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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Read MoreBy Amy Hirshberg Lederman , Special to JTNews I was in the fourth grade, hiding in the girl's bathroom with Fran Schneider, when the loudspeaker
Read MoreBy Alvin J. Ziontz , , Bellevue Robert Wilkes begins with the strange assertion that "America is British, not French" ("Why Jews Are Democrats, an
Read MoreBy Robert Wilkes , Special to JTNews I'm often asked this question by other Jews: "You seem to be a nice guy and reasonably intelligent — how can
Read MoreBy Deborah E. Lipstadt , JTA World News Service ATLANTA (JTA) — I am one of those 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling. I was a Hillary support
Read MoreBy Robert and Gail Stagman , , Mercer Island With all due respect for Rabbi Kletenik, we believe his reasoning on Initiative 1000 ("Life is sacred,
Read MoreBy Midge Levy , , Seattle I applaud Rabbi Laytner's letter on the Death with Dignity Initiative ("Freedom of Choice," Oct. 17) in which he offers
Read MoreBy Rabbi Seth Goldstein , Temple Beth Hatfiloh Dear Mr. President, Mazel tov on your victory this election Day. This was definitely a hard-fought
Read MoreBy Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Congregation Bikur Cholim- Machzikay Hadath This November, Initiative Measure 1000 will appear on the ballot in Washi
Read MoreBy Murray Meld , Special to JTNews Both presidential aspirants agree: Let's get out of the Iraq debacle. But they differ as to how and when — and
Read MoreBy Rabbi Ted Falcon, Bel Alef Meditative Synagogue Spiritual teachings sometimes flow from the most unlikely sources. One of my teachers this year
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Karen Chachkes , Sparked by reaction to an editorial cartoon appearing in the last issue of JTNews, our editorial c
Read MoreBy 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
Read MoreBy David Benkof , Special to JTNews Jews often complain that prayer is boring. Young people resist going to synagogue — and older people drift aw
Read MoreBy Rabbi Anson Laytner, American Jewish Committee Twentieth-century America was the era of civil rights. The National American Woman Suffrage Asso
Read MoreBy Philip R. Scheier , , Shoreline There are growing questions surrounding the real sponsorship of the deceptive anti-Israel I-97 petition being pe
Read MoreBy Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari As the rhythm of the Jewish year flows from past setbacks, failures and disasters typified by T
Read MoreBy The Board of Rabbis , Va'ad HaRabbanim of Greater Seattle , The Va'ad policies for produce checking were formulated after months of investigatio
Read MoreBy 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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