Women receive a permanent spot on Emanuel’s bima
2011-08-26
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNewsContinue Reading
Women receive a permanent spot on Emanuel’s bima
2011-08-26
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When Emanuel Congregation began a trial run nearly two years ago of allowing women to come to the bima, its members and leaders didn’t know how things would turn out. But the test results — increased participation, a handful of new members, more visitors —Continue Reading
Local caterer takes her food global
2011-08-25
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent When Seattle entrepreneur Leah Jaffee takes on a project, she goes big. As an international textile buyer and designer for Nordstrom in the 70s, she won awards. When she converted to Judaism through the Reform movement in 1992, it wasn’t long before she switched toContinue Reading
Seattle Jewish Chorale audition call
2011-08-25
By , JTNews Correspondent Seattle Jewish Chorale is seeking experienced choral singers for all voice parts for the 2011-2012 season (September-June). Time commitment: Weekly Wednesday evening rehearsals, monthly sectional rehearsals, and 6-8 performances during the season. Opportunities are available for small ensemble and solo work within the larger group. ApplicantsContinue Reading
New Federation model will allow donors to direct their giving
2011-08-17
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Richard Fruchter has a vision for the Puget Sound’s Jewish community. “We want people to move to Seattle because they think it’s a fabulous Jewish community,” said the CEO and president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. “Not, ‘Incidentally, we moved here and itContinue Reading
Visiting Khabarovsk: To the edge of the world
2011-08-17
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews The Siberian Airlines flight carried a group of seven young professionals from Seattle. When it touched down in the faraway city of Khabarovsk, two members of the group asked a native woman sitting nearby what she recommended to do in this Russian city.Continue Reading
The sweet vegetables of summer
2011-08-17
By Beverly Levitt, Special to JTNews Summertime, when the living is easy and the produce is sweet, is also the time when entertaining is at its peak with summery wedding and anniversary activities and our own volition for taking our outdoor furniture out of storage and hosting festivities in ourContinue Reading
A Jewish summer in Seattle for Hungarian teens
2011-08-16
By Madeleine Lowe , other Studies have long shown that Jewish summer camp plays a huge role in helping kids develop their Jewish identities. For those without a strong Jewish community around them at home, being immersed in a community filled with other Jews, Jewish values, and Jewish practices forContinue Reading
Challenging the Concept of Jewish Poverty
2011-08-08
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Editor’s note: Hillel at the University of Washington’s Jconnect program and the American-Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, with the help of the Federation, sent eight local young adults to the Russian Far East for nine days of service work and interaction with the JewishContinue Reading
Federation begins rolling out its new strategy
2011-08-03
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews A year from now, the financial pictures of many of Western Washington’s Jewish organizations could look very different from how they look today. On July 28, representatives from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle began the public rollout of its new fundraising and allocations model,Continue Reading
Washington state court upholds kosher slaughter law
2011-08-03
By , JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — A Washington state appellate court ruled against an animal protection group’s bid to strike down as unconstitutional a law protecting religious slaughter. The three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals on July 25 was unanimous in rejecting the suit broughtContinue Reading
Synagogue educators take a holistic view
2011-08-03
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The oldest Conservative congregation in Seattle is changing up its educational format, trading “boutique Judaism” and the “Synaplex” model of individually tailored ritual for a “holistic” generational approach with the help of its newly hired director of congregational learning, Rabbi Jill Levy. Herzl-Ner Tamid ConservativeContinue Reading
Social justice: More than just sprinkles on top
2011-08-03
By Arthur Wolak, Special to JTNews After Ben Cohen and business partner Jerry Greenfield completed a course on ice cream making, they established their first ice cream shop in 1978 and went on to build one of the largest ice cream businesses in America — a $300 million business empireContinue Reading
“˜Very humbling, very exciting’: Meet Hillel’s new leader
2011-07-20
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNewsContinue Reading
‘Very humbling, very exciting’: Meet Hillel’s new leader
2011-07-20
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Twelve hours before he started work as Hillel’s new Greenstein Family Executive Director, Oren Hayon rolled into Seattle with his family. “It was a bit of a whirlwind,” he said. Hayon, who worked for a large Reform congregation in Dallas before taking theContinue Reading
Mystery, Intrigue and the “˜Seattle of the Balkans’
2011-07-20
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNewsContinue Reading
Mystery, Intrigue and the ‘Seattle of the Balkans’
2011-07-20
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews A synopsis of Devin Naar’s life story sounds like the flyleaf of a historical fiction novel: Mystery, intrigue, found boxes of dusty archives, world travel…and even a little romance along the way. I’m calling the copyrights to it right now. Naar, who isContinue Reading
Memories of the Israel Baseball League
2011-07-20
By Ira Gewanter, other BALTIMORE (Baltimore Jewish Times)—Aaron Pribble was a 27-year-old high school teacher when the call came in early 2007: He was among the few chosen to play for the newly formed Israel Baseball League. Three years removed from his last pitch in the minor leagues, he embarkedContinue Reading
Just the right amount of fluffy
2011-07-19
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Just a week after Seattle Weekly’s Hanna Raskin gave Stopsky’s Delicatessen a rating of two sinkers, calling it “a vortex of discombobulation and disappointment,” friends of the recently opened Mercer Island deli packed into its bright, clean quarters to find the community’s bestContinue Reading
Teachers take the lead in educating the smallest students
2011-07-19
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Last month, a group of 21 early-childhood directors and teachers from seven schools across the greater Seattle Jewish community gathered in Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s Bellevue social hall for two-and-a-half days of learning, meeting and collaborating. This seminar was the beginning of a two-year fellowshipContinue Reading