By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Though there always seems to be some controversy du jour in the Jewish community, of late the
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist With their fundraising auction on June 8, Chamber Music Madness will celebrate its 10th year of teaching young
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This year, 800 students from 68 schools across Washington State submitted entries to the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center’s
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A view of pre-Revolution Russian Jewish life will be on display in Seattle next month. Russian piano duo Olga Skorbyashchenskaya and Konstantin Uchite
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You might call our story "The Case of the Missing Manuscripts." It has all the elements of a great detective novel: European émigrés in Hollywood,
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Matthew will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on May 24, 2008 at Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue. Matthew is the son of Misty Ellen Mondress and Doug Nugent o
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By , other Governor Christine Gregoire commemorates Israel’s 60th birthday at Temple Beth El in Tacoma on Sun., May 4. This was one of many e
Read MoreBy Edward Alexander , Professor Emeritus of English, UW, Since it is now a core belief of academic "progressives" that Israel is the world's most
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Defense attorneys for Seattle Jewish Federation shooter Naveed Haq began their case two weeks ago by putting
Read MoreBy Leyna Krow, Assistant Editor, JTNews In Israel, Yom HaShoah is a day of collective sorrow. Flags are lowered to half-mast. Midmorning, air raid
Read MoreBy Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent When venture capitalist and Professor David Anthony speaks, his students at the New York Academy of Sciences
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By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Norman Finkelstein is not an easy man to listen to. He is also a hard person to pigeonhole. When he makes
Read MoreBy Morris Malakoff, JTNews Correspondent The often manic hunt for summer day camp space is a trek that’s dreaded by many. It can be daunting
Read MoreBy Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Yitzhak Laor is many things. First and foremost, he is a writer. A poet, playwright, author and journalis
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Bible Joseph’s Bones: Understanding the Struggle Between God and Mankind in the Bible by Jerome M. Segal (
Read MoreCharles "Chuck" Kaplan, Seattle pediatrician and founding member of Temple Beth Am, died on April 18, 2008. He was 95 years old. Friends and family
Read MoreBy Rabbi Josh Hearshen, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation We are in the season of saluting parents. We have Mother's Day and Father's Day.
Read MoreBy Raffi Wineburg , Special to JTNews What is education? To some, to many, to me, it used to mean no more than a desk and a textbook. Education di
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist I spoke to Sonya Schneider after she had wrapped up the production of her play, Wake, which she began writing a
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