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By Hillary Lipe, , Seattle Thank you for the letter addressed to Myron Cohon, his family, and the community, published in JTNews on Fri., Dec. 23, 2011 (To the family of Myron Cohon and our community). I was horrified to read the cruel, arrogant column written by Martin Jaffee, publishedContinue Reading

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By Keith Cohon, , Seattle I’m sorry, but while I appreciate your apologies (To the family of Myron Cohon and our community), you have still missed the mark. In fact, you and Professor Jaffee are still on the same page, though you profess not to be. You both apologize, asContinue Reading

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By Jack Fackerell, , Redmond I want to respond to the article written by Tzippy Wiens titled “Killing Animals” (Jew-ish Magazine, Dec. 23). I realize that most people do eat animals and I praise the article for being very open and upfront about what happens to animals and how theyContinue Reading

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By Alan L. Barer, , Kirkland Thank you for your article in the November 25 edition by Diana Brement about Sharon Kaufman-Osborn of Whitman College in Walla Walla (“Advising Jewish students at Whitman College“). By her willpower and effort she revived a Jewish community dating back to the 1860s thatContinue Reading

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By Betsy R. Schneier, Past President, Washington State Jewish Historical Society, Seattle On behalf of executive board of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society, thanks so much for the wonderful article about our recent program, Heroes Making History (“Stories of the front,” Dec. 9). The speakers truly represent the bestContinue Reading

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By   ,   A personal story from a Bellevue rabbi underscores the gravity of the situation facing our state and the families hurt by the lingering economic downturn. During the course of the last year, this rabbi said requests for emergency assistance have gone up at the same timeContinue Reading

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By Lisa Schuchman, , Seattle Thank you for the Books, Movies, Music and Food section from November 18! While reading it I moved to my computer to reserve four of the books from the library (luckily they have them). So many good ideas — I appreciate it!  Continue Reading

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By Robert G. Kaufman, , Seattle Here are some observations on the Olympia Food Co-op boycott controversy described in the Nov. 11 issue of JTNews (“Israel critics use courts to protect their speech“). I attended the public meeting in Olympia before the board vote and along with others was givenContinue Reading

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By Kate Lesser, , Seattle The “Books,” etc. edition of the JTNews (Nov. 18) has just arrived. I would prefer not to see a picture of a swastika, and a man holding a gun on the front cover. There must be a better way to go.  Continue Reading

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By Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Joel Magalnick for his perceptive column “Seattleites win education prize“ (Nov. 11) as very informative. Glad to hear that Robert Beiser, the campus/Jconnect director was recognized nationally by the Covenant Foundation and awarded a prize of $15,000 over the next three years toContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath The recent revelations concerning allegations of deeply disturbing acts at Penn State University focus attention on the difference between technical legal requirements and moral obligations. The laws in Pennsylvania are less rigorous than those of most states concerning mandated reporting. SomeContinue Reading

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By Elie Kaunfer , JTA World News Service DENVER (JTA) — I want to challenge one of the mainstay assumptions of organized Jewish life: Jewish continuity is the end goal, and everything is in service of that goal. It’s been 20 years since the release of the 1990 National JewishContinue Reading

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By Nevet Basker, , Bellevue I congratulate Rabbi Kinberg on her insightful column (“We need to let the world know how we really feel about Israel,” Oct. 28). She is correct to observe that a millennia-long connection to the land of Israel, and contemporary caring about the future of theContinue Reading