Life Cycles

Three Generations of Women Reflect on Bat Mitzvah

Where were you at 13?

08/10/2017 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

Can Holocaust Education Help the Seattle Police Department?

The Law Enforcement and Society program is part of the SPD's ongoing reforms.

08/10/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff Illustrations by Levi Hastings

Feature

What's In a Life?

Organizing ourselves around the lifecycles — and our community — has a powerful impact.

08/10/2017 By Corinne Stroum, Meryl Alcabes, Michael A. Stusser, and Lisa Jaffe Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Feature

Disrupt Your Judaism

What happens when you give innovative thinkers beer and Play-Doh and ask them to reinvent Seattle’s Jewish community?

06/07/2017 Edited by Emily K. Alhadeff

Jpop

Writing Torah as Social Practice Art

Shoshana Gugenheim is out to change the industry around scribing.

06/06/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

JPop

Curious George’s Curious Journey

The creators of America’s favorite monkey barely made it out of occupied Paris.

04/05/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

In Tense Times, Jews and Muslims Support One Another

Local groups put the tough topics aside to focus on unity.

04/05/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

How to Stop a Terrorist

It’s all about knowing what to look for and being prepared.

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Life

US-Mexico Relations Are Not Going South

The new head consul to Mexico in Seattle doesn’t think politics can wreck a good friendship.

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Roots

Fleeing Nazi-Occupied Europe Via Siberia and Japan — for Seattle

The incredible tale of an unlikely escape route, and the families that are here because of it.

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

JPop

The Making of the Rachel/Leah Play

The In[heir]itance Project sets up shop for one of its latest innovative Biblical interpretations.

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Artistic Sketches

David Broza Still Believes in Peace

At 61, Israel’s iconic musician continues to find faith in musical partnerships.

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

JPop

Tales of the Alchemysts Theatre

An evening of Jewish stories from the shtetl and beyond, by Isaac Bashevis Singer

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Editor's Note

Journeys Near and Far

How we put together our second annual travel issue

02/09/2017 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Festival of Delights

The Experts Weigh In

Who better to rate Seattle's doughnuts than the man who runs the city and the people who keep it safe?

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Festival of Delights

Criminally Tasty

When we asked the Seattle Police Department to participate in a blind doughnut taste test, they kind of broke the door down.

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Sufganiyot of Seattle

Festival of Delights

Which local doughnut shop is the fairest of them all? To answer that, we turned to a handful of experts.

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Sufganiyot of Seattle

Festival of Delights

Which local doughnut shop is the fairest of them all? To answer that, we turned to a handful of experts.

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Festival of Delights

The Great Doughnut Schlep

How did sufganiyot take off in Israel, while the latke commands the American Hanukkah market?

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

JPop

Going Gaga for Gaga

We wanted to know why everyone who tries Gaga goes, well, gaga.

12/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff