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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 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 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 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 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 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 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

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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 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