By Jason Feirman, Senior Marketing Manager Jewish National Fund, Thank you for your great piece about the importance of planting trees and greening
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Read MoreBy Rabbi Anson Laytner , Special to JTNews On one side of the road were three young demonstrators holding signs saying "Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine
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Read MoreBy Ron Kampeas , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — For some relief from the misery of Israel's south and Gaza, here's a joke from the seco
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Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews, Karen Chachkes, Publisher, JTNews, Seattle As the year draws to a close, all of us at the JTNews and jew-ish.com
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Temple B'nai Torah This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, said the Lo
Read MoreBy Dr. Rafael Medoff , Special to JTNews The recent Time magazine cover depicting Barack Obama as a Franklin D. Roosevelt lookalike dramatically
Read MoreBy Josh Basson , , Seattle I am outraged by the recent radical Islamic terrorists massacre of innocent civilians that occurred in Mumbai, India. In
Read MoreBy Rabbi Rob Toren, Samis Foundation A few weeks ago, I was privileged to see a wonderfully rich film about the life and teachings of Rabbi Yosef
Read MoreBy Ken Shiovitz , , Seattle Regarding the political cartoon by Steve Greenberg in which Senator Joe Lieberman heads alone into the wilderness as a
Read MoreBy Albert A. Feldmann , , Seattle Thanks for the excellent article by Noah S. Friedland ("The demise of land for peace," Nov. 28). He has pointed
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Temple Beth Am As I looked up at the beautifully appointed sign posted on Denny Way in downtown Seattle, I could not hel
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