By Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Temple Beth Hatfiloh Over the past month I have watched with horror as one of the largest environmental disasters unfol
Read MoreBy Yariv Oppenheimer , Special to JTNews Nearly two weeks ago, Israel marked a new low point in the way it chose to contend with its domestic and
Read MoreBy Michael Oren , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (Jewish Exponent) — Israel's interception of the flotilla attempting to break the Gaza blockad
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews Let's get it out and get it over with. I am a Jewish Republican. When my relatives found out, they sat shiva
Read MoreBy Robert Beiser , Special to JTNews Our event a few weeks back starts off sounding a bit like a joke: A sheikh, a rabbi, and a Christian professo
Read MoreBy Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation That hundreds of rabbis came to the Rabbinical Council of America's annual con
Read MoreBy Steven A. Hemmat, , Seattle The editorial by Rainer Waldman Adkins and Teri Citterman ("Sharing Jerusalem: The key to peace?" April 30) support
Read MoreBy Charlene Kahn, , Seattle Thank you for publishing Rabbi Anson Laytner's essay on dialogue between and among Jews with differing viewpoints regar
Read MoreBy Ed Epstein, , Mercer Island Referencing the article "Sharing Jerusalem: The Key to Peace?" (April 30), it is plain to see that the authors have
Read MoreBy Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue As my first name suggests, I was born in France. The France I grew up in offered only one
Read MoreBy Henry Friedman, Founder and President Emeritus, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, Seattle The article which appeared in the
Read MoreBy Edna Oberman , , Seattle So the South African Zionist Federation has arranged to prevent Judge Richard Goldstone from attending his grandson's B
Read MoreBy Josh Basson, , Seattle Your front page article "Senate letter urging tensions tamp-down gets 76 signatures," (April 16), was quite informative.
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation I received in my e-mail inbox a link to a fascinating YouTube video: A violinist playing at a subway station
Read MoreBy Rainer Waldman Adkins and Teri Citterman , Special to JTNews I looked up, and I saw a man holding a measuring line. "Where are you going?" I a
Read MoreBy Simcha Shtull, , Seattle As an American Jew and an Israeli who cares deeply for Israel's well being, I support President Obama in formulating a
Read MoreBy Ron K. Feinberg, , Mercer Island I was dismayed by the lack of compassionate understanding for the Palestinian point of view regarding East Jeru
Read MoreBy Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett In response to the piece that challenged Obama's commitment to Israel because of the settlement issue ("Myths and
Read MoreBy Stephen Adler, , Seattle I was shocked to read Leyna Krow's piece about the Holocaust ("Opting out," April 9), although I am assured that her o
Read MoreBy Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline of JTNews seeks to explain why Holocaust Remembrance Day "doesn't touch me." Aside from this bizarre approach to
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