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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 beauty of the Puget Sound, the graciousness of the people whom I’ve encountered along the way. I came here alone from New York City,Continue Reading

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By Ginamarie Emanuel, , Seattle I was delighted that Jerusalem Camp at the Rainbow Gathering was featured in Leyna Krow’s excellent article “Ten Jewish Places to See Before You Die (not counting Israel)” (Jew-ish.com insert, April 17). Nineteen years ago in Colorado, I organized a Bat Mitzvah. One had toContinue Reading

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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 Middle East,” April 17), I wanted to point out an error in the caption on the photo that appeared on page 9. MeditteraneanContinue Reading

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By Matthew Brooks , Special to JTNews While Americans examine the first 100 days of the Obama administration, it is important to make a candid assessment of the president’s actions so far. These first months are widely considered an indicator of the policies the president will pursue in the yearsContinue Reading

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By Marc R. Stanley , Special to JTNews During his first 100 days in office, the American Jewish community has already taken great pleasure with the performance of President Barack Obama. He has begun to develop a deep and substantive relationship with the Jewish community by, among other things, hostingContinue Reading

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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 the Ahmadi Muslim Mosque. It is good to see faiths coming together to learn about each other’s faith, as we were so close toContinue Reading

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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 when we seek questions. Isidor I. Rabi, the Nobel Laureate in physics, was once asked, “Why did you become a scientist rather thanContinue Reading

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By Howard M. Lenhoff and Nathan Shapiro , Special to JTNews Today, Ethiopian Jews rescued from Africa during Operation Moses in 1984 and subsequently educated in Israel are returning to Africa to help educate orphans who survived the genocide in Rwanda. Is this the start of a unique new stageContinue Reading

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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. What has Israel gotten in return? More than 8,000 rockets shot toward Israel — rockets that are aimed at innocent Israeli civilians — and areContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Will Berkovitz, Hillel at the University of Washington My grandmother escaped from Russia hiding under a pile of hay in a horse- drawn wagon. At the border, men with pitchforks stabbed into it, attempting to thwart any stowaways. At least this once they didn’t succeed, and she andContinue Reading

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By Laurie Warshal Cohen, Ed.D, Co-Executive Director, Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, Seattle The story of hidden children in Holland who did survive the Holocaust is a fascinating one (“The saved children,” March 6). While Wolf points to many cases where the child’s identity remained hidden after the warContinue Reading

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By Carole Glickfeld, , Seattle The puff piece on McKenna (March 6)failed to ask him some pertinent questions. For example, what is he actually doing to make the Internet safe, since he claims that he’s “really concerned” about it? The AG also mentioned elder abuse as one of his priorities.Continue Reading

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By Edward Alexander , Special to JTNews The enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep. Right now they are engaged in “Israel Apartheid Week,” spewing fire and vitriol at the Jewish State and calling for its elimination from the family of nations; as the Nazis sought to make Europe JudenreinContinue Reading

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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 I drive to school, I constantly change from one radio news channel to another. I barely read the newspaper. I am overwhelmed and fatigued fromContinue Reading

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By Richard Silverstein , Special to JTNews Gerald Steinberg is the director of the right-wing Israel group, NGO Monitor. His mission is to “expose” the “perfidy” of supposed liberal or dovish Israeli, European and Palestinian NGOs which claim to advance Middle East peace but which really, in his opinion, advanceContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Cindy Enger, Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham As the Jewish holiday of Purim approaches, we may find ourselves musing about who we will be this year on our annual day of costumes, carnivals, spoofs and silliness. In our synagogues, we will read from Megillat Esther or tell its storyContinue Reading

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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 reality also exists that the Zionist project is a work in progress — we see a society still striving to “uphold the full social andContinue Reading

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By Josh Basson, , Seattle Your glowing obituary on Eileen Mintz, of blessed memory (“Everybody’s best friend,” Feb. 6), was an accurate portrayal of the family’s and the community’s great loss. Those of us who have known Eileen over the years have valued her friendship in high esteem. She wasContinue Reading

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By Jan Lewinsohn, , Seattle With regard to special mention of Eileen Mintz’s “Best Rugelach” recipe (“Your choice: The Best of Everything,” Feb 6), I want to assure all that many of use have that recipe because of the Jewish Transcript. I am referring to the January 26, 2001 “NorthwestContinue Reading

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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 following the murder of one woman and the wounding of five others, we also learned that we had a friend, and an important oneContinue Reading