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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Anne and Emily were just distant cousins who needed each other for like-minded chitchat at family weddings a

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent About 150 strikers and supporters sang, danced and munched on latkes in front of The Seattle Times building

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent It may be too late to change the outcome of the presidential election for the 9,000 Jewish senior citizens o

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Jewish communities invented socially responsible investing with Hebrew Free Loan societies. In communi

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Read a book or article about Jewish community history or peruse the collection at the Jewish Archives

By , Special to JTNews In an dramatic show of unity with Israel, about 900 North American Jews — include eight from Seattle — are in Israel this w

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust victims gave heartfelt thanks to outgoing state Insurance

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The 2000 legislative session may be remembered as the year government gridlock was so bad it seemed as

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Anna Rachel Jaffe seemed determined to be the first Jewish baby of 2001 in Washington state. She arriv

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent When he sold his collection of over 2,000 comic books to his cousin, Rabbi Osher Werner knew he was giving u

By (none), JTNews Correspondent Professor John Bush Jones of Brandeis University will be featured speaker at the University on Wheels, Brandeis Un

By (none), JTNews Correspondent Seattle Kollel Winter Learning Institute will be having its yearly week-long learning program, Dec. 25â€"29, at

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent On a Sunday morning on which the future leaders of both the United States and Israel were in doubt, more

By Judith Stoloff, JTNews Correspondent In nine short years, he went from intern to director of Jewish Family Service. Now celebrating his 25th ye

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Holocaust survivor Fred Taucher believes insurance companies that did business in Europe during World War I

By (none), JTNews Correspondent Recognizing the need to express solidarity with the people and the state of Israel during this difficult time, Bar

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews At its Hannah G. Solomon Centennial Award Luncheon last month, the National Council of Jewish Women (N

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Seattle’s rabbinic community is showing they are truly a spiritual family by coming to the support of

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 21 million Americans are illiterate an

By (none), JTNews Correspondent Jewish Family Service wrapped up a successful Hanukkah Tzedakah Project and Fall Food Drive, thanks to the partici