By Gershom Gorenberg, , Jerusalem In his letter ("Difficult decisions," April 27), David Shayne misrepresents my views and my comments during my r
Read MoreBy Margie Coles, , Seattle Thank you for your coverage of author Gershom Gorenberg (”Unraveled from the jaws of victory," April 27) who spok
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Read MoreBy David Shayne, , Seattle Last week, I attended a talk given by Gershom Gorenberg, who authored the nuanced and well-written "Accidental Empire,"
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Read MoreBy Wendy Elisheva Somerson, , Seattle The article "A chronology of the cancelled invitations to gay and lesbian Israelis" (March 30) left out impo
Read MoreBy Mark Bloome, , Seattle We suffered a great public opinion defeat with the City of Seattle LGBT commission's egregiously bad decision not to meet
Read MoreBy Rabbi David Fine, Union for Reform Judaism Years ago I passed a signboard whose message has remained with me. "Religion is what happens after t
Read MoreBy Menachem Z. Rosensaft , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — The destruction of Solomon's Temple by the Babylonians in 586 BCE was the first
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Read MoreBy Jon Rosenberg and Lee Sherman , JTA World News Service charitable donations. Some 62.8 million volunteers in the United States provided more t
Read MoreBy Rabbi Ben Aaronson, BCMH Capitol Hill Minyan If you look at a glass of wine closely enough, you will see the entire universe. —Richard Feynman
Read MoreBy Zach Carstensen, Director of Government Relations and Public Affairs, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Ron Leibsohn, Chair, Community Relation
Read MoreBy Rainer Waldman Adkins, , Seattle Philip Scheier writes ("An insult," letters, Feb. 29) that J Street "claims it is pro-Israel, a claim rejected
Read MoreBy Paula Libes Chester, , Mercer Island Dear Mr. Wilkes: Did you neglect to wear reading glasses when you perused my letter bemoaning "wasted tomat
Read MoreBy Lori Weinstein and Lee Sherman , JTA World News Service (JTA) — Thirty years ago, a Jewish woman experiencing domestic violence had few places
Read MoreBy Wendy Rosen , Special to JTNews If the leaders in Tehran hoped for signs of a U.S.-Israeli policy rift over the Iranian nuclear program, Presid
Read MoreBy Rabbi Cindy Enger , Congregation Beth Israel Several weeks ago, I traveled to New Jersey. I journeyed across the country from Bellingham to Pri
Read MoreBy Rabbis Martin and Daniel Weiner , Special to JTNews We represent two generations of rabbis, five decades of love for the State of Israel and ad
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