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Seattle Public Schools will begin school for the 2013-14 year on September 4, erev Rosh Hashanah. Our families must choose between the first days of…
Posted May 22, 2013


While reading the article “A Jewish Tombstone” (April 26) by Emily K. Alhadeff, I was appalled by her use and context of the pejorative word…
Posted May 22, 2013


As the IRS scandal unfolds, it is worth recalling that, according to the medieval rabbis, the practice of reciting Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the…
Posted May 22, 2013


While Jews for Judaism (“Missionary Impossible,” March 22) staff present themselves in such a straight manner as to make their outreach success to young Jews…
Posted April 17, 2013


Growing up Jewish on Mercer Island, I often heard from others that it was a center of Jewish life in the Puget Sound area (“How…
Posted March 18, 2013


This week President Obama will take the first overseas trip of his second term; it will be the first time since taking office he has…
Posted March 18, 2013


Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson’s op-ed (“Solidarity with Palestinian non-violent resistance,” Feb. 8) is interesting in its focus on Palestinian non-violent resistance. Unfortunately, Palestinians…
Posted February 18, 2013


Hen Mazzig’s account (“A sixth broken camera,” Feb. 6) of the fracas at the talk by Iyad Burnat on the documentary “5 Broken Cameras” provoked…
Posted February 18, 2013


The tile of the Jewish Voice for Peace article “Palestinian non-violent resistance” is an oxymoron. The authors want the readers to think there is a…
Posted February 18, 2013


Re: your half-page, mind-numbing rationale by Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson of the Seattle chapter of so-called Jewish Voice for Peace (“Solidarity with Palestinian…
Posted February 18, 2013


I pick up JTNews at Einstein’s Bagel shop on Queen Anne Blvd. and enjoy the editorials. Regarding Rabbi Jaron Matlow’s editorial (Rabbi’s Turn, “Gun violence…
Posted January 23, 2013


Seventeen years after the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, we find ourselves debating the settlement of “E1.” Rabin, of course, was the man who ushered in…
Posted December 19, 2012


Thanks for asking for our opinions. I pick up the JTNews at Victrola Coffee House on 15th Avenue East. I am also a regular reader…
Posted December 12, 2012


I have to say that I am not happy with the fact that the Democrats in this state are supported by many in the Jewish…
Posted November 28, 2012


A new women’s liberation movement that demands equal pay should insist on women’s rights in other realms as well. (I think that the women’s liberation…
Posted November 28, 2012


Israelis today face growing threats from all sides, with a remilitarized Sinai, Islamists on the rise and the Iranians inching closer to nuclear capability. Rabbi…
Posted October 31, 2012


We commend the JTNews on its recent J-Teen insert in the October 12 edition. What a pleasure to hear first-hand from these impressive young Jewish…
Posted October 24, 2012


I read Emily Alhadeff’s article on the Rosenzweig family (“The family Rosenzweig celebrates Sukkot,” Sept. 28), and it reminded me of how important Norm and…
Posted October 24, 2012


When we pass the “biblical” age of three score and ten, we begin to feel — as Saul Bellow said when he passed that milestone…
Posted July 25, 2012


I just want to say that I am very pleased with the performance of this journal. Here is an example of why I feel that…
Posted July 11, 2012


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