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 voted against resolution 20-39, for the UW to divest from certain corporations that do business with Israel, 59-8 with 11 abstentions. Jewish students opposed toContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent A volunteer for Sephardic Bikur Holim was arrested and charged on May 2 for the crime of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes, with an additional finding of probable cause for having committed child molestation, according to the findings of a Seattle PoliceContinue Reading
The Times of Israel reports that the Polish government has expanded the parameters for Polish survivors of Nazi persecution who are eligible for monthly pensions. This new law will increase coverage to include Holocaust survivors of Polish descent, along with Polish victims of Soviet persecution, who are now living outsideContinue Reading
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 consider it the end. Death is the end. It’s a continuation,” says the longtime senior rabbi of Bellevue’s Temple B’nai Torah, who will retire atContinue Reading
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound “The priest desires. The philosopher desires. And not to have is the beginning of desire.” So wrote Wallace Stevens, the American poet whose words inspired the title of Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg’s first book, “The Beginning of Desire: Reflections on Genesis.” “It’sContinue Reading
While most of us are aware that today is Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day), the Israeli holiday that commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, most are unaware that another memorial holiday is also celebrated throughout Israel today: Memorial Day for Ethiopian Jews Who Died on the Way to Israel. TheContinue Reading
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 Museum of Belgium, Paul Ambach is lost in thought. “Once again, Jewish blood in Belgium, which is no longer Belgium,” said Ambach, a well-knownContinue Reading
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 mouth water. Sussman, invited to Seattle to cater a young-women-focused Hadassah event earlier this month, brought a wealth of knowledge and Israeli cooking experience.Continue Reading
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 attack seems to suggest the shooter may have been a hitman rather than an anti-Semitic ‘lone wolf.’ The victims included an Israeli couple, a French woman, andContinue Reading
Francine “Frannie” Cohen was honored last night as Edmonds’ Citizen of the Year in a ceremony that focused on the almost-inconceivable amount of volunteer work she does for her community. Here’s the video of her accepting the award: And a story on MyEdmondsNews.com.Continue Reading
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 possibly bacterial contamination scare. The news comes on the heels of the story earlier this week that Sabra had filed a petition with the FDA “toContinue Reading
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 the wingman on the right of the lead A-6. A division of F-4 Phantom fighters prepares to race forward and attack anti-aircraft sites. OtherContinue Reading
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, most people’s experience — all of the boy’s four grandparents were Holocaust survivors. In the middle of the ceremony, one grandfather interrupted: “I haveContinue Reading
By 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 Palestinian election. A school girl at the time, Hala remembers arguing with her mother and older sister, both of whom failed toContinue Reading
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 public Tuesday. The ritual divorce was allowed by the court using the Jewish legal concept of “get zikui” to allow the divorce, as the husbandContinue Reading
(JTA) – The student senate at the University of Washington voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposed measure on divestment from Israel. The vote Tuesday night of 59 against, 8 in favor and 11 abstentions followed a 3 1/2-hour debate, according to StandWithUs, a pro-Israel campus group. The resolution was sponsoredContinue Reading
(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 co-owned by PepsiCo and the Israel-based Strauss Group, has filed a petition with the Food and Drug Administration to create a standard forContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent As the Seattle Orthodox Jewish community recovers from the conviction of a local religion school teacher on child molestation charges, a second male adult, a Sephardic Bikur Holim volunteer was arrested and charged on May 2 with the same crime. Eli Varon, a 28-year-oldContinue Reading
By Gavin Rabinowitz, JTA World News ATHENS, Greece (JTA) — When the Anti-Defamation League published its global anti-Semitism survey last week, Greece, the cradle of democracy, captured the ignominious title of most anti-Semitic country in Europe. With 69 percent of Greeks espousing anti-Semitic views, according to the survey, Greece wasContinue Reading
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 wound inflicted by a man who minutes later would kill one of her coworkers, Cheryl Stumbo stood before press, colleagues and former coworkers to launchContinue Reading
