By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent After a two-year effort by its search committee and as many unaccepted job offers to East Coast candidates, the Sephardic Congregation Ezra Bessaroth in South Seattle has finally hired its new rabbi. Ron-Ami Meyers, who came to Seattle in 2009, teaches many of his newContinue Reading
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Rabbi Lazer Brody has shoulder-length gray peyot, a long gray beard, a white-knit kippah topped with a tassel in the style of Breslev Chassidim, and a nose that extends normally before taking a sharp turn to the left. Despite his age, Brody conjuresContinue Reading
By Tim Klass, JTNews Correspondent The head of a small Seattle-based prisoner aid program, Jewish Prisoner Services International, is breathing easier — for now — following the dismissal of a long-running lawsuit. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed itself on April 15 and threw out a case broughtContinue Reading
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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Eighteen-year-old high school student Tair Bitton of Beersheva, Israel claims he felt reborn upon finishing an after-school math class offered through a project known as the Michael Program. The program’s Israeli creators, Menny Barzilai and Yuval Aloni, believe “that every person can achieve anything” andContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Click to see this year’s allocations When the directors of local Jewish organizations opened up their email inboxes on June 17, most received a pleasant surprise: For the first time in three years their allocations from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s annual community campaignContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews For the second year, JTNews and jew-ish.com present 10 members of our Jewish community under the age of 40 who are making a difference. Whether it’s in the realm of Judaism, business, the arts, or even sports, these exceptional individuals have shown a commitment andContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Four new Jewish preschool options in the Puget Sound region this fall will give parents even more choices for getting their children started in the basics of Jewish learning. Three of the new preschools are located on the Eastside: Temple B’nai Torah’s Solomike Early ChildhoodContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews “When you live past 70, it’s like a new life,” said Henry Friedman. Friedman will be celebrating his Bar Mitzvah this Saturday, June 25, at Temple De Hirsch Sinai. He is 83. “When my dad was reaching 80,” explained Friedman, rather than celebratingContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The women who have their breast health check-ups at Hadassah Medical Center’s new Marlene Greenebaum Multidisciplinary Breast Center at Jerusalem’s Ein Kerem campus won’t only have the convenience of some of Israel’s best medical professionals, from oncologists to plastic surgeons, in one clinic, they willContinue Reading
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By Deborah Gardner , Special to JTNews It came from mud. It took on a life of its own. It grew enormous, bigger than anyone expected, possibly changing its community irrevocably. It is not a golem. It’s the brand-new Kesher Community Garden at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on MercerContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff , Assistant Editor, JTNews To the bitter end, this year’s legislative session was a nail-biter, with Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle and a number of Jewish cultural and social service organizations holding their breath. “We are cautiously optimistic,” Lisa Schultz Golden, JFS’s chief development officer,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Growing up in Israel’s version of the suburbs, Ruth Carmi didn’t have a lot of exposure to ethnic diversity or economic or religious divides. Yet she always knew she wanted to attend law school. “I always had that need to help others,” Carmi said. WhenContinue Reading
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By Deb Freedman, other In most pioneer communities, the first minister came before the first church. Services might have been held in a school or a tent until a church was built, with a little cemetery eventually founded next to it. Jews on the frontier generally did things in aContinue Reading
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews That the first gathering of the Seattle chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition took place just two days after President Obama’s speech at the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C. was fortuitous. “President Obama started talking about his ideas about the State of IsraelContinue Reading
