By JTNews Staff, other
Jewish single parent family get-together
An opportunity for Jewish single parents to share ideas for managing the upcoming winter holidays, and to make Jewish crafts with their children. Advance registration required. Contact Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 or
familylife@jfsseattle.org for more information or to RSVP. Sun., Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. at Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.
Labor unions: Where are we today?
Robby Stern, chair of the Healthy Washington Coalition, will discuss the new directions the labor movement is heading in this country. Free and open to the community. Contact Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915, ext. 210 or alysa@templebetham.org for more information. Sun., Nov. 8 at 10 a.m. at Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
Ethnic flavors of Israel
A group of women chefs visiting from Seattle’s sister city Kiryat Malachi, Israel will lead several workshops on Israeli cooking at a variety of locations between Nov. 3 and 8. The women represent a wide variety of ethnic groups and will be sharing culinary traditions that reflect their personal background – Moroccan, Yemenite, Iraqi, Kurdish, Ethiopian and Bukharan. For dates, locations and cost of individual events, go online to www.jewishinseattle.org/news-events/news/ethnic-flavors-israel-community-events, or see the community calendar section of this issue.
Shabbaton with Rabbi Milstein
The Seattle Kollel presents a weekend Shabbaton with Rabbi Yerachmiel Milstein. Rabbi Milstein is the host of a regular weekly radio program on WNSR-AM in New York and has been a senior lecturer for Aish HaTorah’s Discovery Seminars for the better part of two decades. Takes place Nov. 13-15. For exact times and locations, contact Marilyn Leibert at 206-722-8289 or info@seattlekollel.org.
Seeing balance in family, love and life
The Stroum Jewish Community Center, Parent Map, Community of Mindful Parents, Katan, and Herzl-Ner Tamid present an evening with Dr. Pepper Schwartz. Dr. Schwartz is a professor of sociology at the University of Washington and the author of several books, including Finding Your Perfect Match and Everything You Know About Love and Sex is Wrong. Adults only. Donations requested. Mon., Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Israel Unplugged info session
The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is holding an information session for anyone interested in learning more about its upcoming community trip to Israel from May 23 to June 1, 2010. The trip will include stops in a variety of locations and unique experiences like tubing down the Jordan River, Jeep rides in the Golan Heights and hands-on social justice projects in Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon. Tues., Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. at a private residence in Bellevue. Location provided upon RSVP. Contact Anna Frankfort at 206-774-2226 or annaf@jewishinseattle.org for more information or to register.