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By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Among the positive signs for Jewish community interests during the first few weeks of the legislative

By , Special to JTNews In response to the major earthquake that struck El Salvador last week, a number of Jewish organizations and individuals are

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Eight Jewish community leaders spent the second week of 2001 showing the community’s support for

By Lorraine Sidell, Special to JTNews At 103 years old, Sarah Rebecca Cohen remains lovely and astute. She has very definite opinions on politics

By , Special to JTNews On March 31, Seattle area residents will come together for the 3rd Annual A Breath of Hope Dinner/Auction to raise funds fo

By , Special to JTNews Rabbi Hanoch Teller, the globetrotting “Modern-day Maggid,” is coming to Seattle. Rabbi Teller will be a visiti

By , Special to JTNews Students from the Seabury School will present the children’s opera, “Brundibar,” with previews Feb. 5—7 a

By , Special to JTNews Seattle Hebrew Academy invites the public to see what the school is all about during a regular day of classes on “Be

By , Special to JTNews From Jan. 5 through Feb. 4, artists in Bet Alef Meditational Synagogue’s community are joining members of East Shore,

By , Special to JTNews Temple Beth Am will be sponsoring its 5th Annual Mini-University during the month of February, 2001. This program of adult

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent A new educational program for first-time Jewish teachers called the Bereshit Initiative is in its trial run

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Anne and Emily were just distant cousins who needed each other for like-minded chitchat at family weddings a

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent About 150 strikers and supporters sang, danced and munched on latkes in front of The Seattle Times building

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent It may be too late to change the outcome of the presidential election for the 9,000 Jewish senior citizens o

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Jewish communities invented socially responsible investing with Hebrew Free Loan societies. In communi

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Read a book or article about Jewish community history or peruse the collection at the Jewish Archives

By , Special to JTNews In an dramatic show of unity with Israel, about 900 North American Jews — include eight from Seattle — are in Israel this w

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust victims gave heartfelt thanks to outgoing state Insurance

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The 2000 legislative session may be remembered as the year government gridlock was so bad it seemed as

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Anna Rachel Jaffe seemed determined to be the first Jewish baby of 2001 in Washington state. She arriv