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An Israeli national sandwich, coming to a plate near you

Michael Natkin JTNews Columnist
Sabich was a popular ShabIf you cant find amba, mix bat food for Iraqi Jews, and together diced fresh mango when they immigrated to with minced preserved lemon Israel and set up a community and a Sriracha-type hot sauce in Ramat Gan, the sandwich to taste. came with them. It has since gained widespread popularity. Sabich There is something about Makes 4 sandwiches the creaminess of the egg and Vegetarian; vegan if you omit the the fried goodness of the eggegg. Gluten-free if you omit the pita plant that work really well and serve as a salad. together, and then the gar- Jewish and 2 Roma tomatoes, finely diced nishes of Israeli salad (toma- Veggie 1/2 English cucumber, finely diced toes, cucumbers with a bit Juice of 1 lemon of lemon juice), hummus, 1-2 large eggplants, peeled and onions, pickles, parsley, and amba (picksliced 1/4" or so thick led mango) give your mouth the full Vegetable oil for frying Kosher salt workout of sweet, spicy, sour, herbacious, 4 hardboiled eggs, peeled and sliced smooth and crispy.
Make a simple salad with the tomatoes, cucumber, and lemon juice, with salt to taste. Fry the eggplant in batches until thoroughly tender and browned; drain on paper towels and sprinkle with salt. While the eggplant is frying, put the eggs, tahini, parsley, onion, pickle, and amba in bowls. Toast or grill the pita bread. Let everyone build a sandwich with as much or as little of each ingredient as they please.
Local food writer and chef Michael Natkin is the author of the recently released cookbook, Herbivoracious, A Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes, based on his food blog, herbivoracious.com.
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Spring, rebirth: Life goes on

Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus Temple De Hirsch Sinai
I have a confession to make. It has been several months since I consistently visited Seward Park in the morning, which was a part of my daily routine from the very first moment we arrived in Seattle. The temptations were there to distract me: The winter was miserable; I wanted to spend more time with my family in the morning; I wanted to get just a few more minutes of sleep. Just as the weather gets more and more intolerable, as we eagerly anticipate spring to reveal itself, nature is a reminder that things do come back to life, despite the length and harshness of winter. It was a walk through Seward Park that jogged my memory. Though I walked in very cold weather, which necessitated that I bundle up in several layers and put on my gloves, the trees and plants are blooming with beautiful colors, reminding me that no matter how harsh winter can be in Seattle, the cycle of life continues. The reemergence of nature after several months of dormancy serves as an example of how life goes on. Though times are tough in our lives we have worries about the continued economic crisis and other complexities of the world we, as human beings, through our efforts, can reemerge. Or, as we popularly say, life goes on. While it seems we have a Groundhog Day experience in Seattle, we emerge enlightened from season to season. Like a tree, we shed our leaves or a few branches, but the roots grow only stronger and trunks only thicker. In life our wisdom strengthens as we age. From a Jewish perspective, our understanding of Torah only becomes more complex and sophisticated. We learn from our mistakes and adapt to old and new circumstances. In times such as these, when our problems seem insurmountable, a positive comes from a challenge. We grow in our wisdom, and make tough choices for the future. The roots, the Torah and other traditional texts, remain the same. But the commentary and perspectives we add serve to augment what has been handed down to us from our ancestors. Our challenge is to remain positive and optimistic that things will get better. It requires a certain degree of faith, because we ultimately take the initiative. Like the cold and darkness of winter, there is seemingly little light to guide us. But just as God continues to give us the seasons to remind us of the cycle of life, God is with us throughout the good and bad times as well. God provides the light for us; we have to allow it to guide us through dark and cold times. And we have to be thankful for it in good times as well, for this light does not depend on the seasons. Gods light, in other words, transcends the natural cycle of the earth and universe, and therefore, is there to lead us at every moment. May God bless us with light in this season of rebirth. And may Gods light grant us the strength we need to make it through any season, both physical and emotional.
While Jews for Judaism (Missionary Impossible, March 22) staff present themselves in such a straight manner as to make their outreach success to young Jews (who are at highest risk for victimization by conversion campaigners) unlikely, they do offer an important if symbolic counter to legions of Jews for Jesus and numerous Christian church activists who spend tens of millions of dollars and untold work and volunteer hours annually targeting young MOTs. In the last year paid films placed by Jews for Judaism on YouTube have offered an important countermeasure to multitudes of Jews for Jesus and Aroodawakening ads placed on YouTubes pages where films of Jewish content, especially Shoah subject matter, are viewed. Using still pictures, Aroodawakening promotes the ancient canard that Jews and Romans caused Jesus crucifixion, and that Jews today are guilty of this crime. But this was great! I burst out laughing on reading that rabbi Skobac spent his first five years at Northwestern University shunning Judaism and advocating for human rights, even going on a three-week hunger strike. All power to the people, Rav Skobac! By advocating for human rights, the rabbi engaged in a very basic core Jewish value. For him to look back and say that he was shunning Judaism, inferred for not observing kashrut, Shabbat or putting on tefillin, is goofy. Each of the main groups of American Jews today has no shortage of human rights activism to choose from. We are landsmen across the denominational divide, from Renewal to Orthodox; the younger Jews who attend independent minyanim; and Jews who synagogue hop for services; and secular Jews. To not engage in supporting basic human rights needs is antithetical to Jewishness. Amidst our new cars, high-tech communication tools, social networking and vacations, theres need: Poverty, hunger, insufficient health care, education, literacy, clothing, shelter, homelessness, drug addiction, alcoholism, youth at high risk, disabled and elderly in need, millions in prison, and hundreds of thousands of survivors of shootings. Be a real Torah Jew! Help heal the world (tikkun olam) by volunteering (tzedakah)! If not now, when? Akiva Kenny Segan Seattle
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Who bombed Boston? Word for now is caution

Ron Kampeas JTA World News Service
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WASHINGTON (JTA) The day after the Boston Marathon bombing, President Obama called it an act of terrorism. What kind of terrorism, no one was ready to say a caution that derives from years of wrongful speculation that on occasion has ruined innocent lives. Hours after the attack Monday that killed three and injured scores, Obama in a television address refrained from using the word terrorism. He did use it Tuesday, but wrapped it deep in caveats. Given what we now know about what took place, the FBI is investigating it as an act of terrorism, Obama said in a White House briefing. Any time bombs are used to target innocent civilians it is an act of terror. What we dont yet know, however, is who carried out this attack or why; whether it was planned and executed by a terrorist organization, foreign or domestic; or was it the act of a malevolent individual. Thats what we dont yet know. Jewish groups and officials who track such incidents took the same tack, declining to engage in conjecture given the limited information about the attack. We know that unfortunately 30 percent of terrorist attacks had Jewish institutions as secondary targets, said Paul Goldenberg, the director of the Secure Community Network, the security arm of the national Jewish community, on Monday. However, I must stress that there is absolutely nothing here that indicates any connection to an attack on the Jewish community. But based on history, we are standing vigilant for at least the next 48 hours. Over the last year, evidence has emerged that Hezbollah and others acting
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On Tuesday, April 16, Northwest Yeshiva High School students, staff, and friends participated in the schools third annual Walk for Israel. They heard from Hen Mazzig, StandWithUs Northwests shaliach before walking to Island Crust Caf for a pizza lunch. The walk was created in 2011 by NYHS alumna Sarah Varon, and was sponsored this year by the NYHS student council, Island Crust Caf, StandWithUs Northwest, Hadassah, and NCSY.
The persons primary function is to run the agency that they get paid for, but they cannot have a blind eye to whats happening in the total community, because what happens to one affects the other. Josh Gortler, former Kline Galland CEO, on Seattles Jewish leadership changeover. Read the story on page 6.
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Rabbi Binyamin Biber, one of only a dozen Humanistic rabbis in the U.S., will lead a Shabbaton with the Secular Jewish Circle this weekend. At a secular Shabbat service Friday night at 6:30, Biber will speak on Spirituality: Deepening the Experience of Our Jewishness. On Saturday night at 7:30, hell address Pursuing Justice: Secular Humanist Approaches to Tikkun Olam. On Sunday at 10 a.m., he will present on Humanistic Jewish Parenting: Identity and Development in a Multicultural Society. In the Wallingford, Seattle area. Call Judi at 206-356-1814 for more information and the location. As a consequence of these anniversaries and the symbolism and significance of these dates, anti-government extremist groups, such as militia groups, may target April 19, the ADL said. Neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups have a history of staging events on or close to April 20. The low-tech nature of the device used in Boston a pressure cooker that relays shrapnel upon explosion suggests the attacker was not part of a sophisticated network, said David Schanzer, a terrorism expert at Duke University. The only thing we do know is the amount of damage and destruction and power these bombs have, Schanzer said. It was a successful bomb but it didnt bring the buildings down. That tells you something about the bomber and the
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation welcomes scholar-in-residence Nigel Savage, founder of Jewish environmental organization Hazon, to lead a Shabbaton on Jews, Food and Contemporary Life. Savage will lead multiple discussions and study sessions, including The Jewish Omnivores Dilemma on Friday night, Why Be Jewish if I Can Just be a Good Person? on Saturday afternoon, and Eco Judaism and the Art of Bicycle Riding Sunday morning, followed by an Earth Day bike ride. For more information and to register, visit www.h-nt.org/our-congregation/learning/SIR.
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on behalf of Iran have stepped up plans to attack Jewish and Israeli targets, partially in response to increased pressure on Iran over its suspected nuclear weapons program. There has also been evidence since Obamas 2008 election of intensified domestic violence by anti-government and white supremacist groups. The Anti-Defamation League in an April 8 security bulletin noted that the week of April 20 Hitlers birthday is a period of heightened alert due to the history of right-wing violence that coincides with it. The violence includes the 1993 storming of the Branch Davidian complex in Waco, Texas, and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, both on April 19.
types of materials used. If a group was determined and capable of planting a bomb in this particular spot, it would want to use the most sophisticated bomb they were capable of creating. Schanzer was careful to qualify even that insight, saying there were some scenarios in which a sophisticated group might consider using a crude device. Such caution derives from multiple speculations over the years that ultimately have embarrassed their purveyors and in some cases had dire consequences. Some experts at first blamed the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building on Muslim extremists, but anti-government extremists were found to be the culprits. Law enforcement authorities leaked the name of Richard Jewell, a private secu-
rity guard, as a person of interest following the 1996 bombing attack at the Atlanta Olympics. Though Jewell ultimately was vindicated, he spent the rest of his life trying to regain a semblance of normalcy. Jewell died in 2007 at 44. Matthew Levitt, a former FBI analyst who now directs the Washington Institute for Near East Policys counterterrorism project, said he expected more information would soon become available. Agents were scouring the bombing area for DNA and reviewing the wealth of video likely collected by hundreds of marathon watchers. When something does go boom, theres no one better than the FBI at this, Levitt said. Theres a tremendous number of people working on this all over the world.
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A Technion alumnus did. In May 2012, paraplegic Claire Lomas nished the London Marathon in 14 days using ReWalk, a lightweight, computerassisted exoskeleton developed by Technion alumnus Dr. Amit Goffer, who is paralyzed from the chest down. Says Goffer of his invention, Everything was based on the basic education that I received at the Technion, which is priceless. And he is developing ReWalk further, so more people can use it. Q There are many more breakthroughs at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. As one of the worlds leading universities in science, technology and medicine, the Technion is a major source of innovation. The brainpower of its graduates helps drive the Israeli economy and contributes to the health and well-being of people in Israel and around the world. Q The American Technion Society consists of thousands of people in the United States who support the Technion. Please join us and help make the next generation of Technion breakthroughs possible. Visit www.atscampaign.org or call 415.398.7117.
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By Rita Katz A beyzer tsung is erger fun a shlekhter hant.
An angry tongue is worse than an evil hand.
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Changing of the guard
The second in a series about our communitys leadership turnover looks into the hiring process for new executives, and what it will take for them to succeed.
New up north A musical touch
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Seattles North End has the fastest growing Jewish community, and, perhaps, the most innovative one, too.
Music mogul Charles Fox, of Killing Me Softly and Happy Days fame, brings his story to the piano at the JCCs Jewish Touch lecture.
Remember when
A pilgrimage through text

During this pilgrimage season between Passover and Shavuot, a lifelong learner takes a Chaucerian journey through Pirke Avot.
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Ruth Schocken has seen a lot during her century of life, from the Nazi invasion of her hometown to the blessing of eight great-grandchildren.
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More Crossword 6 M.O.T.: Happy homeschoolers 9 Israel To Your Health: An end to ALS? 10 Spring Simchas 13 Community Calendar 19 The Arts 20 Lifecycles 22 The Shouk Classifieds 22
From the Jewish Transcript, April 17, 1992. Members of Seattles Sephardic community marched from Congregation Ezra Bessaroth to Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the edict ordering the Jewish expulsion from Spain on March 31, 1492. Photo by Judy Lash Balint.
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by Deborah Manber Kupfer
On the lookout for new leadership

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Editors Note: This is part two in a series about the turnover in the Seattle Jewish communitys leadership.
Around these parts, its always smart to make your plans as if rain will intrude. This is not a new idea. In 1 Kings 18, King Ahab hears the prophet Elijah tell him, Eat and drink, for there is the sound of rain. Seven times, Ahab saw no rain in the sky, so seven times he doubted its arrival. Sure enough, after the seventh time, a mighty downpour rolled on through. In this puzzle, expect that seven times, rain is coming.
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With the turnover of so many toplevel Jewish professionals in our community, what should agencies be looking for in their new leadership? Josh Gortler, who spent 37 years as CEO of the Caroline Kline Galland and Associates nursing and senior-care facilities, has a unique insight into this Jewish community. It is not a job, it is a commitment, Gortler told JTNews. The persons primary function is to run the agency that they get paid for, but they cannot have a blind eye to whats happening in the total community, because what happens to one affects the other. Three major organizations, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle and the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle hope to announce new leaders in the coming months. As was reported in the April 5 issue of JTNews, a half dozen synagogues are seeking new rabbis or executive directors as well. A Jewish professional, Gortler noted, is representing not only their own institution, but theyre representing the entire Jewish community. Were all part of the kehilla. And being part of the kehilla, the community, Gortler said, means support of everyones religious observance or lack thereof and other organizations within the community. Your institution has to be number uno, but you cannot move your eye from the rest of the community, he said. Judy Neuman, CEO of the Stroum Jewish Community Center, echoed many of Gortlers sentiments. I hope that theyre creative thinkers [and] I hope that they would put a high premium on true, community collaboration, she said, both in terms of strategically thinking about the community more holistically and working together to serve those needs. Neuman pointed to her own experience of having worked in the corporate world for many years, and as a lay leader in the Jewish community, which gave her good insights into both. She said she hoped that local agencies might take a look at someone with similar experience. That gave me a big running start, and it also helped me think communally and not only just the JCC, she said. In its search for a new chief executive, representatives from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle conducted close to 100 interviews not of candidates, but of community members, donors, non-donors, partners, rabbis, etcetera, etcetera, said Robin Boehler, who with Andrew Cohen co-chairs the Federations CEO search committee. Those meetings resulted in a list of
nearly unanimous attributes: Thinking and acting strategically, communicating effectively, inspiring others in building commitment, and leading and managing change, Boehler said. Given the Federations flagging or flat community campaigns over the past several years, excelling at all of these attributes and growing the campaign could be a tall order, but Boehler thinks the right candidate is out there. The bent of this search is not just to find someone who can manage and run the Federation, she said. Its to lead the Federation and the community, and to be someone who communicates incredibly well back and forth, in and out, and every direction what the value of having a Jewish Federation in a community like ours can bring. The new CEO will replace Richard Fruchter, who stepped down from the position in July 2012 after six years in the position. The Federations chief operating officer, Nancy Greer, has held the position of interim CEO while the search has been underway. The search has narrowed to four candidates, Boehler said, with each either planning to visit Seattle or having already visited to meet with the full search committee. If all goes well, well narrow it to a smaller field and well bring them again in May, Boehler said, with the hopes of announcing a new CEO by mid-June and a start date as close as possible to July 1. Jewish Family Service has big shoes to fill when its CEO of 29 years, Ken Weinberg, retires from the position in June. Right now, the search, which began in October, has narrowed from 10 interviewed to two. JFS hopes to announce its final candidate by the end of this month. Im very excited about the two candidates, said Emily Alhadeff, JFSs board president. Theyre both great and both different from each other. They are also very different from their would-be predecessor. Were not even trying to find another Ken, Alhadeff said, because that person does not exist. Weinberg was instrumental in building up an agency that, when he came on as a geriatric social worker in 1975, had 15 employees and a budget of approximately $500,000. Today, close to 200 people work for JFS, with a budget approaching $9 million and a much wider array of programs for a much larger population in need of emergency or social services. One of Kens strongest assets is he really empowers the people who work with him, Alhadeff said. Every single staff person in that building, or who works for JFS, truly believes in the mission, and I think thats what also makes JFS so strong.
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North Seattle blooms with new Jewish groups

Diana Brement JTNews Columnist
In 2000, a Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle demographic study showed Seattles northeast quadrant as the states fastest growing Jewish community. Recent U.S. Census data suggests it still is. Add to this a trend of young adults turning away from organized religion, and you have a recipe for three new Jewish programs gaining footholds in that neighborhood. Nicknamed The Hub @ SJCS when the idea germinated two years ago, Jewish Junction launched in January with the appointment of manager Niva Gurewitsch. A Seattle Jewish Community School initiative, it partners with PJ Library, the Stroum Jewish Community Center, and the Seattle Jewish Cooperative Playschool. Jewish Junction, explains Gurewitsch, was created in response to a need for young families living in Seattles metropolitan core and northern suburbs to more easily access community programming and activities. It transforms SJCS into a multi-use communal hub where participants meet and connect with other families interested in expanding their Jewish community. The popularity of programs held during The Hubs pilot year, like those mentioned above and Community of Mindful Parents lectures, made the need for something like Jewish Junction clear. Over 50 percent of the participants werent affiliated with the school, said Gurewitsch. At the beginning of last year, SJCS won a Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education 2011 Challenge Award for $125,000 for the initiative, a competitive grant given to schools driving revenue through innovation. As a non-denominational, free or fee-for-service organization with no membership, our hope is to provide a casual and comfortable entry point into the organized Jewish community in ways that support and encourage sustained participation, Gurewitsch added. Theyre reaching out through Facebook (www.facebook.com/JewishJunction) and Twitter (@JewishJunction), with a website launching soon. While Gurewitsch is housed at SJCS, the Junction functions independently of the school and is funded by grants from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, local family foundations, and private donors. Jewish Junction provides a secular opportunity for engagement of families, said Amy Hilzman-Paquette, director of community engagement at the Federation, and the opportunity to connect families with the organized community. Renee Cohen Goodwin, Chief Operating Officer of the SJCC, calls programs cosponsored with Jewish Junction a mobile SJCC, and wrote in an email that programs that happen away from their Mercer Island or North Seattle campuses, like summer camp, the preschool co-op, the young families Passover seder, and fitness classes, are important steps in providing the wider community with more avenues to build connections with one another. The Junction does not compete with synagogues or day schools, Gurewitsch stresses, but is a matchmaker between songs. We saw that it was sparking something, she said. Mercaz now hosts one Friday night service and meal and one Saturday evening meal each month, plus classes. Women and men sit and sing together at the inclusive gatherings, but a mechitza (divider) is erected for services. Bellingham native and University of Washington grad Rabbi Rosenfeld was ordained by Yeshivat Chovevei Torah in New York, and is a chaplain at Swedish Medical Center. Rachel Rosenfeld has a masters in education and teaches parttime at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation and Congregation Beth Shalom. They have three children, ages 7, 5 and 2. Were trying to reach whoever wants to come, and make an effort to avoid schedule conflicts with neighborhood synagogues, Rachel said. Were not trying to replace [the synagogue], but rather add a Modern Orthodox outlook not generally found in Seattle. For young adults without children, Selah Seattle has taken a similar approach, says founder Renna Khuner-Haber. It also doesnt compete with synagogues, but creates a place for those who dont find a peer
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Simone, Maytal and Emunah play in a drum circle at a Merkaz Hanukkah event.
families and organizations and resources, letting families discover how, where, and with whom they want to do Jewish. Attracting participants from young adults with and without children to older adults, Mercaz Seattle (www.mercazseattle.org) is a learning and gathering center founded and run by Rabbi Avi and Rachel Rosenfeld in their North Seattle home. Rachel describes Mercaz as open Orthodox, borrowing an idea started by Rabbi Avi Weiss in New York. My husband and I have always been interested in different models for Jewish engagement, she said. Mercaz began as a monthly melaveh malka (traditional meal after the end of Shabbat) to which 12 to 40 people would come for an evening of music, stories, and
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Charles Foxs composed life comes to Seattle

Gigi Yellen-Kohn JTNews Correspondent
I felt hed found my letters, and read each one out loud You know why you love that song, Killing Me Softly. Its not just the unabashedly confessional lyrics. Its that heart-tugging tune that reached up into your life when you didnt even know you needed it, and hasnt left you since. Charles Fox composed that tune, and hundreds more that have defined decades of American life on TV and radio, in the movies, on stage and in the concert hall. The theme songs for Happy Days, Laverne and Shirley, The Love Boat, the fanfare for ABCs Wide World of Sports, and memorable movie-to-pop-chart hits including I Got a Name have earned him Emmy and Grammy awards and a lifetime of creative satisfaction, not to mention a spot in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. Who wrote the music in Barbarella? In Goodbye Columbus? Who wrote everything but the title song in Nine to Five? Charles Fox. On Sunday, April 28, Fox will present a unique at-the-piano visit about his life and his work at the Stroum Jewish Community Center as part of its Jewish Touch lecture series. Im happy to come to Seattle to sing my music, he said via cellphone from the car as Joan, his wife of 50 years, drove them down the coast from L.A. to visit grandchildren. He reflects on what matters: Our three children all saw me working day and night, and my wife Joan providing support for this career, so they grew up with this great work ethic, he said. The couple has a daughter, an attorney, and two sons, one a businessman, the other a movie writer. I know where I got that work ethic, he continued. My father was a hardworking window cleaner. But he left home and came home every day in a suit and a tie, like he was ready to go to synagogue. In 1959, Charles Fox was an 18-yearold musically talented kid from the Bronx, already experienced making Latin music in the Catskills, when he was welcomed into the 20th centurys preeminent composers training studio, that of the legendary teacher Nadia Boulanger in Paris. Back home, his Jewish mother lovingly saved all his sweet letters, and Fox, one of the nicest, most humble guys show business has ever seen, published many of these in his 2010 memoir, Killing Me Softly: My Life in Music. I was just going to call it A Composers Journey, he confesses, but some friends made me reconsider. Good move, obviously, from a publicity point of view. But not just that. The title really has two meanings, said Fox the allusion to the blockbuster hit song, and the sense that, although life does have to end eventually, his lifes journey is as soft as that song. I feel so privileged, said the man who has spent his career among the most competitive talents in the world. Educated in the best classical tradition, Fox creates work that transcends popular music and media: He composes and conducts for stages and concert halls around the world. Like Stravinsky and Copland, who also studied with Boulanger, he has created ballets: First for San Francisco Ballet, and then for its offshoot, Smuin Ballet, for which he is working on something new. The Polish government commissioned Fox to compose and conduct the 2010 premier of Fantaisie, Hommage Chopin,
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The humble man behind Killing Me Softly and The Love Boat will tell the story of his life in music.
for the 200th anniversary of the birth of that legendary Polish composer. He conducted it in Gdansk for an audience of 22,000 at the birthplace of the countrys Solidarity movement. That same year, Fox scored the documentary film 100 Voices: A Journey Home, a powerful exploration of Jewish cultural history in Poland (it played at the 2011 Seattle Jewish Film Festival). In it, he joined his own synagogue rabbi, Nathan Lam, and over 300 others in walking paths his own father had known as a child. Fox composed an oratorio for orchestra, baritone soloist, chorus and childrens chorus
called Lament and Prayer, a setting of Pope John Pauls message of atonement to the Jewish People (the one he tucked into the Western Wall in Jerusalem). It was a very significant thing, Fox said, to conduct the world premier at the Warsaw Opera House with the Poland National Opera Company Chorus and Orchestra. Right now, Fox is eagerly anticipating a return to Poland. Hes been commissioned to compose a piece for the 2014 opening of the new Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw. Earlier this month, Joan and Charles Fox celebrated with a synagogue in Stamford, Conn., where a Torah from his fathers home synagogue in Poland has come to stay. Every Jew from that town perished, Fox said, grateful that his father made it out before the worst. One man in the town preserved that Torah wrapped in a horse blanket. Fox has received a lifetime achievement award from the Society of Composers and Lyricists. He chairs the music branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Hes been honored by the Polish Ministry of Culture for contributions to the arts and rebuilding PolishJewish relations. I have no less an excitement now than I did when I was I starting out, Fox said. The work makes me feel just as passionate and young.
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The words Jewish and homeschooling are not frequently seen together, especially outside of the Orthodox community, but the idea appealed to North Seattle resident Deb Harrick the moment it was planted in her head. It was such an unusual thingI was always explaining [it], says Deb, adding there is no one way to homeMember of school. Homeschoolers are Deb Harrick like Jews, she jokes, with three the Tribe The Seattle Jewish Homeschoolers Hanukkah party featured local musical group the opinions for two people. Sababas, who are hiding in the back row. Deb and Tod Harricks yearned for a Jewish component to eduShe has been actively involved for eight kids, Jasmine, 9, and Eliana, 7, have never cation. She also currently teaches music at years. Its the only secular game in town, attended a conventional school. When Kadimas Sunday school. explains the North Seattle native, an Jasmine was a baby, they joined a cooperBy chance, the family went to a Conalumna of Hale High School and the Uniative preschool at North Seattle Commugregation Beth Shalom event where she versity of Washington. Most homeschoolnity College. Deb was getting a teaching learned of another liberal Jewish homeers belong to faith-based communities. certificate (which is not the case for all schooling family. A different issue arose around the kids homeschooling parents). Deb says she was in heaven, and she formal Jewish education. It felt really I loved being a mom [and] being with quickly started the Seattle Jewish Homehard to make the homeschooling choice, the kids so much that Tod suggested it, schoolers group, which includes a number especially with the Seattle Jewish Commushe says. I never even thought about it of SHG families, several of whom had not nity School in the neighborhood. or knew about it. But it made sense. We been actively Jewish before. Im leaving community behind, Deb had always done things a little bit differThe Harricks have hosted a number remembers feeling. It was sort of bitterent anyway. of holiday-related events, including a sweet. She discovered Seattle Homeschool homeschool seder and a Hanukkah party. Having worked for Jewish federations, Group (SHG) with a couple hundred famDeb estimates there are 35 to 40 families United Jewish Appeal and active in Judailies, an active listserve, regular meetings, involved. Twenty came to the last event. ism since her teen years in BBYO, Deb and classes for kids at a community center.
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What should we talk about, business or charity? Joseph Abolafia asked me when I called him last week at Salon Joseph, his hair salon. Since the Seattle native had just finished running the annual City of Hope (COH) fundraising Mah Jongg tournament, we started there. The tournament, held at Bellevues Temple Bnai Torah, raised $8,000 for diabetes research at the California charitable hospital. COH has been an Abolafia family affair. My mother [Betty] was involved in City of Hope, before her death from cancer, says Joseph, and he and his two sisters, Marilyn Shulman and Vicki Lynn Babani were inspired by her. Even
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In 2010, Rabbi Rafael Shmuelevitz, head of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem and a three-decade career educator, could hardly speak, breathe, or walk due to the deadly effects of his advanced stage Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, commonly known as ALS or Lou Gehrigs disease. This neurodegenerative disease eventually claims the life of its victims. To Your Resigned to life in a wheelHealth chair as his body continued to deteriorate, Shmuelevitz reportedly told Israels Channel 2 News in July 2012 the progression of his disease had stopped and that he could walk, speak, and teach again just one month after taking part in the worlds first clinical trial, at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, to test the stem-cell therapy drug NurOwn. Developed by BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, an Israeli biomedical company, NurOwn is the companys proprietary, first-of-its-kind technology. According to researchers, in the first phase of the trial several of the 24 patients had considerable improvement. Four out of six subjects had significant improvement, according to Hadassah Hospital, and the progression of the disease stopped in two of the others. These results are extremely encouraging, said Dimitrios Karussis, head of the department of neurology at the Hadassah Medical Center, in a statement. Karussis is the principal investigator for the clinical trial. The early clinical follow-up of the patients treated with the stem cells shows indications of beneficial clinical effects, such as an improvement in breathing and swallowing ability, as well as in muscular power, he said. Researchers believe ALS sufferers develop symptoms when their cells simply die off. To intervene in that process, doctors took stem cells from the subjects bone marrow and treated them with the NurOwn stem-cell technology, which accelerated the production of BDNF and GDNF, brain-cell derived and glial-cell derived proteins that support the survival and emergence of dopamine-like neurons. Then, researchers duplicated these stem cells, added growth hormones to them, and injected them intramuscularly into early-stage ALS patients or into the spinal cords of the more advanced-stage patients. Using a patients stem cells ensures the body will accept the cells and it also guards against possible infection from another persons stem cells. Preliminary results demonstrate that the stem cells have the potential not only to stop deterioration, but perhaps even cure ALS, BrainStorms president, Chaim Lebovits, told Reuters. The coming phases in the trial will have to prove this, added Lebovits, but these results also reaffirm our belief that we have an enormous potential of being successful with less severe indications such as multiple sclerosis and Parkinsons.
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In this season of learning

Gigi Yellen-Kohn JTNews Correspondent
As a college English major, I learned the prologue to The Canterbury Tales. Chaucers 14th-century language invokes the onset of springtime April with his showers sweet as an inspiration for pilgrimages. Nowadays, catching up on what I didnt learn in college, I head out on my own religious journey this season. Unlike Chaucers characters travels, my pilgrimage takes me no farther from home than a Shabbat afternoon seat in my nearby synagogue and the back pages of my siddur. This is the season when Jews traditionally learn Pirke Avot. What is Pirke Avot? And why is Rivy Poupko Kletenik, JTNews columnist and Seattle Hebrew Academy head of school, teaching it every Shabbat afternoon? I loved my fathers books, she says, calling her resources friends that I take out every year. The books and the love of teaching are now an inheritance from her father, the late, learned Rabbi Baruch Poupko, who in his last years enjoyed sitting in and watching his daughters Shabbat afternoon classes. Theres such a wealth of strong opinions, she says of the many commentators she brings into these springtime spiritual explorations. Psychological, Hassidic, academic, even Christian scholars. Pirke Avot has landed so deeply in our everyday wisdom that its origins around the turn of the Common Era ca. 200 BCE to 200 CE have become almost irrelevant: Who is wise? One who learns from every person. Who is rich? One who is happy with what he has (4:1). If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when? (1:14) Find yourself a teacher. Make yourself a friend. Judge everyone favorably (1:6). There are four character types: mine is mine and yours is yours, an average character; mine is yours and yours is mine, an unlearned person; mine is yours and yours is yours, a very pious person; yours is mine and mine is mine, a wicked person (5:13). Pirke Avot is often translated as Ethics of the Fathers, or Chapters of the Fathers, but that title turns out to be misleading. In fact, a dozen years ago, a collection of Jewish-mother wisdoms called Pirke Imahot mirrored the name, but missed the history. Pirke Avot is indeed a collection of memorable sayings by men who presumably were fathers, arranged in chapters (Perakim). But the title engages us in classic Jewish word play. Does avot here really mean fathers? Sayings of great rabbis? Actually, as we were reminded in the first class this year, the word avot usually means just the forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. So the teachers whose sayings have been collected in this classic book this part of the Mishna arent avot? In fact, maybe the title doesnt refer to people at all. Av (plural avot) often means the essence, the fundamental, the original. So these chapters of sayings by teachers from a foundational time in Jewish history are actually chapters of fundamentals basically, the ethical bases for a good life, as passed down from teacher to teacher, collected in the critical years of Jewish development that surrounded the 70 CE destruction of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem. Challenged from within by the nascent
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Rasheda Ali, the daughter of the famous boxing icon and legend, Muhammad Ali, paid a visit to the companys laboratories at its site at Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem in August 2012. She is also a board adviser to BrainStorm. Her father has been coping with the debilitating effects of Parkinsons disease for many years. Rasheda Ali is known internationally for her advocacy work to further research in the area of neurodegenerative diseases and published the book Ill Hold Your Hand So You Wont Fall: A Childs Guide to Parkinsons Disease (Merit, 2011).
While in Israel, Ali met with Karussis and Prof. Tamir Ben-Hur, a professor of neurology at Hadassah to learn about their most recent successes in the treatment of these brain diseases. In an interview about the visit, Ali told Foxnewsinsider.com she does this work to help everyone afflicted with these diseases. Here at BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, we are trying to get those answers for millions of people, she said. Im their voice. Weve been in clinical trials for BrainStorm for years. But going from pre-clinical to clinical is major for us. Were getting there. BrainStorm is anticipating the approval of NurOwn by the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration even as it conducts its second, more intensive Phase IIa trial using NurOwn with 12 more ALS patients. In this current phase, three cohorts of subjects are receiving increasing doses of combined injections of NurOwn, inside the muscle and inside the spinal cord. They will be followed for six months. Karussis is also leading this second phase. The company plans to begin Phase II clinical trials in 2013 in three locations in the U.S. the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, and The Mayo Clinic, pending approval from the USFDA. NurOwns availability on the general Still at the same location, Salon Joseph will be doubling in size in its first-ever expansion and will be ready to open in about two weeks. They were able to take over the space next door and the timing with the economy is good, Joseph says, explaining that, truthfully, the hair business is fairly stable in bad times. People need their hair done, whether theyre working or job hunting. Plus, the salons clientele is a little more established, better able to weather the vagaries of the economy. You can read more about Joseph and his employees at www.salonjoseph.com, and more about City of Hope at www.cityofhope.org.
market for widespread use is projected to take another five years, but the applications for BrainStorms stem-cell therapy technique is also expected to benefit other diseases, including MS and Parkinsons. It will hopefully be possible to treat Parkinsons disease, Dr. Adrian Harel, the director of research and development at BrainStorm told nocamels.com, as well as Huntingtons and other nerve diseases.
Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered international health research for SELF magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Josephs dad, Jack, is a member. The tournament is my big project every year, Joseph adds. The Franklin High graduate grew up at Sephardic Bikur Holim and has been a member there in his own right since the age of 20. I feel a real connection to my community, he says. My family all grew up there. Going directly to beauty school from high school, Joseph says, I knew I wanted to be a hairdresser. He opened his first salon at age 23 in downtown Seattle and his current salon in 1985.
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My own fathers remembered voice comes alive as I write this. Dave Yellen was a kid in 1920s Beaumont, Texas, one of five sons of a learned immigrant father, the towns shochet, known as the Reverend L.M. Yellen. What I know about our familys history of learning at this season is that the little boy who became my dad so badly wanted to go play baseball on springtime Saturday afternoons that he taught himself how to start crying. His soft-hearted father fell for it, and, Im glad to report, it did his sons Jewish identity no harm. But the story speaks to the spirit of the season. The weather improves, the days grow longer. And it is that very spirit that placed the study of Pirke Avot into Sabbath afternoons all over the Jewish world. Perhaps, considering some of the tales of Chaucers pilgrims, a lot more than a kids baseball game was at stake. As it says in this intro from the Lehmann-Prins Pirke Avoth, part of Rivy Kleteniks treasured collection: When nature awakens from its winter sleep, field and meadow reflect the beauty of spring, the stately fruit trees gladden the eyes and the heart with their splendid blossoms, then man, too, feels a stirring of new life and hidden desires. In this season, therefore, as a way of restraining those awakening passions, the Sages enjoin us to read the Chapters of the Fathers, a remarkably fine collection of ethical teachings These ethics differ considerably from those of other nations, for the latter are man-made, whereas Jewish ethics emanate from God. Indeed, the compilers of chapter 1:1 of Pirke Avot trace the lineage of Jewish wisdom from Moses, hearing it straight from God on Sinai, directly to their own teachers. The often-quoted Hillel, he of the If I am not for myself, who will be for me verse, gets the last word here: Not one of his many Pirke Avot quotations, but, conveniently, his famous voice from that part of the Talmud titled Shabbat. Rabbi Hillel is asked to sum up the whole Torah on one foot. His reply works equally well for a good sport or a good student: What is hateful to you, do not do to someone else. The rest is commentary. Go and study.
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elebrate at the wac. where every event reflects your unique style.
Whatever the occasion, we make it special. Be it a wedding, Bar mitzvah or Bat mitzvah, retirement party, philanthropic event, or corporate award banquetwe make your vision come to life and your guests the center of attention. From food and flowers to A.V. and valet parking, let us help you customize an occasion to remember.
WE OFFER FACILITIES FOR: s s s s s Weddings, receptions and rehearsal dinners Bar and Bat Mitzvahs Business meetings and retreats Company picnics, dinners and cocktail parties Family reunions and other private celebrations
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500 guests. Their experienced staff is committed to authenticity, working with their certified Marriott wedding professionals to plan every detail, from securing the perfect photographer to developing and executing your menu. And, since theyre located just two blocks from Pike Place Market, they have the resources to deliver a carefully crafted farmto-table culinary experience. In addition, they can accommodate all kosher needs. So, sit back, relax and let them provide everything to set the stage for a memorable event that reflects your taste and honors your tradition. Catering sales department: Contact the sales administrative assistant at 206-256-1022 or Jennifer. Stiles@marriott.com. rubies, sapphires, and tanzanite. For honest, professional service call 206-932-4272 or visit www.ShopMenasheJewelers.com.
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The Ruins
Onionskin Design Studio
The Ruins is a private event space located near Seattle Center that has been providing catering service to Seattle and the Eastside for 20 years. They hold weddings, birthdays, business receptions or whatever
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Voted by JTNews readers as 2012s Best Ketubah Artist in Washington State, Joan Lite Miller specializes in one-ofa-kind invitations for weddings and Bnai Mitzvah, custom ketubot, English and Hebrew calligraphy, expressive hand lettering, original paper-cuts and logo design. For more information, call 206-527-6320 or visit www.onionskindesign.com.
Menashe & Sons Jewelers
Menashe & Sons is a full-service store featuring a 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 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,
Pedersens
The Event Rental Experts Stylish party rentals including: Specialty linen Glassware China Cutlery Chair covers Designer chairs Tables Unique tabletop items Catering equipment 4500 4th Ave. S, Seattle. Call 206-719-5400 or visit www.pedersens.com.
event may be called for. The staff takes great pride in fine cuisine, attentive service and custom decoration for each occasion. Guest capacity is 150 for a seated dinner and 250 for a stand-up reception. The party rooms are tastefully decorated, and filled with stylish and attractive antique furniture. They are able to accommodate any catering need away from their premises as well. From beginning to end, The Ruins will offer you and your guests a truly unique and memorable experience. You may request a catering brochure for your reference. Contact The Ruins at 206-285-RUIN or visit www.theruins.net.
John L. Scott Real Estate Buying or selling, Sandra will be there for you every step of the way! Specializing in real estate on Mercer Island and the Eastside. A life-long resident of Mercer Island and the Eastside, and an active community leader and volunteer, she understands the needs of homebuyers and real estate investors. Award winner for client satisfaction and sales volume. Committed to providing the highest level of customer service and satisfaction. Realtor and Managing Broker, 2009 Five Star award 206-949-2845 sandra@sandralevin.com www.sandralevin.com
Shalom Spiritual Resources
Rabbi Jay Heyman believes all weddings should be beautiful, and should reflect the values, dreams, and spiritualities of the couple being married. Let Rabbi Heyman help you meld age-old ideals and traditions to the modern world. Part of his mission
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help you create once-in-a-lifetime memories featuring delectable catering, superior service, and inviting spaces. Whether its a wedding, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, birthday, or anniversary, we can help make your special day a dream come true.
Book an event before 6/30/13 and receive 10 dozen complimentary hors doeuvres (min. 50 dinners, not valid with other offers) Contact our professional Catering Department at 425.698.6681 for more information or to book your next event. Embassy Suites Bellevue 3225 158th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008
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Celebrate your familys honored traditions at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel. Featuring more than 11,000 sq ft of flexible reception space throughout, were the perfect host for weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, parties and more. Youll love our incredible catering options, our highly-acclaimed Marriott service staff to see to every detail, our plush guest accommodations and waterfront location nestled among the beauty of Seattles breathtaking scenery rounding our luxury hotel. Create the memories that will last a lifetime by visiting SeattleMarriottWaterfront.com or calling 206.443.5000.
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as an ordained Reform rabbi is to create a positive sense of identity for people through the innovative use of traditional ceremonies. When you engage Rabbi Heyman to officiate at your wedding, he takes on the responsibility for the service, so you can be fully present in the magic and power of this unique and precious moment. Each ceremony is prepared carefully and with love, so that whatever happens during the wedding itself a dropped ring, a crying baby, an airplane flying overhead becomes part of the joy of the moment. Planning a wedding should be fun and joyful and so should your ceremony! Contact Rabbi Heyman by phone at 206-484-4340 or by email at rabbi@shalomspirit.org.
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Wendy Shultz Spektor, DDS Best dentist 2012 Have your best smile for all of your lifecycle events. She can whiten teeth, close gaps, and replace outdated dentistry to give you a healthier, vibrant smile! Trust the dental artistry and expertise of Wendy Spektor, DDS, for your best smile. General, cosmetic, periodontal. Call today at 425-454-1322. 1545 116th Ave. NE #100, Bellevue. teamspektor@spektordental.com or visit www.spektordental.com.
The AAA Four Diamond Tulalip Resort Casino is among the premier destinations in Washington State offering luxurious accommodations, award-winning dining options, a rejuvenating spa, casino excitement, and world-class shopping. Tulalip Resort Casino offers extraordinary value with more than 30,000 square feet of flexible event space. Options range from the 15,000-square-foot Orca Ballroom to more intimate gathering spaces. Whether its customized catering, dcor requests or state-of-the-art technology, every need is addressed by a capable and conscientious staff. For more information about planning a special event at Tulalip Resort Casino please contact sales@tulalipresort.com or 360-716-6570 or visit www.tulalipresort.com.
who want a proven, water-based line of skin care and a relationship with a company that respects and values them. Its so basic its revolutionary! Viviane has been doing business for over 50 years, continuing a long tradition of the company known as Viviane Woodard. Locally owned by in Bellevue by Kathleen Spitzer, 1-800-423-3600.
A full-service day spa and 109-room inn offer room for all your guests. Make it a weekend and stay in one of their seven suites. Event packages are available and personalized with your contract. Evening parking included for guests in WAC garage. Make the Washington Athletic Club the choice for your special event. It would be their pleasure to assist you. For more information, please contact 206-464-3050 or catering@wac.net.
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Personalized. Memorable. Timeless. Plan your all-inclusive event at the Washington Athletic Club, a historic landmark in the heart of downtown Seattle. Contemporary elegance and tradition define the Club. The WAC provides everything you need for a seamless day of celebration and tradition. Their Crystal Ballroom can accommodate up to 200 guests, while other rooms offer more-personalized settings for smaller groups. Whether you want guests to dance all night or enjoy an elegant dinner, or both, they can turn an event into a distinctive experience.
Woodland Park Zoo
Woodland Park Zoo, one of Seattles most cherished community resources, is the perfect location for your next event! Set on 92 acres with over 300 species of animal, the zoo offers 17 unique venues to host your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, holiday party, picnic, meeting, wedding, family reunion or birthday party. Funds generated by your event help support the zoos quality animal care, education programs, and field conservation projects to help preserve wildlife species and habitats in the Northwest and around the world. For more information, contact groupsales@zoo.org or 206-548-2590, or visit www.zoo.org.
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Celebrate your special simcha at the Woodmark Hotel, voted the best venue for a Bar and Bat Mitzvah by JTNews readers. At the Woodmark, they understand the importance of this cherished rite of passage. Delicious and decorative cuisine created by their culinary staff complements the magnificent shoreline and yacht harbor view seen from the Marina Room and Bayshore Room... perfect fits for a variety of party sizes. The Woodmark boasts over 9,000 square feet of versatile event space, with beautiful indoor and outdoor settings for parties, Shabbat dinners, brunches, ceremonies, and celebrations for up to 200 guests. Your guests will savor delicious and unique dishes created specifically for your event, as well as kosher-style cuisine. Contact 425-827-1986 or celebrate@thewoodmark. com and talk to a Woodmark catering manager to get started on planning your special event.
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Full service professional catering for all life passages for over 33 years. Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, rehearsal dinner and any other simcha. Retail wine offered at discount price: Binders Bottles. Approved caterer of Hillel.
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Whichever candidate is hired will be walking into new financial challenges due to external realities such as the federal budget sequester and likely cuts in funding from the state legislature. Institutional funding is way down, so we need to figure out how were going to fund our programs and how were going to keep funding while doing that, Alhadeff said. Weinberg plans to continue to work with JFS in an advisory role. Like Weinberg, Maria Erlitz, head of school at the Jewish Day School in Bellevue, does not plan to walk away from the academy she helped found more than 30 years ago when she retires at the end of the school year.
Shes still in the community, said Robin Castrogiovanni, who with Mindy Geisser is leading the search committee for Erlitzs successor. Were taking our time, Castrogiovanni said of the search. We want someone who has a full complement of skills in order to come into the school. Were not trying to replace Maria with another Maria. Shes a unique individual, someone whos left a legacy. That said, JDSs adoption of whats known as inquiry-based education, which gives students the ability and leeway to use their natural curiosity to help them learn, means someone whos coming in new has to buy into the fact this is the education were providing, Castrogiovanni said. We are taking a stand to make sure that we fit into the future of education and pre-
paring our kids for the future. That doesnt appear to be a barrier, as candidates are still submitting applications for the position despite the search committee having already brought in some potential finalists to visit the campus. The committee hasnt ruled out bringing in an interim head of school if they dont find the right permanent candidate. Castrogiovanni said the committee wants to be sure its next head can properly engage both in outreach to the Jewish and non-Jewish communities as well as be an expert in educational management. And, though it probably should go without saying, the right person is someone obviously who has a passion for Jewish education.
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community at local houses of worship. Moving to Seattle a year ago to begin graduate studies at Bastyr University, Khuner-Haber says she was looking for strong, spirited, Friday night davening. Not knowing where to find it, she hosted a gathering at her house. Fifteen people came. Now the home-based egalitarian monthly services and Shabbat vegetarian potlucks attract 30 to 40 participants. Selah (www.facebook.com/ SelahSeattleMinyan) is run by a volunteer leadership team and sees itself as part of the independent minyan movement evolving around the country. The independent minyan is what the havurah movement was two generations ago, said Khuner-Haber.
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SAM Camp
Three fun-filled weeks of imagination and creativity for children in grades 15! Each week is a different experience. Kids can attend one week or all three. SAM Camp guarantees theyll make art and new friends! July 826. Visit seattleartmuseum.org/kids to sign up now. Questions? Email samcamp@seattleartmuseum.org.
With an emphasis on the warmth of Judaism, four weekly sessions provide children with a summer experience that lasts a lifetime. Field trips, creative activities, swimming and more! For ages 412, this program is suitable for kids from all backgrounds and affiliations. Special boys camp for ages 814. www.CampGanIsraelSeattle.com Rabbi Kavka 206-730-2775 info@chabadofseattle.org
Hebrew Hoops
The Union Hill Ranch
The goal of Hebrew Hoops is to promote basketball skill development while also providing a forum for Jewish youth to form friendships among each other. Hebrew Hoops is a platform for Jewish youth to interact with Jewish role models and learn what it means to be a Jewish athlete today. SamFein.HebrewHoops@gmail.com 206-856-2528 www.HebrewHoops.com
The Union Hill Ranch is offering an Introduction to Horsemanship for riders 610 years of age. July 9, 10, 11 (session 1) or July 16, 17, 18 (session 2) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $300 per session. They also have ongoing private lessons starting at $60 for one hour of instruction. www.theunionhillranch.com 425-868-8097
Lake Union Crew
URJ Camp Kalsman
Looking for something to do during the summer that is fun, exciting and challenging? Then come row with Lake Union Crew and do something different and positive with your summer vacation. Meet new friends, learn a cool sport, and spend the day on the water. They are dedicated to providing a fun, unique, and challenging experience that you will not forget. www.LakeUnionCrew.com 206-860-4199 info@lakeunioncrew.com
URJ Camp Kalsman has something for everyone, from sports to the performing and creative arts, to nature and adventure activities. Kalsman provides campers with the opportunity to live a wholly Jewish life in their newly built facilities. A summer at Camp Kalsman is an unforgettable religious, cultural, recreational and emotional experience. www.kalsman.urjcamps.org 425-284-4484
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For a complete listing of events, or to add your event to the JTNews calendar, visit calendar.jtnews.net. Calendar events must be submitted no later than 10 days before publication. explore Pirke Avos/Ethics of Our Fathers, a tractate of the Mishna that details the Torahs views on ethics and interpersonal relationships. At the Levitins home, 6519 49th Ave. NE, Seattle. 7:309 p.m. Havdalah with Visiting Rabbi Binyamin Biber
info@secularjewishcircle.org or 206-528-1944 or secularjewishcircle.org Havdalah with Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound and a talk by visiting Rabbi Binyamin Biber on Pursuing Justice: Secular Humanist Approaches to Tikkun Olam. Free. In the Wallingford area, call or email for location. Gala dinner and cocktail reception honoring Ray Heacox, president and general manager of KING Broadcasting. $300. RSVP required. At the Grand Hyatt Seattle, 721 Pine St., Seattle. 79 p.m. How Did They Greet Alexander? Tel Dor: A Case Study for Ancient Multiculturalism.
Alysa Rosen at alysa@templebetham.org or 206-525-0915 or Templebe.ejoinme.org/ universitylectureseries2013 Lecture by University of Washington professor Sarah Stroup on Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Ancient World: From Marginalization to Multiculturalism. Stroup is the director of the UW Tel Dor Archeological Excavations and Field School in Israel. $15. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
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9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. The Book of Jonah and The Book of Ruth
Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Rabbi Kalmanofsky will give a dvar Torah on the Book of Jonah during services. Kiddush luncheon to follow. At 1:15: An exploration of Ruth and Naomis relationship as a model for the relationship between God and Israel. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 78:30 p.m. Lag BOmer/Havdalah in the Kesher Garden
Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or sjcc.org Pizza and smores, singing around the campfire, activities for the kids. $5. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7:309:30 p.m. The Joseph Story: I Am Looking for My Brothers
Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Rabbi Kalmanofsky will look at male relationships in the Joseph story. Havdalah and dessert at a private View Ridge home. RSVP for address information. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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Candlelighting times April 19............................ 7:46 p.m. April 26............................ 7:56 p.m. May 3............................... 8:05 p.m. May 10..............................8:15 p.m. Friday
5:30 p.m. Temple Beth El Superhero Shabbat
Cantor Leah Elstein at lelstein@templebethel18.org or 253-564-7101, ext. 111 or www.templebethel18.org Help Cantor Elsteins friend, Superman Sam, a 1stgrader from Chicago who has leukemia. Family service; bring a childrens book and be recorded reading it for Sam. Come dressed as a superhero. Preservice snack at 5:30, service at 6, community potluck following. At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma. 6 p.m. HNT Scholar in Residence Weekend: Nigel Savage
Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or www.h-nt.org Nigel Savage is the founder of Hazon, Americas largest Jewish environmental group. Services, dvar Torah, and dinner. 8 p.m.: The Jewish Omnivores Dilemma. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 6:309 p.m. Shabbat with Visiting Rabbi Binyamin Biber
info@secularjewishcircle.org or 206-528-1944 or secularjewishcircle.org Non-theistic Shabbat and potluck dinner. Rabbi Biber will speak on Spirituality: Deepening the Experience of our Jewishness. $10 suggested donation. In the Wallingford area, call or email for location. 7 p.m. Jewish High Shabbaton 2013
Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com or jhighshabbaton-efbevent.eventbrite.com/# Jewish High Shabbaton in Seward Park with food and activities, teachers, davening and singing with a rap star, oneg, sushi making, and a surprise Saturday night activity. Prospective students welcome. Counts for Jewish High hours. $75. In Seward Park, register for details. 7:309:30 p.m. The Whipping Man
Box Office at box@taproottheatre.org or 206-781-9707 or taproottheatre.org A Jewish Confederate soldier returns from war to his house in shambles. Two former slaves greet him. As they observe Passover and remember the Jewish exodus from Egypt, their shared pasts and secrets threaten the freedom of all three men. Runs through April 27. Recommended for ages 16-plus. $25-$40. At Taproot Theatre, 204 N 85th St., Seattle.
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9:30 a.m.5 p.m. HNT Scholar in Residence Weekend: Nigel Savage
Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or www.h-nt.org Savage will lead study sessions throughout the day. Check the website for details. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 5 p.m. Pirke Avot with Mrs. Chanie Levitin
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9:30 a.m.2 p.m. HNT Scholar in Residence Weekend: Nigel Savage
Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or www.h-nt.org Savage will talk on Eco Judaism and the Art of Bicycle Riding over breakfast, followed by an Earth Day bike ride. 1 p.m.: Livnot Project think tank on Creating Healthier and More Sustainable Communities in the Jewish World and Beyond. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 10 a.m.12 p.m. Chess Club Gathering Event
Sasha Mail at sashamail@msn.com or 206-722-1200 or www.tdsseattle.org Play chess with community members, students, and a special guest chess grand master. At Torah Day School of Seattle, 3528 S Ferdinand St., Seattle. 10 a.m.12 p.m. Parent Program with Secular Jewish Circle and Visiting Rabbi Binyamin Biber
info@secularjewishcircle.org or 206-528-1944 or secularjewishcircle.org Humanistic Jewish Parenting: Identity and Development in a Multicultural Society. Learn about the SJCs K-7 Sunday school that includes preparation (grades 6-7) for a secular Bar or Bat Mitzvah. On Mercer Island, call or email for exact location. 12 p.m. Dodge Ball
Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com or SeattleNCSY.com Citywide dodge ball tournament for teens in preparation for JServe, a greater Seattle volunteering event for teens. At Jump Sky High, 1445 120th Ave. NE, Bellevue. 1 p.m. Bubbys Kitchen
Karen Ovetz at ovetz@comcast.net or 425-893-9900 (box office) or www.kpcenter.org Seattle Chapter Hadassah presents Shira Ginsburg in Bubbys Kitchen, a show about growing up in a family of Holocaust survivors and resistance fighters. Honoring lifetime members Jen Alterman and Talby Gelb. Reception following. $54. At Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland. 5:309 p.m. Jewish Sisterhood Annual Spring Spa
Rochie Farkash at rochie.farkash@gmail.com Aromatherapy, Feldenkrais and fashion workshops, an auction, salmon dinner, and guest speaker Miriam Lipskier on The Beauty of the Jewish Woman. $18 members, $22 non-members, $28 at the door. At Eastside Torah Center, 1837 156th Ave. NE #303, Bellevue.
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6:159:15 p.m. Song of Songs: Let Us Rejoice and Delight in You!
Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Edwin L. Bierman Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky. Kabbalat Shabbat 6-7:15 p.m., Shabbat dinner 7:15-8:15, keynote lecture 8:15 p.m. Preregistration and prepayment required for dinner by April 22. Childcare available by pre-registration. $25. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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Thursday-Saturday, April 18-20 and 25-27 at 7:30 p.m. Letters to Sala Theater and art exhibit After speaking about Lady at the OK Corral on April 18, Ann Kirschner will see her first book, Salas Gift: My Mothers Holocaust Story go up on stage. Seattle Pacific Universitys Theatre Department dramatizes the content of over 300 letters received by Kirschners mother, Sala Garncarz, during her imprisonment during the war. At Seattle Pacific Universitys McKinley Hall, main stage. Tickets are $12, $10 for students and seniors, through www.spu.edu/boxoffice or 206-281-2959. Matinee on April 27 at 2 p.m. An exhibition from the Sala Garncarz Kirschner Collection will be on display in Kreider Gallery in McKinley Hall through April 30, Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission is free.
Saturday, April 20 at 2 p.m. and Sunday, April 21 at 4 p.m. Sparks of Glory: Another Sunrise Concert In conjunction with Seattle Art Museums exhibition, Morality Tales: American Art and Social Protest, 1935-45, Music of Remembrance will perform Jake Heggies Another Sunrise, a tribute to Krystyna Zywulska, Polish resistance fighter and satirical poet. MOR will also perform Duo by Erwin Schulhoff, who perished in a camp. On Saturday at the Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle, and on Sunday at The Commons, 402 Bjune Dr., Bainbridge Island. Free. For more information visit musicofremembrance.org.
Thursday, April 25 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 27 at 8 p.m. Hilary Hahn Concert Grammy-award winning violinist Hilary Hahn returns to Seattle for two performances of Jean Sibelius Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 47 with the Seattle Symphony. Guest conductor Xian Zhang leads Overture to Karelia, Op. 10; Pascal Zavaros La Bataille de San Romano; and Beethovens Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. At Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. Tickets $19-$142. For tickets and information, visit the box office, call 206-215-4747, or visit www.seattlesymphony.org.
Sunday, April 21 at 4 p.m. The Souls Journey CD release party Celebrate the release of Rabbi Olivier BenHaims CD, The Souls Journey: Meditation & Kabbalah, a sixstage meditation that unfolds the Kabbalistic levels of the soul as a ways to awakening. CDs available for purchase. At Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle. For more information contact Elizabeth Fagin at elizabeth@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or betalef.org.
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Jack Berg (Yakov Yoshua Bergazin), born August 29, 1929 in Krasnosielc, Poland, passed peacefully at home with his family by his side on February 25, 2013. Preceded in death by mother Doba, father Shimshon, sister Ruth (Abzug), and his loving wife Eleanor (Menkov). Jack is survived by his sister Ida (Nabozny), son Zachary and his family, wife Debra, beloved granddaughter Danielle, and his daughter Tamara and loving grandson Adam. Jack lived in Krasnosielc through September 1939, until World War II started and Germany invaded Poland. He spent his next 11 years in labor, refugee, and displaced person camps. In 1950, relatives in the United States sponsored his family (minus his mother, Doba, who perished in the camps). Upon entering
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Alexis celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on April 13, 2013 at Temple Bnai Torah in Bellevue. Alexis is the daughter of Adrien and Jay Agoado of Mercer Island and the sister of Alyssa. Her grandparents are Merl and Keith Koplan of Vancouver, Wash., Barry and Inga Groberman of Vancouver, B.C., Josie Agoado of Seattle, and the late Myer Agoado. Alexis is a 7th-grader at Islander Middle School. She enjoys boxing, boating, summer camp, spending time with friends, and shopping. For her mitzvah project, Alexis babysat to earn money to assemble craft kits for patients at Seattle Childrens Hospital.
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Marcy Migdal March 3, 1947March 26, 2013

Marcy Migdal of Seattle died on March 26, 2013 while enjoying a Passover visit with her family. Marcy was born Ruth Marcia Alexander to Reba and Asher Alexander, in Philadelphia, Pa. She grew up in Philadelphia and in Oceanside, Long Island. She attended Douglass College, the womens college of Rutgers University in New Jersey, where she met her husband Joel Migdal. They married in 1968. They lived in Watertown, Mass.; Tel Aviv, Israel (1972-1975); and Brookline, Mass. and traveled all over the world together before moving to Seattle in 1980. Marcy was an active member of Congregation Beth Shalom, where she regularly attended services and classes, served on the board, and played many other roles. She was also a founding participant and parent at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle and director and parent at the Community High School for Jewish Studies. Marcy was an educator who pioneered the field of multi-cultural education. Fluent in Spanish and Hebrew, she taught in bilingual classrooms early in her career and then joined one of the first multicultural education teams in Boston. While living in Israel, she wrote curriculum for the Ministry of Education and taught in the Givatayim Teachers College. In Seattle, she was one of the founding group of the Seattle Childrens Museum, worked for the Wing Luke Museum, taught in Highline Community College, wrote multi-cultural activity books for Uwajimaya, wrote curricula for many institutions including the Jewish Day School and Jewish Education Council, taught an anti-racism curriculum using the Anti-Defamation Leagues A World of Difference program, and served as the principal of the Community High School for Jewish Studies. From
1992 to 2005 she worked as the director of multi-cultural education, Title IX compliance officer, and director of Indian education for the Edmonds School District, where she won national awards and recognition for her work in multicultural education. She also consulted around the state on issues of religion in schools. Marcys greatest joy was the family she raised with Joel: Her children, Ariela Migdal of New York, Tamar Azous of Seattle, and Amram Migdal of Charlottesville. She loved her children-inlaw Ethan Tucker, Paul Azous, and Rebecca Migdal. She delighted in her grandchildren, Eden Migdal, Yitzhak Tucker, Yoav Tucker, and Zahava Migdal Azous, and in her large extended family, including her recently deceased brother Steve Alexander and her dear siblings-in-law, nieces and nephews. Her other great joys included studying and spending time with her many close friends, with whom she liked to take walks around Greenlake, see plays, discuss books and ideas, and share Shabbat and holiday meals. She was a spectacular cook, baker, and hostess who enjoyed welcoming new people and old friends to her home on a regular basis. She was also passionate about travel, social justice, and womens equality. Contributions may be made to the Southern Poverty Law Center and to Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle.
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it best: I am no more a man without a country. I am a member of the largest and happiest family in this world and I am proud of it! Jack worked days building furniture, utilizing his displaced person camp training in carpentry. At night, Jack attended high school followed by earning his electrical engineering degree from the University of Minnesota. During this time, Jack met and married his wife of over 40 years, Eleanor Menkov.
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After graduation, they moved to Utica, N.Y., where he worked for GE from 1962 to 64 prior to being hired by the Boeing Company in Seattle. After a distinguished 25-year career, Jack retired in 1990. He also served over 50 years as a Mason and a Shriner. Jack always said he was busier after retirement, but he was doing what he loved most helping others. He dedicated his time and talents to tutoring children at the Seattle Hebrew Academy, hosting families from Israel with sick children seeking medical treatment, and donating his carpentry skills to those that
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Honoring thy mother: A toast to memory and survival

Charlene Kahn JTNews Correspondent
During the first weekend in April, guests from California to Connecticut converged on Seattle in honor of Ruth Schocken, whose life story is a poignant reminder of survival. She turned 100 on April 3. The life of this German-Jewish immigrant who escaped the Nazis at age 25 and created a new life in the Pacific Northwest can be seen as a testament to family values, hard work and exceptionally strong will, both mentally and physically. Though all three of Schockens adult children live in the area and are actively involved in their mothers life, she lives independently. Her physical mobility has recently decreased, but Schocken still has a matter-of-fact quality about herself, according to her daughter, Barbara Lahav. Before offering up a generous slice of marzipan-covered birthday cake, Schocken spoke with JTNews between visits from out-of-town relatives as her daughter helped supply anecdotes. Flowers and family photo displays decorated a cozy living space. A framed letter from President and Mrs. Obama shared birthday congratulations from the White House. Growing up as the youngest of eight in Bielefeld, Germany, Ruth Hamlet Schocken experienced loss early on. Her oldest brother died during World War I. Louis, her father, was a meat wholesaler and an active member of the local synagogue; of her mother, Schocken said, the whole town liked her cooking. As a youngster, Ruth pitched in, bringing bread to the communal oven. She later trained in window display and visual merchandising and went to work for her sister Thea and brother-in-law Fritz at the Leeser Silk Haus in Herford, Westphalia. [By that time] we were just lucky we got out, she recalled. The SS were already coming around the store and wouldnt let people go in. This was in 1938, just before Kristallnacht. They couldnt leave Germany because they had no liquid assets, said Lahav. Everything was tied up in the store. But one evening Schocken left work late, forgetting to turn off her iron. By the next morning, the whole interior burnt down but my sister ran to me smiling, she said. They now had insurance money and a way to leave because of an iron, she said. In less than a year we got out. They made it to the U.S., but not without some lasting trauma: A fear of uniforms left Schocken unable to tolerate even a driving test. After coming to Seattle, Schocken met her husband, another German-Jewish refugee, through friends. Its like little Switzerland [here], she said. I came to Seattle because my sister and brother-in-law were here already; I first came to Cincinnati but didnt like the heat. Her husband Heinz, which he Americanized to Henry, was related to the famed Schocken literary and publishing family through his father, whose older brother Salman established Schocken Books and became publisher of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz. Amos Schocken, a cousin of Ruth Schockens children, runs the newspaper today. Establishing roots in Seattle revolved around synagogue and social connections with other refugees. The Jewish Club of Washington was a very important gathering place for our family, said Joe Schocken, Ruths son, of the club that reached out to new arrivals and helped provide moral and financial support. The club disbanded last year. But the Schockens joined another institution that has thrived throughout the years the Herzl congregation on 20th and Spruce in the Central District, which is now Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island. The family is in its fourth generation of
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Above, Ruth Schocken with seven of her eight greatgrandchildren, and, left, as a young woman.
membership four generations happy to celebrate the centennial of its matriarch. Its obviously very special to have mother at this age, [for her] to enjoy and participate in the lives of her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, said Joe Schocken. Its great to be able to tell the story and create family history.

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