A letter to our community
Dear readers, Over the past several years, we have watched as the world has shifted from consuming its news in print to online. At the same time, the Jewish Federation has been questioning whether the best vehicle for community outreach and communications would be through a print newspaper such asContinue Reading
March 27, 2015 issue
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A final letter from The Jewish Sound’s Publisher and Editor
To our readers and our community, By the time you read this, I’ll be a few days from my title being changed from Publisher and Editor to Last Man Standing, The Jewish Sound. So I’d like to say some goodbyes and thank yous while I have you. I’m going toContinue Reading
A final letter from the Jewish Sound board
Dear Subscribers and Members of our community, As the final chapter of this 91-year-old newspaper comes to an end, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the board and staff of The Jewish Sound (a.k.a. JTNews and The Jewish Transcript) for its unwavering support and commitment through theContinue Reading
When it comes to Israel, let’s at least try to get along
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound As this 91-year experiment in community outreach comes to a close, I have a question: Can we talk? I mean, really talk? In particular, I want to talk about Israel, because it seems like nobody else is. When I mean talk about Israel,Continue Reading
Mourning for a venerable friend
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Please hand me that freshly sharpened stylus. I need to etch this in cuneiform on my clay tablet. When it’s dry, I’ll call the Pony Express to carry it to my editor. Then a typesetter will set my words, one letter at a time,Continue Reading
With the community study now in hand, next steps are all about the data
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Now that it has been two months since the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has released its Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study, what happens next? Lots of talking, for one. “We want to continue to share the information and answer questions and learnContinue Reading
Upcoming events, now through August
Compiled by Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound With the paper shutting down after this week’s edition, and the upcoming magazine not emerging until August, there will be a gap in which many local events would otherwise be overlooked. So we are presenting to you listings of big events fromContinue Reading
Looking for lunch this Passover?
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound What’s better than getting your lunch at one of the many food trucks around town on any given day? Getting your lunch at a food truck during Passover that’s actually kosher for Passover! Armed with an Ignition grant from the Jewish Federation ofContinue Reading
Appeals court supports rejection of anti-Israel ad on Seattle buses
(JTA) — The Seattle-area transit authority can refuse to post an advertisement criticizing Israeli policy as long as it is part of a viewpoint-neutral ban on the subject, according to a ruling by a U.S. federal appeals court. In a ruling issued March 18, a panel of judges from theContinue Reading
After completing a double chai, yeshiva rabbi will call it a career
By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent Nearly 30 years after he was appointed head of school at what was then the state’s only Jewish high school, Rabbi Bernie Fox will retire after the 2015-16 academic year, capping off 36 years at Northwest Yeshiva High School. “This was not an easy decision,”Continue Reading
Rabbi’s interactive class explores the spiritual soul of Judaism
By Dan Aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent Prophets in the Far East and the Holy Land explored the use of religious meditation during various periods in history, but have adopted the use of the introspective form of prayer for completely different purposes. Rabbi Shmuel Brody explains that Jewish meditation has itsContinue Reading
Have Sephardic roots? They could get you ‘home’ to Spain
By Barbara Winkelman, Special to The Jewish Sound Part two in a series about a new law that may allow Sephardic Jews to return “home” to Spain. Seattle’s Sephardic population has expanded exponentially since Vivian Kahn Blum’s grandparents, Behor and Behora Chiprut, arrived in 1909, yet it is too smallContinue Reading
An American love story
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound What happens when a white Jewish girl from Seattle falls in love with an African-American Christian man from South Carolina? In the case of Miriam Sternoff and O’Neal McKnight, shenanigans. As their cultures collided again and again, McKnight, a comedian, didContinue Reading
In Ukraine, the JDC does its part to offset a humanitarian catastrophe
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Last Purim, Masha Shumatskaya was delivering mishloach manot to elderly Jews in her home city of Donetsk, Ukraine, when she and her friends encountered a separatist rally in front of a nearby government building. “It was a bit scary to beContinue Reading
A supporter of local charities and the M.O.T. behind M.O.T.
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist My editor ran into Ken Alterman at the Seattle Jewish Film Festival and rightly thought that he would be an excellent Member of the Tribe for this final newspaper edition of “Member of the Tribe.” A long-time supporter of the Stroum Jewish Community Center,Continue Reading
Preparing our seder for that which has yet to come
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Jewish Sound Columnist Dear Rivy, Try as I might, I cannot make my peace with the paragraph in the Haggadah that is recited right after the seder meal as we open the door for Elijah: Pour out Your wrath upon the nations that do not recognizeContinue Reading
Brisket in a pie? Why not for Passover?
By Tami Ganeles-Weiser, The Nosher Savory meat pies have been everyday fare in Britain since the early Middle Ages, and Cumberland pie is a variant that doesn’t get as much notice. It is not only delicious, but it is a great way to use cooked meat. With the accessibility ofContinue Reading
The Holiday Kiddush
A Story by Sholem Aleichem Translated by Curt Leviant 1. My gang of pals always called me Dunderhead. Was it because I refused to study? Well, that wasn’t the only reason. Truth is I didn’t want to study. Who does? Did they dub me Dunderhead on account of myContinue Reading
10 ways to add some girl power to your seder
By Avital Norman Nathman, Kveller.com (Kveller via JTA) — Whether you weave in one, a few, or all 10 of these tips, consider honoring the matriarchal roots of Judaism this Passover with a little girl power fun at your seder this year. Add an orange and coffee bean to yourContinue Reading
Jewish sports heroes will take center stage during Jewish Historical Society road show
The personalities and stories of Jewish sports heroes from across Washington State featured in the book “Distant Replay” will all be part of an interactive presentation available through the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. Individuals and family members of athletes highlighted in the 350-page book published as a fundraiser byContinue Reading