By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Anne and Emily were just distant cousins who needed each other for like-minded chitchat at family weddings and Bar/Bat Mitzvahs. Anne lived in Cleveland with her family, Emily in Pennsylvania with hers. But today, Emily Popkin, a 30-year-old woman with multiple sclerosis [MS] now livingContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent About 150 strikers and supporters sang, danced and munched on latkes in front of The Seattle Times building on Dec. 21, day 31 of the Newspaper Guild strike and the first night of Hanukkah. The Seattle Times had announced two days prior to the celebrationContinue Reading
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 of West Palm Beach County, Fla., but the ongoing investigations into voter irregularities and fraud may help them feel they can return to fair elections inContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Jewish communities invented socially responsible investing with Hebrew Free Loan societies. In communities across the nation, those free loan organizations continue to operate, but now there’s a new Jewish way to participate in what has become a trendy way of investing, through The ShefaContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Read a book or article about Jewish community history or peruse the collection at the Jewish Archives and you may notice something missing: Jewish women’s lives. Yes, Jewish women are mentioned in the archives as the wives or daughters of famous people or inContinue Reading
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 week on a special United Jewish Communities (UJC) Solidarity Mission. The contingent, representing 70 Jewish communities across the continent, is the largestContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Holocaust survivors and descendants of Holocaust victims gave heartfelt thanks to outgoing state Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn for her hard work at an informal discussion about the status of their insurance claims at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on Dec. 20. Senn said that although herContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The 2000 legislative session may be remembered as the year government gridlock was so bad it seemed as if state legislators had to walk through a sea of caramel before they could take any action. The House was split evenly between Democrats and RepublicansContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Anna Rachel Jaffe seemed determined to be the first Jewish baby of 2001 in Washington state. She arrived 11 days early and beat her next closest competitor by about an hour. “She wanted to be the first Jewish baby. She was jumping out,” saysContinue Reading
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 up superheroes and Archie cartoons for a higher calling that tugged at his soul. His early and persistent love of cartooning, which he nurtured allContinue Reading
By (none), JTNews Correspondent Professor John Bush Jones of Brandeis University will be featured speaker at the University on Wheels, Brandeis University Women’s Committee Luncheon. His topic will be, “Strikes, Sex and the American Way: American Musicals and the First Amendment.” Professor Jones is primarily a theater historian, teaching coursesContinue Reading
By (none), JTNews Correspondent Seattle Kollel Winter Learning Institute will be having its yearly week-long learning program, Dec. 25—29, at the Seattle Hebrew Academy. The learning sessions will be held each morning following breakfast from 9:30 a.m. to noon. The subjects covered will be Talmud, a tour of Jewish literature,Continue Reading
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 than 100 people came to Belltown to hear a discussion of whether the next president will be able to lead the nation. With an almostContinue Reading
By Judith Stoloff, JTNews Correspondent In nine short years, he went from intern to director of Jewish Family Service. Now celebrating his 25th year with the Seattle social service agency, Ken Weinberg attributes his success at JFS to his enjoyment of conversation. Even more than talking, Weinberg enjoys listening: HeContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Holocaust survivor Fred Taucher believes insurance companies that did business in Europe during World War II are procrastinating until claimants die off so they won’t have to pay their claims. Taucher was the only insurance claimant to testify at Washington State Insurance Commissioner Deborah Senn’sContinue Reading
By (none), JTNews Correspondent Recognizing the need to express solidarity with the people and the state of Israel during this difficult time, Barry Goren, the Executive Vice President of the Jewish Federation, with Ken Weinberg and Rabbi Dan Bridge, the executive directors of Jewish Family Service and Hillel, will beContinue Reading
By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews At its Hannah G. Solomon Centennial Award Luncheon last month, the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Seattle Section, honored three special women. U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, Daisy Israel and Timmie Faghin stood on the podium on behalf of hundreds of women who haveContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Seattle’s rabbinic community is showing they are truly a spiritual family by coming to the support of Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Congregation while its spiritual leader, Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, spends six months in Israel with his family. While on sabbatical, Kletenik, who is available to hisContinue Reading
By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent According to the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), 21 million Americans are illiterate and 40 million American adults read and write at or below the fifth-grade level (1 in 4 adults). The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s “Study Buddy” program is working to makeContinue Reading
By (none), JTNews Correspondent Jewish Family Service wrapped up a successful Hanukkah Tzedakah Project and Fall Food Drive, thanks to the participation of a record number of donors. Now in its fifth year, the Hanukkah Tzedakah Project matches JFS Emergency Services’ clients with donor corporate groups, schools, families and individuals.Continue Reading
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