By Goldie Gendler Silverman, , Seattle In a letter on August 19 ("No more criticism"), Michael Behar asked, "Would it be too much to expect that W
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1 "We started Purple about 10 years ago — 10 years ago exactly," Larry Kurofsky told me a few weeks ago about
Read MoreBy Randy Kessler, , Mercer Island The debate between Joel Alperson (Judaism is more than tikkun olam," Aug. 5) and Eric Yoffie ("Judaism is always
Read MoreBy Michael Behar, , Seattle Week after week, month after month, in articles, op-eds and letters, the very legitimacy of the State of Israel is batt
Read MoreBy Lillian Faderman , The Advocate Americans have every reason to envy Israel's enlightened policies toward their lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, A friend of mine is getting married this fall and came to me with some questions about the we
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jaron Matlow , Congregation B'nai Torah Before I was a rabbi, I was a career Navy officer. I am also a veteran on total disability. With
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It was a quiet evening at home when Arlene G. Cohen's husband Steve turned to her and said, "Do you want to mov
Read MoreBy Joel Alperson , JTA World News Service OMAHA, Neb. (JTA) — A lot of my hometown of Omaha, Neb., was under water in the final days of July. Pum
Read MoreBy Rabbi Eric Yoffie , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — I have no patience for survival Judaism. Whenever I hear someone talk about what J
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist A native of our fair state, Sheila (Schain) Stuart, has just completed a term as mayor of Cambridge, England. B
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Anav Silverman for her perceptive op-ed column ("No yellow brick road for Palestinian UN bid," July 8) as righ
Read MoreBy Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Temple Beth El I have just returned from spending a week on the faculty of Camp Kalsman, the regional Union for Reform Juda
Read MoreBy Ilana Cone Kennedy , Special to JTNews I am honored to have recently been selected as a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Servic
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist They're out there at their keyboards, typing out their thoughts for you. Writing daily, weekly, or when they ha
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I confess: I became drawn in and addicted to the Casey Anthony trial. There is something capt
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews I can only imagine what my grandfather experienced as a Jew in the Ukraine before he immigrated to America in
Read MoreBy Tani Zarelli, , Vancouver, Wash. In response to Simcha Shtull's comments on Israel controlling the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians ("Israel mu
Read MoreBy Jeff Morton, , Gig Harbor As a black American who keeps a watchful eye on Middle East anything, the person from Seattle who writes: "Israel curr
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