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 a
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Read MoreBy Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist 1 “Incredibly grateful” is how Talya Gillman describes feeling about receiving a Pomegranate Prize from th
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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 Islan
Read MoreDiana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist 1. A confluence of ideas and connections brought Seattle its first Ashkenazic pop-up restaurant. Josh Furm
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “It started in 2012,” explains Zoe Mesnik-Greene, when “I saw a video about children...with cleft palate c
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist A couple of issues ago, I mentioned King County Metro’s Poetry on Buses project and poet Merna Ann Hecht,
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Correspondent “It’s an interesting lens of the 20th century, but through the eyes of one world,” says Laura Ferri, d
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Happy Jewish Book Month to writers and readers everywhere! I decided to reach out to Merna Ann Hech
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist There are a lot of reasons why Michele and Stan Rosen were named the 2014 outstanding philanthropic family
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Steve Schwartz initially emailed me to say he’s “a Member of the Tribe who has found himself living and wo
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “I was always looking for the mountains,” says Rabbi Sarah Niebuhr Rubin of her return to Seattle last mon
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Naomi Weiss Newman doesn’t like to play favorites, but the consummate volunteer for so many Jewish organiz
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Ben Eisenhardt had the same childhood ambition as many kids. “Professional basketball is a dream [that]
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist What’s a nice Jewish girl doing in a place like Pakistan? If you’re Edmonds native Margaret O’Conno
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “I’ve been doing geometric designs my entire life,” says Dorienn Medrano, whose designs were featured on t
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “Humbling,” is how Seattle’s Joshua Gortler described receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma ma
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By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound columnist 1 “For improving health — and giving hope — to the world’s most vulnerable people,” Celina Schocken recent
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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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