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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1 "Mr. Grosskopf is going to Hungary!" At least that's the way it was reported in the halls of Seattle's Roo
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Local families whose kids attend Camp Ramah in Ojai, California may like to know that Portland native Rabbi Jos
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It was my kids who spotted Maxx Yamasaki's name in the Seattle Times. (Yes! My kids read the newspaper!) "Hey,
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Olympia resident Danny Kadden has taken over the executive director position of Interfaith Works in Olympia. JT
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist When Judith Shahn isn't teaching at the University of Washington School of Drama's Professional Actor Training
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist All Bar and Bat Mitzvah kids are special, but Andrew and Esther Schorr of Mercer Island can be allowed a little
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Bellevue residents Nathan Hemphill and Jonathan Newman, both age 16, put together a team this year to compete i
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist The 11 Washington State youth who participated in Nesiya's six-week summer program in Israel are busy finishing
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Rabbi Harry Zeitlin is one of those multi-faceted, multi-talented people — photographer, musician, composer, pl
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Matt Lemchen, BBYO program director for the Evergreen region of Washington, Oregon and Northwest Canada, was re
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