Being aware

By Susan Benyowitz, , Los Angeles, Calif. In your article "First Stop: Seattle" (Aug. 21) you neglected to mention that Federal Election Commissio

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Welcome everyone

By Jack Fackerell, , Redmond I would like to remind Edith Isaacs Ervin that the recent murders of gays in Tel Aviv were tragic losses to our entire

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The hitch

By Jeffrey Weiser , , Redmond It isn't easy to be a Jewish liberal these days. You agree with all your non-Jewish liberal friends on everything: Go

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The litmus test of belief

By Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, Kavana Cooperative Although the month of Elul is my busy season as a rabbi, I really love this time of year. For me, R

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Broad goals

By Edith Isaacs Ervin, , Mercer Island Enough with this gay-schmay stuff ("Gay Israelis reeling after shooting attack," Aug. 7)! If we are intent

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Bridging the gap

By Robert Center, , Seattle As the chair of the advisory board to the Stroum Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington, I was pleased

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Unkosher chutzpah

By Chaplain Gary Friedman, , Seattle The last issue of the JTNews carried an ad from a pair of restaurants highlighting their "Kosher Deli Meats (P

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Magical stories

By Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz, West Seattle Torah Learning Center I'm a story junkie. As a child I was always an avid reader and I haven't lost my

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Dear Mr. President:

By Stephen J. Savitsky , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — I was most privileged on July 13 to be invited along with 16 other Jewish leaders

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Firsts

By Edward Alexander, , Seattle A main reason why President Obama nominated Judge Sotomayor for the Supreme Court is that he believed she would be "

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The question mark

By Philip R. Scheier, , Shoreline The fact that your lead story in the July 24 issue, headlined, "A prophet for peace or a wedge between peacemaker

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Wedge between peacemakers

By Dexter Van Zile, Christian Media Analyst CAMERA, Boston, Mass. Contrary to Naim Ateek's assertion, the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Rep

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Reality check

By Jenna Sytman , , Mercer Island Mr. Rothschild's June 26 letter to the editor is a highly flawed argument that uses a concept most hold in contem

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The perfect storm

By Jeremy Alk, , Seattle I think there is an additional reason for Tree of Life being in jeopardy ("Losing its leaves?" July 10): The closing of L

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