To our readers and our community, By the time you read this, I’ll be a few days from my title being changed from Publisher and Editor to Last Man S
Read MoreDear Subscribers and Members of our community, As the final chapter of this 91-year-old newspaper comes to an end, I would like to express my heart
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound As this 91-year experiment in community outreach comes to a close, I have a question: Can we talk? I me
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist Please hand me that freshly sharpened stylus. I need to etch this in cuneiform on my clay tablet. When it’
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By David Chivo, Special to The Jewish Sound Our “mirror, mirror on the wall” moment has arrived. The Jewish Federation’s 2014 Greater Seattle Commu
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Read MoreBy Edward Alexander, Special to the Jewish Sound “In the modern world, the Jew has perpetually been on trial; still today the Jew is on trial, in t
Read MoreBy Rabbi Seth Goldstein, Temple Beth Hatfiloh Here is a scenario: A synagogue is faced with a tight budget. Examining its options, the board of the
Read MoreBy David Shayne, Special to The Jewish Sound “In other cases, the more or less universally used description of ‘eligibility” [to be considered ‘refug
Read MoreBy Rabbi Shaul Engelsberg, Derech Emunah Seattle Jewish Girls High School My wife’s grandfather, Mordechai Szimonowitz, survived World War II. When
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Read MoreBy Susanna Heschel, JTA World News Service HANOVER, N.H. (JTA) — The 50th anniversary of the 1965 march at Selma is being commemorated this year wi
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By Mayim Bialik, Kveller/JTA World News Service I grew up in a public school that had enough Jewish kids that I felt represented. I went to Hebrew
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By Maital Friedman NEW YORK (JTA) -- The events of the last few weeks have shaken me to the core. Beyond the devastation I felt over the deaths of
Read MoreBy Israel’s president, Reuven Rivlin A eulogy by President Rivlin at the funeral in Jerusalem for the victims of the attack on the kosher shop in P
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