By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Ben Eisenhardt had the same childhood ambition as many kids. “Professional basketball is a dream [that]
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By Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist On a recent trip with my now-adult daughter to see family in Florida, I reminisced about her initial visit to
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By David Chivo, Special to the Jewish Sound What if every family attending Bellevue’s Jewish Day School hastily packed up and left Seattle by year’s
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- My friend Alain Azria gave me a puzzled look when I told him, with some indignation and disbelief
Read MoreRabbi Berele Paltiel Chabad of Snohomish County Just over two years ago, my wife Goldie and I with our two little girls moved from New York City to
Read MoreI find it highly offensive that the Jewish Federation demanded that an NRA lobbyist be fired because he voiced his opinion that Jews should be against
Read MoreI am writing about my dismay over the fact that recently there were two separate solidarity events for Israel; the first taking place in Pioneer Squar
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist This is the second of a two-part column on “BRAINS@BGU,” featuring some of the latest brain research from B
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By Yehudah Mirsky, JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — As we approach Tisha b’Av, the State of Israel is at war. The day’s commemoration of so
Read MoreBy Robert Singer, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — The conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is spilling over into Europe, where in the
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist What’s a nice Jewish girl doing in a place like Pakistan? If you’re Edmonds native Margaret O’Conno
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By Michael Natkin, Jewish Sound Columnist Every gardener loves to lament that they get overrun with zucchini and have to resort to baking too much
Read MoreBy Abraham Foxman, Special to the Jewish Sound When it comes to the safety of the Jewish community in Turkey, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan s
Read MoreBy Andy David, Special to the Jewish Sound In newspapers, it is highly unlikely that you will see pictures of Hamas terrorists storing rockets in m
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By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- After weeks of missiles falling on Israel and bombs dropping on Gaza, we land on Tisha b’Av
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By Aaron D. Panken, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) – When the siren sounded, the Rolling Stones’ tortured 1969 track “Gimme Shelter” popped
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By Ed Harris Seattle residents like to complain that they never know for sure when summer will finally start. I, however, have a sure-fire techniqu
Read MoreBy Rabbi Jaron Matlow, Special to The Jewish Sound In the last few years, the ugly specter of suicide has popped up twice in my extended family.
Read MoreThose of us who support I-594 (background checks for most gun sales) realize that it is not a cure-all for our country’s gun problem. It is better tha
Read MoreAre there readers of the JTNews who think that the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers on a hike will hurt the “Palestinian cause”
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