Stop the swinging

By Eileen Weintraub, , Seattle Your column in defense of kaparot was so upsetting I am just getting the strength to write now ("What's Your JQ?" S

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Approve Referendum 71

By   ,   Referendum 71, which if passed will enact into law Senate Bill 5688, giving same-sex couples and domestic partners ov

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The J-über mentsch

By Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai One of the most memorable scenes in Judd Apatow's morality tale of male maturation, Knocked Up, i

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Best interests

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Ron Kampeas's insightful front page column was quite informative ("Iran policy reveals split between U.S. Jewish and Isra

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sympathies and regrets

By Janice E. Tufte, Islamic Civic Engagement Coalition, Seattle During this reflective time around your Yom Kippur and just after my Islamic Eid Al

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Yes for homes!

By Alison Eisinger and Sally Kinney , JTNews Columnist Our Jewish traditions are deeply rooted in the concept of home. Our most beloved holidays

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Swinging the chicken

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, A non-Jewish person I work with came in this week with a very harsh criticism of a Jewish pra

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A “Shabbosdiger” year

By Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld , Congregation Shevet Achim Everything in Judaism is both constant and unique. The reason for this seeming paradox is

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Teach respect

By Kayla Weiner, Ph.D. , , Seattle I was shocked and offended by the letter to the editor ("Broad Goals," Aug. 21). To the best of my knowledge th

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Time to Unite

By Sasha Parsley, Western Washington University student, Kirkland I am deeply disturbed that the JTNews chose to publish the objectionable and narr

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Being aware

By Susan Benyowitz, , Los Angeles, Calif. In your article "First Stop: Seattle" (Aug. 21) you neglected to mention that Federal Election Commissio

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Welcome everyone

By Jack Fackerell, , Redmond I would like to remind Edith Isaacs Ervin that the recent murders of gays in Tel Aviv were tragic losses to our entire

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The hitch

By Jeffrey Weiser , , Redmond It isn't easy to be a Jewish liberal these days. You agree with all your non-Jewish liberal friends on everything: Go

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The litmus test of belief

By Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Kavana Cooperative Although the month of Elul is my busy season as a rabbi, I really love this time of year. For me, R

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