Press Room

The Jewish Federation is gratified by the ruling of the court to deny a preliminary injunction sought by the Seattle Mideast Awareness Campaign that would have ordered the county to display the proposed anti-Israel bus ads.

We continue to believe the ads would have caused disruption to Metro Transit service and that they would have had the potential to incite possible violence and vandalism. This ruling will allow Metro to implement thoughtful advertising policies that will continue to protect all segments of our community as well as serve the county's financial needs.

The Calendar to Jewish Washington, a new calendar with entries of interest to and about the Jewish community, has been launched at: http://calendar.jtnews.net. A partnership between the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and the JTNews, the new calendar brings together a comprehensive list of activities and events, with an intuitive, easy search function and convenient listing process.

On June 6, 22 Jewish teens will present checks totaling $7,200 to nonprofit agencies they chose as a group over this past school year. This will complete a year of philanthropic learning experienced by members of J.Team, or the Jewish Youth Philanthropy Team, at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

We regret the loss of life and the injuries to both civilians and soldiers.

Israel provides 15,000 tons of humanitarian aid to Gaza each week. The stopping of six ships attempting to reach Gaza was not to prevent aid from reaching the people of Gaza. It was a security check required of all ships entering Israel’s waters.