By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Out of the estimated 1 million people in the United States diagnosed with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, American Jews of European descent are four to five times more likely to develop the symptoms collectively known as irritable bowel syndrome than the general population. AccordingContinue Reading

By Janis Siegel, JTNews Correspondent Seattle’s Jewish youth are getting a taste of Israel this summer, thanks to visiting Israeli teenage camp counselors. Six Israeli teens from Kiryat Malachi, Seattle’s sister city in the Hof Ashkelon region, are teaching kids at the Sephardic Day Camp about Israel and integrating withContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Cooper thanked 13 police officers assisting in the investigation who were volunteering their off-duty time to provide security at the day’s rally. He concluded by asking the community to “step up and give us 22,000 pairs of eyes and ears and to give us aContinue Reading

Cooper thanked 13 police officers assisting in the investigation who were volunteering their off-duty time to provide security at the day’s rally. He concluded by asking the community to “step up and give us 22,000 pairs of eyes and ears and to give us a hand,” and vowed: “We willContinue Reading

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent The Bainbridge Island town of Winslow is clean, quiet, picturesque, with fine old buildings, upscale shops, a marina full of sailboats and a dearth of traffic lights that compels drivers to go slow, make eye contact at intersections and observe the right of way. OnContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Gardeners are asked to donate surplus produce for delivery to Seattle—King County food banks and hot-meals programs on the Day of Giving, Aug. 25. Backyard gardeners can make donations of surplus produce at any of the collection sites listed below between 9 and 11 a.m.Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Michelle Lifton spoke about Jewish Family Service and what it provides to the community. The Seattle Fire Department took blood pressures and answered questions on safety. Representatives of the Seattle Police Department spoke about personal safety. Members of the Public Health Department spoke about vaccinations.Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews This evening when you are cleaning up the dishes you may be surprised at who is knocking on the door. No, it’s not aluminum siding, house painting or candy sales. The next knock on your door just might be from Shmuli Levitin and Yudi Zarchi,Continue Reading

By , Special to JTNews When the 7th grade boys’ cabin lost the volleyball game to the 7th grade girls’ cabin, they also lost a bet. As a consequence, that night at the bonfire they performed not one but two completely choreographed Brittney Spears numbers to the riotous laughter ofContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews The wandering Jews of the Seattle Hebrew Academy are moving again this fall. As a temporary solution to keep the school running while earthquake damage is addressed, the Orthodox Jewish day school is splitting its student body in half this year. Middle-school students willContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Cooper thanked 13 police officers assisting in the investigation who were volunteering their off-duty time to provide security at the day’s rally. He concluded by asking the community to “step up and give us 22,000 pairs of eyes and ears and to give us aContinue Reading

By , Special to JTNews Many parents have sent their children on the Alexander Muss High School in Israel (AMHSI) program. Now adults will be able to experience it for themselves in an abbreviated version, Oct. 16—31, 2001. Maureen Davis, AMHSI Adult Session chair, says, “Now that we all haveContinue Reading

By David Chesanow, JTNews Correspondent OLYMPIA — Congregants of Temple Beth Hatfiloh were among some 300 community members attending an interfaith vigil in June at a local Vietnamese Buddhist temple, the scene of two vandalism incidents. The temple’s rabbi, Marna Sapsowitz, spoke at the gathering, and about 10 members ofContinue Reading

By David Sabban, other During this turbulent and important time in Israel’s history, I was given a phenomenal opportunity, along with my friend and colleague Leslie Strasser, to be part of an Israel experience. Birthright Israel is a partnership of private philanthropists, the State of Israel and local Jewish Federations,Continue Reading

By Manny Frishberg, JTNews Correspondent A former Catholic seminary and retreat center may not be the first place people expect to find a large number of Jews teaching and studying, but Bastyr University is an exceptional place in a number of ways. Since 1996, the school has been on itsContinue Reading

By Gigi Yellen-Kohn, JTNews Correspondent Congregation Ezra Bessaroth this month officially welcomes Rabbi Salomon Cohen to its bimah as its new spiritual leader. Rabbi Cohen, his wife, Raquel, and their five children have traveled far — all the way from Spain — to resettle in Seattle, but in fact, theyContinue Reading

By David J. Litvak, Special to JTNews A Spokane chavurah, Havurat Shabbat, is working to establish a second congregation in Spokane, eastern Washington’s largest city. The chavurah, which has been meeting formally for approximately seven years, is preparing an application to submit to the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, whichContinue Reading

By Jessica Davis, JTNews Correspondent When Seattle native Marci Chentow was a kid, she never thought of living in Israel, let alone being an international relations associate of the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. “Did I know then where I would end up? Absolutely no,” she said in a recentContinue Reading

By Donna Gordon Blankinship, Editor, JTNews Rabbi Daniel Weiner has had a rare opportunity this past year — a chance to spend a long time getting to know his new congregation before becoming the senior rabbi at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on July 1. “It takes a good year orContinue Reading