News (Page 190)

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Jewish institutions closest to the epicenter of last week’s earthquake — synagogues in Tacoma and Olympia — were miraculously spared, but three locations in Seattle suffered significantly. The Seattle Hebrew Academy, Temple De Hirsch Sinai and the studio of prominent Jewish artist Akiva SeganContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Working with a local software company, two professors at the University of Washington have designed an interactive CD-ROM for learning Modern Hebrew. “Speak Hebrew!” was produced by SMiles Productions with the assistance of UW professor of Hebrew Naomi Sokoloff, and UW Hebrew instructor Monica Devens.Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Moe Dinner’s rags-to-riches story would be hard to believe if it weren’t true. And the drive he harnessed to help create two American industries also powers his passion for Jewish education. Seattle Cheder will show its appreciation for his friendship and commitment at 5:30 p.m.Continue Reading

By Judith Stoloff, Special to JTNews What can you say about a 100th birthday that hasn’t been said before? Lots, when the centenarian is an adventurous world traveler surrounded by 80 friends in the packed Council House dining room. Rabbi Scott Sperling of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, where Zerline AroninContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Long-time Seattle Jewish community leaders Albert and Jeanne Maimon will be honored with the Seattle Hebrew Academy’s Community Leadership Award on March 25 at the school’s annual dinner. The event will be in the Spanish Ballroom of the Four Seasons Olympic Hotel in downtown Seattle.Continue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent After returning from 18 months in Israel, Lisa Narodick experienced a great deal of frustration finding a meaningful role for herself in her home state of Vermont, where the Jewish community is small. That caused her to think about starting her own nonprofit agency andContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Eight generations ago, her ancestor was a disciple of the Baal Shem Tov. Every subsequent generation in her family included rabbis until all of her male cousins refused to take up the rabbinical mantle. When she realized this, she was only 11 years old, butContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews A recent ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco concerning California’s 1999 Holocaust Victim Insurance Relief Act gives both renewed hope and continued concern to advocates and government officials in Washington state, which has a similar law. According to theContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Next fall’s High Holiday services will be radically different in the Pacific Northwest. Four rabbis from the community’s largest synagogues have announced they are stepping down from their bimahs by this summer and one other rabbi has already moved on. Many members of Herzl-NerContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva 38, Heritage Christian 22 When the teams came onto the court, everything smelled of a mismatch. The Eagles were older, much bigger and most of them had a year of varsity experience. Hot shooting by Daphne Davis and Channa Adatto gave the 613sContinue Reading

By Oren Kaufman, Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva 57, Ingraham 47 After two losses against Tacoma Baptist and Christian Faith, the Yeshiva came back to form in an impressive victory over the freshman/sophomore team from Ingraham, a division 3A school. The 613s (13—3) started the game off strong behind 9Continue Reading

By Aryeh Young, Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva 70, Puget Sound Adventist 68 After a heart-breaking overtime loss to Seattle Academy, the 613 JV boys were hungry for a victory. Fighting a press the entire game, the 613s were tired early on and had trouble keeping up with Puget Sound’sContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Northwest Yeshiva 63, Puget Sound Adventist 40 The Northwest Yeshiva girls’ varsity came up big as they made their annual February visit to the Shark tank on Feb. 6. The Sharks scored the first four points of the game. Yeshiva then went on a 14—5Continue Reading

By Rosie Leutzinger, Special to JTNews When University of Washington senior Jeremy Berman met current freshman teammate Michael Rubin, he welcomed him as he has all new members of the tennis team during his four-year career. There was just one thing different he needed to know. “Are you Jewish?” BermanContinue Reading

By Josefin Kannin, Special to JTNews “There’s nowhere to go and nothing to do.” Sound familiar? It’s one of the common laments of teenagers on a Saturday night. Sure, there are movies and malls, but what about an inexpensive place for teens to hang out with their friends, listen toContinue Reading

By Sharon K. Gang, Special to JTNews Israeli papercut artist Yehudit Shadur’s work is based on a simple technique familiar to all children: cutting a folded piece of paper to produce a symmetrical design once the sheet is opened. “I start a new papercut by creating the design on aContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Jewish community leaders feel so strongly that a trip to Israel should be part of every Jewish child’s education that they have set aside $1,200 to enable your child to make the trip. Through the Milk and Honey Gift of Israel Partnership, which began inContinue Reading

By Jenny Brown, Special to JTNews While a strong line-up of movies is the foundation of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, what makes this program unique is the way it tackles topics of importance to the Jewish community. The film festival presented by the American Jewish Committee is a keyContinue Reading

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent The Seattle area is home to few kosher eateries, and the reason is numbers, says Rabbi Yitzchok Gallor, a kosher inspector for Va’ad HaRabanim (Board of Rabbis) of Greater Seattle, the regional kosher-certification agency. “The problem with restaurants and kosher is that the local JewishContinue Reading