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July 15, 20140

Eight things you need to know about the Gaza-Israel conflict

(JTA) — Israel and Hamas are fighting their third major conflict in six years, and while some things have stayed the same, the battle lines have also

July 15, 20140

Gaza conflict disrupts airplane travel – in Florida

NEW YORK (JTA) – A Jewish woman was ejected from a JetBlue flight after arguing about the Israel-Hamas conflict with a Palestinian passenger. The J

July 14, 20140

Eddie trashes Israel

By JTA World News Service Pearl Jam lead singer Eddie Vedder on Friday denounced Israel in an expletive-laden tirade during a concert in England.

July 14, 20140

Reports: Israel ready to accept Egypt-proffered cease-fire

By JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Israel is ready to accept an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire, multiple media reports said, although i

July 14, 20140

Anti-Israel protesters besiege Paris synagogue

By JTA World News Service (JTA) -- Dozens of young men protesting Israel’s actions in Gaza briefly besieged a Paris synagogue and clashed with secu

July 14, 20140

Could this latest round of violence in the Middle East be contributed to…soccer?

According to this article in Tablet Magazine, the six men accused of kidnapping and brutally murdering an Arab Israeli teen that resulted in the war t

July 11, 20140

Rockets pop Tel Aviv’s bubble but not its residents’ routines

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Had the shrapnel fallen a foot to the right, gas station attendant Michael Savlov would have

July 11, 20140

The consul general speaks: A conference call with Andy David

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound During a lunchtime conference call today with members of Seattle’s Jewish community, Andy David, Israel

July 10, 20140

Will Israel’s third Gaza conflict in six years end any differently?

By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA) — Get used to conflict. That’s the message Israeli officials and security experts are relayi

July 10, 20140

July 11, 2014 issue

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July 10, 20140

Suicide in Jewish tradition

By Rabbi Jaron Matlow, Special to The Jewish Sound In the last few years, the ugly specter of suicide has popped up twice in my extended family.

July 10, 20141

Background checks make sense

Those of us who support I-594 (background checks for most gun sales) realize that it is not a cure-all for our country’s gun problem. It is better tha

July 10, 20140

Score one for “The cause”

Are there readers of the JTNews who think that the recent kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers on a hike will hurt the “Palestinian cause”

July 10, 20140

Disturbed

I’m terribly disturbed by a second article written by Janis Siegel about a young Jewish man accused of “inappropriate communication with a minor.” (“J

July 10, 20140

Federation’s 2015 allocations follow the road of innovation and community growth

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound FY2015_PAC_Grants (1) Sometimes a kid just needs a place to unwind. “It’s an overwhelming, stimulat

July 10, 20140

Inspired by art: Students use creativity to learn from the Holocaust

This year’s Jacob Friedman Holocaust Writing, Art, and Digital Media Contest, sponsored by the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, r

July 10, 20140

Everything is gone

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Once upon a time, there was a village in the middle of a forest. Houses lined a long street,

July 10, 20140

Betty Lucille Mossafer

April 12, 1932–June 17, 2014 The best wife, mom, grandmother, and great-grandmother ever, Betty Lucille Mossafer, passed away peacefully Tuesday, Jun

July 10, 20140

Robert Paul Zimmerman

January 8, 1936–June 14, 2014 Bob Zimmerman, 78, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, June 14. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Rebecca; son Mic

July 9, 20140

In Gaza, Israel faces new jihadist threats on top of a wounded Hamas

By Sean Savage, JNS.org With the launch of the Israeli army’s Operation Protective Edge in Gaza, much of the public’s attention has appropriately f

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