A Jewish Congress

By Stephan Kline , Senior Director for Government Affairs, United Jewish Communities, At the national level, Jews did well in the Congressional el

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Check�s in the mail

By Barry Friedman, , Sammamish I found Rob Spitzer�s �The Million Dollar Campaign� letter (Oct. 27) regarding the Republican Jewish Coalition

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A good value

By Peter Weschler, , Seattle Your article on Mark Schuster (�Belltown condo reflects developer�s ethos,� Aug. 18) really impressed me. I am o

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Thoughtful Jim

By MJ Rosenberg, , Washington, D.C. A recent JTNews opinion piece by Michael DeHaan (�Talk the talk without walking the walk?� Sept. 29) critic

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Remembering Benjamin

By Henry Friedman, , Seattle Benjamin Meed died on October 24, 2006. He was 88 years old. I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Meed in 1983 during th

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From the editor

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNew, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the difference between the advertising and editorial conte

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The million dollar campaign

By Rob Spitzer, , Mercer Island Despite the $1 million spent by the Republican Jewish Coalition for full page ads in Jewish publications around the

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Kashrut 101

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I recently read about the 'kosher chicken' scandal on the East Coast. It seems that a sup

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Open letter to Sen. Murray

By Susan Monas , , Seattle A group of SaveDarfurWashington members met with one of your staff representatives on October 2 to advocate for stronge

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Commend, not condemn

By Charles Davis, , Seattle For a while the JTNews gave a fairly balanced presentation of the contentious issues relating to Israel. But that has c

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The 35-second shofar blast

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist A really great tekiah gedolah (big shofar blast) ought to give the listener a little chill, but for the past f

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More harm done

By Sylvia Sterne, , Seattle I do not accept Albert Feldmann (Letters, Sept. 15) and other American Jews being appalled that a supposedly anti-Israe

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An uplifting event

By Josh Basson , , Seattle Many thanks for the beautiful front page photo of Rabbi William Greenberg, rabbi emeritus of our Congregation Ezra Bessa

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Seeking success near and far

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Michelle Weinberg started a chapter of the networking and referrals organization, Business Networking Internat

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Keeping the peace

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, My daughter is getting married and we are having a Jewish wedding. Her father and stepfa

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A climate of antagonism

By Albert A. Feldmann , , Seattle I was appalled to read about the Seattle Repertory Theater�s plans to stage the play My Name is Rachel Corrie (

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Feeling empowered

By Josh Basson , , Seattle I commend Ilana Freedman�s insightful article (�Empowering our community against terrorism,� Sept. 1). Freedman

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