By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle Mr. Wilkes' response to my recent letter begins with an oleaginous politeness, thanking me for my "thoughtful letter
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Read MoreBy Rabbi Steven Wernick , United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism One of Judaism's most profound ideas is the notion that each year at Shavuot ea
Read MoreBy Robert Kaufman, , Seattle On May 11 I was escorted out of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, where I had signed up to attend a lecture by Prof. John Esposi
Read MoreBy Dr. Jerry Barrish, , Seattle I have followed the series of letters on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict going back and forth over the last severa
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue My thanks to Carole Glickfeld for her thoughtful letter ("World view," May 13) about my column, ("American Jews are T
Read MoreBy Larry Broder, Executive Director, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Temple De Hirsch Sinai has a 112-year tradition of leadership in social action, civil r
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I am disappointed by Obama's speech calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 lines as the basis for a two-state solut
Read MoreBy Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle I was amused and also a bit dismayed by Robert Wilkes's chauvinistic piece on why Americans (not to mention Jews) ar
Read MoreBy Israel Kochin, , New York, N.Y. The editors of JTNews recently published a letter ("Taking Sides," Letters, April 29) attacking my mother, Roch
Read MoreBy Judy Blinder, , Seattle I applaud Rabbi Mirel's effort to encourage nonaffiliated Jews in the greater Seattle area to join a Jewish community in
Read MoreBy Rabbi Chaim Levine , Hope for Heroism As I write this column I'm sitting in Israel, A few days after Yom HaShoah and a few days before Yom HaZi
Read MoreBy Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai Is it senseless hype or civil heresy? Simple celebrity stalking or something deeper and more dis
Read MoreBy Rocky Silverman, , Rocky Silverman Dr. Baskin believes a fair peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israel is best achieved by arguing equality an
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle Re: Rochelle Kochin's letter, ("A Moral Compass," April 15): Thanks. If Ms. Kochin cannot see any moral wrong in t
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle I was appalled to read Fred Ferate's distorted letter ("The constant struggle," April 15). He erroneously states that I
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews My new friends from Zimbabwe saw their homeland devastated and looted in a manner not seen since Attila swept
Read MoreBy Joel Lion , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — With Richard Goldstone himself admitting that the infamous Goldstone Report was critically
Read MoreBy Gershon Baskin , The Jerusalem Post JERUSALEM — It's difficult to think about peace when missiles are flying from Gaza into Israel, and when in
Read MoreBy Ed Epstein, , Mercer Island Referencing your article on "Washington's newest congresswoman" ("Where she stands: Washington's newest congresswom
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