By Josh Basson , , Seattle The front page informative article by Ron Kampeas (?Cracks emerge over aid to Palestinians,? Feb. 3) highlights some of the unintended consequences of Hamas? victory in the Palestinian elections. The Bush administration suggests continuing financial support for ?humanitarian? services. That would be a seriousContinue Reading

By Larry Jassen, , Seattle Do the Jews of Seattle have as much conviction as former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani? Now is our opportunity to decide. The January 31, 2006, edition of the Seattle P-I carried a story under the headline ‘Olympic, Fairmont Hotels to Be Sold…Saudi behind $3.3Continue Reading

By Steven Zwerin, , Seattle When I first read the JTNews article on readers? favorites for 2005 (?The best of everything,? Jan. 6) I was grateful, as I learned about a number of restaurants, businesses, and other service providers that had been heartily endorsed by my fellow Jewish Washingtonians. ThatContinue Reading

By Rachelle Baruch , , Kirkland I find Nechemia Meyers? article (?Drug Ring Shatters Dreams?, Jan. 6) personally thought provoking, as I, also, was a member of Habonim and share similar hopes and dreams. Habonim led to me to live 16 years in Israel where I fell in love withContinue Reading

By Rainer Waldman Adkins, Chair, Brit Tzedek v?Shalom, Greater Seattle Chapter, Seattle One possibility In response to Samuel Roskin?s letter (?One day too many,? Dec. 23), while it?s true that there is repeated reference to the six days of creation in the Torah text, Rashi in his commentary on KoheletContinue Reading

By Neil Goldberg, , Kirkland Beyond the golden shtetl I was somewhat confused by your editorial on Jewish outreach in Issaquah. Three months after writing a glowing article about Chabad?s first anniversary in Issaquah, your editorial implies that they should have competition in their work for bringing Judaism to IssaquahContinue Reading

By Jack L. Greenberg , , Seattle Norm Levin (Letters, Aug. 19) should get the pro-Sharon speck out of his eye and read up on some of our recent weekly Torah parshas, our Shulchan Aruch (Orach Chayim, ch. 329), our daily Birkat Hamazon, and refer to the Nuremberg Trials beforeContinue Reading