News (Page 191)

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Israel’s top aviation writers came to Seattle at the end of January to get a close look at the latest jets to join the El Al fleet. The Israeli journalists, joined by half a dozen members of the American Jewish press, spent three days visitingContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Seattle native Gussie Stusser was so excited to move into her new apartment at The Summit, the Kline Galland Center’s new retirement apartments on First Hill, that she insisted on moving in on opening day and spent her first night there without any neighbors.Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Since 1926, Hadassah and the Jewish National Fund have partnered together to address the environmental concerns facing Israel. Just as water is a basic element of nature and an essential to human survival, water is key for the land of Israel. The current water crisisContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Home Care Associates, a new program offered by Jewish Family Service to help the elderly and disabled in their homes with personal care and light chores, began its first month of operation in January. The licensed program, under the direction of Lorene Armes, ACSW, wasContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews This year’s Jewish Day School annual dinner and auction is set for Sunday, March 11, 2001, at the Seattle Sheraton Hotel. Co-chairs Judy Swenson and Shannon Kahn, and more than 50 other volunteers, are hoping to surpass last year’s fund-raising achievement of $250,000. This year’sContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Marcia Horwitz welcomed more than 70 people on Jan. 9 to the first women’s health forum sponsored by both the American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science and the Hutchinson Center. Horwitz said the Weizmann Institute is one of the world’s foremost centers ofContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent It will only take about 20 to 30 minutes on Feb. 11 to possibly save a life. Between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. community members are invited to drop by Temple De Hirsch Sinai on Capitol Hill to donate a sample of blood that couldContinue Reading

By Jenny Brown, Special to JTNews The movies have been around for only a century, which is a long time to all of us who grew up going to the cinema, but it is an incredibly short time in the larger history of the Jewish people. Yet, Jews have embracedContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Among the positive signs for Jewish community interests during the first few weeks of the legislative session was a bill introduced under the leadership of Rep. Shay Schual-Berke to temporarily resolve a Medicaid reimbursement issue that could cost the Kline Galland Home about $750,000Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews In response to the major earthquake that struck El Salvador last week, a number of Jewish organizations and individuals are organizing relief efforts. Here’s a roundup of the efforts and how you can get involved. The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is collecting relief fundsContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Eight Jewish community leaders spent the second week of 2001 showing the community’s support for its brothers and sisters in Israel. Although some admit they went on the trip because they felt obliged, they all returned with a shared sense of mission. “Israel wasContinue Reading

By Lorraine Sidell, Special to JTNews At 103 years old, Sarah Rebecca Cohen remains lovely and astute. She has very definite opinions on politics and an amazing memory of Jewish life in the past. She shares her thoughts several times a week on the telephone with her 105-year-old sister, MayContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews On March 31, Seattle area residents will come together for the 3rd Annual A Breath of Hope Dinner/Auction to raise funds for medical research into an uncommon, and fatal, lung disease known as lymphangioleiomyomatosis, or LAM. This year’s event takes place at the Washington StateContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Rabbi Hanoch Teller, the globetrotting “Modern-day Maggid,” is coming to Seattle. Rabbi Teller will be a visiting scholar-in-residence at Mercer Island’s Congregation Shevet Achim between Jan. 26—28, 2001. On Jan. 27, Congregation Shevet Achim and the Seattle Kollel are hosting a public lecture by RabbiContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Students from the Seabury School will present the children’s opera, “Brundibar,” with previews Feb. 5—7 at Knutzen Family Theatre. “Brundibar” (“Bumblebee”) was composed in 1938 by Hans Krasa. The first performance of Brundibar was given by a boy’s orphanage in Prague. Original cast member DashaContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Seattle Hebrew Academy invites the public to see what the school is all about during a regular day of classes on “Be Our Guest Day,” Feb. 8. The program, “Be Our Guest Day,” was first implemented last year when Rabbi Shmuel Kay came on boardContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews From Jan. 5 through Feb. 4, artists in Bet Alef Meditational Synagogue’s community are joining members of East Shore, University, West Seattle and Edmonds Unitarian Churches in an exhibit of painting, photography, pottery, sculpture and jewelry. “Liberals’ Art” will be on display at the EastContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Temple Beth Am will be sponsoring its 5th Annual Mini-University during the month of February, 2001. This program of adult study features college level courses taught by experts in their fields which are designed to broaden and deepen one’s knowledge of Judaism. This year, Mini-UniversityContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent A new educational program for first-time Jewish teachers called the Bereshit Initiative is in its trial run this year in Seattle. The initiative seeks to support teachers who may be temporary to Jewish education but understand they will be making a significant impact on JewishContinue Reading