If you have visited one of our local Jewish cemeteries on Memorial Day you will have seen the efforts of a small group of local Jewish veterans who honor their comrades of past conflicts with a flag placed on each of their graves. In 1996, armed with a list ofContinue Reading
By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent The sign posted on the front door read: “Stopsky’s was a project of the heart whose mission was to reconnect people to Jewish heritage, connect the community, and create homemade Jewish comfort cuisine from scratch. We achieved a lot of this, but in theContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent When the Seattle Times released a tool on its website in early February that showed vaccination rates based on 2011-12 school year — and only one of the six Jewish day schools showed that it had provided data — anxious and upset parents litContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent In today’s high-risk, high-reward venture capital scene, longtime Seattle entrepreneur and angel investor Jon Staenberg of Staenberg Venture Partners has funded his share of startups and brokered hundreds of deals by using conventional wisdom — stick to the businesses you know and to theContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent TAG International Development isn’t a public relations firm, but its founder and CEO, Orthodox rabbi and Londoner Yossi Ives, fervently believes PR can go a long way toward recasting Israel’s image in the world. The Israel-based nonprofit matches Israeli experts with local partners inContinue Reading
By JTA World News Service JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel’s Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision on civil damages in the case of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie, who was killed in Gaza in 2003 by a military bulldozer. The high court on Thursday upheld a ruling by the Haifa DistrictContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound This is the true story of three to five strangers picked to live in a house to work together for pluralistic and innovative Jewish programming. Moishe House, with 75 houses in 17 countries, is dedicated to bringing Jewish twenty-somethings together in communal living situationsContinue Reading
By Rebecca Spence, JTA World News Service (JTA) — “You know, it’s a funny thing, every one of the bastards that are out for legalizing marijuana is Jewish. What the Christ is the matter with the Jews, Bob, what is the matter with them?” That was President Richard Nixon speakingContinue Reading
Dear readers, Over the past several years, we have watched as the world has shifted from consuming its news in print to online. At the same time, the Jewish Federation has been questioning whether the best vehicle for community outreach and communications would be through a print newspaper such asContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound By any stretch of the imagination, the Jewish community of the greater Seattle area is a growing, vibrant place. Where those Jews are and how they live offers a fascinating and at times surprising overview of who we are as a community. AccordingContinue Reading
By Tori Gottlieb, Jewish Sound Correspondent Seventy years after the end of World War II, Holocaust survivor Dr. Edith Eger is still motivated by the fear and determination that shaped her experience in Europe’s concentration camps. It was during her time in Auschwitz that Eger discovered her inner strength, and beganContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound See the winners of our Best of Everything survey here! Every year in our Best of Everything survey, we ask who your local heroes are. We’ve got a lot of heroes in this town, so we decided to give you the reasons behind aContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Admit it. You all have fun speaking out on the things you love in our community, whether they’re Jewish or not. That’s why we had more responses this year than in the decade we’ve been doing this. Right? We are pleased to announce theContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Four years into his job as Greenstein Family Executive Director of Hillel at the University of Washington, Rabbi Oren Hayon announced his resignation last week. Hayon, a Reform-ordained rabbi who spent many years in Texas before moving to Seattle, will be returning toContinue Reading
By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent After five decades as a synagogue, youth facility, and multi-purpose space, the Yavneh building on Congregation Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath’s campus in Seward Park is scheduled for demolition. On Jan. 25, members of the NCSY youth group and community members will say goodbye to YavnehContinue Reading
Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent At Jewish Family Service, 2015 will be a time to start deepening the 123-year-old organization’s connection to Jewish values through a renewed vision for all who work there. Called Project Kavod (kavod means “honor” in Hebrew), the initiative will be a three-year education and trainingContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Underneath the rubble and ashes of Eastern Europe lies a buried civilization, and one of its excavators is former West Seattle resident Gerardo Ojeda-Ebert. This spring, with Rabbi Olivier BenHaim and members of Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, Ojeda-Ebert will travel toContinue Reading
By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent Today, an estimated 40,000 Jews call Spain their home. But five centuries ago, the nation was home to one of Europe’s largest and most vibrant Jewish communities — a group that flourished before its expulsion in 1492. Those exiled Jews — who came toContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Not long after the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle announced it would be leading a delegation to Cuba this spring, President Barack Obama announced that international relations would be restored between the United States and the small island nation after decadesContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick Editor, The Jewish Sound Now that 2015 has begun, what from the past year are you trying to forget? Fear not, because we’ve got 14 stumpers to jog your memory with Jewish Washington’s second annual news quiz! 1. The Napkin Friends food truck is so JewishContinue Reading
