Invest in our young people

Thank you Rabbi Hayon for an honest assessment of the risk of limiting our response to boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) and all criticism of I

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A true victory

It’s wonderful that UW students working together, with the support of Rabbi Oren Hayon, StandWithUs Northwest, and others, helped defeat the anti-Isra

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The big picture

How could this newspaper feature on its front cover a handwringing and unnecessarily lengthy editorial about the cost of turning back the BDS (boycott

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Wisdom we can all use

I commend Rabbi Oren for his article in this week’s JTNews (“How much have we lost?” May 30). His argument that winning the battle against the divestm

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The greatest sin?

I was shocked and deeply disappointed to read Janis Siegel’s article (“Arrest made on inappropriate behavior charges,” May 30). There is no greater s

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Lost in translation

I was astonished by Rivy Poupko Kletenik’s misreading of Paul Greenberg’s intent in his article, “Holocaust Day Again” (“Be quiet? Not a chance!” May

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Found in translation

Two recent articles in The Jewish Sound caught my eye regarding language and words. In “A story of Polish-Jewish reconciliation, propelled by history

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A walk down memory lane

I just spent a couple of fun-filled hours perusing the archives in the Jewish Transcript (since renamed JTNews). It was a walk down memory lane — chec

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A Rube Goldberg enterprise

The rejection of J Street’s application for membership in the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is curious (Presidents C

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So much like fiction

Emily Alhadeff’s reflections (“Court’s decision highlights a bigger problem,” April 25) on the Olympia Food Co-op’s decision to cleanse its shelves of

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What’s acceptable

Your recent article (“The Jewish Zen master to make Seattle appearance,” March 5) detailed an appearance by Bernie Glassman in Seattle. Aside from the

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Effective allocations

Foreign Minister of Israel Avigdor Liberman has proposed that the State of Israel budget $365 million annually for Diaspora education, the objective o

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Sharon’s quiet borders

In response to "Ariel Sharon: A depreciation," Jan. 24. According to Alden Oreck on Jewish Virtual Library: The Israeli attack on Qibya, Jordan, came

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Instructive reading

Joel Magalnick's interview with Andy Stern, former president of Service Employees International Union ("Where the next jobs won't come from," Jan. 24

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Ariel Sharon: An appreciation

The opinions expressed by Rabbi Anson Laytner in JTNews ("Ariel Sharon: A depreciation," Jan. 24) are very wrong. The actions of Ariel Sharon on beha

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Fair warning

I read that the Jews were pushing gun control ("Injured Congresswoman, Jewish leaders speak on behalf of gun control initiative"). Please remind them

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Liberties on religion

Ed Harris ("The Parallel America," Dec. 20) believes that the mere existence of "dozens of religious institutions within a 10-minute drive of his hom

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Widen the tent

In response to Keith Dvorchik and Rabbi Aaron Meyer's discussion on "For the Sake of Birthright" (Dec. 13 and 20), I think both are right. As a young

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For the sake of Birthright

Keith Dvorchik and I recently wrote of our dissenting opinions regarding the efficacy of Taglit-Birthright Israel for JTNews ("Why Birthright Israel i

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Glad to be caught

By Charlene Freadman Kahn, , Seattle Yasher Koach to Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum for writing, and to JTNews for publishing, one of the most heartfelt and t

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