By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent More than 900 families who have escaped the tragedy of domestic violence have moved into new, beautifully furnished, safer homes in the last decade since the National Council of Jewish Women’s Shalom Bayit: Furnishing Peaceful Homes program has been around. But now the program itselfContinue Reading
By Tim Klass, Special to JTNews To many in the Middle East and beyond, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish represents a triumph of faith, hope and determination over squalor, suffering and frighteningly long odds. The oldest of nine children, all born in the Jabalia refugee camp, he became known as “the GazaContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews It took three years to build from the ground up, but the work has paid off. Last month, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation’s chapter of United Synagogue Youth was named international chapter of the year at its annual convention. “The international award is the entire continentalContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum, JTNews Correspondent The people have spoken. The results are in. Before we get too wrapped up in 2011, let’s pause for one last look back at the things we loved in 2010. The results of our annual Best of Everything Survey might look familiar in some placesContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Twenty-one-month-old Aviva, despite a few months of kissing her mommy’s belly and, now that little brother Asher has arrived, kissing him on the head, is still probably a bit too young to be fully prepared for the responsibilities incumbent upon a big sister. But thatContinue Reading
By Dani Hemmat, Special to JTNews One thing has followed Assaf Nisenboym his entire life: The sound of sirens. These sirens come not from fire engines or police cars, but from air raids. According to Nisenboym, when you hear those sirens, “you know that missiles are heading your way.” Nisenboym,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Nobody can accuse Dr. Rick Hodes of not being busy. Aside from his work with the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, for which he runs the medical program in Ethiopia to give wellness checks for immigrants being airlifted to Israel, he is — on aContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum , Assistant Editor, JTNews Israel’s export economy is known for high-tech products, artisan foods, and advanced military equipment. If a notable group of Washingtonians who recently returned from Israel has its way, that list will also soon include something less tangible: A new model for helping disabledContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent These days it is an act of sheer determination —engaging students across the country who arrive at afterschool Hebrew and Judaic Studies classes each week absorbed in tweets, text messages, and the latest iPhone apps. In the hopes of helping teachers shrink the “tech” divideContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum , Assistant Editor, JTNews The controversy over ads critical of Israel banned from King County Metro buses last month became a legal matter today. In conjunction with the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign, the ACLU of Washington filed suit in U.S. District Court requesting an injunction that wouldContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D–36th) had one word for this legislative session as he prepared for its opening: Sober. “There’s a real sense of sobriety and real humility about the scale of the challenge we face,” Carlyle, a member of the state’s Jewish delegation, told JTNewsContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In some ways, the design of Jewish Family Service’s new addition could be looked upon as a contradiction: Creating wide-open spaces allows for more privacy. But as the machines move in next month and begin the actual construction of a dream that has been yearsContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Walking into the crowded lobby of The Summit at First Hill Jewish retirement community can be a tricky proposition with so many residents jetting from one class or activity to another. Just be sure not to get in their way this month as the vibrantContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Editor’s note: This has been updated from the print version. King County Executive Dow Constantine’s office announced Thursday that it would not allow ads by a group called the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign, which stated that U.S. taxpayers money was being put toward “Israeli warContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Though officials at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle had expected to close the community campaign for Fiscal Year 2010 by the end of the summer, it began to come clear as fall approached that there would be a shortfall, even in a campaign thatContinue Reading
By Tim Klass, Special to JTNews Faces from East Africa, South and Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Eastern Europe focus intently on Danielle Wallace as she guides them through a workbook section on pay stubs. She asks the students in an English as a Second Language class, who appearContinue Reading
By Emily Keeler, JTNews Correspondent If such a thing as “Jewish Standard Time” exists, when do Jews on “island time” show up? For the Jewish community on Whidbey Island, that would be: Whenever they want to. “People like to know that they have options,” says Whidbey Island Jewish Community presidentContinue Reading
By , JTNews Correspondent Want to get out of the Christmas rut when everything but a select few restaurants and the movie theater are open? Here are a few suggestions that go beyond the “traditional” activity of Chinese food and a movie. Latkepalooza! Yes, yes, we know that Hanukkah willContinue Reading
