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By Akiva Segan, , Seattle It’s “interesting” that the JTNews editors would print a front-page article about fundraising by evangelical Christian “friends of Israel” without once mentioning the unprecedented success these Christian leaders, churches and organizations have in converting Jewish youth and young adults to Christianity (“Christians unite — forContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, Founder and Director, Panim Hadashot — New Faces of Judaism, Seattle I want to commend JTNews for its Viewpoints page, which featured a debate on the issue of outreach to the intermarried (“Stop sugarcoating intermarriage,” “Don’t write off the intermarried,” Feb. 16). As founder of anContinue Reading

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By Steven M. Cohen , JTA Columnist NEW YORK (JTA) — Not many years ago, it was taken as axiomatic that intermarriage constitutes a significant threat to Jewish continuity. For individual families, we understood that more often than not, the children of the intermarried would be raised as non-Jews. AndContinue Reading

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By Sam Levinson, , Seattle When I read the column written by Rabbi Ted Falcon (“Listening to tradition,” Feb. 2) in your current edition, I was reminded of the denunciation of Jews attracted to the “flesh pots of interfaith relations.” What central tenets do the Christians have that they haven’tContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Ted Falcon, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue I remember the story that was told when I was in rabbinical school about the two student rabbis who went out to interview for a job at the same synagogue. The first was to speak on Friday evening, and the second onContinue Reading

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By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews After months of building and designing, the new jtnews.net Web site is now live! We encourage you to visit the site, but here are a few tips and features we hope you’ll start to use on a regular basis. You may notice that youContinue Reading

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By Gail Broder, MHS, Community Education Project Manager, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Seattle I wanted to point out a significant error that appeared in the JTBest 2006 article in your January 19 issue. Specifically, in the “Best Mohel” section, you commented that circumcised men are less likely to pass onContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Anson Laytner, American Jewish Commitee My colleague and friend, Rob Jacobs, executive director of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the Anti-Defamation League, leaned over to me the other day and asked: “Are you getting calls about your participation in the interfaith dialogue on the Mideast that appeared inContinue Reading

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By Albert Feldmann, , Seattle The JTNews generally maintains a high journalistic standard, so the occasional slip-up must be pointed out. Specifically, I am referring to “A living Judaism” by Benjamin Gown, in the issue of Dec. 15. Farzin Shadpour, whatever his Jewish qualities, doesn’t know much about his heritage.Continue Reading

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By Jack D. Israel, , Bellevue The article, “Weathering the “˜Hanukkah Storm,’” (Jan. 5) reminded me of a poem I wrote on the occasion of a previous windstorm. Let There Be Light I had to be prepared, When the wild windstorm came. Without some heat and light, There’s only myselfContinue Reading

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By Harvey Grad, , Renton The opinions I express here are my own in response to your story, editorial and letters from the Dec. 15 issue. There are, in reality, two issues. First, that of whether or not Jews should display their Judaism publicly. Some come down on this, asContinue Reading

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By Nancy Gordon, , You should be ashamed of yourself for printing the “responses” to the airport tree issues. Even the secular newspapers such as the Times or the P-I didn’t print such hate-filled, anti-Semitic letters. The letter from Michael Ball of Spokane was particularly appalling, suggesting that Rabbi BogomilskyContinue Reading

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By Jacqueline Bollen, , Seattle I deliberately did not renew my subscription when it expired, because with friends like the “JT,” who needs enemies. I feel you do a tremendous disservice to the Jewish people of Seattle, of Washington State, and indeed, of the world! The final straw was yourContinue Reading

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By Randy Jergensen, , Camano Island Concerning the recent controversy over the Christmas trees at Sea-Tac Airport, one letter published in the Dec. 15 issue of the JTNews stated in part that “You [Jews] must use wisdom when picking your battles.” Is placing a menorah next to the Christmas treesContinue Reading

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By Robert Foerster, , Toronto, Ont. This is just a note of support for Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky. I have watched the story on the news, and realized it turned into just a horrible bureaucratic situation. This gave the impression “falsely” that he was ruining it for everyone. Frankly, the airportContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Jim Mirel, Organizer, MAZON Fundraising Dinner, I wish to thank all those who participated in the recent Hanukkah fundraiser for MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger. A special thanks to the JTNews, our other co-sponsors, Matzoh Momma Catering, the Shalom Ensemble and our many, many volunteers. We areContinue Reading

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By Don Baldwin , , Snohomish I am writing in response to your article about Jewish groups joining with Washington Ceasefire to close the “gun show loophole” (“Jewish groups take lead on gun control issues,” Dec. 8). This seemingly simple issue is actually fairly complex and readers would be bestContinue Reading

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By Simcha Shtull, , Seattle Once again I wonder how an incendiary article such as Leslie Susser’s (“Israeli Arabs: No to Zionist State,” Dec. 15) helps move us forward in the peace process. (Would he also label as disloyal the many Israeli and American Jews who were as appalled byContinue Reading

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By Richard D. Brody, , Mercer Island I am sorely disappointed in the article by Manny Frishberg. First, there is no statement from the Port of Seattle regarding their position on this issue. Apparently Mr. Frishberg elected to write an article which clearly mirrors the stance taken by Rabbi BogomilskyContinue Reading

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By Leiba E. Husock, MSW, , Seattle I was in the minority that disagreed with Rabbi Bogomilsky’s actions and especially in resorting to getting an attorney. I can’t imagine why he chose the airport of all places. There is a menorah and a Christmas tree in the State Capitol inContinue Reading