By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent Like a shidduch, the matchmaker who transforms life by pairing the right life partners, the Hadassah women’s organization and Hillel at the University of Washington want to supercharge young Jews’ professional life — but without the attendant pressure and drama. The two organizations have themselvesContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent The babies in the neo-natal unit of the Hadassah University Medical Center in Ein Kerem, Jerusalem, will be the first, followed by the children, and then the terminally ill who will be prioritized for evacuation if rockets fall and terrorists strike inside of Israel.Continue Reading
By Dikla Tuchman, Jewish Sound Correspondent To just look at Adeena Sussman’s résumé of food writing over the last 13 years is enough to make your mouth water. Sussman, invited to Seattle to cater a young-women-focused Hadassah event earlier this month, brought a wealth of knowledge and Israeli cooking experience.Continue Reading
By Diana Brement, Jewish Sound Columnist “Humbling,” is how Seattle’s Joshua Gortler described receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma mater, Yeshiva University (YU) May 22. Speaking the week before, he said the most remarkable thing was that this could happen to “an immigrant kid who [came] to this countryContinue Reading
