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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent After contacting all of the synagogues in Washington state, the following said they would welcome you to joi

By , Special to JTNews Clear your calendar for Sunday, April 1, if you haven’t done so already. You’ll want to set aside the entire da

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews To repair earthquake damage and bring the 1909 Seattle Hebrew Academy building up to the modern earthq

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Another earthquake struck the greater Seattle Jewish community this month. The community’s leadi

By , Special to JTNews Multifaith Works is beginning a new project: forming a special volunteer CareTeam to provide support for one person or hous

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Olympia’s Temple Beth Hatfiloh will hold its fourth annual “Blintzapalooza” blintz-makin

By , Special to JTNews The girls’ varsity team at Northwest Yeshiva High School ended its 18—6 season on a high note, with a championship wi

By , Special to JTNews Diane Sigel and Robin Wehl, two women instrumental in the growth and success of the Pacific Northwest Region’s Young

By , Special to JTNews Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch is dedicating its new synagogue in the View Ridge neighborhood on March 18. In kee

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent More than 200 people crowded the University of Washington’s Kane Hall to listen to a discussion about

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Special to JTNews Many would imagine that it could be painful for a teacher to yield the front of the room. Segueing from

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent When you buy something at Second Hand Rose or donate items to the thrift store in the Greenwood neighborhood

By Ruz Gulko, Special to JTNews Caring, comfort and confidentiality. Shabbat joy and “re-creation.” These were the themes and experien

By Jennifer Morton, Special to JTNews It has been a little more than a year since members of the Chi-Deutron chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi moved int

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Anne Morrison was literally a woman on a mission when she went to the Kingdom of Jordan last November. As

By Charles Redell, Special to JTNews Radical Humanist. Working Class Intellectual. Filmmaker. Carpenter. Abe Osheroff is all of this and more. Bor

By Bonnie Schiller, Special to JTNews Seattle Chapter Hadassah is proud to honor Lucy Sondland Pruzan at its May 1, 2001, Gala Dinner. Lucy was

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent Wonder bread, that icon of American sandwich culture, is on the verge of becoming kosher in the Washington

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s former music director, who is now professor of Liturgical Arts at Hebrew

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Last week’s earthquake made life at the state capitol a bit more complicated, but legislators an