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By Chris Leppek, other DENVER — The last weekend in October for the members of Ahavath Beth Israel, Boise’s Reform-Conservative congregation — and for the citizens Boise in general — was a genuinely moving experience. Literally. Well after the conclusion of Sabbath, at around 1 a.m. on Sun., Oct. 26,Continue Reading

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Yossi Amrani is a hopeful man. “I’m hopeful for one reason,” said the Israeli Consul General for the Northwest United States. “We need to have hope, and we can’t live without hope.” Amrani spoke to an audience of well over 100 at a town hallContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent During voting season, Washington voters are often asked to choose the people in black robes that sit in judgment in the state’s courts. While we might wish to pick judges with the wisdom of Solomon, most people have little to guide them other than aContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Look up the word “erudite” in any dictionary published since the mid-1970s and there might be a picture of William Safire, one of the New York Times’ longest running and most respected political columnists. As the author of the Times magazine’s weekly “On Language” column,Continue Reading

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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Not unlike her own watershed moment with her father, the women in Letty Cottin Pogrebin’s novel Three Daughters (Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, October 2002, $25.00), daughters of a prominent conservative rabbi have to reconcile their own life’s disappointments with their father. Pogrebin will be onContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Not until Aviel Barclay’s hand was crushed in a devastating bicycle accident did she find that it would be her hand that decided her destiny. Still harboring an inner vision she kept alive since the age of three — to scribe a Torah with herContinue Reading

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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent From the grand halls of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, an exhibition of women artists from across Europe, whose work caught the eye of the Russian court and aristocracy, has landed in Seattle. For many years, the paintings have been part of Russia’sContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Students at Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle celebrated Sukkot with a week of events, including the school’s first Sukkah Math Day on Oct. 16. On the sixth day of Sukkot, despite the cancellation of some activities due to rainy weather, students participated in SukkahContinue Reading

By Betsy Schneier, JTNews Correspondent When the doors open on Seattle’s second annual “Shop Israel” event, Sun., Nov. 16, shoppers will find a wide array of Israeli goods and the Israelis themselves. Some have established international reputations, others are visiting the united States for the first time. Items in allContinue Reading

By Nicholas Hassell, Special to JTNews “No Place for Hate” was the theme of an anti-bias conference held Oct. 14 at Seattle’s Town Hall. The Anti-Defamation League and Nordstrom cosponsored the 17th Annual Reducing Adolescent Conference in conjunction with the Seattle Human Rights Commission. “The ADL believes that hate isContinue Reading

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By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent The results of an ongoing survey in Washington State will determine the home and health care needs of Holocaust survivors. It may also form a basis for requesting more funds from The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, also known as the Claims Conference.Continue Reading

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By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Two prominent grassroots peace movement leaders in the Middle East, Dr. Sari Nusseibeh, a Palestinian and president of al-Quds University in East Jerusalem, and Ami Ayalon, an Israeli and former Israeli Internal Security (Shin Bet) director, have united to put forth one of the latestContinue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Editor’s Note: This article is for informational purposes only and is not a complete compilation of the state’s Jewish candidates. The Jewish Transcript does not specifically endorse any of the candidates profiled, and this article should not be used as a voter’s guide. For moreContinue Reading

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