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By Alice Kaderlan, Special to JTNews They came from all over the state of Washington and were sent all over the world. They were soldiers, sailors,

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Rather than fill the gym with activities for an afternoon affair, the Stroum Jewish Community Center this year ha

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews We’ll start with stuff for families. The Seattle Jewish Chorale is doing it second-night style with a conce

By Curt Leviant and Erika Pfeifer Leviant, Special to JTNews Paris, the city of lights, also brims with the bright light of Jewry, with which it ha

By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Rabbi Morton and his wife Leya Moskowitz knew about the gala in their honor. They knew they’d be called on

By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent In May 2011, one of the foremost materials scientists in the world, Seattleite Dr. John Werner Cahn, receive

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage gets presented before legislators early next year, many of Washingto

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Sometimes the hardest thing people can do is ask for help. But help is exactly what a program just launched throu

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Can foreign aid really help Africa? How can the U.S. move toward a just domestic agenda? And why are

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews ‘Twas the morning of tastings, and among cups of coffee, JTNews was abuzz with foods fresh, sw

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews While their competitors spend the weekend in Yakima, the girls’ volleyball team for Northwest Yeshiva High

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Of five young educators recognized nationally by the Covenant Foundation, two hail from Seattle. Robert Beiser, t