Samuel William Finfer

Samuel celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on August 16, 2008 at Temple B'nai Torah. Samuel is the son of Lee and Dona Finfer of Bellevue and the brother of Sa

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The right attitude

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Growing up, our home was, for lack of better words, very pessimistic. The approach to everyt

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Miles Jake Solam

Miles Jake Solam was born on April 25, 2008. He is the son of Jason and Alison Solam of Shoreline and the brother of Sophie Jade Solam. His grandpare

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Madison Corets Beloff

Madison will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 30, 2008 at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Bellevue. Madison is the daughter of Eva Corets and Josh Beloff

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Katherine Morgan Smith

Katherine celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on August 16, 2008 at Temple B'nai Torah. Katherine is the daughter of Jerry Ray Smith and Kristina Oom of Seattl

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Fighting back

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews The level of frustration in the room could have been measured with a yardstick. During a comment period, dozens o

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The raging debate

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Columnist Although the hot August summer evening drew the audience at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth outdoors to hear&nbs

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Lenna Ann Rogel

Lenna will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 23, 2008 at Temple B'nai Torah. Lenna is the daughter of Susan and Brandon Rogel of Bellevue and the s

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God’s trust in us

By Rabbi Harry Zeitlin , Congregation Beth Ha'Ari As the rhythm of the Jewish year flows from past setbacks, failures and disasters typified by T

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Going pro

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Fresh out of law school and newly arrived in Seattle, Etan Basseri needed to find a job, but he also wanted somet

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Produce checking update

By The Board of Rabbis , Va'ad HaRabbanim of Greater Seattle , The Va'ad policies for produce checking were formulated after months of investigatio

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The joy of learning

By Elisheva Goldberg , other I learned the word “andragogy” in a phone conversation with Rivy Poupko-Kletenik, the Seattle Hebrew Acade

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Marcus Frederick Roer

Marcus will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on August 30, 2008 at Temple B'nai Torah. Marcus is the son of Jacqueline and Carl Roer of Seattle and the broth

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Joshua Dylan Lazar

Josh will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on August 30, 2008 at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Bellevue. Josh is the son of Gail and David Lazar of Bellevue and

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