By Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I wish to commend the JTNews and Charlene Kahn for the coverage of the disbanding of the Jewish Club of Washington ("Mi
Read MoreBy Rocky Silverman, , Seattle Rebuttal to the plea: "Justice, justice we will pursue and make history" by Rabbi Zari Weiss (Rabbi's Turn, May 11).
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews Most American Jews agree; Israeli settlements on the West Bank are an impediment to peace. Not me. In my view
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Brett Alkan found a kidney donor through Facebook and it appears he is on the, ahem, cutting edge of a trend (s
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I am so sad for Shavuot. It's almost over before it gets started! The upcoming festival is s
Read MoreBy Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers , Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Various theories are advanced in our classic literature as to why on Passover, chametz — lea
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist When I asked Hilary Stern how she was inspired to work for Casa Latina, the immigrant aid organization, she off
Read MoreBy Gershom Gorenberg, , Jerusalem In his letter ("Difficult decisions," April 27), David Shayne misrepresents my views and my comments during my r
Read MoreBy Margie Coles, , Seattle Thank you for your coverage of author Gershom Gorenberg (”Unraveled from the jaws of victory," April 27) who spok
Read MoreBy Rabbi Zari Weiss, Kol HaNeshamah On January 4, 2012, I had the privilege of participating in an historic event at the state capitol, when Gover
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist While Israel celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
Read MoreBy Rabbi Donniel Hartman , Shalom Hartman Institute For everything there is a season — a time to mourn and a time to celebrate, a time for introsp
Read MoreBy David Shayne, , Seattle Last week, I attended a talk given by Gershom Gorenberg, who authored the nuanced and well-written "Accidental Empire,"
Read MoreBy Donna and John Mollan, , Anderson Island We read the article on the Titanic survivors ("
Read MoreBy Wendy Elisheva Somerson, , Seattle The article "A chronology of the cancelled invitations to gay and lesbian Israelis" (March 30) left out impo
Read MoreBy Mark Bloome, , Seattle We suffered a great public opinion defeat with the City of Seattle LGBT commission's egregiously bad decision not to meet
Read MoreBy Rabbi David Fine, Union for Reform Judaism Years ago I passed a signboard whose message has remained with me. "Religion is what happens after t
Read MoreBy Menachem Z. Rosensaft , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — The destruction of Solomon's Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE was the first
Read MoreBy Wendy Rosen , Special to JTNews Undeterred by the superstitions associated with Friday the thirteenth, negotiators are slated to meet in Istan
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