Category: Letters

By Ed Epstein, , Mercer Island Referencing your article on "Washington's newest congresswoman" ("Where she stands: Washington's newest congresswom

By Rochelle Kochin, , Seattle Akiva Segan says it is inflammatory to use words such as "unspeakable evil" and "savage" to describe the terrorists

By Fred Ferate, , Austin, Texas Thanks for printing Akiva Segan's letter ("Inflammatory words," April 1). There is so much hatred in the world. Mr

By Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Edward Alexander for his perceptive op-ed article ("A gentile critic of the new anti-Semitism," April 1). It w

By Akiva Segan, , Seattle While Josh Basson has made another case for Israel to push aggressively for negotiations with Palestinians ("True obstacl

By Josh Basson, , Seattle The recent outrageous massacre of innocents in Itamar, an Israeli settlement in the Samarian Hills, when terrorists infil

By Pat Griffith, AFS GPS Volunteer, Seattle Thank you for your heartwarming article about AFS exchange student Mohammed's ecumenical experience in

By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Josh Basson's latest letter deserves congrats ("In need of democracy," Feb. 25): He has made the strongest case po

By Eric Soll, , Edmonds The governor of the state of Wisconsin is addressing his state's budget deficit by attempting to limit the collective barga

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Ellis Goldberg's column ("On Jews and Egypt: Dispatches from the front lines," Feb. 11) was informative. It is important

By Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue My column, "Jewish Delusions and the Threat to the Jewish People," (Jan. 28) evoked Casablanca-like shock from Seattl

By Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline How much more courageous can one be than the self-proclaimed journalist/blogger Richard Silverstein, a Seattle re

By Rabbi Jaron Matlow, , Olympia I am very concerned about the comments Mr. Silverstein makes regarding Israel ("The Eleventh Commandment: Thou sha

By Michelle Kaufman, , Seattle Mr. Silverstein, who do you propose will make this peace with Israel that you talk about ("The Eleventh Commandment:

By Jeffrey Weiser, , Redmond Whenever I read an article like Richard Silverstein's "The Eleventh Commandment: Thou shalt not occupy" (Feb. 11) I a

By Richard Fruchter, President, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Ron Leibsohn, Board Chair, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Seattle Over

By Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue David Shayne's otherwise excellent column defending the IDF against the truly scurrilous charge of war crimes has a st

By David Shayne, , Seattle Re: Mr. Wilkes' letter (whom, for sake of full disclosure, I consider a dear friend) in which he took understandable umb

By Ron Cohen, , Netanya, Israel Did it occur to you that boycotting Israel means that you are wishing for your family to starve ("Standing with her

By Eric Leibman, , Portland, Ore. Are any of you, and by that I mean Jews and other members of the pro-Israel community, bothered by the fact your