By Abdullah H. Erakat and Linda Gradstein, The Media Line As thousands of Israeli soldiers comb every inch of the West Bank in an intense search fo
Read MoreShoshana Wineburg’s impassioned plea for “transparency” regarding BDS and other issues germane to the Israel-Palestinian conflict in her open letter t
Read MoreThis is in response to Shoshana Wineburg’s open letter to Ari Shavit of June 13. I am a Millennial. I have been on Birthright and formed lasting frien
Read MoreAsher A. Nov’s letter (“The Greatest Sin?” June 13th) decrying the JTNews’s reporting of the facts surrounding the Eli Varon case displays an unfortun
Read MoreAfter reading the recent opinion piece by Rabbi Oren Hayon (“How much have we lost?” May 30) about the divisive BDS debate at the UW, I’m struck by th
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Mike Tobias lives on a boat in Ballard with his wife, their dogs, and two guns. On the back
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Ethan will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah July 3, 2014 in Israel. His family attends Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Ethan is the son of Scott and Deborah Kaplan
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Noah will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on July 3, 2014, in Israel. His family attends Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Noah is the son of Scott and Deborah Kapla
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Orly and Matthew Feldman announce the birth of their son, Noah Elliott, on March 21, 2014 at Overlake Hospital Medical Center in Bellevue. Noah weigh
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David and Amy Plotnick announce the birth of their son, Jacob, on April 28, 2014, at Swedish Edmonds. Jacob weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz. and measured 20 inc
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JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israel's Cabinet agreed to reduce the presence of the country's military in the West Bank and limit its incursions into Palestinian
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(JNS.org) A Jewish man from the Queens borough of New York City is selling a Christian mezuzah dubbed the Christooza. Henry Zabarsky has created
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(JTA) -- An American dentist who said he is of Spanish-Jewish heritage is suing British Airways for flying him to Grenada rather than Granada. Edwa
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Last Friday, June 22, the Presbyterian church announced its intentions to divest from companies that do business with Israel in the West Bank. Several
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By Felice Friedson, The Media Line “Most Palestinians want the [kidnapped Israeli] kids to be alive and to be found,” says Dr. Nabil Kukali, the fo
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By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA World News LOS ANGELES (JTA) -- Part “God Bless America,” part “Shabbat Shalom,” the Fourth of July this year falls on a Fr
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Jewish preschools in Seattle may feel the impact of a city-wide ballot measure this November that would
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Jewish Sound Columnist Dear Rivy, I know there seems to be no shortage of awful things that happen to us Jews, and mayb
Read MoreBy Rabbi Bruce Kadden, Temple Beth El Earlier this month we celebrated Shavuot, the holiday of “matan Torah,” the “giving” or “gift” of Torah. It h
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