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Thank you for your coverage of author Gershom Gorenberg (”Unraveled from the jaws of victory,” April 27) who spoke about preserving Israel’s democracy on April…
Posted May 9, 2012


Last week, I attended a talk given by Gershom Gorenberg, who authored the nuanced and well-written “Accidental Empire,” a history of Israeli settlements following the…
Posted April 25, 2012


We read the article on the Titanic survivors (“The story of Titanic survivors Lean and ‘Filly’ Aks,” April 13) with great interest. We continue to…
Posted April 25, 2012


The article “A chronology of the cancelled invitations to gay and lesbian Israelis” (March 30) left out important details. As one of the people who…
Posted April 11, 2012


We suffered a great public opinion defeat with the City of Seattle LGBT commission’s egregiously bad decision not to meet with the Israeli LGBT group…
Posted April 11, 2012


When Seattle’s LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Commission canceled a scheduled reception with six Israeli LGBT activists, the strength of a vital relationship was…
Posted March 27, 2012


Philip Scheier writes (“An insult,” letters, Feb. 29) that J Street “claims it is pro-Israel, a claim rejected by all Israeli leaders, including Bibi, along…
Posted March 14, 2012


Dear Mr. Wilkes: Did you neglect to wear reading glasses when you perused my letter bemoaning “wasted tomatoes” (“Repair and defend,” Letters, March 2)? I…
Posted March 14, 2012


Your Feb. 10 article by Emily K. Alhadeff, “Moving beyond the one-trick pony,” where the University of Washington’s Stroum Jewish Studies guest speaker Simon Greer…
Posted February 29, 2012


In the previous issue of JTNews is a review by Edward Alexander of Michael Weingrad’s marvelous work, American Hebrew Literature, published by Syracuse University Press…
Posted February 29, 2012


In Paula Chester’s letter (“Wasted tomatoes,” Feb. 10) she states that my column (“Barghouti’s Own Life Reveals BDS Deception”) is offensive to those who “sincerely…
Posted February 29, 2012


I applaud the opening of a Jewish delicatessen in Olympia (“Olympia deli tickles mind, soul and stomach,” Feb. 10). Obviously, an expanded Jewish presence in…
Posted February 15, 2012


I was grateful to see the editorial by Wayne L. Firestone, Hillel’s president and CEO, reprinted in the JTNews last week (“Colleges playing catch-up on…
Posted February 15, 2012


I am frankly puzzled by Robert Wilkes’s extensive dissection of Omar Barghouti’s January 5 talk at our local landmark, St. Mark’s Cathedral (“Barghouti’s own life…
Posted February 8, 2012


I am very disappointed in your response to Martin Jaffee’s article about Myron Cohon (“To the family of Myron Cohon and our community,” Dec. 23).…
Posted January 11, 2012


I was saddened and disappointed to read that Professor Martin Jaffee will no longer be writing his column for this paper (To the family of…
Posted January 11, 2012


Undoubtedly Jaffee made errors (To the family of Myron Cohon and our community). Nothing excuses William Cohon’s “he occupies the Samuel and Althea Stroum chair…
Posted January 11, 2012


Martin Jaffee blew it. Jaffee used an individual’s life and death to illustrate a continuing concern of the Jewish community, the loss of member(s) to…
Posted January 11, 2012


Thank you for the letter addressed to Myron Cohon, his family, and the community, published in JTNews on Fri., Dec. 23, 2011 (To the family…
Posted January 11, 2012


I’m sorry, but while I appreciate your apologies (To the family of Myron Cohon and our community), you have still missed the mark. In fact,…
Posted January 11, 2012


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