Category: Local News

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews You could say she was hand-picked for the job. When Tana Senn was sworn in as the newest member of the state leg

By Judy Lash Balint , Special to JTNews JERUSALEM — Congressman Dave Reichert (R-8th) made his first visit to Israel last week, not as part of a fo

By Esther Goldberg, Special to JTNews On July 29 and 30 at the Hillel Institute in St. Louis, Mo., Hillel at the University of Washington was prese

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Back-to-school season is always a little chaotic. All the more so for Torah Day School, which in add

By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent If there’s one thing Rep. Derek Kilmer (D-Wash.) learned during a weeklong trip to Israel, it’s

By Tori Gottlieb, JTNews Correspondent With the departure of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath’s rabbi earlier this summer, members of the congre

By Tova Ross , Special to JTNews Rather than throw their 1-year old son Idan a birthday party this past July, Amanda and Akiva Zablocki of Manhatta

By Vic Alhadeff, Special to JTNews The Jewish community of Rhodes, Greece came to life when 35 people from around the world journeyed to the island

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews The front of the new Congregation Beth Israel from the front of the 17-acre property. The construction of a ne

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Need a place to spend your High Holidays? We’ve got a compilation of services across the state

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews What’s in your garden? Are you willing to share what you’ve grown? As more studies emerge about the c

By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent She’s 69 and plans to spend a lot of time with her 24 grandchildren. They are 17 and 18 and preparing

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The search continues at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle for a new head of school to replace the

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman , other

By Rabbi Rachel Esserman , other When someone asks me Judaism’s position on a particular subject, I usually answer, "Which Jewish tradition d

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist "It’s not very Jewish," a friend commented, leafing through Jason Prangnell’s New Jewish Cooking,

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent In the latest round of the political ad smack-downs between Middle East advocacy groups vying for turf on the