Category: Letters

By Marie (Sara) Wacht , , Seattle I just looked at the JTNews for the week and read the article about Halloween by Rivy Poupko Kletenik ("A treat t

By Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz, Director, West Seattle Torah Learning Center, I was hurt and saddened by the letter to the editor in your last edition (

By Ken Leibert, , Seattle I have lived in the Seward Park area for 10 years. My wonderful wife Marilyn Leibert works for the Seattle Kollel. Our fa

By Elisheva Miriam Stone, , Brooklyn, NY I would like to respond to the letter from Dr. Noah Friedland (Letters, Oct. 5). As a former Seattle/Sewar

By Robert Stagman, , Mercer Island The JTNews review of David Klinghoffer's latest book, Shattered Tablets: Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at O

By Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am, Seattle I am thankful for the coverage of our fabulous new K'hilah center. It is a beautiful addition to

By Hilary G. Bernstein, Interim Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, Anti-Defamation League, I was dismayed to read the letter from Faith T

By Dr. Noah Friedland, , Seattle Not all change is for the better. The Seattle Kollel and its acolytes represent a foothold in our city for a dange

By Josh Basson , , Seattle Ron Kampeas's insightful column was quite informative ("In no one's interest," Aug 24.) Kampeas states that the "the Pa

By Linda J. Clifton, Regional Chair, Pacific Northwest Chapter, Anti-Defamation League, Last issue's JTNews carried three letters of appreciation f

By Norman Levin, , Mercer Island Put me squarely on the side of Daniel Pipes, director of the Middle East Forum, who has strongly criticized Rabbi

By Faith Tapper, , Seattle When I saw in the JTNews that Rob Jacobs had resigned from the Anti-Defamation League, I was very worried. A year ago, I

By Jeremy D. Sher, , Seattle I'd like to appreciate Rob Jacobs's impact as head of our regional ADL. As a Zionist peacenik, I experienced first-han

By Barbara Lahav, , Mercer Island It was with great surprise and a heavy heart that I read of the unplanned departure of Rob Jacobs as the local Ex

By Rainer Waldman Adkins, Chairperson, Greater Seattle Chapter Brit Tzedek v'Shalom, Seattle As Rob Jacobs departs the position of Director for the

By Phillip Klitzner, Owner, Nosh Away, Seattle Over the past few days, I understand that there has been a lot of negative feedback regarding the Je

By Rabbi Anson Laytner, Executive Director, American Jewish Committee, Seattle A number of people have asked me why I was in China so early and it

By Susan Alhadeff, , Seattle Manny Frishberg's reporting on the movie A Mighty Heart ("One of the unlucky ones," July 6) leaves open a question as

By Josh Basson , , Seattle Strengthening weakly Dan Baron's insightful front page column was quite informative ("Uncertainty hampers progress for I

By Sharon Asia Finegold, , Seattle Now that the play about Rachel Corrie has come and gone, the various executive directors of the organizations wh