By Boris Kurbanov, Special to The Jewish Sound Any time the word “music festival” is thrown around, people typically think of events like Sasquatch!, SXSW, or Bumbershoot. On August 31, Jewish music from around the world comes to Seattle for the city’s first-ever outdoor Jewish music festival, SPARK. Middle Eastern rock,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound When there are so many of us in our Jewish community that don’t worry about where our next meal is coming from, we can easily forget there are plenty who do. That’s why so many local Jewish organizations have come together to offerContinue Reading
By Boris Kurbanov, Special to The Jewish Sound The history and tales of Jewish immigration to Washington is documented in an exhibit now on display at Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry. “Shalom! Open for Business: Tales of Jewish Merchants in Washington State” is a joint project of the WashingtonContinue Reading
Twenty-five years ago this month, The Seinfeld Chronicles made its debut and four borderline sociopaths living in existential desperation made their way into our lives for the next nine years. The “show about nothing,” which NBC execs initially didn’t believe would click with audiences while calling its premise “tooContinue Reading
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. “I swear to f***ing god, there are people out there who are looking for a reason to kill,” Vedder said. “They’re looking for a reason toContinue Reading
By Deborah Gardner, Special to The Jewish Sound Michael Chabon’s popular 2001 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” is packed with themes of metamorphosis and reinvention. It’s 1939, the golden age of comics, when Brooklyn-stifled Sammy Clay meets his cousin, Joe Kavalier, a fresh escapee ofContinue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent To just look at Adeena Sussman’s résumé of food writing over the last 13 years is enough to make your mouth water. Sussman, invited to Seattle to cater a young-women-focused Hadassah event earlier this month, brought a wealth of knowledge and Israeli cooking experience.Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound On his blog at Macklemore.com, the local rap star explains that the costume he wore at his concert Friday night was not in any way intended to depict Jewish stereotypes. As he wrote: Family, friends and fans alike who know me well, knowContinue Reading
By Joan Rudd, Special to The Jewish Sound I just spent six weeks gallery-sitting in a Jewish cultural heritage exhibit, for the most part by myself, next to Bellevue’s city hall. I designed and created the exhibit over a three-year period in collaboration with a cohort of Baby Boomers, a professionalContinue Reading
By Erin Pike, Jewish Sound Correspondent Sarah Rose Davis stars as Fanny Bryce in Village Theatre’s upcoming production of “Funny Girl.” The Jewish Sound spoke with Davis about the part. Jewish Sound: Are you excited to be playing this role? Sarah Davis: I am! I haven’t yet had the timeContinue Reading
By Peter Klein, Special to the Jewish Sound Music of Remembrance’s spring concert has something for movie buffs, Klezmer fans, and classical audiences alike: The program includes a showing of the 1918 German silent film “The Yellow Ticket,” with a new score composed by Klezmer superstar violinist Alicia Svigals. InContinue Reading
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 slant on the Israeli-Palestinian situation centered on children. The next generation, to be sure, is the universal embodiment of hope. But betting on today’s childrenContinue Reading
Cartoonists like Matt Groening have made it big through cartoons like “The Simpsons.” Mark I. Pinsky has found fame not be creating a cartoon, but by writing about them. Pinsky is an investigative journalist who has spent a large chunk of his writing career delving deeply into the connectionContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound The Seattle Peace Chorus has been “cultivating peace through song” since 1983, when Helen Lauritzen sought a way to bridge Americans and Russians in the midst of the Cold War. Now in its 31st year, the Seattle Peace Chorus continues itsContinue Reading
Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent Seattle has arguably been experiencing a Jewish musical revival, seen primarily in the form of klezmer music injected into local folk groups and the popularity of musicians like Nissim, bringing a hip-hop message of the Jewish–African-American experience. In line with this current trend, Los AngelesContinue Reading
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Two powerful dance performances by noted Israeli choreographers sashay onto Seattle stages in April. Although “sashay” is too balletic word to describe and Emanuel Gat’s “Preludes et Fugues” and Ohad Naharin’s “Minus 16.” Both Gat and Naharin are contemporary dancers trained inContinue Reading
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor This story complements the JTNews’ new podcast, “A Freilechen Seattle,” available here or at the iTunes store. Subscribe to The Transcript podcast on iTunes. Jeffrey Grossman’s retirement dream was to learn Yiddish. “As I got older, I can’t tell you what it was, it litContinue Reading
By Erin Pike, JTNews Correspondent On March 30, two weeks before the liberation-themed holiday of Passover, the Stroum Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family Service are hosting a performance of “Freedom Song,” a musical workshop about freedom from addiction. “Freedom Song” is an original production of Los Angeles-based Beit T’Shuvah,Continue Reading
By Tori Gottlieb, JTNews Correspondent Late last month, University of Washington Hillel opened its doors to the artwork of Alice C. Gray, a local oil painter whose most recent works center around a the Jewish community living in Russia’s Far East. Gray’s project was inspired by a trip she tookContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Two poor children, desperate for milk for their ailing mother, go to the marketplace to perform for spare change, only to be drowned out by a wicked organ grinder — Brundibár — who monopolizes the audience. But with a little resilience and helpContinue Reading
