IJN Cast Tue, 07 Jul 2026 05:12:50 -0400 en-us © 2026 IJN Cast yes 70458fd2-47d2-5248-a65b-6a5daa545c32 Intermountain Jewish News episodic false A look at what's inside the weekly Intermountain Jewish News, plus bonus content, with host Steve Mark.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Intermountain Jewish News https://storage.buzzsprout.com/temh65xs6ri9nn4eb47lr2xk3vo1?.jpg IJN Cast S4 E20 ~ 6/18/26 S4 E20 ~ 6/18/26 Shana Goldberg on the Boulder SJP’s endorsement of the Boulder firebomber.

Benjamin Abravenel, author of a new novel, The Past, Again: ”Anti-Semitism is the only hatred that comes from the right and left.”



]]> Shana Goldberg on the Boulder SJP’s endorsement of the Boulder firebomber.

Benjamin Abravenel, author of a new novel, The Past, Again: ”Anti-Semitism is the only hatred that comes from the right and left.”



]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19369543 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1131 IJNCast 4 20 full false S4 E19 ~ 6/11/26 S4 E19 ~ 6/11/26 Audio from Sunday’s Boulder Jewish Festival and Memorial — 

Survivor Michelle Goldman reflecting on a year later. IJN Associate Editor Larry Hankin on covering the festival last year, and this year’s memorial.

Plus, Anyu Silverman of Repair the World on its Serve 250 initiative: “The imperative of service is a way to make real change in our local communities.”

]]> Audio from Sunday’s Boulder Jewish Festival and Memorial — 

Survivor Michelle Goldman reflecting on a year later. IJN Associate Editor Larry Hankin on covering the festival last year, and this year’s memorial.

Plus, Anyu Silverman of Repair the World on its Serve 250 initiative: “The imperative of service is a way to make real change in our local communities.”

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19333671 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1193 IJNCast 4 19 full false S4 E18 ~ 6/4/26 S4 E18 ~ 6/4/26 Boulder Attack Retrospection — 

Survivor Rachel Halpern fled Poland in 1969 for a safer life as a Jew in the US shares her reflections one year later. 

Plus Chany Scheiner of Chabad of Boulder on Jewish life one year later.

]]> Boulder Attack Retrospection — 

Survivor Rachel Halpern fled Poland in 1969 for a safer life as a Jew in the US shares her reflections one year later. 

Plus Chany Scheiner of Chabad of Boulder on Jewish life one year later.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19296646 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1469 IJNCast 4 18 full false S4 E17 ~ 5/28/26 S4 E17 ~ 5/28/26 ‘You could see out the window from the house, to the crematorium and the gas chamber,’ Elliott Broidy, who helped turn the house of an Auschwitz commandant into the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization, tells the IJN Cast. ‘The house had a swimming pool and garden. Hitler and these guys would sit with the Commandant and smoke cigars and it’s mind boggling. We thought we could use it as a symbol, and we took control right before the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz.’

Plus part of country music singer Eric Church’s commencement address at UNC, where he shared six life lessons corresponding to the six strings of a guitar.

]]> ‘You could see out the window from the house, to the crematorium and the gas chamber,’ Elliott Broidy, who helped turn the house of an Auschwitz commandant into the Auschwitz Research Center on Hate, Extremism and Radicalization, tells the IJN Cast. ‘The house had a swimming pool and garden. Hitler and these guys would sit with the Commandant and smoke cigars and it’s mind boggling. We thought we could use it as a symbol, and we took control right before the 80th anniversary of Auschwitz.’

Plus part of country music singer Eric Church’s commencement address at UNC, where he shared six life lessons corresponding to the six strings of a guitar.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19256632 Thu, 28 May 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1462 IJNCast 4 17 full false S4 E16 ~ 5/14/26 S4 E16 ~ 5/14/26 ‘It’s the end of an era . . . He was a compassionate and passionate guy,’ reflects Barry Curtiss-Lusher on the passing of Abe Foxman, former ADL chief. 

Penny Nisson on the origin of her life as an artist, and Dr. David Bryfman of the Jewish Education Project.

]]> ‘It’s the end of an era . . . He was a compassionate and passionate guy,’ reflects Barry Curtiss-Lusher on the passing of Abe Foxman, former ADL chief. 

Penny Nisson on the origin of her life as an artist, and Dr. David Bryfman of the Jewish Education Project.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19179602 Thu, 14 May 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1337 IJNCast 4 16 full false S4 E15 ~ 5/7/26 S4 E15 ~ 5/7/26 Audio testimony from the Boulder courthouse today, where the man who attacked Run For Their Lives last year in Boulder plead guilty and was sentenced in court. Prior to sentencing, District Court Chief Judge Nancy Salomone said: “I conclude that the most serious sentences available under the law are the appropriate ones.”

Plus, what happened when a Torah was mistakenly dropped at the HEA during services on May 2; and Mitch Siegler of THINC joins the IJN Cast to discuss a legal complaint lodged against the national teachers’ union.

]]> Audio testimony from the Boulder courthouse today, where the man who attacked Run For Their Lives last year in Boulder plead guilty and was sentenced in court. Prior to sentencing, District Court Chief Judge Nancy Salomone said: “I conclude that the most serious sentences available under the law are the appropriate ones.”

Plus, what happened when a Torah was mistakenly dropped at the HEA during services on May 2; and Mitch Siegler of THINC joins the IJN Cast to discuss a legal complaint lodged against the national teachers’ union.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19143481 Thu, 07 May 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1321 IJNCast 4 15 full false S4 E14 ~ 4/30/26 S4 E14 ~ 4/30/26 ‘Education is the number one way forward . . . I believe that the average person does not really understand the lived experience of Jewish students, even the average administrator,’ says Hillel International’s Jon Falk, whose op-ed appears on page 4 of this week’s IJN this week.

Plus, My Two Shekels!

]]> ‘Education is the number one way forward . . . I believe that the average person does not really understand the lived experience of Jewish students, even the average administrator,’ says Hillel International’s Jon Falk, whose op-ed appears on page 4 of this week’s IJN this week.

Plus, My Two Shekels!

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19106161 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1174 IJNCast 4 14 full false S4 E13 ~ 4/24/26 S4 E13 ~ 4/24/26 ‘I would love to have a chance to win another national championship,’ says junior Sam Harris, the DU Pioneer who just won his second Frozen Four NCAA championship.

Plus Larry Hankin on Shelly Shem Tov’s recent appearance in Denver, speaking about her experience as a mother of a hostage.

]]> ‘I would love to have a chance to win another national championship,’ says junior Sam Harris, the DU Pioneer who just won his second Frozen Four NCAA championship.

Plus Larry Hankin on Shelly Shem Tov’s recent appearance in Denver, speaking about her experience as a mother of a hostage.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19067854 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0600 843 IJNCast 4 13 full false S4 E12 ~ 4/16/26 S4 E12 ~ 4/16/26 Agi Day, child Holocaust survivor: 

“We were four when we went into hiding . . . I remember quite a bit. Children of war experience things differently . . . Hiding in the cellars, being told that I had to have a different name . . . ”

The guest speaker at the April 15 ADL Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program joins the IJN Cast.

]]> Agi Day, child Holocaust survivor: 

“We were four when we went into hiding . . . I remember quite a bit. Children of war experience things differently . . . Hiding in the cellars, being told that I had to have a different name . . . ”

The guest speaker at the April 15 ADL Governor’s Holocaust Remembrance Program joins the IJN Cast.

]]> Intermountain Jewish News Buzzsprout-19029303 Thu, 16 Apr 2026 19:00:00 -0600 1197 IJNCast 4 12 full false