Rose (Razel) Klein died on January 11, 2007. She was born in 1921, the middle child of Joseph and Ida Isaacson. Rose was a lifelong Seattleite and wa
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Alexander will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on February 3, 2007 at Temple B'nai Torah in Bellevue. Alexander is the son of Scott Marber and Molly Belleh
Read MoreBy Joel Magalnick , Editor, JTNews After months of building and designing, the new jtnews.net Web site is now live! We encourage you to visit the
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Oftentimes, identifying a Jewish movie can be simple: The Jazz Singer, Yentl, even The Ten Commandments. Others have Jewish characters or themes, tho
Read MoreBy Gail Broder, MHS, Community Education Project Manager, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Seattle I wanted to point out a significant error that appear
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (JTA) — If a Jewish cabal supposedly runs Hollywood, it sure did a lousy job promoting its own for Academy Award nominations. Where in pa
Read MoreBy Rabbi Anson Laytner, American Jewish Commitee My colleague and friend, Rob Jacobs, executive director of the Pacific Northwest chapter of the A
Read MoreBy Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, I grew up without a Jewish education, but have come to love learning. I have finally, after m
Read MoreBy Albert Feldmann, , Seattle The JTNews generally maintains a high journalistic standard, so the occasional slip-up must be pointed out. Specifica
Read MoreBy Jack D. Israel, , Bellevue The article, "Weathering the "˜Hanukkah Storm,'" (Jan. 5) reminded me of a poem I wrote on the occasion of a previou
Read MoreBy Diana Brement, JTNews Columnist Long-time Seattle resident Meta Buttnick was honored in her home state of Alaska in November. The occasion was
Read MoreWitty, rhythmic, jazzy: delighted audiences speak these words about the music of the 20th-century avant-garde composer Erwin Schulhoff, even as they s
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The words of the refugee peoples of Darfur and of those working to provide relief to the affected millions in Sudan come to life on Jan. 25 on the sta
Read MoreRabbi Seth Goldstein and Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg announce the arrival of their son Erez Amichai on December 23, 2006 at St. Peter Hospital in Olympia. H
Read MoreBeth Belgard and Andrew Carrol were married on November 4, 2006 by Rabbi Daniel Weiner at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle. Beth is the daughter of S
Read MoreCarol Cacile Meisels died on Saturday, December 30, 2006, after a six-year battle with cancer. She was born in Portland, Ore. on November 23, 1933 to
Read MoreShaya and Sydney Poll Calvo announce the arrival of their daughter Sally Fortuna on July 25, 2006 at Swedish Hospital in Seattle. She weighed 4.2 lbs.
Read MoreRachel will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on January 20, 2007 at Congregation Kol Ami in Woodinville. Rachel is the daughter of David Horne and Susan Bal
Read MoreBERLIN (JTA) — Can a Jewish filmmaker in Germany turn the Nazi dictator into a joke without trivializing him? Dani Levy says yes; others aren’t
Read MoreBy Robert Foerster, , Toronto, Ont. This is just a note of support for Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky. I have watched the story on the news, and realized
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