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
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
By Shelley Adatto-Baumgarten, Jewish Sound Columnist Growing up Jewish-Turkish in Seattle, the eight-day festival of Passover was quite meaningful to me. Celebrating the flight from bondage in Egypt to liberation translated into a lot of holiday preparation. The Sephardim from Turkey were committed to the rules of grand hospitality andContinue Reading
By Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist Life is all about changes — including this column — as it will be my last one. It turns out I may have played a very small part in hastening the Jewish Sound’s demise. This is not because of the obvious suspect — insipidContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist This latest research study from Tel Aviv University is pioneering because it’s one of a handful of studies in the world to have successfully used crowdfunding to finance the research. The study is also counter-intuitive and atypical because TAU scientist, Dr. Noam Shomron, theContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JewishSound Columnist “Just look on the cover,” was Rachel Almeleh’s response when I asked what her favorite recipe was in her just-published cookbook, “A Legacy of Sephardic, Mediterranean, and American Recipes.” There, a plate of lightly browned bourekas, plump with potatoes and two kinds of cheese, temptContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin, Jewish Sound Columnist These green beans are perfect for a potluck; the beans themselves are blanched and shocked and then they will easily keep for a day in your refrigerator. The keys to successful blanching are to use a very large pot of well-salted water so theContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist 1 Unless you’re a prosthodontist or the managing partner of a law firm, chances are you’ll never read these books — and might never have heard of them until now. “Soft Tissue Management: The Restorative Perspective,” Ariel Raigrodski’s first book, comes out in May.Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist 1 “Incredibly grateful” is how Talya Gillman describes feeling about receiving a Pomegranate Prize from the Covenant Foundation. The foundation, which supports Jewish education across North America and across denominations, gives this prize specifically to emerging leaders in the field. It’s a companion toContinue Reading
By Shelley Adatto Baumgarten, Jewish Sound Columnist The festival of Purim falls on the 14th day of the month of Adar, which is early springtime. Purim, the Hebrew word for lottery, is a great cause for rejoicing. After all, we recall Queen Esther, after concealing her Jewish identity for the sakeContinue Reading
By Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist Jews have a long history, until relatively recently, as outsiders. This collective cultural memory served me well during the recent Seahawks playoff run, which ended in heartbreaking fashion for most — but not all — of the local denizens. One exception: the author ofContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Jewish Sound Columnist Dear Rivy, Is it “Jewish” to be so saddened and consumed by loss of a football team — or any professional sport? Personally, I am not this way. But surveying the Facebook postings and media reports after the Seahawks lost the Super Bowl,Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Think of it as a Bar or Bat Mitzvah of sorts: This Sunday, Rabbi Jay and Janine Rosenbaum of Mercer Island’s Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation will be honored for 13 years of service at the congregation’s Legacy Brunch. “In our tradition we look atContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Columnist Most mothers know that singing to their baby can be a special time between mother and child and that they don’t have to sound like Barbra Streisand or Taylor Swift to do it. But if your new bundle of joy was born prematurely, as,Continue Reading
By Michael Natkin, Jewish Sound Columnist This simple, warming side dish goes well with mac and cheese or a rustic soup and salad. It might be just the ticket to converting a confirmed Brussels sprout hater into a true believer. I’ve also been known to fry up a plate justContinue Reading
By Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist I recently visited Los Angeles, which delivered a sharp reminder, in the form of spectacular weather, that I don’t live there. Every choice we make represents a set of tradeoffs. Seattle is glorious — for at best six months of the year. The restContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Till now, when discussing the horrors of our history — persecutions, pogroms, and of course, the Holocaust — with our children it has generally been a conversation about the past; the way things once were, far away times, the way people usedContinue Reading
Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist 1. A confluence of ideas and connections brought Seattle its first Ashkenazic pop-up restaurant. Josh Furman of Hillel’s JConnect says his organization wants Seattle “to be an amazing place for young Jews, and this means events and opportunities that take on a number of forms.” AndContinue Reading
By Shelley Adatto-Baumgarten, Jewish Sound Columnist Editor’s note: This article marks the first of a monthly column that will focus on the history of Sephardic foods — with recipes. We hope you enjoy it. In just a few weeks, it will be Tu B’Shevat. What? In the winter? What anContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin, Jewish Sound Correspondent When you want to serve bread with dinner, the two obvious options are to buy a nice artisan loaf, or make your own yeast bread — which is terrific, but not something we all make time for, or think about far enough in advance.Continue Reading
