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Welcome to Northwest Jewish Family!
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Northwest Jewish Family is the premier annual go-to guide for your Jewish family in
Washington State. From education to synagogues, from camps to scholarship information,
Northwest Jewish Family magazine has every community resource under the
sun — and clouds — for you to participate in our local Jewish community.
Contents
Stories:
Deciding on daycare............................. 4
Value your children for who they are —
not who you need them to be........... 6
The social justice classroom without
walls................................................. 8
Courtesy Seattle Jewish Community School
Family Directory:
Community-wide Organizations........ 10
Youth Groups..................................... 12
Family Services/Special Needs........... 13
Camps................................................ 16
Seattle — Central and Downtown.... 19
Seattle — North................................ 22
Seattle — South............................... 26
West Seattle ...................................... 28
East King County/Mercer Island......... 28
Snohomish County............................. 36
Whatcom County/Bellingham............ 36
South King County/Pierce County...... 37
Thurston County/Olympia.................. 38
Vashon Island..................................... 38
Kitsap County/Olympic Peninsula...... 39
Clark County....................................... 40
Where to Worship.............................. 42
Eastern Washington........................... 43
Mohelim/Circumcision....................... 45
Mikvaot.............................................. 45
On our cover
Photos courtesy Camp Miriam, Seattle Jewish Community School and NCSY.
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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Staff
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Editor and Publisher *Joel Magalnick 233
Associate Editor Emily K. Alhadeff 240
Sales Manager Lynn Feldhammer 264
Account Executive Cheryl Puterman 269
Account Executive David Stahl 235
Classifieds Manager Rebecca Minsky 238
Art Director Susan Beardsley 239
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Content may not be reproduced without the express
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Board of Directors
Peter Horvitz, Chair*; Jerry Anches ∞ ;
Sarah Boden; Cynthia Flash Hemphill*;
Ron Leibsohn; Stan Mark; Leland Rockoff;
Cantor David Serkin-Poole*
Nancy Greer, Interim CEO and President,
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
Shelley Bensussen, Federation Board Chair
*Member, JTNews Editorial Board
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Ex-Officio Member
Northwest Jewish Family 2013–2014