Become a story

By Rabbi Shmuel Brody , Ashreichem Yisrael Every once in a while, Seattle gets a visit from Old Jerusalem. An elderly fellow with a white beard, a

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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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The parallel America

By Ed Harris, JTNews Columnist "I don't like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and I don't think Christians like getting pushed around for be

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The ode to gefilte fish. Oy!

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I'm not sure how to approach this issue. I don't mean to overdramatize; however, a major fami

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One hundred blessings

By Rabbi Jill Borodin , Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Haninah, the son of Papa, says (in the Talmud, Tractate Berachot, page 35b): "Anyone who en

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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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Why we must remember

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Josephine Jack Charlotte Jessica Dylan Allison Madeline James Avielle Benjamin Olivia Caroline Jesse Daniel Em

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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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