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Rabbi Moshe Kletenik • Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath
On a recent Sunday morning, after morning services and teaching the daily Daf Yomi, the page-of-Talmud-a-day, I was looking forward to an invigorating Pacific Northwest… Posted May 6, 2013
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Rabbi Olivier BenHaim • Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
In last week’s Torah portion, we read the universally known affirmation: “V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha — Love your fellow like yourself” (Lev 19:18). But this is… Posted April 29, 2013
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Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus • Temple De Hirsch Sinai
I have a confession to make. It has been several months since I consistently visited Seward Park in the morning, which was a part of… Posted April 17, 2013
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Rabbi Bernie Fox • Northwest Yeshiva High School
One of most beloved elements of the Passover Haggadah is the discussion of the four sons. The Haggadah identifies four children, each with a unique… Posted April 1, 2013
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Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg • Temple B’nai Torah
“May we think of freedom, not as the right to do as we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” — Peter… Posted March 18, 2013
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Rabbi Simon Benzaquen • Rabbi Emeritus, Sephardic Bikur Holim
To my delight, I have noticed an encouraging trend of people who might not be religiously observant nevertheless observing the commandment of wearing tefillin. Why… Posted March 6, 2013
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Rabbi Mark Glickman • Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom
“Nostalgia,” Yogi Berra once quipped “isn’t what it used to be.” His insight probably referred to the ever-shifting ways we remember good experiences, but a… Posted February 19, 2013
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Rabbi Harry Zeitlin • Congregation Beth Ha’Ari
Judaism has contributed a great deal to world civilization. We introduced the concept of ethical monotheism and were among the first peoples to encourage universal… Posted January 30, 2013
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Rabbi Beth Singer • Temple Beth Am
The Pacific Northwest was greatly honored this past month by a visit from the new president of the Union for Reform Judaism, Rabbi Richard Jacobs.… Posted January 23, 2013
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Rabbi Jaron Matlow • Special to JTNews
Many cultures observe a festival of lights in the darkest days of winter. For us it is Hanukkah, for others Christmas; as well there are… Posted January 7, 2013
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Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, The Friendship Circle Bronnie Ware, a registered nurse in Australia, did a fascinating study a couple of years ago. She spent several years working in palliative care, caring… Posted December 19, 2012
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Rabbi Bruce Kadden • Temple Beth El
This past year, I had the opportunity to take a four-month sabbatical, spending two months in Israel and two months in Warsaw, Poland. In sharing… Posted December 10, 2012
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Rabbi Jessica Kessler Marshall • Temple Beth Or
Several weeks ago, Israeli police arrested and imprisoned Anat Hoffman, a founder and organizer of Women of the Wall, and director of the Israel Religious… Posted November 27, 2012
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Rabbi Chaim Levine • Hope for Heroism
What is it about heroism that moves us so much? Why is it that when we witness human beings putting their lives on the line… Posted October 31, 2012
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Rabbi Daniel A. Weiner • Temple De Hirsch Sinai
“When Israel has prostitutes and thieves, we’ll be a state just like any other.” —David Ben Gurion David Gruen’s transformation into Daveed Ben Gurion, from… Posted October 24, 2012
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Rabbi Rick Harkavy • Congregation Bet Chaverim
Picture your grandparents. Try to visualize them. Now try to picture your great-grandparents. Try to visualize them wherever they came from and, if you can,… Posted September 25, 2012
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Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum • The Kavana Cooperative
I returned recently from a wonderful summer in Israel, where I had the privilege of serving on the faculty for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in… Posted September 12, 2012
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Rabbi James L. Mirel • Temple B’nai Torah
Rabbi Raphael Levine was a great mentor to me and many other rabbis and ministers over the years. Rabbi Levine came to Seattle and Temple… Posted August 27, 2012
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Rabbi Shalom D. (Berry) Farkash • Chabad of the Central Cascades
A few weeks ago, the children were all home after the last day of school, and we were getting ready for the start of a… Posted August 23, 2012
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Rabbi Jill Borodin • Congregation Beth Shalom
One of my goals for this summer has been to expose my 6-year-old twin daughters to hiking. Over the past couple of weeks, we have… Posted July 25, 2012
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The changing field of Holocaust studies
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