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By Rick Harkavy, Executive Director, Pacific Northwest Region, American Jewish Congress, With the upcoming production in Seattle of the play, My Name is Rachel Corrie, it is critical that pro-Israel advocates familiarize themselves with what happened to Rachel Corrie: 1. While Rachel Corrie�s death was a tragic accident, she wasContinue Reading

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By Nancy F. Geiger, Vice President for Finance & Administration, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, In an article entitled �As Seattle Rep kicks off its season, some local Jews are upset about an upcoming production� (Sept. 1) , your reporter wrote that Seattle Reperatory Theatre marketing director Cynthia Fuhrman hadContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Daniel Weiner , Temple De Hirsch Sinai The season of forgiveness is upon us. But it follows a tough summer for our people. Mel Gibson’s Jew-hating rant gave proof to the wisdom of gematria: in goes the wine, and out come the secrets (although, in his case, itContinue Reading

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By Tina Novick, , Bellevue I have been a subscriber to the Jewish Transcript/JTNews for over 18 years. Your decision-making regarding two parts of the most recent JTNews (August 18) is highly suspect. First, why do we need to see a picture of the [alleged] gunman on the front page,Continue Reading

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By Alison Solam, , Shoreline When I picked up the August 18 edition of the JTNews, I was appalled to see the photo of the [alleged] killer of my dear friend, Pam Waechter, featured on the front page. While I understand the journalistic need to get the reader?s immediate attention,Continue Reading

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By Rob Spitzer, Andrew Benjamin, , Seattle It was with great disappointment that we read the full page advertisement of the Republican National Committee in the August 18 JTNews. The advertisement touts the defeat of Joseph Lieberman in the Democratic primary in Connecticut as a defeat for those who supportContinue Reading

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By Rainer Waldman Adkins, Chairperson, Brit Tzedek v?Shalom, Greater Seattle Chapter, Regarding Neil Goldberg?s letter (August 18) of the Israel Solidarity rally: Imagine: someone says that Jews worldwide are integrally connected to and responsible for supporting the policies of the government of Israel. There is no daylight or distinction betweenContinue Reading

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By Edna Oberman, , Seattle In the same letter in the last JTNews (August 18), Robert Kaufman managed to tar both Rabbi Ted Falcon and Jamal Rahman � two people whom I admire for their spirituality and their interfaith work. Jamal Rahman reaches out to Jews more than any otherContinue Reading

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By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist I am so deeply disturbed about the events of this summer. It seems like all we Jews have been experiencing is misery. I do not know how to get out of this overwhelming sense of sadness and depression. Is the situation in IsraelContinue Reading

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By multiple authors, , A shining example Editor?s note: These words from Rabbi Rosenbaum were inadvertently omitted from the pieces sent by community rabbis in the August 4 edition of JTNews. In the Mourner?s Kaddish, we open with the words ?Magnified and sanctified be God?s name.? Why? It?s because whenContinue Reading

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By multiple authors, , We are deeply saddened by the senseless tragedy of July 28. Our hearts go out to the victims and families of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and to all those who are suffering. Northwest Interfaith Community Outreach has roots in the painful event of 9/11.Continue Reading

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By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I am reading the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Gilead by Marilynne Robinson. I am enjoying it very much. The storyline is laced with fascinating religious-themed exchanges between characters. Though the discussions are of a Christian nature they have gotten me thinking aboutContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Shalom D. Farkash , Chabad of the Central Cascades ‘God, how long?’ (Psalms 90:13) The story is told of a simple, unlettered Jew who kept a tavern on a distant crossroads, many weeks’ journey from the nearest Jewish community, who one year he decided to make the tripContinue Reading

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By multiple authors, , Not just an Orthodox issue The last JTNews issue article about my having recently dodged bullets in two predatory lawsuits from non-Jewish prison inmates (?Prison Chaplain off the hook,? June 23) was very accurate. However, the term ?Orthodox? appeared so many times that readers might mistakenlyContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Chaim Levine , LivingJudaism ‘I wish some people would grow up.’ ‘Some people just don’t think.’ ‘Some people are so insensitive.’ ‘Some people are so opinionated.’ We’ve all thought and said these things at some point. We’ve all felt amazed at the behavior and thinking of ‘some people.’Continue Reading