By Eric Nusbaum, Assistant Editor, JTNews Part two in a series. At The Evergreen State College, up is down and Israel is Palestine. Supporters of Israel, a small minority on campus, are tasked with challenging the nature of a discourse they find one-sided and discomforting. To do so, they mustContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum, Assistant Editor, JTNews Noah Milstein enrolled at The Evergreen State College to learn about Paleolithic culture and technology. He sought out Evergreen because its flexible academic structure would allow him to create his own program of study. What he got instead was an education in political activismContinue Reading
By , JTNews Correspondent Joel Magalnick About 50 people showed up at the Pan Pacific Hotel on a rainy Tuesday evening to participate in the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s “Hanukkah Flash Mob.” The group walked from the Cascade neighborhood to Westlake Park in downtown Seattle, handing out glow stickContinue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Correspondent Name: Wendy Goffe City: Seattle Age: 46 Occupation: Attorney What’s on her mind these days: “The possibility of gay marriage.” You can often find attorney Wendy Goffe jetting around the country, speaking about her work with unmarried couples. Goffe hasn’t had any trouble keepingContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Name: Sarina Behar Natkin City: Seattle Age: 37 Occupation: Parent educator and consultant What’s on her mind these days: “Parenting support. This is my passion.” “Every parent deals with it.” “It” is the toddler who won’t stop crying when she doesn’t get what she wants.Continue Reading
By Diana Brement , JTNews Correspondent Name: Esther Bogomilsky City: Seattle Age: 34 Occupation: Director of Friendship Circle — “that’s one of them” What’s on her mind these days: “Making sure I can run everything efficiently.” Nominated for her role as director of the Friendship Circle, Esther Bogomilsky describes herselfContinue Reading
By Lillian Cohen-Moore, other Name: Nancy Goldov City: Seattle Age: 54 Occupation: Clinical psychology doctoral candidate. What’s on her mind these days: “Converting my knowledge to meaningful work, where I can make a difference in the community: So, creating a job!” Nancy Goldov began dancing in childhood, starting with ballet,Continue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Name: Jessica Hoffman Age: 29 City: Seattle Occupation: NCSY Seattle co-director, founder of the Seattle Gemach, board member of Torah Day School Jessica Hoffman has spent more than half her life in NCSY. The Seattle native started in the Orthodox movement’s youth group, the NationalContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s senior rabbi, Daniel Weiner, knows what just about every Jewish professional knows — that to keep Jewish teens interested in even the best extracurricular Jewish studies program, you’ve got to build in some major socializing time. Temple B’nai Torah’s assistant rabbi,Continue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Five Central and Eastern European political movers and shakers strolled through the Pike Place Market earlier this month, sipping Starbucks coffee and eating lunch at a trendy restaurant. But the mission of this group, part of a delegation of 13 who are spearheading the growthContinue Reading
By Rebecca Collins, Special to JTNews Aaron Mass wanted to create a resource for local Jewish singles to get together in a comfortable, no-pressure atmosphere. While groups like Hillel at the University of Washington and Herzl-Ner Tamid’s Next Gen programs have their place, Mass had a different vision. “From pastContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When two packages with bombs inside were intercepted after they had circumnavigated the globe, there was a lot of relief that they had been found before disaster struck. What was less publicized were the locations to which these packages, which originated in Yemen, were sent:Continue Reading
By Erez Ben-Ari, JTNews Correspondent Persia, India, Yemen, Morocco, Kurdistan and Tunisia are but a small selection of Israel’s diverse ethnic population today. During the second week of November, Washington residents had the opportunity to get personally acquainted with some of that rich heritage during the second Ethnic Flavors ofContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Despite Hanukkah falling so early on the calendar this year — we’ll hardly have time to fit into our pants again after Thanksgiving — opportunities to celebrate abound. Synagogues all over the state are having their own parties — you can find details at anyContinue Reading
By Dasee Berkowitz, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Hanukkah is the holiday that celebrates Jewish distinctiveness over assimilation. The Maccabees — zealots to some, freedom fighters to others — fought to preserve a sense of Jewish distinctiveness in the face of the Assyrian Greeks and other JewsContinue Reading
By Eric Nusbaum, Assistant Editor, JTNews In the tradition of eating as much delicious kosher treats as we can so you don’t have to, we welcome you to our annual Hanukkah kosher food tasting. As we do every year, we had the pleasure of trying out delicious kosher foods thatContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews • Serve meals for the homeless and needy at Amoré restaurant’s third annual Thanksgiving feast. Chef/owner Sean Langan prepares the food as he would for his customers. Volunteers needed to serve the meals. Call 206-770-0606 or visit www.tasteofamore.com. At 2301 5th Ave., Seattle. • ServeContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Stick it in your pocket Just arriving on U.S. shores this month, the PocketBook e-reader hopes to be a low-cost, feature-packed addition to the electronic book reading market. This reader is being introduced to the U.S. by a local Jewish man, Leon Sheiman, an engineerContinue Reading
By Linda Morel, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — The best thing about Thanksgiving is that it invites Americans of all religions and ethnic backgrounds. On the same autumn Thursday, most American families eat turkey and a cornucopia of side dishes. No country has been more welcoming toContinue Reading
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