By Rabbi Olivier BenHaim , Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue A surprising turn of events happens in next week's Torah portion, Chayei Sarah. We read:
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle Your front page article by Uriel Heilman ("Shalit deal was best Israel was going to get," Oct. 14) was quite informative
Read MoreBy Rabbi Will Berkovitz , Special to JTNews Hope has feathers, that reason is a plank, that life is a loaded gun that looks right at you with a ye
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg , Temple B'nai Torah The other morning I checked in with my 60-something-year-old mother. She seemed very tired. "I was
Read MoreBy Rabbi Anson Laytner, , Seattle Does the Israeli government — or ours for that matter — see the sad irony in opposing votes at the UN regarding t
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Mervyn Danker for his perceptive op-ed column ("A Palestinian state should be the result of negotiations," Sep
Read MoreBy Avi Dichter , JTA World News Service Ashkelon, Israel (JTA) — Turkey, long one of Israel's more stable and supportive partners in the region,
Read MoreBy Rabbi Simon Benzaquen , Sephardic Bikur Holim While shopping at the pharmacy last week, I couldn't help notice they were selling home security
Read MoreBy Rabbi Stuart Light , Special to JTNews As parents searching for the ideal school environment for our children, we envision our progeny thriving
Read MoreBy Cynthia Wroclawski, Manager, The Shoah Victims' Names Recovery Project, Yad Vashem, Jerusalem In response to Eric Nusbaum's article of Sept. 13,
Read MoreBy Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett I agree with the letter writer ("Taking up too much space," Sept. 16) who said we must not permit agents of our e
Read MoreBy Bob Kaufman, , Seattle In his stirring speech to the Sept. 18 StandWithUs gathering, Rabbi Daniel Gordis criticized American Jewish leaders for
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle If it weren't an Orwell-worthy twist of language interpretation, re: letter writer N. Goldberg's claim that I am "n
Read MoreBy Rabbi Mark S. Glickman , Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom In late February 1946, Captain Seymour Pomrenze of the United States Army rode in
Read MoreBy N. Goldberg, , Bellevue Mr. Segan's letter ("A free and open press," Sept. 2) evades the issue, and begs for a reply. He is not about free spee
Read MoreBy Michael J. Weil , JTA World News Service (JTA) — Israelis and Jews around the world are awaiting the Palestinians' push at the United Nations f
Read MoreBy Mervyn Danker , J. Weekly of Northern California SAN FRANCISCO (j.weekly) — To establish its independence, Israel had to win a war against the
Read MoreBy Robert J. Marx , JTA World News Service CHICAGO (JTA) — Time affirms what heroism discerns. The dedication of a statue in memory of the Rev. Ma
Read MoreBy Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari The Ramchal (Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzatto), the 18th-century Kabbalistic master, begins his classic
Read MoreBy Rabbi Beth Singer , Temple Beth Am One of the privileges of synagogue membership is that, in addition to vibrant services and life-long Jewish
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