By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I think that Purim should be a time to educate people about the strength of Jewish women. But
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It happened, as these things often do, at a conference. "It," being Boundaries of Jewish Identity (University
Read MoreBy Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad of the Central Cascades I encountered the following story on several Web sites: A number of years ago at the Seatt
Read MoreBy Richard Fruchter, President, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Ron Leibsohn, Board Chair, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Seattle Over
Read MoreBy Richard Silverstein , Special to JTNews Robert Wilkes, in the last issue of JTNews, wrote this about me: ...Many American [Jews]...support pro
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jill Borodin, Congregation Beth Shalom "Luchot v'shivre luchot menuchim ba'aron" — "The whole tablets and the broken tablets rested insi
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue David Shayne's otherwise excellent column defending the IDF against the truly scurrilous charge of war crimes has a st
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews Robert Wilkes is a political columnist who writes from a conservative viewpoint. Robert's column this week co
Read MoreBy David Shayne, , Seattle Re: Mr. Wilkes' letter (whom, for sake of full disclosure, I consider a dear friend) in which he took understandable umb
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It's become harder and harder to be a physician in private practice these days, especially in primary care, as
Read MoreBy Ron Cohen, , Netanya, Israel Did it occur to you that boycotting Israel means that you are wishing for your family to starve ("Standing with her
Read MoreBy Eric Leibman, , Portland, Ore. Are any of you, and by that I mean Jews and other members of the pro-Israel community, bothered by the fact your
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Are Chinese mothers elbowing out Jewish mothers in the "super-crazed, ambitious, drive-your-c
Read MoreBy Rabbi Alan Cook , Temple De Hirsch Sinai It was my honest intent to write an upbeat article for my guest stint in the JTNews. A reflection on t
Read MoreBy Howard Gale , Special to JTNews This letter, drafted by Howard Gale of Seattle and signed by 42 other members of Seattle's Jewish community, wa
Read MoreBy David Shayne , Special to JTNews Were the ads sponsored by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign to run on Seattle Metro buses this month real
Read MoreBy Rabbi James Mirel, Co-chair, Seattle MAZON benefit, Seattle Thank you to the JTNews for co-sponsoring the annual MAZON Hanukkah benefit. Your be
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle As a regular visitor to Israel to guest teach (six trips since 1999 — my next is this April) and as an American Jew
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Joel Magalnick for his insighful article ("Provocative bus ads go to highest levels of county government," Dec
Read MoreBy Emily Weisberg, , Olympia Since a resolution in favor of divesting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine passed at Evergreen last year, tensi
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