By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound After more than two hours of debate on May 20, the University of Washington student senate
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The Times of Israel reports that the Polish government has expanded the parameters for Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who are eligible for month
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound He may be retiring from his current post, but Rabbi Jim Mirel is far from finished. “I don't conside
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By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound “The priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to have is the beginning of desire.”
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While most of us are aware that today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the Israeli holiday that commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in
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By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA World News BRUSSELS (JTA) -- Hunched over a small island of memorial candles for the victims of the attack on the Jewish Museu
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By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent To just look at Adeena Sussman’s résumé of food writing over the last 13 years is enough to make your
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As the death toll now reaches four in Saturday's shooting at the Brussels Jewish Museum, some security experts are now saying that evidence from the a
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Francine "Frannie" Cohen was honored last night as Edmonds' Citizen of the Year in a ceremony that focused on the almost-inconceivable amount of v
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Approximately 15,000 pounds of hummus-related products have been recalled by major food label Lansal Inc. (better known as Hot Mama's Foods) due to a
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By Robert Wilkes, Special to The Jewish Sound May 10, 1972. A sky swarming with Navy jets approaching the North Vietnamese coast at 15,000 feet. I’m
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By Michael Gerson, The Washington Post Several years ago, I attended the bar mitzvah of a friend’s son. Uniquely in my experience — and, I’d bet, mos
Read MoreBy Abdullah H. Erakat, The Media Line ABU DIS - Hala Kanaan recalls her disappointment at being one year too young to cast a ballot in the 2006 Pal
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A decision made two months ago by the Israeli government's religious court to release a woman from her marriage to a comatose husband was made publi
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(JTA) – The student senate at the University of Washington voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed measure on divestment from Israel. The vote Tu
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(JTA) -- If Sabra Dipping Co. has its way, the use of chickpeas and tahini in making hummus will become U.S. law. The hummus manufacturer, which is
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By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent As the Seattle Orthodox Jewish community recovers from the conviction of a local religion school teache
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By Gavin Rabinowitz, JTA World News ATHENS, Greece (JTA) -- When the Anti-Defamation League published its global anti-Semitism survey last week, Gr
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Standing in the building where nearly eight years ago she lay on the floor, bleeding from a gunshot wou
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