Family Ties

Editor's Note

Genealogy — as David Laskin explores in this issue — for all its perks and pitfalls, helps us figure out the essential questions: who are we?

06/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

JPop

Monsoon Season

“Seattle’s premier Jewish narcoleptic drag queen” on discovering Jewish heritage and living between genders

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

History

Progress and Politics

Spurred to action, local Jews are leaders in social change.

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

History

Friendly Visitors and Benevolent Ladies

Behind every great Jewish institution is a Jewish woman.

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

History

10 Ways Seattle Became a Jewish City

Those who dare dismiss Seattle as a not-very-Jewish city fail to consider its history.

04/01/2016 By Stuart Eskenazi, Dan Aznoff, Megan Hill, Pam Mandel, and Emily K. Alhadeff

Life

Reclaiming the Table

Michael Hebb serves dinner with a side of death.

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

Feeling the Bern?

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Be Heard

The Freedom Seder

The ever-customizable haggadah and the call to social justice.

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Article

Editor's Note

This is a very Jewish city, built on the dreams of early pioneers, Eastern European immigrants, and Greek and Turkish families seeking a new seaside home.

04/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

The Set Table

A Taste of Nostalgia

As women’s lives change, what’s in store for the Ladies Auxiliary?

02/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Israeli Lives

It's a Cultural Thing

Thousands of Israelis live on the Eastside. Who are they?

02/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Travel

7 Wonders of the Jewish World

Wherever you go, there’s always something Jewish to see.

02/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Travel

Take a Trip!

Jewish, new-ish, and generally fabulous places to add to your next itinerary

02/01/2016 By David Volk, David Laskin, Naomi Tomky, Judy Lash Balint, and Emily K. Alhadeff

Sound Off

Making the Friendly Skies Friendlier

02/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Travel

Editor's Note

We know you need to get out of town once in a while, and surely some of you have Pinterest boards full of dream destinations.

02/01/2016 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Artistic Sketches

The Kindness of Strangers

A musical based on 9/11 shows just how big the human heart can grow.

12/01/2015 By Emily K. Alhadeff

The Set Table

Killer Cheese

Move over, Maccabees, and make way for Judith, the heroine who saved the Jewish people through cheese.

12/01/2015 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Best of the City

The Best of Jewish Washington

Kol hakavod to this year’s winners and featured picks!

12/01/2015 By Josh Furman, Emily K. Alhadeff, Boris Kurbanov, and Dan Aznoff

Best of the City

The Best of Jewish Education in Washington

12/01/2015 By Emily K. Alhadeff

Life

Justice, Justice, She Pursues

Hon. Bobbe Bridge talks about breaking the continuum of juvenile delinquency.

12/01/2015 By Emily K. Alhadeff