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
Read MoreBy Rabbi Will Berkovitz, CEO, Jewish Family Service The tradition tells of a blind man, holding a blazing torch, walking a dark road late one nigh
Read MoreEd Harris ("The Parallel America," Dec. 20) believes that the mere existence of "dozens of religious institutions within a 10-minute drive of his hom
Read MoreIn 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
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 Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Here's some interesting trivia: Kidney dialysis was invented in Seattle. (I was reminded of this during a visit
Read MoreBy Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Meze is the Mediterranean tradition of a meal made of several small plates. To make a nice meze, you can make
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist Now might be the time to pitch the Pop Tarts, toss the Twinkies, and dump the Ding Dongs if you're grabbing the
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 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jill Borodin , Congregation Beth Shalom Rabbi Haninah, the son of Papa, says (in the Talmud, Tractate Berachot, page 35b): "Anyone who en
Read MoreBy Yosef I. Abramowitz , JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA)—Every decade or so, yet another demographic survey reveals the obvious: The
Read MoreBy Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist When the head of her temple announced he was going on a reconciliation journey to Auschwitz, Dee Endelman foun
Read MoreKeith Dvorchik and I recently wrote of our dissenting opinions regarding the efficacy of Taglit-Birthright Israel for JTNews ("Why Birthright Israel i
Read MoreBy Keith Dvorchik , Special to JTNews I read with dismay the opinion piece "Why Birthright Israel is hafuch" by Rabbi Aaron Meyer, published Thu
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Read MoreBy Abraham H. Foxman , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA)—Nelson Mandela will always be remembered as a symbol of courageous resistan
Read MoreBy Charlene Freadman Kahn, , Seattle Yasher Koach to Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum for writing, and to JTNews for publishing, one of the most heartfelt and t
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist When it comes to finding a cure or even understanding why someone develops multiple sclerosis, scientists in Is
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