By Rabbi Rick Harkavy, Congregation Bet Chaverim "My father was a wandering Aramean...." It is with these words that our Passover Haggadah remind
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Just a few months into her first year at Whitman College, Talia Rudee started a chapter of Challah for Hunger.
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle The recent outrageous massacre of innocents in Itamar, an Israeli settlement in the Samarian Hills, when terrorists infil
Read MoreBy Pat Griffith, AFS GPS Volunteer, Seattle Thank you for your heartwarming article about AFS exchange student Mohammed's ecumenical experience in
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, The Kavana Cooperative At a conference earlier this year, I heard a denominational leader now close to retirement ask wh
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, As we deliberate over summer plans for our family, the idea of sending the kids to a Jewish c
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Our region has been in a hubbub over radiation leaks from the earthquake-ravaged Japanese power plants and, it
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Josh Basson's latest letter deserves congrats ("In need of democracy," Feb. 25): He has made the strongest case po
Read MoreBy Eric Soll, , Edmonds The governor of the state of Wisconsin is addressing his state's budget deficit by attempting to limit the collective barga
Read MoreBy Rabbi David Fredman, West Seattle Torah Learning Center A few weeks ago I was at an event in town and a friend of mine came over. We began to d
Read MoreBy Simcha Shtull , Special to JTNews Last week I joined more than 2,400 supporters of Israel — 20 of them from Washington State — at the second J
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Seattle glass artist Roger Nachman in his studio with one of the "raindrops" from his "Joyful Rain" install
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle Ellis Goldberg's column ("On Jews and Egypt: Dispatches from the front lines," Feb. 11) was informative. It is important
Read MoreBy Rabbi James L. Mirel, Temple B'nai Torah Dear JTNews reader: This column is addressed to those who are "unaffiliated." The rest of you are wel
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue My column, "Jewish Delusions and the Threat to the Jewish People," (Jan. 28) evoked Casablanca-like shock from Seattl
Read MoreBy Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline How much more courageous can one be than the self-proclaimed journalist/blogger Richard Silverstein, a Seattle re
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jaron Matlow, , Olympia I am very concerned about the comments Mr. Silverstein makes regarding Israel ("The Eleventh Commandment: Thou sha
Read MoreBy Michelle Kaufman, , Seattle Mr. Silverstein, who do you propose will make this peace with Israel that you talk about ("The Eleventh Commandment:
Read MoreBy Jeffrey Weiser, , Redmond Whenever I read an article like Richard Silverstein's "The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not occupy" (Feb. 11) I a
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It sounds like the start of a bad joke. A Saudi Arabian student comes to Seattle to attend a Catholic high scho
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