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Rabbi Berry Farkash leads the procession to carry the newly finished Torah, held by Roei Ganzarski, to its home at the Chabad of the Central Cascades in Issaquah. See the story on page 4.

Revelations of Iranian plant return nuclear Synagogue vandalism

threat to center stage
Ron Kampeas
JTA World News Service
WASHINGTON (JTA) — With Iran, it always comes
back to the nuclear issue.
The revelation last Friday that Iran has a second secret
uranium-enrichment plant — with a “configuration”
inconsistent with peaceful intent, according to President
Obama — has placed the Islamic Republic’s nuclear pro-
gram front and center, spurring momentum in Congress,
at the White House and in Europe on potential sanctions
that U.S. officials describe as “crippling.”
Ahead of Thursday’s meeting in Geneva between Ira-
nian officials and representatives of the United States and
five other major powers — a summit arranged before last
week’s revelations as part of the U.S. president’s engage-
ment policy — Obama said he would demand an Iranian
commitment to cooperate with the International Atomic
Energy Agency, the United Nations nuclear watchdog.
“At that meeting, Iran must be prepared to cooper-
ate fully and comprehensively with the IAEA to take con-
crete steps to create confidence and transparency in its
nuclear program and to demonstrate that it is committed
to establishing its peaceful intentions through meaning-
ful dialogue and concrete actions,” Obama said.
Iran’s leaders continue to insist that their program is
peaceful and that they are complying with IAEA rules.
But it didn’t help their argument that over the weekend
Iran tested missiles capable of reaching Israel, parts of
Europe and U.S. forces in the Middle East — tests appar-
ently scheduled long before the revelations.
News of the secret plant threatened to obscure the
human component of the threat posed by Iran’s leader-
ship: The one directed at the Iranian opposition, which
charges that the June 12 election was stolen by the
regime. For a while, talk of centrifuges and a potential
nuclear threat was overshadowed by images like that of
the young woman gunned down during an election pro-
test whose last moments were captured on video and
posted on YouTube, the video-sharing Web site.
The result was a previously unimaginable collusion of
interests between pro-Israel groups that had been press-
ing for sanctions and liberal groups that had opposed
them. Both now are making the case that the Iranian
regime represents an extremist and dangerous threat —
albeit separately, for the most part.
“The time is now, not months from now, to determine
the most effective and impactful sanctions and implement
them,” said a statement from the Conference of Presidents
of Major American Jewish Organizations, the Jewish com-
munity’s foreign policy umbrella group. “Should the U.N.
Security Council not be able to muster the votes necessary,
then Europe, the U.S. and other nations should act outside
of the framework of that body.”
So far, European countries appear to be taking a
tougher stance on Iran than Obama. French President
Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown
joined Obama on stage last Friday in Pittsburgh, at the G-20
industrial summit, to sound ominous warnings to Iran.
Brown spoke of “further and more stringent” sanc-
tions, and Sarkozy said the sanctions could begin as soon
as December.
It remains to be seen whether Russia and China will
join expanded and enhanced sanctions. Russian President
Dmitry Medvedev says he prefers negotiations, although
he acknowledged last week that sanctions may be inevita-
ble. China pressed Iran to cooperate with the IAEA.
The Washington Post reported Sept. 29 that the Obama
administration was prepared to go it alone by enhancing
existing sanctions against dealing with Iran’s banks and
imposing new sanctions targeting insurers and reinsur-
ers of its energy sector.
A senior European diplomat told JTA that the Euro-
pean Union is also ready to join the United States in
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sense of community
Joel Magalnick
Editor, JTNews
Three weeks after the fact, the paint has been scrubbed
and the memory of the vandalism on two Seward Park
synagogues has somewhat faded in light of the High Holi-
days, but police have yet to find a perpetrator to the crime
that occurred Sept. 12.
Still, for some members of Bikur Cholim Machzikay
Hadath, the discovery of swastikas spray painted on their
synagogue and the parking lot after Selichot services on
Sept. 12 hit an especially raw nerve.
“It’s upsetting, it’s disturbing, it’s unfortunate there
are people who hate for the sake of hate, and of course it
makes it even more reprehensible given that there are a
number of Holocaust survivors that are members of the
congregation,” said Moshe Kletenik, BCMH’s rabbi. “I’m
a child of Holocaust survivors who are the only survivors
of their families.”
The red paint was still fresh when members of the
Seward Park neighborhood’s Orthodox Ashkenazic syn-
agogue discovered the graffiti, which included the swas-
tikas and the word “Nazi” and the words “4th Riech,”
misspelled.
Sephardic Bikur Holim, which is located across the
street from BCMH, and a few neighbors’ homes were van-
dalized as well.
Seattle police responded immediately and turned
investigation over to its bias crimes unit, which is investi-
gating the vandalism as malicious harassment, the term
for Washington’s hate crimes statute.
Accord i ng to Seat t le Pol ice spokesma n Ma rk
Jamieson on Wednesday, the case is still under investi-
gation.
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Confronting the Holocaust “industry”
Nearly 65 years on., the Holocaust is more about money than memory
Edwin Black
Special to JTNews
During the first months of the Hitler
regime, in 1933, leaders of the Zionist
movement concluded a controversial pact
with the Third Reich, which, in its various
forms, transferred some 60,000 Jews and
$100 million — almost $1.7 billion in 2009
dollars — to Jewish Palestine. In return,
Zionists would halt the worldwide Jew-
ish-led anti-Nazi boycott that threatened
to topple the Hitler regime in its first year.
Ultimately, the Transfer Agreement saved
lives, rescued assets, and seeded the infra-
structure of the Jewish State to be.
Fier y debates i n st a nt l y ig n ited
throughout the pre-war Jewish world
as rumors of the pact leaked out. That
acrimony was rekindled in 1984 with
the original publication of my book The
Transfer Agreement — and has never
stopped. Why?
Simply put, The Transfer Agreement
came out a decade ahead of its time.
When the book first appeared, in 1984,
the world was still preoccupied with the
enormity of Nazi genocide. The world’s
emphasis was on the murderous events of
the war years. Organized remembrance
was collectively fighting an anti-Semitic
revisionist movement that was trying to
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“It is very much an active and ongoing
investigation,” he said.
Kletenik said he has been heartened
by the police response.
“I can only praise their efforts here,”
he said. “They have given this full atten-
tion and are working very hard on it.”
According to Rabbi Simon Benzaquen
of Sephardic Bikur Holim, neighbors
both Jewish and non-Jewish came out
with cleaning supplies, and he’s gotten
e-mails from area churches expressing
support after the incident.
Even the Seattle Times wrote an edi-
torial Sept. 14 demanding the perpetra-
tors, if arrested, be judged swiftly and
harshly.
Rabbi Benzaquen said response to
the vandalism from his congregants was
varied.
“A little bit, [it] makes you upset and
angry, and on the other hand makes you
a bit afraid,” he said, but the police and
security response “was fantastic.”
Benzaquen said Seattle interim Police
Chief John Diaz “called me on Sunday
himself and said, ‘Please, you should
know how we feel about your commu-
nity. We are really taking this very, very
seriously, and we are going to get to the
bottom of it.’”
Like Rabbi Kletenik, Benzaquen said
the nature of the vandalism evoked
strong reactions among some members
of his congregation because they are
Holocaust survivors or have relatives who
survived the Holocaust,
“Some are fearful, some are angry,
some — they want to do something,”
he said. But “we have our heads on our
shoulders and we are trusting the police
are going to do a good job.”
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deny or minimize the Holocaust with
rabid pseudo-history. Few had spoken
of the financial aspects of the Holocaust
until I did. Few had publicly ever used the
words “Zionist” and “Nazi” in the same
sentence until I did.
For perspective, consider that the
first network television attempt to treat
the Holocaust was a TV series called
“The Holocaust,” which aired in 1978
— the same year neo-Nazis marched
through Skokie. That was the year I began
researching The Transfer Agreement. At
the time, the Second Generation move-
ment of children of Holocaust survivors
was just forming. The First World Gather-
ing of Holocaust Survivors was only in the
planning stage. The U.S. Holocaust Memo-
rial Museum, which received its charter
in 1980, was several years and many con-
troversies away from opening. Organized
Holocaust education was essentially non-
existent. For society and for survivors, the
dominant priority was coming to grips
with the genocide — not the assets.
What has changed in 25 years?
Assets are now part of almost every
Holocaust discussion. Zionists are com-
pared to Nazis everywhere by anti-Sem-
ites and opponents of the existence of the
State of Israel. Holocaust remembrance
has become a business. The survivors’
Sarah Rivkin
The back door of Sephardic Bikur Holim
was covered with a backward swastika,
as was the sidewalk in front, with the
word “Nazi” when both SBH and the
Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath
congregation were vandalized Sept. 12.
Synagogue leadership has met with
a local security expert who is a member
of the congregation, Benzaquen said,
and its security committee has used the
incident as an opportunity to remember
to be vigilant and work on keeping its
members safe. He has noticed additional
patrols in the area since the incident.
Bot h sy nagog ues a re a lso mem-
bers of the SAFE Washington network,
a consortium of local Jewish organiza-
tions that have a quick-response noti-
fication system in the event of any type
of incident.
Richard Fruchter, president and CEO
of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seat-
efforts at recovering assets or restitution My mother jumped from a moving
have been expropriated by national and train on the way to Treblinka into a snow
international organizations claiming to drift, never believing that the next gen-
speak for them and then pretending to eration speaking for her would quarrel
pay homage to them. Hence, we witness endlessly, and often arrogantly, about the
the spectacle of thousands of survivors measure of her misery.
in Brooklyn and Miami and elsewhere The Holocaust has indeed become an
living at or near the poverty level. My “industry” where the facts are lost, and
dad in Palm Beach has nothing but a roof all too often not faced. The victims have
over his head. But the well-heeled movers become tertiary to the process. It is no
and shakers of communal remembrance longer about memory; it is more about
travel first class, create vibrant Web sites, money. Facing the reality of the Holo-
and talk the talk — all on their “fair share” caust is no longer about confronting the
of the diverted recovered assets or resti- horrifying decisions Jews and Zionists
tution of the actual survivors. had to make with a gun to their head. The
Every day the survivors, in their news- transfer agreement was one of those most
letters and online exchanges, rail against terrible choices. Hence, the message of
the United States Holocaust Memorial the book is unchanged 25 years later and
Museum for sequestering their access to its searing question asks this of history:
the all-revealing Bad Arolsen archives “Why must Jews always make such terri-
while tiny Luxembourg, with few survi- ble choices?”
vors, just gained a full copy. No one listens.
Prominent national Jewish leaders Edwin Black is the award-winning
find it easier to give well-funded com- bestselling author of IBM and the
munal cover to the perpetrator corpora- Holocaust, and his first book, The
tions, including insurance companies, Transfer Agreement, now re-released
who victimized the Jews. Holocaust his- in a 25th anniversary edition (Dialog
torians find it more lucrative to go on the Press). He can be reached at www.
payroll of perpetrator corporations such edwinblack.com. This piece first ran
as General Motors, IBM, I.G. Farben, and in the New York Jewish Week.
Deutsche Bank, murk the facts, and then
slam the files shut.
tle, which administers SAFE Washing-
ton, noted the vandalism could have been
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Naveed Haq, the man who shot six people
in the Federation three years ago, kill-
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to the synagogues and others affected by
the vandalism.
Sarah Rivkin, a member of BCMH, saw
the timing of the vandalism as something
of a spiritual wake-up call.
“For myself, being in a religious com-
munity, we read into things on a spiri-
tual level. Not to give this person any
power, or to say that we’re victims, but
what is this…telling us?” she said. “We
shouldn’t have to have messages like
this…. Inspiration should come from
ourselves, from inside, from learning,
not from attacks like this.”
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The J-über mentsch
It’s violent, it’s bloody, it’s historically inaccurate, but Inglourious Basterds is also strangely cathartic to the Jewish soul
Rabbi
Daniel
Weiner
Temple De
Hirsch Sinai
One of the most memorable scenes
in Judd Apatow’s morality tale of male
maturation, Knocked Up, is a brief bar-
room discussion of the film Munich. The
mostly Jewish characters celebrate the
“turning on its head” of the stereotypical
role of Jew as victim, with Eric Bana “cap-
ping motherf%*@ers and taking names.”
It’s a small, throwaway moment of char-
acter development that seems just for
laughs but contains deeper insight and
resonance.
From the late 19th through early 20th
century, Jewish writers, artists, philoso-
phers and statesmen sought to vanquish
the millennia-old image of Jew as pow-
erless victim. One of the critical themes
of Zionism went beyond the re-establish-
ment of a Jewish homeland to encompass
the re-visioning of the nature of Jewish
virility, strength and potency.
The pale, emaciated and emasculated
yeshiva bochur of 2,000 years of exile was
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transformed through a cultural renais-
sance into the tough Israeli sabra, able
to outsmart and outgun the Arab armies
that surpassed the Jews in number but
not in moxie. The archetypal myth of the
triumphant, imperial King David tran-
scended the theology of Messianism,
signaling a parallel return of the macho
Jewish male.
It’s no coincidence that the creators of
Superman were two Jewish boys, eager,
like so many other Jewish contributors to
American culture, to find acceptance and
success not only through socio-economic
achievement but also a redefinition of
American heroism as part Jewish in ped-
igree. Superman’s story of displacement,
immersion, sacrifice and purpose was
Jewish aspiration writ large on the Amer-
ican imagination.
This dynamic is at work in Quentin
Tarantino’s latest, Inglourious Basterds.
Assumedly based in small part on the
history of post-war Jewish partisan Nazi
hunting as chronicled in the book  The
Avengers and most recently Edward
Zwick’s Defiance, Tarantino blends wish-
fulfillment, revenge fantasy and revision-
ist history from an alternate universe to
— believe it or not! — entertaining effect. I
don’t know if Tarantino is too big for pitch
meetings, but I can imagine it would have
been something like, “Imagine Pulp Fic-
tion, meets The Dirty Dozen meets Carrie
— with Jews!” What Hollywood producer
(even of marginally Jewish provenance)
could resist?
sympathies and regrets
During this reflective time around your
Yom Kippur and just after my Islamic Eid
Al Fitr, I would like to send my sympathies
and regrets regarding the hate crimes inci-
dences that occurred recently (Sept. 12) in
one of our Seattle neighborhoods.
I posted the JTNews Seward Park van-
dalism article yesterday on the Seattle
Muslim Activist site, where we Muslims
regularly communicate with one another
regarding issues we all should be aware of.
I am so sorry this hate incident hap-
pened to this quiet, respected commu-
nity, a part of our larger Abrahamic Seattle
community.
I sincerely hope whomever has com-
mitted these crimes will have an opportu-
nity for historic diversity training; perhaps
the expansion of knowledge will take
away the possibility of future negative
thoughts and actions.
Iran Nuclear Threat t Page 1
enforcing sanctions outside the bound-
aries of the Security Council, although
the Europeans preferred to bring the Rus-
sians and Chinese on board. Sarkozy’s
December deadline for Iran to make good
on Western demands reflected a Euro-
pean-Obama administration consensus,
the diplomat said.
The U.S. Congress, too, is ratcheting
up the pressure.
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), the
speaker of the House of Representatives,
and Rep. Howard Berman, the body’s
Foreign Affairs Committee chairman,
said they were prepared to advance far-
reaching sanctions legislation.
Berman, with Pelosi’s backing, has
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There a re t he t y pica l Ta ra nt ino
touches: Quirky, tangential dialogue, the
literary flourishes of chapter divisions,
and a soundtrack that makes atonal
music seem cohesive (spaghetti Western
strings into ’70s Kung Fu-ploitation horns
into ’80s Bowie techno!).
But ensconced within these now well-
established Tarantino idioms is a pop-
culture take on the Holocaust specifically,
and more broadly a Jewish response to
tragedy that would make the Maccabees
whoop and spill their beers.
Some have questioned the “trivial” use
of the Holocaust as backdrop rather than
main focus. Tarantino isn’t going through a
Schindler’s List rite of passage. He’s making
his film his way, and illuminating the idio-
syncracies, passions and foibles of the
human condition in the process.
And in ways that far exceed the ham-
fisted attempts of made-for-TV Entebbe
raids and Spielberg’s sanctimonious peek
into the existential crises of assassins,
Tarantino provides a far more compelling
and cathartic portrayal of the complexi-
ties of Jewish vengeance and the broader
issue of retributive justice. I found myself
uncontrollably smiling during the cul-
minating scene of blood and fire, and I
defy any Jew who loves action, appreci-
ates quote-worthy dialogue, knows a bit
of history and has an active fantasy life
(and Y-dominant chromosomes) to be
unmoved by the sight of the bullet-rid-
den body of Joseph Goebbels paired to a
Shaft-inspired beat.
Janice E. Tufte
Islamic Civic Engagement Coalition
Seattle
Best interests
Ron Kampeas’s insightful front page
column was quite informative (“Iran policy
reveals split between U.S. Jewish and
Israeli left,” Sept. 11).
It is not surprising that there is this
split. U.S. Jews do not live in Israel and
have not been the target of violent Hamas
terror rocket attacks. Yossi Alpher rightly
points out that “Iran doesn’t deploy prox-
ies like Hamas and Hezbollah against the
U.S. on its borders.” Obama has said he
is determined to contain Iran whether
or not Israel plays ball on the Palestinian
issue. Obama’s approach of sanctions and
negotiation with Iran is not going to make
Iran abandon its goal to manufacture
nuclear weapons. Iran has now entered
resisted moving the Iran Refined Petro-
leum Sanctions Act out of his commit-
tee in the hope that Obama’s policy of
engagement would prove fruitful.
“We must use the tools at our disposal,
from diplomacy to sanctions, to stop
Iran’s march toward nuclear capability,”
Pelosi said in a statement.
In a Washington Post Op-Ed, Berman
made clear he was skeptical that this
week’s talks would produce anything
tangible.
“We should be ready immediately to
impose what Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton has called ‘crippling sanctions,’”
Berman wrote.
The revelation of the existence of the
nuclear plant — beneath a Revolutionary
Guards base near Qom, Iran’s holy city —
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And Tarantino even manages a nod
to the bizarre Jewish fixation with Native
American culture, though the scalping
of Nazis is far removed from a Rothian
season at a Catskills summer camp.
The brilliant historian Ruth Wisse
posited in her work Jews and Power:
No daily reader of the Psalms could
underestimate the might of God…The
glorification of powerlessness was as
antithetical to Judaism as belief in the
son of God. Jews did not think
themselves powerless in the most
meaningful sense: had they not
reckoned on ultimate vindication, they
could not have claimed to believe in
justice — one of the cardinal tenets of
Jewish civilization. The power of God,
emphatically including his eventual
action in history, was the guarantee
that justice would ultimately triumph.
Lacking such faith in God’s
intervention, modern Jews could not
claim to be moral unless they
themselves intended to supply the
missing dimension of power.
At the risk of diminishing Wisse’s
erudition or elevating Tarantino’s sig-
nificance, the philospher’s words seem
ample caption to the filmmaker’s pic-
tures.
This column was taken from Rabbi Daniel
Weiner’s Good God: Faith for the Rest of
Us blog, www.goodgodforus.com.
Letters
into agreements with Venezuela for sup-
plies of gasoline to thwart any additional
sanctions that may be imposed by West-
ern governments.
Since Israel has been threatened by
Iran “to be wiped off the map,” it may be
forced to unilaterally take military action
against their nuclear sites. The U.S. should
support this action, as Israel’s survival
depends on such action.
The U.S. public needs to be aware of
Iran’s growing presence in Latin Amer-
ica, especially in Venezuela and Ecua-
dor. This poses a future threat to the U.S.
if Iran acquires nuclear weapons she
can provide to terrorists as well as anti-
American leaders like Chavez of Vene-
zuela. It is in America’s national interest
to stop Iran from becoming a nuclear
power.
Josh Basson
Seattle
apparently have won over even the most
sanctions-skeptical U.S. law makers,
among them Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.),
Berman’s Senate counterpart.
“Now is t he t ime to supplement
engagement with more robust interna-
tional sanctions,” Kerry said in a state-
ment.
The bill in Congress under discussion
mandates sanctions targeting the export
of refined petroleum to Iran. Though the
Islamic Republic is a major oil producer,
its refineries are in shambles and the
country imports up to 40 percent of its
refined oil.
Israel-supporting insiders say they
back Berman’s timetable — to pass it
before Congress’ winter break so that
Obama can sign it in early 2010.
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community news

Making the move

Chabad of the Central Cascades dedicates its new shul and Jewish center

Morris Malakoff Holtzberg, who were killed by terrorists

JTNews Correspondent
On a weekend that had overtones of
darkness for the local Jewish community,
with the painting of swastikas on Seward
Park-area synagogues and vandalism of
a sign at the Chabad of the Central Cas-
cades in Issaquah, rays of joy and light
shone on a bright Sunday afternoon as a
milestone was celebrated.
The same Chabad of the Central
Cascades that had its small street sign
destroyed opened up to the community
to share the dedication of its shul and the
addition of the last words to its Torah, all
in time for Rosh Hashanah services the
following week.
September 13 was a poignant day filled
with meaning for Rabbi Barry Farkash,
who founded the Issaquah-based Chabad
in a rented house five years ago.
Ceremonies began on the plaza at the
Lakeside Montessori School. Hundreds
crowded the canopy-covered space,
overflowing onto the sidewalk and into
the street.
“I would never have expected such a
turnout,” said Farkash. ““I figured maybe
a hundred or so if we were lucky.”
The gathering included local digni-
taries, including Issaquah Mayor Ava
Frisinger and Lieutenant Governor Brad
Owen, as well as members of the congre-
gation and the surrounding community.
A large delegation of family and friends
The sofer, or Torah scribe, prepares to guide a Chabad of the Central Cascades
member in writing one of the last letters of its new Torah, which was paraded to the
synagogue’s new home during the Sept. 13 dedication ceremony.
of the Farkashes and the Chabad from
around the world attended as well.
Once the ink on the Torah dried, a cer-
emony thanked longtime Chabad of the
Central Cascades supporters Mendy and
Chanie Fischer of Brooklyn, N.Y.
Following the plaza ceremonies, the
entourage marched the Torah about a
mile to the Chabad shul on Black Nugget
Road, on property owned by the Chabad.
Again, Rabbi Farkash was touched and
Morris Malakoff
overwhelmed by the warmness of his
neighbors.
“They came out and watched and
took part,” he said. “They willingly have
accepted us as a part of their community.”
At the Chabad, the celebrations con-
tinued as a Tree of Life, eternal light and a
new ark were installed.
The audience was visibly stirred with
the dedication of the synagogue to the
memory of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah
last November at the Chabad House in
Mumbai, India.
At the dedication, Rabbi Farkash, a
longtime friend of Rabbi Holtzberg, and
other rabbis who had been his classmate,
stood together as witnesses to the works
of the rabbi and his wife.
“We could have dedicated this place
to a donor or someone who is a part of
our heritage,” said Farkash, “but every
day, when I walk up the hill to this place,
particularly when it is cold and snowy
and I wonder what I am doing out here in
Issaquah, I will be reminded of Gabi and
Rivky in Mumbai and the work they were
doing to provide a place for Jews in a non-
Jewish place. I will remember that we are
doing the same work here.”
Reflecting later on the acts of vandal-
ism that had occurred on the same night
both to the Chabad and at the Seattle syn-
agogues, Farkash expressed sadness that
people are still invested in evil and hate.
“As a people, we have been dealing
with this for 5770 years,” he said. “It is,
sadly, a part of our lives. But it also is
not something to dwell on. This Chabad
is about bringing light into the world.
That will drive away evil. Those acts
strengthen our resolve to carry on our
work, much as does the needless deaths
of Gabi and Rivky Holzberg in India.
Our good as we start the New Year is a
light brighter than the darkness of the
evil of a few.”

QFC encourages families to take precautions against the flu

By Kristin Maas, QFC Public Affairs Director

There is an autumn chill in the air in the mornings
as the kids head off to school and parents head to work.
And this fall may bring more occurrences of illness
including two different strains of flu; the seasonal flu
and H1N1. But there are some things that we all can do
to help protect ourselves and others from getting and
spreading the flu.
First, the easiest and most effective way to reduce
the spread of flu is to wash your hands thoroughly
with soap and warm water. It’s important to wash the
fronts and backs of hands and between fingers. It’s also
important to wash for at least 20 seconds to help ensure
all germs have been eliminated and washed away.
The second way to protect yourself and others is
by always covering your coughs and sneezes. The best
ways are to use a tissue or the crock of your arm.
If you have the flu, stay home and try to minimize
exposure to your family. This can be very difficult,
especially as a parent, but every little bit of reducing
your exposure to others can reduce the likelihood of
spreading the illness.
And finally, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) urges people to get seasonal flu shots.
This is the best way to protect you and your family from
the seasonal flu. Vaccines for H1N1 are projected to be
available in October.
QFC is providing flu shot clinics at many of our
stores. We hope you will consider seasonal flu shots
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from the flu.
Best wishes for a healthy fall season.

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Bringing the fight home

Community-wide program uses Sukkot to bring an understanding of poverty and homelessness

Joel Magalnick
Editor, JTNews
It’s no secret t hat t he past yea r
has been disastrous for many fami-
lies across the country. People both in
and out of the Jewish community have
suffered through job loss, economic
hardship, and in some extreme cases,
homelessness. A study released this
week by the Washington State Budget
& Policy Center shows that, based on
census data, one in 10 Washingtonians
lives in poverty, with the percentage
for children even higher than the adult
population.
“The 2008 figures are grim and it is
likely 2009 will be worse because the
recession deepened and unemployment
rose,” said Remy Trupin, the center’s
executive director, in a statement.
At this time last year, just as the bottom
was falling out on the economy, several
local rabbis joined with the Jewish Fed-
eration of Greater Seattle in an attempt to
use the harvest festival of Sukkot to bring
the reality of poverty home to those in
the Jewish community who may not have
seen its effects.
“Doing this during the holiday of
Sukkot really makes a difference,” said
Kim Greenhall, director of community
services at the Federation. “It’s a really
good time to focus on issues of poverty
and housing and hunger.”
The program, called “Focus & Fight: A
Call to End Poverty,” last year encompassed
several organizations such as Jewish
Family Service, which held its annual food
sort during Sukkot, and Temple Beth Am,
which also had its Homeless2Renter pro-
gram fundraiser during the holiday.
This year, the program, which runs
Oct. 2–9, has been expanded to include
formerly or currently homeless speak-
ers, a curriculum created by the New
York-based Metropolitan Council on
Jewish Poverty to teach about the effects
of poverty, and an agency-to-agency
program that provides goods to those
who need them.
A report from the Washington State
Coalition for the Homeless shows that
more than 100,000 Washingtonians could
face homelessness in 2009. As unemploy-
ment rose earlier this year, the Human Ser-
vices Policy Center at the Daniel J. Evans
School of Public Affairs at the University
of Washington forecast 37,000 of the state’s
children were expected to experience
living in poverty. And Jon Gould, deputy
director of the Children’s Alliance, said in a
statement that cuts made during this year’s
legislative session “cut deeply into pro-
grams that help mitigate the terrible effects
of poverty on children and families.”
Passage of Initiative 1033, which
would use this year, one of the worst in
the state’s budgetary history, as a maxi-
mum for future budgets, would lock in
cuts made this year across the board,
Gould said, and make responding to
future, growing needs impossible.
To help give the Jewish community a
more concrete and personal understand-
ing of these issues, the Focus & Fight pro-
gram partnered with Real Change, the
Seattle-area newspaper that covers pov-
erty and homelessness and helps people
living on the streets or in poverty get back
on their feet. Real Change has a speak-
ers’ bureau that can address any group
from young children to adults, and sev-
eral of those speakers will visit local syna-
gogues, schools and Hillel at the UW.
“To hear their stories,” Greenhall said,
“it really hones in that this isn’t just some-
body else — this is us that this is happen-
ing to.”
In addition, Amy Hilzman-Paquette,
principal of the Community High School
for Jewish Studies, has written a 10-week
curriculum based on the MCJP’s that
can be adjusted for students of any age to
teach about the causes and effects of pov-
erty, and how to work to end it.
Greenhall said that advocacy, another
major push of Focus & Fight, means
encouraging people to contact legislators,
particularly at the state level, to let them
know their constituents want them to
pass legislation that helps the homeless or
people facing extreme economic hardship.
“An example is GA–U last year,” said
Greenhall, referring to the General Assis-
tance–Unemployable fund that gives
people unable to work a small monthly
stipend. It had been eliminated entirely
from the governor’s preliminary budget.
“It got passed because there was a lot of
pressure from the community at large to
make sure these people are protected.”
The crown jewel of this year’s effort,
however, is what is being called the Mitz-
vah Match, in which five local Jewish
organizations are working with other
nonprofits that help homeless or poverty-
stricken people to collect food, clothing
and other goods for distribution. In a twist
on this theme, the Federation and Jewish
Family Service are working together to
connect professionals, in particular doc-
tors and lawyers, who will volunteer their
expertise to help clients in need of medi-
cal or legal services. This part of the pro-
gram, while it will launch during Focus &
Fight, is intended to continue year-round
with the hopes that further organizations
will join by next Sukkot.
Three upcoming events do not specif-
ically fall under the umbrella of Focus &
Fight, but are offered in the same spirit:
• The Jewish Family Service food drive
runs through Sun., Oct. 18, when volun-
teers will sort the food at Acme Food Sales
Warehouse from 10:30 a.m.–2 p.m. Reg-
istration required. RSVP by contacting
206-861-3155 or volunteer@jfsseattle.org.
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Way to Giving was an amazingly successful event. of the Jewish Federation’s impact globally, from Seattle to Israel to the Former
Soviet Union. “I don’t think I have to tell you how passionate I feel about the
On September 16, Seattle Jews filled Benaroya Hall to the brim. Everyone there, importance of the Jewish Federation and all that it does: to keep the Jewish
from Birthright alumni to Kline Galland residents, laughed, cheered and mingled community here and worldwide united, as a responder when Jews are faced with
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community news

To educate and to serve

Ruth Messinger on alternative spring breaks, fighting hunger, and genocide in Darfur
Leyna Krow
Assistant Editor, JTNews
Ruth Messinger, president of the
American Jewish World Service, vis-
ited Seattle last month. While in town,
she spoke with members of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee board of directors
and students at Hillel at the University of
Washington, and gave presentations at
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congre-
gation and Temple Beth Am about the
AJWS’s work in developing countries.
The A merican Jew ish World Ser-
vice provides grants, advocacy, educa-
tion, and on-the-ground labor for a wide
range of humanitarian projects all over
the world. JTNews spoke with Messinger
about her recent visit with President
Obama, the AJWS’s new hunger-fighting
campaign, and the organization’s service
learning trips for young adults.
JTNews: I’ve heard the American Jewish
World Service described as sort of a
Jewish Peace Corps. Is that accurate?
Ruth Messinger: Service is a huge
piece of what we do. The reason I back
off a little bit from that description —
although, believe me, I use it from time
to time myself — is that just one piece of
our service is with skilled professionals.
About 100 of the people we send each year
are people who might have a Web back-
ground or a public health background or
human rights and education background
Ruth Messinger, president for the American Jewish World Service, at UW Hillel next to
a photo of UW students on an AJWS alternative spring break trip.
and they get matched individually with
projects that have some particular inter-
est in their skill. So that’s like what the
Peace Corps does. Then, the bulk of our
service is our group service trips, which
are much shorter. Most, for 16 to 25 year
olds, are either a single week — like what
UW does doing an alternative spring
break trip with us — or an intensive
seven-week summer program. So there,
in my mind, is where it is not the Peace
Corps. These people go as a group. Also,
they are doing a labor project, but they
Leyna Krow
are also in a fairly serious study context —
they are learning text, they are learning
what’s Jewish about what they’re doing
and they’re learning about these signifi-
cant international.
JT: What would make young people
want to do a trip with AJWS rather than
a secular organization?
RM: My impression is that people
choose to go with us because they are
very consciously trying to craft their
own Jewish lives. So they were Bar or Bat
Mitzvah, but then they try to think about
what meanings the Hillel has for them
and what kind of Jewish lives they want
to put together. And because they are
of this generation, they want to be sure
it includes global awareness. So that’s
some of them. Some of them are probably
just sort of casting around and discover
this and decide to sign up. And some of
them, I think quite clearly, are choosing
us because it’s a way to get to the develop-
ing world and they think that if they do it
with a Jewish organization, their parents
will be happier, which is fine with me.
JT: AJWS recently launched a new cam-
paign called Fighting Hunger From the
Ground Up. How does this effort differ
from AJWS’s other fundraising pro-
grams?
RM: Well, it’s a targeted two-year cam-
paign. It’s designed to put a spotlight on
what is the largest growing problem in
the developing world right now, which
is global hunger. The UN now says it’s
over a billion people who have a prob-
lem with hunger or malnutrition. It’s a
killer. And we launched this campaign
because we think it’s a way for people to
understand something that’s not so easy,
which is that fighting hunger is not just
about bringing food to where there’s a
drought or shortages. It’s about recogniz-
ing that there is enough food in the world
to feed everyone. It’s a very complicated
problem. Agricultural technology and a
lack of farming collectives and a lack of
clear titles to land and American policies
to dump American farm surplus in other
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A long time coming
After 12 years of study, women’s Talmud class completes first tractate
Leyna Krow
Assistant Editor, JTNews
As she nears the end of the page,
Rivy Poupko Kletenik picks up her pace.
She powers through the last few lines
of Hebrew in front of her, choking back
tears. Many of the women sitting around
the table have the same text in front of
them, but most eyes are on Kletenik.
When the final words pass through
her lips, the women sitting closest to her
reach to Kletenik to hug her and pat her
shoulders. She has just finished a reading
of the Talmud Brachot, marking the com-
pletion of her all-women Talmud class’s
first tractate — a project that has taken
them 12 years.
“I’m tearing up a little here. As you
know, this is very emotional on a number
of levels,” Kletenik said to the class after
she finished the reading during a cele-
bration at the Seattle Hebrew Academy
on Sept. 10.
Twelve years may seem like a long
time, but Kletenik said that’s about right
for a group that only meets for an hour
once a week.
“We never skip anything,” she said.
“We read every piece and talk at great
lengths.”
According to Kletenik, the first trac-
tate is the longest in the Talmud in terms
of the number of words. Talmud Brachot
deals primarily with the rules concerning
various blessings.
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The time spent on the
tractate wasn’t the only
reason for K letenik’s
emotional response to
its conclusion, however.
T he class’s prog ress
t hrough t he Ta lmud
also serves as a mile-
stone in what has been,
for Kletenik and others,
a long fight to improve
rel ig iou s e duc at ion
for Jewish women and
girls.
“It was ta ken for Leyna Krow
granted for many hun- Rivy Poupko Kletenik reads the final lines from the Talmud
d reds of yea rs t hat Brachot at the Seattle Hebrew Academy library on Sept. 10.
women did not study
Talmud,” Kletenik said. The class was originally held in the
It’s only been in the last few decades library at the Jewish Federation of Greater
that Talmud classes for women have Seattle, but then after a couple of years
begun to emerge, and in many places moved to SHA.
they are still met with criticism. “Behind the scenes, there were some
Kletenik’s class meets every Thurs- people who were not comfortable with
day morning in the library at the Seat- me teaching Talmud to women at this
tle Hebrew Academy, where she is head school,” Kletenik recalled. “It was asked
of school. that I use handouts, not books. It was
Kletenik said that about 15 women asked that I not call it a ‘Talmud’ class. I
typically attend the classes. The Sept. said ‘no.’”
10 gathering was larger, with around 30 Kletenik also stood firm in her posi-
attendees, because many of the women tion that all students at SHA should have
had brought daughters or friends along the chance to learn Talmud.
to celebrate the tractate’s completion. Of “Today, Talmud is taught to girls in
the 15 regulars, Kletenik noted that three this building and at NYHS,” she said,
have been a part of the class on and off referring to the Northwest Yeshiva High
since the beginning. School.
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Supporting the co-ed Talmud curri-
cula at SHA was not the only time Klete-
nik has gone to bat for women’s Talmud
study in schools. In fact, it’s something
she’s been fighting for since she was a stu-
dent at Touro College, where she success-
fully petitioned the administration to
open up a Talmud class for women.
Apparently, however, the school’s
administrative officials were not the only
ones who needed to be convinced it was
all right.
“I was the only one in the class,” she
recalled.
Other women present for the tractate’s
completion also shared stories of the
challenges they had faced when they had
expressed interest in studying Talmud.
Ruz Gulko, who has been coming
to the class on and off for more than a
decade, recalled of being a 5th grader at
a day school in Canada and asking her
teacher when the class would start its
Talmud studies.
“He told me, ‘The boys start learning
Talmud next year, and you girls will be
learning how to keep a kosher home,’”
she said.
Gulko persisted, however, insisting
that she be allowed to study with the
boys.
“They finally allowed me to sit in on
the class, provided I did not speak,” she
said.
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and severity of local cases of the
H1N1 swine flu virus, the Kline Gal-
land Home nursing home and the
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facility are taking precautions by
limiting visitors and volunteer activ-
ity to protect their most vulnerable
residents.
Both homes are asking that non-
essential visits be as limited as possi-
ble. In addition, volunteer activities
are being curtailed until they receive
notification that the precautions are
no longer necessary.
In addition, college students and
children under 18 are being discour-
aged from visiting the two facili-
ties. Washington State University
has experienced a large outbreak of
swine flu in the past month.
Anyone w ith cold or f lu-like
symptoms, or people who live with
someone experiencing these types
of symptoms, are being asked to stay
away from both facilities as well.
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administrator Min An at 206-725-
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Friend at 206-652-4444 with ques-
tions regarding these precautions.
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m.o.t.: member of the tribe

Community heroes recognized by UJC

Several Washingtonians up for winning $25,000 for their organizations
Diana
Brement
JTNews
Columnist
Seven Washing ton residents a re
among hundreds of volunteers nation-
wide nominated for the first United
Jewish Communities local heroes award.
(UJC is the national umbrella body that
serves local Jewish federations). We’ve
got profiles of each here.
Margot Kravette is the only local vol-
unteer to be ranked in this contest that is
part Facebook/part American Idol with
its online voting system. Because of the
efforts of her daughters, who sent e-mails
to everyone they knew, Margot is the only
one from our state to make it to the top 25.
A Congregation Beth Shalom member,
Margot started and runs an all-volunteer
effort to provide meals to Jewish fami-
lies who are in Seattle while a loved one
is treated for cancer through the Fred
Hutchinson Cancer Institute or having a
particular type of brain surgery only per-
formed at Harborview. She has many vol-
unteers, which makes the duties light, but
could always use more.
All our local heroes are committed
and modest in person. Many hadn’t even
known they were nominated until they
heard from me. All were eager to sug-
gest that others were doing more or better
work.
“I feel very honored to…represent
work ing people,” says Robby Stern,
founder and chair of Healthy Washington
Coalition (www.healthywacoalition.org),
protesting, “I don’t think I’m worthy.”
He formed this group of organizations
and individuals about five years ago to
“try and move an agenda of state-based
health care reform,” he says, “because
was nothing was happening at the federal
level.” (Stay tuned on that one!) The long-
time activist was an appliance repairman
for many years, and personally involved
in local labor unions. After getting a law
degree, he eventually came to work for
King County and then the state labor
councils (AFL-CIO).
He and his wife, Dina Burstein, are
organizing a forum on health care at
Temple Beth Am on Oct. 11 at 10 a.m., to
which the community is invited.
Longtime Federation volunteer Iantha
Sidell was also surprised to learn she’d
been nominated.
“I hardly feel I’m a hero,” she says,
especially compared to people who put
their lives on the line for cause or coun-
try. “But I believe in community, I believe
Joel Rothschild, in focus, at a dinner at the Ravenna Kibbutz. To the left are Neal
Schindler and Mai Li Pittard.
in the Jewish community,” which warmly
welcomed her 30 years ago.
“I get out of it more than I give,” she
adds.
The Herzl-Ner Tamid member gives
time to numerous local and national phil-
anthropic boards, including two at the
UJC, the Jewish Studies program at the
University of Washington, and the Save All
Ethiopian Jews scholarship program.
Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum heard from
me, too, that she’d been nominated. The
founder of the Kavana “synagogue with-
out walls” in Seattle also doesn’t feel par-
ticularly hero-like, and was skeptical
about voting for heroism, but acknowl-
edged the good in “a democratic way to
identify people around the country” who
help others.
“There are probably 20 times as many
who could have been nominated,” she
observes.
Another Seattle grassroots organizer
being recognized is Joel Rothschild, one
of the founders of the Ravenna Kibbutz, a
Jewish housing cooperative in the Seat-
tle neighborhood of the same name. Joel
knew of the nomination because a fre-
quent and enthusiastic kibbutz guest
wanted to nominate the entire organiza-
tion. The rules only allow for individuals
to be named so residents and participants
— cooperatively — singled Joel out.
Charles Hough
The self-employed software engi-
neer is proud of the organization, which
he says serves the entire community by
serving mostly unaffiliated Jews search-
ing for a Jewish home.
“It really is something [kibbutz mem-
bers] are doing for the community,” as
are most of the nominees, he observes.
“For the most part this contest does seem
to be between people who are not into
self-promotion, but are into community
building.”
Our state is represented outside
Seat t le by Katie Edelstein, a t i re-
less Hadassah volunteer and Belling-
ham resident who donated a kidney to
another Hadassah member a few years
ago, someone she didn’t prev iously
know.
“I’ve been talking about organ dona-
tion since then…to Hadassah and to non-
Jewish community groups,” she says.
“It…was a wonderful honor to be recog-
nized for my contribution.”
When she’s not busy with Hadassah,
Katie works with her husband, David, in
their business, Greenbriar Construction.
She is in good health and says she never
thinks about her missing kidney until it’s
time for her annual checkup.
Finally, we return to Seattle where
Ben Meyerhoff turned his own recent
job-hunting efforts into a group effort to
help all Jewish job hunters. The Queens,
N.Y., native, who moved here from Cali-
fornia in 2003, had been working in the
high tech sector, but was laid off in mid-
2008. Knowing it was coming he started
networking, but found nothing organized
by the Jewish community.
“I’m the type of person who likes to
make things happen and not to watch
them happen,” he says, so he started the
Greater Seattle Jewish Business Network
which exists virtually as a LinkedIn
group (on-line networking site) and as a
real-life group that meets at his congre-
gation, Temple Beth Am, in Seattle on the
second and fourth Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
(w w w.templebetham.org/community/
caring) as well as at Herzl-Ner Tamid on
alternate weeks. The Federation has also
been active in administering the Linked
In aspect of the group, which grows by 50
or more people a month.
Unfortunately, that doesn’t mean
people are getting jobs, Ben notes. At
66, and without a job for over a year, he
is considering moving on to retirement
himself. He helps others as much as he
can and he also volunteers for SCORE,
a business advice program of the Small
Business Administration.
Ben named a number of people who
had helped him with the network, but
wanted to make sure I mentioned Jay
Bakst, a Herzl-Ner Tamid member who is
the co-sponsor of the group.
You can visit vote “early and often”
(daily, really) at the heroes Web site,
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My own personal swastika
The Seward Park vandalism incident hits home. Literally.
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Martin Jaffee
JTNews
Columnist
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Exceptiona ish Studies.
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Inspiring Je
It was a rocky beginning to 5770, all
right, starting with the first night of Seli-
chot. Finding myself at loose ends after
Shabbos while awaiting the first peniten-
tial prayer service of the season, I dozed
off in front of the TV and startled myself
xRigorous General and Judaic Studies curricula awake too late to waltz into shul with
xA rich welcoming Jewish setting for all families some lame, humiliating excuse. Instead,
xState-of-the-art campus featuring science lab, I begot myself to bed, bitterly wondering,
art studio, computer lab, library, and full-size gym in mixed metaphor: “Just how many balls,
Jaffee, do you expect to drop before you’re
xFully licensed early childhood program drummed out of the Army of Hashem?”
Sunday morning, hav ing pushed
For more information or to arrange a tour contact myself out of bed before sunrise to expi-
Susan Matalon ate my lapse with extra-diligent study
206.323.5750 x 300 of Mishnah and Talmud, I walked out
smatalon@sha613.org my front door to encounter... a swastika
inscribed in red paint on my sidewalk!
Rivy Poupko Kletenik, Head of School A fine how-do-you-do! Was this quick
1617 Interlaken Dr. E Seattle, WA 98112 justice from heaven? Miss one Selichot
www.seattlehebrewacademy.org service in 20 years and pay for it with a
dose of sleazy anti-Semitism on an empty
Be in the know… stomach?
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learn that I was not the sole target of anti-
Semitic ire. As you’ve no doubt read,
both Seward Park synagogues on South
Morgan were liberally daubed with the
red symbol of International Jew Hatred.
Camp
If you read, in the Seattle Times, of “one
other private home” so afflicted with this
20th-century plague sign, that would be
Solomon
the home of the Jaffees!
In a way, I was relieved the painter,
whoever he was, didn’t have only my
Schechter
family in mind! The truth is, I kinda
hoped as well that the inclusion of the
shuls on the “hit list” meant the swastika
on our sidewalk was not God’s delicate
way of reminding me that He missed me
JoIn uS
at the first Selichot of the season!
At first, I admit, I wasn’t even sure that
the scrawl on my walk was even a swas-
for the
tika. It was hastily and sloppily painted
and, I thought, looked more like gang graf-
fiti or the rune-like markings left by work-
Summer
ers from the City of Seattle mapping out
some future route for a sewage system.
But, the second application of the
of 2010
symbol (which I noticed momentarily in
my driveway) was more careful and pre-
cluded all doubts as to its meaning. Yet it
raised other puzzles.
My swastika, you see, was backward.
The Nazi symbol has its crooked legs
moving clockwise; mine, by contrast, was
registration moving counter-clockwise! Technically,
this new adornment to my home was
has begun. really the pre-historic, universal symbol
of eternity, found in such diverse settings
Sign up as the cave walls of stone-age funeral
cults, in the art of the ancient Aryan con-
today! querors of the Indus Valley, on the tepees
of the Plains Indians of North America,
Roman-era pottery, and — believe it or
not — on the mosaic floor of a Byzantine
synagogue in the Galilee!
No doubt (I comforted myself) my swas-
tika was not of the “Juden Raus” variety;
rather, it was the pagan version of shalom
Check us out… aleichem! Its inscriber was clearly wishing
www.campschechter.org upon me and mine the blessings of sweet
and healthy New Year!
Info@campschechter.org But the comfort of that interpreta-
206-447-1967 tion didn’t last long. Because then I dis-
covered that the artist had scribbled next
to one of his shul graffiti the phrase “4th
Riech.” Despite, as a neighbor pointed
out, the misspelling of “reich,” this left no
doubt that our artist fancied himself an
enemy of the Jews. His intention, I finally
intuited, was to intimidate Jews and dis-
suade them from — just what exactly?
Good question. I, personally, solemnly
promise (bli neder!) that I will not soon
again settle in to a movie on the Saturday
night of Selichot! But somehow I doubt
the designer of my personal swastika
was intending to intimidate me — or any
other Jews — into more diligent prepara-
tions for the Days of Awe.
There is, however, some clue to the
source of his rage.
You see, our house sits high on a corner
of the Seward Park neighborhood. From
our patio, where we hang out virtually all
day nearly every summertime Shabbos,
we are nearly invisible from the street.
Thus we overhear countless conversa-
tions as people pass by on their Shabbos
walks to and from shul, back and forth
from lunch to home, and in every other
possible purpose. (And let me tell you —
from what we overhear, Selichot should
be more crowded than it already is!)
Well, on this very Shabbos afternoon
around mincha time, my wife Charla was
recumbent upon her favorite Davenport,
reading on the patio. Suddenly she over-
heard a loud and provocative conversa-
tion. An irate young bicyclist, shirtless
in the unseasonable heat of that Septem-
ber afternoon, was sputtering profanely
into his cell phone about “Jews” who were
impeding his bicycling — presumably by
walking in areas he had designated as his
personal race track.
Had Charla inadvertently overheard
an anti-Semitic act in its earliest formula-
tion? Had this callow youth, perhaps with
a couple of likkered-up cronies, returned
in the dark of night to wreak vengeance
on the Jewish pedestrians that slowed
his progress on one of his swings around
the block?
If so, how relieved we were to report
to the three investigating police officers
— one African-American, one Hawaiian,
and one Hispanic — that our suspected
perp was neither black (as was the case
the two times we’ve been robbed) nor
recognizably Muslim, but convention-
ally “white!”
Happily, our suspected victimizer was
the kind of anti-Semite whom we can
despise with a totally clear conscience.
How much easier to have contempt for the
familiar Jew-hatred of illiterate rednecks
than to endure the far more disturbing
insults of the “oppressed” with whom we
liberal Jews spend so much energy express-
ing “solidarity” and whose rejection of us
and, particularly, of Israel, we constantly
seek to minimize or explain away!
So, Charla’s description of the “shirt-
less, white bicycle rider in his early 20s”
has entered the official incident report.
So far, it’s led to no arrests. We’ll probably
never know for sure if Mr. Trash Mouth
did what we think he did.
But, just in case it was him, I do plan to
take out a swastika-insurance policy. For
protective camouflage, I’m putting a ’72
Olds Cutlass up on blocks in my driveway!
Martin S. Jaffee currently holds the Samuel
& Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies at
the University of Washington. His award-
winning columns for JTNews have recently
been published in book form as The End of
Jewish Radar: Snapshots of a Post-Ethnic
American Judaism by iUniverse press.
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fall celebrations

Beautiful weddings, on the cheap

Tips for not topping out on the wedding price tag

Anne Phyllis Pinzow
Special to JTNews
Several years ago, a character on my
favorite television show expounded on
the cost of modern weddings, finishing
up his tirade with, “and next morning
you wake up and realize that for the same
price as the down payment on a house
you’re married to that.”
Unfortunately for many a wallet, the
means people use to plan a wedding is
generally the same they use in choosing
a spouse. They want beauty and romance
and a grand expression of their love or, in
some cases, their purse.
However, those brides and grooms
who are more focused on the marriage
than the wedding are seeking some cost-
cutting ideas which will preserve the
grand expression, while leaving enough
aside for a nest egg for the future.
• Unless the guest list tops 300, don’t hire
a wedding planner. Their service won’t
save you any time or trouble, since they
will constantly be calling you and meet-
ing with you to get your decisions and
offer you more choices in how to spend
money. What they might save in prices
with vendors will be spent in their fees.
Aside from that, they are in the business
of selling you services, so they’ll push for
more unnecessary extravagance.
• The first item on the list in planning a
wedding is often where to hold the event;
while people generally think that having
a wedding at home is the least expen-
sive, it can cost as much as a hall to rent
the tables and chairs, hire a valet ser-
vice to legally park the cars, and pay for
the catering service to provide and serve
the food.
• Having the wedding in a catering hall
only gets expensive when all the extras
are added in. Those extras that aren’t
needed include: White glove service,
hostesses finding seating cards, serv-
ing champagne to guests upon entering,
handing out mints to guests before enter-
ing the sanctuary, and ushers escorting
guests to their seats.
• Another place to cut is the food. At
a recent wedding, guests were served
apples and champagne before they could
get their coats off, and then there were
exotic hors d’oeuvres, tables filled with
fruit, cheese, crudités and dip. Spoon-
fuls of mints were handed out as guests
entered the sanctuary.
Then, as they left the ceremony,
they were offered goblets of a variety of
soups. Entering the hall for cocktails
they encountered deli, Japanese, Ital-
ian, French, Hispanic and Chinese buffet
tables, as well as servers bringing every-
thing from “pigs in blankets” to lamb
chops and mashed potatoes around.
By the time people were ushered into
dinner, the three choices of entrée were
hardly as appetizing.
The best place to cut here are the
assorted buffet tables. Instead of stuff-
ing the guests before the dinner, serve
some platters of hors d’oeuvres and
drinks and allow the guests to mingle
without having to get in long lines.
Aside from being appreciated, as many
people are fitness conscious, a step up
in entrée will probably be much more
welcome than all that food before the
dinner.
Alternatively, have a morning or early
brunch wedding and forego elaborate
dinners.
•  Next comes invitations; these seem to
get more elaborate each year. A recent
one came in a box that lit from the inside
when opened. Even the postage was exor-
bitant! Go for more imagination in the
printing and the design than the size
and grandeur of the presentation. Leave
out response cards. Most people will
call anyway and tell you whether they’re
coming or not.
Speaking of imagination, some cou-
ples who are handy with desktop publish-
ing programs are designing and printing
the invitations themselves.
• Everyone wants music at a wedding.
Unfortunately, the music seems to get
louder and louder and the “entertain-
ment” more elaborate with streamers
and horns and hats and even hula hoops
being handed out just to keep everyone
occupied and having a good time.
Cutting out all the handouts can save
a ton of money, perhaps enough to get a
higher quality band that will play music
that won’t blast out the eardrums. All the
“chakahs” tend to get thrown out rather
quickly, and it’s literally money down
the drain.
• Of course, every bride wants to look
like a vision coming down the aisle and
so much thought is given to the gown.
Top-of-the-line, custom-made designer
gowns can cost more than $6,000, and
they’re only worn once.
However, there are alternatives, such
as off-the-rack gowns that can be pur-
chased for as little as $500. Another prac-
tice which is becoming more popular, is
to get a secondhand wedding gown at a
thrift shop, a secondhand clothing store,
or, for the more adventurous, by bidding
for a gown on EBay.
A recent search showed that the start-
ing price for gowns started at anywhere
from $1 all the way up to $2,000. Hiring
a seamstress to alter the gown won’t cost
more than $100 or so.
All in all, the best way to save money
is to focus on quality, think seriously
about what is important and the best
reflection of the values of the soon-to-
be-happy couple. Throwing out money
keeping up with the Joneses is a poor
start to any marriage.

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Alana: Antique & Estate Jewelry Celebrations

Everything in Alana’s is a treasure — something exquisitely
beautiful that can’t be found anywhere else.
“People come to Alana’s to find something dif­ferent,” says
owner Alana Fornoni. “They don’t want something someone
picked out of a catalogue or something all their friends have.
They also would like to know the story behind the piece.”
Alana is happy to share that story, if she knows it. But she has observed that most people
inherit a piece of jewelry with no idea who owned it originally or what it’s worth. With her
expert eye and years of ex­perience, Alana recognizes quality when she sees it and can usually
tell the owner when their jewelry was made and its market value. For more information about
Alana: An­tique & Estate Jewelry, visit www.alanajew­elry.com. The Web site has extensive
photo­graphs of inventory and pricing.
Celebrations, under the ownership of Barbara Goldberg, has been in
existence for 18 years, providing more than 450 customers with high-
quality custom invitations. Barbara has been active in her synagogue
and the Jewish community for more than 30 years. She provides warm
and friendly personal service and is well acquainted with Hebrew names
and phrases for B’nai Mitzvah and wedding invitations.
Celebrations offers a 20 percent discount on all of the popular invita-
tion albums offered in stationary stores and on the Internet. Vendors include Checkerboard,
Carlson Craft, Mazel Tov and Gene Bliley. Gift items are also available.
Celebrations offers flexible scheduling with evening hours to coordinate with youth activities
and work hours.
Please feel free to contact Barbara Goldberg at 425-641-7106 or barbara0506@msn.com
with any questions regarding invitations for your social event.

The Bellevue Club

The Bellevue Club is a four-star, four-diamond internationally recognized boutique property
that provides a private retreat in luxurious accommodations. Located in Bellevue, it is one of
the Eastside’s most sought-after locations to celebrate a special event.
The Bellevue Club’s versatile and beautifully appointed Olympic Ballroom is the perfect
setting for your wedding reception or any special occasion. With the glow of 12 hand-blown
glass chandeliers, hand-painted ceiling murals and one-of-a kind works of art, your guests
will find the intimate scale and elegant atmosphere to be truly exceptional. Whether you
prefer a sit-down dinner, an elaborate buffet or an hors d’oeuvres reception, their culinary
team will assist you in creating the perfect menu with classic elegance to suit your style. The
Bellevue Club will help you to create a spectacular event with their attentive and profession-
ally trained culinary and service staff. Private, professional and prestigious, they are the
Eastside’s only social address.
Visit www.bellevueclub.com for more information.
Cinema Books
Cinema Books is the film bookstore of the Northwest. Collections include biographies of
movie stars and directors, glamorous picture books of Hollywood, posters, stills and cards
of the stars, and technical filmmaking books for the novice or professional. They also
carry criticism and reference film books to lead you to movies you may have missed. Call
206-547-7667 or visit www.cinemabooks.net.
The Clise Mansion and Robinswood House
Two historic gems beautifully tucked into Eastside parks, the Clise Mansion and Robinswood
House offer the warmth and charm of years past. Bay windows, fireplaces and gardens with
patios and flowers are a few of the details you will find. These are buildings whose walls have
held joyous celebrations for more than a century. Details available at www.seattlebride.com
or call 425-865-0795.

bin on the lake

Bin on the lake is a lively, energetic, welcoming wine bar
and restaurant located lakeside at Carillon Point. Bin on the
lake offers more than 80 wines by the glass and serves local,
flavorful American fare. Seasonal ingredients are selected
for their vibrant natural flavors and to complement the
extensive choice of wines available at bin. Drop in to sip
and nibble or spend an entire evening savoring wine-food pairings. For more information,
call 425-803-5595 or visit www.binonthelake.com.
Emmanuel’s Fine Rug & Upholstery Specialists 

For more than 100 years, Emmanuel’s Fine Rug & Upholstery Specialists have been helping
Seattle families prepare for special events with their custom in-plant rug washing and blind
and upholstery cleaning. They specialize in oriental care, repair and mending. Emmanuel’s
is also the place to go for consigned new oriental rug sales and appraisals as well as on-site
carpet cleaning and maintenance. Fifteen percent off all in-home services. Gift certificates
available. For more information, call
206-322-2200 or fax 206-325-3841 or go online to
www.emmanuelsrug.com.

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Essence, A CHIC COIFFURE Jewbilee

Owner Cherie Hershman is an active member
of the local Jewish community. With more than
20 years experience, she opened Essence, a Chic
Coiffure in 2007. Essence is a full-service salon
offering haircuts, coloring, sugaring hair removal,
permanent make-up, wig styling, face and body
treatments and much more.  Cantorial soloist services available as well and they can provide the sound system, too! So
Essence provides the ultimate service when it comes to brides, especially Jewish bridal parties.
Stylists will help you look your best from your engagement to your wedding day. Essence
staff can join the bride and groom in the yichud room for touch-ups and be on-site for bridal
party hair and make-up. Check out their Web site www.essenceseattle.com for wedding
examples or come in for a complimentary consultation. Conveniently located in Seattle’s
Roosevelt/Maple Leaf neighborhood at 1415 NE 80th St., Seattle, 206-523-1187.
ilyanne photographic art
Born and raised in Israel, Ilyanne brings a strong sense and knowledge of the Jewish tradition
to her work. This makes it easy for you to concentrate on your special day, knowing that
all-important moment will be captured.
As a husband and wife team, each with their unique style, the photographers of ilyanne
Photographic Art will create a collection of contemporary, artistic, and documentary perspec-
tives, both in video and photography, that your family will cherish for generations.
They consider it an honor to be one of the few people to enter your lives at that meaningful
time. Be it a wedding, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, a new baby, or just a moment that captures the
priceless essence of your family’s history. 

There is no substitute for a professional who comes prepared with the right knowledge and
equipment, understands the religious tradition, and is solely focused on your day.
Call 425-736-7638 or visit them online at www.ilyanne.com and let ilyanne Photographic
Art preserve those precious moments that may be lost in a blink of an eye.
This ain’t your bubbe’s klezmer! This is Jewbilee and they play traditional Jewish music in
a nontraditional way. They play it with a variety of world rhythms, including Caribbean
and African rhythms. They play it as reggae, jazz, swing, rock, “Jewgrass,” and even as
traditional Israeli/Jewish music. Led by cantorial soloist Shirel Smith, Jewbilee is made up
of guitar, bass, keys, sax, mandolin, and hand drums/percussion. If you want some Jewish
music as well as some classic rock, R&B or dance tunes, then Jewbilee is your band.
check them out at www.jewbilee.110mb.com or call 360-794-3815 for more info.
Kaspars Special Events & Catering
You will remember your wedding celebration for the rest of your life, so choosing the right
partners to help you is an important decision. The team at Kaspars Special Events & Catering,
with 20 years of experience and a reputation for excellence, will support you through the
entire planning process, including venue selection, menu creation, ceremony and reception
planning, ensuring you are stress-free for your special day. Family owned and operated,
Kaspars’ passion is to provide creative, fresh cuisine and superior service at a reasonable
price. They cater to groups of all sizes, both within Kaspars as well as at off-site locations
including private homes. Whether you are entertaining a few or a few hundred guests, the
elements for success are the same – superb fare, impeccable service, the proper ambience
and the right caterer! Kaspars Special Events & Catering has it all. Call 206-298-0123, fax
206-298-0146 or visit www.kaspars.com.
Ketubot by Nurita
Getting married? What better way to celebrate than with a unique, colorful and beautiful
handmade ketubah? Made by Nurita, an Israeli artist with more than 20 years’ experience.
For more information, visit www.nurita.com or 360-400-7233.

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(206)-285-RUIN The Terrace and Great Room at Hotel 1000. It’s everything you want for your wedding.
www.theruins.net To learn more, call 206.957.1000 or visit hotel1000seattle.com
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Lake Union Crew MarQueen Hotel

Lake Union Crew has just what you need to make your
party stand out above the rest. Spectacular, sweeping views
of the city and a stone fireplace add warmth and intimacy
to any gathering.
Weddings, receptions, rehearsal dinners, anniversaries, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs — if there’s a
reason to celebrate, they’ll help you do it in style. Their venue is easily transformed into a
room for formal dining, an intimate space for cocktails and quiet conversation, or a place to
kick off your shoes and dance.
You’re welcome to use the caterer of your choice and room setup and decoration is limited
only by your imagination. Lake Union Crew’s friendly, capable staff is on hand to make sug-
gestions and can point you in the right direction for catering, rental companies or DJs.
Take the 360˚ virtual tour at www.lakeunioncrew.com. For more information, contact Caitlin
or Thom at 206-860-4199 or info@lakeunioncrew.com.
When a getaway is on the agenda, a bygone era seems
to fit the bill. The MarQueen Hotel is located in the
vibrant Queen Anne neighborhood, adjacent to the
Seattle Center and world famous Space Needle. In
the heart of Seattle’s theatre district, McCaw Hall,
the Seattle Repertory Theatre, Teatro Zinzanni and
other attractions are all just down the street. Their 1918 building does not possess an
elevator; however, all guestrooms have kitchens in them, and hardwood floors. Some
property amenities include 24-hour bell/valet staff, complimentary attraction shuttle,
fitness center, complimentary wi-fi, a coffee shop, and spa in the lobby.  Shopping,
dining and entertainment are nearby, so come and stay with the MarQueen Hotel –
Seattle’s lodging secret! Visit www.marqueen.com for more information.

Menashe & Sons Jewelers

LeaSan Special Events
Leanne Weinstein and Sandra Gauthier make up LeaSan
Special Events, a Seattle-based boutique special event
company specializing in weddings and Bar and Bat
Mitzvahs, as well as an array of other social functions.
They are known for their attention to detail and impec-
cable taste. They cater to a diverse clientele who have
high expectations for their events. For more information
on their social event packages visit www.leasanspecialevents.com or contact Leanne
Weinstein at 425-647-9182 or Sandra Gauthier at 425-260-8475.
Jack Menashe, owner of Menashe & Sons
Jewelers, has owned and operated the store
for 40 years. Menashe & Sons is a full-service store featuring a very large estate jewelry
department, custom design jewelry, and a complete repair department for clocks, watches,
and jewelry. The store has a G.I.A. gemologist on staff for a full appraisal service. It’s also
has one of the largest diamond engagement inventories in the city of Seattle. Menashe &
Sons specializes in one-of-a-kind custom jewelry pieces featuring oriental jade, Tahitian
pearls, fine emeralds, rubies, sapphires, and tanzanite.
Menashe & Sons invites you to come in to their store where you’ll
get honest, professional service. For more information, call 206-932-4272 or visit www.
menasheandsons.com.

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The Mercer Room & Terrace
Imagine your wedding with stunning views of Lake
Washington and the Cascade Mountains — all at a
reasonable price!
You’ve found it with The Mercer Room & Terrace at
the Community Center at Mercer View. This Mercer
Island location is surrounded by extraordinary natural
beauty and panoramic views, offering a beautiful hillside
setting overlooking Luther Burbank Park, Lake Washington, and the Cascades. With seating
for 200 guests and state-of-the-art media, your wedding will be breathtaking.
Your caterer will be impressed with their fully equipped catering kitchen. Beer and wine are
allowed and an outdoor barbeque grill is also available.
Reservations are taken 12 months in advance. Visit www.mercergov.org/ccmv for more
details. Call today at 206-275-7609.
New York Cupcakes
New York Cupcakes provides the sweetest cupcake
experience possible. They are as passionate about their
customers as they are about their cupcakes and they
want your every visit to be delicious. Their scrumptious
cupcakes are baked in small batches throughout the day
and are always fresh! They also love a good party, so
for your next big celebration, contact one of their cupcake
consultants to see how they can assist you in
making your event simply the sweetest. 425-283-5445,
www.newyorkcupcakes.com.
Nosh Away Catering
Nosh Away Inc. is a full-service kosher catering company
servicing the greater Seattle community. Size and type of
event have no limitations. Whether it is dinner for two,
or a gala event for 2000, Nosh Away will bring to bear
amazing concern for the event by paying meticulous
attention to all of the details that ensure success. Nosh
Away has teamed up with many venues in the Seattle area
to provide customers and guests with a wonderful dining
experience, providing excellent quality and professional
service. Under kosher supervision of the Va’ad of Greater Seattle, their 3,000-square-foot,
fully equipped commissary and bakery operates daily to provide for all of Nosh Away’s
catering needs. www.noshaway.com.
Pogacha Restaurant
Located on Gilman Boulevard, across the street from Gilman Village, Pogacha Restaurant
of Issaquah has satisfied patrons for 11 years. Its diverse menu features Northwest favorites
— steaks, salmon, lamb, pasta, gourmet flatbread pizzas, and more — accented with
ingredients from Europe’s Adriatic region.
Pogacha specializes in celebrations including small wedding receptions, rehearsal dinners
and family and holiday parties. Host your event in one of Pogacha’s charming private dining
rooms, or let them cater your event in your home.
Pogacha’s commitment to quality is reflected in their freshly prepared dishes, their excep-
tional and affordable wine list, and their warm and inviting ambience. Pogacha’s staff is
professional, genuinely friendly and focused on making your experience
at Pogacha memorable. For more information, contact Sarah at 425-392-5550 or
sarah@pogacha.com.
Plan Your Next Event With Us,
Whether It Is a…
Business Meeting
Retreat
Holiday Party
Corporate Party
Corporate Barbecue
Only 30 minutes Bar or Bat Mitzvah
from Seattle via I-90.
Membership not required. many More…
Cristy Barnes,
Catering Sales Manager
425.396.6005 or
cbarnes@brightstargolf.com
Please visit our website
www.tpcsr.com
BaNqUEt faCIlItY
OPEN tO tHE PUBlIC.
Known for our attention to detail
and impeccable taste, we specialize
in weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs,
birthdays and anniversaries. We cater
to a diverse clientele who have high
expectations for their events.
u Assistance in designing a unique event to reflect your taste and style.
u Comprehensive planning and execution services months prior to and
on the day of your event.
u Custom packages created for each client, based on individual need.
For more information on our social event packages visit
www.leasanspecialevents.com
Leanne Weinstein at 425.647.9182
Sandra Gauthier at 425.260.8475
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The RUINS Shawn’s Kugel

The RUINS is a private dining club with catering facilities open to the public. It is one of the
most unique venues in the country. The founder and creator, Joe McDonnal, built a mansion
inside of a warehouse with landscaped gardens and four beautifully appointed rooms. The
room used collectively can accommodate up to 160 for a seated dinner, or 200 for a stand-up
cocktail reception. From beginning to end, their professional staff and beautiful venue will
offer you and your guests a truly
unique and memorable experi-
ence.   Contact them at 206-285-
7846 or visit www.theruins.net.
Shawn’s Kugel is the premier Jewish band in the Pacific Northwest. 
Voted Best Jewish
Band by JTNews readers in 2007, they have performed for enthusiastic clients for more
than 11 years. They specialize in getting guests to participate 
in folk dancing and horas at
weddings, B’nai Mitzvah and other lifecycle events. 
Shawn’s Kugel has released four CDs
with the latest being Odyssey. Check out Shawn’s Kugel on MySpace,
CD Baby, or iTunes
to hear some songs and learn more about this
Northwest treasure. Contact 206-523-9298
or shawnsax@jps.net or visit pweb.jps.net/~shawnsax.
 

Sheraton Seattle Hotel

Discover true comfort as if you were at home. Sheraton
Sailing Heritage Foundation Seattle Hotel will make any event you’re envisioning
Sailing Heritage Foundation brightens the lives of ill children with sailing trips on the a reality. A multiple winner of the prestigious Gold
healing sea. These trips provide a chance for seriously ill children and their families, Key and Pinnacle awards, the hotel offers comprehen-
vulnerable youth, and others whose lives have been turned sive meeting and destination planning along with
upside down to relax, reflect, rejuvenate and breathe unparalleled service and style.
in fresh air while sailing through our wonderland Situated in the heart of the city, adjacent to the Wash-
of emerald seas. Guests board the classic 65-foot ington State Convention and Trade Center, the hotel
schooner Mallory Todd at South Lake Union. is surrounded by Seattle’s financial and business district
Private charters on the schooner Mallory Todd and exciting entertainment attractions. Sheraton Seattle
help support Sailing Heritage Foundation, a is more than just a meeting place, but a member of your family. Settle into the inviting comfort
Seattle nonprofit organization. More information of one of 1,258 smoke-free guestrooms offering inspiring views of the city. A peaceful night’s
online at sailingheritage.org, sailseattle.com or sleep awaits you between the crisp sheets of the Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed.
206-381-6919. Visit www.sheraton.com/Seattle for more information.

The Mercer Room & Terrace

on Mercer Island

A Stunning Wedding & Reception Venue

The Mercer Room is our beautiful 3,335 square foot banquet room that can seat up to
The Sorrento Hotel features 6 banquet rooms perfect for events of 5-150 people. 200 people, offering stunning views over Lake Washington and the latest technology.
Each room features elegance and style suited for any occasion, all accompanied by the Plus, our fully-equipped kitchen can facilitate any caterer. Reservations can be made
award-winning cuisine of the Hunt Club restaurant. From a small gathering to a formal
reception, the Sorrento Hotel has been the choice for prestigious events for 100 years.
12 months in advance, so call (206) 275-7609 today to reserve your date!

For event bookings, please contact our Catering Department at 206.622.6400 or visit us online. The Community Center
at Mercer View
8236 SE 24th St.,
-!$)3/.342%%4s1.800.426.1265 Mercer Island, WA 98040
206.275.7609
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celebrate
Weddings. Special Occasions. Getaways.
Come to the Extraordinary On the Shores of Lake Washington

The Woodmark Hotel is the only hotel uniquely located on the splendid shores
of Lake Washington, offering our guests quiet luxury for getaways, a relaxing
spa treatment, a lakeside wedding or b’nai mitzvah.
Get away from the ordinary and come to the extraordinary
on the shores of Lake Washington.

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Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club The Westin Bellevue

A place where dreams come true and traditions continue.
In the finest tradition of private clubs, Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club offers world-class
hospitality and service. Their professional staff will assist you in making your event
memorable with signature menus and attention to detail.
Their ballroom can accommodate up to 300 guests for weddings and Mitzvah celebra-
tions or can be divided for smaller events. Located only 30 minutes from Seattle and 20
minutes from Bellevue, with stunning views of Mt. Si and the Cascade Mountains as a
backdrop for creating a picture-perfect setting.
For more information, contact Cristy Barnes at 425-396-6005 or cbarnes@brightstargolf.com
or visit www.tpcsr.com.
The Sorrento Hotel
The Sorrento Hotel features event space for 5-150 people.
Each private room features elegance and style suited for any
occasion, all accompanied by the award-winning cuisine
of the Hunt Club restaurant.  From a small gathering to a
formal reception, the Sorrento Hotel has been the choice
for prestigious events for 100 years.   as annual gigs for the Bellingham Parks and the Whatcom Museum. The band plays klezmer,
For event bookings, contact the catering department at
206-902-2101.
The Westin wedding specialists are here to provide you with personalized attention — to
inspire you with original ideas, sophisticated venues and details that will transform your
experience into a distinctive and memorable celebration.
The Westin Bellevue’s team will provide personalized, impeccable service for your special
day. Whether you are planning an intimate ceremony or a grand celebration, let them
help make your dreams come true.
They want everything surrounding your wedding to be special. When you hold your
event with the Westin Bellevue, you’ll also enjoy a reduced rate for your out-of-town
guests, a complimentary custom wedding Web site where your guests can book rooms
and you can monitor RSVPs, a complimentary night stay on the evening of your wedding,
and a complimentary menu tasting for up to four guests.
Enjoy effortless style plus touches of romance. Begin your journey now by calling
425-638-1061 or e-mailing them at westin.bellevue@westin.com.
What the Chelm!
What the Chelm! has enlivened simchot since 1993 and entertained at countless B’nai Mitzvah
and weddings around the Puget Sound area. Public performances have included Folklife,
Klezfest, the Juan de Fuca Festival and moving the Boise synagogue to its new home, as well
Israeli, Yiddish, Ladino and other types of music. Contact Dan Raas at 360-676-1621 or visit
www.whatthechelm.com.

Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa

The Woodmark Hotel, Yacht Club & Spa hosts spectacular celebrations along the shores
Twelve Baskets Catering of Lake Washington.
Twelve Baskets Catering proudly devotes its superb staff, masterful chefs, and skilled Beautiful ceremonies and sit-down receptions are held under the spectacular white canopy
event planners to each wedding they cater. Twelve Baskets is a highly regarded full- of the Olympic Terrace. The distinctive Lake Washington Ballroom showcases receptions and
service award-winning local caterer and can work with almost any budget in many social events. Waterfront ceremonies and receptions can be hosted in the Marina Room and
memorable venues throughout the greater Seattle area. Featuring executive chef Shawn Bayshore Room, featuring floor-to-ceiling picture windows and private outdoor verandas.
Boling’s culinary expertise, Twelve Baskets offers delightful Their reputation for professional care and attention to detail has made the Woodmark Hotel,
and varied menu selections for your special day, Yacht Club & Spa one of the Northwest’s
including Asian, Tex-Mex, Italian, traditional premier destinations. The Woodmark is
American comfort foods and more. Whether your small enough to provide highly personal-
celebration is a laid-back gathering of 20, or an ized service, yet large enough to accom-
elegant reception of 500; whether you need service modate your out- of-town guests.
for breakfast, lunch, dinner and/or hors d’oeuvres, Get away from the ordinary and expe-

A Schooner
Twelve Baskets can meet your needs. They can set up rience the extraordinary on the shores
and deliver your food, or staff your reception — and can of Lake Washington. For more informa-
even provide bartenders! Twelve Baskets is sure to make your event a memorable one! tion, call 425-827-1986 or visit www.
For more information, visit www.twelvebasketscatering.com. thewoodmark.com.

Mallory Todd
Wedding
Elegantly Appropriate for your Special Occasion
Weddings u Engagement Parties u Bridal Showers
Bridesmaids Luncheons u Bachelor or Bachelorette Parties
Rehearsal Dinners u Wedding Brunch u Anniversary Celebrations

Enjoy the Ambiance of Old World Charm

Rubbed Mahogany
Antique Stained Glass
Beautiful Porcelain Fireplaces Highlight
the Main Saloon and Great Cabin Aft
Exquisitely furnished with artifacts from World Cruising

Charters for Charity

Our profits provide sailing trips for
Ill Children u At-risk kids u Abused families u Blind u Deaf
Cancer Patients

Sailing Heritage Foundation www.sailingheritage.org u www.sailseattle.com

65 ft. Schooner (206) 381-6919 u info@sailingheritage.org
Mallory Todd
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Can’t look away

First baby of 5770 keeps new parents in awe

Leyna Krow “She’s amazing,” titles of “Grandma” and “Grandpa,” they

Assistant Editor, JTNews
Even though Jenny Fox and Brian
Eckerling had nine months to prepare
themselves for the birth of their first
child, Eckerling admits that having a
baby in the house remains something
of a shock.
“I think we still only like 30 percent
get it — that this is our daughter,” Ecker-
ling said.
Anna Eleanor Eckerling was born at
Northwest Hospital on Sat., Sept. 19 at
2:47 a.m., making her the first Jewish
baby of 5770.
“For the most part, we just sit around
and take turns holding her and looking
at her,” Eckerling said of Anna. “It’s like
a campfire, where you can’t stop staring.”
Fox echoed her husband’s sense of
wonder and enthusiasm.
Fox said. “It’s all so want Anna to call them the German
new, but she’s been equivalents, “Oma” and “Opa,” as a
lovely so far.” reflection of the family’s heritage.
Both parents said Fox’s brother will also arrive from New
they were relieved York this weekend and Eckerling noted
that Anna was born that since Anna’s birth, they’ve had a
healthy and has thus near-constant stream of visitors and well-
far been fairly easy wishers.
to handle. “It’s almost like a wedding, but in
“E v er y one h a s slow motion because it keeps going,”
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The JTNews calendar presents a selection of ongoing events in
the Jewish community. For a complete listing of events, or to add
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Candle Lighting Times
10/2/09 6:30 p.m.
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10/23/09 5:50 p.m.
October
Sunday 4
■■1 p.m. – Seattle CROP Hunger Walk
www.seattlecrophungerwalk.org
A fundraising walk with Kol HaNeshamah for international
hunger relief as well as local hunger fighting efforts. Start and
finish at Alki Congregational UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St., West
Seattle.
■■7 p.m. – 2nd Annual Sangria in the Sukkah
Daniel Septimus at 206-725-0752 or thetribetdhs@gmail.
com
Snacks and sangria under the sukkah with the Tribe. At the
home of Rabbi Septimus. Location provided upon RSVP.
■■7:30 p.m. – Simchat Sukkot Benefit
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org or
www.templebetham.org
Annual fundraising event in support of Temple Beth Am’s
Homeless to Renter program. $18. At Temple Beth Am, 2632
NE 80th St., Seattle.
Tuesday 6
■■12:30 p.m. – Professor Daniel Chirot
Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269
The Active Seniors Club’s guest speaker this month is Prof.
Chirot of the University of Washington, who will talk about
why Germany has confronted its guilt for crimes against
humanity, but Japan and Eastern European countries have not.
At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
■■ 7 p.m. – Living Judaism - Special Intro Class in the Sukkah
Carol Benedick at 206-524-0075 or carolbenedick@
bethshalomseattle.org or www.bethshalomseattle.org
Intro class for students interested in Congregation Beth Shalom’s
year-long Living Judaism course. At Congregation Beth Shalom,
6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
■■7:30 p.m. – Seattle Va’ad’s First Simchas Bais Hashoeva
206-760-0805
Music, dancing and refreshments. All are welcome. At the
Sephardic Bikur Holim social hall, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
Wednesday 7
■■5:30 p.m. – Sukkot Family Dinner
www.sjcc.org
The Stroum JCC will host a Sukkot dinner party for families.
Activities include Israeli dancing, singing, arts and crafts, face
painting and games. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way,
Mercer Island.
■■7 p.m. – Hadassah 101 Workshop
Barbara Droker at 206-523-2014
An interactive program designed to give as much information
about Hadassah as possible in a short amount of time. Free.
Location provided upon RSVP.
Thursday 8
■■12:30 - 1:30 p.m. – School of Social Work Lox n’ Learn
Jacob at jacob@hilleluw.org
Rabbi Will Berkovitz or Rabbi Jacob Fine lead an informal discus-
sion on a compelling topic. Non-social work students are welcome
and there will be a bagel and lox lunch provided as well. RSVP
requested. UW School of Social Work, room 116, University of
Washington.
Wednesday 14
■■noon – 1:30 p.m. — Hot Topics on the Civil Rights Front
seattle@adl.org or
206-448-5349, ext. 4
Debbie Bensinger, assistant national director of legal affairs
for the Anti-Defamation League, will give a talk called “ADL
in the Trenches: Hot Topics on the Civil Rights Front.” Free
and open to all. CLE credits available. Lunch provided. At the
Tower Building, 4th floor conference room, 1809 7th Ave.,
Seattle. RSVP required by Oct. 12.
Thursday 15
■■7:30 – NYHS Open House
Melissa Rivkin at 206-232-5272, ext. 515 or
mrivkin@nyhs.net
Open house for prospective NYHS students and their families.
At Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th Ave. SE,
Seattle.
Friday 16
■■12 p.m. – StandWithUs Northwest 2009 Community
Luncheon
A celebration of Israel and a fundraising luncheon for Israel
advocacy organization StandWithUs Northwest. $72 couvert.
Sheraton Seattle Hotel, 1400 6th Ave., Seattle.
Saturday 17
■■4:30 p.m. – “The Mystery of Enoch”
Erica Curnutte at 206-323-5750, ext. 264 or
ecurnutte@sha613.org
Text study with Rivy Poupko Kletenik. At Bikur Cholim
Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St. Seattle.
Sunday 18
■■10:30 a.m. - 2 p.m. – JFS Food Sort
Jane Deer-Hileman at 206-861-3155 or
volunteer@jfsseattle.org
Volunteers are needed to help sort food collected during Jewish
Family Service’s annual food drive. All ages welcome. Advance
registration required. At Acme Food Sales Warehouse, address
provided upon RSVP.
■■1:30 p.m. – WSJHS Annual Meeting
Lori at 206-774-2277 or
reservations@wsjhs.org
At its annual meeting, the Washington State Jewish His-
torical Society will mark the 1909 Alaska Yukon Pacific
Exhibition centennial with a celebration of Jewish businesses
in operation at the time. Summit on First Hill, 1200 Univer-
sity St., Seattle.
Monday 19
■■7 p.m. – Women’s Night of Jewish Learning
Anna Frankfort at 206-774-2226 or
annaf@jewishinseattle.org
Monthly interactive Jewish learning, dessert, and schmooz-
ing sponsored by Women’s Philanthropy in conjunction
with the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Location
provided upon RSVP.
Wednesday 21
■■12 - 1 p.m. – Eastside Lox n’ Learn
Jacob at jacob@hilleluw.org
Lunch and a discussion led by Rabbi Jacob Fine. RSVP requested.
At Microsoft, building 9, room 2569, Redmond.
■■7 p.m. – Iran Forum
Kim Greenhall at 206-774-2221
or kimg@jewishinseattle.org
AIPAC, the American Jewish Committee, the Anti-Defama-
tion League, the Jewish Federation, StandWithUs and Temple
De Hirsch Sinai and a panel of experts explore questions
about Iran’s history, politics and nuclear goals. At Temple
De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St., Seattle.

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arts & entertainment

David, ‘Seinfeld’ cast reunite, rant

The once-maligned reunion show happens anyway — as a joke
Naomi Pfefferman
Jewish Journal of
Greater Los Angeles
In its last two seasons, Larry David’s
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” pushed politi-
cally correct notions of Jewish identity
and race to cringe-worthy and hilari-
ous extremes. David, playing an exag-
gerated version of his misanthropic
self, briefly made nice when he mistak-
enly believed he had been adopted and
was not born Jewish, then he returned
to his callous self when his wife — now
estranged — took in an African American
family that had been displaced by Hurri-
cane Katrina.
“So your last name is Black,” he says to
the family upon their first meeting, arriv-
ing late to pick them up at the airport.
“That’d be like if my last name were Jew:
Larry Jew.”
Now the seventh season of HBO’s
“Curb,” which premiered Sept. 20 on HBO,
is tackling a different kind of faux pas that
the real David has condemned: The sitcom
reunion show. In particular, a reunion of
“Seinfeld,” one of the most successful tele-
vision shows of all time, which David co-
created with comedian Jerry Seinfeld. The
show ran for nine seasons, from 1989 to
1998, and continues in reruns.
Although David had often dismissed
the notion of a “Seinfeld” reunion as
Larry David and the cast of that popular TV show in the ’90s. What was that about again?
“lame,” he said at a press event earlier this
year, it dawned on him that a fictional
“Seinfeld” reunion on “Curb” could be
funny. The four stars of “Seinfeld” agreed.
As season seven opens, Larry’s wife,
Cheryl, has left him, and now he is forced
by social convention to care for his girl-
friend — the matriarch of the Black family
clan (Vivica A. Fox) — who may have
cancer. The show plays out like an amped-
up rant about life’s small irritations and
unwritten “rules,” as was the form made
famous by “Seinfeld,” but now with
Castle Rock Productions
“Curb’s” nasty edge. Among the topics:
The etiquette of whether one should help
oneself to food from a friend’s refrigera-
tor (“liquid’s OK,” as one character tells an
irate Larry), and having to be nice to not-
so-nice people who have cancer.
Based on the season’s first three epi-
sodes, which were provided to review-
ers, it remains unclear whether “Curb”
will carve new territory in its lampoon-
ing of the Holly wood rich, or if Lar-
ry’s habit of getting himself in trouble
through a series of faux pas will ratchet
up with ever-escalating humiliations for
the character.
But seeing David on screen with his
“Seinfeld” colleagues is more than satis-
fying, and sidesplitting. The cast appears
in the season’s third episode, after it
becomes apparent that Larry’s ulterior
motives for spearheading the reunion
are (surprise!) less than honorable. He
disingenuously meets with each actor to
hawk his proposal: “Why would we do
something like this?” a skeptical Seinfeld
asks, reminding Larry that usually, “You
would look [at reunion shows] and you’d
make that face, that very judgmental face
of yours... you’d criticize and downgrade
them for it, that’s your style.”
Jason Alexander doesn’t buy Larry’s
idea that George, his “Seinfeld” charac-
ter, could have been married for a time,
because he says George is “unlovable — a
jerky, schmucky little character.”
But Alexander does like the idea that
a reunion show might make up for “Sein-
feld’s” finale, lampooned in real life by
critics for its harsh condemnation of the
characters, who wind up in jail for their
selfish behavior. This irks Larry, who —
like the real-life David — says there is
“nothing to make up for.”
Here’s hoping that this season answers
one other lingering question about the
older sitcom: Why was the obviously
Jewish Seinfeld never openly described
as Jewish on the show?
Naomi Pfefferman is arts & entertainment
editor for The Jewish Journal of Greater
Los Angeles.

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“Camp Songs” Michael Chabon
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Penny Orloff
Author reading
The fall kickoff event for Seattle Chapter Hadassah will feature
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Daniel Goldhagen’s latest book Worse Than War explains
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“When I told him what we were doing
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I wish I could be there.’ And I said, ‘Well,
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Of course, provided they are not men,
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“Women come from the full spec-
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Birth Birth
Brandon Raphael Egdes Adam Wynn McBee
Dr. Yael Kantor and Clive Egdes Adam, son of Tia Pliskow and Carl
announce the birth of their son, Brandon McBee and brother of Gabriel, was born
Raphael, on July 24, 2009. He weighed 7.5 June 14, 2009. He weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz.
lbs. and was 21 inches long at birth. and measured 19 inches at birth.  Kristina Humphries
Brandon is the brother of Raquel and Adam is the grandson of Drs. Raymond
Ryan. His grandparents are Abe and Edie and Vita Pliskow of University Place, Aiko
Egdes of Johannesburg, South Africa and McBee of Lakewood and the late Wayne
Ellis and Vera Kantor of Kirkland. McBee.
Leon Harold Kaplan
1925–September 10, 2009
Leon Harold Kaplan passed peacefully away Thursday
night, September 10, 2009. His wife Gladdy and kids Marty,
Nancy and Steve were beside him in his last hours as he
rested in comfort. Sharing Leon’s last days were Marty’s wife
Leslie and daughter Sydney, and Steve’s wife Sandra and
his kids Anna and Jacob, all offering love and a gentle hand.
Leon was the youngest child of Jacob, an early pioneer to
Seattle before the century’s turn, and Celia Sussman of
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Tacoma. He joins his parents and siblings Philip, Ethel, and
Henry after a wonderful life filled with family love, business
success, community service, celebrated fun, obedient dogs,
jazz, politics, fast cars, yachting, and so much more. Leon
and Gladdy had the fortune to recently celebrate their
fabulous 62 years together in marriage.
Born in 1925 in Seattle, Leon grew up in Seattle’s Madrona
neighborhood, attending Leschi and Garfield where he often
still delighted in sharing old stories with lifetime friends. His
father Jacob founded Kaplan Paper Company in 1912, where
Leon cut his earliest business teeth learning the trade and
founding his incredible people skills, deep personal friend-
ships, and endless storytelling that would become some of
his greatest gifts. His love of people together with his zest
for the narrative led him to become an icon, often honored
within the national paper and printing communities.
Leon and Gladdy met in high school and married in 1947
after Leon returned home from the WWII Japanese theatre.
Leaving the University of Washington to pursue his deep
interest in music, he and Gladdy opened Broadway Music
on Capitol Hill. A few years later, he answered his father’s
call to help out at Kaplan Paper Co. where he finished his
career over 40 years later as president/CEO.
Always an active leader in and contributor to his broad
community, he helped lead organizations like B’nai B’rith,
Variety Club, Glendale Country Club, American Kennel Club,
paper and printing organizations and many others. He was
never shy to offer a helping hand, an opinion, or gather and
learn from others. He cherished his family first and enjoyed
the rich opportunities with Gladdy to closely share in their
children’s and grandchildren’s lives. Leon lived as a shining
example of a true “family man” who always looked out for
his family, friends and others first. His passing leaves a huge
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Wedding Wedding
Charles Sherer and Molly Harris
and Aaron Roos
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Harris announce the
Kristina and Aaron were married on wedding of their daughter Molly to Charles
August 23, 2009 in Seattle. The ceremony Sherer, son of Dr. and Mrs. David Sherer.
was officiated by Rabbi James Mirel of The wedding took place on Aug. 2, 2009
Temple B’nai Torah. at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congre-
Kristina is the daughter of Cleo and Vicki gation with a dinner dance at the Glendale
Rubalcaba of Renton. Her grandparents are Country Club following the service.
Mabel Thomas of Camano Island and the Molly is the granddaughter of Erma
late David Thomas and Maxine Bates of Rykus and the late Ben Rykus and Ben
Wenatchee. She is an account advocate for Harris and the late Shirley Harris. She is a
Cobalt Corporation. graduate of Issaquah High School and holds
Aaron is the son of Stuart and Sandy a B.A. from the University of Washington.
Roos of Mukilteo. His grandparents are Paul She is an account executive at Expedia.
and Annette Kaplan of Seattle and the late Charles is a graduate of Bellevue High
Erwin and Ruth Roos. Aaron is employed School. He holds a B.S. in engineering from
by the state of Washington with the Depart- Georgia Tech and a doctorate of jurispru-
ment of Corrections. dence from Willamette Law School. He
The couple resides in Everett. works as a deputy prosecuting attorney with
the City of Seattle. His grandparents are
Ilene and Dr. Robert Franco of Richland
and Fay Sherer of New York and the late
Leslie Sherer.
The couple resides in Seattle’s Seward
Park neighborhood.
Death announcement
Dr. Henry Howard Schwartz Jr.
April 10, 1922–September 14, 2009
Dr. Henry Howard Schwartz Jr., 87, died September 14,
2009. Dr. Schwartz was born on April 10, 1922 in Seattle to
parents Dr. Henry Howard, Sr. and Mary Meltzer Schwartz.
He was the eldest of two, and was preceded in death by his
sister, Myra Olds. Dr. Schwartz graduated with a Bachelor of
Science from the University of Washington and earned his
Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from University of Oregon.
He was in private dentistry practice until retirement in 1997.
Dr. Schwartz is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Julie
and Evan Andres of Seattle, son and daughter-in-law Jeffrey
and Katharine Schwartz of Sarasota, Fla. and daughter Susan
Friedlander of Palm Springs, Calif. He is further survived by
his grandchildren, Olivia, 8 and Alexander, 4, of Sarasota and
many beloved friends.
He lived his life with integrity and his generosity and kind
heart were an inspiration to all who loved him. Contributions
may be made in memory of Henry to Evergreen Hospice
425-899-7612 or a charity of your choice.
Death announcement
Steven G. Sidell
April 30, 1947–September 11, 2009
Steven, age 62, passed away Friday, September 11, 2009.
A lifelong resident of Seattle, and a graduate of Occidental
College, Steven had two major passions: travel and playing
bridge. As a travel agent he combined these passions by
teaching bridge on several cruise ships, as well as leading
many trips to Europe and Israel. After his career as a travel
agent, Steven taught bridge classes and he attained the
ranking of a Diamond Life Master bridge player. Another
love of Steve’s was Jewish music. He took great pride in
being a part of the Emanuel Congregation choir.
Steven was born on April 30, 1947 to Irving T. and Esther Sidell.
Steven grew up in the north Capitol Hill and Mt. Baker areas
of Seattle, attending the Seattle Hebrew Academy and Franklin
High School. He is survived by his brother Sandy, sister-in-law
Julie, nephews TD and Josh (Rachel), and many cousins.
Services were held at Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath
Cemetery on September 13, 2009. Remembrances to Kline
Galland Home or Seattle Hebrew Academy.
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arts & entertainment

The mother of all sitcoms

Documentary on television pioneer Gertrude Berg warrants good reception
Michael Fox
Special to JTNews
The easygoing matriarch of a fictional
Jewish family, Molly Goldberg was simul-
taneously the salt of the earth and dog-
gedly Herculean. But her gently insistent
persistence paled next to that of her cre-
ator Gertrude Berg.
An influential yet largely forgotten
figure in the annals of both American
broadcasting and American Jewry, Berg
is revived and celebrated in the lively,
detailed documentary, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs.
Goldberg. Aviva Kempner’s fast-paced
film also makes room to indulge in nos-
talgia for a beloved radio and television
program that enjoyed a central place in
the hearts and lives of countless Jewish
listeners and viewers.
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, which opens
Oct. 2 at Landmark’s Varsity Theater, is a
solidly crafted work that rarely aspires to
be inventive or inspired. Yet it is essential
viewing for anyone interested in Amer-
ican Jewish culture and assimilation in
the 20th century.
Gertrude Berg was born Tillie Edel-
stein in New York City in 1898, and discov-
ered her flair for writing and performing
by devising skits for weather-bound chil-
dren at her uncle’s Catskills hotel. Mar-
ried at 18 to a soon-to-be-successful
engineer, Berg was nonetheless too ambi-
tious and creative to be content with the
roles of homemaker and mother.
Her first paid broadcast gig was deliv-
ering a radio advertisement for a Christ-
mas cookie in Yiddish — phonetically, for
she didn’t speak the mother tongue. Berg
was so popular with the sponsor that she
found herself with a regular gig, and in
time developed her own show. “The Rise
Not only did she star in her own sitcom in the 1950s, Gertrude Berg was among the
first women to produce her own show.
of the Goldbergs,” a heimish 15-minute
program airing five days a week on NBC,
which she wrote, produced and starred
in, made its debut one month after the
crash of 1929.
In 1930, CBS lured Berg away, a clear
indication that the show had instantly
developed a following. Yoo-Hoo, Mrs.
Goldberg describes how Jewish listeners
recognized the Goldbergs as relatives or
(at least) neighbors, while general audi-
ences found a beacon of low-key reassur-
ance during the Depression. For her part,
Berg did some genuinely daring things,
including a show depicting a seder in the
Goldbergs’ apartment.
Berg parlayed her success into a syn-
dicated newspaper column, among other
ventures, and at one point was the high-
est-paid woman in the country. Unfortu-
nately, we don’t learn how she used her
bully pulpit, what she spent the money
Courtesy Goldberg Family Estate
on or how she raised her children in the
midst of scripting, rehearsing and broad-
casting a show every weekday.
The end of World War II brought the
end of the radio program and, soon, a
new medium. It took all of Berg’s skills
of persuasion simply to get an audition
from CBS for a TV show — strange, given
her status as a household name — but she
prevailed and “The Goldbergs” premiered
in January 1949, laying the foundation for
what came to be called situation comedy.
Given that the vast majority of televi-
sion sets in those early years were located
in New York and other Eastern cities, it’s
curious that CBS didn’t see the immediate
appeal of “The Goldbergs.” But Kempner, a
Washington, D.C., resident who hit a home
run with The Life and Times of Hank Green-
berg, her 1998 portrait of another Jewish
icon of an earlier era, doesn’t allot time to
examining this contradiction.
The film has a lot of ground to cover,
admittedly, But some cultural under-
currents, along with Berg’s private life,
take a back seat to the subject’s profes-
sional pursuits and, perhaps unduly, the
audience’s relationship with the show.
A key element of the doc is a parade of
(mostly female) interviewees, includ-
ing NPR correspondent Susan Stam-
berg (overly affected and overused) and
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Gins-
burg (a kindly figure whose participation
marks a coup of sorts, though she doesn’t
add much insight), wistfully reminiscing
about the influence of mother Molly and
daughter Rosalie as Jewish role models.
Along with the wealth of comments
attesting to “The Goldbergs”’ ethnic accu-
racy and special resonance for Jewish
audiences, the film takes pains to portray
the show as thematically inclusive and
universal enough to appeal to African
Americans. The show provided matter-of-
fact guideposts for assimilating Jews (and
other immigrant groups), while human-
izing Jews to non-Jewish viewers.
Kempner succeeds in portraying Ger-
trude Berg as a singularly impressive
woman — who penned an unbelievable
12,000 scripts during her long run, then
triumphed as a stage actress after the TV
show went off the air in 1955 — but not an
inspiring one. Indeed, the only genuine
drama and pathos in Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Gold-
berg involves the blacklisting of Philip
Loeb, the enormously respected actor
and union activist who played Molly’s
husband. This high-stakes, too-brief seg-
ment makes us sit up straight in our seats,
but also exposes the breezy superficiality
that infuses the rest of the film.
Ultimately, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
isn’t a penetrating cultural critique so
much as an exceptionally valuable feel-
good film. For most viewers, includ-
ing future generations curious about the
nitty-gritty of the evolution of Jews in
America, that’s plenty.

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College Placement Dentists (continued) Graphic Design Photographers

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Bringing the Fight Home t Page 5
• Te m p l e B e t h A m’s H o m e l e s s 2
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Seattle CROP Hunger Walk
The Seattle CROP Hunger Walk is a
fundraising event organized under
the auspices of Church World Ser-
vice for international hunger relief as well
as local hunger fighting. A formal course
of 10 kilometers has been laid out from
Alki Congregational UCC along the Alki
boardwalk toward downtown and then
back again. The course is flat throughout,
and wheelchair (and stroller) accessible.
At the conclusion of the walk, representa-
tives of the Kol HaNeshamah synagogue
community will be present, and have
invited all interested walkers to join them
in their sukkah for a brief introduction to
the holiday of Sukkot. For more informa-
tion, visit www.seattlecrophungerwalk.
org. Sun., Oct. 4 at 1 p.m. Start and finish
at Alki Congregational UCC, 6115 SW
Hinds St., West Seattle.
Homeless to Renter
fundraiser
Temple Beth Am’s Homeless to
Renter Program (H2R) will hold
its 5th annual Simchat Suk kot
fundraiser and celebration. This year’s
Simchat Sukkot speaker is Sharon Lee,
longtime director of the Low Income
Housing Institute, a non-profit provider
of housing for those in need. Suggested
donation is $18. Contact 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org to RSVP. Sun.,
Oct. 4, at 7:30 p.m. at the Temple Beth Am
social hall, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
Hadassah 101 workshop
Hadassah’s Tzafona group will offer
an interactive program designed to
give as much information about
Hadassah as possible in a short amount
of time. Pacific Northwest regional board
members Jacquie Bayley, Talby Gelb, and
Peg Elefant, along with former Seattle
Chapter director Sheila Abrahams, will
make the presentation. Prospective and
existing members are invited. Free. RSVP
to Diana Brement at 206-527-9132 or Bar-
bara Droker at 206-523-2014. Wed., Oct. 7,
from 7–9 p.m. at a private home (address
provided upon RSVP).
Hot topics on the civil
rights front
D ebbie B e n s i n g e r, a s s i s t a nt
national director of legal affairs for
the Anti-Defamation League, will
give a talk called “ADL in the Trenches:
Hot Topics on the Civil Rights Front.”
Topics include expanded domestic part-
nership rights, cyberbullying regula-
tions, and anti-Semitic imagery in the
To Educate and to Serve t Page 7
markets all have to be looked at together
to figure out how to strengthen people’s
capacity to feed themselves.
JT: You had to opportunity to meet with
President Obama recently to talk about
Darfur. What was the purpose of that
meeting?
RM: Obama was quite articulate about
the genocide in Darfur during the pres-
idential campaign. So the people who
have been fighting this genocide for five
years have continued to put pressure on
this administration to make this a higher-
priority issue. One of our early requests,
which was not successful during the Bush
administration, was to have the president
appoint a single special envoy because
that just allows a level of focused attention
to these complicated negotiations and dip-
lomatic procedures. So when the president
named a special envoy, General Scott Gra-
tion, he actually invited six members of
congress and six Darfur activists to come
to the White House to chat with him.
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community news
The Jerusalem Post
nation’s healthcare debate. This event is
free and open to all. CLE credits available
Crossword Puzzle
to attorneys. Lunch provided. Wed., Oct. Bezalel’s Children
14 at noon at the Tower Building, 4th floor
conference room, 1809 7th Ave., Seattle. By Matt Gaffney
Contact seattle@adl.org or 206-448-5349,
ext. 4 by Oct. 12 to RSVP.
Sukkot family dinner
The Stroum JCC will host a Sukkot
dinner party for families. Activities
include Israeli dancing, singing,
arts and crafts, face painting and games.
Kosher pizza, drinks and dessert pro-
vided. Cost for members is $12 for adults,
$5 for kids. Cost for non-members is $15 for
adults, $6 for kids. To RSVP, visit www.sjcc.
org. Wed., Oct. 7 at 5:30 p.m. at the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
StandWithUs Northwest
2009 community luncheon
A celebration of Israel and fundrais-
ing luncheon for Israel advocacy
organization StandWithUs North-
west. Guest speaker Dr. Kenneth Stein,
president of the Center for Israel Educa-
tion and the Director of the Institute for
the Study of Modern Israel at Emory Uni-
versity, will give a talk called “The Assault
on Israel on American Campuses.” $72
couvert. Kosher laws observed. Fri., Oct.
16 from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Sheraton
Seattle Hotel, Grand Ballroom, 1400 6th Across Down
Ave., Seattle. 1 “It’s ___!” (Reaction to seeing the 1 Identical
Statue of Liberty) 2 “The Death ___ American Jewish
WSJHS annual meeting
 6 Bit of “La Juive” Community”
At its annual meeting, the Wash-
10 Copier function, sometimes 3 Raven or dove
ington State Jewish Historical Soci-
14 “Hearts ___” (sitcom Ed Asner 4 Noodge
ety will mark the 1909 Alaska Yukon
appeared on) 5 Hebrew for “convert” or
Pacific Exhibition centennial with a cele-
bration of Jewish businesses in operation 15 God-___ “stranger”
at the time. David Buerge, co-author of 16 “Mr. Holland’s Opus” instrument 6 One kind of turf
Roots and Branches: The Religious Heritage 17 Abstract painter 7 Beit Teshuvah, e.g.
of Washington State, will be the featured 19 “I smell ___!” 8 Squid liquid
speaker. To RSVP, contact Lori at 206-774- 20 Tuches (rear ___) 9 “Much ___ About Nothing”
2277 or reservations@wsjhs.org. Fri., Oct. 21 Its armed leaders include Sandra 10 Began
18 at
 1:30 p.m. at the Summit on First Hill, Froman 11 Big name in female scientists
1200 University St., Seattle. 22 Novelist Jong 12 Counters
23 Pioneer of modern sculpture 13 New name for Anatoly
Mezuzah trade-in 27 1938 Molly Picon movie 18 Start of many fairy tales
Turn in your old or unkosher mezu-
30 Canter 22 Uri Geller “specialty”
zah to the Eastside Torah Center
31 People with much yichus 23 Ride El Al
and receive a $10 rebate toward
32 “Soap” actor Jimmy 24 A Baldwin brother
a new kosher mezuzah. Not sure if your
mezuzah is kosher? Get a free in-home 34 Brent Spiner character 25 German-Jewish sociologist
estimate, and, if necessary, removal of 38 Rabbinic Rishon, with “the” Norbert
old mezuzot, as well as proper install- 39 “Haunting” painter 26 Word with gene or wading
ment of new ones. Those without mezu- 42 Billy Joel’s “Piano ___” 27 Nothing more than
zot or those who would like to purchase 43 “Happily ___ after” 28 Violate ___ (Smoke on Shabbat, e.g.)
additional ones, also qualify. For more 45 Employs 29 “Ess ess ___ kind!”
information contact 425-957-7860 or 46 Medved rival 32 Moisten while cooking
eastsidechabad@earthlink.net. 48 Mizrach direction 33 Methuselah’s was 969
50 Discourages 35 “V’imru ___”
51 Early Pop Artist 36 Hamentaschen, maybe
JT: Do you feel like Obama and his
56 JTS Chancellor Eisen 37 Tiny workers
administration are going to make good
57 “Ode on a Grecian ___” 40 Silence
on their initial enthusiasm for ending
the genocide in Darfur? 58 Patient Biblical character 41 “The Jewish King ___” (Popular
RM: I don’t know. I think the jury is still 61 New Jersey team Yiddish play)
out. They are faced with immense chal- 62 Italian painter and sculptor 44 Pushes back
lenges. First, the challenge of everything 66 One 47 Locust, e.g.
else that’s on their plate, from health care 67 “It’s ___!” 49 Score well on Bagrut exams
to Iraq to Afghanistan to the economy. 68 Kohen’s sash 50 Mao successor
Second, they discover, like everyone who 69 The Three Stooges, e.g. 51 Scored
gets in there, that dealings with Sudan are 70 Tzimmes, e.g. 52 Word with sports
incredibly complicated. And so, develop- 71 Kosher fowl 53 Krauthammer’s Law: “Everyone
ing policy toward and in this region of the
is Jewish ___ proven otherwise”
world is not easy. But we feel — we being
54 Some Nimoy art
not just the American Jewish World Ser-
vice, but several Darfur activists — that 55 B’nai ___
the situation on the ground continues to be 58 Congresswoman Harman
untenable. Too many people in camps for (D-Calif.)
too long. And now there’s even less access 59 “A Room of ___ Own”
to food and water because of the expulsion 60 Dentist’s concern
of some of the large humanitarian aide 62 First word of a Reiser sitcom
groups. There needs to be more attention 63 ___-Wan Kenobi
and more efforts to stop the daily violence. 64 33, as in Ba’omer
65 “___ Just Seen a Face”
An unabridged version of the interview Answers on page 26
can be found online at www.jtnews.net.