By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas set off a storm in Israel when he reportedly told American negotia
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound On April 7, the Washington State Court of Appeals struck down the 2011 lawsuit brought aga
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent It’s a name that may be well-suited to a great Italian painter or a powerful star of the Italian opera,
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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced today that he had reached a unity pact with Hamas earlier Wednesday, which he insists doe
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Diana Brement JTNews Columnist 1 “It’s just a magical spot... [and] so hard to leave” explains Hannah Cordes about moving her family from Seattle t
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By Ben Cohen, JNS.org When you look at the image of Frazier Glenn Cross, AKA Frazier Glenn Miller, the shooter who cold-bloodedly murdered three Ch
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By Peter Klein, Special to the Jewish Sound Music of Remembrance’s spring concert has something for movie buffs, Klezmer fans, and classical audien
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By Michael Fox, Special to the Jewish Sound Going back at least as far as 2001’s “Promises,” most recent documentaries that opted for an optimistic
Read MoreAberdeen native Oscar Rosenkrantz, who at age 13 was operating his father's factory's 35-ton crane, will be honored this Saturday as the Grays Harbor’
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Cartoonists like Matt Groening have made it big through cartoons like “The Simpsons.” Mark I. Pinsky has found fame not be creating a cartoon, bu
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By Lian Caspi, Special to the Jewish Sound “SAVE ME, OH LORD” are the words that are boldly painted on the back of the bouncing van in front of us.
Read MoreWith Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas threatening to dissolve the Palestinian Authority and peace negotiations faltering, Israeli Prime Minister Be
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As Israel continues to lead the way in several biotech industries, a small, independent Herzliya-based video tech firm, Extreme Reality, has stumbled
Read MoreUriel Heilman, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) -- When a 2009 Holocaust-era assets conference concluded with a landmark statement of principl
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Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article entitled “The Long (Long) Wait to be a Grandparent.” Tell me abou
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December 30, 1925– January 17, 2014 Abraham (Abe) Morris, 88, beloved husband, father, brother, grandpa, passed away on Friday, January 17, at his
Read More(JTA) — A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators ended without an agreement to resume peace talks, a Palestinian official said. Th
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By Rita Berman Frischer, Special to the Jewish Sound The Holocaust is a difficult topic for parents or teachers to introduce to children so they ofte
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(JTA) — Pro-Russian separatists from Donetsk in eastern Ukraine denied any involvement in the circulation of fliers calling on Jews to register wi
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