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 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 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 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 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

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