JTNews - September 14, 2012 - High Holidays Edition

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Ahmadinejads enhanced legitimacy must be challenged

Lawrence Grossman JTa World news Service
human-rights abuses and threats against NEW YORK (JTA) When world Israel, and urged it to comply with U.N. leaders converge on New York this month, resolutions. But his was a lone voice and it Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinewas ignored. jad will again be present. The occasion is The assembled delegates sat quietly as the opening of the United Nations GenIranian speakers reiterated the old charges eral Assembly session. This time, though, against the United States and Israel. And Ahmadinejad comes with enhanced diplothe 120-member summit rubber-stamped matic credentials. He is no longer just head a 680-point document that seems likely to of Iran; he also chairs the 120-member sow the seeds of further trouble. strong Non-Aligned Movement. Three points in the text are particularly Countries in the Non-Aligned Movemenacing. ment constitute nearly two-thirds of the First, Israel was condemned for its U.N. membership. The last time they gathnuclear program, whereas Irans nuclear ered was in Tehran in late August for the program, falsely described as being for movements summit. It wasnt just lowerpeaceful uses only, was pronounced to level diplomats who were present but also be Tehrans inalienable right. Thus a 24 presidents, three kings, eight vice presihealthy majority of U.N. General Assemdents and 50 foreign ministers. They unanbly nations have undermined the sancimously endorsed Iranian policies, many tions regime backed by of which are acts of the U.N. Security Coundefiance against intercil and encouraged the national norms. In our World News section Iranian nuclear gambit, One would have to at www.jtnews.net, inveswhich the International go back to the 1936 tigative journalist Edwin Atomic Energy Agency Nazi Olympics to find Black shows how far Iran reports is close to fruia more blatant interhas come in its nuclear tion. national whitewash weapons program. Second, the summit of a rogue regime. condemned terrorism Adolf Hitler by then but declared that the had ruled Germany legitimate struggle of peoples under for three years. Publicly committed to colonial or alien domination or foreign overturning the results of World War I, occupation was not terrorism. Thus, twomaking Germany the supreme power in thirds of the General Assembly approved Europe and combating what it deemed of the Iranian-supported Hezbollah, since the menace of world Jewry, his regime it is ostensibly aimed at the Israeli occuhad outlawed dissent; imprisoned, torpiers. tured and killed thousands of politiAnd third, Israeli occupation is idencal opponents; begun a rearmament tified as the primary cause of the Arabprogram; occupied the Rhineland in violaIsraeli conflict and ending it as the proper tion of treaty obligations; and enacted the means to secure peace in the region. For Nuremberg Laws depriving Jews of citigood measure, the document accuses zenship. Nevertheless, no nation boycotIsrael of mass torture and of efforts to ted the Berlin Olympics, and Hitler used eradicate the historic Islamic heritage in the spectacle to cement his international Jerusalem. The Palestinian refusal to negolegitimacy. tiate a two-state solution or to acknowlFast forward to the present. Irans edge the profound Jewish connection to leadership, intent on becoming the leadJerusalem is absent. ing regional power, has denied the HoloNon-Aligned Movement members caust and publicly committed itself to wipe pledged support for renewed Palestinian Israel off the map. It has outlawed dissent; efforts to secure U.N. recognition, a deciimprisoned, tortured and killed political sion that Palestinian Authority President opponents, religious minorities and gays; Mahmoud Abbas immediately cited in and is developing the capacity to produce announcing his plans to demand upgraded nuclear weapons in defiance of the United U.N. status when he addresses the General Nations and in the teeth of economic Assembly on Sept. 27. sanctions leveled by the United States, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah European Union and others. This record is Khamenei called the Tehran summit a crystal clear. Yet, no Non-Aligned Movegreat success for Iran and a humiliating ment member boycotted the Tehran defeat for its enemies. He even described summit, which the Iranian leadership used the event as a showcase demonstrating to cement its international legitimacy. the superiority of the Iranian system over U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Western democracy. Thats eerily similar participated, against the advice of many to what Hitler, Germanys supreme leader, who felt that his presence would lend thought the Nazi Olympics achieved for undue credibility to a regime that repeathis regime in 1936. The parallels are frightedly had demonstrated contempt for the ening. world body. To his credit, the secretaryCanada, a vibrant democracy and not general in his address criticized Iran for
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the rabbis turn
What Ruths marriage can teach us about our own unions

rabbi racheL nussbaum The kavana cooperative
I returned recently from a wonderful summer in Israel, where I had the privilege of serving on the faculty for the Bronfman Youth Fellowships in Israel program. It was a total treat to teach the group of 26 fellows high school seniors from a wide range of Jewish backgrounds and communities across North America. Each morning, the program began with a shiur, a Torah study session, and faculty members were encouraged to pick a text they loved to teach. I chose to do a close reading of the biblical Book of Ruth with the fellows. The themes that emerged from our conversations including loss, intimacy, and loyalty, to name but a few all felt incredibly relevant and contemporary. Returning to Seattle in this election season, I realized an even clearer application of this text: Referendum 74, the voter referendum in favor of marriage equality. The Book of Ruth and its interpretive tradition provide one of the clearest illustrations of how the Jewish tradition has historically been willing to overlook or overturn a scriptural injunction in order to adjust to reflect changing moral expectations and world views. I believe that today there is a clear parallel in the movement to grant legal recognition to samesex unions. Ruth herself is the quintessential outsider-turned-insider. She begins her life as a Moabite in the land of Moab but, following the death of her Israelite husband, willingly chooses to align herself with her mother-in-law Naomi, returning with Naomi to her ancestral land in Bethlehem. a Non-Aligned Movement member, has severed diplomatic ties with Tehran. Its foreign minister described Iran unambiguously as the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today. As Iran moves closer to a nuclear bomb, suppresses democracy and continues to threaten Israel, much depends on whether the international community, set to gather this month at the United Nations, remains in thrall to the movements approach or emulates Canadian courage.
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Throughout the remainder of the book, Ruth is more or less treated as a member of Naomis extended family, yet her status is not 100 percent clear. The text seems to assume that the Torahs commandments including the mitzvot of gleaning, redeeming property, and levirate marriage (to the extent that they apply at all in this familys situation) apply to Ruth as they would to any Israelite. However, throughout the book, Ruth continues to be referred to as Rut haMoaviyah, Ruth the Moabite. Has Ruth become an insider, or does she forever retain her outsider status? To see the insider-outsider tension even more clearly, it is helpful to read two texts in juxtaposition with one another. We begin with the coda of the Book of Ruth, chapter 4, verses 18-22: This is the line of Perez: Perez begot Hezron, Hezron begot Ram, Ram begot Amminadab, Amminadab begot Nahshon, Nahshon begot Salmon, Salmon begot Boaz, Boaz begot Obed, Obed begot Jesse, and Jesse begot David. Although Ruths name doesnt appear in this all-male genealogy, it is clear from the context of the narrative that Ruth the Moabite (the wife of Boaz and the mother of Obed) has really made it: She is the great-grandmother of King David! But how can this possibly be the case, given Deuteronomys attitude toward the Moabites, in chapter 23, verses 4-5?: No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted into the congregation of the Lord; none of their descendants, even
in the tenth generation, shall ever be admitted into the congregation of the Lord, because they did not meet you with food and water on your journey after you left Egypt Reading the Deuteronomy text, it seems almost impossible that the Book of Ruth can end on such a positive note, given Ruths Moabite origins. However, the interpretive rabbinic tradition considers Ruth the first convert to Judaism, with numerous midrashim emphasizing her inner qualities such as modesty and loyalty and generally casting her in a very positive light. At the end of the day, Ruths Moabite origins never totally disappear from the narrative, and yet she seems to be fully accepted as an Israelite. As I said above, this tension and resolution is one that I believe has a parallel in our own day and age; this fall, in particular, I cant help but read this text in light of the campaign for LGBTQ inclusion in our American society and, more specifically, for marriage equality in the State of Washington. Many of the opponents to Referendum 74 claim to speak in the name of religion, using a verse from Leviticus to demonstrate that the Bible does not accept homosexuality. However, as the Ruth case reminds us, our textual tradition is not monolithic, and the weight of our religious texts and traditions can also be brought to bear to support precisely the opposite conclusion. In the case of marriage equality, it is easy to think of numerous relevant Jewish values: That all human beings are created btzelem elohim (in Gods image), vahavta lreacha kamocha (the commandment to love your neighbor as yourself), the principle of kvod ha-bri-
yot (human dignity), and the calls for us to empathize with societys underdogs based on the principle that we were once strangers in the land of Egypt. The Ruth example provides us with a model for how we can approach our own contemporary version of this question of boundaries and inclusion vs. exclusion. Just as the Ruth text and subsequent rabbinic interpretations seem to outweigh the punitive attitude of the Deuteronomy verses, I believe that the weight of our Jewish traditions and values around interpersonal relationships which emphasize principles like inclusion, humility, dignity, and equality can and should be heard over a single verse from Leviticus. I am proud that the Seattle Jewish community has largely banded together in support of marriage equality and Referendum 74, but there is still a tremendous amount of work to be done between now and Election Day in November. As we head into this High Holiday season, I hope that we will have the opportunity to reflect on and be inspired by our own tradition. The challenges of creating and maintaining a pluralistic and open Jewish community are very real; our Jewish texts have bequeathed to us a complicated and often contradictory set of traditions and guidelines. It is my hope that we will learn from the way that Ruth the Moabite has come to take her place in our canon, in the genealogy of King David, and in the line pointing us toward redemption. In this election season, may Jews from across the widest possible spectrum of our community take the lead in ensuring that our American society can offer the possibility for finding sanctity in heterosexual and homosexual unions alike.
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A sweet New Year
Our coverage this issue leads with our High Holiday coverage. A few highlights are below, but you can find articles and tips through page 23.
Host broit un puter, iz der mazl a gutter.
If you have bread and butter, you have good luck.
22 resolutions
When you add together the numbers of the new year, 5773, you get 22. Thats how many resolutions weve got as the year begins.
Its time to find that first Jewish baby

Once again, JTNews is looking for the first Jewish baby of 5773. Do you know the baby? Is this new baby yours? Introduce the first little boy or girl to the community by contacting us at editor@jtnews.net.
Now thats a salad!

JTNews debuts its new cooking column with a salad recipe that will knock your Rosh Hashanah guests socks off.
A postcard a day
A local artist decided to better ground herself by creating and sending a postcard every day for a year.
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The rituals that help our kids grow

Its those little variations from the norm that kids notice, and a great way to create New Year traditions.
Our regular news coverage begins on page 34 When the peace camp didnt preach peace
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Seattles Middle East Peace Camp is supposed to celebrate the commonalities and differences of Arab and Jewish children in Seattle. So why did the camp bring in a speaker that was so one-sided against Israel?
The story of two Beths
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Two Beth Shaloms in our state Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle and Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane were recognized for excellence in their education programs.
The start of something digital
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A new program between the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and a local entrepreneur launched aims to bring together Jewish tech professionals in the area.
She liked camp so much shes taking it to Hebrew School

From The Jewish Transcript, September 8, 2000. The 18 athletes who attended the JCC Maccabi Games in Tucson dealt with 110degree heat and intense lightning storms, but they said they had a blast competing in sports ranging from basketball to baseball to gymnastics. The elite crew pictured here sport the gold medals they brought home from the games.
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This summer marked the start of a program that brings the best of Jewish camp to a religious school to create a cycle of continuity in Jewish learning.
The Jews who built our sports legacies
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No question about it: Much of the history of athletics in our state, whether its horse racing or basketball, can be attributed to our Jewish community.
Still hungry
The recession began four years ago, but still more people come to the food bank every year.
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Your guide to a sweeter new year in 5773

cindy sher JUF news, chicago
You ready for a clean slate? We Jews are lucky to get a chance to start over every fall as the shofar sounds a wakeup call in each of our lives. With the changing leaves, the crispness in the air, and new Justin Bieber Trapper Keepers in the back-to-school aisle comes a promise for a fresh start in 5773. Since the sum of 5, 7, 7, and 3 equals 22, I offer you 22 tips for a sweeter new year. Lshana tovah tikatevu! 1. Give thanks. No matter what youre doing, take at least a moment every day to stop and say thank you to God, to your parents, to the love of your life, to your kids, and to that barista at your local coffee joint who greets you with a smile and a halfcaff-skim-latte-easy whip every morning. We get so wrapped up in the chaos of our days that we forget to give thanks for all the blessings, big and small, in our lives. 2. Make Shabbat special. Whether you keep Shabbat or not, its a nice time to be in the present with a good meal, good people and a good nap. 3. Get inspired. Go online and click on one of those TED talks, listen to an uplifting sermon by your rabbi, take in a sunset, watch a Spielberg flick whatever moves you. 4. Learn about your roots. Ask an older member of your family to tell you a story stemming from your family tree. My grandparents just recently told me 13. Give yourself a break. So many people, and the stars, and plant something in the how they met. Long story short, I might especially among us MOTs, are taught to ground. not be here if it werent for my grandexcel and to make everyone around them 10. Take up space in the room. Last year, mas Canasta game with my great aunts happy all the time, whether that means I attended a Jewish womens empowerFaye and Gertie, who put the shidduch making the honor roll, getting that promoment seminar, where we talked about this together. Howd your grandparents meet? tion, or saying yes to a project you know concept, but it applies to both men and 5. Spend time with people you really like you dont have time for. But you know women: Who you are and what you have and love. And spend less time with people what? Sometimes its okay to take a day you dont. Lifes off from perfection. I give you permission. short. Nuf said. 14. Eat broccoli, beans, and blueberries. 6. Raise your heart Incorporate superfoods like these into rate. They say sitting your diet to improve your overall health. at your desk all day 15. But eat ice cream, too. I know these can shave years off last two tips sound contradictory, but its your life. Its a pity I not like youre training for the Olympics. write these words as Yes, eat your vegetables, but every once in I sit at my desk. So a while, go for those two whenever you can, get scoops of peanut butter up and move. Walk, and chocolate ice cream. dont drive, the mile 16. Visit somewhere youve to the store. Take the never been. That may be stairs, not the elevaadWriTer/creaTive coMMonS Israel, India, or Indiana, tor. Do yoga. Shoot Sometimes you just have to boogie. or it could be your local hoops. Just move. gym or the top of the Space to say matter. Own it. 7. Never text and drive capiche? And Needle. Visit uncharted ter11. Commit gemilut hasawhile were on the subject, texting and walkJeSSica Merz/creaTive coMMonS dim deeds of loving A little ice creams okay as long ritory next year. ing is dangerous, too. 17. Talk about real stuff. kindness. Mentor a kid who as you eat your veggies. 8. Laugh more. In the book The HappiAgain, we get bogged down needs a friend, volunteer at ness Project, author Gretchen Rubin says in the details of life, logistics, and work, but a senior home, or feed the hungry at a local a small child typically laughs more than 400 take some time to really talk to the people in soup kitchen. times each day, while an adult laughs only your lives about what really matters. 12. Devour a book for fun. Read it on 17 times. Raise that average. your Kindle or the real kind made of actual 9. Look up at the sky and down at the paper. earth. Pay attention to the sun, the moon, X PAge 16
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A salad for a sweet new year

michaeL natKin JTnews columnist
Editors note: This column debuts our new column by local food writer and chef Michael Natkin. Natkin is the author of the recently released cookbook, Herbivoracious, A Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes, based on his food blog, herbivoracious.com. Enjoy his sumptuous treat for the New Year!
egar, shallot, thyme and salt. Allow to stand for 10 minutes. Drizzle in the olive oil while whisking to emulsify. Taste and adjust seasoning. Reserve.
To finish:
2 Tbs. vegetable oil 9 oz. pressed tofu (the kind that is completely firm and generally already brown with some soy sauce on the outside) cut into 1-inch cubes Reserved dressing 1 large or 2 medium crisp, sweet apples, cored and cut into 16 slices each (Braeburns work well) 1/2 cup pomegranate seeds Freshly ground black pepper Flaky sea salt (Maldon is ideal) Place a large skillet over high heat. Add the oil, and when it is shimmering, add the tofu in a single layer. Cook until well browned on one side, then flip and cook the other side. Remove to a medium bowl with a slotted spoon. Pour the dressing over the tofu and toss. Add the apples and pomegranate seeds and toss again. Taste and adjust seasoning. Divide among serving bowls and finish with generous amounts of black pepper and flaky salt.
On Rosh Hashanah, tradition suggests we eat apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year, and a new fruit to celebrate the season often a pomegranate, which is apocryphally claimed to have 613 seeds, the same as the number of mitzvot. This recipe combines all of these elements into a hearty salad that could easily be a meal in itself. The tofu I call for in this recipe is the pressed type. It is very dense and firm. You can find prepackaged versions of it at natural foods stores, often pre-flavored with soy sauce. If you live in Seattle, it is worth a trip to Northwest Tofu on Jackson Street for a fresher, better-textured version. This tofu has had so much of the moisture removed that it browns really quickly and easily. It reminds me of grilled halloumi cheese, which I think would also be excellent in this dish. Keep the salad dressing in mind for everyday green salads as well. You can
Michael naTkin
Pan-Seared Pressed Tofu with Apples and Champagne Vinaigrette
make a double batch and it will keep in the refrigerator for a few days.
Pan-Seared Pressed Tofu with Apples and Champagne Vinaigrette

Vegetarian and vegan Serves two as a light lunch or four as a side dish
For the dressing: 2 Tbs. champagne vinegar 1 Tbs. honey 3 tsp. minced shallot Leaves from 2 sprigs of fresh thyme 1 tsp. Kosher salt 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil In a small bowl, stir together the vin-
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Last December, Wiebke Light was browsing through Third Place Books when she stumbled upon an idea. There was this art diary, she says, about artists who had done different art projects each day for a year. Light was especially inspired by Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today? Kate Bingaman Burts collected drawings of everything she bought for three years. I was walking home and my mind was spinning, she says. I thought maybe I could just do it. Light brought the idea home to her husband, Rabbi Stuart Light, who encouraged her. She only had to decide what to create every day for 365 days. What are my values? What would I like to document every day? Light, 42, asked herself. First, Id like to develop more art skills and do it in a way thats somewhat challengingsomething small and simple and doable. She also wanted to connect it to people, who would hold her accountable. And it went from there. We feel strongly about no media, and a simplistic life, Light says. So she decided to create one postcard a day to send to friends and family. It was sort of an antiact to Facebook and emailing and texting and Twittering, to connect with people the old way, she says. Light studied art in her native Germany (her first name is pronounced Vib-keh) before studying Jewish art and material culture at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York, where she met her husband. After working for many years in the museum world, she currently assists in the art room at the Jewish Day School, where her three children attend and her husband is assistant head of school. Since January 1, Light has been carving out time every day to design a postcard. But the project has evolved from artistic enrichment and reconnection to a weeks there werent any addresses left. It was her first lesson in accepting change. Sometimes, when we have a plan, and we want to change something, we think we have to have it all figured out, she reflects. Light started looking for things to thank people for that arent so obvious. So she sent one to her kids bus driver. His name is Nestor and hes awesome, she says. I take him so for granted, and we all dohe never gets a formal thank you. Light also keeps a blog, located at mazecard.blogspot.com, to track her journey. In January, she worked through struggles with time management and perfectionism. But since then, Light says the project has made her think about the positives in life. On June 10 she wrote, Finding myself now on day 148 of my daily postcard project, I noticethat I have gained something that I have always longed for, but never knew how to achieve: I am muchhappier and more contentby cultivating the daily practice of thinking of peoplein a positive way, I find myself constantly concerned with thoughts of gratitude, love and appreciation. While many of her cards go to family
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For the New Year, renew the commitment to end global hunger
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NEW YORK (JTA) This summer I traveled to Ghana with 17 American rabbis. We spent 12 days constructing the walls of a school compound in partnership with a local Ghanaian community ravaged by hunger, poverty and labor exploitation. More important than our efforts to mix cement and schlep bricks, we built powerful relationships with Ghanaian human rights activists. We also engaged in rich discussions about what it means to be faith-based leaders and global citizens. One afternoon, a rabbi was exchanging stories with a young Ghanaian girl. In the middle of their conversation, she suddenly asked the rabbi if he had eaten lunch. When he said that he was planning to eat soon, the girl responded, I pray to God you will be able to eat tomorrow, reflecting her own understandable insecurity about food as well as her concern for others. As I prepare for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the young girls words weigh heavily on my mind, especially as I reflect on a familiar refrain from the High Holy Days liturgy: Who shall live and who shall die? Most of the blessings we celebrate on Rosh Hashanah are unearned blessings. I often remind myself that I did nothing
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to deserve being born in the richest country in the world I was lucky. I did nothing to deserve a roof over my head and hot meals on my kitchen table I was lucky. Most American Jews who are privileged enough to read the words of the High Holy Days liturgy are among the luckiest people in the world. We have rarely in recent years known the hardship of being the hungry or the naked the very people Jewish tradition demands that we feed and clothe. For the vast majority of American Jews, fasting on Yom Kippur is a voluntary act, not a chronic reality. But when nearly a billion people around the world go to bed hungry every night, when drought exacerbates hunger in the United States and around the globe, and when fasting for too many people is not a choice but an endemic condition, we must adopt a food ethic that enables everyone to experience the sweetness of having enough. The links between hunger and the Yom Kippur liturgy Share your bread with the hungry require that we challenge the injustice of hunger and champion the right for everyone to access healthy food. It is easy to forget that the potential to effect global change is intimately tied to our local lives. What we consume, which
government policies we support, where we work, and how we spend our money and our time have a profound impact on the lives and human rights of people thousands of miles away earthquake survivors in Haiti, migrant workers in Thailand, young girls in Ghana. As I take stock of all that happened this year, I know that many American Jews already have made a difference in challenging policies that are unintentionally undermining the ability of people in the developing world to feed themselves. Last fall, American Jewish World Service and a coalition of Jewish organizations committed to ending hunger in the United States and around the world launched the Jewish Petition for a Just Farm Bill. Together we gathered more than 18,000 signatures in support of a just food and agriculture system. As compassionate, concerned citizens, we must continue to educate our own communities about the urgent need to address hunger. With the New Year upon us, one way to make a difference is by observing the Global Hunger Shabbat on Nov. 2 and 3. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel described Shabbat as an island in time a portrait of how the world should be. Global
Hunger Shabbat is an opportunity to use this sacred time to reaffirm our commitment to food justice for all. It is a time to ask ourselves: How do we use our power as American Jews to make a difference in the lives of people facing hunger in the developing world? How can we be more effective as advocates and catalysts for change? Certainly, extreme poverty and hunger are colossal problems. No matter the number of Global Hunger Shabbat observances, we cannot eliminate these problems on our own. But we can and must expand our collective responsibility to support people who are unable to put food on their own tables. With the Days of Awe upon us a time when we weigh our lives against our benefit to others we must hold ourselves and our communities accountable. Join me in assuring the young girl I met in Ghana, and so many others like her around the world, that we will live the values of our tradition: We will work for justice so that people around the world have enough to eat tomorrow and for many years to come.
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1/3 cup maple syrup 2 Tbs. soy sauce 3 Tbs. Dijon-style mustard 3 Tbs. toasted sesame oil 1 Tbs. cracked pepper, or less to taste 1 whole side salmon, about 3 lbs., skin off, bones out, trimmed Preheat the oven to 500. Mix all but last ingredient in a bowl. Place the salmon skin side up in a baking pan just large enough to fit it snugly in one layer (if you have empty spaces, the liquids will burn). Pour the sauce evenly over the fish. Bake 18 minutes, or a minute or two longer, until the fish is tender but firm to the touch. Transfer to a platter and pour the cooking juices over the fish. Serve hot, or at room temperature. Makes 8 main course servings, or a dozen ample first course servings.
Kabocha Sweet Potato Soup

Round lentils symbolize the cyclical year, and at Sephardic Rosh Hashanah seders gourds based on Hebrew word play represent the tearing apart of evil judgments on us, and the announcement of our merits before God.
1 Kabocha squash, about 2 pounds, unpeeled, seeded, and cut into large chunks (use a hammer) 2 large sweet potatoes, cut into large chunks 1 large red onion, cut into large chunks 2 cups red lentils or yellow split peas 6 ribs celery, peeled 1 large bunch dill, fronds and stems 13 cup olive oil 6 bay leaves, or 1 tsp. ground 1 Tbs. turmeric Sea salt to taste 12 cups water Ground pepper to taste Bring all ingredients to a boil in a wide heavy pot. Reduce to medium, cover, and cook 1-1/2 hours. Cream with an
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Many of Lvanas recipes are available on her website, levanacooks.com. Here are a few personal recommendations:
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This is a perfect example of Lvanas experimentation with wacky ingredients and a result that comes out to die for! I might just have to come out of vegetarianism for this one.
Made with vegetables peaking right now, this is a wonderful side dish or vegetarian main dish. To boost the protein content, throw in a can of chickpeas. Make this a day ahead to enjoy a bolder flavor.
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Teshuvah and Penn State: The sin of rushing to judgment

david e. ostrich JTa World news Service
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (JTA) In our busy lives, there are lots of decisions to make. Though we know that quick judgments made without all the facts can be faulty, we do not have the time to dwell on each decision, and we learn to live with a kind of necessary impatience. Whether it is a route across town, what we want for lunch, or the selection of a shirt to wear, we need to make our choices quickly and then get on with the day. Thus do we approach many things in life including stories in the news. Even when the story is important, we want to finish it quickly. We want to know what happened and why it happened, and we want to get some kind of expeditious resolution (lesson learned) before we move on. The problem, however, is that some stories do not conform to our impatience. Complex events elude quick and simple conclusions and are not conducive to the few minutes we are willing to give them. Of course, when we are the ones involved in controversy when our reputations are at risk and our feelings are being battered we want plenty of time to defend ourselves. Many of us have known the frustration and hurt of being falsely accused, and I suspect that this fear of false accusation is at the heart of our legal systems many safeguards. Innocent until proven guilty is no abstract principle. It is one of our nations most important protections. The problem, however, is that the time delays necessary for our day in court all those procedures and facts can get in the way of a good story. Although not every accusation leads to an indictment, and not every indictment leads to a conviction, there is that rush of excitement when evil is exposed and we get to watch the bad guys squirm. In many ways, the truth seems less important than the fun and titillation of lashon hara, the evil tongue. This year, I am particularly aware of our human tendency to rush to judgment, and of the injustice it can cause, because I live in a town that has been at the center of an enormous news story. State College, Pa., the home of Penn State University, has been rocked by the indictment and conviction of Jerry Sandusky, the former football ment could have been so wrong, their trust so abused. There was grief that the crimes were committed, sympathy for the victims, and anger that no one saw through the criminals deception. This anger is overwhelming, and people have furiously sought places to focus it. One would have thought that the rage would have been addressed by the criminals arrest, trial, conviction and incarceration, but this has not been the case. The outrage is too great for the criminal alone. From the beginning, allegations and stories of a highly placed conspiracy have become well known and frequently repeated. Heres what this story says: Coach Sanduskys criminal activities were well known at the highest levels of the university administration. The men at the top of the Penn State power structure did not care about his crimes, allowed them to continue on campus, and then conspired to conceal them for the sake of the football program. As everyone knows, Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Therefore, people as powerful as Coach Joe Paterno and university president Graham
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Spanier must have been corrupt. They must have known everything that was transpiring on campus, and their corruption included a criminal conspiracy to cover up child abuse. Of course, we do not actually know any of these things. While this story has been repeated again and again, the charges have never been proven. Indeed, no grand jury or governmental prosecutor has ever even alleged these accusations. What we have is a rush to judgment and a conspiratorial tale that is more entertaining than factual. In the very long and complicated Freeh Report, a team of investigators looked into some of the evidence and concluded that high administrators did not adequately respond to this situation. They based their opinion on some of the evidence, but there is additional evidence and other possible interpretations of it. Inasmuch as the university authorities reported the suspicious behavior to the district attorney, and inasmuch as the district attorneys official investigation did not find enough evidence
for an indictment, one could conclude that the university leaders did their jobs. One could conclude that the criminal was deceiving people as criminals are wont to do. In other words, rather than imagining a conspiracy that allowed Sandusky to continue his crimes, one could conclude that his deception worked. Therefore, and tragically, he was able to continue his criminal behavior. A careful reading of the Freeh Report would have revealed this possible interpretation, but reading the report would have been tedious and taken a long time. Besides, what people wanted was a conclusion and dramatic punishment. Public anxiety demanded answers and action immediately. So instead of a careful discussion of the Freeh Reports opinions and some patience as the legal system worked its slow process, we saw the NCAA and its hurried imposition of dramatic sanctions rescue public patience. In lieu of an actual investigation, the
NCAA gave us closure. Much less interested in the truth than in resolution, many people are happy with the penalties, regardless of whether they are properly directed. Instead of fact finding and legal dilly-dallying, this crisis was met with a swift and decisive rush to judgment. The important thing is that we see someone punished; now we can then get on with other concerns. In the interest of clear thinking and the possibility of justice, it is important, however, to remind everyone that the oftrepeated and salacious stories have not been proven. In other words, the common knowledge of a high university conspiracy and the NCAA sanctions are based on nothing more than gossip, and that is a shame and a scandal in and of itself.
As mortified as I am about the terrible things Jerry Sandusky is convicted of doing, I am also disappointed in the way that the rest of this story is being told. Rushing to judgment does not make for justice, and we should all know better. Our Jewish tradition teaches that relying on premature conclusions and gossip is not just that this kind of behavior is unfair and sinful. I believe that many people in the media, in the NCAA and in the public are guilty of these sins this year. For the sin of believing gossip, for the sin of repeating it, and for the sin of rushing to judgment, many of us have some teshuvah, repentance, to do.
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Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County 19626 76th Ave. W, Suite B, Lynnwood Warm, friendly, traditional, and open to all. Free of charge, regardless of background or affiliation. Membership is not required to join and there are no prerequisites. All prayers will combine the original Hebrew and translated English. Contact: 425-640-2811 or Rabbi@JewishSnohomish.com or www.JewishSnohomish.com Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah First Day: Morning services: 10 a.m. Shofar: 11:30 a.m. Community kiddush following the service. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: Morning services: 10 a.m. Shofar: 11:30 a.m. Holiday ends: 8:01 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: Fast begins: 6:42 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:45 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning services: 10 a.m. Yizkor: 11:15 a.m. Mincha and Neilah: 5:45 p.m. Fast ends and shofar blowing: 7:44 p.m. Break-fast to follow. Congregation Bnai Torah 3437 Libby Rd. NE, Olympia Contact: Lowell Cordas at slcordas@yahoo.com Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah First Day: 9 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: 9 a.m. Erev Yom Kippur: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: 9:30 a.m. Congregation Ezra Bessaroth 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle Modern Orthodox services in the tradition of the Jews from the Island of Rhodes. Contact: 206-722-5500 Erev Rosh Hashanah: Mincha: 6 p.m. followed by Arvit Rosh Hashanah First Day: Shacharit: 8 a.m. Sermon and shofar: 10:30 a.m. Mincha and Tashlich: 6 p.m. followed by Arvit. Light candles after 7:46 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: Shacharit: 8 a.m. Sermon and shofar: 10:30 a.m. Mincha: 6 p.m. followed by Arvit. Holiday ends at 7:44 p.m.
The following congregations were not included in our last issues listings of synagogues and organizations holding High Holiday services this year. You can find all of our listings online at www.jtnews.net/holidays5773.
Erev Yom Kippur: Mincha-Hatarat Nedarim: 3 p.m. Kal Nidre: 6:30 p.m. followed by Arvit. Light candles at 6:41 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Sermon: 12 p.m. Presidents message: 5 p.m. Neilah: 6:30 p.m. followed by Arvit. Fast ends: 7:43 p.m. Eastside Torah Center 1837 156th Ave. NE #303, Bellevue Warm and inviting community. Traditional and contemporary services and multi-lingual prayer books. No tickets or reservations needed. No charge everyone is welcome. Contact: Rabbi Mordechai Farkash at 425-957-7860 Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah First Day: Shacharit: 9:30 a.m. Shofar: 11:30 a.m. Mincha followed by Tashlich: 6:15 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: Shacharit: 9:30 a.m. Shofar: 11:30 a.m. Mincha: 7 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: Mincha: 3 p.m. Kol Nidre and Arvit: 6:45 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharit: 9:30 a.m. Yizkor: 11:30 a.m. Mincha: 5 p.m. Fast ends: 7:41 p.m. The Kavana Cooperative Queen Anne, Seattle (location details sent upon registration) For complete details, visit kavana.org. Please register directly through the online registration system.
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The High Holidays in Jewish cinema

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When cinema was still in its youth, Hollywood built a story around the High Holidays. Its tale was a measure of Jewrys ties to tradition, but also a gentle sign of its loss. In The Jazz Singer (1927), Americas first feature-length sound film, Jakie Rabinowitz is a cantors son whose father expects him to follow tradition and stand by his side in the synagogue to chant Kol Nidre, the prayer that opens the erev Yom Kippur service. But as the eve of the holiday approaches, the father is told that 12-year-old Jakie is singing in a saloon. The cantor angrily fetches him home and gives him a thrashing. Jakie vows to leave home for good. As the father chants Kol Nidre at shul, the son takes to the streets and embarks on a life singing jazz. Years later, his career on the rise, his name now changed to Jack Robin (played here by the great Al Jolson, whose life had inspired the story), he visits his parents on his papas 60th birthday, announces hell soon be starring on Broadway, and hopes to make peace with his folks. Jacks mama welcomes him back eagerly, but the father orders him to leave. Soon after, the cantor grows ill and hovers between life and death. Jacks mother appears at the Broadway rehearsals and begs him to sing Kol Nidre in place of his father. But Yom named named Chanan makes his way to Kippur is also the shows opening night. Brinitz, Senders town, where, as a Sabbath The film constructs a virtual morality play guest at Senders, he instantly falls in love around this dilemma. with Senders daughter Leah, who loves I wont tell you the outcome, except him in return. The father, unaware that to say that the film would be incomplete Chanan is the son of his long-departed without a Jolson version of Kol Nidre. Or friend, is determined to at least it sounds like Kol betroth Leah to the richest Nidre but in Jolsons hansuitor he can find. Desperate dling, the Aramaic-language to win Leahs hand, Chanan lines are radically abridged immerses himself in kabbaland repeated, over and over, istic magic so he can conjure in a reverie of improviup barrels of gold. sation. In effect, its Kol Intensely ascetic, Chanan Nidre as jazz. The film here grows ever more unbalsubtly portrays the passing anced, and when Leahs of tradition into a creatively engagement to a rich mans eroded form, symbolic of son is announced, he calls what New World Jews have on Satan for help, then keels done with the old. In 1937, Jews in Poland al JolSon a BiograPhy, 1916. over and dies. When Leah did a film version of S. An- Al Jolson, star of The Jazz is later about to be married, she becomes possessed by skys acclaimed Yiddish Singer. her dead lovers spirit. Her play, The Dybbuk. In the father then takes her to Miropolye, where film, two Hassidic Jews, Sender and Nisan, he petitions the Rebbe to exorcise the wayare longtime friends who meet up only ward soul. infrequently during holiday pilgrimages The film, one of the last great cultural to the Rebbe of Miropolye. One such time, products of Polish Jewry, is a rich portrait they pledge their yet-unborn children in of pre-modern Jewish life and custom. marriage. Soon after, Nisan is drowned Unlike the play, it opens with an impasand Sender, preoccupied with money, forsioned table sermon by the Rebbe on the gets his promise to his friend. youthful days of the fathers-to-be. The Years later, an impoverished scholar
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suit of a beautiful, old-money debutante named Dubbie, whom he met at a party; and Bens friendship with Sylvia, a black classmate. Levinsons framing the story inside the Jewish New Year and Nates Cadillac ritual is important. The Kurtzmans are nominally observant Jews perhaps even Orthodox, but in a laid-back, assimilated way. Though Nates wife shows remnants of clannishness, the Kurtzmans are open to the winds of change. While both the New Year and the new car year are equally important to Nate, their overlap seems a portrait of the traditions loosening grip since the days of The Jazz Singer. Even The Dybbuk, flawless as its command of pre-modern tradition had been, was the creation of Jewish moderns: Playwright Ansky had been a secularist and socialist revolutionary, folklorist, and
humanitarian activist. The films creators were immersed in avant-garde theater and Expressionist idioms, and director Miha Waszyski was a gay man who had left behind his Orthodox background and pretended he knew no Yiddish. But what unites these three films is not just their deep awareness (hidden in The Dybbuk) of the secular world, but also their willingness to invoke tradition as a yardstick. The High Holidays might be a site of fading cultural memory, but the theme still strikes a responsive chord among filmgoers, Jewish and gentile alike.
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The change was subtle but undeniable. Carrots cut lengthwise rather than sliced; some scattered sprigs of rosemary. Any other day of the year, such a discrete rift in recipe might have gone unnoticed. But this was not any other day of the year this was Rosh Hashanah. Whats up with the brisket, Grandma? my preteen son asked, echoing my suspicions that Bubbes famous brisket the eternal pillar of my familys High Holiday feasts had undergone an unprecedented facelift. I thought Id try something a little different this year, answered my mother (who had recently been possessed by Rachael Ray of the Food Network). But I like the old brisket, said my younger son. Me, too! agreed my daughter. Oh, no. Not the brisket! added the eldest of my grumbling foursome. Shh, Im sure its delicious, I said, trying to mask my own disappointment in the demise of the dish of honor. Dont get me wrong. Its not that my kids and I didnt appreciate the wonderful meal my mother had prepared. (We did.) And its not that the updated version of Bubbes famous recipe wasnt a legitimate improvement over the original. (It was.) Its just that it didnt matter whether Rachael Ray herself had prepared that brisket it wasnt about taste at all. In fact, prior to that particular evening, my children had scarcely given our traditional Rosh Hashanah brisket a second thought. It was not until it went MIA and was suddenly replaced with a swankier roast that my kids came to appreciate its significance in their lives. Please, you may be thinking. How can you possibly suggest that a brisket could have a significant impact on someones life? But it wasnt just any old brisket; it was Bubbes famous brisket. The same unwavering recipe that had accompanied my familys Jewish New Year for as long as my children could remember for as long as I could remember. In the predictable presence of Bubbes brisket on our Rosh Hashanah table, my children found steady ground; a sturdy link between their past, present and future; and a safety net woven out of knowing where they have been and where they are going. No, Im not being melodramatic. Oodles of experts believe that it is in the simple repetitions of life not in the grand black-tie affairs that our children find the stability and continuity they need
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to thrive in an unpredictable world. That it is ritual and tradition not kiddie stress management seminars or pintsized yoga classes that build a vital sense of emotional security in our kids. Of course, if you asked Tevye the milkman, the power of tradition is not breaking news. Yet, in our rocket-paced, technology-based, achievement-driven, media-ridden society, the presence of family rituals in our childrens lives may be more integral to their emotional well being than ever before. Fortunately, Jewish life is positively bursting at the seams with ritual opportunity for parents: Lighting the Hanukkah candles, welcoming Elijah to our seder table, eating challah on Shabbat all these experiences fill our childrens lives with spirituality, security and predictability. Yet the defining rituals of the Jewish New Year play an especially vital role in our childrens overall well being, as they also carry meaningful symbolism and essential life lessons. What follows are a few of our rich Rosh Hashanah traditions and the ways they strengthen and prepare our children for the coming year and far beyond. To help ensure your family enjoys all the sweet rewards of the Jewish New Year (while simultaneously taking advantage of the bountiful benefits of family rituals), here are some out-of-the-box, ripefor-the-picking Rosh Hashanah traditions: 1. Visit a paint-it-yourself ceramic shop, and decorate kiddush cups, apple plates or honey bowls together.
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Contact: info@kavana.org Erev Rosh Hashanah: 5:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah First Day: Family service led by Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum, followed by theme-based activities: 9 a.m. Morning services: 10 a.m. Tashlich ceremony and BYO picnic lunch: 2 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: 9 a.m. Erev Yom Kippur: Lighting of memorial candles in honor of deceased relatives. Kol Nidre on cello, followed by prayer services: 6:15 p.m. Yom Kippur: Family service led by Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum followed by theme-based activities: 9 a.m. Yom Kippur morning services (with Yizkor in the early afternoon): 10 a.m. Book of Jonah study/discussion: 4:15 p.m. Neilah (closing) service: 6 p.m. Final shofar blast: 7:36 p.m. Break-fast meal: 7:40 p.m. Temple Beth Am 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle For information about tickets, security and special needs, visit www.templebetham.org/worship/ holidays/high_holy_days Contact: 206-525-0915 Erev Rosh Hashanah: Last names starting A-K: Early (green ticket): 6:30 p.m. Last names starting L-Z: Late (blue ticket): 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah: Last names starting A-K: Early (green ticket): 8:30 a.m. Last names starting L-Z: Late (blue ticket): 11:45 a.m. Childrens service (6 and under): 2:45 p.m. (no tickets needed) Tashlich at Matthews Beach Park: 4 p.m. (no tickets needed) Kol Nidre: Last names starting L-Z: Early (blue ticket): 6:30 p.m. Last names starting A-K: Late (green ticket): 8:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Last names starting L-Z: Early (blue ticket): 8:30 a.m. Last names starting A-K: Late (green ticket):
2. Put together baskets of apples, honey, raisins and other sweet treats, and deliver them as a family to a hospital or nursing home. 3. Give the world a birthday present by planting a tree. (Youll have a whole Rosh Hashanah grove before long!) 4. Let your kids design your Rosh Hashanah tablecloths, placemats and challah covers using fabric crayons or markers. 5. Take a Rosh Hashanah family nature hike. Sit down in a shady spot and have everyone share what he or she appreciates about one another. 6. Go apple picking. Use your haul to make Rosh Hashanah apple cakes, kugels and other goodies. 7. Have a shofar-blowing showdown. 8. Gather family pictures from the past year, and work together to create a yearin-review collage. 9. After lighting the Rosh Hashanah candles, join hands and let everyone share hopes and dreams for the coming year. 10. Leave chocolate on your childrens pillows before every Rosh Hashanah along with a note wishing them a sweet New Year.
Sharon Duke Estroff is an award-winning educator and author of Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah? (Random House). Her parenting articles appear in over 100 publications including Parents, Good Housekeeping, Womans Day, Huffington Post and the Jerusalem Post. Her four children give her an endless supply of parenting fodder.
11:45 a.m. Beit Midrash I: 1011:30 a.m. Healing Service: 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Teen Service: 11:45 a.m.1:30 p.m. Beit Midrash II: 122 p.m. Discussion: 2:303:30 p.m. Childrens service (6 and under): 2:45 3:30 p.m. Afternoon, memorial, concluding services: 3:45 p.m. Break-the-fast: 7 p.m. Temple Beth El 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma The fee for an adult pass is $300 and includes seating at services where passes are required. There is a $500 fee for a family of two adults and dependent children over 6 years of age to attend those services. Children under 6 years old may be in childcare (register online). If you will only be attending services on one of the High Holy Days, the cost is one-half the amount stated. No one will be turned away because of need. Contact: 253-564-7101 or www.templebethel18.org/highholy-days/join-us Erev Rosh Hashanah: 8 p.m. Pass required. Family service: 5 p.m. Rosh Hashanah First Day: 10 a.m. Pass required. Tashlich: 1 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Second Day: 10 a.m. Kol Nidre: 8 p.m. Pass required. Family service: 5 p.m. Yom Kippur: 10 a.m. Pass required. Family service: 1 p.m. Study session: 2 p.m. Afternoon service: 3 p.m. Yizkor/ Neilah: 4:30 p.m. Break-fast hosted by the Sisterhood will follow services.
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Keeping our word, improving the world

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NEW YORK (JTA) Children beginning to acquire language face some amusing obstacles. Confusing basic words is one of them. My son, for example, loved to stretch out his arms and tell me about something that was the biggest or the best in the whole wide word. My heart smiled every time. There was something telling in his mistake. Jewish tradition is no stranger to the link between words and the world. Words have great power. We recite each morning in the liturgy, Blessed is the One who spoke and the world came into being. Words are more than signs. They have the ability to create. They are intrinsically holy. As S. Ansky relates in The Dybbuk, every word that a man speaks with sincerity is the Name of the Lord. For children, words describe what is concrete around them (book, banana, car) and communicate their most basic needs (water, pee). As adults, our relationship with words grows much more complex. We use words to build relationships (I love you) and to break them down (Youre fired). We use them to direct people, manage situations, reflect and pray. We also use words to chart our future behavior. We make promises and vows (neder in Hebrew). Rabbi Jonathan Sacks comments on the meaning of a neder: When we bind ourselves by words, we are using language not to describe but to create to create an orderly future out of the chaos of human instincts and desires. No one knows this more than someone who is trying to stop some addictive behavior and makes a vow (I will eat less sugar, I will stop smoking), or who wants to create reliable work habits (I will get that report to you on time) or build a relationship with others (I will marry you). Our promises to ourselves and to others guide our behavior and can shape our future. Sacks continues, What is unique to humans is that we use language to bind our own future behavior so that we can form with other human beings bonds of mutuality and trust. The care with which we choose our words is at the core of building relationships, family lives, communities and a just society. When we speak, our words can be relied upon. When we promise to do something, others know we will follow through. But even with our best intentions, we fall short in many ways. Yom Kippur is our time to reflect on the year that has passed and all the ways we wished we could fulfill the promises and nedarim we made. One of the central aspects of the Yom Kippur liturgy is the confessional prayer, or vidui. In a chant audible only to ourselves, we beat our chest and recite a litany of missteps that begin, We sinned before you. Hardly an exhaustive list, it represents the whole alphabet of sins (it starts with aleph and ends with tav). It is striking how many times sins related to speech appear. We have sinned against you through idle chatter, the way we talk, foul speech, foolish talk, gossip, speaking ill of others, everyday conversation, and the list goes on. The sheer number of sins on the list calling us to consider our speech confronts us to recognize that our talk is cheap. Far from holiness, we use our words to fill the silence at best and malign people at worst. Once sensitized to our overall use of speech, we can go a step deeper and consider another transgression mentioned in the confessional prayer: We have sinned against you through empty promises. Time and again we have said that we will do something and dont follow through. Slowly, these empty promises erode trust that binds people and communities together. I have a personal practice every High Holidays season. Instead of sinking into the feeling of where to begin with the project of self-improvement presented by the High Holidays, I start small by picking one character flaw and focusing on correcting it. One year it was my struggle with being late, so being on time was my focus. Another year I felt like my
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Occasionally, a book comes out that changes history. One of these books is the Aleppo Codex, the Hebrew Bible manuscript that has survived a millennium and several perilous journeys. Another is The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible, by Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman (Algonquin, $24.95). In or around the 10th century CE, a scribe in Tiberias named Shlomo BenBuyaa completed an authoritative version of the Hebrew Bible the five books of the Torah, the prophets and writings. Written on folios of animal hide, rather than as a scroll, this Bible was not meant for religious purposes. By the time Ben-Buyaa set his tree-gall, iron-sulfate, black-soot ink to the page, the Jewish people had been dispersed for about 1,000 years and lived in independent communities, most of which were now under Islamic rule. Like Jewish communities across the world today, they read from the Torah throughout the week and relied upon it for religious guidance. But the Torah wasnt written in stone, and the need arose for an accurate Bible with codified spellings and pronunciations that Jewish communities could refer to without differentiation. This version became known as the codex, or the Crown. The Crown lived intact for 1,000 years, managing to escape, unscathed, attacks by the Seljuk Turks, the Crusaders, the Mongols, and a devastating earthquake. It was ransomed along with human lives and traveled from Tiberius to Jerusalem to Cairo, making its final stop in Aleppo, Syria. The ancient community of Aleppo Jews guarded the Crown in a safe in a grotto in the bowels of the main synagogue. They revered it, even believing it harbored protective powers. So, how, after a millennium of survival in death-defying conditions, sometime after 1947, did nearly half of the pages of the Crown of Aleppo get lost? This is the story Friedman is here to tell. Its a story others have tried to tell, and failed. Friedman, who currently writes for the Times of Israel and has specialized in religion, archaeology and politics in the Middle East, is a master storyteller. He weaves through a millennium of history with the ease of a seasoned time traveler, starting in 1947 Flushing Meadow, N.Y. From there its to Aleppo and a zigzag to Crusader-sacked Jerusalem, 1940s Syria, 12th-century Egypt, and 1950s Israel, coming up for air periodically at the present day, where he holds scraps of history that crumble to dust in his hands. The popular story goes like this: When news of the vote to establish a Jewish state hit the Arab world, mobs looted and burned down synagogues and Jewish businesses, and in Aleppo they dragged the codex from its safe and burned it. After the dust settled, Jewish community members collected the scraps of parchment and saved what they could; other fragments disappeared with individuals, later to turn up in peoples homes and wallets in New York, where they were cherished as talismans. Rumor had it the codex was lost. In time, however, it resurfaced almost entirely intact. After much pressure and one botched operation, the Aleppo Codex was smuggled into Israel in 1958 and entrusted to the Ben-Zvi Institute in Jerusalem. The books story of survival, rescue and return would seem to be no less miraculous than the Jewish peoples itself. Today the codex lives inside a secret vault at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. But the manuscript that reportedly left Syria complete is now missing almost half of its story: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Ecclesiastes, Lamentations, Esther, Daniel, Ezra-Nehemiah and most of Deuteronomy, Amos and Song of Songs are gone. Friedman stumbled upon the Crown in 2008 while working on an article for the Associated Press. He was intrigued by its virtual anonymity. How was it that hardly anything was known about this epic work, which came to dictate the Bibles pronunciation and cantillation for the future of Judaism, and about the 40 percent of it including almost the entire Torah that disappeared? But as he started investigating the deeper questions about the books missing sections, his leads went cold, and his contacts stopped returning his calls. Friedman found himself in the Aleppo Codex Underground, with a cast of characters chasing the same elusive goal: The missing pages. Listen, Ezra Kassin, amateur Crown sleuth and Aleppo migr to Israel, says to Friedman in the books introduction, youre entering a minefield. I nodded, pretending I knew what he meant, writes Friedman. He shook his head. I had no idea. The Aleppo Codex, as it turns out,
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David Broza Nov 2 | The Neptune
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Feb 9 | The Paramount
The Anti-Defamation League

Cordially invites you to attend the
Seattle Theatre Group 2012 | 2013 Season
2012 No Place for Hate Luncheon

Monday, October 22, 2012
12:00-1:30 PM Seattle Sheraton
Let the world revolve around you!

Take your seat at our 3 historic theatres for a season of performing arts experiences that revolve around you! The Paramount | The Moore | The Neptune Weve got a seat for you for 37 performances offered this season, visit STGPresents.org/Season for full listing and information.
What will it take to make our community no place for hate?

Kindly RSVP by Oct 12th to:
seattle@adl.org or (206) 448-5349 x 5
Keynote Speaker Deputy Chief of Police Seattle Police Department
Nicholas Metz
Minimum donation of $150

Harry Belafonte Jan 19 | The Moore Feb 13-24 | The Paramount
Photos: David Broza: Raanan Cohen; Hubbard Street Dance Chicago: Todd Rosenberg Paramount: Bob Cerelli; Neptune: Christopher Nelson
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Mark Bittman, The Future of Food Wednesday, September 19 at 7:30 p.m. Lecture Mark Bittman has been a journalist for over 40 years and a professional food writer since 1980. In 1987, he became the senior writer and later editor of Cooks Illustrated, and in 1990 began writing for the New York Times with his weekly column, The Minimalist. He now blogs for the NYTs online column Opinionator and has authored several books, including How to Cook Everything (1998), The Food Matters Cookbook (2010), and How to Cook Everything, The Basics: All You Need to Make Great Food (2012). His discussion, titled The Future of Food, will deal with the intersection of food, politics, the environment, and personal health. At Benaroya Hall, S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets are $15/$30 for general admission and can be purchased at www. lectures.org.
Monday, September 24 at 6 p.m. Ira Shapiro: The Last Great Senate Lecture Many argue that the U.S. Senate has lost its way. Its a far cry from the Senate of the 1960s and 70s, says political insider Ira Shapiro, of a time when representatives reached across the aisle to pass Great Society legislation and the Civil Rights Act, debate the Vietnam War, and hold President Nixon accountable for Watergate. Shapiro, author of The Last Great Senate, documents those years, offering inspiration for a return to these so-called glory days. Presented as part of the Town Hall Civic series, with Elliott Bay Book Company. At Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle (enter on Seneca Street). Tickets are $5 at townhallseattle.org or 888-377-4510 or at the door beginning at 5:30 p.m., and also gain entry to David Domke and Christopher Parker discussing President Obama, the Tea Party, and Racism, at 7:30 p.m.
AJ C S E AT T L E R EGI ON A L OFFI CE
2012 Advocacy & Impact

SUNDAY, DECEM BER 2SAVE THE DATE
AJC Annual Advocacy In Action Community Reception and Campaign Event Energy Security and Independence 6:00pm 8:00pm Reception & Panel Discussion Learn How We Can Collectively Make An Impact
David Harris, AJC Executive Director Michael Granoff, Founder of Maniv Energy Capital /
Head of Oil Independence Policies for Better Place
For more information contact: chandlerb@ajc.org or 206.622.6315 or www.ajcseattle.org
Friday, September 28 at 8 p.m. Michael Chabon: Telegraph Avenue Author reading Literature lovers, its time to salivate. Michael Chabons got a new book out. As part of The Strangers Verse Chapter Verse series, the popular author will speak about his new novel, Telegraph Avenue. Reviews are coming fast and furious, and for good reason: This buddy story about two longtime friends and co-proprietors of a failing record store shows off Chabons mastery of language not in the dank, dusty offices of mid-century Manhattan or the imagined Jewish homeland of Sitka, Alaska, but in the context of his own neighborhood, the quickly gentrifying subduction zone between Oakland and Berkeley. Weve waited five years for this. Its about time. At Fred Wildlife Refuge, 127 Boylston Ave., Seattle. Free.
15th Season Mina Miller, Artistic Director

Seattle
LOVE Klezmer?
Ch o c o l ate?
Klezmer & Chocolate
a fundraiser for Music of Remembrance 6:30 p.m., Sunday, October 7 Theo Chocolate Factory 3400 Phinney Ave N. Seattle
ADORE
played heroically by Seattle clarinet goddess Laura DeLuca

(John Sutherland, Seattle Times) ISSAQUAH N Nov 7- Dec 30, 2012 Jan 4-27, 2013
Make plans for a night unlike any other, at Theo Chocolate Factory. This fundraiser for Music of Remembrance features performances by Seattles clarinet goddess Laura DeLuca and her klezmer band, with chocolate tastings (orange, cherry and almond, spicy chili, mint) courtesy of Theo. Enjoy complimentary wine as well. Space limited to just 75 klezmer-andchocolate lovers, so get your tickets today!
e n igh t On only!
Issaquah
verett: (425) 257-8600 www.VillageTheatre.org
Tickets: $50 in advance / $60 at the door To order, call (206) 365-7770 Online: www.musicofremembrance.org
2012 JDs annual RepoRt
Rosh hashanah is a time for personal introspection and prayer as well as celebration. At JDS, as we review the past year, we are so grateful to the many people who have supported us in so many ways. This support has enabled us to offer our unparalleled education to families from more than 30 zip codes, from non-affiliated families to those from every branch of Judaism, helping JDS students learn to respect each others differences and value our shared heritage, a true mark of a community school. And community is what it is all about! We continue to receive calls from all over the country asking how we were able to score such high marks from our parents on the value of the JDS community in a recent national Jewish day school survey. If you live here, you feel it and breathe it each and every day. Where study leads to action is experienced through our curriculum, through our mitzvah days sprinkled throughout the year reminding all of us that we are responsible for one another, and through our amazing parent body that sponsors: two Family Camps, Moms & Dads Night Out, Dads Pancake Breakfast, STEM Fair and grade level Shabbat Dinners. JDS is a family experience open to all! Most importantly, our children are immersed in our ever evolving, exceptional 21st century education steeped in Jewish values which teaches that each child can make a difference. We are the only area school providing an inquiry-based curriculum for children from Preschool through eighth grade; a program rich with off-campus learning experiences; a global program of daily second language study with Israel and Jewish learning woven throughout; academically rich in attending to each childs unique gifts. Such a school can only thrive with the support of this community. From parents to grandparents to community donors; from our local support from family foundations and Samis and the Jewish Federation to our national support from grants made by PEJE and others; we grow and build community because you believe in us. We are grateful that as we approach the new year, we know that with your help we can go from strength to strength. May we all be inscribed for a year of peace and prosperity and continuity of our great heritage. With great appreciation for your support.
LShana Tova 5773

U-Metukah Tikateivu
May you be inscribed for a good and sweet year
Maria Erlitz Head of School
Richard Galanti President, Board of Trustees
JDS iS where StuDy leaDS to action.

2011 was an extraordinary year for action projects initiated by JDs students. at JDs, children learn from an early age that tikkun olam and environmental responsibility are an essential part of their Jewish worldview and as they grow, it is beautiful to see them marry their secular knowledge with the fulfillment of these Jewish ideals. Rabbi stuart light, JDs assistant head of school
itzvot in the Community: During the M schools Mitzvah Days, JDS students did hands-on volunteer work for more than a dozen local non-profit organizations; the student-led Mitzvah Fair raised money for organizations researched by student teams and pitched to their peers; and throughout the year, each grade selected their own class mitzvah projects and launched programs to support them including craft and bake sales. eco-Friendly Cleaner: A grant from the King County Solid Waste Division helped JDS 6th graders work in the science lab to develop, market and distribute their own non-toxic household spray cleaner.
ool level 2: JDS King County Green sch Level 2 status is proud to have earned County Green School in the King izes excellence program which recogn ion servation, waste reduct in energy con and recycling.
Ds and the JFs Foodbank: JDS is pleased to be J the site of JFS Eastside Foodbank for which students sort and distribute groceries to local Foodbank clients each month.
Mitzvah in a Bag: Tha nks to a grant from the Jewish Federa tion of Greater Seattle, the JDS Middle School Mitzvah Team launched an initiati ve to provide families with snack bag s to keep in the car and distribute to tho se in need.
a special thanks to the Jewish Federation of Greater seattle and the samis Foundation for their ongoing support.
2012 AnnuAl dInnEr And AuCTIon
Thank you to the crowd of more than 350 people who joined us at our 2012 Annual Gala and Auction honoring Bonnie and Robbie Cape & Family. Together we raised over $450,000. JDS is grateful and humbled by the wonderful outpouring of support at this event. The work at our school is inspired by your contributions; your generosity is appreciated each and every day at JDS. Many thanks to our auction co-chairs, Tamar Boden and Judy Lynn Rice and all of the amazing volunteers.
Andrea Selig & Joel Erlitz Sharon & dr. Chris Farac lela & Harley Franco Gail & Jackie Frank Marcia & Al Friedman Candace & daniel Friedman Jill & Chuck Friedman Michael Friend Barrie & richard Galanti Mindy & Adam Geisser deanna & Sydney Godel Joanne Godel & Warren Blatt Gina & dr. Marc Gonchar Suzanne & Barry Goren Judy & Jeff Greenstein Anne & Ed Harris dena & drew Herbolich Herzl-ner Tamid Conservative Congregation Kim & Shai Herzog Joanna & Gary Hill deb & Marc Kadish Martha Baker & Malcolm Katz Sandra & Alan Kipust Michele & Adam Kohorn linda & dr. ronald Krivosha Heather & Andrew lader Chris & dr. Marty lazoritz roberta & Ken lyon Edythe Misel Bea & Bruce nahon northwest Yeshiva High School nosh Away, Inc. Carol & Steve Paige Panera Bread-Bellevue Panera Bread-Issaquah Pioneer Venture Partners lucy & Herb Pruzan rdl Catering Emma Bartholomew & George reilly Judy lynn & ron rice deborah & doug rosen Judith & norman rosenbloom Al Sanft Amy Schottenstein & Justin Magaram Cynthia Shumate & John Warnick Sue & Bob Solomon ronnie & dr. ronald Spiegel Kathleen & rob Spitzer Charlene & Gregory Steinhauer Stellar Womens Fund, llC Stephanie Solomon Events Cindy & Bob Strauss Alayne and Bobby Sulkin david Tarica The lott Foundation diane & Stuart Triester ulTA deborah levinger & david Vaillancourt Priscilla Wayne devorah & ron Weinstein riva Zeff & Yaakov Medrash robin & Ben Castrogiovanni Isabella & norm Chapman Margaret* & derrick Chasan Julie* & david Chivo Susie & Steve Cohen risa* & Adam Coleman Myrna darland diane deFuria Susan & dr. lonnie Edelheit rene & dr. Antony Egnal Julie & larry Engel Maria* & dr. Marc Erlitz Sharon & dr. Chris Farac linda* & dr. Gary Feldman lela & Harley Franco Jill & Chuck Friedman richard Fruchter Karen & dave Fulmer Barrie & richard Galanti Mindy & Adam Geisser Peggy & Bruce Gladner Cindy & Hugh Gladner Kristina & Mike Gladstein Joanne & larry Glosser Elizabeth & Mario Goertzel Elinor & Jack Goldberg Marla & Martin Goldberg Meredith & Jay Goldstein Gina & dr. Marc Gonchar Bette Greenstein Judy & Jeff Greenstein Giselle & Harvey Greisman Pamela* Grossman & Scott Gerlach lori & Claudio Guincher dena & drew Herbolich Erica & dr. Eric Herman Harriet Katz zl Mindy & russell Katz Sharon & Isaac Kellerman Pamela love-Koepf & Werner Keopf
The Cape Fa
mily
JdS SPrinG 2012 auCtion triBute JournaL donorS

Anonymous david Ackert nance & Steve Adler Emily & Aaron Alhadeff Joe & Karen Barer Jill & Craig Beilinson Jennifer & Jeff Benoliel Maureen & Joel Benoliel ruth & dr. Aaron Bernstein Joann & Carl Bianco Beth Billington Warren Blatt Herb Bridge Celie & dr. Zane Brown dr. Keely Brown & david Berkman Melissa and Zane Brown, Jr. Janice & Marshall Brumer Jennie Burns rochelle romano & robert Bush Cindy and Earl Caditz Bonnie & robbie Cape Maureen & Michael Cape Marilyn & Chuck Caplan Pearl & Michael Caplan robin & Ben Castrogiovanni Isabella & norm Chapman laurie Minsk & Jerry dunietz Eastside Pediatric dental Group Susan & dr. lonnie Edelheit laura & Alexander Endel Carol Epstein
JdS 2012 SPrinG auCtion Lead donorS

Callie & Andrew Abrahamowicz nance* & Steve Adler Anonymous (2) Karyn & Joe Barer lucy & Shai Bassli Jill & Craig Beilinson ruth & dr. Aaron Bernstein Joann & Carl Bianco Shoshana Bilavsky lauren & Harry Brown Celie & Zane Brown Melissa & Zane Brown, Jr. Janice & Marshall Brumer Bonnie & robbie Cape Sarah Castoriano & Jeff Sullivan
Michele & Adam Kohorn linda & dr. ronald Krivosha Chris & dr. Marty lazoritz Cindy & Sandy levy Wiebke & rabbi Stuart* light roberta* & Ken lyon Barb & Chuck Maduell Patty Willner-Martin & neil Martin Angela & Jan Miksovsky Susan* & Tom Miller laurie Minsk & Jerry dunietz lisa & Ian Morris drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz Joshua & Erica nash Judy & nissim neuman Tina* & Michael novick Bill Powell & Eric Candell Judy lynn & ron rice Mimi rosen & nathan Goldberg Margaret & david rudin nina Saponova & daniel Ellis Amy Schottenstein & Justin Magaram ronnie & dr. ronald Spiegel Charlene & Greg Steinhauer Jodi & ryan Sternoff Stokes Auction Group, Inc. Alayne & Bobby Sulkin Masako Tamura & Eric Yap deb & Martin Wahl Toni & ronald Waldbaum lynn & The Hon. Anthony Wartnik devorah & ronald Weinstein Ina Willner Stacey Winston levitan & dan levitan Ilana Wodlinger
TrIBuTE FundS
JDS is grateful to receive support from families and community members who wish to recognize a life cycle event or send their condolences through our Special Occasion Tribute Program. Donations provide funding for various school programs and professional development opportunities for our faculty and staff.
endowment fund
In memory of Saul Shapiro Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Sheryl Steifels 30th anniversary and their daughters graduations Linda & Efrem Krisher
herB & rita roSen SChoLarShiP fund

In memory of Paul Eisenberg Gail Eisenberg & Jacalyn Eisenberg
other
In Appreciation of: Mike Gardners work The JDS Finance Committee Steven Kahns support of the JdS auction Heike & Edward Malakoff Michelle Younker Reba & Robert Bachrach
JoeL Starin teaCher deveLoPment fund

In memory of Melissa Fagin Linda & Efrem Krisher In appreciation of rabbi light, Susan Miller & Holly Greenspoons generous spirit during 6th grade camping trip Chris & Dr. Marty Lazoritz In memory of Frances Altman, mother of Cindy levy & nancy Etsekson Tina & Michael Novick In memory of Zane Browns mother, Sonia Brown Tina & Michael Novick
in honor of
faCuLty triBute fund

In honor of Micha Vardys Wedding The JDS Sunshine Committee
PeGGy & BruCe GLadner hot LunCh fund eduCation fund

In memory of Samuel J Cowan Helen Cowan In honor of the 60th wedding anniversary of ruth and dr. Aaron Bernstein Bette Greenstein In honor of Judy and norm rosenblooms 50th Wedding anniversary Susan & Ira Kadish In honor of Ariana Auerbachs high school graduation Linda & Efrem Krisher In memory of dale Behar Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of Marc Erlitzs speedy recovery Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of rachael okrents high school graduation Linda & Efrem Krisher In memory of Harriet Katz The Krisher Family In memory of Stanley Erlitz Renee & Eric Radman, Josh and Leora In memory of Peggy Gladners father, Wayne dean Tina & Michael Novick
ronaLd & devorah weinStein fund for CuLturaL artS

In honor of ronald and devorah Weinsteins 50th anniversary Denise & Neil Weinstein Jen & Craig Weinstein Lee & Stuart Weinstein In honor of Sy danishs birthday Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In honor of Carolyn & Gary Weinsteins 55th Wedding Anniversary Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In honor of Mr. & Mrs. Stuart & lee Weinstein Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In memory of Mr. Jack Benaroya Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In memory of leonard donin Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In memory of Arva & Bernard Gray Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In memory of Joseph Stroum Devorah & Ronald Weinstein In memory of dr. George Winston Devorah & Ronald Weinstein
LiBrary fund
In honor of Pattie Holts daughters wedding The JDS Sunshine Committee
LuCy & herB Pruzan iSraeL miSSion fund

In honor of Tahlia Edgar-Chalker on her Bat Mitzvah Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of richard Goldman on his Bar Mitzvah Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of Ariel Simpson on her Bat Mitzvah Linda & Efrem Krisher In honor of rebecca Brown on her Bat Mitzvah Tina & Michael Novick
The birth of Meital, Amy and Josh Adlers daughter Janice & Marshall Brumer dr. richard Brodsky Rivka & Jeffrey Klaff Mr. Benjamin Cape Drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz Penny Cooks birthday Drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz Maria Erlitz Joel Erlitz & Andrea Selig Ben Friedman on his Bar Mitzvah Lucas Schenck & Carla Bauman danny Gladner on his Bar Mitzvah Priscilla & Steven Leytus Mrs. dena Herbolich, Presidents Service Award Jill & Chuck Friedman Peggy & Bruce Gladner Alayne & Bobby Sulkin Jackie Kallays Birthday Julie Johnston Mrs. linda Krisher Peggy & Bruce Gladner Ana and Ephraim light working at the West Hollywood Food Coalition Wendy & Ivan Light rabbi Stuart light Wendy & Ivan Light rabbi Stuart lights fantastic & creative programming Lynn & Steve Katz Mrs. Pamela love-Koepf, JdS PA Volunteer of the year Jill & Chuck Friedman Peggy & Bruce Gladner Suzanne Messinger earning the Maria Erlitz Award in Education Alayne & Bobby Sulkin
Erica nashs birthday Drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz Mrs. Erica nash, JdS PA Volunteer of the year Jill & Chuck Friedman Peggy & Bruce Gladner Shirly niemis daughters Wedding The JDS Sunshine Committee dr. Cyrus rubins 90th birthday Alayne & Bobby Sulkin Ms. Amy Schottenstein, Presidents Service Award Jill & Chuck Friedman Peggy & Bruce Gladner Alayne and Bobby Sulkin Mrs. Michelle Younkers complete recovery Drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz
in memory of
Sarah Bodens father, dave Goldberg Tamar & Alan Boden Sonia Brown, grandmother of Zane Brown, Jr. Robin & Ben Castrogiovanni Stanley Erlitz Robin & Ben Castrogiovanni Vicki Gillman, Jeff Gillmans mother JDS Sunshine Committee Roberta & Ken Lyon Joseph renna, david Auerbachs stepfather JDS Sunshine Committee Joel Starin Joan Alexander
AnnuAl Fund donor Honor roll

The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle excels because of the tremendous support our children receive from JDS parents, faculty, staff and our community. Together we raised over $350,000 which included over $17,000 in new and incremental gifts raised from the JDS Board of Trustees Matching Challenge. Thank you for your generous contributions to the JDS Annual Fund which enriches the education our students receive at JDS. The contributors listed below support academic programming that: Embraces 21st century learning that prepares students for todays global interactive society Supports diversity and a commitment to Tikkun Olam Practices environmental stewardship on campus and beyond the classroom walls.
Shomrim LChaim/GuardianS of LifePLatinum $10,000+
nevet Basker & Gabriel Scherzer Joann & Carl Bianco Janice & Marshall Brumer lela & Harley Franco Barrie & richard Galanti Gina & dr. Marc Gonchar david Greenspoon Judy & Jeff Greenstein Chris & dr. Marty lazoritz Microsoft Corporation laurie Minsk & Jerry dunietz Gretchen & robert rabinowitz The rita & Herbert rosen Family & Mimi rosen & nathan Goldberg Amy Schottenstein & Justin Magaram Alayne & Bobby Sulkin
tomChim/SuPPorterS$1$99
dihlara Abramova & Mehman Abramov nancy & Jeff Adelson Anderson damon Worldwide Svetlana Avanesyana Scott Azose* Ann & Marc Bachrach Beverly & dr. Peter Blum Heather Boydell* lauren & Harry Brown dilia & Martin Cartagena* la Verne* and Jack Chen Penny & Tim Cook Cantor ray Edgar linda & lloyd Grossman Berthe & Stanley Habib Allie Hauser* Pattie Holt* Shannon* & J. Michael Jay rakhilya Khanatayeva & roman Khanatayev Arlen* & Ted levy Priscilla* & Steven leytus Henry Melgar* Suzanne Messinger* rebecca & robert Minsky linda* & Zlatko nalis Shirly niemi* The Quijada Family* Karen & david rosenzweig Shannon* & Gary rubin Jane* & Jason Shay Jodi & ryan Sternoff dr. doris Stiefel lisette Trombley* Kari Tondera* Helene Voron Priscilla Wayne* Farah & Jim Wiesen* Yaakov Medrash & riva Zeff Christy Zinn & Sean Krulewich diane Zipperman* & Carl Bloom rita* & Pinchas Zohav = Husband or wife 20112012 JdS Board Member * = 20112012 JdS Staff Member
Shomrim LChaim/GuardianS of LifeSiLver $1,000$4,999

Anonymous Pam* & david Auerbach Jacquie Bayley Bonnie & robbie Cape robin & Ben Castrogiovanni risa* & Adam Coleman Maria* & dr. Marc Erlitz Jacqueline & ron Estrin Marcia & Alfred Friedman lori & Claudio Guincher Holly Greenspoon Marilyn & Mike Grossman Foundation luminita & Mircea Gruia Martha Baker & Malcolm Katz Pamela love-Koepf & Werner Koepf Tova & lior Kohavi Yael & ron Kohavi Adam & Michele Kohorn Wiebke & rabbi Stuart* light drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz lucy & Herbert Pruzan Judy lynn & ron rice Fran & Stan Schill Seattle Sephardic Brotherhood Seattle Foundation Andrea Selig & Joel Erlitz debbie & Andy Seres ronnie & dr. ronald Spiegel lisa & Andy Woods rabbi Elana Zaiman and Seth rosenbloom
Shomrim LChaim/GuardianS of LifeBronze $500$999

Amy* & Joshua Adler rene & dr. Antony Egnal Sharon & larry Finegold Anne & Ed Harris deb & Marc Kadish linda* & Efrem Krisher Erica & Joshua nash deborah & Yuval Peres Holly & Craig reines Bernice Mossifer rind Ida & Chad Wicklund
madriChim/LeaderS $100$499
nance* & Steve Adler Irina & Yuriy Babadzhanov lucy & Shai Bassli ruth & dr. Aaron Bernstein Jennifer & Jeff Benoliel rebecca & Barry Bockow Margaret* & derrick Chasan Julie* & david Chivo rabbi Jody & rabbi Alan Cook Gail & Kevin l. Coskey Florence Katz Burstein & Paul Burstein Gail & Jackie Frank Jennifer & Mike Gardner* Mindy & Adam Geisser Cindy & Hugh Gladner Carol & dr. Allen Gown Marguerite & Eddie Hasson Erica & dr. Eric Herman Kim & Shai Herzog Tracy Immel Martha & dan Javnozon
Shomrim LChaim/GuardianS of LifeGoLd $5,000$9,999

Boeing Company Melissa & Zane Brown, Jr. Isabella & norm Chapman linda* & dr. Gary Feldman Jill & Chuck Friedman Elizabeth & Mario Goertzel Sandra & Alan Kipust Charlene & Gregory Steinhauer Stacey Winston levitan & dan levitan
Heather & dr. Kevin Joseph Sharon & Isaac Kellerman Kathy & Braden Kelley Jo Ann Kobuke* Iris* & Harel Kodesh Wanda & Jeffrey* Kralman linda & dr. ronald Krivosha Heather & Andrew lader dahlia & Jeremy levin Tatyana & Igal lis roberta* & Ken lyon Emily & david Marks rachel & Manor Mendel Susan* & Tom Miller Bea & Bruce nahon Tina* & Michael novick Carol & dr. Steven Paige dikla & Ziv rafalovich liat & ron rogozinski Judith & norman rosenbloom Al Sanft Kathleen & robert Spitzer Sheryl & Mark Stiefel Anonymous united Way Patricia Willner-Martin & neil Martin
CAPITAl CAMPAIGn
Many thanks to the more than 250 Jewish Day School Capital Campaign supporters for their generosity and foresight as new generations of children are maximizing the use of the wonderful classrooms, playgrounds, and athletic facilities. Over $14 million was raised to support the facility renovation, building of a new athletic center and establishment of an endowment. Today, our preschoolers giggle and laugh their way through their day in the renovated preschool wing and all of our children are benefiting from the efforts of you, our Capital Campaign supporters. Please contact us to tour our beautiful campus and experience first-hand the vision that is now our students reality.
rebecca & Eli Almo Janice & Marshall Brumer Cindy & Earl Caditz Bonnie & robert Cape Beryl & Gary Cohen rae & Stan Cohen Julie & david Ellenhorn deanne & donald Etsekson nancy & Paul Etsekson Pam & Gary Farber linda* & dr. Gary Feldman Sophie & dr. Jeff Frankel Marcia & Alfred Friedman Barrie & richard Galanti Karen Gamoran Merrill Gerstel zl Peggy & Bruce Gladner The Gonchar Family Charitable Fund Suzanne & Barry Goren Carol & dr. Allen Gown Judy & Jeff Greenstein deb & Marc Kadish Jodi & dr. Jerry Kent Chris & dr. Marty lazoritz debra levin Barb & Chuck Maduell lisa & Ian Morris drs. Kara & Kerry Moscovitz Sharon & donald Mossman Bea & Bruce nahon Sandra & Gerald ostroff The Pearl Family Carole & dr. Alvin Pearl Joy & Craig Pearl Margaret & Tad Pearl Gwenn & dean Polik Amy Schottenstein & Justin Magaram Ellen & Brad Spear drs. Wendy & Michael Spektor Kathleen & robert Spitzer Alayne & Bobby Sulkin Gillian & david Witus
income
Fundraising 19% other income 4.2%
THE ldor Vdor SoCIETY
Jewish Federation: 2.8% SAmiS Foundation: 13.7%
Tuition & Fees 60.4%
From generation to generation, our grandparents are investing in the future that The Jewish Day School helps provide. We are proud to have the generous support of grandparents who exemplify the spirit of tzedekah for our children.
GoLd
Maureen & Michael Cape Chris & dr. Marty lazoritz The Herb & rita rosen Family Foundation
SuStaininG
Pearl & Michael Caplan
memBer
Anonymous ruth & dr. Aaron Bernstein Cantor ray Edgar laura & Alex Endel deanna & Sydney Godel Bette Greenstein
Bronze
Martha Baker & Malcolm Katz dov Basker Susan & dr. lonnie Edelheit Marcia & Alfred Friedman
linda & lloyd Grossman Carol Hale linda & dr. ronald Krivosha Becky & Bob Minsky Judith & norman rosenbloom Al Sanft Claire & Allan Shumofsky Helene Voron lynn & The Hon. Anthony Wartnik Jack and lee Weissman
expenSeS
Development & marketing: 8.8% Administration & Support: 14.6% Educational Programming 69.8% Facilities 6.9%
Please note that all of the information is current as of June 30, 2012. We apologize for any inadvertent errors or omissions.
Collectively, with the greater Seattle Jewish community, JDS mourns the passing of Jack Benaroya zl. He and his wife Becky were early supporters of JDS and donated funds for one of the largest buildings on our campus, the Benaroya Activity Hall, which serves as a campus hub for numerous school and community activities. His memory lives on through future generations of JDS students. We also mourn the passing of JDS alumni grandparent Hanka Kent zl. Her Holocaust survival story and the stories of others will live on through the Hanka and Leon Kent Endowment Fund for Holocaust Education at JDS.
Head of School Maria Erlitz Assistant Head of School Rabbi Stuart Light Director of Elementary Education Suzanne Messinger Director of Finance and Operations Charles Wright Director of Admissions and External Relations Amy Adler Director of Development Risa Coleman 2012-2013 Board of TrusTees President Richard Galanti Immediate Past President Robert Sulkin President-Elect Jill Friedman Vice President, Strategic Planning Dr. Marc Gonchar Vice President, Development Janice Brumer Vice President, Marketing Judy Greenstein Vice President, Finance Dena Herbolich Vice President, Governance Robin Castrogiovanni Treasurer Norman Chapman Secretary Bonnie Cape TrusTees Helene Behar* Joann Bianco Jerry Dunietz Sharon Farac* (PA Chair) Lela Franco Barry Goren Deb Kadish Alan Kipust Adam Kohorn* Dr. Marty Lazoritz Dan Levitan Seth Rosenbloom* Amy Schottenstein Charlene Steinhauer Dr. Sarah Toner*
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JDS Alumni are making a difference in the world and the communities in which they live. Were so proud of all of them. For more Alumni Updates, visit www.jds.org/alumni. Michaela Calderon (05) is president of Hillel and on the presidents Honor Roll at Wsu. Jason Cohen (08) completed an internship at starbucks HQ and is majoring in business at Chapman university. david friedman (03) was named one of 20 OtZma israel teaching Fellows and taught english in Kiryat Gat. Ben Gown (96) received his masters from spu and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for music education in Brazil. Hannah robin (09) and her brother Zach robin (12) formed a nonprofit called 2thFairy.org which distributes oral care products to those in need in the us and around the world. Miriam stiefel (04) graduated with honors from pitzer College and was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach english in the Czech Republic. dr. sarah Toner (92) is currently serving on the Jds Board of trustees. Maya Zwang (08) is attending the university of British Columbia as an international leader of tomorrow.
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has had more sightings than Elvis, and the story of its emergence from the synagogues flames has several vastly different versions. In the 1990s, Mossad operatives went into Syria looking for the missing pages. Even they came back empty handed. Something happened to the Crown, and the onus, Friedman comes close to but shies away from concluding, is on the Israeli government. In this way, Friedman is no more successful than his predecessors at closing the case. The key witnesses wont talk, have given contradictory statements, or have died. Friedman, talented investigative journalist as he is, continuously runs toward the
heart of the mystery, only to realize it is a trompe loeil as he smacks into another wall. Friedmans narrative provides hope: The rest of the codex is out there, and, as one player informs him, readily available if someone would come forward with just $1 million. But hope dissolves into frustration. The Aleppo Codex challenged some of my most staunchly held beliefs: That libraries are always the best places for books, that Zionism was good for all Jews, that human beings will ultimately do the right thing. Its painful to think about the possibilities for the codexs fate. How could the people of the book lose half of the most important manuscript outside of the Dead Sea Scrolls? Could it have been stolen and sold by Israeli officials, who worked department at the University of Washington Medical Center. Light sent her first card to her oldest friend in Germany, who was undergoing treatment for breast cancer. She will also get the last card. Light has also found her project to be a good lesson for her kids, who are 12, 10 and 6. They see me do something that I follow through with that is kind of crazy, she says.
so hard to obtain it? Could a community that feared the supposed awesome power of the book be reduced to selling its desecrated pages on the rare book circuit? Friedman passes over, disappointingly, one other theory: The spiritual potency of the Crown is keeping it hidden. Ronen Bergman, writing in the New York Times Magazine (A High Holy Whodunit, July 25), picks up this thread. The Crown was inscribed with a blessing and a curse: Blessed be he who preserves it and cursed be he who steals it, and cursed be he who sells it, and cursed be he who pawns it. It may not be sold and it may not be defiled forever. At one point, Bergman writes, Israels chief rabbi reversed the curses, so Her children often join her as guest artists. Light admits shes somewhat looking forward to the end of the daily commitment, but shes thinking ahead to her next artistic endeavor, which may involve holiday crafts, puppets or sewing. Shes making a tallit for her daughters Bat Mitzvah, part of a vision to make lifecycles more meaningful through art.
that anyone harboring parts of the Crown would be cursed and hence turn them in. But the community replied that the faith of the Jews of Aleppo in the power of the codex is greater by far than the rabbis pronouncement. Could it be that the keeper of the rest of the Aleppo Codex is not a thief, but instead perceives the Western-influenced State of Israel, with its unquestioned faith in libraries and institutions, as the real thief? It requires a paradigm shift, and it may be out of left field, but I wish Friedman had pondered the possibility. That critique aside, The Aleppo Codex is a rare example of untold Jewish history. Its riveting, mysterious, and a piece of good literature, like its subject. We still rely on the Jewish Catalog for ideas, she says. She would like to create something out of the box, whimsical or recycled, to beautify the home. But, as Light has learned, its not about the plan. I can start something without knowing where its going to go, she says.
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Seattles Middle East Peace Camp (MEPC), a weeklong summer program that brings Arab and Jewish children together, encountered controversy this summer. The camp, founded in the summer after September 11 by local activist Kay Bullitt, the Arab Center of Washington, Beyond Borders and Kadima, Seattles Reconstructionist congregation, strives to build a community of Arabs and Jews based on peace, justice and compassion through recreation, education and leadership development, according to its website. The MEPCs mission is intended to create lasting friendships while eschewing politics in the hopes it will foster longterm understanding and compassion between youth affected by the conflict in the Middle East. But the camp stirred emotions in Jewish community leaders when it brought in Susan Koppelman from LifeSource, a Palestinian organization, to discuss Palestinian water rights with camp counselors. The lecture was one of two group conversations held between camp counselors and community speakers, but it raised concern when it presented a seemingly one-sided perspective. The presented information was typical for an organization with an agenda against Israel. However, I was truly disappointed that a camp that works toward peace through understanding would only present to the counselors one side of an issue, said Ellie Rudee, a 21-year-old counselor at MEPC this year. To me, taking sides is not an effective method to build peace, but rather a tool to ensure hostility and ignorance. LifeSource, an organization that claims to protect water rights for Palestinians, actively promotes utilizing boycotts, divestments, and sanctions to achieve its goals. Elana Feldman, 25, who grew up in the Kadima community, defended the decision to include the LifeSource lecture, maintaining that the camp is kept almost entirely neutral. Our objective is to raise a community that can think consciously about the Middle East, Feldman told JTNews. Not talking about the issues would be worse, and the counselors need to hear from all perspectives. The politically centered aspects of the camp are limited to counselors, ages 12 through 21, who are pulled out in groups for discussions and lectures aimed at understanding issues and opening up a dialogue between teens of different backgrounds. Rudee observed that the majority of the Jewish counselors were connected to Kadima, which she felt resulted in a lack of political diversity. Kadima supports a progressive outlook on Israel. Camp counselor Eli Davis said the talk was a little forceful for the camp. In the end, I think it was good in the sense that it got us talking about what ways we want to set up these discussions in the camp. She was very straightforward in her opinion thatit was all Israels fault, said Davis of Koppelman. We werent necessarily prepared for that. Davis said Rudee helped the counselors organize a response when they were floundering. We all realized we cant just leave it at that, he said. The MEPC staff agreed to bring in a speaker from progressive Israel advocacy lobbying group J Street to balance the discussion. Politics aside, campers ages 411 enjoyed many apolitical activities such as arts and crafts, sports, dancing and cooking, all centered around this years theme of food and community. Many campers were nevertheless curious about the inevitable political nature of the camp and were eager to learn about the more controversial topics. Interestingly, the older campers were already trying to grasp the more political issues, and I could tell that they were already being affected by discussions at home, Rudee said. I received questions like, Was it the Israelis or the Palestinians who did 9/11? and Which side are you on? Im on the Palestinian side, because how would you like it if Israelis destroyed your house? Feldman said the counselors encouraged conversation, even if they didnt agree with the ideas. The MEPC focuses on fostering relationships between campers through fun, collaborative activities, she said, while emphasizing commonalities and celebrating differences among the youth. Counselors facilitated activities with the campers, working to promote trust and teamwork. After the week-long session, camp leaders offered Rudee the opportunity to help plan the speakers for next summer, demonstrating an effort to rebalance the camps apolitical purpose. This year, as the camp celebrated its tenth year of operation, it hosted 30 campers and 30 counselors, and Feldman says she is hopeful to involve even more of the community in the coming years. According to Davis, this years camp attendees leaned maybe more so against Israel, but I wouldnt say thats characteristic of the camp. He noted that sometimes controversy is a good thing. The point of camp is to hold these discussions and debates where no one feels pressured, he said. Weve done a pretty good job in the past.
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at least 74 cents of every dollar raised for cancer programs, funding research and providing assistance to patients and their families fighting blood cancers. Team in Training was pioneered in 1988 by Bruce Cleland in Rye, New York, in honor of his daughter Georgia who was a leukemia survivor. Since then, Team in Training has trained over 500,000 athletes and has raised over $1.2 billion to support blood cancer research and patient services. During the month of September, if you would like to join QFC in supporting the work of The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society you can donate at any check stand using the $1, $5, or $10 scan cards or by dropping your spare change in a checkstand coin box. For comments or questions you can contact QFC Associate Communications Manager Ken Banks at ken.banks@qfci.com or phone 425-462-2205.
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Award winners show how Hebrew school can be fun

Janis sieGeL JTnews correspondent
Two religious schools in the Pacific Northwest, Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle and Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane, have each won the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaisms prestigious Frameworks for Excellence School award which they sought, not only for the quality of their instruction, but also because their congregations pitch in to make learning exciting, meaningful, and fun. Both schools submitted several years worth of documents, including newsletters, emails, press releases, handouts and more for their entries. The frameworks committee then rigorously evaluated the quality of communications between synagogue staff, leadership, parents, and students. Temple Beth Shalom in Spokane has been a framework school for over 10 years, said Wendy Light, the USCJ award coordinator. This is their second renewal. Congregation Beth Shalom is actively working to raise their standards and concretize their curriculum. Their rabbis are very involved, their education directors are education professionals, and everyone isnt working in their own cubicle. Irit Eliav, director of education at CBS, is 34. Growing up she spent a lot of her time planning activities in her Conservative synagogue in South Florida. She moved to Seattle in 2000 to earn her masters degree in social work from the University of Washington, but then found herself drawn back to Jewish communal work. The USCJ praised Eliav as a high-energy education directordriven to provide exciting, kidfriendly, high-quality, joyful education for her students. Ive been doing this in some shape or form since I was 12 and I just found coUrTeSy congregaTion BeTh ShaloM myself coming back to First graders at Congregation Beth Shalom last year went through Jewish things, Eliav told immigration at ellis island during the Coming to America JTNews. I think people program. The kids pretended to be arriving at ellis island in the early [here] are going to be 1900s. They then pretended to live in a tenement, work in a factory, thrilled and excited. We visit a soup kitchen, or attend an old fashioned school to learn about have something happen- the time period. ing from birth to 18 all the Hashanah, CBS goes all out. time. Its our philosophy anyway, that eduWhether its Pajama Havdalah, cation is not what happens during the where upwards of 300 people mostly hours of Hebrew school, Eliav said. kids in their pajamas attend, or a mock Experiential education is what works. reenactment of immigrants arriving at What we focus on in all our programming Ellis Island in turn-of-the-century dress, is bringing Judaism to life. or a lesson on Judaism and science using Eliav said the synagogue is not afraid a portable planetarium from the Pacific to challenge even the youngest of its stuScience Center, or a presentation from dents in age-appropriate textual learning. beekeepers harvesting honey for Rosh They run classes in Hebrew decoding and prayers, and for holidays students study original texts, commentaries, and evolving holiday customs. The middle school focuses on Jewish ethics and the high school will be part of the newly launched community-wide Livnot Project. TBS in Spokane couldnt be more pleased about the recognition. As a smaller Jewish community, larger congregations often get the attention, said Jennifer Bortz, the synagogues education committee chair. speaking on behalf of its two interim directors, Michelle Crandall and Iris Berenstein, who were gearing up for the new school year. Bortz told JTNews that its gratifying that a synagogue doesnt need to have a huge membership to have a huge impact. We have a very diverse community here, Bortz said. Our school is set apart, not just by its dedication to upholding the framework standards, but by its dedication to honoring diversity and to making the effort to be as inclusive as possible. We want to send the message Come and we will try to meet your needs. As with CBS in Seattle, the Eastern Washington congregation attributes much of its success to its members and
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The start of something digital

JoeL maGaLnicK editor, JTnews
On the upper floor of a squat, nondescript building in the heart of South Lake Union sit several startup technology companies that work, side by side, in a big room filled with the silent tapping of keyboards and teammates huddled in discussion. In the basement is an event space, complete with whiteboards, wet bar, a ping-pong table, and enough room that a hundred or so local Jews connected to the tech world can meet, drink, and hear from members of their own community. That was the idea behind the opening event for J-Tech, and the turnout exceeded its organizers expectations threefold. We were looking at 30 people, and we ended up at 100 people, which is pretty spectacular, said event organizer Kevin Nider, online communications manager for the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. The idea for J-Tech actually started more than a year ago, with Joshua Red Russak. Russaks own startup resides in that upstairs room an entrepreneurs concierge service called StartupSeattle. He created a group last year on online networking site meetup.com as kind of as a joke, he said, but left it at that. Other pressing concerns kept him from following up until Nider and David Chivo, the Federations Center for Jewish Philanthropys vice president, came calling. Given their Rolodex of who they know in the community, and my ability to really tie together the communitywe paired up, Russak said. As a draw for J-Techs debut event, the organizers pulled out the big guns: Spencer Rascoff, CEO of the popular online real estate site Zillow, spent 20 minutes talking about the companys recent initial public offering and how his career and said. We did know that we knowledge in the tech space needed to be very careful and have evolved. Before and after do it differently [than those Rascoff spoke, the attendgroups], because this is a very ees chatted and traded busiunique group of people with ness cards over beers and hors Brian goldFarB doeuvres. Spencer Rascoff, Ceo of unique wants and unique styles Shayna Rosen, a develop- online real estate site of getting together. So in addition to the Federment associate for the Feder- Zillow, spoke at the ation, said having an affinity inaugural JTech event on ation using its normal communications channels to bring in group for tech professionals Sept. 4. the audience, Russak used his like it does for doctors or lawnetwork of contacts to spread the word. yers should be a natural fit in a city like The people who came to this event Seattle. Most of us have been wondering for a while, Wheres our tech group? Rosen X PAge 49
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The connections between camp and synagogue

Gwen davis Special to JTnews
Jordan Magidson didnt enjoy uniting 77 zip codes. When she was associate director of education at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life in Jackson, Miss., Magidson tried to bridge the Jewish education curriculum across the 77 different Jewish communities she covered, so that kids experienced continuity when they went from one synagogue or Jewish camp to the next. But it was hard. The communities were like islands that wanted to do their own thing. Which is why Magidson now works for the new Nadiv project. Funded by the Jim Joseph Foundation and the AVI CHAI Foundation, and developed in partnership with the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), Nadiv (which means generous or noble) created six experiential Jewish educator positions across the country to unite overnight Jewish camps and religious schools. It is now in its pilot run. Magidson will toggle Jewish education
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summer break, according to in the Seattle area, working Magidson. Having them do with URJ Camp Kalsman the same work they did in and Temple De Hirsch Sinai. synagogue during camp will She participated in Camp better reinforce their eduKalsman this past summer, cation. and will now work with Magidson also aims to Temple De Hirsch Sinai to enhance the education in unify the Jewish curriculum general. between the two institutions. I want to make sure We are taking the best kids are having fun in reliof Jewish education from gion school, not just in two different worlds and camp, she said. To the bringing them together, so coUrTeSy Jordan MagidSon our children are getting the Jordan magidson links camp point where they dont even best possible Jewish edu- experiences and religion school. realize they are learning something but are living it cation and have fun while thats the ultimate Jewish education. doing it, she said. We get them for such For Magidson, this job furthers her a short time one week at camp and personal aspirations, as well. an hour a week at temple. We want to My goal is to always learn. I expect create great memories because the only this position will make me look at Judaism way theyll be engaged as adults is if we in new ways and be the best I can at what turn them into lifelong Jewish learners. Im doing. After the school year is done, kids forget The Temple De Hirsch Sinai commuwhat they learned over the three-month working as teaching assistantsattending our high school program, and joining in wholeheartedly for camp and youth group experiences. Eliav also had great praise for the volunteers who make all of CBSs events possible. We have a really fabulous religion school committee, she said. We have a culture where everyone should roll up their sleeves and help out. In this new school year, Eliav said the congregation hopes to turn its attention to the middle school program. In Spokane, Bortz said that being a framework school keeps TBS on its toes.
nity is excited about acquiring Nadiv. Jordan brings a unique set of skills to boost our program for 21st-century Jewish education, which means experiential education the kind that has proven to be effective and engaging for kids, said Rabbi Daniel Septimus, the temples director of education. Septimus said the temple and the camp were both involved with hiring Magidson, using the large pool of candidates that Nadiv elicited on a national level. Camp Kalsman was initially chosen to be one of the six partners in Nadiv. Camp director David Berkman chose to partner with Temple De Hirsch Sinai, as opposed to the other Reform congregations in the area. Approximately 25 percent of camper enrollment at Camp Kalsman comes from Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Nadiv receives most of its funding from the Jim Joseph Foundation, but is
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staff who commit themselves to volunteering for anything that needs to get done. The result of this community participation is a marvel to see, Bortz said. We are incredibly proud of our youth. Many stay vibrant and actively involved
Were always dreaming about taking the next step and how to bring things to the next level, she said. As our society changes, we too must change, developing new and creative ways to maintain our student body and embrace our evolving membership.
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While she did some conYou might say Janet sulting when her daughVaron has stayed the tersRebeccaandLaurawere course as she navigated young, she had long dreamed her career. The founder and of forming an organization director of NoHLA, Northlike NoHLA. Close friends west Health Law Advocates pushed her and helped her (www.nohla.org), has always fulfill her dream. worked, through legal and NoHLA represents the legislative means, to right interests of consumers in societal wrongs. health care, explains Janet, Growing up in Riverdale, particularly low- and modertheBronx, she attended Harate-income consumers strugvard for undergraduate and Member of gling to afford and acquire law school, making her, I the tribe health coverage and care. guess, one of those Harvard People are balancing rent, lawyers. food and basic needs against Before law school, I insurance premiums. worked for a couple of years It also provides legal in a hospital, theBronxScirepresentation, support to ence grad told me, and other organizations, comgot interested in health munity information, lobpolicy. After law school bying and policy analysis. she turned to representing We are a voice for conlow-income clients, moving sumers in policy discusto Seattle to work for Eversions, she says, focusing green Legal Services, which ed MUnoz on the impacts of both became Columbia Legal SerJanet Varon, founder and health reform and budget vices and Northwest Justice director of Northwest Health cuts, and now, how the Project. law Advocates. Affordable Care Act helps Janet returned to healthuninsured Washingtonians. care issues in the mid 90s when there was Janet assumes shes not related to other an attempt at healthcare reform on the local Varons. She hasnt met anyone in state level, she says.
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has identified health care reform as an important issue that relates to the Jewish value of healing the sick. In June, Aberdeen resi d e n t Alan Rammer received the National Marine Educators top prize for his Tidepool Discoveries organization that brings marine-life education to kids in classrooms and beaches on our states western edge. Macleod PaPPidaS/The daily World The Central Alan Rammer holds his award for being named the National marine educator Valley, Calif., native of the Year. came to the Univerthe Seattle area whose ancestors came sity of Washington to study marine biolfrom her grandfathers birthplace of Galogy in the 1970s. He then landed a series lipoli, Turkey. Admittedly, shes been of temporary jobs with the Department of working a lot lately, she says, but makes Fish and Wildlife in the Aberdeen area, but time for yoga, biking, and travel, when I never thought hed stay. can. She and her husbandEd Munozare I thought it was dreary and bleak, he members of Temple Beth Am where shes says. I couldnt wait to get out. served on the synagogues tikkun olam But that ol Northwest magic took hold. (repairing the world) committee, which People here are warm, theyre caring,
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he says. Starting full-time in 1980, he was asked to develop a marine education program, focused on clamdiggers. I learned a lot of four-letter words in lots of combinations at community meetings designed to teach conservation and stewardship, he says. He also learned not to take it personally. Eventually the program expanded to include finfish and crabs, and visiting schools and county fairs. Alan worked 30 years for the department, and is proudest of his efforts with Asian and Pacific Islander communities, using patience and youth involvement to reach groups that were resistant to authority. When budget cuts killed the program
three years ago, he formed Tidepool Discoveries, bringing marine biology to schools. Were still losing the clean water and conservation battles, he says, but I wont give up. When not educating, Alan enjoys visiting places people usually leave alone. Hes camped in Mongolia, boated down the Yangtze and seen Koreas Demilitarized Zone. Hes also done extensive genealogy, discovering that his parents were second cousins making him and his brother third cousins. (He says they look remarkably alike.) As treasurer of Aberdeens Temple Beth Israel, he laments that it is
losing members from age and attrition. There are no jobs here, he says. Young people have all fled. Aside from an upcoming trip to Paris, Alan is greatly anticipating the movie version of The Highest Tide. Author Jim Lynch job-shadowed Alan extensively when he wrote his first novel, and based the Professor Kramer character on Alan. The film is rumored to be going into production soon. So who does Alan think should play him? Richard Dreyfuss, Hollywoods most famous marine biologist character, would be Alans first and most obvious choice not that anyone is asking.
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on a four-year phase-out track, so the cost burden will shift to the synagogues and camps. At the end of the four-year period, Nadiv will stand on its own financially. Its an experiment on multiple levels, said Josh Miller, senior program officer at the Jim Joseph Foundation. Its based on the premise that there will be collaboration between the camps and schools. The hope is that if we can get it started and document it goes well, other synagogues and camps will see it as an opportunity. Institutions and founders will want it to happen in their community.
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games seniors play

Janis sieGeL JTnews columnist
It might come as a surprise to most people under the age of 50 that one of the fastest growing online user groups ranges from 51 to 65 years old and over. This demographic is joining online sites to schmooze with peers in growing numbers, according to the most recent research on the subject. Playing digital games can also have a positive effect, to your studies say, on a seniors mental and physical health, cognitive skills, and self-esteem. Playing games can even improve their general outlook on life. But in a 2010 study conducted at BenGurion University of the Negev in Beer Sheva, Israel, and published in the journal The Gerontologist in 2011, Dr. Galit Nimrod, a researcher in the Department of Communication Studies and the Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Aging found something even more surprising. In her large, qualitative study, The Fun Culture in Seniors Online Communities, the topics most frequently posted and discussed as part of online social games in the forum sections were sex, gender differences, aging, grandparenting, politics, faith, and alcohol. When it came to having some laughs and a good time, seniors infused their game time with humor. Apparently, they just wanna have fun. In an email, Nimrod told JTNews that in her newest survey of online senior respondents, one of her subjects put it quite nicely. As a widow, wrote the Health respondent, I get very lonely but am not well enough to go outside of the homeI have found support, friendship, humor, wisdom and answers to various questions from friends that I have met onlineI get more support and day-to-day friendship from these people than my own family mainly because my family work and live apart from me but my Internet friends are on the end of my keyboard 24/7. In her study, Nimrod looked at 50,000 posts from forums in six of the largest online communities with members from around the world. These forums were identified as fun areas and included jokes, games, humor, and quizzes. Four of the sites were located in the United States, one was Canada-based, and one originated in Great Britain. The senior members of these communities had higher-than-average incomes and all communicated in English. The game types included cognitive games, like trivia and alphabetical vocabulary games, associative games that required participants to complete a gotogether phrase from someone elses previous post, and creative games involving the creation of a poem, story, or limerick. An interesting fact was that the games in the communities were not competitive, said Nimrod. Hence, a sense of success and improved self-esteem could result not from being better than others but from the positive feedback from others on ones own creativity, knowledge, or sense of humor. The seniors offered humorous tips about their sexuality, joking that its helpful to set a timer in case you fall asleep in the middle, Nimrod noted in the study. They also laughed about aging as being when you have more food than beer in the refrigerator. And, finally, what may have been the most important tip to other grandparents: Do not lose your grandkids in the mall! The humor in the communities, as well as the opportunity to practice and demonstrate their abilities and enjoy others feedback, offer important means for coping with aging, said Nimrod. The research cited in Nimrods study shows that 18 percent of 51 to 65 year olds in the United Kingdom play digital games, and 52 percent of the Finnish who are over 65 do, too. A 2007 study found that 42 percent of Americans over 65 go online. However, Nimrod found that the frequency of online time paralleled the average familys schedule, dropping off in the evenings, on weekends and during holidays, when families typically gather, and becoming most crowded during the weekdays. Many respondents in her still-unpublished online senior survey described how the online companionship made them feel less lonely in their offline day-to-day reality. Family time is the priority, and online time is secondary, said Nimrod. Nevertheless, I found that sometimes participating in seniors online communities has an effect on members offline social life as some of them meet each other in person. Such relations cannot replace real relationships and/or significantly help seniors who suffer from loneliness. Still, they may provide enjoyable interaction and, to a certain extent, a sense of belonging.
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GREATER SEATTLE Chabad House (Orthodox) 206/527-1411 4541 19th Ave. NE Bet Alef (Meditative) 206/527-9399 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle Congregation Kol Ami (Reform) 425/844-1604 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Cong. Beis Menachem (Traditional Hassidic) 1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue 425/957-7860 Congregation Beth Shalom (Conservative) 6800 35th Ave. NE 206/524-0075 Cong. Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Orthodox) 5145 S Morgan St. 206/721-0970 Capitol Hill Minyan-BCMH (Orthodox) 1501 17th Ave. E 206/721-0970 Congregation Eitz Or (Jewish Renewal) Call for locations 206/467-2617 Cong. Ezra Bessaroth (Sephardic Orthodox) 5217 S Brandon St. 206/722-5500 Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch (Orthodox/Chabad) 6250 43rd Ave. NE 206/527-1411 Congregation Shevet Achim (Orthodox) 5017 90th Ave. SE (at NW Yeshiva HS) Mercer Island 206/275-1539 Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (LGBTQ) 206/355-1414 Emanuel Congregation (Modern Orthodox) 3412 NE 65th St. 206/525-1055 Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation (Conservative) 206/232-8555 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island Hillel (Multi-denominational) 4745 17th Ave. NE 206/527-1997 Kadima (Reconstructionist) 206/547-3914 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle Kavana Cooperative kavanaseattle@gmail.com Khal Ateres Zekainim (Orthodox) 206/722-1464 at Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. S Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound (Humanist) www.secularjewishcircle.org 206/528-1944 Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Orthodox) 6500 52nd Ave. S 206/723-3028 The Summit at First Hill (Orthodox) 1200 University St. 206/652-4444 Temple Beth Am (Reform) 206/525-0915 2632 NE 80th St. Temple Bnai Torah (Reform) 425/603-9677 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Reform) Seattle, 1441 16th Ave. 206/323-8486 Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE 425/454-5085 SOuTH KING COuNTy Bet Chaverim (Reform) 206/577-0403 25701 14th Place S, Des Moines WEST SEATTLE Kol HaNeshamah (Reform) 206/935-1590 Alki UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St. Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) 5121 SW Olga St. 206/938-4852 WAShinGTon STATE AbERdEEn Temple Beth Israel 360/533-5755 1819 Sumner at Martin bAinbRidGE iSLAnd Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) 9010 Miller Road NE 206/855-0885 Chavurat Shir Hayam 206/842-8453 bELLinGhAm Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County 102 Highland Dr. 360/393-3845 Congregation Beth Israel (Reform) 2200 Broadway 360/733-8890 bREmERTon Congregation Beth Hatikvah 360/373-9884 11th and Veneta EVERETT / EdmondS Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County 2225 100th Ave. W, Edmonds 425/967-3036 Temple Beth Or (Reform) 425/259-7125 3215 Lombard St., Everett FoRT LEWiS Jewish Chapel 253/967-6590 Liggett Avenue and 12th iSSAquAh Chabad of the Central Cascades 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd. 425/427-1654 oLympiA Chabad Jewish Discovery Center 1611 Legion Way SE 360/584-4306 Congregation Bnai Torah (Conservative) 3437 Libby Rd. 360/943-7354 Temple Beth Hatfiloh (Reconstructionist) 201 8th Ave. SE 360/754-8519 poRT AnGELES And SEquim Congregation Bnai Shalom 360/452-2471 poRT ToWnSEnd Congregation Bet Shira 360/379-3042 puLLmAn, WA And moScoW, id Jewish Community of the Palouse 509/334-7868 or 208/882-1280 SpokAnE Chabad of Spokane County 4116 E 37th Ave. 509/443-0770 Congregation Emanu-El (Reform) P O Box 30234 509/835-5050 www.spokaneemanu-el.org Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative) 1322 E 30th Ave. 509/747-3304 TAcomA Chabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County 2146 N Mildred St.. 253/565-8770 Temple Beth El (Reform) 253/564-7101 5975 S 12th St. TRi ciTiES Congregation Beth Sholom (Conservative) 312 Thayer Drive, Richland 509/375-4740 VAncouVER Chabad-Lubavitch of Clark County 9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320 360/993-5222 Rabbi@ChabadClarkCounty.com www.chabadclarkcounty.com Congregation Kol Ami 360/574-5169 www.jewishvancouverusa.org VAShon iSLAnd Havurat Ee Shalom 206/567-1608 15401 Westside Highway P O Box 89, Vashon Island, WA 98070 WALLA WALLA Congregation Beth Israel 509/522-2511 WEnATchEE Greater Wenatchee Jewish Community 509/662-3333 or 206/782-1044 WhidbEy iSLAnd Jewish Community of Whidbey Island 360/331-2190 yAkimA Temple Shalom (Reform) 509/453-8988 1517 Browne Ave. yakimatemple@gmail.com
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more than just a game

charLene Kahn JTnews correspondent
Over the years, members of Washington States Jewish community have amassed sports collections, played on softball leagues, bet on winning horses, won bouts in the ring, and won (or run) recordsmashing races. They have also doctored injured pro sports players, broadcast major games, and, as investors, have been part of every single major sports franchise in Seattle, according to Seattle filmmaker Stephen Sadis. Sadis, along with sportswriter Dan Aznoff, community volunteer Eugene Normand, and sports memorabilia collector David Eskenazi, have been researching and documenting the stories of the states Jewish sports figures on behalf of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society (WSJHS). Instrumental early on in the process were WSJHS members Ralph Maimon, organizing the project, and Sonny Gorasht, who brought in many of the horse racing people, said Lisa Kranseler, the historical societys executive director. The societys 2012 theme is called Instant Replay: Featuring Washington State Jews in Sports. The results will ultimately be published in a book, Distant Replay, to be sold by the statewide Jewish historical organization. Distant Replay aims to provide a comprehensive history of the Washington State Jewish communitys individual and collective involvement in sports. Kranseler is proud of the effort. This is a first-time effort to capture the stories and history statewide, she said. We have nothing else like this in [the] archives. Though Sadis acts like an enthusiastic dad cheering on his kids team, he said there are still parameters for collecting stories for the book. They want histories that are not only about the majors, but lots of great little stories...showing that its more than just a game, he said. The Seattle-area filmmaker has an established interest in local sports history. He directed The Seattle Rainiers (1999) and The Miracle Strip: A Story of Longacres Race Track (1993), a documentary of the track founded by Jewish entrepreneur Joseph Gottstein, which will be featured at an Oct. 3 WSJHS screening. The committee rated the athletes by their sports, gender, region throughout the state, and whether they had spent much of their lives here. At this point, WSJHS would like to see more sports figures and
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On Wed., Oct. 3 at 7 p.m., the Washington State Jewish Historical Society presents A Night at the Movies featuring Stephen Sadiss The Miracle Strip: A Story of Longacres Race Track. At Majestic Bay Theatre, 2044 NW Market St., Seattle. $15 donation/$25 per couple. On Sun., Oct. 21 at 1:30 p.m., WSJS will hold its Tailgate Party and annual fundraiser at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle, which will feature the Jewish stories and histories of the state in sports. Please call for registration cost. Visit www.wsjhs.org or call 206-774-2277 to register for both events.
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Abie (Perry) israel, labeled by the Historical Society as Seattles Sephardic southpaw, beat the nations reigning featherweight champ in 1933, gaining him a ranking of No. 3 flyweight. The Seattle native lost to the same boxer, Freddie miller, a few months later in the states first world title fight.
Next year in Jerusalem

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For food bank clientele, the recession marches on

As the unemployment rate stagnates, the number of hungry people in Washington State continues to rise. Between July 1, 2011 and June 30, 2012, Jewish Family Services Polack Food Bank served, on average, 1,875 individuals per month. While that number increased by 1.2 percent from 20102011, considering the drastic 20 percent increase from 2009 2010, things clearly have not improved for everyone. And the numbers are still We cant meet all their needs, said Rosenwald. With these overwhelming figures on its hands, JFS leadership is trying to make the food bank, which was remodeled and expanded in 2009, more efficient. With clientele choosing what they know theyll eat, Mullin hopes this reduces the amount of canned food she used to see rolling down the sidewalk. That is a model that a lot of food banks are moving toward, she said. JFS has a goal of making fresh produce 40 percent of its offerings. The agency spends around $10,000 a month buying food, mainly produce and poultry. Its not Pike Place Market, but its a mini version of it, Mullin said. JFS staff encourages not just food handouts, but also food education. We have a series of cooking classes, using items from the food bank for more nutritious ways of eating, Rosenwald said. The classes, a partnership with Cooking Matters of Solid Ground, teach participants about nutrition, cooking, label reading and other practical, empowering skills. Healthy eating is an important goal for us, Mullin said. We want to help people learn good ways to eat. JFS is gearing up for its annual food drive, which will take place from September 17 to October 9. The drive is projected to bring in 50-60,000 pounds of food from the collection bins and 4,000 paper grocery bags distributed throughout the community to individuals and Jewish communal and religious institutions. At the annual food sort on September 30, 250 to 300 volunteers are expected to turn out to box, tag, and store the donated items. We dont want people to donate a can of food, Mullin said. We want people to donate a bag of food. Mullin and Rosenwald also want to see community members make a year-round commitment to the food bank. Every time you go to the store, get a few extra, she said, and drop it by here at JFS. A boy for his Bar Mitzvah, instead of gifts, is encouraging people to donate to the food bank, added Rosenwald. Some little girls even donated the proceeds of their lemonade stand. Everyone can fill a bag of food, said Mullin.
Do Good Things Three Times

by Mike Selinker
IF yOu GO
The Polack Food Banks Bag Hunger? Can Do! food drive runs Sept. 17Oct. 9. Donate non-perishable items (no glass containers, please), toiletries, cleaning supplies, reusable grocery bags and grocery store gift cards. To participate in the food sort on Sept. 30 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., contact Jane Deer-Hileman at 206-861-3155 or volunteer@jfsseattle.org. Advanced registration required; ticket to entry is a bag of groceries for the food bank.
Do something good once, Jewish tradition suggests, and it can be passed off as luck. A second timelightning sometimes strikes twice. But do it a third time, and its a permanent thing, a reflection of true commitment. The people responsible for these endeavors created the grandest of trilogies, of that there can be no doubt.
increasing. Last December, the social service organization served an all-time high of 1,385 households a 54.6 percent increase from the previous December. Its the recession, said Richard Rosenwald, director of marketing and communications for JFS. While the national unemployment rate fell from 8.3 percent to 8.1 percent in July, the drop is not due to job gains, but largely to workforce dropout. What is most striking about the food banks clientele, according to the latest report put out by JFS food bank manager Jana Prothman, is its level of education: 29 percent have a high school diploma, 22 percent have some college, and 17 percent hold a bachelors degree. According to a story broadcast by KPLU public radio last week, 15.4 percent of households have been food insecure over the past three years, with families burning through unemployment, savings and retirement funds. The average client uses three food banks a month.
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Back to school!
Though its still warm outside, students from local day and supplementary schools got back in the swing of things as summer quickly draws to a close.
Stefanie drops off Sydney and Jordan for their first day of 2nd grade at Seattle Jewish Community School.
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Above, Rabbi Shimon emlen from Chabad of the Pacific Northwest visited the Jewish Day School to conduct a shofar-making factory for the 1st grade. Jewish Day School third graders Anelise, Peyton, Abigail, Aleah and Jocelyn are geared up and ready for school.
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At left, 4th graders margot and Danielle are dressed up and ready for the new year at Seattle Jewish Community School.
Above, a Seattle Hebrew Academy 8th grader, left, works on the computer with two sixth graders.
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The playground for the early childhood program at Seattle Hebrew Academy received upgrades for the new school year, including a painted roadway and creek.
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Counselors/Therapists
Jewish Family Service Individual, couple, child and family therapy 206-861-3152 contactus@jfsseattle.org www.jfsseattle.org Expertise with life transitions, addiction and recovery, relationships and personal challenges all in a cultural context. Licensed therapists; flexible day or evening appointments; sliding fee scale; most insurance plans.
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Photographers
Dani Weiss Photography 206-760-3336 www.daniweissphotography.com Photographer Specializing in People. Children, Bnai Mitzvahs, Families, Parties, Promotions & Weddings.
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Brittany Kohl 360-509-7509 brittany.kohl@gmail.com www.bkohlstudio.com Mercer Island private piano lessons. Accompanying and performance. All ages, all stages. Levels from beginner to advanced. To schedule an interview and lesson, phone, e-mail or visit website.
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Wendy Shultz Spektor, D.D.S. 425-454-1322 info@spektordental.com www.spektordental.com Emphasis: Cosmetic and Preventive Dentistry Convenient location in Bellevue
Financial Services
Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC Roy A. Hamrick, CFA 206-441-9911 rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com www.hamrickinvestment.com Professional portfolio management services for individuals, foundations and nonprofit organizations.
Senior Services
Hyatt Home Care Services Live-in and Hourly Care 206-851-5277 www.hyatthomecare.com Providing adults with personal care, medication reminders, meal preparation, errands, household chores, pet care and companionship.
Dentists
Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS Richard Calvo, DDS 206-246-1424 office@cwdentistry.com Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry Designing beautiful smiles by Calvo 207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle
Solomon M. Karmel, Ph.D First Allied Securities 425-454-2285 x 1080 www.hedgingstrategist.com Retirement, stocks, bonds, college, annuities, business 401Ks.
Insurance
Eastside Insurance Services Chuck Rubin and Matt Rubin 425-271-3101 F 425-277-3711 4508 NE 4th, Suite #B, Renton Tom Brody, agent 425-646-3932 F 425-646-8750 www.e-z-insurance.com 2227 112th Ave. NE, Bellevue We represent Pemco, Safeco, Hartford & Progressive
Funeral/Burial Services
Congregation Beth Shalom Cemetery 206-524-0075 info@bethshalomseattle.org This beautiful new cemetery is available to the Jewish community and is located just north of Seattle.
Linda Jacobs & Associates College Placement Services 206-323-8902 linjacobs@aol.com Successfully matching student and school. Seattle.
B. Robert Cohanim, DDS, MS Orthodontics for Adults and Children 206-322-7223 www.smile-works.com Invisalign Premier Provider. On First Hill across from Swedish Hospital.
Jewish Family Service 206-461-3240 www.jfsseattle.org Comprehensive geriatric care management and support services for seniors and their families. Expertise with in-home assessments, residential placement, family dynamics and on-going case management. Jewish knowledge and sensitivity.
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Albert Israel, CFP College Financial Aid Consultant 206-250-1148 albertisrael1@msn.com Learn strategies that can deliver more aid.
Warren J. Libman, D.D.S., M.S.D. 425-453-1308 www.libmandds.com Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics: Restorative Reconstructive Cosmetic Dentistry 14595 Bel Red Rd. #100, Bellevue
Hills of Eternity Cemetery Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 206-323-8486 Serving the greater Seattle Jewish community. Jewish cemetery open to all pre-need and at-need services. Affordable rates Planning assistance. Queen Anne, Seattle
The Summit at First Hill 206-652-4444 www.klinegallandcenter.org The only Jewish retirement community in the state of Washington offers transition assessment and planning for individuals looking to downsize or be part of an active community of peers. Multi-disciplinary professionals with depth of experience available for consultation.
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From left to right, freshman maya Pogrebinsky, sophomore Daiana Kaplan, junior Abbi Weiss and sophomore Richelle Willner-martin on the first day of school at Northwest Yeshiva High School.
Venture capitalist Brian goffman speaks to students in the new Business ethics Teens course at Jewish High.
Northwest Yeshiva High Schools student council members took a retreat to a ropes course in Snohomish for its the annual back-to-school student retreat.
Francine Birk, left, chats with a few of the 40 students signed up for the new Jewish High supplementary school in the cooking class shell be teaching.
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came because they knew someone who asked them, Rosen said. It was very grassroots based. While by almost any measure the event can be billed as a success, the founders of J-Tech see it as only the first step in an evolving group that they hope will yield fruit not just for the organizations that planned it, but for the attendees as well. As an entrepreneur, its like a religion on its own and I want to know whos in that club, Russak said, and when I go to my Jewish community, I want to know, these are the other players. Its a community within a community. Its an internal
support system. Russak sees this sub-community as a group of people who understand each other, but he also said he believes the high level of expectation for success within the Jewish community allows for mentorship opportunities that might not be found elsewhere. There are people who beg to meet Spencer Rascoff, and here he is, coming up humbly and speaking at a Jewish meetup, and I get five minutes with him to talk about my startup? That doesnt happen unless theres that point of connection, he said. Ultimately, he said, he wants to see the relationships people create within
J-Tech to expand outside of the group. But like every startup that works furiously to improve upon its product for its next release, J-Tech must do the same. Russak envisions building a mentorship program beyond the meetup.com group. Nider and Rosen envision, in addition to a second event planned for December, smaller meetups as well as a repository to match local Jewish organizations in need of technical help with volunteers who can provide the service. The way that this will be successful and continue to be successful is with the right people connected, and the right people with the right networks, Rosen said.
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stories from east of the Cascades. Kranseler also wants to reach out to younger athletes. They [too] are part of the history, she said. Graphics are important, she notes. We are asking for photos and snapshots, Kranseler said. This sports history book is only as good as the submissions we get.
For more information about Instant Replay, or to offer story ideas, contact the Washington State Jewish Historical Society at www.wsjhs.org/instant_replay.php or call 206-774-2277.
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Event names, locations, and times are provided here for ongoing weekly events. Please visit calendar.jtnews.net for descriptions and contact information. 5 p.m. The ramchals derech hashem, Portal from the ari to Modernity Congregation Beth HaAri 6 p.m. avot UBanim: Parents learning with Their children Seattle Kollel (BCMH portable) 89 p.m. rabbi Frand video Presentation Seattle Kollel 7:458:45 p.m. For Women only Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch 8:30 p.m. Talmud, yeshiva-Style Eastside Torah Center
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fridays
9:3010:30 a.m. SJcc Tot Shabbat Stroum Jewish Community Center 11 a.m.12 p.m. Tots Welcoming Shabbat Temple Bnai Torah 12:303:30 p.m. Bridge group Stroum JCC
tuesdays
911:45 a.m. Musikgarten class Congregation Beth Shalom 11 a.m.12 p.m. Mommy and Me Program Chabad of the Central Cascades 12 p.m. Torah for Women Eastside Torah Center 7 p.m. alcoholics anonymous Meetings Jewish Family Service 7 p.m. Teen center BCMH 7:30 p.m. Weekly round Table kabbalah class Eastside Torah Center 89:15 p.m. Shalom Bayis for Women Private Home, Seward Park
thursdays
10 a.m.2 p.m. Jcc Seniors group Stroum JCC 6:507:50 p.m. introduction to hebrew Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation 7 p.m. Junior Teen center BCMH 8 p.m. ivrit in the Machzor Congregation Beth Shalom 8:15 p.m. Pirke avot Prequel Congregation Beth Shalom 89 p.m. rabbi eli Mansour video Presentation Seattle Kollel 810 p.m. Teen lounge for high Schoolers BCMH
sundays
9 a.m. advanced Talmud Seattle Kollel 7:3010:30 p.m. heari israeli dancing Danceland Ballroom (call to confirm)
saturdays
910:30 a.m. adult Torah Study Temple Bnai Torah 9:45 a.m. BcMh youth Services Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath 10 a.m. Morning youth Program Congregation Ezra Bessaroth 1 p.m. kabbalah class Temple Bnai Torah 14 p.m. krav Maga Krav Maga Eastside
mondays
10 a.m. 2 p.m. Jcc Seniors group Stroum JCC 12:30 p.m. caffeine for the Soul Chabad of the Central Cascades 7 p.m. cSa Monday night classes Congregation Shevet Achim 78 p.m. ein yaakov in english Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch
wednesdays
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Director of movie that sparked attacks not israeli

(JTA) The director of an anti-Islam film that helped spark attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities that left the U.S. envoy to Libya dead is not Israeli as he claimed, a consultant to the film said. The Atlantic blogger Jeffrey Goldberg reported that a Steve Klein, a consultant to the controversial film, Innocence of Muslims, and a self-described militant Christian activist in Riverside, Calif., said that the films director, Sam Bacile, is not Israeli and that the name is a pseudonym. Media outlets, including JTA, had reported Baciles claim that he was an Israeli American real estate developer. Goldberg quoted Klein as saying, I dont know that much about him. I met him, I spoke to him for an hour. Hes not Israeli, no. I can tell you this for sure, the State of Israel is not involved. Klein also said, His name is a pseudonym. All these Middle Eastern folks I work with have pseudonyms. I doubt hes Jewish. I would suspect this is a disinformation campaign. Meanwhile, a high-ranking Israeli
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10:30 a.m. PJ library Story and Song Time with Shoshana Stombaugh
Deb Frockt at storytime@sjcs.net or 206-522-5212 or www.sjcs.net SJCS, in partnership with PJ Library Seattle, presents stories, songs, and an activity with Shoshana Stombaugh on the second Friday of almost every month. Everyone is welcome. Free. At Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.
14 september
59 p.m. 2013 community dinner and campaign kickoff

Michael Wardlow at Campaignkickoff@JewishInSeattle.org or 206-443-5400 Dinner and celebration of the leadership and innovative spirit of the Puget Sound regions Jewish community agencies and institutions. Light buffet dinner service (dietary laws observed) and a live performance by Moshav. $54/individual; $180/patron; $500/row of 10. At McCaw Hall at Seattle Center, 321 Mercer St., Seattle. 7:30 p.m. appletini
Aaron Meyer at ameyer@tdhs-nw.org Join TDHS and The Tribe and connect with the Jewish community during the Days of Awe. First drink is on the Tribe. At Havana, 1010 E Pike St., Seattle.
23 september
downtown Bellevue
Blazing Bagels Top Pot Doughnuts Whole Foods Market
The Bagel Deli Caf Victrola (15th Avenue E) Caf Victrola (Pike Street) Central Co-op Council House Jewish Family Service Miller Community Center Seattle Hebrew Academy Seattle Public Library, Henry Branch The Summit at First Hill Temple De Hirsch Sinai Top Pot Doughnuts
Albertsons Alpenland Community Center at Mercerview Cong. Herzl-Ner Tamid Einstein Bros Bagels Island Books Island Crust Caf NW Yeshiva High School QFC (north and south) Stopskys Delicatessen Stroum JCC
montlake & nortHend
Crossroads & overlake
Crossroads Mall Jewish Day School Temple Bnai Torah
eastgate/FaCtoria
Goldbergs Famous Deli QFC Factoria Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Bagel Oasis Congregation Beth Shalom Einstein Bros Bagels, U-Village Emanuel Congregation Grateful Bread Bakery Great Harvest Bread Co. Metropolitan Market North End JCC Ravenna Eckstein Community Center Ravenna Third Place Books Seattle Jewish Community School Seattle Public Library, NE Branch Temple Beth Am UW Hillel View Ridge PCC YMCA Whole Foods Market
monday
saturday
911 p.m. Jewish Tween extreme Whirly Ball

Benjamin Starsky at bens@sjcc.org or 206.388.0837 or www.sjcc.org. Come have fun with all of your middle school friends at the annual Stroum JCC Whirly Ball event. $20. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
15 september
78 p.m. 18 voices Sing kol nidre

Nancy Geiger at ngeiger@kcts9.org or 206-443-6701 How did a chant that doesnt mention God become so sacred? Watch Allen Orens film about the secrets of the Kol Nidre chant. On KCTS Channel 9.
24 september
queen anne, magnolia / interBay

Bamboo Garden Einstein Bros Bagels Seattle Public Library, Queen Anne Branch Whole Foods Market Blazing Bagels Park Place Books QFC (Park Place)
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Edmonds Bookshop Fremont PCC Seattle Public Library
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friday
sunday
55:30 p.m. new and Prospective Member open house

Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 Schmooze and nosh with Rabbi Borodin and other members of the Beth Shalom community. Come to Erev Rosh Hashanah services at no charge. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
16 september
6 p.m. The Tribe Fourth Shabbat

Aaron Meyer at ameyer@tdhs-nw.org The momentum continues to build: Fourth Shabbat services offer a chance to connect to Jewish life through prayer, community, and food. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle.
28 september
greenlake, greenwood & nortH

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thursday
911:45 a.m. Musikgarten classes

Leah Lemchen at leah@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-985-2517 or bethshalomseattle.org/ECC.php Come for the fun, stay for the education. Three 8-week courses of family music for babies, family music for toddlers, and cycle of seasons (35 years). Price depends on the course. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
20 september
7:30 p.m. Simchat Sukkot

Ellen Naor at ejnaor@comcast.net Homeless to Renter annual benefit, featuring wine, light refreshments, music, and guest speaker Liz McDaniel, family services coordinator of Marys Place Shelter for women and children. $18/ person, $36/family. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
29 september
PCC Market QFC (Gilman Blvd.) QFC (Klahanie) Zeeks Pizza
Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Caffe Vita Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Geraldines Counter Kline Galland Home QFC- Rainier Seattle Kollel Sephardic Bikur Cholim
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9:30 a.m.12:15 p.m. Sukkot Services

Sandy Sloane at sandysloane@ bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Services and shaking the lulav. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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official in Los Angeles told JTA on Wednesday that after numerous inquiries, it appeared that no one in the Hollywood film industry or in the local Israeli com-
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It has often been emphasized that all things in Torah Torah meaning instruction and guidanceserve as guideposts in our daily life. Our Festivals, needless to say, contain most important and over-all concepts, each festival according to its content. Pesachthe Season of Our Liberationgives us an insight into the meaning of true freedom; Shovuoththe Season of the Giving of Our Torahprimarily teaches us what Torah is; Succoththe Season of Our Rejoicinginspires us with profound feeling and perception of true Simcha (joy). Rosh Hashanawhich commemorates the Creation of the World, as we say, This is the day of the beginning of Thy works, a memorial to the first dayprovides an over-all concept of Creation and the destiny of the Universe. and noteworthy world, viz., How manifold are Thy works, O G-d and How great are Thy works, O Go-d? Moreover, considering the whole of Creation, man included, we find that the speaking genus (man) is much less than the order of animal, and still less than the order of plants, and least in comparison to inorganic matter (earth, minerals, etc.)? The answerand this indeed is one of the basic teachings of Rosh Hashana in regard to the entire Creationis as follows: The order in the scale of all created things, where inorganic substances exceed plants, and plants outnumber animals, and least of all is man, is based on consideration of quantity. However, when quality is considered, the order is reversed: Inorganic matter, which has no signs of life and locomotion, is at the bottom of the scale; above it is the world of plants, endowed with growth but lacking the vitality and movement of animals; higher still is the world of animals, which, since animals do not possess human intellect, is inferior to manthe highest of all creatures. For although an animal has an intellect of its own, the animal intellect is not an end in itself, but a servant whose function is to serve the natural needs of the animal. The human intellect, howeverprovided the person conducts himself as a human being and not as an animal, also is, and mainly is, an end in itself. Furthermore, the human intellect attains its goal and fulfillment not when it serves as an instrument for the gratification of the physical needs, as in the case of animals, but on the contrary, when all such natural functions as eating, drinking, and the like become servants of the intellect, in order that the person should be able to rise ever higher in the intellectual and spiritual pursuits. Yet, this is not quite the ultimate fulfillment of the human being. True fulfillment is achieved when the intellect leads the person to the realization that there is something higher than intellect, so that the intellect surrenders itself completely to that which transcends the human intellect. To put it more clearly: Human fulfillment is attained when intellect recognizes that man, and with him the entire Creation must strive for, and achieve complete surrender to G-d, the Creator of the Universe and Master of everything and all in it. On the first Rosh Hashana this fulfillment was attained by the first human being, Adam. It was reflected in his effective call to all created beings: Come, let us worship, bow down and kneel before G-d our Maker. This concept directly relates to, and must permeate, our daily life, as evidenced also by the fact that the Psalm beginning with G-d reigneth, He robed Himself in majesty, has been instituted as the Daily Song (Shir shel Yom) for the sixth day of every week around the year. This is what Adam accomplished when he acknowledged the Sovereignty of the Creator, elevating himself and all Creation to a level of complete surrender to G-d our Maker, King of all the earth. an excerpt from New Years letter 5729 to be continued
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The question has been raised why Rosh Hashana has been designated as the day of the beginning of Thy works, whereas actually Rosh Hashana corresponds to the sixth day of the Creation. The answer was given by our Sages of blessed memory: Inasmuch as the human is the ultimate purpose and raison detre of all domains of the Universe, and since with the creation of man the whole of Creation was completed and fulfilled, mankind in effect embodies the entire Creation, as if before him nothing was created. Nevertheless, the question begs to be asked: How can this be said, when there is a big world besides man, an impressive
Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson Lubavitcher Rebbe OBM
22nd annual yom KippuR SympoSium

Sunday, September 23 Morning Services 9:00 am, Program 10:00 am
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Rabbi Simon Benzaquen Sephardic Bikur Cholim Congregation Rabbi Mordechai Farkash Director, Eastside Torah Center Chabad of Bellevue Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin Regional Director, Chabad-Lubavitch Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch Rabbi Bernard Fox Dean, Northwest Yeshiva High School Rabbi Moshe Kletenik Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Rabbi Avraham David Rosh Kollel Kollel Seattle Rabbi Sheftel Skaist Head of School, Torah Day School Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Rav Bet Sefer, Seattle Hebrew Academy Moderated by Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld Education Director, Chabad-Lubavitch Director, Chabad-Lubavitch, Mercer Island Rabbi, Congregation Shevet Achim, Mercer Island
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Wednesday, October 3 Evening
Chabad-Lubavitch Annual Sukkot Party

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For more information or tickets, visit our website www.chabadofseattle.org or email info@chabadofseattle.org
Shluchim and RepReSentativeS of the lubavitcheR Rebbe o.b.m., WaShington State

Rabbi and Mrs. Sholom Ber Levitin Regional Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest Rabbi, Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch Rabbi and Mrs. Elazar Bogomilsky Director, Northwest Friends of Chabad Director, Friendship Circle Rabbi and Mrs. Yossi Charytan Head of School, Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Rabbi and Mrs. Cheski Edelman Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Thurston County Rabbi and Mrs. Yechezkel Kornfeld Educational Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Mercer Island Rabbi, Congregation Shevet Achim Rabbi and Mrs. Zalman Heber Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County Rabbi and Mrs. Eli Estrin Director, University of Washington Campus Activities Rabbi and Mrs. Avrohom Yarmush Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Whatcom County Rabbi and Mrs. Avroham Kavka Administrator, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest Director, Gan Israel Day Camp Rabbi and Mrs. Shmulik Greenberg Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Clark County Rabbi and Mrs. Berel Paltiel Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Snohomish County Rabbi and Mrs. Avi Herbstman Educator, Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Rabbi and Mrs. Shimon Emlen Community Educator Rabbi and Mrs. Mordechai Farkash Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Bellevue Rabbi, Eastside Torah Center Rabbi and Mrs. Sholom Ber Farkash Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of the Central Cascades Rabbi and Mrs. Yisroel Hahn Director, Chabad-Lubavitch of Spokane County Rabbi and Mrs. Sholom Ber Elishevitz Educational Director, Eastside Torah Center
In memory of Shmuel ben Nisan O.B.M. Samuel Stroum Yartzeit March 9, 2001/14 Adar 5761 Sponsored by a friend of Samuel Stroum and Chabad-Lubavitch. For more information on any of these events and/or service times in all Washington State locations, please contact Chabad House at 206-527-1411, info@chabadofseattle.org, or visit our website at chabadofseattle.org.

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