By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Remembering the "feeling of fear and isolation" that haunted her as a child in Rochester during her own mother
Read MoreBy Anav Silverman , Special to JTNews Will the recognition and creation of a Palestinian state by the United Nations Security Council magically e
Read MoreBy Simcha Shtull, , Seattle Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to unde
Read MoreBy Joseph Schvimmer, , Pikesville, Md. As an infrequent visitor to the area I was interested in the JTNews and the opinions expressed in the letter
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Just back from my seventh Israel teaching trip and read my favorite JTNews section: Letters. Re: Mr. Israel Kochin'
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Supporters and clients of Jewish Family Service in Seattle are already aware of the construction project that h
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall , Temple Beth Or We just celebrated the holiday of Shavuot, and when we explain this holiday, we typically say t
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I am being urged by just about everyone I know to get on Facebook. My friends are threatening
Read MoreBy Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle Mr. Wilkes' response to my recent letter begins with an oleaginous politeness, thanking me for my "thoughtful letter
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist In 1975 at age 16, and a student at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Rob Rose spent eight months in Calcutta
Read MoreBy Wendy Rosen , Special to JTNews The "Arab Spring" that has already toppled autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt and threatens to do likewise to ot
Read MoreBy Rabbi Steven Wernick , United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism One of Judaism's most profound ideas is the notion that each year at Shavuot ea
Read MoreBy Robert Kaufman, , Seattle On May 11 I was escorted out of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, where I had signed up to attend a lecture by Prof. John Esposi
Read MoreBy Dr. Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I have followed the series of letters on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict going back and forth over the last severa
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue My thanks to Carole Glickfeld for her thoughtful letter ("World view," May 13) about my column, ("American Jews are T
Read MoreBy Larry Broder, Executive Director, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Temple De Hirsch Sinai has a 112-year tradition of leadership in social action, civil r
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I am disappointed by Obama's speech calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 lines as the basis for a two-state solut
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, We are getting newly involved in Judaism, thanks to our little one being enrolled in a Jewish
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist There's a new organization in town — and around the country. Founded by local philanthropist Mark Bloome, TAP-A
Read MoreBy Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle I was amused and also a bit dismayed by Robert Wilkes's chauvinistic piece on why Americans (not to mention Jews) ar
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