By Rabbi Jill Borodin, Congregation Beth Shalom This Shabbat, February 6—7, we will celebrate a special Shabbat: Shabbat Shirah, the Sabbath of S
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Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, What's a Jew to do? One positive aspect about the developments in the Mideast is that it has
Read MoreBy Rabbi Shalom Ber Levitin, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah — Lubavitch, Regional Director, Chabad of the Pacific Northwest I will always remem
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Amy Hilzman-Paquette, principal of Hebrew High (the Community High School of Jewish Studies, more formally) has
Read MoreBy Ron Kampeas , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — For some relief from the misery of Israel's south and Gaza, here's a joke from the seco
Read MoreBy Rabbi Charna Klein , , Seattle Regarding Diana Brement's M.O.T. column ("Journalist is lay leader of Whidbey NAS," Dec. 19, 2008): The story ab
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Editor's note: This article has been corrected regarding the status of the Buckholtzes lay leadership certifica
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Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Every year we do the same thing for Hanukkah — light the candles, make a few latkes. I know t
Read MoreBy JTNews editorial committee , JTNews We can't escape the bad news about our economy. It's on television, it's in the newspapers — this one being
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews, Karen Chachkes, Publisher, JTNews, Seattle As the year draws to a close, all of us at the JTNews and jew-ish.com
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Temple B'nai Torah This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, said the Lo
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Even though he is now an Ohio resident, and has been for a while, Sam Chestnut says he draws upon his education
Read MoreBy Dr. Rafael Medoff , Special to JTNews The recent Time magazine cover depicting Barack Obama as a Franklin D. Roosevelt lookalike dramatically
Read MoreBy Josh Basson , , Seattle I am outraged by the recent radical Islamic terrorists massacre of innocent civilians that occurred in Mumbai, India. In
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation A few weeks ago, I was privileged to see a wonderfully rich film about the life and teachings of Rabbi Yosef
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