Pillar of fire

By Ken Shiovitz , , Seattle Regarding the political cartoon by Steve Greenberg in which Senator Joe Lieberman heads alone into the wilderness as a

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Jordan’s example

By Albert A. Feldmann , , Seattle Thanks for the excellent article by Noah S. Friedland ("The demise of land for peace," Nov. 28). He has pointed

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Imagine no religion

By Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am As I looked up at the beautifully appointed sign posted on Denny Way in downtown Seattle, I could not hel

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The demise of land for peace

By Noah S. Friedland, Ph.D. , Special to JTNews Since the dust settled after the Six Day War, the main tenet of the Arab-Israeli peace process ha

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The Torah economy

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy , All I hear these days is of our foreboding economic circumstances — and for good reason. Peo

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More writers writing

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Julia Eulenberg has been doing some detective work for the past three years — the historical kind. She's writin

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In the public interest

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Marvin Stern is the new executive director of Washington Appleseed, a non-partisan, non-profit public interest

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Happiness above all else

By Rabbi Simon Benzaquen , Sephardic Bikur Holim I want to share with JTNews readers the message I delivered to my congregation, Sephardic Bikur

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Replacing fear with faith

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman , Special to JTNews I was in the fourth grade, hiding in the girl's bathroom with Fran Schneider, when the loudspeaker

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Why I’m a Democrat

By Alvin J. Ziontz , , Bellevue Robert Wilkes begins with the strange assertion that "America is British, not French" ("Why Jews Are Democrats, an

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Writers revisited

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Last we heard from nationally known women's health educator Toni Weschler, almost four years ago, she was writ

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Freedom of choice

By Robert and Gail Stagman , , Mercer Island With all due respect for Rabbi Kletenik, we believe his reasoning on Initiative 1000 ("Life is sacred,

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Inside our psyches

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I have heard a number of people talking about Mussar of late. It sort of seems like it is thi

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Life is sacred

By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Congregation Bikur Cholim- Machzikay Hadath This November, Initiative Measure 1000 will appear on the ballot in Washi

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