By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Two students and a professor came to Seattle recently to share their experiences of life in Israel and at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology during a time of war. Professor Adi Salzberg and students Oshra Greenblum and Sagi Rotem visited an American Technion Society gathering inContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews In the war of propaganda between Israel and the Palestinians, the Palestinians have a decisive advantage. Now an Israeli policy institute, with help from local sources, wants to try to even the playing field. Professor Yoav Gelber, chair of Haifa University’s School of History, butContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel and Joel Magalnick, other Jews living in Washington State are finding that the degree of vigilance to go to a synagogue service or drop off children at a Jewish school has been bumped up a few notches. Although security measures currently in place are not as obviousContinue Reading
By Rita Weinstein, JTNews Correspondent The athletes and stars you love to watch have them. So do successful businesspeople. What they have are professional coaches that help them maintain their success in reaching their chosen goals or in formulating new ones. Stuart Kaufman is a professional personal and business coachContinue Reading
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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Herman Goebbels’ strategy of “The Big Lie” is alive and well, and being used against Israel and Jews in general, according to Kenneth Jacobson, Director of the International Affairs Division of the Anti-Defamation League. The first Big Lie, he explained, has been circulating throughout theContinue Reading
By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent A unique concert series called The American String Project presents its second season in Seattle this month. Fifteen world-class string players will gather at Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya, to transform familiar chamber music into the fuller sound of a string orchestra. It’sContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent A Jewish flavor will spice up the Seattle Baroque’s upcoming concert, which will be centered on Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. In addition to music by Monteverdi, one of Italy’s most famous composers during the early 17th century, the concert will also feature music by lesser-knownContinue Reading
By Andrew Tarica, Special to JTNews Iquitos was an unlikely spot to meet a lost tribe of Jews. But on the bumpy bus ride from the airport into the center of the town, one of the first things I noticed, next to a stand selling ceviche and Inca cola, wasContinue Reading
By Britten Schear, Special to JTNews If you ask Becky Sternberg’s mother, the Eastside Jewish Lunch is a larger replica of the Mitzvah lunches Becky hosted as a child with her saved-up baby-sitting money. The younger Sternberg says that from an early age she delighted in gathering her family andContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Even though there are over 25,000 lawyers in the state of Israel, the Israeli-based law firm of Zell, Goldberg and Co. has set themselves apart from the rest. By providing full-service business and litigation services from its home base in Tel Aviv and its officeContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent From Ketchum, Idaho to Billings, Montana, to Anchorage, Alaska and beyond, leaders and educators from Reform Jewish institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest and around the country gathered for the Union of American Hebrew Congregations’ 22nd Pacific Northwest Council Regional Biennial 2003, Assemble The People. ForContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews The Jewish community’s opinions appear to mirror the state’s in support of Supreme Court Justice Bobbe Bridge. Bridge’s drunken driving arrest has drawn comments ranging from sympathy to demands for her resignation. Many say, however, that her mistake should not cost her career. Bridge wasContinue Reading
By Talya Gillman, Special to JTNews Genesis means the beginning. As the first book of the Torah, Genesis describes the creation of our world. And last summer, I attended a program called Genesis at Brandeis University, near Boston. Currently going into its seventh year, the program combines Jewish studies, arts,Continue Reading
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By Hally Jackson, Special to JTNews “Do you take this woman?” “Why not?” “Do you take this man?” “Sure.” “Let the games begin!” More and more couples are stepping out of the traditional wedding box and creating unique ceremonies and receptions that celebrate the individual personalities of their love. CaroleContinue Reading
By J, JTNews Correspondent Olympia artist Diane Kurzyna reacts to the world around her by creating art out of ordinary household junk. Her current exhibit, “White Trash Wedding Redux,” is on display at Seattle Pacific University through March 7. It is Kurzyna’s first one-person show in Seattle. The art inContinue Reading
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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Mostly known for his theatrical drawings of Broadway openings, Al Hirschfeld had a knack for line. He said things succinctly with his drawings, communicating volumes in a single stroke. Movement is a key element in his work, with a just-drawn look. “In Line with AlContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Seattle Jewish Community Day School has plenty to celebrate. On top of surpassing the 100-student mark this year for the first time, they have been looking into expanding their physical presence and setting the course for the school’s future. As a result, they decided toContinue Reading
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