News (Page 173)

By Rita Weinstein, Special to JTNews Over the past 50 years, thousands in Seattle’s young adult Jewish community have walked through the doors of the Greenstein Family Hillel Center at the University of Washington. Next month, those doors will close for good as construction begins on a new, expanded facility.Continue Reading

By Carol Oseran Starin, Special to JTNews Morah Dorothy reaches into the large paper bag and out comes “Ari,” a beautiful lion puppet that seems to be an extension of her arm. Ari is a regular in Dorothy’s class. Just prior to Yom Kippur the class read a story aboutContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Those attending KlezFest on Nov. 10 at Temple Beth Am in Seattle can expect a lively mix of Jewish music this year. Henry Sapoznik, producer of the Yiddish Radio Project that aired on National Public Radio this year, will headline. Sapoznik is also a composer,Continue Reading

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent When Mercer Island artist Madelaine Georgette paints these days, she focuses on what she calls ubuntu — community. Her newest exhibit, entitled “Building Community: Truth. Justice. Reconciliation” examines the abstract nature of apartheid and how her native country, South Africa, has embraced the concept ofContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Excitement about the impending collaboration with Microsoft Corporation highlighted the American Technion Society’s biannual national board meeting in September. The board, meeting for the first time in Seattle since 1940, showcased its commitment to building the Northwest chapter of the ATS. The four-day event tookContinue Reading

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By Hally Jackson, JTNews Correspondent Karen Gamoran, Herzl-Ner Tamid and Temple De Hirsch member, blushes when her peers call her a philanthropist and a humanitarian. “I just call myself a volunteer,” says Gamoran. “I’ve always had a strong Jewish identity and felt compelled to help Jewish causes and people. EveryoneContinue Reading

By Rabbi Michael A. Latz, other I grew up in Minnesota. Shabbat dinners at my grandparents’ home in St. Paul frame my childhood memories of life in the cold Midwestern state. My zayde spent much of his life active in union organizing; I grew up in a community where namesContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent West Sound Academy’s upcoming production of “A Shayna Maidel” is a powerful drama with appeal to audiences of all ages and religions, as well as the Jewish community. The upcoming production will feature a cast of actors ages 15-17, in grades 10-12, who are notContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Belle Arte Concerts, in its 21st season of presenting professional classical chamber music concerts on the Eastside, is branching out. From 7:30-9:30 p.m. on Nov. 17, at Kirkland Performance Center, Belle Arte Concerts will present Sandra Layman on violin and Alexander Eppler on cimbalom. TheirContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Three local Holocaust survivors told their stories to a group of international scholars at a three-day conference on Christian teachings about the Jews. Robert Herschkowitz, Thomas Blatt and Henry Friedman spoke in the symposium entitled Christian Teachings About Jews: National Comparisons in the Shadow ofContinue Reading

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Although the official results have not yet been certified, at least four of the six Jewish candidates for public office in Washington have either retained or taken seats. Incumbents Shay Schual-Berke, who represents the 33rd district s south of Seattle, and the Eastside’s Laura RudermanContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Bob Jaffe, a member of the local Jewish community, is in desperate need of a kidney. Jaffe has end-stage renal failure. He was diagnosed with Polycystic Kidney Disease five years ago. PKD involves the invasion of the kidneys by the growth of many – oftenContinue Reading

By Rita Weinstein, Special to JTNews Pups for Peace is a simple and practical example of what one can do to counter the shock, outrage, and sense of hopelessness that springs from horrific acts. Glenn Yago, an economist at the Milken Institute think tank in Santa Monica, Calif., was overwhelmedContinue Reading

By Joel Magalnick, Special to JTNews The clock struck 3, the static cleared, and that deep radio voice warned us that “Not only are the opinions expressed on the show not necessarily the reflection of the station, its staff or its advertisers, but at times might not be the opinionContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Kosher food does not usually have a reputation for being easy to find, particularly in the Northwest. But a new store just south of Seattle promises to make cooking kosher a little easier. The superstore-based business model of Kosher Direct, one of the newest kosherContinue Reading

By Joel Magalnick, Special to JTNews The Seattle Hebrew Academy has announced Seattle’s oldest Jewish day school will remain at its Capitol Hill facility, built in 1909 and heavily damaged in the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. The school has been operating out of portable trailers and a synagogue in Seward ParkContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Now that it has all been settled, all sides appear ready to call overblown the charges of “snubs” and “censorship” that catapulted the issue of whether Leonard Nimoy would speak at a Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle dinner into the national spotlight. The issue, whichContinue Reading

By Joshua Rosenstein, Special to JTNews The first Jewish baby born in Washington since the Jewish year started Sept. 6 was born a world traveler. He had the opportunity to experience England, Scotland, Spain, and Jackson Hole, Wyo., from the vantage point of inside his mother’s womb. Maybe the experienceContinue Reading