Tag: jewish

While people often tell me Spokane is very Christian and conservative compared to Seattle, we found it incredibly open and inter-faith-friendly when compared to Oklahoma. The Jewish population is small in Spokane, but, we didn’t feel as ignored or treated with hostility as we did in other more conservative areas.

This year the festival isn’t just presenting a diverse mix of films; we’re also hoping to appeal to a broader audience than we’ve reached before.

The first thing I think of when I think of a Jewish home is the mezuzah.

As someone who found out he has many Jewish ancestors, where would you start your quest to find out more about your heritage?

The responsibility to educate doesn’t only fall on the heads of your Muslim, Jewish, brown, immigrant, disabled, LGBTQ friends. We need you!

Unlike cities with larger Jewish populations, Spokane lacks a proper Judaica store. This means that when local Jews, or even non-Jewish Spokanites who are preternaturally fond of Judaism, want to purchase something that doesn’t just say “Jewish” but screams it, they must turn to the Internet.

One of the worst possible times for something to go wrong is when there’s a single day between Shabbat and a holiday. We don’t do work on Shabbat and don’t use electronics or devices. Many of the same restrictions exist for holidays.