By Nurit Asnash, Special to the Jewish Sound I had never heard about BDS (the boycott, divest and sanctions movement against Israel) until about a
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By Paula Libes Chester, Special to The Jewish Sound The Seattle Jewish community came together Wednesday night, May 28, at a packed Temple De Hirsc
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Dear Ari Shavit: I was one of the under-30 audience members in your audience at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on May 28 — one of the “lost” youth who avoi
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By Rabbi Oren Hayon, Special to The Jewish Sound In his biography of Pyrrhus of Epirus, Plutarch recounts the details of the ancient Greek general’
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By Rafael Medoff, JNS.org U.S. officials say it would be “too risky” to send commandos to rescue the 300 schoolgirls being held hostage b
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By Rachel Lerner, JTA World News ServiceNEW YORK (JTA) -- The recent vote by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations rejec
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By Richard A. Block, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- Freedom of the pulpit is a cherished Jewish value, yet some rabbis hesitate to share
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound On April 7, the Washington State Court of Appeals struck down the 2011 lawsuit brought aga
Read MoreJERUSALEM (JTA) — Much ink has been spilled since the release of the Pew Research Center survey on Jewish identity in the United States. Many have add
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org When you look at the image of Frazier Glenn Cross, AKA Frazier Glenn Miller, the shooter who cold-bloodedly murdered three Ch
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound When we’ve written about Metro buses in recent years, it has been about the controversial ads that appe
Read MoreBy Carlyn J. Steiner, Special to the Jewish Sound Last July, close to 800 Seattle Jews convened for a “community conversation” on what was called “
Read MoreDr. Alon Ben-Meir, Special to the Jewish Sound For better or for worse President Obama has not acted decisively with Western allies in an effort to
Read MoreBy Mark Bloome , Special to JTNews Jews who love language, read this! Jews who love their families, read this! It is simple: Throughout the world
Read MoreBy Dan Schueftan , JTA World News Service (JTA) — Ariel Sharon turned into a statesman late in his political career. Two developments made this p
Read MoreBy Rabbi Anson Laytner , Special to JTNews It has been said in many recent articles that the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, who died
Read MoreBy Ned Porges , Special to JTNews My 24-year-old sons are fraternal twins. They are the youngest of my four children. I tried to give them a Jewis
Read MoreBy Annette Powers , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Last spring, I found myself averting my eyes when my 4-year-old mentioned something ab
Read MoreBy Yosef I. Abramowitz , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—Every decade or so, yet another demographic survey reveals the obvious: The
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