By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent In every generation, the young seek to distinguish themselves as a group and form an independent identity, while the elders bemoan the state of their descendants and worry about continuity and society’s fate. This is no less so in Seattle’s Jewish community — where justContinue Reading
By Deborah Ashin, JTNews Correspondent Who would expect a Hadassah meeting to be X-rated? Get a group of Jewish women together to talk about food, and it can happen. “Women bond over food the way men bond over sports,” author Sharon Boorstin told over 100 women at this year’s kickoffContinue Reading
By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Even before the stars took the stage September 21, an almost electric sense of excitement flowed through the sell-out crowd at the new McCaw Hall, in the shadow of the Space Needle. The set was simple: a pair of wicker-back chairs flanking a small roundContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent While the widely covered Nuremberg Trials prosecuted and convicted those leaders who gave the orders to torture and murder millions in the Holocaust, they were not the only trials at the end of World War II to do so. The overshadowed Dachau Trials were prosecutedContinue Reading
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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Paul Krugman is either one of the wisest heads to be giving out his opinions on a regular basis or one of the most obnoxious examples of the East Coast media’s liberal bias, depending upon the side of the political spectrum from which you viewContinue Reading
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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Seattle Hebrew Academy was one of three organizations recognized on Sept. 16 at former President Bill Clinton’s address, “Embracing Our Humanity: Global Security in the 21st Century,” in which a crowd of about 2,800 filled the seats of Seattle’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall. People whoContinue Reading
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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Shows of Jewish interest this year in the 13th Annual Seattle Fringe Festival range from a hip-hop duo to several solo shows. The longest running fringe festival in the United States, the Seattle Fringe Festival includes 94 theater companies in about 500 performances. The festivalContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent When students at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle showed up for their first day of classes a couple weeks ago, the smiling face from behind the desk of head-of-school was a new — but familiar — one. John Zito, former assistant head-of-school andContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent As the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle attempts to increase the amount of money it raises and disburses over the next several years, its leadership has decided the old way of doing business is no longer viable. That’s why a different approach to fundraising —Continue Reading
By Matthew E. Berger, other WASHINGTON (JTA) — A deadline for making Holocaust-era insurance claims is being extended until the end of the year because additional policyholder names recently were made public. Lawrence Eagleburger, the chairman of the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims, said 120,000 names will beContinue Reading
By Rick Larsen, other The resignation of Mahmoud Abbas and the appointment of Ahmed Qurei as his replacement as the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority have fully thrown off course the Road Map to peace. Only one month ago I traveled to Israel as a member of the largestContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent “We’re a home for cultural Jews,” says Judi Gladstone, one of the founders of the Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound. It is “a community that celebrates the cultural richness of our heritage and we focus on education, cultural activities and social activism.” For RoshContinue Reading
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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Romance novels are one of those guilty pleasures that too often go unacknowledged, let alone talked about. However, they are wildly popular and, except for an approximate 60/40 skew in favor of females over males, the mix of income, education race and professions of theContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Since time immemorial, blessing the lulav and etrog has been the Jewish way of thanking God for the blessings of the earth on the holiday of Sukkot. They are symbols of the harvest. They are brought to the synagogue on the holiday to thank GodContinue Reading
By Daniel Kirsch, Special to JTNews If you’re sorry to see the summer’s gone and you’re looking for something fresh to help usher in the Jewish, academic, and fiscal years, try out this release by the Hip Hop Hoodios. In their debut EP, Raza Hoodio, the Hoodios — a playContinue Reading
By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent In the season when both body and soul gear up for the High Holidays, we could use some inspiring music. Whether you’re preparing the New Year’s card mailing list, the shopping list, or the list of personal amends to make, it’s good to have audioContinue Reading
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