By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Herod the Great, who ruled as King of Judea beginning about a century after Judah the Maccabee made his treaty with Rome, was almost certainly an unhappy man. Not only did he order the deaths of his first wife and a number of his ownContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis , JTNews Correspondent “There’s a double-ness in what you hear people say about Jews and what you see written about Jews,” said Stuart Schoffman to an intimate group of 48 at a community briefing in Seattle on Feb. 13. The briefing, entitled “Israel and the Media: AnContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The wandering school has settled down again. The Seattle Jewish Community School, which has occupied four sites during its 11-year history, is now enjoying comfortable new quarters at Temple Beth Am. The growing school, which educates 95 students from kindergarten through fifth grade, hasContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis , JTNews Correspondent “This is a new passage, perhaps a turning point,” said Eran Lerman, the new director of the American Jewish Committee’s Israel/Middle East office, about the current state of Israel, when he visited Seattle on Feb. 4—5. While touring the United States, Lerman stopped inContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The Legislature won’t be pulling any financial miracles out of a hat this year, according to Jewish community advocates who say the news from Olympia is bleak. “The bad news about the budget is getting worse,” says Remy Trupin, government affairs director for theContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews The Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle is the winner of a 2002 communications award for “maintaining standards of excellence” in promoting its Night & Day for the “J” annual fund-raiser, the Jewish Community Centers of North America Association (JCCA) announced this month. TheContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews Eight students from Garfield High School are currently participating in “Project: Gambia,” a collaboration of Rotary International, Computers for the World (C4W) and GambiaHELP. For the past year, the team has rebuilt, organized, packed and shipped 70 computers for impoverished schools in Gambia, West Africa.Continue Reading
By , Special to JTNews The theme for this year’s Pacific Northwest Mini-CAJE on Feb. 17 and 18, is “The Jewish Bookshelf” reflecting the vast array of scholars who make up the faculty of the Jewish learning conference sponsored by the Jewish Education Council and the Jewish Federation of GreaterContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews It is estimated that 10 to 20 percent of the Seattle area Jewish population lives in poverty. Between Purim and Passover this year, the Seattle Jewish Coalition for Homeless People will hold its 14th Annual Emergency Shelter Voucher Drive. The tax-deductible voucher donations are givenContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Started in 1998 as a joint venture between the Multiple Sclerosis Association of King County (MSA) and Multifaith Works, Ariel House, a communal home for people with moderate multiple sclerosis, will officially open Feb. 10. Together, the MSA and Multifaith Works have developed the firstContinue Reading
By Joanna Kadish, other Contrary to the basic Seattle rule, “If it’s going to snow, don’t go,” more than 140 people from across Seattle arrived at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island on the evening of Jan. 29 to hear Matthew Levitt, a former FBI analyst who participated inContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Local civil, human and religious rights groups clashed with the city of Bellevue over its decision to allow Beit Tikvah, an Eastside messianic congregation, to perform traditional Jewish music and Israeli folk dances at a Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration last month at CrossroadsContinue Reading
By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Dr. Feng Shan Ho, Chinese consul general in Vienna on the eve of the Second World War, is credited with providing Austrian Jews with visas to Shanghai, enabling them to escape Nazi persecution and survive the Holocaust. Ho is honored at the Wing Luke AsianContinue Reading
By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent OLYMPIA — Anti-Defamation League—inspired bills targeting hate groups and others that commit violent civil disturbances passed committees of both houses of the state Legislature on Tuesday. HB2505, introduced by Rep. Al O’Brien (D-Mountlake Terrace) passed the House Criminal Justice and Corrections Committee by a 7-0Continue Reading
By , Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva High School’s Annual Dinner will take place Feb. 17 at the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in Seattle. Each year at the Annual Dinner, the Yeshiva honors those who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of Jewish education in the community. ThisContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews For the past 13 years, the Seattle Jewish Coalition for the Homeless has been holding a winter toy and book drive. Although the drive has been successful from the giving point of view, it has become less well received by the beneficiary agencies. That’s becauseContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent For the past 10 years, the Seattle Kollel, or universal community, has been offering Jewish learning for every level with a focus on starting where the students are. The eight current rabbis and teachers of the Seattle Kollel bring their own sense of humor, compassionContinue Reading
By Amy Shafron, Special to JTNews The JDS Annual Dinner and Auction on Sunday, March 10, at the Sheraton Seattle Hotel will pay tribute to the memory of Herb Rosen and honor his family, Rita Rosen, Stan and Michele Rosen and Judy and Krijn de Jonge. The award was createdContinue Reading
By , Special to JTNews B’nai B’rith International has given Dina Siegel Vann, Latin American affairs director in its Center for Public Policy, a second assignment — heading its activities at the United Nations. “Dina Siegel Vann possesses the necessary professional experience, education and personal background to carry out thisContinue Reading
By Rebecca Lackman, Special to JTNews The Seattle Jewish Film Festival returns for its seventh year this spring, but during a different week. The April 20—28 festival presented by the American Jewish Committee should once again be the cinematic celebration of arts, culture and history that the community looks forwardContinue Reading
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