Picking our battles

By Randy Jergensen, , Camano Island Concerning the recent controversy over the Christmas trees at Sea-Tac Airport, one letter published in the Dec.

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With friends like these…

By Jacqueline Bollen, , Seattle I deliberately did not renew my subscription when it expired, because with friends like the "JT," who needs enemie

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Printing hate

By Nancy Gordon, , You should be ashamed of yourself for printing the "responses" to the airport tree issues. Even the secular newspapers such as

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The rabbi’s attorney

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

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For the rabbi

By Annie Charnley Eveland, , Walla Walla I am from a Christian sensibility (United Church of Christ) and I support Rabbi Bogomilsky's reasonable re

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Inappropriate decorations

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 a

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Disservice to community

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 Sea

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Including Israeli Arabs

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)

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Complex loopholes

By Don Baldwin , , Snohomish I am writing in response to your article about Jewish groups joining with Washington Ceasefire to close the "gun show

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Well fed

By Rabbi Jim Mirel, Organizer, MAZON Fundraising Dinner, I wish to thank all those who participated in the recent Hanukkah fundraiser for MAZON: A

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Robbie Ellenhorn

Robbie will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Sat., January 13 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Robbie is the son of David a

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Ben Director

Ben will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on January 20, 2007 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Ben is the son of Liz and Dave D

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Leo Okin

Leo Okin died of lung cancer on July 30, 2006 at his home in Mesa, Ariz. He was born in Divinsk, Latvia in 1923. When Leo was seven years old, his fa

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Xander Ray Burgin

Joshua and Angelic Burgin announce the arrival of their son Xander Ray at Swedish Hospital in Seattle on November 30, 2006. He weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz. a

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Green and Gottschalk

Carrie Robyn Green and Stuart Brian Gottschalk were married on August 26, 2006 by Rabbi James Mirel at the Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club. Carrie is the d

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Issua Salvator (Sol) Altchech

Sol Altchech died on November 15, 2006 at the Kline Galland Home in Seattle. Sol was born in Salonika, Greece on December 13, 1919. He was a Holocaus

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Deborah Kaplan

Deborah Kaplan died on November 12, 2006 at the age of 53. She was born in Chicago, Ill. in 1952. Kaplan was an assistant professor of communication a

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Hunter Charles Goldberg

Hunter will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on January 6, 2007 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Hunter is the son of Jerry Gol

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Joshua David Appelbaum

Joshua will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on December 30, 2006 at Great Synagogue Gardens in Cape Town, South Africa. Joshua is the son of Andrew and Mich

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