No comparison

By Lea Hanan, , Seattle After reading about Rabbi Schwartz's sentencing and the comments from Rabbi David of the Seattle Kollel, I would like to sa

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Unnecessary restrictions

By Rabbi Marc Angel and Rabbi Avraham Weiss , JTA News & Features NEW YORK (JTA) — The Chief Rabbinate of Israel and the Rabbinical Council o

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Not our problem

By Sidney Stock, , Bellevue With my first step onto Israeli soil, my initial thought was of finally being home — but in a surprising way. This thou

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Acts of the church

By Gary Mokotoff, , Bergenfield, N.J. sthumous baptism of Jews by the Mormon Church, [that it was] was the act of "just nine people out of 13 milli

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Walking Free

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews That members of the West Seattle Torah Learning Center sent Judge George Holifield 100 letters in support of Ra

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Ignored all around

By Miriam Swedlow, , Seattle I was disappointed by Leyna Krow's recent article about the Seattle Orthodox Day Schools ("Learning curve," Feb. 8).

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Jewish continuity

By Rabbi Yechezchel Kornfeld, Congregation Shevet Achim The "Hot Topic" in all Jewish communities throughout the world is how best to ensure the

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Passover and politics

By Linda Clifton, , Seattle Thank you so much for your detailed coverage of recent successful efforts to move the 2008 Democratic county convention

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Flour bouquets

By Natalie Gerson, , Bellevue I received the JTNews on Friday, January 11, and quickly turned to the Best of Everything. I was particularly interes

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A workout

By Aviram Sela, Commander, Keren Artillery Battalion, Israel I would like to thank [Seattle Friends of the Israel Defense Forces] for your generosi

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Rehabilitation

By Mark Schreiber, , Seattle Congratulations to JTNews on their well-designed attempt to rehabilitate Rabbi Schwartz's image. The first article pai

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Safe travels

By Keith Gormezano , , Seattle As a Jew and a safe driver, I was pleased that the jury convicted Ephraim Schwartz for "assault — injury by vehicle,

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The impossible, now possible

By Tree McCurdy, , Seattle Oy! When all is said and done, it looks like the Democratic Party Chair is more in tune with Passover than our local Jew

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Beyond the narrative

By Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, The Kavana Cooperative We've experienced a dramatic shift in the content of our Torah reading over the past couple of we

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Thanking the cadre

By Robert Jacobs, Northwest Regional Director Stand With Us, Seattle rats bow to pressure, change Passover plans," the JTNews didn't credit Jeremy

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No realistic expectations

By Josh Basson, , Seattle Ron Kampeas's insightful column was quite informative ("Bush goes to Israel," Jan. 11). Bush wants illegal settlement ou

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A hollow victory

By   ,   Is it a religious imperative or a matter of convenience? Though Jewish Democratic activists are claiming victory in t

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