Category: Letters

By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle While Jews for Judaism ("Missionary Impossible," March 22) staff present themselves in such a straight manner as t

By Ilyse Wagner, , Bellevue Growing up Jewish on Mercer Island, I often heard from others that it was a center of Jewish life in the Puget Sound ar

By Simcha Shtull, , Seattle This week President Obama will take the first overseas trip of his second term; it will be the first time since taking

By Belinda Timpke"¨, , Tacoma Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson's op-ed ("Solidarity with Palestinian non-violent resistance," Feb. 8) is

By Iris Langman, , Mercer Island Hen Mazzig's account ("A sixth broken camera," Feb. 6) of the fracas at the talk by Iyad Burnat on the documentar

By David Shayne, , Seattle The tile of the Jewish Voice for Peace article "Palestinian non-violent resistance" is an oxymoron. The authors want th

By Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline Re: your half-page, mind-numbing rationale by Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson of the Seattle chapter o

By Jorge Velez, , Seattle I pick up JTNews at Einstein's Bagel shop on Queen Anne Blvd. and enjoy the editorials. Regarding Rabbi Jaron Matlow's ed

By David Plotnik, , Shoreline Seventeen years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, we find ourselves debating the settlement of "E1." Rabin,

By Janice Van Cleve, , Seattle Thanks for asking for our opinions. I pick up the JTNews at Victrola Coffee House on 15th Avenue East. I am also a r

By Josh Normand, , Seattle I have to say that I am not happy with the fact that the Democrats in this state are supported by many in the Jewish com

By Mordecai Sackett, , Everett A new women's liberation movement that demands equal pay should insist on women's rights in other realms as well. (I

By Robert Kaufman, , Seattle Israelis today face growing threats from all sides, with a remilitarized Sinai, Islamists on the rise and the Iranians

By Rabbi Rob Toren, Executive Director, Amy Amiel, Senior Program Director, Samis Foundation, Seattle We commend the JTNews on its recent J-Teen in

By Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I read Emily Alhadeff's article on the Rosenzweig family ("The family Rosenzweig celebrates Sukkot," Sept. 28), and it

By Edward Alexander, , Seattle When we pass the "biblical" age of three score and ten, we begin to feel — as Saul Bellow said when he passed that

By Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett I just want to say that I am very pleased with the performance of this journal. Here is an example of why I feel t

By Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I wish to commend the JTNews and Charlene Kahn for the coverage of the disbanding of the Jewish Club of Washington ("Mi

By Rocky Silverman, , Seattle Rebuttal to the plea: "Justice, justice we will pursue and make history" by Rabbi Zari Weiss (Rabbi's Turn, May 11).

By Gershom Gorenberg, , Jerusalem In his letter ("Difficult decisions," April 27), David Shayne misrepresents my views and my comments during my r