Northwest Jewish Family 2012-13 - The Jewish Transcript

Welcome to Northwest Jewish Family!
Northwest Jewish Family is the annual magazine that
helps you find the resources you need to participate in
our local Jewish community. And, coming very soon, you’ll
be able to find these same
resources plus columnists,
books, and parenting help,
online. Stay tuned!
Northwest Jewish Family is a Jewish Transcript publication.
Our mission is to meet the interests of our Jewish community
through fair and accurate coverage of local, national and
international news, opinion and information. We seek to
expose our readers to diverse viewpoints and vibrant debate
on many fronts, including the news and events in Israel. We
strive to contribute to the continued growth of our local
Jewish community as we carry out our mission.
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Editor & Acting Publisher *Joel Magalnick 233
Assistant Editor Emily K. Alhadeff 240
Interim Assistant Editor Dikla Tuchman 240
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Account Executive Cameron Levin 292
Account Executive Stacy Schill 269
Account Executive David Stahl 235
Classifieds Manager Rebecca Minsky 238
Art Director Susan Beardsley 239
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Northwest Jewish Family 2012–2013
cONteNts
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StorieS:
Failure is an option ........................................4
When a parent is diagnosed with illness ......6
Making sense of your child’s standardized
test scores ................................................8
Family Directory:
Community-wide Organizations .................. 10
Seattle — Central and Downtown .............. 11
Seattle — North .......................................... 15
Seattle — South .......................................... 18
West Seattle .................................................22
East King County/Mercer Island ..................23
Snohomish County .......................................30
Whatcom County/Bellingham ......................30
South King County/Pierce County ...............31
Thurston County/Olympia ............................33
Vashon Island ...............................................33
Kitsap County/Olympic Peninsula ...............33
Clark County ................................................35
Eastern Washington .....................................35
Youth Groups ...............................................37
Camp Scholarships ......................................39
Day Camps ...................................................39
Overnight Camps ......................................... 41
Family Services/Special Needs ...................42
Circumcision/Mohelim.................................46
Mikvot ..........................................................47
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BoARD oF DiRECToRS
Peter Horvitz, Chair*; Robin Boehler;
Andrew Cohen ∞ ; Cynthia Flash Hemphill*;
Nancy Greer ∞ ; Aimee Johnson;
Ron Leibsohn; Stan Mark; Cantor David
Serkin-Poole*; Leland Rockoff
Richard Fruchter, CEO and President,
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Shelley Bensussen, Federation Board Chair
*Member, JTNews Editorial Board
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