Farewell

By Rabbi Michael Adam Latz, Kol HaNeshamah For the past nine years, Seattle has been home. My eyes gaze toward the majesty of Mt. Rainier, the bea

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Rainbow of delight

By Ginamarie Emanuel, , Seattle I was delighted that Jerusalem Camp at the Rainbow Gathering was featured in Leyna Krow's excellent article "Ten Je

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You want tahini with that?

By Gail Broder, , Seattle Thanks so much for the article about where to find good falafel and other Middle Eastern food in Seattle ("Piece of the M

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An embrace of our enemies

By Matthew Brooks , Special to JTNews While Americans examine the first 100 days of the Obama administration, it is important to make a candid ass

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Coming together

By Salaam Bhatti, , Central Islip, NY I read the article "Questions about Judaism" (April 3) by Janis Siegel that was about the interfaith day at

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A time for questions

By Rabbi David Fine, Union for Reform Judaism If Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are the time when we search for answers, then Passover is the time w

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Bring Shalit home

By Josh Basson, , Seattle In 2005, Israel gave up all of Gaza with hopes for peace. Indeed, Israel evacuated 9,000 Israeli civilians from Gaza. Wha

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Heroes among us

By Laurie Warshal Cohen, Ed.D, Co-Executive Director, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, Seattle The story of hidden children i

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Tough questions

By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle The puff piece on McKenna (March 6)failed to ask him some pertinent questions. For example, what is he actually doin

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Why wake up?

By Rabbi Bernard Fox, Northwest Yeshiva High School I have stopped watching television news. I carefully select the articles I read on the Web. As

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A nation of equals

By Richard Silverstein , Special to JTNews Gerald Steinberg is the director of the right-wing Israel group, NGO Monitor. His mission is to "expose

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The Esther in each of us

By Rabbi Cindy Enger, Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham As the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, we may find ourselves musing about who we wi

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Back door delegitimization

By Dan Kosky , Special to JTNews Israel's achievements in the face of acute challenges over the past 60 years are unparalleled. Yet the sobering r

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Another best friend

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Your glowing obituary on Eileen Mintz, of blessed memory ("Everybody's best friend," Feb. 6), was an accurate portrayal

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return of the rugelach

By Jan Lewinsohn, , Seattle With regard to special mention of Eileen Mintz's "Best Rugelach" recipe ("Your choice: The Best of Everything," Feb 6

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Thanks, Chief

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews On a tragic night a little over two and a half years ago, when Seattle's Jewish community was in shock followin

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