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scrambled egg muffins
March 20, 20150

Scrambled egg potato muffins for a kid-friendly Passover breakfast

By Shannon Sarna, Kveller.com Passover is bad enough without having to feed your kids, too. And breakfast during Passover can be pretty tricky: No

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kids books
March 20, 20150

Passover and the Promised Land

By Rita Berman Frischer, Special to The Jewish Sound The Hebrew people may have schlepped on foot for 40 years, but modern transportation has updat

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March 9, 20150

Must bar/bat mitzvah kids be video stars?

By Julie Wiener, JTA World News Service (JTA) — Another slick bar mitzvah invitation video of questionable taste has gone viral. This time it’s

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Danielle Kohorn
January 15, 20150

Cue the lights: ACT to stage JDS student’s play

By Dan Aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent Watch out, Oscar Wilde. Move aside, George Bernard Shaw. Here comes Danielle Kohorn. A short play writ

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PJ Our Way books
January 8, 20150

How kids can choose their literature, one Jewish book at a time

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound Over the past six years, hundreds of families throughout the Puget Sound region have taken advantage of

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Jewish Day School
December 18, 20140

Jewish Day School: Jewish values in small classes remain an integrated part of core programs

By Dan Aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent The smaller class sizes at private schools do not necessary translate into a superior education or higher

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MMSC entrance
December 18, 20140

MMSC: A ‘haimish’ place to learn

By Tori Gottlieb, Jewish Sound Correspondent Editor’s Note: As the year draws to an end, parents are beginning to think about how they will educate

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SHA day of code
December 18, 20140

Seattle Hebrew Academy: Embracing technology and empathy for a positive learning environment

By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent Editor’s Note: As the year draws to an end, parents are beginning to think about how they will educat

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SJCS
December 18, 20140

Seattle Jewish Community School: Bringing in the whole family

By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Editor’s Note: As the year draws to an end, parents are beginning to think about how they will educate

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TDS
December 18, 20140

Torah Day School: Teaching children according to their ways

By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound Editor's Note: As the year draws to an end, parents are beginning to think about how they

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christmas scene
December 11, 20140

10 ways to lose the chip on your shoulder during Christmas season

Nina Badzin Kveller.com MINNEAPOLIS (Kveller.com) — We Jews have two choices in our approach to the Christmas season: Resent it or embrace it. I fo

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Talent show 1982
December 11, 20140

Sixty years in the wild: Camp Solomon Schechter celebrates a milestone

By Boris Kurbanov, Jewish Sound Correspondent Sharing stories of its history, reuniting alumni, and looking to the future, Camp Solomon Schechter c

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empty chairs
August 19, 20140

As school resumes, how to talk to children about the Gaza war

By Jack Wertheimer, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — With the new school year nearly upon us, Jewish educational leaders are scrambling to p

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Seattle skyline
August 15, 20140

Change is a-comin’. Hopefully

By Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist On a recent trip with my now-adult daughter to see family in Florida, I reminisced about her initial visit to

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July 24, 20140

Sometimes parenting is a hot mess

By Ed Harris Seattle residents like to complain that they never know for sure when summer will finally start. I, however, have a sure-fire techniqu

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July 15, 20140

Hey parents, it’s 3:30 p.m. Do you know where your kids are? Maybe at Hebrew school?

By Tori Gottlieb, Jewish Sound Correspondent How many people have fond memories of their childhood Hebrew school programs, of sitting in their syna

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April 21, 20140

Hurry up, kids. I wanna be a grandpa

Ed Harris, Jewish Sound Columnist The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article entitled “The Long (Long) Wait to be a Grandparent.” Tell me abou

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February 20, 20140

Children’s books to lighten dark days

By Rita Berman Frischer, Special to JTNews Twenty-five years ago, the Association of Jewish Libraries Sydney Taylor Book Award Committee recognized

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Courtesy Kids4Peace
December 17, 20130

New camp will bring together youngsters from different religious backgrounds

By Lily Katz , Special to JTNews Come August, Jewish, Christian and Muslim youth from Jerusalem and Seattle will spend 10 days learning about each

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Dikla Tuchman
November 22, 20130

Jewish life on the decline? For local Jewish families, the mail says otherwise

By Dikla Tuchman, JTNews Correspondent

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