Opinion
By Fred Nathan, Executive Director, Think New Mexico Earlier this summer, a dark money group called “New Mexico Safety Over Profit” (NMSOP) was sued by the state Ethics Commission for refusing to comply with the state law that required them to disclose the sources of their funding. NMSOP was the
Avid Readers Recommend
by New Mexico Jewish Journal Beginning with our August, 2025 issue, we have a new feature, Avid Readers Recommend. Paid subscribers only may submit, by email, links to published articles from known credible, trustworthy, publications that they very much want other NMJJ readers to see. If the link is behind
Opinion
by Rev. Dr. Charles E. Becknell Sr. We live in a time when hate has continued to rear its ugly and destructive head. It is my belief that hate cannot only be destructive but also devastating. Hate is a learned emotion. When children are born, they do not come into
Opinion
By Alexandra Benjamin Let’s be clear. I believe that the starvation in Gaza is a moral outrage and that is enough of a reason to oppose the policies that have created it. But even if you set aside the moral case it is also a political and strategic disaster
Opinion
By Fred Nathan Jr., Executive Director, Think New Mexico Recently the New Mexico Ethics Commission sued a secretive, dark money group calling itself New Mexico Safety Over Profits (NMSOP) for violating state laws that require the disclosure of the source of funds used to influence legislation. The lawsuit alleges that
Opinion
By Merilee Dannemann Lack of immigration law is intolerable. A dairy farm in southeastern New Mexico was more or less put out of business a few weeks ago when 11 workers were arrested for alleged immigration violations and the farmer had to fire an additional 24 workers. The workers allegedly
Opinion
By Judith Fein Photos by Paul Ross Update: The Jewish community in Bayreuth Germany has chosen to run this article on their website at ikgbayreuth.de About ten years ago, a fellow opera lover gave me a DVD of Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle. I had little interest in the
Analysis
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
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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
Commentary
by Diane Joy Schmidt November 13, 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