By Emily K. Alhadeff , Assistant Editor, JTNews Former Jewish Funds for Justice President and CEO Simon Greer looked comfortable before the 100 or so people attending his talk on Jan. 24. At 44, Greer is tall, with thinning blonde hair, a square jaw and distinguished jowls. Reclining in theContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff , Assistant Editor, JTNews In November I received an unusual email. Titled “Please Help Olympia WA stand up to boycott of Israeli Goods,” it was a plea for contributions to a rather risky venture: A Jewish deli in Olympia to counter the Olympia Food Co-op’s boycottContinue Reading
By Alice Kaderlan , Special to JTNews Although people knowledgeable about the Holocaust are often familiar with the collaborationist history of France, the story of how the Dutch cooperated with the Germans has rarely been told. At the same time, the size and effectiveness of the Dutch resistance has beenContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In any other year, the hunt for revenue would be front and center in the minds of state legislators. And it certainly is in the minds of community organizations that advocate on behalf of the poor and the disabled. But the attention thus far inContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews In mid-February, four artists from Israel will be visiting Seattle to talk about their lives and how they create their art. One of the programs will be a get-together with artists here to share stories, works and a bite to eat. The goal of theContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews “First and foremost, who was Adolf Eichmann?” asked Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt as she began her talk on the evening of Jan. 22 at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle. Lipstadt was the temple’s 2012 Keller Family Lecture Series speaker for 2012. Lipstadt,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews What more can we say than thanks? We got hundreds of responses on your favorites in our Jewish community, from pizza to ketubot to diamond rings. So to all of you tastemakers out there, here’s what you picked: Party Time! Best Place for a BarContinue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman , Special to JTNews Do Christians really believe that the Jews are responsible for Jesus’ death? Do all Christians believe that Christianity is the one true faith and that the “Old Testament” is an invalid document that no longer applies? From Jan. 12 to 15, Amy-Jill Levine,Continue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent It may sound counterintuitive, at least compared to the standards set by today’s popular culture, but journalist, author, and longtime American University professor Iris Krasnow believes that women can find renewed happiness and escape boredom — both personally and in their roles as mothersContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews “Israel should not be allowed to speak on behalf of world Jewry,” said Omar Barghouti at St. Mark’s Cathedral on the evening of January 5. “It’s a colonial state, it’s an occupier; it cannot speak for the Jews.” The room erupted in applause.Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial to move forward, a lawsuit that dragged on for more than five years was definitively decided in favor of Jewish Prisoner Services International on Monday. The suit, filed by inmate Dennis Florer in 2006, against JPSI and its CEO,Continue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent For 2012, there’s an extra $25,000 in each of the coffers of the Seattle Jewish Community School and the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle to buoy them through the new year. The two day schools were chosen, as were 23 other institutions, fromContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews A couple minutes into our conversation, Jennifer Muscatel McLeod had to turn away from the phone. “She’s smiling at us,” she said. Given that little Joeli Beth McLeod was all of five days old when her mom and I spoke, it may have beenContinue Reading
By Tim Klass , JTNews Correspondent Concern for minority representation in Congress has had a peculiar effect on Washington State’s political map. In redrawing congressional districts and adding a tenth to conform with the 2010 census, the state redistricting commission deliberately made the 9th District the first in Washington inContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews It could be that the best way to a kid’s Jewish identity is through his print-making supplies at the Seattle Hebrew Academy. Or the best place to send a child to learn about Judaism is at Bet Alef Meditational Synagogue’s new B’Yachad Hebrew school. OrContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews This year, 90 rabbis from around the U.S. and across the denominational spectrum applied for 23 spots to be Rabbis Without Borders. Two of them come from Washington State. Rabbi Beth Singer of Temple Beth Am in Seattle and Rabbi Seth Goldstein ofContinue Reading
By Hillel Kuttler, Special to JTNews The National Basketball Association season’s delayed start not only cost every team 16 games from the schedule, it also is breaking the six-year Latkepalooza attendance streak of Renton native Daniel Shapiro. The Sacramento Kings’ strength and conditioning coach will have to remain in CaliforniaContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel , JTNews Correspondent Violence can change a child. Living in a violent home can cause kids to become either angry or emotionally numb, say child domestic violence advocates at the YWCA Seattle, King, and Snohomish Counties Lynnwood shelter. So when the first children’s library and study areaContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews To the family of Myron Cohon and our community: On December 9, JTNews published Martin Jaffee’s monthly A View from the U column, titled “Lament for a Jew lost: Myron, we hardly knew ya!” We never should have published this column. Prof. Jaffee did notContinue Reading
