By Janis Siegel, Correspondent, The Jewish Sound Although turning 40 is usually a time for review, the theme of the University of Washington Stroum Center for Jewish Studies’ 40th Spring Gala in May is “looking forward” even as it celebrates its last four decades of immense growth. In 1974, now-retiredContinue Reading
By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent It’s a name that may be well-suited to a great Italian painter or a powerful star of the Italian opera, but Dr. Federica Francesconi, the first-ever Jewish Studies chair at the College of Idaho seems destined to rock the academic world there when sheContinue Reading
By Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound It’s almost inevitable when we travel, or have visitors come to town, that they will ask the same question: How many Jews are there in Seattle? The answer, we’ll find out later this year, is trivial, if not trivia. As both the sponsorsContinue Reading
