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As an occasional-to-frequent pro-Israel advocate in the JTNews letters section — my first letter on Israel and the conflict was in 1999, the year I…
Posted August 26, 2011


In a letter on August 19 (“No more criticism”), Michael Behar asked, “Would it be too much to expect that Washington’s sole Jewish newspaper serve…
Posted August 26, 2011


I most recently attended an elaborate and impressive Bat Mitzvah. That prompted my daughter to ask about my Bar Mitzvah almost 70 years ago in…
Posted August 26, 2011


The debate between Joel Alperson (Judaism is more than tikkun olam,” Aug. 5) and Eric Yoffie (“Judaism is always tikkun olam —  and more”) offered…
Posted August 17, 2011


Week after week, month after month, in articles, op-eds and letters, the very legitimacy of the State of Israel is battled out on the pages…
Posted August 17, 2011


I commend Anav Silverman for her perceptive op-ed column (“No yellow brick road for Palestinian UN bid,” July 8) as right on the mark. Silverman…
Posted July 29, 2011


In response to Simcha Shtull’s comments on Israel controlling the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians (“Israel must act,” Letters, June 24). This is a topic…
Posted July 6, 2011


As a black American who keeps a watchful eye on Middle East anything, the person from Seattle who writes: “Israel currently controls the lives of…
Posted July 6, 2011


Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to understand Wendy Rosen’s dire prediction (“The…
Posted June 22, 2011


As an infrequent visitor to the area I was interested in the JTNews and the opinions expressed in the letters written to your publication. The…
Posted June 22, 2011


Just back from my seventh Israel teaching trip and read my favorite JTNews section: Letters. Re: Mr. Israel Kochin’s letter, “In Defense of Mom” (May…
Posted June 22, 2011


Mr. Wilkes’ response to my recent letter begins with an oleaginous politeness, thanking me for my “thoughtful letter,” and then goes on to totally (and…
Posted June 8, 2011


On May 11 I was escorted out of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, where I had signed up to attend a lecture by Prof. John Esposito…
Posted May 25, 2011


I have followed the series of letters on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict going back and forth over the last several issues. One thing has become increasingly…
Posted May 25, 2011


My thanks to Carole Glickfeld for her thoughtful letter (“World view,” May 13) about my column, (“American Jews are Twice Chosen,” April 29). I write…
Posted May 25, 2011


Temple De Hirsch Sinai has a 112-year tradition of leadership in social action, civil rights, and free exchange of ideas. We strive to provide the…
Posted May 25, 2011


I am disappointed by Obama’s speech calling for Israel to return to its pre-1967 lines as the basis for a two-state solution. Those borders have…
Posted May 25, 2011


I was amused and also a bit dismayed by Robert Wilkes’s chauvinistic piece on why Americans (not to mention Jews) are exceptional (“American Jews are…
Posted May 11, 2011


The editors of JTNews recently published a letter (“Taking Sides,” Letters, April 29) attacking my mother, Rochelle Kochin, for her defense of the State of…
Posted May 11, 2011


I applaud Rabbi Mirel’s effort to encourage nonaffiliated Jews in the greater Seattle area to join a Jewish community in his article “An offer you…
Posted May 11, 2011


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