Category: Local News

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent West Sound Academy’s upcoming production of “A Shayna Maidel” is a powerful drama with appeal to audie

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Belle Arte Concerts, in its 21st season of presenting professional classical chamber music concerts on the E

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Three local Holocaust survivors told their stories to a group of international scholars at a three-day confer

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Although the official results have not yet been certified, at least four of the six Jewish candidates for p

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Bob Jaffe, a member of the local Jewish community, is in desperate need of a kidney. Jaffe has end-stage re

By Rita Weinstein, Special to JTNews Pups for Peace is a simple and practical example of what one can do to counter the shock, outrage, and sense o

By Joel Magalnick, Special to JTNews The clock struck 3, the static cleared, and that deep radio voice warned us that “Not only are the opinions ex

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Kosher food does not usually have a reputation for being easy to find, particularly in the Northwest. But a n

By Joel Magalnick, Special to JTNews The Seattle Hebrew Academy has announced Seattle’s oldest Jewish day school will remain at its Capitol H

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Now that it has all been settled, all sides appear ready to call overblown the charges of “snubs” and “cen

By Joshua Rosenstein, Special to JTNews The first Jewish baby born in Washington since the Jewish year started Sept. 6 was born a world traveler. H

By Joel Magalnick, other Between the tablecloths, the gefilte fish and the wine, Morris Sharlup is a happy man. For Sharlup, a small but stocky gen

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent What started out with a few kids, augmented by parents who “used to play,” KlezKidz and KidsChor

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent There is no shortage of Jewish candidates running for office in the Puget Sound area this fall. They saile

By Rita Weinstein, Special to JTNews On Sept. 11, the mood in Seattle, as in the rest of the country, was one of somber reflection. Rabbi Jay Rosen

By Joel Magalnick, Special to JTNews At 6-foot-2 and 240 pounds, the biggest thing about Ben Mahdavi is not his size. What’s big about Mahdav

By By Hally Jackson, Special to JTNews Heroes come in many shapes and sizes. Some are remembered for their bravery and some for unsurpassed loyalty

By Robert B. Spitzer, other Shortly after I became president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Sen. Patty Murray called me to wish me we

By Rita Weinstein, JTNews Correspondent Even though she left behind no direct descendents, Edna Simon’s legacy to her community will be long