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By David Rosenblum, , Seattle February is the anniversary of my partner’s passing. For the last six years I asked the rabbi of a large temple to say kaddish for her, and he did. This year, however, I called and again spoke to the rabbi’s secretary. She told me asContinue Reading

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By Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett I read what Rivy Poupko Kletenik wrote about how “our tradition urges us to innovate in prayer and create a blessing unique to our own experiences” (What’s Your JQ?, Jan. 29). I suppose doing so is a good way to “sing unto the Lord aContinue Reading

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By Rosi Meier Benz , , Harstine Island Today (Jan. 27) is Holocaust Remembrance Day, I heard the TV anchor voice say over the grinding of coffee beans. The thought and visual seeped into my head as I watched the hot water filter through the Melitta paper-lined cone into myContinue Reading

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By Josh Basson, , Seattle Ron Kampeas’s insightful front page column was quite informative (“Clinton, lawmakers pushing for talks,” Jan. 15). The Palestinians are resisting returning to talks without pre-conditions as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is calling for. No such conditions were made in prior negotiations. Israeli PrimeContinue Reading

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By Kate Lesser, , Seattle I just received the Jan. 15 edition of the JTNews. The front-page photo has a picture of a party. I was hoping for a picture of the Israeli emergency medical response team that is now in Haiti. I saw a picture of them hard atContinue Reading

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By Susan Monas, President, Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle As president of the board of Congregation Beth Shalom, I was dismayed to see the recent heading in the JTNews “Meet the Synagogue” (Special section, Dec. 25). Given the many choices of synagogues in Seattle, I wondered how the synagogues listed wereContinue Reading

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By Richard Silverstein, , Seattle I would like to correct two errors in Leyna Krow’s otherwise excellent report on the Iran-Israel conference I organized at Town Hall on December 16 (“Iran, from the left,” Dec. 25). First, there were over 100 people in attendance, not 40 as Krow reported. Second,Continue Reading

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By Lawrence Black, , Seattle After reading the Jewish Federation’s response to the Haq guilty verdict, I had the following angry reaction: I saw no condemnation of Islamic extremist ideology/Muslim hatred — the motivation and driving force of Haq’s actions. The Federation is against “hatred” in general — so MuslimContinue Reading

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By Rachelle Baruch, , Cincinnati, Ohio I want to thank Yehuda Reinhartz for his lovely article (“The need to fill the holes,” Nov. 27). I found it inspiring and hopeful.  Thank you for publishing it.  Continue Reading

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By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle The new movie An Education is about a predator, a man who brings in black people to a neighborhood in order to scare old ladies into moving out so he can acquire the property cheaply. He also preys upon a 16-year-old young woman. This wouldContinue Reading

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By Elliott Magalnick, , Denver, Colo. I read the article, or rather parts of the article “Holiday Stuffing” (Nov. 27), treats and eats for gifts, but being Jewish, I read it backwards as I do with many magazines. I was reading about fish and the naming of some local stores’Continue Reading

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By Josh Basson, , Seattle Leslie Susser’s insightful front-page column was quite informative (“Implications of Israeli inquiry into Goldstone,” Oct. 30). Susser rightly points out that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces one of the most acute dilemmas since his return to power last March. Also, “the key question ignored byContinue Reading

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By Cheryl Trooskin-Zoller, , Seattle I noticed on the front page of the October 30 JTNews a little note that said, “Celebrate Women! page 12.” I turned to page 12 and what I found was an article about a female singer ejected from the Arts & Entertainment section surrounded byContinue Reading

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By Marcia Rubenstein, , Silverdale Just wanted to say a great big thank you to everyone at JTNews who helped solve the problem of the missing ingredient. I was in the midst of making the Beekeeper’s Bundt Cake (“Eat something sweet!” Sept. 11) when I realized that there was anContinue Reading

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By Suzette Cohen, , Steilacoom You are absolutely incorrect in your portrayal of Referendum 71. Everyone has the ability to make out a power of attorney that will enable him/her to do everything you say some people can’t do now. We already have in place the legal means and don’tContinue Reading

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By Lisa E. Schuchman, , Seattle Thank you for your support of Referendum 71 (Editorial, Oct. 16). I agree that it is absurd to put people’s happiness and rights to a vote. These rights and responsibilities are important to me, my partner of 22 years, and many, many others inContinue Reading

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By William Arenstein, , Ramat Gan, Israel I was dismally shocked and horrified to see JTNews run an Op-Ed by Edwin Black a few weeks back that used the title “Holocaust Industry,” (“Confronting the Holocaust “˜industry,’” Oct. 2) the phrase invented by the country’s worst Jewish anti-Semite, Norman Finkelstein, toContinue Reading

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By Dr. Michael Spektor, , Bellevue The Islamic Republic of Iran is a despotic fundamentalist military dictatorship whose goal is hegemony in the Middle East. Iran’s ability to acquire nuclear missile technology is a threat to Israel, its Arab neighbors, Europe and America and would set off an arms raceContinue Reading

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By Dr. Richard Curtis, , Seattle I was puzzled by the story, “Answering questions on Iran” (Oct., 16) about the meeting at De Hirsch on “the Iran threat.” The puzzle is that Iran is not a threat and every rational person who examines the details agrees with the inspectors thatContinue Reading