Off Target

By Lawernce Black , Maccabi Arms , Reno, Nev. The purpose of our [gun sales] ad appearing in the JTNews at the time of the Haq trial was precisely

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On the challenge of lament

By Rabbi Mark S. Glickman, Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom How shall we sing God's song in a foreign land? — Psalms 137:2 When I was growing

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The Saudis reach out

By David Rosen , JTA News & Features MADRID (JTA) — When King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia announced his intention some three months ago to reach

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Taking a stand

By Sen. Adam Kline , Special to JTNews One of the biggest warning signs surrounding Initiative 97, the "Divest from War and Occupation" measure,

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The Rock of America

By Keith Ljunghammar , , Seattle Your newspaper looks very interesting, but the article from the last publication ("Taking initiatve," July 25) wa

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Bugged

By Allen M. Gown, M.D. , , Seattle So the Va'ad would like to prevent us from accidentally ingesting insects with our food ("The food network," Ju

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The rich human tapestry

By Rev. Barry Keatin, Maplewood Presbyterian Church , Edmonds My name is the Rev. Barry Keating and I am the minister of Maplewood Presbyterian Chu

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the wrong country

By Benjamin Pollock , , San Francisco, Calif. Jewish progressives like Richard Silverstein need to return to their roots and rediscover who is the

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The squeeze

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Well, it's official. The cost to insure my family now exceeds the size of my wife's paycheck. To many of you wh

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To be in exile

By Barbara H. Brandt , The Secular Jewish Cirlce of Puget Sound There are two persistent commandments in the Torah: have no strange gods and welco

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Misfire

By The National Council of Jewish Women Seattle Section, , The National Council of Jewish Women Seattle Section, was disappointed to see an ad in "

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Helping terrorists

By Neil Goldberg , , kirkland Richard Silverstein is entitled to his opinion on the divestment issue against Israel ("Divesting, not boycotting,"

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Ourselves to blame

By Dave Kaplan, , Seattle Richard Silverstein writes: "Israel listens when the Diaspora makes its views known. If local Jewish groups don't, you ca

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Armchair quarterbacking

By Ursula Rychter , , Seattle After subscribing to the JTNews for 45-plus years, I am hereby canceling my subscription. The constant anti-Israel bi

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Volunteer search

By Michael Zimmerman , , Chicago, Ill. I am compiling memoirs and stories for a book about volunteers to Israel who traveled there in June 1967 to

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The height of duplicity

By Randy Kessler, , Mercer Island Why is it that "peace activists" like Richard Silverstein ("Divesting, not boycotting," June 13) always tell us

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Divesting, not boycotting

By Richard Silverstein , Special to JTNews The debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is about to heat up considerably here in Seattle. Pea

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