Category: Arts & Culture

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews A detailed study of the acts at this year’s Bumbershoot show that with the exception, perhaps, of a backup

By Judy Lash Balint, JNS.org SEATTLE—Most Orthodox rabbis who earn the title "emeritus" retire to a quiet life of teaching and learning and visiti

By Michael Fox , Special to JTNews To everyone under 40, and anyone outside of New York, the popular Catskills summer resorts of the mid-20th centu

By Erin Pike, Special to JTNews If the biggest question on your mind this weekend is, "Where can I get my hands on a Jewish version of "˜Fifty Shad

By Charlene Kahn , JTNews Correspondent Though known as strong supporters within the Jewish community, Seattleites Herb and Lucy Pruzan are also lo

By Tori Gottlieb, Special to JTNews Most people would never imagine that there was ever a time when Idan Cohen wasn’t a dancer. But they woul

By Herb Krohn, Special to JTNews Most of the Jewish-related films at the Seattle International Film Festival have passed, but this one is a must-se

By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent For more than 40 years, Seattle has been home to two of the largest, best-known music festivals on the West

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent With a voice that combines an exotic hybrid of his French roots, a decade in Israel, and a nod to the Pacific

By Gwen Davis , JTNews Correspondent Who were the first Jews in Washington State? How were they able to assimilate into American and Washington cul

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews What do you do when the person you love turns out to be vastly different than the person you thought

By Interview by Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Stephen Tobolowsky has appeared in films and sitcoms from Groundhog Day to Mississippi

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Did you know Wyatt Earp was buried in a Jewish cemetery? This question was all it took for Ann Kirsc

By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews It’s hard to imagine, with the abundance of Holocaust literature and films, that stories of m