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By , Special to JTNews Like many others in the greater Seattle area, Yechezkel Rapoport and his wife Ora make their living as computer professionals. By day it’s all about data and HTML. But when they’re not on the clock at Microsoft, Yecheskel and Ora spend their time voluntarily organizingContinue Reading

By Josefin Kanin, Special to JTNews In 1999, the JCC Association began an ambitious project to establish Young Judaea groups as endorsed programs at Jewish community centers nationwide. The Stroum Jewish Community Center of Greater Seattle was among the first to take on this challenge. Last year, the JCC offeredContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent About 60 students gave the enthusiastic Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin of Chabad-Lubavitch their full attention at Seattle Prep School’s comparative religion class on Nov. 7. Levitin talked about what it is like to be a rabbi and a Jew. He also spoke about having theContinue Reading

By Sarah Shay, Special to JTNews All men have hobbies. Some fish, some garden, some collect antiques. My father, Robert Shay, runs the largest Jewish video collection in the United States. “The Jewish Education Council of New York’s collection is actually larger,” he admits, “but their collection includes many non-JewishContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Congregation Kol Shalom, a growing Reform congregation on Bainbridge Island, has welcomed a new, part-time rabbi into its community to lead them in worship, education and spiritual growth. In her new and second career as a rabbi, Cindy G. Enger combines her six years ofContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent “In light of recent national events and as the youngest Holocaust survivors generation approaches, the desire to share information and perspectives has elevated,” said the Frye Art Museum’s Art Director Richard V. West about the “Witness & Legacy” exhibit currently on display at the museum.Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Nearly 350 people gave back-to-back standing ovations at a American Jewish Committee salute to John Rindlaub, president of Bank of America, Northwest Region, on Nov. 10, at the Four Seasons in Seattle. Business and community leaders turned out to honor Rindlaub, who received the AJC’sContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews After serving seven years as executive director of the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle, David Grashin will be leaving the Va’ad effective the beginning of 2002. Grashin was instrumental in helping to establish the organization, which oversees issues relating to halacha (Jewish law) that affectContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Fielding a new interscholastic sports team at any school usually means starting out with a loser. But that’s not how things went at Seattle Hebrew Academy for its newest team. Two months ago, a group of 13 girls, most of whom knew nothing about volleyball,Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Dina Elikan, MSW/ACSW, the new director of Senior Services at Jewish Family Service, says her 97-year-old grandmother, who still lives independently, is her role model for senior living and one of the reasons Dina chose this career direction. “The most common response to why peopleContinue Reading

By Annette Peizer, Special to JTNews What parents don’t want their child to be the one teachers all find a delight to have in their classes, other parents find easy to have over for play dates and grandparents nod in approval over? In two 10-year studies of 120 families, JohnContinue Reading

By Charlene Freadman Kahn, JTNews Correspondent A documentary illustrating the painstaking renovation of an historic synagogue in Eastern Europe and the subsequent resurgence of Jewish life in post-Communist Poland will be shown at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle this Sunday, Nov. 11, at 2 p.m. Through historical detail, archivalContinue Reading

By Joanna Kadish, other The autumn wind blows circles around the stalwart evergreens and thin birches bordering Interlaken Boulevard on Capitol Hill, causing the more flexible trees to undulate, their branches swaying with a rich swishing of sound. Adding to the orchestra of leafy music is the happy fanfare ofContinue Reading

By Josefin Kanin, Special to JTNews Volunteer leadership of the Stroum Jewish Community Center bid farewell to the leaders of the center staff at the JCC’s 44th annual meeting on Oct. 18 on Mercer Island. The evening was given special luster by the appearance of several luminaries in the SeattleContinue Reading

By Bruce Clement, Special to JTNews Nearly 40 past leaders of Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation will be on hand for a gala dinner Nov. 11 to help the Seward Park Orthodox synagogue celebrate its history. The 19 living past presidents of the congregation, and 17 past presidents of the LadiesContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews About 325 people could have saved a lot of money and not missed a Mariners playoff game if they had chosen to buy Rabbi Joseph Telushkin’s recent tome, The Book of Jewish Value: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living, instead of venturing out onContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews “Voices of Reason,” a concert of Christian, Jewish and Islamic music based on the three religions’ common teachings of peace and justice, will be presented by the Seattle Peace Chorus (SPC), Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Seattle Unity Church, 8th Ave. E. atContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Seattle Chapter Hadassah kicked off a celebration of Hadassah’s 90th anniversary on Sept. 13, at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island. About 70 women of all ages enjoyed each other’s company. A busload of members from The Summit were able to attend asContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Parents with children in the Stroum Jewish Community Center’s (JCC) preschool program breathed a sigh of satisfaction as the first play structures were installed in the Janet Berman Memorial Playground at the JCC’s Mercer Island facility Oct. 22. The playground was planned as a wayContinue Reading