A Jewish Congress

By Stephan Kline , Senior Director for Government Affairs, United Jewish Communities, At the national level, Jews did well in the Congressional el

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Check�s in the mail

By Barry Friedman, , Sammamish I found Rob Spitzer�s �The Million Dollar Campaign� letter (Oct. 27) regarding the Republican Jewish Coalition

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A good value

By Peter Weschler, , Seattle Your article on Mark Schuster (�Belltown condo reflects developer�s ethos,� Aug. 18) really impressed me. I am o

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Remembering Benjamin

By Henry Friedman, , Seattle Benjamin Meed died on October 24, 2006. He was 88 years old. I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Meed in 1983 during th

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Thoughtful Jim

By MJ Rosenberg, , Washington, D.C. A recent JTNews opinion piece by Michael DeHaan (�Talk the talk without walking the walk?� Sept. 29) critic

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From the editor

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNew, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the difference between the advertising and editorial conte

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The million dollar campaign

By Rob Spitzer, , Mercer Island Despite the $1 million spent by the Republican Jewish Coalition for full page ads in Jewish publications around the

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Open letter to Sen. Murray

By Susan Monas , , Seattle A group of SaveDarfurWashington members met with one of your staff representatives on October 2 to advocate for stronge

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Commend, not condemn

By Charles Davis, , Seattle For a while the JTNews gave a fairly balanced presentation of the contentious issues relating to Israel. But that has c

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More harm done

By Sylvia Sterne, , Seattle I do not accept Albert Feldmann (Letters, Sept. 15) and other American Jews being appalled that a supposedly anti-Israe

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An uplifting event

By Josh Basson , , Seattle Many thanks for the beautiful front page photo of Rabbi William Greenberg, rabbi emeritus of our Congregation Ezra Bessa

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A climate of antagonism

By Albert A. Feldmann , , Seattle I was appalled to read about the Seattle Repertory Theater�s plans to stage the play My Name is Rachel Corrie (

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Feeling empowered

By Josh Basson , , Seattle I commend Ilana Freedman�s insightful article (�Empowering our community against terrorism,� Sept. 1). Freedman

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Talking points

By Rick Harkavy, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Region, American Jewish Congress, With the upcoming production in Seattle of the play, My Na

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Check the program

By Nancy F. Geiger, Vice President for Finance & Administration, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, In an article entitled �As Seattle Rep

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Focus elsewhere

By Tina Novick, , Bellevue I have been a subscriber to the Jewish Transcript/JTNews for over 18 years. Your decision-making regarding two parts of

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Grabbing attention

By Alison Solam, , Shoreline When I picked up the August 18 edition of the JTNews, I was appalled to see the photo of the [alleged] killer of my de

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Truth in advertising

By Rob Spitzer, Andrew Benjamin, , Seattle It was with great disappointment that we read the full page advertisement of the Republican National Com

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Unity through debate

By Rainer Waldman Adkins, Chairperson, Brit Tzedek v?Shalom, Greater Seattle Chapter, Regarding Neil Goldberg?s letter (August 18) of the Israel So

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Alleged rewrites

By Edna Oberman, , Seattle In the same letter in the last JTNews (August 18), Robert Kaufman managed to tar both Rabbi Ted Falcon and Jamal Rahman

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