By Rabbi Allison B. Flash , Temple Beth Am Since becoming a rabbi, I have come to believe there really are five seasons to the year. There are the
Read MoreBy Steven Blum , Special to JTNews When I found out David Irving, noted anti-Semite, Holocaust denier, and widely discredited "historian" was co
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Read MoreBy L. S. Davis, , Olympia The "Rabbi's Turn" on May 22 ("What we're all about") featured Rabbi Seth Goldstein of Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia.
Read MoreBy Rabbi Sarah Newmark, Congregation Beth Hatikvah When I tell people I'm a Reconstructionist rabbi, I generally get this response: "I've heard of
Read MoreBy Marvin Stern , Special to JTNews My father Klaus Stern died on May 12. Sitting in the hospital with him those last 12 days I was constantly fo
Read MoreBy Rabbi Mark Spiro , LivingJudaism Prior to our arrival in Seattle nearly 10 years ago, we'd heard about the warm, close-knit Jewish community, a
Read MoreBy Donniel Hartman , Shalom Hartman Institute Dear President Abbas: The new administration in Washington has brought to our neighborhood a Secre
Read MoreBy Emily Katcher, , Seattle Seattle Public Schools will begin school for the 2013-14 year on September 4, erev Rosh Hashanah. Our families must cho
Read MoreBy Dennis Warshal, , Seattle While reading the article "A Jewish Tombstone" (April 26) by Emily K. Alhadeff, I was appalled by her use and context
Read MoreBy Edward Alexander, , Seattle As the IRS scandal unfolds, it is worth recalling that, according to the medieval rabbis, the practice of reciting K
Read MoreBy Rabbi Seth Goldstein , Temple Beth Hatfiloh Whenever I find myself outside Olympia speaking to a member of a local Jewish community, I will inv
Read MoreBy Marc Schneier , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is correct to describe a new proposal by the Arab L
Read MoreBy Rabbi Moshe Kletenik , Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath On a recent Sunday morning, after morning services and teaching the daily Daf Yomi, the pa
Read MoreBy Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue In last week's Torah portion, we read the universally known affirmation: "V'ahavta l'reach
Read MoreBy Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus, Temple De Hirsch Sinai I have a confession to make. It has been several months since I consistently visited Seward Pa
Read MoreBy Akiva Kenny Segan, , Seattle While Jews for Judaism ("Missionary Impossible," March 22) staff present themselves in such a straight manner as t
Read MoreBy Edith Shaked , Special to JTNews The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), should amend the "Proclamation of the Days of Remembranc
Read MoreBy Rabbi Bernie Fox , Northwest Yeshiva High School One of most beloved elements of the Passover Haggadah is the discussion of the four sons. The
Read MoreBy Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg , Temple B'nai Torah "May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is
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