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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The stories of over a century of Pacific Northwest Jewish history have been told through the eyes of the wom

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Between cosmic rays and track stars, Northwest Yeshiva High School has a lot to be excited about. However, the y

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Several Israelis rolled into town last week to spread messages of goodwill and economic cooperation. Whether her

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Now in its 48th year, Olympia’s Camp Solomon Schechter is embracing its traditions while making some c

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Rep. Laura Ruderman joked about placing a “tip jar” near her desk asking for contributions to the state&#

By Deborah Ashin, Special to JTNews Every night for almost 60 years, the man relived the same hellish nightmare: he is 16 years old and arrives in

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Singer Yossi Hodakov will perform the first Chassidic concert of Jewish music to be presented at Chabad Lub

By Nicole Gyulay, Special to JTNews “Without tradition, our lives would be as shaky as a fiddler on the roof.” So said Tevye, the embattled protag

By Deborah Ashin, Special to JTNews

By Deborah Ashin, Special to JTNews It rivals Hollywood’s most fantastic archaeological adventures, featuring layers of buried ancient citie

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews     Max Rosencrantz Medin’s parents are excited about his birthdate: 01/02/03. Max, at barely a

By Arlene Plevin, Special to JTNews Observing Rosh Hashanah in Taipei, Taiwan reminded me of what I’d forgotten: all over the world, in plac

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent After 47 years of defending and promoting human rights, religious freedom and inter-group relations, Washing

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Seattle’s Northend neighborhoods have been taking on more of a Jewish flavor as the community has b

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When the state legislature starts its new session this Monday, the mood will be anything but jovial. With the go

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews One of the first things Rob Horwitz noticed when he arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina last month was how well pe