By , Special to JTNews On May 28, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle presents the exclusive Seattle screening of the epic film “Exodus.” The film has been remastered with enhanced sound and color for its 40th Anniversary World Tour. Originally released in 1961, “Exodus” will be shown in SeattleContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Greater Seattle B’nai B’rith Community Service Foundation is honoring Patty Stonesifer, president and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at their annual Champion of Youth Dinner, to take place May 19 at the Elliott Grand Hyatt Hotel in Seattle. “Patty Stonesifer exemplifies B’naiContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews On June 2, the Seattle Jewish Community School will hold its 10th auction at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel and Towers. In addition to being a fun and entertaining event (John Curley, host of KING 5 Television’s “Evening Magazine,” will be master of ceremonies), the schoolContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Jewish Family Life Education, the educational arm of Jewish Family Service, invites members of the Jewish community to attend an in-depth exploration and examination of one’s Jewish identity through a nontraditional method, “Theatre of the Oppressed,” on May 19. Marc Weinblatt, the featured presenter, willContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Relationships between science and art, Seattle and Israel, and the Fred Hutchinson Center Research Center and the Weizmann Institute came together recently on the University of Washington campus. At a gala event on April 11, the Pacific Northwest Region of the American Committee for theContinue Reading

By Deloris Tarzan Ament, other Eighty percent of college-age Jews continue their education after high school. It’s a critical time in their lives, an age when they’re searching for meaning. Many of them have only scant information about their Jewish heritage. College years are the last chance to give JewishContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Approximately 1,500 people gathered in downtown Seattle last week for the community Israel rally with a variety of different ideas about how to make peace in the Middle East. To gather a cross-section of these opinions, I talked to as many people as IContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews For 30 minutes on Tuesday, April 30, a large cross-section of the greater Seattle Jewish community — from across the political, religious and demographic spectrums — gathered together in support of Israel. About halfway through the downtown rally in support of Israel and America’sContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Pledges to the 2002 Jewish Federation Community Campaign totaled a little over $10 million, fund-raising chair Iantha Sidell announced at the end of April. The leap past last year’s $9.2 million achievement was mostly attributed to a successful extra fund-raising effort to collect emergencyContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis , JTNews Correspondent On March 12, about 360 students, teachers and facilitators attended the Reducing Adolescent Prejudice (RAP) conference, sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, the Seattle Human Rights Commission and Tully’s Coffee. About 35 schools participated from such places as Seattle, Tacoma, Snohomish, Kitsap, Peninsula, Puyallup andContinue Reading