By Rabbi Ted Falcon, Bel Alef Meditative Synagogue Spiritual teachings sometimes flow from the most unlikely sources. One of my teachers this year
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Read MoreBy Rabbi Jacob Fine, Hillel at UW The air has become crisp with the smell of fall, and with the change in season comes the reminder that the High
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy: Thinking about the rapidly approaching High Holiday season, it dawned on me that Rosh Hashana
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Standing on a beach, or a bluff overlooking the ocean, we are impressed by the power of crashing waves, and ope
Read MoreBy David Benkof , Special to JTNews Jews often complain that prayer is boring. Young people resist going to synagogue — and older people drift aw
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Read MoreBy Philip R. Scheier , , Shoreline There are growing questions surrounding the real sponsorship of the deceptive anti-Israel I-97 petition being pe
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Read MoreBy Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari As the rhythm of the Jewish year flows from past setbacks, failures and disasters typified by T
Read MoreBy The Board of Rabbis , Va'ad HaRabbanim of Greater Seattle , The Va'ad policies for produce checking were formulated after months of investigatio
Read MoreBy George Guttmann , , Seattle Your recent article about I-97 ("Taking initiative," July 25) classified the opponents of this initiative as "pro I
Read MoreBy , Upon hearing of the break-in at Havurat Ee Shalom, the heart of Vashon and Maury Islands' small Jewish community, the
Read MoreBy Lawernce Black , Maccabi Arms , Reno, Nev. The purpose of our [gun sales] ad appearing in the JTNews at the time of the Haq trial was precisely
Read MoreBy Rabbi Mark S. Glickman, Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom How shall we sing God's song in a foreign land? — Psalms 137:2 When I was growing
Read MoreBy David Rosen , JTA News & Features MADRID (JTA) — When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced his intention some three months ago to reach
Read MoreBy Sen. Adam Kline , Special to JTNews One of the biggest warning signs surrounding Initiative 97, the "Divest from War and Occupation" measure,
Read MoreBy Keith Ljunghammar , , Seattle Your newspaper looks very interesting, but the article from the last publication ("Taking initiatve," July 25) wa
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I am so deeply disturbed by the faces of the people in Lebanon cheering the return of the ter
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jacob Izakson , Temple Beth Shalom, Spokane On May 12, a 98-year-old lady named Irena Sendler passed away in Warsaw, Poland. During Wor
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