Letters (Page 7)

By Michael Behar, , Seattle Week after week, month after month, in articles, op-eds and letters, the very legitimacy of the State of Israel is battled out on the pages of the JTNews. Israel’s critics are granted more than sufficient ink in the Seattle Times, The New York Times andContinue Reading

By Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Anav Silverman for her perceptive op-ed column (“No yellow brick road for Palestinian UN bid,” July 8) as right on the mark. Silverman rightly points out the lack of accountability of funds among the Palestinian leadership and that the majority of Palestinians livingContinue Reading

By Tani Zarelli, , Vancouver, Wash. In response to Simcha Shtull’s comments on Israel controlling the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians (“Israel must act,” Letters, June 24). This is a topic of discussion that can have many different views. Everyone has their opinion on how to solve the tension betweenContinue Reading

By Jeff Morton, , Gig Harbor As a black American who keeps a watchful eye on Middle East anything, the person from Seattle who writes: “Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to understand Wendy Rosen’s dire prediction” (“Continue Reading

By Simcha Shtull, , Seattle Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to understand Wendy Rosen’s dire prediction (“The coming Palestinian winter,” June 10) that declaring a Palestinian state will mark an end to Israel as a Jewish state.Continue Reading

By Joseph Schvimmer, , Pikesville, Md. As an infrequent visitor to the area I was interested in the JTNews and the opinions expressed in the letters written to your publication. The letter to Congress written in the J-Teen section (May 27) was interesting in what it did not say asContinue Reading

By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Just back from my seventh Israel teaching trip and read my favorite JTNews section: Letters. Re: Mr. Israel Kochin’s letter, “In Defense of Mom“ (May 11): I agree. Israel desperately needs safety and security. Ditto Palestine. Mr. Kochin writes: “The author writes that myContinue Reading

By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle Mr. Wilkes’ response to my recent letter begins with an oleaginous politeness, thanking me for my “thoughtful letter,” and then goes on to totally (and I do mean, totally) distort what I wrote and what I believe (“Providing cover,” Letters, May 27). To remind readers,Continue Reading

By Robert Kaufman, , Seattle On May 11 I was escorted out of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, where I had signed up to attend a lecture by Prof. John Esposito of Georgetown U., who characterizes fears of radical Islam as “Islamophobia.” I had prepared information challenging his views and pointingContinue Reading

By Dr. Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I have followed the series of letters on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict going back and forth over the last several issues. One thing has become increasingly clear — the two sides have both exaggerated their claims and, as a result, may have damaged their ownContinue Reading

By Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue My thanks to Carole Glickfeld for her thoughtful letter (“World view,” May 13) about my column, (“American Jews are Twice Chosen,” April 29). I write to create a political dialogue on issues left and right, and Ms. Glickfeld is helping to fulfill that goal. WeContinue Reading

By Larry Broder, Executive Director, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Temple De Hirsch Sinai has a 112-year tradition of leadership in social action, civil rights, and free exchange of ideas. We strive to provide the opportunity for respectful dialog and even disagreement. At the same time, we have a policy regardingContinue Reading

By Josh Basson, , Seattle I am disappointed by Obama’s speech calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 lines as the basis for a two-state solution. Those borders have been determined by military experts as indefensible borders. Sadly, he becomes the first U.S. president to do so. Israel’s PrimeContinue Reading

By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle I was amused and also a bit dismayed by Robert Wilkes’s chauvinistic piece on why Americans (not to mention Jews) are exceptional (“American Jews are twice chosen,” April 29). He says, “Americans are chosen because each individual citizen knows, or should know, he is responsibleContinue Reading

By Israel Kochin, , New York, N.Y. The editors of JTNews recently published a letter (“Taking Sides,” Letters, April 29) attacking my mother, Rochelle Kochin, for her defense of the State of Israel’s right to defend herself from the evil actions of an enemy who specifically targets and murders JewishContinue Reading

By Judy Blinder, , Seattle I applaud Rabbi Mirel’s effort to encourage nonaffiliated Jews in the greater Seattle area to join a Jewish community in his article “An offer you can’t (and shouldn’t) refuse“ (Rabbi’s Turn, Feb. 25). He lists several types of congregations to choose from, including Reform, Conservative,Continue Reading

By Rocky Silverman, , Rocky Silverman Dr. Baskin believes a fair peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israel is best achieved by arguing equality and the two-state solution (“Encountering peace: The bombs bursting in air,” April 15). However, when I read his articles, I notice that he focuses more on whatContinue Reading

By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Re: Rochelle Kochin’s letter, (“A Moral Compass,” April 15): Thanks. If Ms. Kochin cannot see any moral wrong in the 1948 displacement of 750,000 Palestinians from their ancestral and modern homelands, towns, villages, cities and farmlands then “she must have no moral compass.” AndContinue Reading

By Josh Basson, , Seattle I was appalled to read Fred Ferate’s distorted letter (“The constant struggle,” April 15). He erroneously states that I have described all Palestinians as savages. He should re-read my letter carefully and will find that I am referring to only those Palestinian Arabs that engageContinue Reading