Amid Solidarity Rallies, Protests, Jews Debate Limits of Dissent
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Rachael Pomerance, Jul 10, 2002
NEW YORK -- Seattle is rocked by the arrest of peace activists at a pro-Israel rally and the local Jewish paper's coverage of the event.
At a national pro-Israel rally in Washington, some demonstrators cringe when Pentagon official Paul Wolfowitz is booed for mentioning Palestinian suffering.
And as solidarity rallies abound throughout the country, a question is surfacing in the pages of Jewish newspapers and around Jewish kitchen tables: Are there boundaries to Jewish activism at a time of crisis for Israel?

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From the January 12, 2001 print edition
Profits take back seat to tradition at Transcript
By Manny Frishberg
Puget Sound Business Journal
Every other week, Donna Gordon Blankinship, the editor and business manager at The Jewish Transcript, pits the bottom line against the community's need-to-know.
The need-to-know usually wins.
The Transcript, a biweekly niche publication for the Seattle Jewish community, has operated continuously for the past 76 years. It's headlines have chronicled the founding of Seattle's first conservative synagogue, the fall of Hitler and the birth of what would eventually become the state of Israel.
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