Hope for respect

By Rabbi Ephraim Schwartz, Director, West Seattle Torah Learning Center, I was hurt and saddened by the letter to the editor in your last edition (

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Daniel Levisohn

A long journey

By Daniel Levisohn, Assistant Editor, JTNews Nearly one year ago, outside a storefront in St. Louis, Missouri, Bob Ross could not have foreseen tha

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An invite

By Ken Leibert, , Seattle I have lived in the Seward Park area for 10 years. My wonderful wife Marilyn Leibert works for the Seattle Kollel. Our fa

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Working hand in hand

By Elisheva Miriam Stone, , Brooklyn, NY I would like to respond to the letter from Dr. Noah Friedland (Letters, Oct. 5). As a former Seattle/Sewar

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Joel Magalnick

Round two

If the first year was an experiment to see if the project would work, the second year will capitalize on the success of that experiment. Drash, the Je

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Shattered opinions

By Robert Stagman, , Mercer Island The JTNews review of David Klinghoffer's latest book, Shattered Tablets: Why We Ignore the Ten Commandments at O

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Reflecting core values

By Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist David Bishins is a temporary Seattleite, playing the role of Atticus Finch in the Intiman Theater's production

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Leon Isaac Varon

Leon Isaac Varon died on Sunday, October 7, 2007. He was born in Seattle on May 15, 1926. He served in the Navy during World War II and the Korean War

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Levy-Kleiner

Amber Levy and Aaron Kleiner have announced their engagement. Amber is the daughter of Leah Watts of Oak Park, Calif. and Guy Levy of Coral Springs,

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William Lucas Katz

Mindy and Russell Katz announce the birth of their son, William Lucas, on Oct. 2, 2007 at Swedish Hospital. He weighed 7 lbs., was 20 in. long, and jo

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Adina Elenore Paquette

Amy Hilzman-Paquette and Dan Paquette of Marysville announce the arrival of their daughter, Adina Elenore, on July 13, 2007 at the University of Washi

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Samuel Noam Davis-Jacobs

Rob Jacobs and Elizabeth Davis announce the birth of their son, Samuel Noam on April 20, 2007. He weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz. and was 17-3/4 in. long. Samue

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A treat that does the trick

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Every year, my children come home from Hebrew School telling me that their teachers told them

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Courtesy Anat Kedem

Creating compatibility

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent “You have to listen to me.” “I want your attention.” “You’re ordering me around — how insulting!” “T

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Courtesy MOR

The ten-year premiere

This year marks the 10th season of Music of Remembrance, the Seattle-based organization dedicated to music from and about the Holocaust. For its Tent

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Susan Glicksberg

Writing what she knows

As Jews, "we tend to focus on the "˜oy vey’ moments," in our history, author Maggie Anton told the Seattle Chapter of Hadassah’s annual k

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Joe Eskenazi

On the same page

When Ayelet Waldman reads something by Michael Chabon she doesn’t like, she takes her complaints right to the source. Honey, this sucks. Chabon

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