Jews of the world, unite!

By Rabbi Berry Farkash, Chabad of the Central Cascades I encountered the following story on several Web sites: A number of years ago at the Seatt

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Letter to the community

By Richard Fruchter, President, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Ron Leibsohn, Board Chair, Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Seattle Over

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In defense of our defenders

By Robert Wilkes, , Bellevue David Shayne's otherwise excellent column defending the IDF against the truly scurrilous charge of war crimes has a st

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Clarifying the defense

By David Shayne, , Seattle Re: Mr. Wilkes' letter (whom, for sake of full disclosure, I consider a dear friend) in which he took understandable umb

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Dear Grandma Weisberg

By Ron Cohen, , Netanya, Israel Did it occur to you that boycotting Israel means that you are wishing for your family to starve ("Standing with her

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Fourteen thousand thank-yous

By Rabbi James Mirel, Co-chair, Seattle MAZON benefit, Seattle Thank you to the JTNews for co-sponsoring the annual MAZON Hanukkah benefit. Your be

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A matter of common decency

By Josh Basson, , Seattle I commend Joel Magalnick for his insighful article ("Provocative bus ads go to highest levels of county government," Dec

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Expressing her Judaism

By Emily Weisberg, , Olympia Since a resolution in favor of divesting from the Israeli occupation of Palestine passed at Evergreen last year, tensi

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Standing with her grandchild

By Hilda Maggie Weisberg, , Bellingham I am the grandmother of Emily Weisberg, whom you recently dubbed the "enemy," ("Letter to the enemy," Dec.

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Living with the times

By Rabbi Avremi Yarmush, Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County As a child growing up, my father would always repeat an epithet of Rabbi Shneur Za

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Taking a nice long walk

By Edward Alexander, , Seattle The most pertinent comment on the slanderous accusation approved by Metro for display on some of its buses was made

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