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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By Hillel Kuttler, JTA World News Service BALTIMORE (JTA) -- Sean Carmeli, a sergeant in the Israeli army, was stationed in Israel’s South awaiting p
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NEW YORK (JTA) –United, U.S. Airways and Delta Airlines canceled their flights to Tel Aviv after a rocket fired from Gaza struck near the Israeli airp
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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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Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Correspondent “We have been back all of three weeks,” said Rabbi Paul Strasko when we spoke last week. The newly appoin
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By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- Rebecca Scoggin lived in a lot of places growing up: Juneau, Nome, Fairbanks, Homer, Anchorage. But
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Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Correspondent Hometown: Eugene, Ore. Favorite book: “I pretty much inhale books — I can’t name a favorite.” Favor
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine (JTA) -- Anatoly Lazaurenko's face betrays no emotion as he watches footage of an o
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News Service (JTA) -- For the past 14 years, French Jews have grown accustomed to coming under attack during periods of
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Dan Aznoff, Special to the Jewish Sound Despite the fact that she grew up 3,000 miles away from Seattle and speaks with an East Coast accent, Rabbi
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- A United Nations agency condemned the discovery of rockets discovered in one of its schools in the Gaza Strip.The United Nations Re
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By Alina Dain Sharon, JNS.org Australia’s Sydney Harbor is up in flames. Large letters superimposed on the scene ask, “How would they rea
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(JTA) — Israel launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip to destroy tunnels it says are used for terrorist activities. “A large IDF for
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WASHINGTON (JTA) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry ripped Hamas for ignoring a cease-fire call and affirmed Israel’s right to defend itself.“I can
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(JTA) -- A Belgian Jewish woman said an Antwerp shop owner refused to serve her “out of protest.”The woman, identified by the initials B.H., told poli
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By Linda Gradstein The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is in Egypt today in an attempt to push forward a cease-fire betwee
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By Tori Gottlieb, Jewish Sound Correspondent How many people have fond memories of their childhood Hebrew school programs, of sitting in their syna
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