Where the Money Goes - Beit Tzipora - Helping Ethiopian Israelis Integrate into Israeli Society
By Dina Tanners, Federation Correspondent
"I love Israel. I lived there from 1971 to 1974 and have visited six times since. This past summer, my husband Howard Cockerham and I decided to do more than just visit, so we were delighted to find a fit with the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and Partnership 2000." READ MORE

Israel is NOT an Apartheid State!
Benjamin Pogrund, Director of the Yakar Center for Social Concern in Jerusalem, and an expert on the subject of apartheid will speak on Monday, October 20th, at 8:00 p.m. at Temple Beth Am. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and Temple Beth Am, also in cooperation with the Anti-Defamation League and Congregation Ezra Bessaroth this lecture is free and open to the entire community.
When Benjamin Pogrund, one of the country’s most distinguished journalists, began his career as a young reporter in the 1950’s, the Daily Mail was beginning to emerge as South Africa’s leading newspaper. As the “African affairs reporter,” and eventually deputy editor, it was Pogrund who brought the words of black leaders like Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela to the pages of the Rand Daily Mail. In later years, Pogrund was chief foreign sub-editor of The Independent, London and editor of the World Paper Boston. He immigrated to Israel in 1997 to assume the directorship of the Yakar Center for Social Concern in Jerusalem and applies his South African experience in fostering contact across lines of division.
For more information, please email pamw@jewishinseattle.org or call (206) 774-2259. READ MORE

There is Still Time - Please help us bring sweetness to those in need during this holiday season. Buy Israeli Honey for Jews in need in Seattle and in our Partnership city of Kiryat Malachi. Buy Now

Happy 5764 ~ this year it's YOUR turn to learn!
Begin the New Year by giving yourself the gift of adult Jewish learning through Limmud NW: The Community Program of Adult Jewish Studies. Promise yourself just one hour a week to study with amazing teachers like Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Rabbi Dov Gartenberg, Mary Potter Engel, Rabbi Jim Mirel, Professor Marty Jaffee, Rob Toren, Rabbi Y. Kornfeld, and many others! Choose from 30 courses including: A Jewish History of God; The Problem of Evil; Jewish Basics; Pirkei Avot; Women Who Run with the Midrash; Christianity through Jewish Eyes; Jewish Humor in America; and Biblical Hebrew (Beg. through Adv.levels). Classes begin October 21st. Contact Hilary Bernstein, Limmud NW Director, today at (206) 774-2218 to receive a catalog, or visit www.limmudnw.org. Limmud NW is a program of the Jewish Education Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Make this year YOUR year to learn!

Volunteer for a Federation Phonathon!
Every year, the Jewish Federation organizes monthly phonathons to help us reach out to our donors. Once a month on Sunday mornings, volunteers gather to make phone calls to donors from previous years and solicit gifts to the 2004 Community Campaign. No prior training is necessary. The first phonathon will be on Sunday, November 2 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Each gift touches many lives! For more information or to volunteer, please contact Eric Schinfeld, Campaign Associate, at (206) 774-2219 or email erics@jewishinseattle.org.