News Briefs – May 16

By JTNews Staff, other Stories of a maverick rabbi Rabbi Ted Falcon of Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue celebrates the 40th anniversary of his ordinat

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Zeitgeist Films

A stinging triumph

Acclaimed fiction writers Etgar Keret and Shira Geffen’s marvelous debut feature Jellyfish is an even greater triumph than Beaufort and The Band

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Selma Waldman

Popeye's dog made Selma Waldman inspired to become an artist and devote her life to art. Actually, it wasn't the dog itself, but the man who created t

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Joel Magalnick

Lunch is served

By , other Lauren Brown, right, a fellow at Hillel at the University of Washington, joins two volunteers during the student organization’s an

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Coming back home

By Harris Meyer , Special to JTNews It may be true that you can’t really go home again. But when I recently returned from out of state to my

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A matter of ethics

By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews So what does it take to become an authority on ethical behavior in this country? Not a lot, apparently. At least

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Leyna Krow

Big changes, big growth

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent The housing market is going soft, many folks are concerned about paying the bills, and gas and food prices

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A “Ray of Sunshine”

Yiddish culture takes the spotlight in "Ray of Sunshine," Music of Remembrance’s May 12 concert at Benaroya Hall. The title comes from a line i

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Leyna Krow

Take shelter

By Leyna Krow, Assistant Editor, JTNews Editor’s note: In March of this year, JTNews Assistant Editor Leyna Krow spent two weeks traveling Is

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Memories of Israel

By JTNews Staff, other JTNews received missives from readers, and Assistant Editor Leyna Krow dropped in to chat with community members about their

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Protecting our heritage

By Josh Basson, Special to JTNews The 60-year span of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict should be of serious concern to all Jews who have a love for

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Rising up from the uprising

By Akiva Kenny Segan , , Seattle Many thanks for the reproduction of my drawing "Bar Mitzvah-Age Boy in the Warsaw Ghetto." As an artist working i

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