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By Josh Basson, , Seattle In 2005, Israel gave up all of Gaza with hopes for peace. Indeed, Israel evacuated 9,000 Israeli civilians from Gaza. Wha
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By Morris Malakoff, JTNews Correspondent Despite living in a relatively small community, Jews in Western Washington have long had access to the pro
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews For many of the 600 Jewish young adults who took three days out of their busy lives to visit New Orleans, it was
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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent As a young man chanted soulfully from the Holy Scriptures and the women of
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews When the Kavana Cooperative began two and a half years ago, one of its goals was to use technology to better serv
Read MoreBy Stefanie Zweig and Masada Siegel, other Editor’s note: This column marks the debut of “Generations,” a column of conversations between 70
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Strangers (Zarim) Directors: Guy Nattiv & Erez Tadmor Israel, 2007 Hebrew, Arabic & French w/subtitles A few years ago, an Israeli filmmaker in his 4
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Circumcise Me Directors: David Blumenthal & Matthew Kalman United States, 2007 English & Yiddish w/subtitles Comedian Yisrael Campbell has acquired a
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Harris celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on March 14, 2009 at Temple Beth Am in Seattle. Harris is the son of Laura Stusser-McNeil and KC McNeil of Seattle a
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist After a five-year tenure as executive director of National Council of Jewish Women, Seattle section, Lauren Sim
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Veteran Israeli director Avi Nesher is an uncommonly ambitious and fearless filmmaker. His latest film, Secrets (HaSadot), calmly broaches as many tab
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Temple B’nai Torah will wrap up its 10-week-long 2009/5769 Cultural Arts Series on April 12 with a performance by New York-based songstress Chav
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Fake advertisements for futuristic products. Centerpieces made out of plastic water bottles. Frogs in a jar. These are just a few of the objects visit
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