Breaking up: It’s not for chickens

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted February 22, 2012

A love affair with food, reevaluated.

Around the Sephardic world in 10 days

By Joel Magalnick · Posted February 17, 2012

This year's Seattle Jewish Film Festival features portraits of Sephardic, Mizrachi and Israeli life.

What we talk about when we talk about Nathan Englander

By Emily K. Alhadeff · Posted February 14, 2012

Englander's stories step back at moments of judgment, leaving in their wake a cloud of moral dust. The characters are often left looking at one another, unsure what to make of themselves.

Young Love

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted February 13, 2012

"I was five years old. My very complicated life consisted of kindergarten at the public school in the morning, after-care a few blocks away in the afternoon, and then back home in the evenings when my parents were done with work. It was at after-care that I met my first love: Joshua."

Help for Women, From the Bar to Birth

By Janis Siegel · Posted February 10, 2012

Israeli technology helps women conceive safely, and keeps them safe from those skeevers who drop roofies into their cocktails.

Kitzel’s Tickles Mind, Body and Soul

By Emily K. Alhadeff · Posted February 09, 2012

“If a matzoh ball doesn’t nourish the body, mind and soul, I don’t know what does.”

Jconnect to Host Shabbat Around the Sound

By Dikla Tuchman · Posted February 08, 2012

A Shabbat dinner, coming to a table near you.

Jewish Family Service Dishes Up Sweet and Savory Sephardic Delights

By Dikla Tuchman · Posted February 07, 2012

Road Tripping

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted February 06, 2012

When life gives you road trips, bring banana bread.

The Real Thing

By Joelle Abramowitz · Posted February 02, 2012

What is love? (Baby don't hurt me.)

Jews and Politics

By Emily K. Alhadeff · Posted February 01, 2012

Last week Simon Greer spoke in Seattle about why Jews can't be a one-trick pony.

Cake Walk

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted January 31, 2012

Elevating from a scrambled egg consciousness to a pistachio petit-four cake consciousness.

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted January 24, 2012

A beautiful film, but like all adaptations, not as good as the book.

A Familiar Story

By Emily K. Alhadeff · Posted January 23, 2012

In the Land of Blood and Honey is Jew-ish in so many ways.

One egg, two egg, bad egg, good egg

By Joelle Abramowitz, jew-ish columnist · Posted January 20, 2012

Sometimes the simple things can stir you out of culinary apathy.