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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent More than 200 people crowded the University of Washington’s Kane Hall to listen to a discussion about

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Special to JTNews Many would imagine that it could be painful for a teacher to yield the front of the room. Segueing from

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent When you buy something at Second Hand Rose or donate items to the thrift store in the Greenwood neighborhood

By Ruz Gulko, Special to JTNews Caring, comfort and confidentiality. Shabbat joy and “re-creation.” These were the themes and experien

By Jennifer Morton, Special to JTNews It has been a little more than a year since members of the Chi-Deutron chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi moved int

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Anne Morrison was literally a woman on a mission when she went to the Kingdom of Jordan last November. As

By Charles Redell, Special to JTNews Radical Humanist. Working Class Intellectual. Filmmaker. Carpenter. Abe Osheroff is all of this and more. Bor

By Bonnie Schiller, Special to JTNews Seattle Chapter Hadassah is proud to honor Lucy Sondland Pruzan at its May 1, 2001, Gala Dinner. Lucy was

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Wonder bread, that icon of American sandwich culture, is on the verge of becoming kosher in the Washington

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s former music director, who is now professor of Liturgical Arts at Hebrew

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Last week’s earthquake made life at the state capitol a bit more complicated, but legislators an

By , Special to JTNews If you haven’t set aside April 1 on your calendar for the Seattle Jewish Festival at Seattle Center, consider yoursel

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Jewish institutions closest to the epicenter of last week’s earthquake — synagogues in Tacoma an

By , Special to JTNews Working with a local software company, two professors at the University of Washington have designed an interactive CD-ROM f

By , Special to JTNews Moe Dinner’s rags-to-riches story would be hard to believe if it weren’t true. And the drive he harnessed to he

By Judith Stoloff, Special to JTNews What can you say about a 100th birthday that hasn’t been said before? Lots, when the centenarian is an

By , Special to JTNews Long-time Seattle Jewish community leaders Albert and Jeanne Maimon will be honored with the Seattle Hebrew Academy’s

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent After returning from 18 months in Israel, Lisa Narodick experienced a great deal of frustration finding a m

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Eight generations ago, her ancestor was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Every subsequent generation in her

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews A recent ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco concerning California’s 199