In The News: Articles & Press Releases
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Judy Lash Balint wrote an article for The Jerusalem Post about the Seattle Sephardic Tours that we did this summer with the Seattle Sephardic Tour, Sephardic Bikur Holim, and Congregation Ezra Bessaroth. She writes about longtime Seattle resident Raye Behar's experience leading tours and sharing her memories with the community. Read at https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-758302.
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On December 20, 2022, the WSJHS was featured on King5 Evening. The original segment was published in September 2020, but was aired again in 2022 as a celebration of Chanukah and to highlight our work to preserve Jewish history in our state.
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Read the full message from Wing Luke by clicking the photograph above.
It is so important for cultural institutions to support one another in good times and bad. We proudly stand in solidarity with the Wing Luke Museum and look forward to strengthening our partnership through collaborative programs and projects such as the Seattle Asian Jewish Community Initiative and the "Confronting Hate In Seattle" exhibit along with the Black Heritage Society. -
In April of 2023, the Association of King County Historical Organizations awarded the WSJHS with the Virginia Marie Folkins Award for Outstanding Historical Publication for the second edition of Family of Strangers: Building Jewish Communities in Washington State.
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Learn the details behind our state-of-the-art scanner--only one of 22 in the entire U.S. at the time of installation.
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Learn about the storage grant the WSJHS received, which uplifts organizations telling stories from historically marginalized groups.
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View the exhibit: https://www.wsjhs.org/aoc2020/