By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist You’re right —there have been a huge amount of reactions, analyses and responses to the report, along with key data points reported throughout the Jewish and general media. As with most surveys, nothing is shockingly new, nor is it all bad or all good.Continue Reading
By Ed Harris , JTNews Columnist Judaism is a religion in which one of the principal values is to honor one’s mother and father, as I’ve tried to explain to my own kids countless times. Yet, the first Jew, Abraham, started his career by rebelling against his own father, Terach,Continue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Since graduating from Northwest Yeshiva High School in 2006, Elisheva Goldberg has achieved her goal of living and working in Israel. The resident of Jerusalem’s Abu Tor neighborhood (and former JTNews intern) wears two professional hats: She is an international relations analyst and editorContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1 With the addition of Aaron Katsman to our stable of JTNews columnists, we can truly say we are a world-renowned organization. A Seattle native, the son of Rabbi Phillip Katsman and the late Tzivia Katsman, Aaron attended Seattle Hebrew Academy, Northwest Yeshiva High SchoolContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent Millions who suffer from nerve damage and even paralysis may soon be able to take a heretofore impossible giant leap forward after the results of two successful Tel Aviv University studies — one using a gel inside a biodegradable nerve wall implant, and theContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist Homemade minestrone has got to be one of the best rainy day foods in the world. Living in Seattle, we’ve got ample opportunity to test that theory. It is certainly miles beyond the canned version. Add a glass of wine and a couple ofContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Some expert JTNews sleuthing has turned up yet another Maccabiah games medalist from the greater Seattle area. Just kidding. Ben Belur’s grandfather, Jack Belur, sent an email telling us that Ben had been part of the U.S. Men’s golf team competing in Israel thisContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik , JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, As always, I enjoyed the High Holiday services and this time of year. Although it can get a bit cumbersome juggling life and the seasonal demands, it is all worthwhile. One piece that really continues to mystify me, however, is theContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist After chatting with Zach Grashin about hummus for half an hour, I had to go home and make myself a batch. It wasn’t Garbanzo Bros.’ chef David Babani’s recipe. That is a top-secret component of Garbanzo Bros., the business Zach and David founded last year.Continue Reading
By Michael Natkin, JTNews Columnist Cooking pasta by the absorption method instead of boiling in a gallon of salted water may seem scary if you grew up with noodle orthodoxy, but it actually works great and can be a big time saver. You don’t have to wait for water toContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist As the Jewish community enters the New Year and atones for the “not-so-nice” acts of thoughtlessness or unkindness we might have done to others, it might also be a good time to look at what we do to ourselves. A growing body of clinicalContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Our state sent three competitors and one coach to the Maccabiah games in Israel last month. Since reporting two issues ago that tennis player Bill Cohon came home with two medals, I learned that both our state’s other athletes medaled, too. Half-marathoner Terry Robinson,Continue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Not sure if you are the address for this but let me give it a shot. I was feeling like people were always putting me in a box, presuming I am a certain way by virtue of the way I dress orContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist After reading only the first three pages of Matthew Amster-Burton’s memoir, “Pretty Good Number One: An American Family Eats Tokyo,” I was overcome with the need to visit that city. The food writer, humorist and finance columnist, his wife Laurie, and daughter Iris spentContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist We all know we should eat more whole grains, but sometimes they don’t complement the rest of a meal. They work best when you don’t try to use them as a substitute for refined starches. Whole grains tend to have a nuttier, heartier andContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Columnist Actor, writer, and now television producer Simon Hamlin says Seattle’s Pike Place Market was always one of his favorite places. He has fond childhood memories of shopping there with his mother and, as a member of the Behar family, and “related in some wayContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Columnist Luckily, in addition to the heady, clinical, and highly technical research that goes on in Israeli institutions, there are also some simple and doable everyday changes we can make to our lifestyles that can have a big impact on our health and happiness. AccordingContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist 1 A third Washington State athlete will represent the U.S. in Israel’s 2013 Maccabiah Games beginning July 18 (see “Singing for a Cure,” Mar. 18, 2013, for more on the other two). Bill Cohon of Shoreline will play grand masters tennis in the international gamesContinue Reading
By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Last month the North American Jewish community witnessed the public pillorying of a Jewish communal worker. Was it another horrific, shameful case of sexual abuse or harassment in the work place? One more mortifying incident of misuse of funds? No, rather, itContinue Reading
By Michael Natkin , JTNews Columnist To my way of thinking, summer hasn’t started until we’ve had our first big bowl of strawberry shortcake. Generally I make it with big, flaky biscuits, but for some reason this year it crossed my mind to try it with cornbread instead. Corn andContinue Reading
