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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent “I consider myself a music junkie. I’ve always loved music,” says Michael Tarlowe, the founder of V

By Deborah Ashin, Special to JTNews

By Deborah Ashin, Special to JTNews Every week, Dave Landsman takes an emotional journey to Israel. Though he sits in the comfort of his Mercer Is

By Britten Schear, Special to JTNews

By Britten Schear, Special to JTNews Ze’ev Kahanov was not dissuaded by the poor turnout to his lecture at Congregation Beth Shalom on Wed,

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews The halls on the 12th floor of this downtown Seattle office building would look like any other except for a few

By Sara Lahyani, Special to JTNews Of the 18 students nationwide who left Feb. 4 to spend eight weeks studying in Israel, six are from the Pacific

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Taking Sides investigates Wilhelm Furtwangler, the Nazi-era conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic in postwar

By Gabe Meyerson, Special to JTNews I once had a Jewish friend that lived in the projects. I remember I was 13 years old and was surprised that Je

By By Tali Gourarie, other As the violence in Israel continues, local teen members of Young Judaea’s Seattle Club have taken it upon themsel

By Rita Weinstein, JTNews Correspondent Though many Council House residents reflect on their lives — even as much as 100 years’ worth of mem

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Canadian-turned-Israeli Joel Bainerman calls economics the key to peace in the Middle East. He says Palestinians

By Diana Brement, JTNews Correspondent Religion and Spirituality We ended our last reviews in Nov. 2002, with a mention of a new compilation of t

By Diana Brement, JTNews Correspondent

By Diana Brement, JTNews Correspondent When Anita Diamant published The Red Tent, her novel about the lives of the Biblical foremothers, did she i

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Hearings on new hate-crime legislation, initiated by the Seattle office of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Greeted by a standing ovation from over 650 Jewish women, Gloria Steinem, feminist icon and co-founder of Ms

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent I am talking music with Rabbi Aharon Brun-Kestler, Executive Director of the Va’ad HaRabanim of Gr