jewish bride on Friday evening. It was not only Valentine’s
Jewish Values
by Rabbi Min Kantrowitz February, 2025 Starting with this issue, each new edition of NMJJ will highlight one of the many Jewish values that guide our lives. Each of these values underlies our Jewish community, regardless of any individuals’ religious observances or practices. These values form the ethical structure of
News
This is a page to return to again and again. What to think? We really do need to read from various sources before we can form a balanced opinion and think for ourselves. Scan the headlines, stop at the occasional item. Don’t get overloaded, and take a regular break
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Rockower 2025
Second Place, Rockower Award Winner 2025, Category Israel at War/ Schools and Universities, American Jewish Press Association. December 4th, 2024 By Nicole Osbourne The statement “as a Jew” is a frequent phrase on the campus of the University of New Mexico. In April, it littered the Student Union Building in
Community News
By Martin Finston, Q&A with Rabbi Hazzan Jonathan Angress Congregation B’nai Israel’s Big Event this year will feature Lauren Molina, a multiple award-winning actress and singer. Ms. Molina’s Broadway recent credits include leading roles in the Broadway revival of Sweeney Todd and the Broadway run
Opinion
by Diane Joy Schmidt November 16, 2024 What resonates across the United States of America and Europe now, bringing a rightward swing and authoritarian governments to the ascendancy, is immigration. As used against the Other, a technique Jews are unfortunately very familiar with, the issue of immigration was employed very
Fiction
by Gabriel Lampert NMJJ Vol.1 No.4. The story "Perfidious" was first published in Jewish Fiction. Los Lunas, NM, June 1942 I hate arguments. If I lose, it makes me feel small. If I win, I can feel the other person’s hate. I’ve always run
Analysis
By Ron Duncan Hart December 4, 2024 Is America in crisis? The religious right is telling us that we are. It is true that there is a crisis in religious circles. The number of adults identifying as Protestants has dropped from 69 percent in 1948 to 34 percent today. Membership
Past Issues
This is the February 23rd, 2025 newsletter of the New Mexico Jewish Journal. ~An update on the hostage situation in Israel framed by an historic remembrance of kibbutz life and the rededication of kibbutz Nir Oz. ~We stand with the Associated Press in their defiance of the White House order