By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent As the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle attempts to increase the amount of money it raises and disburse

By Matthew E. Berger, other WASHINGTON (JTA) — A deadline for making Holocaust-era insurance claims is being extended until the end of the year be

By Rick Larsen, other The resignation of Mahmoud Abbas and the appointment of Ahmed Qurei as his replacement as the Prime Minister of the Palestini

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent “We’re a home for cultural Jews,” says Judi Gladstone, one of the founders of the Secular Jewish Circl

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By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Since time immemorial, blessing the lulav and etrog has been the Jewish way of thanking God for the blessing

By Daniel Kirsch, Special to JTNews If you’re sorry to see the summer’s gone and you’re looking for something fresh to help usher

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent In the season when both body and soul gear up for the High Holidays, we could use some inspiring music. W

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent Using energetic brushstrokes, strong primary colors and titles like, “Grinding Down the Rail,” “Go with it,

By Rabbi Doug Donelizko Slotnick, Special to JTNews One of the most delightful aspects of being Jewish is the frequent realization that what we tak

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Two years ago, before the attacks of Sept. 11, Andrea Cohen had not been a very public person. That day, ho

By Deborah Ashin, JTNews Correspondent “Hello, Mrs. Rabbi Singer. Is Mr. Rabbi there?” When Rabbi Beth Singer’s husband Jonathan was a youth

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent For the first time, the University of Washington will be offering a credit course in modern Hebrew, open to

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Early this summer, the School of Jewish Communal Service at the Hebrew Union College asked Kim Isaacs to no

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent In the largest, most strategic campaign to date in its 30-year history, the Jews for Jesus, made a two-week,

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent Inspector Stanley Parker of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has just shared a drink at the Craggy Rock

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent As athletes, Seattle’s contingent at the annual Jewish Community Center Maccabi Games in St. Louis di

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Like many other day camps, kids spend their days making art and music. At Seattle’s Middle East Peace C

By Joel Magalnick, JTNews Correspondent Iyar Dalva wrote a verse of the Beatles’ “Yesterday” in Hebrew. He then performed the entire song, hi