Category: M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Susan Monas was inspired by her daughter. Shoshana Wineburg, the daughter in question, spent nine months on a

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist When I last spoke to Chelsea Garbell in early 2012, she had been named one of New York University's most influe

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1 I suspected Seattle-area traffic reporter Sprince Arbogast was Jewish because I assumed "Sprince" was a vari

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist The words "Jewish" and "homeschooling" are not frequently seen together, especially outside of the Orthodox c

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist When I called Spokane resident Julie Morris just before Passover, she was hands deep in matzoh ball batter and

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist A friend with cancer says her doctor is "the singing oncologist." Recently, he sang the Misheberach (prayer f

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist As a new member of the Jewish Theological Seminary's administrative team, Aliyah Vinikoor is looking forward to

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist "If you have [a] passion, which I do in politics, then it's not a job, it's wonderful," says Sandy Kraus, the

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist When you see "The Music Man" at Seattle's 5th Avenue Theater (starting Feb. 7), keep your eye on 9-year-old J

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1. Although executive directors of radio shows usually stay behind the scenes, you can often hear Arik Korman o

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist "It started over a dinner conversation a few years ago," recalls Jeffrey Kay. "We were talking about...[taking

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist It's hard to have a phone, or even a Skype conversation with someone in rural Nicaragua, so my interview with

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Hurricane Sandy wreaked destruction in the Northeast, but in Issaquah it caused two neighbors to meet. Growing

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist I only recently noticed that the children's section of my local Northeast Seattle Public Library branch was de

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist That funky part of The Ave — Seattle's University Avenue — above NE 50th St., has some fun restaurants, includi

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist As a recent UW graduate, Max Alcabes was barely 20 five years ago when his parents, Carlos and Meryl, brought

By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist "I studied painting in college and got away from it when my kids were growing up," explains artist and busin