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By Interview by Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews JTNews: First, some basics. How old are you and where are you from? Hannah Mayne: IR

By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews I don’t remember much of high school. Even the memory of my teen trip to Israel, which in man

By Gwen Davis, JTNews Correspondent Kids like pomegranates. Especially Rosie, a 4th-grade student at the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Day School.

By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews On January 27, eight residents of the Summit at First Hill celebrated the launch of their literary

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews As Shabbat came to a close on Jan. 19, the parking lot at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island was

By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews Imagine: Tomorrow the economy collapses. The ATMs are empty, your savings are gone, and you have no

By Gwen Davis , JTNews Correspondent It ain’t no lie: Seattle’s Orthodox Jews love their kosher restaurants. And they cherish them, too

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Have synagogues been doing membership backwards? "Many of our synagogues start with membership. Someone calls a

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews You did it again! We always knew you, our dear reader, had good taste — why else would you choose JTNews as

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews It’s Sunday morning at Temple Beth Am in Seattle, and instead of sleeping, watching TV, or doi

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews With a new governor in office and a reconstituted Senate leadership, the legislative session that begins Monday h

By Lior Hemmat, Special to JTNews My sister Zohar and I recently celebrated our B’nai Mitzvah three months apart — my sister turned 12 in Sep

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Robin Poppsinger was due to give birth New Year’s Eve. Lo and behold, as the fireworks began e

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn , JTNews Correspondent Inspired by her mother’s and grandmother’s legacies, world-renowned pianist and recording ar

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Cecelia Danuweli is a commanding presence. Wearing an elegant African dress and gold scarf, long bla

By Masada Siegel , Special to JTNews A few years ago at her confirmation hearings, Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan was being grilled by Senator L