By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Helene Israel tells me she was so consumed mourning her late husband, Jerry, that she never put an obituary in the paper. But now that she’s had a chance to recover from his death a year ago, she wanted to share an honor he receivedContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist The Seattle Film Institute observes its 15th anniversary this year, according to founder and executive director, David Shulman. He made 1994 “the birthday of the school” because it was “the first time we had a brochure that was put out to the public.” Before that,Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Barbara Rosen, a 2001 Mercer Island High School graduate, will be a Fulbright Scholar this coming academic year, researching economic development in Peru. She’ll study “Financial Inclusion for Women in Rural Peru” out of the Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, a research institute in Lima. “MyContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Last issue we had MOTs who are granddaughter and grandfather. This issue we feature a mother and son. Bernice Kegel sent me a link to a very moving film about the Prosthetics Outreach Foundation and one of their missions to Vietnam. A physical therapist, BerniceContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist The Foundation for Jewish Camp wants your middle schooler to go to Jewish camp! To that end, they’ve started the JWest program to provide incentives for kids to attend one of the 20 independent, non-profit Jewish residential camps in the western U.S. Seattle’s Michele YanowContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist When I enter the big, bright professional kitchen in Seattle’s Maple Leaf neighborhood it’s almost empty, but the arrival of eight boys and girls transforms it into a hive of activity. The kids, all around age 11, are Debbie Brownstein’s afternoon class at The KitchenContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Daniel Asia wasn’t in town to hear his Breath in a Ram’s Horn performed at Music of Remembrance’s free Sparks of Glory outreach series on April 18. It wasn’t the first time, however, that MOR has presented a piece by the Seattle-born composer. “They’ve doneContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist I last spoke to Gila Cadry three years ago. The Mercer Island resident who uses sound as a healing tool had recently released her first CD. Now she has a second one out called The Song of Songs: King Solomon’s Songs of Divine Union. ThisContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist After a five-year tenure as executive director of National Council of Jewish Women, Seattle section, Lauren Simonds was both sad and excited to inform the community that she had taken a new job as executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Washington. Lauren announced her job changeContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Boaz Pnini would like to share some good news. No, not financial news — sorry — but news about Israel. “What we know about Israel comes from the media and relates to the conflict, but real life in Israel is 95 percent about other things,”Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist R. David Frum has been appointed chairman of the board of Habitat for Humanity of Seattle/South King County. He was on the board for three years before taking the leadership position, serving on the interfaith and executive committees. “I work downtown and I’m very muchContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist I usually try to find a “hook” before I write about someone — journalist lingo for, “what’s going to grab my reader?” Yet sometimes I meet someone so interesting that I want to write about them, hook or not. So meet Roberta Feins, independent computerContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist A 30th anniversary is significant enough for most things, but it’s a noteworthy, if not momentous occasion for a restaurant, and this month Karen Binder, owner of Seattle’s Madison Park Café, celebrates 30 years in business. She and her former business partner started the caféContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Amy Hilzman-Paquette, principal of Hebrew High (the Community High School of Jewish Studies, more formally) has been selected to attend this year’s Institute for Informal Jewish Education’s Legacy Heritage leadership seminar, which starts in February. The institute is based at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass.,Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Editor’s note: This article has been corrected regarding the status of the Buckholtzes lay leadership certification. Alison Buckholtz became the Jewish lay leader of the Whidbey Island Naval Air Station — by default. As the family — husband Scott and little ones Ethan and EsteeContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Even though he is now an Ohio resident, and has been for a while, Sam Chestnut says he draws upon his education at the Seattle Hebrew Academy and growing up in Seattle, “almost weekly in my professional experience,” calling the school “one of the keyContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Julia Eulenberg has been doing some detective work for the past three years — the historical kind. She’s writing a book about Jews who came to the Washington Territories in the 1850s and 1860s, mostly young men looking for opportunities in the far west. “TwelveContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Marvin Stern is the new executive director of Washington Appleseed, a non-partisan, non-profit public interest law center that works to identify and address injustices in the community through education, legal advocacy, community activism and policy expertise. The Seattle native says the work dovetails nicelyContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Last we heard from nationally known women’s health educator Toni Weschler, almost four years ago, she was writing another book. Cycle Savvy, her book for teen girls, is now available. It grew out of one of the most common responses to Toni’s first book,Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It’s taken almost 15 years from conception to birth, but Michael Schein has published his first novel, Just Deceits, a work of historical fiction set in post-revolutionary Virginia. At its heart is the infanticide case brought against Nancy Randolph and Richard Randolph, one of theContinue Reading
