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By Charlene Freadman Kahn, JTNews Correspondent Volunteer social service programs are set up to provide assistance to those in need — but as so often happens, the benefit and the value frequently extend across the line to the volunteer caregiver. Such is the case with Multifaith Works and its CareTeamContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Jewish power in America and the role of women now and in the past was the focus of the Jan. 14 Connections dinner, a fund-raiser for the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Although Jews have achieved power in America, “we are in danger as well,”Continue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Albert Joseph Maimon needs to grow some big shoulders pretty fast. That’s the only way this little baby will be able to carry all the responsibility and honor he inherited at birth. Not only was little Albert the first Jewish baby born in theContinue Reading

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent The Bainbridge Island Police Dept. is confident that the person responsible for three anti-Semitic mailings to local residents last summer has already been apprehended. Police Chief Bill Cooper confirmed last Friday that his department has closed its investigation of the incidents after concluding that theContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Tax reform — read: raising taxes — may be the only way out of the state’s perpetual budget struggle, both advocates of the Jewish community in Olympia are saying as the Legislature prepares to get back to work on Monday. “It’s time to thinkContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews The American Society for Technion—Israel Institute of Technology (ATS) announces the appointment of Wendy Rosen, as its new Northwest Chapter Director. Rosen comes to the ATS with a background in fund-raising and recruiting in the Seattle community. “This is a very exciting time for theContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews The stage at the Stroum Jewish Community Center will light up this January with a play performed by kids in the JCC’s Spotlight Youth Theater program. Robin Wehl, director of youth and family services, decided to revive Spotlight after witnessing firsthand the success of theContinue Reading

By Amy Wasser-Simpson, other On the last Sunday in December 2001, a small group of dedicated volunteers from the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) met at a warehouse in Redmond, where the household goods they have been collecting through generous donations are held. Loading up a delivery van withContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Not all heroes are exciting. Not everyone can be a firefighter rushing into a collapsing tower. For some, just going to work and doing their job can be a form of heroism, not because of the threats or roadblocks thrown up before them, but simplyContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent As the baby-boom generation has aged, we’ve discovered death whether by facing up to our own mortality as a middle-aged rite-of-passage or needing to confront our own parents’ end-of-life decisions. For Alberta Golden, helping people learn about what choices they have when they near theContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Following the departure of executive director Gary Pollock this month, the Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle has hired Jerry Melman to serve as interim executive director until a replacement is found. The JCC’s executive search committee, headed by JCC past president Carol Harris,Continue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews More than two years after leaving her job as the Jewish Federation’s first professional lobbyist in Olympia, Randi Abrams is returning to the work of Jewish community advocacy, but this time she’ll be in the other Washington. At the start of 2002, Abrams willContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews After Sept. 11, we all searched for concrete ways to help people in New York and Washington heal. While most of us donated money, second graders at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle wanted to make a more personal connection. They used wordsContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews King County Executive Ron Sims’ November memo reminding his workforce to remember religious diversity this holiday season was nothing out of the ordinary in politically correct Seattle. But the telephone calls and e-mail response from people across the country — mostly from outside KingContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Jewish Day School defeats Seattle Hebrew Academy in boys’ basketball The Jewish Day School narrowly defeated the Seattle Hebrew Academy Nov. 19 in the first of two meetings in boys’ basketball. Allon Freiman led all scorers for JDS with 14 points. Andrew Schwartz contributed nineContinue Reading

By Amirav Davy, Special to JTNews For decades Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Synagogue members Gustav and Ruth Samter have hosted students at their Seward Park home. The Samters will be honored at the BCMH 110th anniversary dinner at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 16 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. The past 10Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Entrepreneur and philanthropist Alex Shulman, who bought and sold many businesses during his career, has died at age 89. Shulman was born in Seattle to Minnie and Abe Shulman on March 8, 1912. His parents had immigrated to the United States from Minsk via NewContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Less than a year after opening, The Summit at First Hill, the first independent and assisted living complex serving seniors in the Jewish community, is 95 percent full, a big improvement over the industry average of two years to fill a new senior apartment building.Continue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews JCC President Paul Etsekson says he has been amazed at the community response to a series of financial and organizational challenges that hit the Stroum Jewish Community Center this year. “I believe that the problems we’ve had have sort of captured the imagination ofContinue Reading