By Rabbi Daniel Lapin, American Alliance of Jews and Christians It's a good thing that more Americans attend synagogue or church each week than go
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Read MoreBy Edward Alexander , Professor Emeritus of English, UW, Since it is now a core belief of academic "progressives" that Israel is the world's most
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Read MoreBy Rabbi Josh Hearshen, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation We are in the season of saluting parents. We have Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan , , Seattle Many thanks for the reproduction of my drawing "Bar Mitzvah-Age Boy in the Warsaw Ghetto." As an artist working i
Read MoreBy Rabbi Avrohom David, The Seattle Kollel "Rabbi, are you growing a beard?" It's a question I hear often at this time of the year. The period b
Read MoreBy Julian Sandler and Wayne L. Firestone, Chairman and President of Hillel: The Foundation for for Jewish Life, The JTA article "Hillel's new strat
Read MoreBy Delila Simon, Co-Executive Director Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, For our Board of Directors, our staff, our supporters
Read MoreBy Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, Chai Center of Seattle As I prepare to sit down to the seder again with family and guests, I think about a question on
Read MoreBy Eric Leibman, , Portland, Oregon Regarding Miriam Swedlow's letter about the Torah Day School (March 7): I suspect having a school in Seward Par
Read MoreBy Sydney Stock, , Bellevue Professor Derek Penslar's views at the University of Washington, "Sovereigns & Subjects: Jewish Political Thought i
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Read MoreBy Norman Levin, , Seattle Kudos to the JTNews editor for his courageous stand regarding the unconscionable leniency given to Rabbi Ephraim Schwart
Read MoreBy Cliff Godwin, , Olympia Joel Magalnick's "viewpoint" on Rabbi Schwartz misses the whole point of a sentencing hearing: to take testimony of a d
Read MoreBy Rabbi Moshe Kletenik , JTA News & Features SEATTLE (JTA) — We are all too familiar with the stories. Someone who for his entire life consid
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