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A View from the U

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Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
In remembrance of a man who was just trying to make his way in his adopted country
Posted July 11, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
A hymn to Phil the Checkout Guy
Posted June 13, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
The lesson of Bernard Malamud’s wounded losers
Posted May 2, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
Is there a Jewish angle to the New York governor’s downfall?
Posted April 4, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
The Anglo-Saxons of Israel and other conundrums
Posted March 7, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
An inside look into how the columnist’s tall tales led him to Torah
Posted February 8, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
How the Rasha of Canarsie acquired his eternity
Posted January 11, 2008


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
The sectarian nature of the “winterscape” at SeaTac Airport and other displays of peace and harmony
Posted December 7, 2007


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
When God chisels your life down to a fine point, all you can do is write — or not.
Posted November 2, 2007


Martin Jaffee • JTNews Columnist
Judaism is not antithetical or unaccommodating to skepticism
Posted October 5, 2007


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A View from the U
Professor Martin Jaffee, who teaches in both the Comparative Religion and Jewish Studies programs at the University of Washington, muses on Judaism and its place in the world.
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