By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound When there are so many of us in our Jewish community that don’t worry about where our next meal is comi
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Editor's note: The print version of JTNews notes that a rally being held on Sun., Aug. 10 would be taking place at Westlake Center. The rally will be
Read MoreBy Rivy Kletenik, Jewish Sound Columnist Here I am in June of 1964, about to turn 6, holding my first Matryoshka doll. I am standing next to my twi
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound One compared Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Adolf Hitler. Another showed what looked like
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound The news out of Turkey, when it comes to politics and Jewish life, is bleak. The positi
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By Boris Kurbanov, Special to The Jewish Sound The history and tales of Jewish immigration to Washington is documented in an exhibit now on displa
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Two weeks after Kayla Mogil arrived in Israel to volunteer with the Israel Defense Force,
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On Monday, Aug. 4, Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant read the draft letter she plans to send to elected leaders in Washington, D.C., regarding
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By Micol Bayer, Special to the Jewish Sound “Are you still going?” “Are you sure you don’t want to change your mind?” Even if my friends and
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Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Eight years to the day after a man burst into the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and
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By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent Over two dozen local Jewish community groups, including synagogues and political action organizations,
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Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Rabbi Jessica Yarkin began her love affair with America in her teens when she realized that she was undeni
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Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Like many Jewish leaders over the millennia who were called to serve their flocks, it wasn’t always obvio
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Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Torah Day School has had no shortage of changes and challenges over the past two years, and i
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Hamutal Gavish has what will be a busy but important short-term goal: To meet and get to know every famil
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Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound When Rabbi Shaul Engelsberg moves to Seattle from Detroit next month, he’ll be taking on a ne
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Deborah Gardner, Special to The Jewish Sound In 1997, Adam Rubin was in services at Congregation Beth Shalom listening to Rabbi Dov Gartenberg. Ru
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Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Rabbi David Lipper believes in the power of storytelling. He tells of a new documentary in which its produ
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Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent AKIM Israel, Israel’s National Association for the Habilitation of the Mentally Handicapped, and the larg
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Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent Hundreds of supporters gathered in downtown Seattle’s Occidental Park Sunday in a solidarity rally in su
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