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By , Special to JTNews When the 7th grade boys’ cabin lost the volleyball game to the 7th grade girls’ cabin, they also lost a bet. As

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The wandering Jews of the Seattle Hebrew Academy are moving again this fall. As a temporary solution

By , Special to JTNews Cooper thanked 13 police officers assisting in the investigation who were volunteering their off-duty time to provide secur

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent OLYMPIA — Congregants of Temple Beth Hatfiloh were among some 300 community members attending an interfait

By , Special to JTNews Many parents have sent their children on the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) program. Now adults will be able

By David Sabban, other During this turbulent and important time in Israel’s history, I was given a phenomenal opportunity, along with my fri

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent A former Catholic seminary and retreat center may not be the first place people expect to find a large nu

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Congregation Ezra Bessaroth this month officially welcomes Rabbi Salomon Cohen to its bimah as its new s

By David J. Litvak, Special to JTNews A Spokane chavurah, Havurat Shabbat, is working to establish a second congregation in Spokane, eastern Washi

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent When Seattle native Marci Chentow was a kid, she never thought of living in Israel, let alone being an inte

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Rabbi Daniel Weiner has had a rare opportunity this past year — a chance to spend a long time getting

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Leaders of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle allocated a total of $5.9 million to Jewish causes

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Jewish representatives on the Church Council of Greater Seattle, a coalition of about 450 churches in King a

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent More than 200 attended a Torah dedication at Sephardic Bikur Holim and Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath on Jul

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Washington has set its sights on two areas of research that

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent After 34 years at Northwest Harvest, Executive Director Ruth Velozo is retiring at the end of this month. S

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Talk to the people who knew and loved Herb Rosen and you may begin to form the mistaken impression tha

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent The Seattle Jewish Chapel has its first permanent home in more than two years, following the dedication at

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews When Rabbi Earl Starr sat down to reminisce recently about his 30 years at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, one

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews During a year when many saw the impacts of an economic downturn, the Jewish community dug deep to pled