Steve and Randi Kaplan of New York welcomed the arrival of their son Bailey on March 12, 2008. Bailey is the brother of Kyle and the grandson of Ken
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Ruty Sorrell Daniels and Will Daniels announce the birth of their son Theo on February 2, 2008 at Swedish Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs., 3 oz. and was 1
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David will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on April 12, 2008 at Congregation Beth Shalom. David is the son of Jason Kintzer and Jane Becker and the brother
Read MoreBy Yossi Klein Halevi, Special to JTNews JERUSALEM — In the coming weeks, the Israeli army may re-invade the Gaza Strip in an attempt to stop the r
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Read MoreBy Eric Leibman, , Portland, Oregon Regarding Miriam Swedlow's letter about the Torah Day School (March 7): I suspect having a school in Seward Par
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By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist It's sometimes hard for me to ignore the bad news about young people — often involving drinking and drugs, or b
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews We’ve been doing this for so many years now, it’s become something of a JTNews tradition. But while o
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By Melody Amsel-Arieli, Special to JTNews The jar on the windowsill gleamed rosy red in the sunlight. Mesmerized, I reached out to touch it. “Ross
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By Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Fifteen seconds. That’s the time frame residents in the Israeli town of Sderot live by. When the alarm soun
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By Leyna Krow, Assistant Editor, JTNews After spending most of her adult life as an active Hadassah member, Nancy Falchuk was thrilled to take on t
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By Morris Malakoff, JTNews Correspondent With everything in the world seemingly “going green,” it can be hard to determine if something truly is na
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Dror Shaul paints Sweet Mud in the soft golden hues that filmmakers typically use to denote cherished memories. His choice of palette is bitterly iron
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What’s so funny about lunch? Well, when you get a bunch of Jewish comediennes around a table — in this case, Judy Gold, Cory Kahaney, Jackie Hof
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What do costumes, political intrigue, epic stories and the Stroum Jewish Community Center make you think of? If you said Purim, you would be very clos
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews Midway through this year’s short legislative session in Olympia, Zach Carstensen was nervous. The director
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, JTNews A tactic taken by some of the most populous states in the country has made its way to Washington State. The Washi
Read MoreBy Morris Malakoff, JTNews Correspondent Finding fresh kosher meat and dairy products in the Puget Sound area is about to get a bit easier. It seem
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