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By Stephan Kline , Senior Director for Government Affairs, United Jewish Communities, At the national level, Jews did well in the Congressional elections. All Jewish incumbents won, including Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is now an Independent from Connecticut. In January, there will be two new Jewish Senators: Ben Cardin (D-MD)Continue Reading

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By Barry Friedman, , Sammamish I found Rob Spitzer�s �The Million Dollar Campaign� letter (Oct. 27) regarding the Republican Jewish Coalitions very interesting. Mr. Spitzer is correct that a great majority of Jews vote Democratic. Regardless, I don�t see a need to mock the messenger because the message is rightContinue Reading

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By Peter Weschler, , Seattle Your article on Mark Schuster (�Belltown condo reflects developer�s ethos,� Aug. 18) really impressed me. I am one of the buyers at the Mosler Lofts and made my decision to buy based on my limited knowledge of the project. Your article provided an overwhelming affirmationContinue Reading

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By MJ Rosenberg, , Washington, D.C. A recent JTNews opinion piece by Michael DeHaan (�Talk the talk without walking the walk?� Sept. 29) criticizing Rep. Jim McDermott has just been brought to my attention. The basic argument made by the author is that McDermott is no friend of Israel becauseContinue Reading

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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 the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Washington, D.C. This man turned my life around, because up to that time IContinue Reading

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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNew, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the difference between the advertising and editorial content. Advertising is paid content, and does not necessarily reflect the views of JTNews or its staff. These ads, while offensive to some, are not offensive toContinue Reading

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By Rob Spitzer, , Mercer Island Despite the $1 million spent by the Republican Jewish Coalition for full page ads in Jewish publications around the country, including the JTNews, Jewish support for Republicans is in decline. The ads tried to persuade Jews to leave the Democratic Party. In the campaign,Continue Reading

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By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I recently read about the ‘kosher chicken’ scandal on the East Coast. It seems that a supermarket had been re-packaging non-kosher chicken as kosher for quite some time. Community members are beyond furious. Is it really such a tragedy to eatContinue Reading

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By Susan Monas , , Seattle A group of SaveDarfurWashington members met with one of your staff representatives on October 2 to advocate for stronger American involvement in halting the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians. Many other members, including myself, did not attend that meeting. We areContinue Reading

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By Charles Davis, , Seattle For a while the JTNews gave a fairly balanced presentation of the contentious issues relating to Israel. But that has changed. The sickening Republican ads on page two of every issue, and now more than half of page three attacking Congressman McDermott (�Talk the talkContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Bruce Kadden , Temple Beth El This weekend Jews celebrate Simchat Torah, as we complete the cycle of reading the Torah with the last verses of D’varim (Deuteronomy) and begin with the first verses of Bereshit (Genesis), symbolizing the continuous reading and study of Torah. In all synagoguesContinue Reading

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By Sylvia Sterne, , Seattle I do not accept Albert Feldmann (Letters, Sept. 15) and other American Jews being appalled that a supposedly anti-Israel piece of theater can be performed here in Seattle. Does anyone remember how hard Jews fought to maintain freedom of speech and civil liberties? Does anyoneContinue Reading

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By Josh Basson , , Seattle Many thanks for the beautiful front page photo of Rabbi William Greenberg, rabbi emeritus of our Congregation Ezra Bessaroth taken by Daniel Levisohn (Sept. 15). My friends and I enjoyed attending a spiritually uplifting dedication ceremony on Sept. 10 of a sefer Torah commissionedContinue Reading

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By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Michelle Weinberg started a chapter of the networking and referrals organization, Business Networking International, in the Green Lake area of Seattle recently. The owner and operator of Design One!, a promotional products company (that’s anything you can put your company name, logo or sloganContinue Reading

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By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, My daughter is getting married and we are having a Jewish wedding. Her father and stepfather are not Jewish. I would like her to dance with her dads to ‘Butterfly Kisses’ by Bob Carlisle, but some lyrics might not be appropriateContinue Reading

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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 (As Seattle Rep kicks off its season…,� Sept. 1). Everyone must regret the death of this young local woman in the course ofContinue Reading

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By Josh Basson , , Seattle I commend Ilana Freedman�s insightful article (�Empowering our community against terrorism,� Sept. 1). Freedman points out how we can do our part in foiling unpredictable terror attacks targeting Jews and Americans. We need to live normal lives and not be deterred by terrorists. IfContinue Reading