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By Annie Charnley Eveland, , Walla Walla I am from a Christian sensibility (United Church of Christ) and I support Rabbi Bogomilsky’s reasonable request to the Port to display a menorah at SeaTac Airport. What a great idea. It appears from the story in the Seattle Times that the PortContinue Reading

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By Michael Ball, non-evangelical Baptist, , Spokane Building interfaith trust and respect, is that what Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky is trying to do? I’ve had neutral feelings towards the Jewish community, and respect for their religious beliefs, however, now that I find that the good rabbi has drawn a battle lineContinue Reading

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By Grant Simpson, , I hope you are quite pleased with yourselves. It is not bad enough that we have to continually endure the media attacking Christmas, and the ACLU constantly attacking our holiday season, now the Jewish religion has chosen to join in. I find what has happened disgusting,Continue Reading

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By Robert Aronson, , I feel Chabad and its rabbi have embarrassed the Seattle Jewish community. The menorah doesn’t need to be displayed in malls and airports. Hanukkah is a beautiful holiday which traditionally has been celebrated in the home and synagogue.  Continue Reading

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By Rabbi Solomon Cohen-Scali, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Last year, the two Sephardic synagogues in Seattle organized two Shabbatonim around the theme of “Sephardic Response to Modern Challenges.” The Shabbatonim were a great success — over 200 people attended on each occasion and the lectures and discussion sparked the interest ofContinue Reading

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By Shelly F. Cohen, Co-Chair, Bashert Initiative, News of the controversy over the planned gay pride march (eventually circumscribed to a rally in an enclosed stadium) in Jerusalem has left me with a mix of emotions. The violent reactions of those who opposed the march do not square with myContinue Reading

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By Don Armstrong, Director of Professional Services, Jewish Family Service, , Larry Broder, Executive Director, Temple De Hirsch Sinai We would like to thank you for the article on the new Endless Opportunities program (�Programming the gap,� Oct. 27). This is an exciting venture which benefits older adults throughout theContinue Reading

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By Diane Baer, Carolyn Cohen, Sue Covey, Fred Diamondstone, Julie Green, Cecily Kaplan, Sally Kinney, Carol Mullin, Organizing committee of the Puget Sound Jewish Coalition on Homelessness, Organizing committee of the Puget Sound Jewish Coalition on Homelessness We want to thank the JTNews for the front-page article (‘King County joinsContinue Reading

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By Norman Levin, , Seattle Adkins and Freedman mislead the readers when they state, �Like McDermott, many members of Congress expressed reservations about H. R. 921� (�Rep. McDermott�s smart support for Israel,� Oct. 27). The �many members of Congress� voting against the non-binding resolution totaled eight, including Rep. McDermott. TheContinue Reading

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By Stephan Kline , Senior Director for Government Affairs, United Jewish Communities, At the national level, Jews did well in the Congressional elections. All Jewish incumbents won, including Sen. Joe Lieberman, who is now an Independent from Connecticut. In January, there will be two new Jewish Senators: Ben Cardin (D-MD)Continue Reading

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By Barry Friedman, , Sammamish I found Rob Spitzer�s �The Million Dollar Campaign� letter (Oct. 27) regarding the Republican Jewish Coalitions very interesting. Mr. Spitzer is correct that a great majority of Jews vote Democratic. Regardless, I don�t see a need to mock the messenger because the message is rightContinue Reading

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By Peter Weschler, , Seattle Your article on Mark Schuster (�Belltown condo reflects developer�s ethos,� Aug. 18) really impressed me. I am one of the buyers at the Mosler Lofts and made my decision to buy based on my limited knowledge of the project. Your article provided an overwhelming affirmationContinue Reading

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By MJ Rosenberg, , Washington, D.C. A recent JTNews opinion piece by Michael DeHaan (�Talk the talk without walking the walk?� Sept. 29) criticizing Rep. Jim McDermott has just been brought to my attention. The basic argument made by the author is that McDermott is no friend of Israel becauseContinue Reading

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By Henry Friedman, , Seattle Benjamin Meed died on October 24, 2006. He was 88 years old. I had the privilege of meeting Mr. Meed in 1983 during the American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors in Washington, D.C. This man turned my life around, because up to that time IContinue Reading

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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNew, I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the difference between the advertising and editorial content. Advertising is paid content, and does not necessarily reflect the views of JTNews or its staff. These ads, while offensive to some, are not offensive toContinue Reading

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By Rob Spitzer, , Mercer Island Despite the $1 million spent by the Republican Jewish Coalition for full page ads in Jewish publications around the country, including the JTNews, Jewish support for Republicans is in decline. The ads tried to persuade Jews to leave the Democratic Party. In the campaign,Continue Reading

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By Susan Monas , , Seattle A group of SaveDarfurWashington members met with one of your staff representatives on October 2 to advocate for stronger American involvement in halting the genocide of hundreds of thousands of Sudanese civilians. Many other members, including myself, did not attend that meeting. We areContinue Reading

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By Charles Davis, , Seattle For a while the JTNews gave a fairly balanced presentation of the contentious issues relating to Israel. But that has changed. The sickening Republican ads on page two of every issue, and now more than half of page three attacking Congressman McDermott (�Talk the talkContinue Reading

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By Rabbi Bruce Kadden , Temple Beth El This weekend Jews celebrate Simchat Torah, as we complete the cycle of reading the Torah with the last verses of D’varim (Deuteronomy) and begin with the first verses of Bereshit (Genesis), symbolizing the continuous reading and study of Torah. In all synagoguesContinue Reading