By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Noting that it was just 72 hours before the New Year, Rabbi Mordechai Farkash drew parallels to Rosh Hashanah as he presided over the groundbreaking ceremony of the Eastside Torah Center’s new 16,000-square-foot synagogue and center in north Bellevue. “This is a further development inContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews When Rabbi Sarah Newmark answers the phone, she sounds a little scattered. She’s trying to compose a Rosh Hashanah talk, but she can’t decide what to write on. “Yesterday I was leaning to ‘Al chet,’” she says, but had begun to gravitate towardContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia, the umbrella of the Anglican Church in Western Washington, brought two experts to speak about “Palestine at the United Nations: Elusive Answers, Enduring Hope” at Town Hall on Sept. 19, it wasn’t a fair discussion, says one of thoseContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Sufi Muslim minister Jamal Rahman told a story of an Israeli rabbi who lived in a West Bank settlement who had befriended a Hamas sheik. Though they knew they had their differences, and the people they led spiritually may have expressed those differences through violence,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In his day, Judge Billings Learned Hand was known as one of the finest legal minds in the United States. He was also known for his alternately open-minded, progressive views and his adherence to judicial restraint. The American Jewish Committee named an award for HandContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Here’s a trick question: What items does our local Jewish food bank always need because they can’t keep enough on hand? Need a hint? It’s not food. “Toothpaste, toothbrushes, shampoo, soap,” lists off Carol Mullin, director of emergency services at Jewish Family Service. “We couldContinue Reading
By Diana Brement, JTNews Correspondent Jewish Family Service’s emergency services department handles more than food. It also gives out emergency grants to the local community, with roughly 70 percent going toward housing assistance. So when six Seattle chefs donated expertise, time and ingredients for the “Taste of Elegance in theContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum, JTNews Correspondent Wolf Hall was born to a shoemaker in Lodz, Poland in 1925. He was the youngest of seven siblings. Until about six months ago, he thought he was the only member of his family to survive the Holocaust. Hall searched for his family members whileContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews This is the final story in the series following Emily K. Alhadeff’s joint Hillel at the University of Washington/American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee mission to the former Soviet Union in July. KHABAROVSK, RUSSIA — It’s a sultry late July day, and a groupContinue Reading
By Madeleine Lowe, other The dates for High Holidays this year are: Selichot: Saturday, September 24 Rosh Hashanah: Begins the evening of Wednesday, September 28 through Friday, September 30 Kol Nidre: Friday, October 7 Yom Kippur: Saturday, October 8 Click to find services by denomination or area: Greater Seattle areaContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Flood-ravaged kosher meat producers in rural Pennsylvania, besieged by rising rivers, were frantically calling kosher slaughterer Naftali Hanau, owner of Grow and Behold Foods, even as he assured JTNews that the fledgling company’s first shipment of kosher meats will be delivered to Seattle customers onContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Last Friday I was sent on a high-risk undercover mission. My task? To determine just how good the new kosher bakery in Seattle could be. It looked like my childhood dream of becoming a professional doughnut taster was coming to light. To investigate,Continue Reading
By Adrienne Query-Fiss , Special to JTNews Breast cancer statistics are staggering: One in eight women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer. Worldwide, a woman dies from breast cancer every 69 seconds. To address this issue, Seattle Chapter Hadassah on Sept. 21 will host Breast CancerContinue Reading
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Who are the Feldheims and why are they messing with my food obsession? The first question is the easy one to answer — they’re more a what than a who. Feldheim is a third-generation, family-owned publisher of Jewish-interest books. They offer a wide-ranging selection ofContinue Reading
By Alice Kaderlan , Special to JTNews It takes me a minute to realize what Dr. Yoshiji Hirose has just said as he bids me good-bye after our interview. “Oh, zie gezund,” I say to myself as he walks away, a little too late to wish him the same. It’sContinue Reading
By Masada Siegel, Special to JTNews Several things run through your mind at the end of a great adventure seeking beauty in the world, especially when you have quit your job, run out of money and aren’t certain where in the world you are headed next. But a philosophical discussionContinue Reading
By Madeleine Lowe, other In 2006, the diseased, 150-year-old chestnut tree outside of the secret annex where Anne Frank hid during World War II was set to be cut down. In preparation for its death, saplings from the tree were promised to different sites around the world to carry theContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews On August 29 five Jewish organizations from King and Pierce Counties were awarded Nonprofit Security Grants from the Department of Homeland Security. Chabad of Pierce County, Northwest Yeshiva High School, Temple Beth El in Tacoma, Temple B’nai Torah and Temple De Hirsch SinaiContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When Rainer Waldman Adkins handed two small boxes, each containing about 800 postcards expressing support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to representatives of both of Washington State’s senators on Aug. 23, he said they had one simple message: “We’ve got your back.”Continue Reading
