By Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline Your Feb. 10 article by Emily K. Alhadeff, "Moving beyond the one-trick pony," where the University of Washingto
Read MoreBy Robert B. Godwin, , Lacey In the previous issue of JTNews is a review by Edward Alexander of Michael Weingrad's marvelous work, American Hebrew
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue In Paula Chester's letter ("Wasted tomatoes," Feb. 10) she states that my column ("Barghouti's Own Life Reveals BDS D
Read MoreBy Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest, Congregation Shaarei Tefillah-Lubavitch It was the summer of 2008, on a Sh
Read MoreBy Rafael Medoff , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — The news that a Mormon temple in the Dominican Republic recently conducted a posthumo
Read MoreBy Mark D. Blitzer, , Seattle I applaud the opening of a Jewish delicatessen in Olympia ("Olympia deli tickles mind, soul and stomach," Feb. 10).
Read MoreBy Rabbi Oren J. Hayon, Greenstein Family Executive Director, Hillel UW I was grateful to see the editorial by Wayne L. Firestone, Hillel's preside
Read MoreBy Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Temple De Hirsch Sinai A seasoned Jewish educator at a large Reform congregation once asked his religious school pare
Read MoreBy David Saperstein and William Daroff , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — During February, Jewish communities across North America obser
Read MoreBy Paula Libes Chester, , Mercer Island I am frankly puzzled by Robert Wilkes's extensive dissection of Omar Barghouti's January 5 talk at our loca
Read MoreBy Ruth Messinger with Jordan Namerow , Shma.com (Sh'ma) — E.F. Schumacher's 1973 classic Small is Beautiful introduced many of us to the concept
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation Much has been written lately in these pages about Professor Martin Jaffee's final (alas!) column, his and the
Read MoreBy Wayne L. Firestone , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Just as college students were finishing their winter exams, New York Mayor Micha
Read MoreBy Rabbi Sarah Newmark, Congregation Beth Hatikvah Several weeks ago, I received an email from husband/wife rabbi friends announcing the arrival o
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews I was an interested people-watcher at the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions presentation hosted at Seattle's
Read MoreBy Rabbi Will Berkovitz , Special to JTNews Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where others see nothing. —Pissarro The p
Read MoreBy Barbara Cooper, , Anacortes I am very disappointed in your response to Martin Jaffee's article about Myron Cohon ("To the family of Myron Cohon
Read MoreBy Perry Weinberg, , Seattle I was saddened and disappointed to read that Professor Martin Jaffee will no longer be writing his column for this pap
Read MoreBy Paul Baenen, , Seattle Undoubtedly Jaffee made errors (To the family of Myron Cohon and our community). Nothing excuses William Cohon's "he occu
Read MoreBy Sidney Stock, , Bellevue Martin Jaffee blew it. Jaffee used an individual's life and death to illustrate a continuing concern of the Jewish comm
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