By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews It’s a drizzly Sunday night, and the social hall of the Church of Hope in Columbia City is bumping. A multi-generational line of hora dancers snakes through the room to live klezmer music, children dart in and out of the crowd, andContinue Reading
By , JTNews Correspondent The class trip to Northwest Harvest was part of JDS’ Mitzvah Days, which included the student council and middle school students raising $150 to purchase Hanukkah gifts — movie passes — for a family they sponsored through Jewish Family Service. The family received handmade cards asContinue Reading
By Chavie Lieber , JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — After graduating from a Modern Orthodox high school in New York, Yoseph Needelman moved to Jerusalem to explore the use of marijuana in Jewish tradition. For eight years he bounced around religious institutions, interviewing spiritual leaders to findContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Given that only nine countries voted outright against the Palestinian bid for observer status at the United Nations, 40 abstained, and an overwhelming 138 voted in favor, one might be quick to suggest that anti-Semitism figured heavily into General Assembly members’ decision-making process. TheContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent Soon after the former Palestinian “entity” was upgraded to non-member observer state status in the recent United Nations General Assembly vote, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s administration announced an Israeli plan to build 3,000 new homes in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, settingContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Who says our Christian friends have to have all the fun on December 25th? Sure, they get the tree, the new toys and gadgets, the family time. But who says we Jews have to be stuck at home just because the health club isContinue Reading
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By Compiled by Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews Surely you’d like to do something to celebrate Hanukkah this year. Well guess what? We’ve got listings of pretty much everything happening throughout Washington. Don’t stuff yourselves too much on those latkes! Monday, December 10 KlezKids Performance 5—6 p.m. at AljoyaContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Though he has been charged with molestation, police may never apprehend a former Hebrew school teacher who has likely fled to Central America. Lydia Katz was charged with two counts of third-degree child molestation by the King County Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 15 following Katz’sContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff , Associate Editor, JTNews Assimilation, growing anti-Semitism, terrorism, a nuclear threat, war in Israel — news around the world paints a bleak picture of Jewish reality. But Rabbi Sholom Ber and Chanie Levitin see the bright side. “Tip the balance. One more mitzvah, you could beContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews After a 41-year naval career launched by the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Herb Bridge retired with the rank of rear admiral, the highest rank possible for a reserve officer. On Nov. 10, 71 years after he first put on a uniform, Bridge stood onstageContinue Reading
By Gwen Davis , Special to JTNews Life is about work, school, friends, hobbies and at least one cup of coffee every morning for basic survival. But life is also — and perhaps more importantly — about family. This is what inspired two local moms and aspiring radio journalists toContinue Reading
By Gigi Yellen-Kohn , JTNews Correspondent “You know Josh’s story? I’d love to have more Mr. Gortlers!” said Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, dean of Yeshiva University’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, amid a chorus of cheers for the new Joshua H. Gortler and Sarah B. Gortler Scholarship in Geriatric Social WorkContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent More than a decade after they last appeared in Seattle, Melton School courses have returned. As of next month, world-class Seattle Jewish educator Rivy Poupko Kletenik has opened an official Seattle-based “mini-franchise” of Hebrew University’s popular Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning. TheContinue Reading
By , JTNews Correspondent Here’s how Washington’s Jewish candidates fared in the Nov. 6 general election: Steve Gonzalez, Supreme Court Justice Position 8: Winner Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Supreme Court Justice Position 9: Winner Pam Loginsky, Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 2: Lost Sue Parisien, King County Superior Court JudgeContinue Reading
By Eileen Goltz , Special to JTNews First and foremost, the Twinkie has never been kosher, so missing it isn’t really an issue for me. However, I believe that reports of the Twinkie’s imminent demise — along with its friends the Ho Ho and Ding Dong — is being blownContinue Reading
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, JTNews It’s November, time for the completely subjective, overly opinionated, highly unprofessional annual chazzer-fest known as the JTNews Hanukkah kosher food-tasting event. The annual “koshies” unwrap and devour about four grocery stores’ worth of interesting, kosher-certified, snackable products. This year, samples came from WholeContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews Everyone, as Andy Warhol put it, gets their 15 minutes of fame. But what’s more enriching, and without the glare of the paparazzi, is getting 15 minutes of knowledge. That’s the idea behind the popular TED Talks, online lectures that last 10 to 15Continue Reading
By , JTNews Correspondent On April 7, 1945, an American soldier of the 30th Infantry Division helped liberate a train of 2,500 Jewish prisoners en route from Bergen-Belsen near Magdeburg, Germany. The survivors, 700 of whom were children, are being encouraged to make contact with the soldiers who liberated them.Continue Reading
