News
by Diane Joy Schmidt With almost 1200 entries, the New Mexico Jewish Journal walked away with two Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism, the "Jewish Pulitzers," at Monday night's American Jewish Press Association banquet in Pittsburgh. These articles were published in NMJJ's first
News Analysis
By Ron Duncan Hart Benjamin Netanyahu has long had a close bond with American Evangelicals, who he has repeatedly called Israel’s best friends in the world. Evangelicals tend to share Netanyahu’s political goals and have invited him frequently to speak at their events, and he, in turn, has
Commentary
by Diane Joy Schmidt Perhaps the brain fog is beginning to clear. On Saturday, June 14, while quite a few less than 200,000 turned out to watch Trump's parade in DC, almost 2% of the country, more than 5 million, turned out for "No Kings Day&
Jewish Values
By Rabbi Min Kantrowitz Rodef Shalom – Pursue peace. Jewish Values #4 Each edition of NMJJ highlights 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 the
Jewish Culture
By Misha Sauceda, with Samuel A year ago in March, Marty Sherman, from the Burial Committee, asked if the minyanaires could support a bar mitzvah for a young man named Samuel. His mother had died just a few weeks earlier, before he could complete this coming-of-age Jewish ceremony, and because
Book Review
Review by Anna Redsand In the first weeks of the current US administration, photos of World War II Diné (Navajo) Code Talkers were removed from US military websites. Due to intense protest, the images were later returned. In the meantime, the Poetry Foundation published something extraordinary, which turns out to
Jewish Values
by Rabbi Adam Zagoria-Moffet May 20, 2025 This article originally appeared on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency website, here. Jewish texts about the laws of war set parameters on the use of siege, writes a rabbi who has sought to avoid politics. This article originally appeared on the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
JUNE NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the June Issue of the New Mexico Jewish Journal. Our recent successes include a new summer intern from the NM Local News Fellows and Interns Program and two upcoming Rockower awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism tba next week, after sweeping 6 Society of Professional Journalists and 25
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Community News
by Michael Wald Ron Winger is now ten months into a two-year term as president of the Jewish Community Center of Albuquerque, following a long career as a senior health care leader. He has been President/CEO at both profit and nonprofit hospitals/health systems around the country, including St.
News
by Diane Joy Schmidt May 18, 2025 In an open letter that ran as an ad in the New York Times on May 8, 2025 criticizing Trump's crackdown on universities and protestors in the name of fighting antisemitism, former directors and chairs of the American Jewish Committee, the
Community News
by Ron Duncan Hart April 22, 2025 The Institute for Tolerance Studies has announced its twentieth anniversary celebration led by key Jewish figures in the world of New Mexico music. Steven Ovitsky, the past executive director of the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, will open the celebration on June 8