The demise of land for peace

By Noah S. Friedland, Ph.D. , Special to JTNews Since the dust settled after the Six Day War, the main tenet of the Arab-Israeli peace process ha

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Happiness above all else

By Rabbi Simon Benzaquen , Sephardic Bikur Holim I want to share with JTNews readers the message I delivered to my congregation, Sephardic Bikur

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Replacing fear with faith

By Amy Hirshberg Lederman , Special to JTNews I was in the fourth grade, hiding in the girl's bathroom with Fran Schneider, when the loudspeaker

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Why I’m a Democrat

By Alvin J. Ziontz , , Bellevue Robert Wilkes begins with the strange assertion that "America is British, not French" ("Why Jews Are Democrats, an

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Freedom of choice

By Robert and Gail Stagman , , Mercer Island With all due respect for Rabbi Kletenik, we believe his reasoning on Initiative 1000 ("Life is sacred,

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Life is sacred

By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Congregation Bikur Cholim- Machzikay Hadath This November, Initiative Measure 1000 will appear on the ballot in Washi

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A matter of intention

By Rabbi Ted Falcon, Bel Alef Meditative Synagogue Spiritual teachings sometimes flow from the most unlikely sources. One of my teachers this year

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Viewpoints page guidlines

By Joel Magalnick, Karen Chachkes ,   Sparked by reaction to an editorial cartoon appearing in the last issue of JTNews, our editorial c

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The depth of expectations

By Rabbi Jacob Fine, Hillel at UW The air has become crisp with the smell of fall, and with the change in season comes the reminder that the High

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Time will tell

By Rabbi Anson Laytner, American Jewish Committee Twentieth-century America was the era of civil rights. The National American Woman Suffrage Asso

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Deceptive practices

By Philip R. Scheier , , Shoreline There are growing questions surrounding the real sponsorship of the deceptive anti-Israel I-97 petition being pe

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God’s trust in us

By Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari As the rhythm of the Jewish year flows from past setbacks, failures and disasters typified by T

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Produce checking update

By The Board of Rabbis , Va'ad HaRabbanim of Greater Seattle , The Va'ad policies for produce checking were formulated after months of investigatio

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Single voices

By George Guttmann , , Seattle Your recent article about I-97 ("Taking initiative," July 25) classified the opponents of this initiative as "pro I

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