By Keith Dvorchik, Special to the Jewish Sound I read with horror this week about the attack in a synagogue in Israel that left five dead, many inj
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By Tziporah Heller Dear friends, Yesterday at about 7 a.m. my daughter Miri called. "Mordechai just came home from shul. He said that Arabs cam
Read MoreBy Mark Dratch NEW YORK (JTA) – In a recent JTA Op-Ed, Rabbis Marc Angel and Avi Weiss made a number of claims about the Rabbinical Council of Amer
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By Avi Weiss and Marc Angel NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Israeli government recently moved to decentralize the conversion system by allowing local courts
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Every morning, Seattle mayor Ed Murray wakes up, walks his dog, then gets a report on what happened ove
Read MoreBy Elana Sztokman, JTA World News Service MODIIN, Israel (JTA) -- With the news that Rabbi Barry Freundel, a prominent Orthodox rabbi, has been arr
Read MoreBy Eugene Lipitz, Special to The Jewish Sound When my daughter Sophie went to Israel, one moment for her seemed a profoundly transformational expe
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By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, Special to the Jewish Sound (RNS) On the eve of the Day of Atonement, the story goes, when the house was quiet, the tailor
Read MoreBy Jon Bridge and Carol Gown, Special to The Jewish Sound This summer was hard for any supporter of Israel. As members of New Israel Fund’s local l
Read MoreBy Russell Lidman, Special to The Jewish Sound Governor John R. Rogers enjoys a prominent place in this state. Schools are named after him in Seatt
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By Randy Kessler, Special to the Jewish Sound As children, we were taught to not talk to strangers. But for those of us who care about educati
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By David Chivo, Special to the Jewish Sound What if every family attending Bellevue’s Jewish Day School hastily packed up and left Seattle by year’s
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- My friend Alain Azria gave me a puzzled look when I told him, with some indignation and disbelief
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By Yehudah Mirsky, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — As we approach Tisha b’Av, the State of Israel is at war. The day’s commemoration of so
Read MoreBy Robert Singer, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is spilling over into Europe, where in the
Read MoreBy Abraham Foxman, Special to the Jewish Sound When it comes to the safety of the Jewish community in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan s
Read MoreBy Andy David, Special to the Jewish Sound In newspapers, it is highly unlikely that you will see pictures of Hamas terrorists storing rockets in m
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By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- After weeks of missiles falling on Israel and bombs dropping on Gaza, we land on Tisha b’Av
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By David Shayne, Special to the Jewish Sound A while back, I heard Palestinian academic Nadia Elia brag that the boycott, divestment and sanctions
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By Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Jewish world has been shaken by the decision of the Presbyterian Church
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