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By Israel Kochin, , New York, N.Y. The editors of JTNews recently published a letter (“Taking Sides,” Letters, April 29) attacking my mother, Rochelle Kochin, for her defense of the State of Israel’s right to defend herself from the evil actions of an enemy who specifically targets and murders JewishContinue Reading

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By Judy Blinder, , Seattle I applaud Rabbi Mirel’s effort to encourage nonaffiliated Jews in the greater Seattle area to join a Jewish community in his article “An offer you can’t (and shouldn’t) refuse“ (Rabbi’s Turn, Feb. 25). He lists several types of congregations to choose from, including Reform, Conservative,Continue Reading

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By Rabbi Chaim Levine , Hope for Heroism As I write this column I’m sitting in Israel, A few days after Yom HaShoah and a few days before Yom HaZikaron, the Day of Remembrance and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel Independence Day. Israel is wrapped in blue and white — it seemsContinue Reading

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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist “I covered the story from the beginning…in early 2007,” says “barefoot bandologist” Jackson Holtz. The Herald of Everett reporter just released his book, Fly, Colton, Fly, about “Barefoot Bandit” Colton Harris-Moore, the teenage Camano Island burglar who branched out into national and international theft beforeContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Is it senseless hype or civil heresy? Simple celebrity stalking or something deeper and more disturbing? Today’s (as of this printing) nuptials of Britain’s Prince William to Kate Middleton have sent the dream-weavers and lotus-eaters of pop culture into unprecedented statesContinue Reading

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By Rocky Silverman, , Rocky Silverman Dr. Baskin believes a fair peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israel is best achieved by arguing equality and the two-state solution (“Encountering peace: The bombs bursting in air,” April 15). However, when I read his articles, I notice that he focuses more on whatContinue Reading

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By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Re: Rochelle Kochin’s letter, (“A Moral Compass,” April 15): Thanks. If Ms. Kochin cannot see any moral wrong in the 1948 displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral and modern homelands, towns, villages, cities and farmlands then “she must have no moral compass.” AndContinue Reading

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By Josh Basson, , Seattle I was appalled to read Fred Ferate’s distorted letter (“The constant struggle,” April 15). He erroneously states that I have described all Palestinians as savages. He should re-read my letter carefully and will find that I am referring to only those Palestinian Arabs that engageContinue Reading

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By Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews My new friends from Zimbabwe saw their homeland devastated and looted in a manner not seen since Attila swept west from the Volga. They left Zimbabwe for a time and lived in South Africa, where the murder rate is 34 per 100,000 (itContinue Reading

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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist A self-described “small-town kid from Vashon,” Gary Johnson feels like he’s come a long way to his recent appointment by Gov. Chris Gregoire to the Pierce County Superior Court, replacing Judge Gary Steiner, who retired Feb. 1. He traces his success directly to the NationalContinue Reading

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By Ed Epstein, , Mercer Island Referencing your article on “Washington’s newest congresswoman” (“Where she stands: Washington’s newest congresswoman on Israel,” April 1), I suggest in the future you indicate at the top of your articles whether they are news reports or editorials. Your reference to AIPAC as a “hawkish”Continue Reading

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By Rochelle Kochin, , Seattle Akiva Segan says it is inflammatory to use words such as “unspeakable evil” and “savage” to describe the terrorists who entered the home of a young Israeli family in the middle of the night and stabbed to death the parents and three of the childrenContinue Reading

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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. Basson’s description of Palestinians as savages is not going to help break down barriers and walls, nor lead to the face-to-face dialogue and negotiations necessaryContinue Reading

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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 was right on the mark. Alexander rightly points out that the resurgent anti-Semitism is not just the physical violence of Jew hatred of young Muslims, butContinue Reading

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By Akiva Segan, , Seattle While Josh Basson has made another case for Israel to push aggressively for negotiations with Palestinians (“True obstacles to peace,” Letters, March 25), he’s also continuing a remarkable vilification and hate campaign about them. It’s of inflammatory words: “Savage killers” brings to mind European-British descriptionsContinue Reading

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By Edward Alexander , Special to JTNews Jews often have occasion to lament the truth of the biblical text that says that our enemies will arise from among us: Many of Israel’s fiercest enemies today are themselves Jews. But we also (sometimes) have occasion to rejoice that some of Israel’sContinue Reading