Viewpoints – Page 4 – The Jewish Federation Community News (formerly Jewish Sound)

July 31, 20140

Erdogan’s ‘reassuring’ words to Turkey’s Jews are anything but

By Abraham Foxman, Special to the Jewish Sound When it comes to the safety of the Jewish community in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan s

July 30, 20140

Who is killing the Israeli soldiers?

By Andy David, Special to the Jewish Sound In newspapers, it is highly unlikely that you will see pictures of Hamas terrorists storing rockets in m

July 28, 20140

Tisha b’Av in a time of rockets, tunnels and death

By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- After weeks of missiles falling on Israel and bombs dropping on Gaza, we land on Tisha b’Av

July 24, 20140

Finding equality in a Jerusalem bomb shelter

By Aaron D. Panken, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – When the siren sounded, the Rolling Stones’ tortured 1969 track “Gimme Shelter” popped

July 10, 20140

Suicide in Jewish tradition

By Rabbi Jaron Matlow, Special to The Jewish Sound In the last few years, the ugly specter of suicide has popped up twice in my extended family.

July 10, 20141

Background checks make sense

Those of us who support I-594 (background checks for most gun sales) realize that it is not a cure-all for our country’s gun problem. It is better tha

July 10, 20140

Score one for “The cause”

Are there readers of the JTNews who think that the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers on a hike will hurt the “Palestinian cause”

July 10, 20140

Disturbed

I’m terribly disturbed by a second article written by Janis Siegel about a young Jewish man accused of “inappropriate communication with a minor.” (“J

July 1, 20140

Don’t give BDS the credit it doesn’t deserve

By David Shayne, Special to the Jewish Sound A while back, I heard Palestinian academic Nadia Elia brag that the boycott, divestment and sanctions

June 30, 20140

Op-Ed: The Presbyterians’ Judaism problem

By Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- The Jewish world has been shaken by the decision of the Presbyterian Church

June 26, 20140

Alleged friends

Shoshana Wineburg’s impassioned plea for “transparency” regarding BDS and other issues germane to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in her open letter t

June 26, 20140

Speak for yourself

This is in response to Shoshana Wineburg’s open letter to Ari Shavit of June 13. I am a Millennial. I have been on Birthright and formed lasting frien

June 26, 20140

Misplaced priorities

Asher A. Nov’s letter (“The Greatest Sin?” June 13th) decrying the JTNews’s reporting of the facts surrounding the Eli Varon case displays an unfortun

June 26, 20140

A long line of leaders

After reading the recent opinion piece by Rabbi Oren Hayon (“How much have we lost?” May 30) about the divisive BDS debate at the UW, I’m struck by th

June 23, 20140

Ten things you might not know about the Ten Commandments

By Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Temple Beth El Earlier this month we celebrated Shavuot, the holiday of “matan Torah,” the “giving” or “gift” of Torah. It h

June 16, 20140

Shushed Palestinians: My reflections on the UW’s BDS experience

By Nurit Asnash, Special to the Jewish Sound I had never heard about BDS (the boycott, divest and sanctions movement against Israel) until about a

June 12, 20140

Let us build on the students’ experience

I was immensely moved by both the story of triumph and loss in Rabbi Hayon’s recent piece on boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS), and his courage

June 12, 20140

Invest in our young people

Thank you Rabbi Hayon for an honest assessment of the risk of limiting our response to boycotts, divestment and sanctions (BDS) and all criticism of I

June 12, 20140

A true victory

It’s wonderful that UW students working together, with the support of Rabbi Oren Hayon, StandWithUs Northwest, and others, helped defeat the anti-Isra

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