News Briefs – January 23

By JTNews Staff, other “Unity of Heart Through Unity of Purpose” Chabad kicks off its “Year of Gathering” Webcast lecture series with an address by

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News Briefs – January 23

By JTNews Staff, other “Unity of Heart Through Unity of Purpose” Chabad kicks off its “Year of Gathering” Webcast lecture series with an address by

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Two sides of the street

By Rabbi Anson Laytner , Special to JTNews On one side of the road were three young demonstrators holding signs saying "Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine

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On being Jewish in America

Encompassing four events and a showcase of our state’s Jewish history, the culmination of a year’s worth of planning at Town Hall Seattle

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Joel Magalnick

Rally cries

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Around 1,500 people came, with 29 local Jewish organizations and synagogues sponsoring the Israel solidarity rall

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Janis Siegel

Talking and listening

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent It was introduced as a “careful discussion,” where organizers promised to build a safety zone for participant

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Ari Hoffman

Taking the pulse

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent The newly reelected president of the Orthodox Union, Stephen J. Savitsky, spent two days in Seattle in early

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It’s a girl

By Leyna Krow, Assistant Editor, JTNews The New Year brought a new addition to the home of David and Lisa Rosen of Mercer Island. Their daughter,

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Did you know…

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews …That Mercer Island has an eruv built around it? It’s true, and here’s a primer on the boundary that

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Not stopped by snow

By H. Eric Schockman, Ph.D. , President, MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, For the past seven years, you have joined together as a community to s

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The worst chilul Hashem

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, What's a Jew to do? One positive aspect about the developments in the Mideast is that it has

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