By Emily Keeler Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews This Shabbat, the Chabad at the University of Washington is going where no other Shabbat has gone before — at least in recent memory. The destination isn’t physical, but rather spiritual, bringing all of the university’s Jewish groups together for one Shabbat dinnerContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent As anti-Semitism resurges around the world, and Jews, once again, top the FBI’s most recent list of religious hate-crime victims in the U.S. by a whopping 71.9 percent, what many people may find surprising is that the most threatening enemy to world Jewry today mightContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews For the past nine years, JTNews and Royal Wine Corp. have tasted various kosher-for-Passover wines to give you a sense of the best of the year’s crop. And while in the greater world of oenophilia, especially in this state, the mastery of vintners has seenContinue Reading
By Emily Keeler Alhadeff, Assistant Editor, JTNews Looking for a place to celebrate the seder? All over the state you’ll find different organizations and synagogues hosting a seder that will be perfect for you. Please contact the individual organization to make your reservations — and hurry, many sell out beforeContinue Reading
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By David Shayne, Special to JTNews Several years ago, while listening to Israeli radio, I noticed the announcer was a crotchety sounding, elderly woman engaging in free-wheeling discussions with callers —also elderly and sometimes crotchety sounding. In between the calls she would play old Hebrew songs rarely heard on IsraeliContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In many ways, it was Althea who was the soul of the Stroum family, the matriarch who with her late husband planted the philanthropic seeds of Seattle’s Jewish community, and whose name can be found engraved on the Seattle area’s cultural landscape. Althea Stroum diedContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In the thick of summer, the playgrounds at some of the local Jewish day schools have historically been lonely, desolate places. With new summertime programs debuting at several campuses this summer, however, for a few warm weeks that all will change. The Jewish Day SchoolContinue Reading
By J.Team, Special to JTNews Once a month, high schoolers who participate in J.Team, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s Jewish youth philanthropy program, meet to learn about different charities both in the Puget Sound region and around the world. At the same time, these students learn about the natureContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Daily news reports abound in past weeks of mega-earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear radiation, revolutions, and drug cartel wars. They can be overwhelming, but these world events also offer opportunities for those who hear the call to pitch in and practice the Jewish imperative to repair thisContinue Reading
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By Eric Nusbaum, Assistant Editor, JTNews Eli Genauer’s family has been part of the Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Orthodox congregation since 1909. Genauer, who on March 6 was honored with his wife Eva at the synagogue’s 120th anniversary gala, says the BCMH story is also Seattle’s story. As the city hasContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews It has been nearly a year since Rabbi Will Berkovitz, the previous executive director at Hillel at the University of Washington, gave notice that he would be moving on. At that time, the Hillel board began a search for a replacement, but came up emptyContinue Reading
By Dave Chameides, JTA World News Service Dave Chameides JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — My parents are dining at a Jewish Federation event with some folks from their community. As happens on occasion when Jewish parents get together, the subject turns to the accomplishments of their childrenContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Richard Joel, president of Yeshiva University, came to Seattle to speak at the Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath 120th anniversary celebration on March 6. The next day he spoke to a small group of Seattle Hebrew Academy supporters, and to JTNews about the state of Jewish education.Continue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Avraham Infeld’s booming voice resonated throughout the small living room, an intimate, salon-style venue at Hillel at the University of Washington. Twenty-four students, backpacks in tow, snacked on bagel with lox while feeding upon the wisdom of the 68-year-old educator and former international president ofContinue Reading
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By Eric Nusbaum, Assistant Editor, JTNews King County Metro buses will not be running a controversial ad critical of Israel any time in the near future. Federal Judge Richard A. Jones rejected an injunction sought by local group Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign (SeaMAC) that would have forced Metro to immediatelyContinue Reading
