Dubious distinction

By David Brumer, , Seattle The Olympia, Washington Food Co-op has the dubious distinction of being the first within the grocery co-op movement in A

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Beyond B’nai Mitzvah

By Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Temple De Hirsch Sinai In the Winter 2009 edition of Reform Judaism Magazine, the Union for Reform Judaism shared the

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Principled and courageous

By Adrienne Weller, , Seattle I am glad to see coverage of the Olympia Co-op's decision to boycott Israeli products. ("Olympia co-op votes to boyco

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The gift of life

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Thank you, Erez Ben-Ari, for a very moving column ("Not just for anyone," July 9) making a very important point about ho

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Local support comes first

By Kimberly Wolf, , Sammamish I just read the article on the Federation's fundraising efforts (”As projected, Federation campaign ends do

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Imaginary problems

By Nevet Basker, , Bellevue Philip Gerson ("A compassionate search for reality," July 8) repeats a number of common but erroneous myths about the

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The slant

By Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline Conflicting viewpoints on the Mideast's eternal problems are the stuff of honest reporting and always welcome. Ho

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Awards and honors

By Dr. Marc Kramer, Executive Director, RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network, New York, NY I am delighted to join in congratulating Beth

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Battling giants

By Peter Mark, , Seattle In Rabbi's Turn on June 25 ("Just a bit too interesting"), Rabbi Jonathan Singer referred to "Israel's attack on the "˜pe

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Whither Evergreen?

By Josh Basson, , Seattle The insightful column by Robert Kaufman ("The tragic indoctrination of Rachel Corrie," June 25) should concern us all. I

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The Jewish God problem

By Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine, Hillel at the University of Washington One of the occupational hazards of being a rabbi is that self-identified atheis

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Just a bit too interesting

By Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am When I was growing up, my sister loved to share with me the well-known Chinese curse: "May you live in i

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Let’s just sing

By Jeffrey Weiser , , Redmond How is one to react to a headline like "Evergreen students urge divestment" (June 11)? Disgust? Anger? Worry? Disgus

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Keep the blockade

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Your front-page column by Leslie Susser ("Israel facing tough choices on Gaza as criticism of blockade mounts," June 11)

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