By Janis Siegel, JTNews Columnist Doctors will tell you that it is far better to prevent cancer, if at all possible, but if a cancer does begin to
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Earlier this year, Kurtis Carsch, 18, became a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS), which s
Read MoreBy 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 t
Read MoreBy Edmon J. Rodman , JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — This year, Tisha b'Av marks not only the destruction of both Temples, but with the
Read MoreBy Edward Alexander, , Seattle When we pass the "biblical" age of three score and ten, we begin to feel — as Saul Bellow said when he passed that
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, My dilemma is around the Holocaust and how to relate to it. On one hand, I think I know plent
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By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist "I enjoy connecting people to one another," says Lynn Chapman, explaining one reason she became a local coord
Read MoreBy Marcie Natan , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Pride and chagrin: It's rare that the two emotions are experienced simultaneously. But t
Read MoreBy Mordecai Goldstein, , Everett I just want to say that I am very pleased with the performance of this journal. Here is an example of why I feel t
Read MoreBy Gil Troy , Shalom Hartman Institute The Middle East is combustible enough without adding one-sided, incendiary historical accounts to the mix.
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By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist After 26 years in Seattle, Leslie Fried has moved to Anchorage to be curator of the Alaska Jewish Museum. Fo
Read MoreBy Rabbi Alan Cook , Temple De Hirsch Sinai I have been blessed to be involved in a number of opportunities for interfaith dialogue over the past
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By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist Does your doctor keep you on a heart-healthy lifestyle by monitoring your cholesterol, red meat intake, fat cal
Read MoreBy Rabbi Avremi Yarmush, Chabad of Whatcom County In this week's Torah portion, Korach instigates a mutiny against Moshe Rabbeinu. Throughout hist
Read MoreBy Rafael Medoff , JointMedia News Service Seventy years ago this month, America learned, for the first time, about the systematic mass murder of
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By , If you didn't know it already, the crossword puzzle that appears in this newspaper also appears in life size on the wall at Capitol Hill's Elt
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Did you catch the latest "America's Got Talent?" It's the one with the adorable kippah-weari
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist It's difficult to overestimate the global impact that the new partnership between the Technion-Israel Institute
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum , Herzl—Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation When I was in my early 20s, I went through a period of several years when I set
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By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist She was born and raised on the wet side, but Seattle native Josey Fast is now enjoying life on the dry side of
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