By Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle As an occasional-to-frequent pro-Israel advocate in the JTNews letters section — my first letter on Israel and the
Read MoreBy Goldie Gendler Silverman, , Seattle In a letter on August 19 ("No more criticism"), Michael Behar asked, "Would it be too much to expect that W
Read MoreBy Randy Kessler, , Mercer Island The debate between Joel Alperson (Judaism is more than tikkun olam," Aug. 5) and Eric Yoffie ("Judaism is always
Read MoreBy Michael Behar, , Seattle Week after week, month after month, in articles, op-eds and letters, the very legitimacy of the State of Israel is batt
Read MoreBy Lillian Faderman , The Advocate Americans have every reason to envy Israel's enlightened policies toward their lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jaron Matlow , Congregation B'nai Torah Before I was a rabbi, I was a career Navy officer. I am also a veteran on total disability. With
Read MoreBy Joel Alperson , JTA World News Service OMAHA, Neb. (JTA) — A lot of my hometown of Omaha, Neb., was under water in the final days of July. Pum
Read MoreBy Rabbi Eric Yoffie , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — I have no patience for survival Judaism. Whenever I hear someone talk about what J
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Anav Silverman for her perceptive op-ed column ("No yellow brick road for Palestinian UN bid," July 8) as righ
Read MoreBy Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Temple Beth El I have just returned from spending a week on the faculty of Camp Kalsman, the regional Union for Reform Juda
Read MoreBy Ilana Cone Kennedy , Special to JTNews I am honored to have recently been selected as a recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Servic
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews I can only imagine what my grandfather experienced as a Jew in the Ukraine before he immigrated to America in
Read MoreBy Tani Zarelli, , Vancouver, Wash. In response to Simcha Shtull's comments on Israel controlling the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians ("Israel mu
Read MoreBy Jeff Morton, , Gig Harbor As a black American who keeps a watchful eye on Middle East anything, the person from Seattle who writes: "Israel curr
Read MoreBy Anav Silverman , Special to JTNews Will the recognition and creation of a Palestinian state by the United Nations Security Council magically e
Read MoreBy Simcha Shtull, , Seattle Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to unde
Read MoreBy Joseph Schvimmer, , Pikesville, Md. As an infrequent visitor to the area I was interested in the JTNews and the opinions expressed in the letter
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Just back from my seventh Israel teaching trip and read my favorite JTNews section: Letters. Re: Mr. Israel Kochin'
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall , Temple Beth Or We just celebrated the holiday of Shavuot, and when we explain this holiday, we typically say t
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