By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews It is with great sadness and some anger that Dr. Shmuel Penchas talks about the new specialty at Hadassah hospitals in Jerusalem. In the past, doctors at the two hospitals funded by the Women’s Zionist Organization of America were known for their research inContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Rabbi Elon Sunshine is a little too happy. He is the father of two sweet little girls, with a third child on the way. He and his wife, Shira Rosenblatt, are thrilled to be living in the natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest. TheyContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Remember the gym teacher who talked you into jumping off the high dive even though you were afraid? He works at the Stroum Jewish Community Center now, where he’s inspiring the staff and volunteers to reach new heights. Barry Sohn took over as directorContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent No one can really say for sure whether or not being a Jewish mother is any different than being any other “brand” of mother, but Jewish mothers of newborns say they can use all the help they can get. Starting in October 2002, three EastsideContinue Reading
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By Eric Schinfeld, other The Women’s Division of the Jewish Federation of the Greater Seattle is looking forward to a pretty standard year for their 2002-2003 season. That is, if you consider standard two of the biggest Jewish women’s events in the area, several high profile speakers and a hostContinue Reading
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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent One of the things he finds most surprising about the changing situation in the Middle East conflict, said Steve Rosen, director of Foreign Policy Issues Department for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is that George W. Bush has adopted essentially the same conclusionsContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Even at the age of two, it was evident that Ari Grashin was a sports enthusiast. He would grab the TV remote and channel surf on the tube right up until he reached a station with sports on it. Since then, he has played baseball,Continue Reading
By Hally Jackson, Special to JTNews After two decades as executive director at the JCC, Gary Pollock is pitching for a new team, The Moyer Foundation. “There were a number of opportunities, both Jewish communal and corporate, which came my way. After meeting with [Mariner’s pitcher] Jamie and Karen MoyerContinue Reading
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By Rita Weinstein, Special to JTNews From Temple B’nai Torah’s beginnings in 1968, conducting services with a small Torah rescued from the Holocaust, through rebuilding after a devastating arson fire in 1977, TBT has led a diverse Jewish community to a place of leadership in Western Washington. Now, as theContinue Reading
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By Iantha Sidell and Neil Ross, Special to JTNews Showing solidarity with the people of Israel during a critical time, we joined more than 100 lay and professional leaders from more than 40 Jewish communities across North America on the United Jewish Communities’ (UJC) Annual Campaign Chairmen and Directors Mission,Continue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews This summer marks the 100th anniversary of Jewish camping in North America. The Foundation for Jewish Camping even sent out a big press packet about this momentous occasion. Start a conversation with a kid at Camp Solomon Schechter, however, and centennials are the farthestContinue Reading
By Joshua Rosenstein, JTNews Correspondent When recent Jewish Day School grad Joshua Niehaus left Seattle for a year in Israel on Hadassah’s Young Judaea program, he was expecting to have fun, meet girls and party. “I wasn’t even afraid,” says Niehaus. “I was just going to be a spectator, watchingContinue Reading
By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Dr. Bob Fineman has been to Israel six times. In 1999, he slept in a military barracks and cleaned army vehicles, from jeeps and trucks, all the way up to tanks, and weapons ranging from M-16s to mortars. This spring he went back for anotherContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews When Jay Rosenbaum’s dad made a mid-life change from the world of advertising to become a rabbi, the kids used to tease him — he didn’t change careers, he just got a new employer. Rabbi Nathan Rosenbaum was the spiritual leader of Temple BethContinue Reading
By Joshua Rosenstein, other Twelve and a half years after Tikvah House opened, the Seattle Association for the Jewish Disabled (SAJD) will be closing its group home for adults with developmental disabilities. In its place the SAJD is launching a new program called the Independent Living Project (ILP) in whichContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent For Jewish playwright Sharyn Shipley, this year’s Mae West Fest is an opportunity to produce the premiere of a play written especially for her mother. Her one-act joins a collection of 26 other new works by female writers, dancers, poets, performance artists and musicians, inContinue Reading
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