The Set Table

What are Hamantaschen, Anyway?

Pockets? Ears? Hats? ... Mouth pockets?

02/07/2019 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Article

Telephone Poles, Wire, and a Box of Matzos

What's an eruv, and what happens when it "goes down"?

02/07/2019 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Love

Five Jewish Grandmothers Offer Wisdom for Couples Starting Out

Advice for all ages

02/07/2019 Photography by Lucien Knuteson Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Feature

Best Jewish Neighborhoods 2018

What we love about where we live

11/26/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff By Lara Hale, Alexis Kort, Rachel Román, Naomi Tomky, and Boris Kurbanov Illustrations by Amrita Marino

Best Jewish Neighborhoods

Seattle is Secular. So How is Chabad Expanding?

The movement's philosophy of radical acceptance with no strings attached seems to be working.

11/26/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Best Jewish Neighborhoods

Seward Park & Columbia City

A shtetl in the verdant and diverse South End

11/26/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Best of Jewish Neighborhoods

Jewish Day Schools Face New Challenges. Do They Have What It Takes?

Day schools have had to position themselves as values-driven institutions with academics on par with private schools.

11/26/2018 By Rachel Román and Emily K. Alhadeff

The Food Issue

Haminados

10/23/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

The Food Issue

Michael Solomonov

10/23/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

The Food Issue

Yotam Ottolenghi

10/23/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

The Food Issue

Kugel

10/23/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

The Food Issue

Quajado

10/23/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

The ADL Ups Its Game

The anti-hate organization responds to a new wave of local and national challenges.

10/23/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Visionaries

Editor's Note

As an editor of a small community magazine, I inevitably wonder: Will we ever run out of stories to write about?

06/25/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Changemakers

Jewish Visionaries Shaping Seattle

Local people and ideas changing the face of Seattle's social and intellectual landscape, from public health and policy reform to avocado toast in space.

06/25/2018 With Bridget Fox and Sharon * By Rachel Román, Haley Shapley, and Karin Vandraiss Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

We've Got Issues

Angels on High

Revisiting Tony Kushner's groundbreaking play a quarter century later.

03/21/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff

We've Got Issues

Israel Story Splices a Country Together

The podcast host Mishy Harman seizes on stories from everyday people.

03/21/2018 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Arts and Life

We've Got Issues

How Art Helps Us Understand Who We Are

03/21/2018 Illustrations by Peter Oumanski By Tova Gannana, Boris Kurbanov, Emily K. Alhadeff, and Sasha Senderovich With Gary Shteyngart

Sound Off

JFS v. Trump

Jewish Family Service fights the Trump administration's most recent attempt to restrict refugee resettlement.

02/14/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Jpop

Tiffany Shlain Uses Film to Start Global Movements for Change

This year's REEL Difference awardee is a Sundance darling who educates about good character — and taking a break from tech.

02/14/2018 By Emily K. Alhadeff