Claire Ji Dougherty Covner

Claire will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on March 10, 2007 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Claire is the daughter of Audre

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Leba Sylvia Berman

Leba Sylvia Berman died on February 12, 2007. She was born on November 11, 1916 to Miriam and Harry Fierst. Leba grew up in New York with her two bro

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Joshua Noah Beder

David and Deborah Beder announce the arrival of their son Joshua Noah on January 10, 2007 at Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland. He weighed 6 lbs., 11 oz.

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Gavin Nathan Koz

Raquel and Simon Koz of Bellevue announce the arrival of their son Gavin Nathan on January 27, 2007. Gavin is the brother of Sophie and the grandson o

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Alan Daniel Goldman

Alan celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on December 21, 2006 at the Muizenberg Shul in Cape Town, South Africa. Alan is the son of Russel and Lauren Goldman

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Ellen Hope Kay

Ellen will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on March 10, 2007 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. Ellen is the daughter of Sharon

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Meditations

By Sam Levinson, , Seattle When I read the column written by Rabbi Ted Falcon ("Listening to tradition," Feb. 2) in your current edition, I was re

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God comes down the mountain

By Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist This column is dedicated to my father, who celebrated his ninetieth birthday this past week of Parshat Y

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Spring Books

There are myriad ways to approach self-improvement in the context of both religion and culture, and no shortage of Jewish books to help the reader acc

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Sidney Wax

Sidney Wax died in Bellevue on January 26, 2007, the morning of his 97th birthday. He was born in San Francisco in 1910. In his life, Sid personified

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Amaya Lucille Bender

Michael and Leila Bender announce the arrival of their daughter Amaya Lucille on January 12, 2007 at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo.

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Rena Eliana Greene

Rena will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Congregation Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath in Seattle. Rena is the daughter of Joe

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Vicki Lynn Piha Ashberg

Vicki Lynn Piha Ashberg died Friday, February 2, 2007 surrounded by her loving family after a two-year battle with kidney cancer. She had just celebra

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Gabrielle Mia Kleiman

Issy and Sid Kleiman announce the arrival of their daughter Gabrielle Mia on December 27, 2006. She weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz. Gabriella is the sister of

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Listening to tradition

By Rabbi Ted Falcon, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue I remember the story that was told when I was in rabbinical school about the two student rabbis

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Nathan Hemphill

Nathan will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on February 10, 2007 at Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue. Nathan is the son of Cynthia Flash Hemphill and Dan Hem

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Edward Flick

Dr. Edward Flick died on January 11, 2006. He was born on February 7, 1916. Dr. Flick was born and raised in South Philadelphia to an immigrant famil

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