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
Read MoreBy Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Temple De Hirsch Sinai In the Winter 2009 edition of Reform Judaism Magazine, the Union for Reform Judaism shared the
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy Rabbi Bernie Fox, Northwest Yeshiva High School My wife Shirley and I spent this past Shabbat in Pittsburgh visiting my mother. In the morning,
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews There's going to come a time in the not-so-distant future that the news of a food cooperative or some company d
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Temple B'nai Torah I was born in 1972. This was the year that the Ms. Foundation for Women released its ever-popular rec
Read MoreBy Kimberly Wolf, , Sammamish I just read the article on the Federation's fundraising efforts (”As projected, Federation campaign ends do
Read MoreBy Nevet Basker, , Bellevue Philip Gerson ("A compassionate search for reality," July 8) repeats a number of common but erroneous myths about the
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews This is the second in a series of columns by Robert Wilkes, who has taken upon himself the nearly hopeless ta
Read MoreBy Dr. Marc Kramer, Executive Director, RAVSAK: The Jewish Community Day School Network, New York, NY I am delighted to join in congratulating Beth
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle The insightful column by Robert Kaufman ("The tragic indoctrination of Rachel Corrie," June 25) should concern us all. I
Read MoreBy Philip Gerson , Special to JTNews From May 25—June 5, I joined in a Compassionate Listening Project delegation to Israel-Palestine, where I spe
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jacob Elisha Fine, Hillel at the University of Washington One of the occupational hazards of being a rabbi is that self-identified atheis
Read MoreBy Robert Kaufman , Special to JTNews Events in the Middle East have a Northwest element to them. The Corrie family of Olympia, whose daughter Rac
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy Jeffrey Weiser , , Redmond How is one to react to a headline like "Evergreen students urge divestment" (June 11)? Disgust? Anger? Worry? Disgus
Read MoreBy 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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