By Manny Frishberg , JTNews Correspondent Three years after the start of the second intifada and the end of direct negotiations between Israel and

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By Joshua Rosenstein, Special to JTNews Celia Kerr, a 19-year-old sophomore at the University of Washington, traveled to Israel on the most recent

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By Melissa Marlowe, Special to JTNews Michele Blue is seriously contemplating purchasing a tool belt. Ever since stepping onto her first worksite i

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Before now kids had to go all the way down to Santa Rosa, Calif. — or even farther — just to attend a Refor

By Manny Frishberg , JTNews Correspondent George Gordon knew his younger sister was dead. When he was a 14-year-old Jewish resistance fighter in Wa

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Jewish bakery Sweet Lorraine’s will serve its last rugelach on Feb. 1. The building at 3055 21st Ave.

By Manny Frishberg , JTNews Correspondent These are hard times for commercial real estate in Seattle, which also means harder times for Jewish day

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Government censorship threatens a Jewish theater troupe’s new show in the Washington State premiere o

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent What did the chicken say as she crossed the road? What else? Next year, in Jerusalem. That is (an admitte

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Maybe it was the Thai food, or perhaps the baby knew what was at stake. Either way, Ezra Asher Leyton Mason

By Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, Special to JTNews My wife Rivy and I were among some 200 guests invited to the White House Hanukkah Reception on Monday, D

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent The snowstorm that snarled the region on Tuesday did not give any relief to the area’s Jewish agencie

By Emily Moore, JTNews Correspondent How many years have Jews from all over the globe created luscious Hanukkah treats, always accented with oil or

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent In order to accommodate to their growing needs and attract more members, some Seattle Jewish youth groups ar

By Melissa Marlowe, Special to JTNews Upon his 2001 graduation from Yale University, Matthew Kerner moved to Seattle to pursue a career at Microsof

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent The Internet has come to the aid of World War II-era Holocaust victims from Hungary whose possessions were

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By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Norm Chapman has a plan. For however long it takes, he will send books to Israel to help children become p