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On Tues., May 10, the students and faculty of Northwest Yeshiva High School celebrated Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel’s 63rd Independence Day, by holding Israeli flags and singing as they paraded two-and-a-half
miles from their school to Island Crust Café for a pizza lunch. The school hopes to make the Israel walk, planned by senior Sarah Varon, an annual event.

How should Jews respond to bin Laden’s death?


Sue Fishkoff JTA World News Service
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — When the news of Osama ous celebrations broke out in front of the White House as their conflicted reactions borne of a tension within Jewish
bin Laden’s death at U.S. hands hit the airwaves May 1, crowds gathered to wave the Stars and Stripes and chant teaching itself.
America breathed a collective sigh of relief. Spontane- their delight. “As the president said, justice was done,” said Rabbi
But how should Jews respond Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism.
when an evil-doer meets his end? “Bin Laden was an evil man. He preyed on the weak. He
There is no easy answer, leading killed in the name of God.
rabbis say. “But,” the rabbi continued, “I was not comfortable with
Even asking the question is very the celebrations. Thoughtful discussion and thoughtful
Jewish, writes Rabbi Tzvi Freeman on remembrance of recent events are to be preferred to danc-
Chabad.org. ing in the streets.”
“It’s so typically Jewish to feel There are examples within Jewish tradition of celebrat-
guilty about rejoicing,” he opined. ing an enemy’s death, of asking God for their destruction.
A number of prominent rabbis
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the rabbi’s turn letters to the editor

What would I do? World view


I was amused and also a bit dismayed by Robert Wilkes’s chauvinistic piece on why Amer-
Rabbi Chaim Levine Hope for Heroism icans (not to mention Jews) are exceptional (“American Jews are twice chosen,” April 29).
As I write this column I’m have his brothers by his side He says, “Americans are chosen because each individual citizen knows, or should know, he
sitting in Israel, a few days in an instant and they won’t is responsible for his government, his nation and his neighbors.” Surely he doesn’t think that
after Yom HaShoah and a few leave him until they feel he is this is true only of citizens in our country. He also says President Obama is “wrong” in not
days before Yom HaZikaron, able to manage on his own. It thinking of America as “exceptional” and accuses him of being weak, à la Jimmy Carter. I just
the Day of Remembrance, doesn’t matter what his hap- returned from almost a month in Asia, and everywhere I went, people brought up (unasked)
and Yom Ha’Atzmaut, Israel pening in their own lives that President Obama, telling me how much they liked him. This was also true when I was in
Independence Day. Israel is week, everything is dropped northern Spain last September.
wrapped in blue and white — to help a brother in need. When I traveled during the years the last President Bush was president, no one ever
it seems like every car, street, I don’t know what I would volunteered an opinion, which I assume was out of politeness, because when I asked what
and traffic circle has Israeli do in Yoseph Goodman’s sit- they thought, the answer was incredibly — and uniformly — negative. President Obama is
flags dangling somewhere uation, but I know exactly a beacon for our world, and that’s what makes a great leader. We don’t have to cringe at a
prominent. Entire municipal buildings are what any of our injured soldiers would do: cowboy mentality or a lack of knowledge of history, current events and culture, or an uncon-
lit up in blue.  They would fight to be the first one to cut scionable defense of torture — all of these attributes to me signify weakness. I am deeply
A program on Israeli television last their own parachute, no matter the con- thankful for President Obama and for his strong leadership by example.
night exemplified the character of those sequences. Carole Glickfeld
moments when practically every Jew in In the Jewish calendar we also find our- Seattle
the world is overcome with a mixture of selves in the midst of Sefiras HaOmer, the
pride and gratitude. time when we count the days from Pass- In defense of Mom
The program was about Yoseph Good- over to the holiday of Shavuot and the The editors of JTNews recently published a letter (“Taking Sides,” Letters, April 29)
man, a young IDF soldier in Maglan, an bringing of the omer offering in the Beit attacking my mother, Rochelle Kochin, for her defense of the State of Israel’s right to defend
elite unit in the paratroopers. On February HaMikdash. During this time, until we herself from the evil actions of an enemy who specifically targets and murders Jewish civil-
6, 2006, during a routine training, Yoseph reach the 33rd day of the omer, there is a ians (“A moral compass,” April 15). The author writes that my mother’s views imply that “she
jumped out of a plane and somehow his tradition for the Jewish people to observe must have no moral compass” if she cannot see the mitigating historical factors that moti-
commander’s leg became entangled in signs of mourning, including letting one’s vate these terrorists.
Yoseph’s parachute. They both began an beard grow, as a remembrance of the the In these times of economic stress, the role of a Jewish community’s paper should not be
immediate plummet to their deaths. 24,000 students of Rabbi Akiva who died to devote its limited resources to apologists for those who murder Jewish infants sleeping in
Often when I hear about these moments during this period. We not only observe their cribs. Those wishing to attack the State of Israel suffer from no shortage of financial
of intense crisis, I can’t help but ask myself, outward signs of mourning but are also support and forums to publish their deranged views.
“What would I do?” They were in a situa- meant to reflect on fixing in ourselves what Rochelle Kochin has provided many years of selfless service and contribution to the needs
tion where both were certainly going to the Talmud says was the spiritual cause of of the Seattle’s Jewish community. An attack on the moral integrity of my mother has no
die, but there was at least a chance that if the death of Rabbi Akiva’s students: They more place in JTNews than deranged arguments of those who would deny the Holocaust.
one cut himself free he would save them did not accord respect to each other. Dis- On this Mother’s Day, I call upon the editors of JTNews to reflect on their decisions. JTNews
both. respect and dishonor can only come from should use its limited resources to celebrate people like my mother.
Again, what if it was me? I can only a spirit of selfishness and taking. Israel Kochin
tell you what 20-year-old Yoseph Good- I know the reason the television chan- New York, N.Y.
man did. He didn’t give his commander — nel chose the program about Yoseph
and friend — even a chance to decide who Goodman had nothing to do with Rabbi One more option
would cut the rope. He immediately cut Akiva’s students, but the timing could not I applaud Rabbi Mirel’s effort to encourage nonaffiliated Jews in the greater Seattle area
his parachute, saving his friend’s life. He have been better. I used to think that the to join a Jewish community in his article “An offer you can’t (and shouldn’t) refuse” (Rab-
tried to open his reserve chute, but was too mourning and reflection we do during this bi’s Turn, Feb. 25). He lists several types of congregations to choose from, including Reform,
close to the ground for it to open. Yoseph time was only for us to remember to act in Conservative, Reconstructionist, Renewal and Meditative, and he notes, as a caveat, that he
is buried on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. a respectful way toward the people around is intentionally excluding messianic synagogues from the list of acceptable choices. One type
I have had the unending privilege to us, but I realized last night that it’s also of Jewish community that exists in Seattle but is not included in Rabbi Mirel’s list is Human-
work with injured Israeli combat soldiers about something more. istic Judaism. As a member of the Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound, the local affiliate of
since 2007 through Hope for Heroism. I Even if we show respect to each other, the Society for Humanistic Judaism, I would like to correct this oversight. Although SJC is
am not exaggerating when I tell you that we do not come into this world simply not a synagogue, it provides many of the same services as other Jewish communities, e.g.
this level of selflessness is something these to live for ourselves. We are here to go monthly community get-togethers, holiday celebrations, Sunday school, adult education,
young men live with and are ready to act beyond ourselves for the sake of some- lifecycle celebrations, cultural programming, etc.
on today at a moment’s notice. I have one else. In Hebrew the word for sacrifice SJC is a viable alternative for people who want to participate in a Jewish community that
stopped counting the times I have met a is “hakravah.” It is not an accident that offers a world view that may resonate for them. SJC also actively engages in the larger local
young man who will spend years of his life hakravah also has the meaning “to come Jewish community, taking part in events at the Jewish Community Center, sponsoring cul-
trying to rehabilitate his body because of close.” We need look no further than our tural events such as the Seattle Jewish Film Festival, and supporting community organiza-
his decision to put himself between a ter- precious injured soldiers to see this truth tions such as Jewish Family Service and the Jewish Federation. I appreciate you remembering
rorist and a group of civilians. in action. They share a purity and close- to include Humanistic Jewish organizations such as ours in the list of viable alternatives for
In Israel, Hope for Heroism is run ness that leave anyone who meets them those seeking affiliation. We’re another type of vibrant Jewish community with much to offer
entirely by injured combat soldiers and feeling touched and inspired. and provide another doorway to affiliation.
the leaders tell me they continue to see Judy Blinder
expressions of this selfless giving every- Chaim Levine is Levitan executive director of Seattle
day. When they encounter injured soldiers Hope for Heroism. The injured Israeli soldiers
in the hospital, the first and only request will be in Seattle on their annual Hope for
they often hear from them is to instead Heroism delegation on May15th–23rd. During WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! Our guide to writing a
help a friend who has been injured. If an this time they will spend two days bonding with letter to the editor can be found at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/letters_guidelines.html,
injured soldier suffering from post-trau- injured U.S. soldiers who have recently been but please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. The deadline for the next issue is
matic stress is in a moment of personal inspired by Hope for Heroism to start a similar May 17. Future deadlines may be found online.
crisis in the middle of the night, he will organization here in Washington State.

“Society becomes how you act.” — Eric Liu, co-author of The True Patriot and Imagination First, speaking at the Jewish Family Service gala luncheon on May 9.
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WWbin laden Page 1 In the case of bin Laden there is, she because he rewards us or we fear punish- States to stand trial.
said, “a sense of relief, an affirmation ment,” he said. “But we’re human, we’re Just as Israeli agents didn’t kill Nazi
Consider the Purim story, where the God’s justice has been carried out.” Such not angels. We live in a world where war criminal Adolf Eichmann when they
Jews feasted after slaying those who were, an event, however, “is a time for sobriety, people need reinforcement, need a sense found him in Argentina a half-century
admittedly, arming to slay them. Or God’s not celebration.” that it’s all worth it in the end.” ago, but tried him in Jerusalem to expose
command to King Saul to obliterate the Nevertheless, Schonfeld added, one The Jewish way is not to gloat, Herring the true horror of the Holocaust and give
entire house of Amalek for its wicked ways: needs to distinguish between an ideal, reli- said. It is appropriate to rejoice when evil its victims a chance to speak their truth,
“Do not spare them, but kill both man and giously inspired response and the reality of doers get their just reward, but the rejoic- so would putting bin Laden on trial have
woman, and infant, ox and sheep, camel human nature. ing should be because we are witness- been an opportunity to uncover the real
and donkey” (I Sam. 15: 2-3). “Sept. 11 was a day of tremendous ing God’s power and justice. It shouldn’t face of al-Qaida, he said.
Conversely, one of the best-known ritu- trauma,” she said, and the raucous street come, he said, from “a self-satisfied smug “That would have been an extraordinary
als of the Passover seder is spilling 10 drops celebrations can be viewed as a kind sense of ‘Yes, I’ve been proven right.’ act in support of upholding the values we
of wine when mentioning the Ten Plagues of catharsis. “What we’re seeing is a “It’s an affirmation that God is not just claim make us different,” Waskow said.
to symbolize a lessening of our own joy in reminder of how personally people were an abstract idea, a Creator, but part of our Pointing to the story of Moses, Waskow
the face of Egyptian suffering. In Sanhedrin affected. It’s an understandable human lives,” Herring continued. “God cares. quotes the Midrash as saying that one
39b, God admonishes the angels for rejoic- response that we as Jews are blessed to ele- God loves us. That’s an essential article reason Moses was not permitted to cross
ing when the Egyptian soldiers drown in the vate to a Jewish response.” of our faith, that God rewards the righ- the Jordan and enter the Promised Land
Red Sea, saying “The work of My hands is Rabbi Basil Herring, executive vice teous and punishes the wicked. We rejoice was because in his youth he killed an
drowning in the sea, and you want to sing?” president of the Rabbinical Council of because our faith is borne out.” Egyptian overseer, taking justice into his
“I don’t think we ‘celebrate’ a death,” America, the professional association Rabbi Arthur Waskow, a Jewish own hands without bringing him to trial.
explained Rabbi Julie Schonfeld, executive for Orthodox clergy, also distinguished Renewal rabbi and director of Phila- Trying bin Laden “would have been
vice president of the Rabbinical Assembly, between the ideal and the real. delphia’s Shalom Center, said he would messy,” Waskow acknowledged, “but in
the professional association of Conserva- “In an ideal world, we serve God have preferred that the Navy SEALS had the long run I’m sure it would have been
tive clergy. because we want to do His will, not brought bin Laden back to the United better.”

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Yiddish Lesson inside this issue


By Ruth Peizer The rise and fall and rise and fall of religion in America 6
Prof. Jonathan Sarna of Brandeis University is a perpetual student of Jewish community in the United
Az dos medyl ken nisht tantsn, zogt zi, di klezmorim kenen nisht States. He came to Seattle this week to talk about what he knows.
shpiln.
The girl who can’t dance says the band can’t play. Jewish sensitivity training 7
After three men who put on tefillin prior to a flight from Mexico to Los Angeles were escorted from the
plane, Alaska Airlines turned to the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle to learn more about Judaism.

Help local Jewish veterans this Memorial Day Five Women to Watch: Giti Fredman and Diane Burnett
Our series of Five Women to Watch continues with Giti Fredman, who brings a sense of Jewish community
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Two local Jewish veterans, Robert Shay and Alan Silverman, have launched the Jewish to local Jewish women, and Diane Burnett, who uses her own experience in helping people trying to
Veterans Remembrance Project to recognize Jewish veteran gravesites throughout the overcome substance addiction.
Seattle area this Memorial Day. Shay and Silverman are currently gathering the names of
deceased Jewish veterans from the greater Seattle area, as well as gender, cemetery, grave- Summer books: History through fiction 12
site number (easily attainable from cemetery offices), branch of military, and rank when Sometimes the best way to learn history is through the eyes of fictional characters, because it makes the
discharged. period more personal. This month’s review section focuses on historical fiction.
They also seek volunteers — including individuals, youth groups, scout troops, Hebrew
schools or others — to help place and remove plaques on Memorial Day. In the name of peace 20
For more information about the plaques or volunteering, contact Robert Shay at Yariv Oppenheimer, the director of Israel’s Peace Now movement, came through Seattle to talk about his
robertallanshay@gmail.com or Alan Silverman at alans@festivals-inc.com. mission, his challenges, and his hopes for the near future.

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Community Calendar 14
Crossword 14
From the Jewish Transcript, April 24, The Arts 15
1998: A special section on Israel’s 50th Lifecycles 18
anniversary, which preceded a celebra- The Shouk Classifieds 17
tion festival at Seattle Center, included
an exhibit by ninth-generation Israeli Correction
photographer Keren Tzur of the city of The preview story of the Music of Remembrance concert (“Setting a personal history to
Jerusalem. The exhibit later went to the music,” April 29) referred to Thessalonika as an island. It is actually on Greece’s mainland.
Stroum Jewish Community Center. JTNews regrets the error.

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The rise and decline of Western (religious) civilization


Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Religion in America runs in cycles. decline certainly played a role, Sarna said, families. The Conservative movement
Sometimes it ebbs, sometimes it flows. but something else is at play. earlier this year approved the implemen-
Currently, says Prof. Jonathan Sarna of “Clearly when the economy collapsed, tation of a strategic plan that will over-
Brandeis University, this country is expe- ‘The first thing I can save money on is haul the way it provides services for its
riencing a religious recession, and the synagogue membership,’” Sarna said, adherents. And in February, the Recon-
Jewish community is not exempt. explaining many people’s rationale. “But structionist movement combined its orga-
“The number of Americans who claim we haven’t seen the kind of recovery in the nizational arm and rabbinical school,
that their religion is ‘none’ has certainly religious realm that we have seen in the which Sarna called an admission of its sig-
grown,” said Sarna, the Joseph H. and Belle economic realm.” nificant challenges.
R. Braun Professor of American Jewish His- Rabbi Beth Singer of Temple Beth Am, Sarna does not have a lot of data on the
tory and this year’s lecturer for the Samuel who studied under Sarna, agreed there Orthodox community because so many
and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish Stud- may be a decline in religious belief. institutions serve that population. He
ies at the University of Washington, Reviv- “Most people that I know don’t want to noted that while Orthodox Jews have many
als and Awakenings in American Judaism. come and sit in services on a regular basis, more children than the non-Orthodox,
“In the past, every religious decline has been they don’t want to describe themselves as which has provided growth, not all of these
followed by a religious revival. Whether that religious, they are really uncertain about children stay within the fold. In addition, Courtesy Brandeis University
will happen now, I don’t know.” their feelings about God,” she said. the ba’al teshuvah movement that began in Prof. Jonathan Sarna, this year’s Sam and Althea
Sarna thinks of the period between the However, her experience in Seattle dif- the 1970s, which saw many people convert Stroum Lecture Series’ scholar-in-residence.
first two world wars as one that best com- fers from what she and Sarna have both to Orthodoxy, has markedly slowed.
pares to today. Just like now, with easy dis- seen in other communities. “If you talk to rabbis, they don’t see that true rise in Jewish organizational involve-
tractions like Facebook and the iPhone, “We are experiencing this tremendous much of it, and synagogues are no longer ment, it has been through organizations
technology back then kept parishioners influx in everything that we do at Temple filled with religious newcomers who are like American Jewish Word Service, which
out of the pews. Beth Am,” Singer said. eager to participate,” Sarna said. aims to strengthen Jewish identity through
“The automobile, for example, gave And while she sees her congregants The rise of independent minyanim a social justice lens.
[people] something else to do on Sunday distracted by online social media, she and similar such organizations — he cited “We’ve seen this great movement back
morning and it took a while for religion to said, “we’re seeing that that is not enough, Seattle’s Kavana Cooperative as one exam- to social justice activities across the Jewish
figure out how to restructure so you make and there is a place for a real face-to-face, ple of popular alternatives to a traditional spectrum, including the Orthodox,” he
peace with this new piece of technology,” human-connection, meeting place.” shul — that began growing before the said.
he said. “All of that is a challenge to syna- Still, denominational organizations recession have also seen a slowdown, if not But, just as the anti-religious ideolo-
gogues and churches, and it will take some fear for their futures. The Reform move- an outright stalling out. gies of Marxism and socialism “seemed
time before we see how that all plays out.” ment is struggling with how it can increase The near future, at least for American to be capturing the hearts and minds of a
The economy in this most recent its reach and relevance for 21st-century Jews, will see much more interest in non- lot of young people” in the 1920s, Sarna
religious ways for people to express their
Judaism, Sarna believes. If there has been a XXPage 19

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Airline undertakes training in Judaism


following tefillin incident
Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
When three observant Jewish men on a which made subsequent attempts to con- more, Maimon told
flight from Mexico City to Los Angeles in tact the men, reported by the Jerusalem JTNews that the
March alarmed the flight crew by stand- Post as Mexican nationals, difficult but still Va’ad has never been
ing, wrapping black leather straps to their ongoing, Egan said. called on to help an
arms, binding small black boxes to their The Jewish Federation’s CEO Rich- airline become more
heads, and praying loudly in Hebrew, they ard Fruchter and its director of market- religiously savvy, but
were removed from the flight. A day after ing and communications, Wendy Dore, they are happy to
that event, Seattle-based carrier Alaska along with Seattle Va’ad representatives, help in any way they
Airlines quickly reached out to the Jewish interim director Al Maimon and Rabbi can. Andrew W. Sieber/Creative Commons
Federation of Greater Seattle for a crash Simon Benzaquen, collaborated with the “We don’t have
course in Jewish religious practice. airline to help them become more sensi- an agenda here,” said Maimon. “But if you calm and ease the next time.
In a series of ongoing meetings between tive to Jewish religious rituals. know you’re going to be doing something “If somebody asks if they can do their
the airline, the Jewish Federation and the In a statement on the Federation’s web- that’s out of the norm, let the staff know prayers, [flight attendants] can know what
Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle, site, Fruchter praised Alaska Airlines for what’s coming and make sure that they it is instead of being panicky,” Benzaquen
Alaska Airlines hopes to learn about Juda- its concern and attention to the matter, agree to the time and the place that it could said.
ism, and has already taken action by creat- while acknowledging that security is the be done so that it’s not disruptive.” While he had the airline’s attention
ing an internal website and related written priority, even as all of the parties involved Benzaquen agreed and said he believed on the subject of Jewish religious habits,
documents for its top-level staff so they strive to build understanding. that the altercation probably had some- Maimon said he took the opportunity to
may more easily recognize the sights and “They contacted us to learn what this thing to do with the passengers’ personali- lobby, in a friendly way, for more explicit
sounds of common Jewish practices, as particular ritual is and what is involved ties as much as it did with Jewish law. kosher certification symbols to be printed
well as those of other religious groups. so that they could learn what is accept- “There are certain rules on the plane on the snacks it sells so those who observe
“We took this very seriously,” said able, and what might be normal behav- because of safety and you have to be sen- Jewish kosher laws can more easily see
Bobbie Egan, media-relations manager ior, versus behaviors that they might be sitive to that,” the rabbi told JTNews and them.
for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air, Alas- on alert for,” Dore told JTNews. “We’ve Alaska Airlines executives at the meeting, However, he did not lose sight of the
ka’s partner airline, speaking with JTNews. already provided them with photos and reaffirming the Jewish law on the subject. issue that brought the group together and
“We had a lot of employees who said they articles about tefillin, what they look like, “If you are already on the plane, and you he offered his thoughts on the matter.
wanted to be a part of this.” and we had a demonstration by a local didn’t take the tefillin [out], and you are “There should be no one feeling entitle-
Several of Alaska’s senior staff attended Va’ad rabbi.” already sitting down, you have to talk first ment to do what they need to do regardless
the April meeting, including directors Although the Seattle Va’ad makes to the flight attendant.” of the environment or the authority of the
from the flight department, which over- Jewish religious rulings on almost any At the same time, knowledge is power, people where they are,” he said.
sees flight attendants, representatives issue, including kosher regulations, he said. Once educated on the subject, the The group plans to meet again at the
from diversity training, in-flight crew divorces, marriages, conversions, and plane’s crew can handle this situation with end of May.
training and crew selection. Employee
resource groups, which include diversity
groups and the human resources depart-
ment, attended as well.
“We’ve launched a computer-based
training [program] for our 2,600 flight
attendants,” Egan said. “In addition, we
are finalizing our new employee orien-
tation and will have a handout focusing
primarily on the most popular religious
practices for the regions we serve.”
Immediately after the incident, Alaska
Airlines issued a swift apology and offered
to reimburse the passengers’ airfares once
it learned that the small black boxes with
leather straps, known as tefillin, were a
part of daily morning prayer rituals for
observant Jews.
“We are including a model of train-
ing on non-verbal communication and
what different behaviors could mean,”
Egan said. “In addition, we’re producing
another document that highlights some
common prayer rituals.”
The incident was resolved once the
FBI, U.S. Customs and Border Protection,
and airport police met the plane, ques-
tioned the men and searched their bags.
According to Egan, an internal com-
pany review determined that the flight
crew acted appropriately, but she could
not recall, at this time, whether the three
passengers involved have taken any
formal action against the airline.
While attempting to refund the men’s
airfares, Alaska Airlines found discon-
nected or incorrect phone numbers,
8 m.o.t.: member of the tribe JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, may 13, 2011

Barefoot bandologist writes book


• Also: Music is business for three teens
Diana Brement JTNews Columnist

1 2
“I covered the story have to pace yourself and Jacob Goren, Ben Spear and of soccer and other sports,” he says. Ben
from the beginning…in work at it every day.” And, Zac Zilz have been schoolmates, plays on the Yeshiva golf team (yes, the
early 2007,” says “bare- no, he hasn’t interviewed friends and campers at Camp Sol- yeshiva has a golf team!). A budding film-
foot bandologist” Jackson Colton. No one has. omon Schechter for many years. Last maker, he finds similarities in audio edit-
Holtz. The Herald of Ever- A founding board member summer that all coalesced into a business. ing and running a sound system.
ett reporter just released his of West Seattle congregation They were emceeing the camp’s evening Zac is involved in B’nai B’rith Youth
book, Fly, Colton, Fly, about Kol HaNeshamah, Jackson shows and putting on skits. One night they and spent this year helping the Eastside
“Barefoot Bandit” Colton is “somehow…back on the asked if they could DJ a dance, and a new chapter increase its membership. A “con-
Harris-Moore, the teenage board again after almost six DJ business was born. noisseur of all kinds of music,” he also
Camano Island burglar who or seven years off [it].” The Back in the Seattle area, Benzacob — plays water polo. He says the best part
branched out into national 8-year-old congregation got a mesh of their names — quickly began of Benzacob is “all the new people we
and international theft before tribe its start when — after much getting work in and
being arrested in the Bahamas. talk — “a group of eight of us outside the Jewish
The book draws on the 100-plus arti- had dinner at Buddha Ruksa community. They’ve
cles Jackson wrote working the paper’s in West Seattle” and created the progres- played for youth
crime beat. After the bandit’s 2010 arrest, sive congregation. groups and schools,
Jackson felt there was a strong enough “We’re a synagogue that got its start for Bar and Bat Mitz-
narrative, and certainly enough material, over Thai food,” he says. vah parties and family
It’s a natural fit for Jack- events, and organized
son, who grew up in Boston independent dances
attending Temple Israel, for high schoolers,
where he and his dad were using Facebook to
both active members. publicize the events.
He finds “a Jewish With Seattle resi-
lesson” in Fly, Colton, Fly dents Jacob and Ben
about community and com- graduating from
munity responsibility. “It’s a Interlake High School Josh Voss
cautionary tale,” he says. i n B e l l e v u e a n d From left to right, Jacob Goren, Ben Spear, and Zac Zils, the DJs
We’re captivated by Northwest Yeshiva, Benzacob.
a story about a modern respectively, and Zac
American outlaw folk hero, from Mercer Island High, Benzacob will meet.” It’s been great, he says, to learn
“but it’s also a sad story be on partial hiatus for the next few years. to “approach people and take risks,” all
Joel Magalnick about a child who was Jacob will attend the University of Wash- skills he expects he will be able to use in
Jackson Holtz autographs copies of Fly, Colton, Fly at Elliott Bay neglected and began steal- ington and has access to the equipment the future.
Book Co. during a book launch event in April. ing to survive.” if he’s needed; Ben will study at Derech
Jackson has moved to Eitz Haim yeshiva in Israel; Zac is attend- A correction: I transposed information
for a book. His proposal was picked up by features reporting for The Herald, but he ing University of Redlands. Although the about Inge Marcus in the last issue. She
Penguin’s New American Library. still covers the bandit when news emerges. three will be at Schechter this summer, retired from Saint Martin’s University in
He wrote the book in “just over a He lives in Seattle with his partner, Jeremy they can get away for bookings. (Ben will Lacey as an assistant professor in biology
month” so it could come to market while Moser, and their cat Emily. “I love to return to the UW next year.) in 2007 and only taught very briefly at
interest still abounded. The pace was cook,” he says, and last summer he and Aside from school and Benzacob, Jacob Pacific Lutheran in 1985.
daunting, he says, but as a runner he com- Jeremy started a pea patch. Find more has been active in the business leadership
pared it to “any endurance event…you information at www.jacksonholtz.com. organization DECA. He also plays “a lot

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‘Eternal soup’: The professor’s guide to


surviving your kitchen remodel
Martin Jaffee JTNews Columnist
Last fall our family bit the dry goods are now boxed in But necessity, they say, is the mother of day and Thursday open. I recommend
bullet. After years of com- the guestroom. Sorry, guests! invention! In order to minimize cooking using Sunday as Island Crust pizza day.
plaining about our cramped Everyday needs, such as clean-up (in a living room with no coun- That gets you soup through Wednesday.
1950s-vintage kitchen, we peanut butter, breakfast gra- ters or sink, and a bathroom with a back- On Thursday we heat up canned veggie
decided: It’s time! So we hired nola bars, the coffee maker, breaking bathtub squat for dishwashing), chili. On Friday: make another batch of
an architect-contractor, drew and the Scotch, are laid out on we pioneered a way to extend our Shabbos your mother’s (or Bubbe’s) chicken soup
up the plans, and were ready tables brought into the living chicken soup so it becomes the foundation and repeat the cycle.
to roll. We planned to begin room. of a meal that lasts most of the week. We Can you think of a better way of feed-
right after the autumn festi- The fridge, dislocated from call it “Eternal Soup.” ing your family out of a single pot all
vals and finish up by Hanuk- its former kitchen post, now This miraculous soup cooks up for week? Our soup pot gets its bath Wednes-
kah — New Year’s Eve at the guards the entrance to the Shabbos and, like the lechem panim (the day night, rests on Thursday, and is ready
latest. view living room. You might recall “Bread of the Presence”) of the Temple, to rock and roll on Friday!
Simple, right? Right? seeing it on camera when, in that stayed fresh from Shabbos to Shab- This is how the Jaffees have survived the
For one reason or another the work the comfort of my living room, bos, grows tastier as the week unfolds. Winter of the Kitchen Remodel. Extra added
didn’t begin until early November. Our I was interviewed by KING 5 News about The foundation of “Eternal Soup” is benefit: That hot plate really cranks out the
guy projected a three-month time frame the “blood libel” controversy we’ve all for- your good ol’ Shabbos chicken soup. Make heat on those chilly, rainy Seattle evenings!
that forecast a finish well before Purim. gotten about. Ketzel, the cat, also upstaged it the way you (or Mom or Bubbe) usually Double extra added benefit: there’s no better
Various delays — the most aggravating the honored interviewee with a guest do, but leave the chicken parts to steep in way to deal with cold cholent.
concerning the floor guy — ultimately cameo, stalking through the room look- the broth on the blech over Shabbos. By So — any takers for Monday night
pushed the grand opening till just before ing for his bowl. Saturday night you’ll have a thick, gelati- dinner chez Jaffee?
Pesach. Have you ever moved your kitchen As for cooking gear, we made do with nous stew which, after it cools by Sunday,
into your living room for four months? a single-burner hot plate, a crock pot for will be the foundational “lead” of an Martin S. Jaffee currently holds the Samuel &
As those of you who’ve redone a kitchen cholent, a microwave, and a soup kettle. alchemical transformation into the “gold” Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies at the
well know, the new kitchen is really a We ate mostly on paper, to avoid of “Eternal Soup.” University of Washington. His award-winning
minor issue; the first problem is what to do having to wash the dishes in the bathtub. The result is a classic minestrone-like columns for JTNews have recently been
with the stuff already in your old kitchen. Not exactly “green,” but hey: Look at the crowd pleaser that, if necessary, can nour- published in book form as The End of Jewish
For one thing, everything — including the electricity we saved! ish four for dinner Monday–Wednesday, Radar: Snapshots of a Post-Ethnic American
kitchen sink — must go somewhere. The place may look like Costco, but it’s with bread and green salad. Of course, you Judaism by iUniverse press.
Here’s how we reconfigured our living cozy. We lived like this for — count ’em can start dining on your “Eternal Soup” as Find the recipe in Marty’s column online at
space: All pantry stuff, pots and pans, and — six months! early as Sunday, but that’ll leave Wednes- jtnews.net.

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No longer alone: Using
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Emily K. Alhadeff Assistant Editor, JTNews
“I have given my background to just Burnett comes to JFS with a Master of myth in the Jewish community that Jews
about every population except my own,” Social Work from the University of Wash- don’t have a problem with addiction.”
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Like several of our other Women to Burnett has served veterans, the elderly, the community, “I think that there’s a lot Courtesy JFS
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position. “Our program is designed to increase lot of people have chronic pain...We need “Anything we do to try to change our
“It just shows you, you don’t always awareness of drug and alcohol abuse in the to keep our kids safe from our medicine reality can become addictive,” Burnett
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Giti Fredman:
Bringing Judaism home
Emily K. Alhadeff Assistant Editor, JTNews
As Giti Fredman talks, a theme emerges: know the Jews of West Seattle and let them observant Jews — and hearing more about
Inspiration. She describes how she landed know there is a Jewish resource here,” Giti the JWRP, she changed her mind. After
in West Seattle (of all places), building says. the conference she called her husband and
Jewish community and leading women’s The Torah Learning Center is one of her mother-in-law to let them know they
trips to Israel as a result of inspired choices two synagogues that have popped up in would be taking care of the kids while she
and an unusually grounded sense that she West Seattle in recent years. But she tries went to Israel.
can make change in the world. to dispel the myth that one can only attend “It’s kind of like a Birthright for Jewish
The Lakewood, N.J. native had her life the institution where he or she pays dues. moms,” Fredman says.
more or less planned out during the eight “We’re not just a synagogue, we’re a By taking women with children still at
years she and her husband, Rabbi David Jewish resource,” she says. “It’s not a contra- home to Israel to engage more deeply with
Fredman, spent living in Jerusalem and diction. You can be a member somewhere Judaism, she hopes that the women will
Ramat Beit Shemesh, where she ran a else and come to our Shabbat dinner.” return and “inspire her husband and her
baking business. Besides, she pointed out, they don’t kids living at home.”
“We thought we were going to live in collect dues. “All these women are bringing what Sara Simon
Israel forever,” Giti, 29, says. The same sense of following a calling they learned back to their families,” she
But after her husband was inspired that brought the Fredmans to Seattle is says. “All the women are more committed she’d like to start a Jewish storytime.
by a going-away party for his best friend, what gave Giti the strength to start lead- to learning about Judaism.” “I feel like I’m a Jewish woman, I have
who had been hired by the Seattle Kollel’s ing yearly trips to Israel for Jewish moth- What’s unique about Fredman as a a lot of talent, I’m really capable and have
Rabbi Avrohom David to lead a Kollel in ers. The trip is through the Jewish Women’s woman to watch is her dedication to a lot of energy,” she says. “I have a deep
Portland, they knew what they had to do. Renaissance Project, which focuses on Jewish womanhood in and of itself. desire to share what I know with other
The Fredmans picked up and moved to bringing Jewish values to a central place in “We believe the woman is the founda- women. I’m very happy with my role.”
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Summer books:
History through fiction’s eyes
by Diana Brement JTNews Columnist
Readers can often benefit from learn- group actions show the range of experience life we learn the early history of the area
ing history through fiction, a testament of survivors and martyrs alike. Some are and of Israel’s earliest European immi-
to historical fiction’s enduring popularity. killed, some hide, and some become Swed- grants who, side by side with their Arab
An author can “know” a fictional charac- ish citizens under the auspices of Raoul neighbors, struggled to make a living off
ter more deeply, creating a more sympa- Wallenberg, a small, but important char- an unyielding land.
thetic, moving and personal portrait than acter in the book. Jewish and gentile char- From 20th-century terror we move
an historical figure might make. acters are pulled into the maelstrom. Some to 21st-century terrorism in The Fourth
Three new historical novels, all from go to the camps, some disappear, and as Target, by Nik Klieman (independent,
foreign authors, offer insight into specific the living nightmares churn on, we see paper, $15). This book, by an American-
periods spanning about a century of time. how people react — some driven to action, born Israeli and former El Al publicist,
Gratitude, by the Hungarian-Cana- some to despair, and some to heroism. caught my interest because it has a map of
dian author Joseph Kertes (St. Martin’s, In Valley of Strength, (Toby, cloth, Washington on the cover with an alarm-
cloth, $26.99), explores Hungarian Jewry’s $24.95), Israeli novelist Shulamit Lapid ing flag pin stuck into Tacoma, marking it
short but traumatic entry into the Holo- novelizes a period not often given much as a target of terrorism.
caust, starting with the 1944 Nazi inva- thought. More than 50 years before the Journalist Jonathan Summers is an air-
sion through the end of the war. Until the Holocaust, horrific pogroms were sweep- line terrorism expert who becomes an ama-
moment of invasion, Hungarian Jews and ing across Eastern Europe, driving many teur detective enmeshed in an international
gentiles lived under an illusion of protec- to emigrate. conspiracy after his daughter is killed in Lea Tillem, a 16-year-old runaway with
tion they assumed the Hungarian-German Written in Hebrew in 1982 and only an airline bombing. The book suffers from unusual powers, meets Jack Konar. Jack
alliance gave them. Kertes dramatically recently translated into English, Valley many of the problems of self-published is building a spaceship in anticipation of
captures the speed at which the Nazis tells the story of Fania, a 16-year-old girl, books. Despite writing, punctuation and the arrival of the Chosen Ones, who will
move to violate and dismantle the lives, the sole survivor of her village’s pogrom, factual problems (it’s Pike Place Market, not in turn herald the coming of the Messiah.
confidence and patriotism of those Jews. who arrives in Ottoman-ruled Palestine Pike’s Place, and it’s Puget Sound, not the The author — a stand-up comic and hurdy
We learn the facts through the charac- in the late 19th century with her deranged Pacific!), layout and formatting issues, the gurdy player — thrives on word play and
ters of the Beck family in Budapest, whose brother, her intellectual uncle, and her story still held my interest. I of course kept esoteric Jewish knowledge, and I can’t
first hint of the future comes when they baby, a product of rape. She hastily agrees reading to learn the Pacific Northwest’s role help think that in his defense he’d say that
take in Lily, the sole Jewish survivor of her to marry a farmer and moves to the in the plot. there’s nothing wilder here than some of
village’s ruthless evacuation by Nazi and remote farm settlement of Gai Oni, now In Breakfast with the Ones You Love, the stories in the Tanach.
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Books in brief
Diana Brement JTNews Columnist
Judaism In the face of death, in that silence, and stadt (Schocken-Nextbook, cloth, $24.95).
Imagine: John Lennon and the Jews, A in the passive state of “patienthood,” he The award-winning historian presents a
Philosophical Rampage, by Ze’ev Maghen thought he discovered clues to the origins readable and fascinating reevaluation of
(independent, paper, $12.50). Don’t be of religious belief. Fortunately, Kugel sur- the groundbreaking trial that became a
put off by the title of this book, it’s about a vived to write this book, an exploration of touchstone for judicial proceedings world-
lot more than John Lennon, although the scripture and scholarship, in which he pro- wide in which victims of genocide con-
author uses a critique of the song lyrics as poses that religion developed in response front their perpetrators. Beginning with
a foundation for his “philosophical ram- to the common human existential empti- the capture of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf
page.” His “Why be Jewish?” argument ness and ability to see ourselves as a very Eichmann by Israeli agents in Argentina
has its roots in a long-ago encounter with small part of a very big world. It’s that in 1960, Lipstadt moves on to describe his
some Israeli Hare Krishna acolytes at the “ancient sense of self,” which Kugel felt televised Tel Aviv trial, which riveted the
Los Angeles airport. Maghen — Ameri- personally when his “background music” world. Lipstadt was a leader in bringing
can-born, but now an Israeli professor of stopped, that led him to explore this phe- Holocaust survivors to talk publicly about
Arabic literature and Islamic history at nomenon on a wider scale. Building on the their experiences and focuses on the dra-
Bar-Ilan University — writes, “the ensuing framework of his personal cancer experi- matic effect that survivor testimony had in
pages are what I would have said to them,” ence, he brings history, neurology, anthro- that court of law, testimony that itself was
had he had the time and opportunity. pology, poetry and religious writing not without controversy. In a world that
Maghen is smart (very!), funny, crit- together to paint a portrait of the develop- had not really understood the personal sto-
ical, irreverent and lucid, and he puts it ment of religion in human society. ries of the millions who died and the hun-
all together with equal doses of philoso- God of Me: Imagining God through- dreds of thousands who survived, the trial
phy, pop culture and religion, and lots of out Your Lifetime, by Rabbi David Lyon meant, writes Lipstadt, “the story of the
entertaining anecdotes. Where else could (Jewish Lights, paper, $16.99). Lyon, in a Holocaust…was heard anew… The telling
you find Star Trek’s Mr. Spock and phi- sense, introduces us to God. This short and may not have been entirely new, but the
losopher Immanuel Kant quoted in the sweet book bridges the God-talk gap, help- hearing was” (author’s emphasis).
same paragraph? Even if you don’t agree ing bring God into our modern, everyday
with him (and he delineates at the begin- lives. Moving through the different stages Non-Fiction
ning who should and shouldn’t read this of life, he uses Torah to demonstrate the Better by Mistake: The Unexpected
book), it’s a thought-provoking and enter- point of each chapter, and concludes with Benefits of Being Wrong, by Alina Tugend
taining ride. questions for discussion. Parents of teens (Riverhead, cloth, $25.95). We are all
In the Valley of the Shadow: On the and young adults may find this book par- wrong on occasion, and we all make mis-
Foundations of Religious Belief, by James ticularly helpful when following the Deu- takes, so why is it so hard to admit them?
Kugel (Free Press, cloth, $26). When this teronomy’s injunction to “teach them to The New York Times columnist tells us go about handling them as parents, as
preeminent biblical scholar got a cancer your children to discuss them,” especially that a piece she wrote about making mis- spouses, as students, as doctors, but most
diagnosis about 10 years ago, and given while their kids are at the stage of ques- takes became one of the Times’ “most especially in the wake of the financial col-
only a few years to live, he was not just tioning their beliefs or challenging their e-mailed” articles, and the responses lapse of 2008, as business people. There’s
worried. He writes that “the background parents’ beliefs or instructions. filled the author’s inbox with readers’ sto- a downside to striving for perfection, and
music stopped…the music of daily life ries about their own mistakes. Tugend rewards in acknowledging and embracing
that’s constantly going, the music of infi- Holocaust explores how we make mistakes, usually the imperfection in all of us.
nite time and possibilities.” The Eichmann Trial, by Deborah E. Lip- cover them up, and how we should really

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This Week’s Wisdom
May 6............................... 8:09 p.m. military. At Mt. Tahoma High School, 4634 S 74th
Avoid Gossip May 13..............................8:19 p.m. St., Tacoma.
by Mike Selinker May 20............................. 8:26 p.m.
May 27............................. 8:35 p.m. Tuesday 17 May
7:30 p.m. — The Changing Middle East

www.townhallseattle.org
Friday 13 May The Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies
7:30–9 p.m. — Nishmat Shabbat presents an unparalleled group of experts and

Shellie Oakley at info@betalef.org or eyewitnesses to describe their impressions of what is


206-577-2391 or happening in this crucially important region, discuss its
www.betalef.org/shabbat.html#nishmat significance for the U.S. and the rest of the world, and
At this unique event, Bet Alef teachers share their answer questions from the audience. Tickets available
passion for meditation, mystical chant and the deeper through www.brownpapertickets.com and at the door
transformational messages of Jewish tradition. Silent beginning at 6:30 p.m. $5. At Town Hall Seattle, 1119
and guided Jewish meditations, ecstatic chanting and Eighth Ave. (at Seneca St.), Seattle.
dancing, and Judaism’s non-dual spiritual teachings
are alternately offered throughout the evening. $10 Wednesday 18 May
donation. At Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 7–9 p.m. — Israel Matters Series
1606 5th Ave. West, Seattle.

Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg at


7:30 and 10 p.m. — Shabbaton with Gila rabbikinberg@templebnaitorah.org
Manolson Local vendors and David Sokal, owner of Peace Oil,

Marilyn Leibert at info@seattlekollel.org or speak on Israel Buy-in: Using our consumer power
206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org to support Israel. $5 suggested donation. At Temple
Shabbaton with Gila Manolson, international speaker B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
and author on love and relationships. Dinner at 7:30 9–11:30 a.m. — SHA Grandparents Day
Sages caution against the spread of “Lashon Hara,” meaning “evil speech.”
with lecture “Finding Yourself in the Crowd: Judaism

Sari Weiss at sweiss@sha613.org or


More harm can be done with a softly spoken word than with a hundred swords. and Individuality.” Oneg Shabbat at 10 p.m. with lecture, 206-323-5750 ext. 239 or
Three people are hurt by every word of malicious gossip, as this puzzle shows. “Keeping Your Feet on the Ground When Your Head seattlehebrewacademy.org
is in the Clouds: Realistic Expectations of Love and SHA grandparents and friends are welcome for a
ACROSS DOWN Marriage.” $20/adults, $10/children, free/6 and under. brunch, tour and program. Free. At Seattle Hebrew
1 Sound of shock 1 Fan of The Cure and Bauhaus, perhaps At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Academy, 1617 Interlaken Drive E, Seattle.
5 Like road games 2 Like a recently used fireplace
9 Stockpile
14 Site of the Kon-Tiki
3 Go tobogganing
4 Louisiana sandwich
Saturday 14 May Thursday 19 May
Museum 5 Ginger ___ 10:30–11:15 a.m. — Learner’s Minyan 7–9 p.m. — SJCC Israel 360 Series: Zionism:
15 Nutty as a fruitcake 6 That’s amazing!

Carol Benedick at The Roads Not Taken


16 National Poetry Month 7 German exclamation carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or

Roni Antebi at ronia@sjcc.org or


17 With 27-, 39-, 47-, and 8 Chocolaty beverage 206-524-0075, ext. 4 or 206-388-0832 or www.sjcc.org
60-Across, all three people 9 Snags www.bethshalomseattle.org UW Professor Noam Pianko will talk about Zionism
hurt by a piece of gossip 10 Zoo attraction Join Ron Schneeweiss on the second Saturday of the and the roads not taken, new perspectives on Jewish
20 Electric start? 11 Grouch month to learn about a different aspect of the Shabbat nationalism. $10-$15. At Hillel at the University of
21 Mariner’s goal at the plate 12 Walk in the woods morning service. Free. RSVP requested. At Congregation Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
22 Honeycomb 13 Otherwise Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
manufacturer?
23 Pester
18 Person, place, or thing
19 Drink daintily
12–9 p.m. — Shabbaton with Gila Manolson Friday 20 May
25 Failed 21-Across attempt

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Lauren at lauren@hopeforheroism.org or
31 “When it ___, it pours” 26 What a golfer tries to break Seudah with NCSY: for details contact Ari Hoffman at 206-691-5096
35 Consecrated 27 Over yonder 206-295-5888 or hoffari@aol.com. Women’s lecture Join 12 injured Israeli soldiers and Attorney General
36 Eastern “way” 28 Comfortably cheery and seudah shlishit at 7:15 p.m.: “Looking Again: Rob McKenna for Shabbat dinner. Soldiers will tell
37 Jim Henson’s frog 29 Escape the grasp of Realistic Expectations of Love and Marriage” at the their stories over a Sephardic-style dinner. Services
38 Australian biped 30 Used to exist home of Miriam Levy. Contact the Kollel for details. At at 6:45 p.m. Advance payment reserves seat.
39 See 17-Across 32 Right Said Fred hit “___ Sexy” The Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Babysitting services available. $25/adults, $14/
41 Ring result, briefly 33 Camera brand children 4–12, free/children under 3. At Congregation
42 Blush
44 See 69-Across
34 Platoon director Oliver
37 They’re fit to be tied?
Sunday 15 May Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle.
45 Celestial body 10 a.m.–4 p.m. — Beth Shalom Blood Drive
46 ___ the storm
39 Liberals
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47 See 17-Across 43 Beehive and pixie cut www.bethshalomseattle.org 11 a.m.–2 p.m. — Lag B’Omer Parade, BBQ,
49 Celestial bodies 45 Where to go for Help The Puget Sound Blood Center will park their Blood Concert and Fair
51 Celestial body 47 Weapons depot Mobile across the street from Beth Shalom. Email to

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52 Bashful housemate? 48 Hawaiian dance make an appointment. At Congregation Beth Shalom, Starting at 10:45 with a parade led by “The Tribe” the
55 Suffix with sex or 50 Poisonous serpent 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. Northwest’s only Jewish Motorcycle group, parade
multicultural 52 Offenses written up at traffic stops 10:30 a.m.–1 p.m. — NCSY 500 from The Eastside Torah Center to Crossroads Park.
56 Breathtaking organs? 53 Seattle skater Apolo

Ari Hoffman at BBQ with hot dogs, burgers and free drinks, live
60 See 17-Across 54 Like Harvard, after its 1977 merger with Radcliffe ncsynewsletter@seattlencsy.com or music by Sasson, games, a raffle and a mitzvah fair.
65 Bumbling 57 Impermissible act 206-295-5888 or www.seattlencsy.com At Eastside Torah Center, 1837 156th Ave. NE and
66 Part in a play 58 Second Amendment subject
67 Paquin of True Blood The much-awaited go-kart race. Get team sponsors Crossroads Park, Bellevue.
59 Don’t go anywhere
68 Vending machine offerings and race for free. Open to all ages. At Sky-Kart Indoor 4–8 p.m. — Community-Wide Celebration in
61 Facial location?
69 With 44-Across, Sean 62 Rick Derringer hit “Rock and Roll, Hoochie ___” Racing, Seattle. Honor of Yom Ha’atzmaut and Lag B’Omer
Lennon’s mom 63 Big deer 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. — Washington Contemporary

events@jewishinseattle.org or
70 Pleasant, as an outlook 64 The Matrix hero Ballet presents “Nevsky” 206-443-5400 or www.jewishinseattle.org

Ken Kaiser at ken@wcbdance.org or Features a “Faces of Israel” exhibit, where participants can
Answers on page 15 253-474-4312 or www.wcbdance.org learn about Israeli topics, and a Jewish fair with shopping
Washington Contemporary Ballet presents this and information on Jewish activities in the Seattle area. At
© 2011 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle.
moving interpretation of the Russian Holocaust in a
All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.
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Lag B’Omer bonfire, kosher barbecue and camp songs. 7 p.m. — The Great Kugel Throwdown
Bellevue, WA 98004
Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

Lori Weinberg Ceyhun at assistant@wsjhs.org


BBQ: $7/adult, $5/child payable online in advance. At the or 206-774-2277 Fluent in Spanish
Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way and Herz-Ner Tamid, Local celebrity judges will consider kugels of every
3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. type from Seattle’s best chefs. Taste, vote and First class service — First class results
4–8 p.m. — Lag B’Omer BBQ take home a packet of recipes. Sponsored by the

Rabbi David Fredman at Washington State Jewish Historical Society and


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Bring a baseball glove and an appetite. Enjoy the of Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. Call 206-769-7140
bonfire pit and hopefully good weather. $7/adults, 7–8 p.m. — Fostering Empathy in Children
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Shabbat in the Old City of Jerusalem, steps from the
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performance, highlights of the year, staff tributes, lake, special Shabbat for the camper in everyone. Mercer Island High School Grad
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Regina Kaswan Russak


1914–2011
Regina Kaswan Russak was born in a small Romanian village in 1914. She immigrated to When her health declined to the point of needing nursing care, she found herself back among
Montreal in 1934 and then moved to Vancouver, B.C. For most of her adult life she resided in many friends and employees that remembered her from her volunteer days. Rena was very
Seattle, where she and her late husband Boris Russak lived until their passing. She lived proud of her daughter Carol and son Ed. She was the source of great inspiration and support
through long periods of deprivation as a child, and never saw her parents again once she left for them as they grew from children to responsible adults and ultimately became accom-
home. She endured a very sad situation when she had to say goodbye to them, and then plished in their chosen careers. She loved her daughter-in-law Sherry as she loved her own
believe that they had perished in the Holocaust. She found out that they had survived and were children. They, in turn, had the greatest respect for her support, hard work, unselfishness,
able to live out their lives in the Holy Land. Unfortunately, they were never able to reunite. devotion, and love. She set a wonderful example to her children and others.
Rena, as usual, accepted another disappointment without complaint. She always had the She was always a source of moral or financial support, and would reach out to family,
strength and character to move on with her life and hope for a better future. friends, and even strangers if she saw someone in need. Her sharp sense of humor, ability to
Rena spent her working life in Seattle as a seamstress and shop owner once her children were quote famous authors, politicians, and philosophers and even write original limericks in her
old enough to take care of themselves after school. She devoted herself to her family, her work, later years was a source of great entertainment and joy for those who were able to be in her
and as many other activities as time would allow. During her time in Seattle she was involved presence. She was very content with her life despite all of its hardships.
with the PTA, Cub Scouts, Girl Scouts, the March of Dimes, and many other activities. She was On the day of her passing, an out-of-town niece of her late husband described Rena to her
also a charter member of her Hadassah group and a lifetime member of that organization. Her son Ed as a saint. A sermon given by Samuel M. Stahl, now rabbi emeritus of Temple Beth-El
children still recall the many evenings Regina spent attending night school after hard days at in San Antonio, stated that “Judaism does not call upon us to become saints or to attain
work in order to qualify for her U.S. citizenship exam. She was very proud to be an American perfection. It only asks us to become good. For this reason, our faith presents us with a galaxy
citizen and be able to participate in the democratic process. She was always thrilled to spend a of very human Biblical personalities. Not one of them, even Moses, can be considered a saint.
day at her local voting station, where she prepared other registered voters to do the same. They were people who struggled with life’s problems; who tried to make their lives superior to
Rena kept busy after her retirement. She was able to travel to Israel and other interesting what they were; who strove, not always successfully, to increase their virtues and to minimize
places. She worked part-time and continued her charitable work. After her driving days were their faults. In other words, our goal, as Jews, is not to reach for sainthood. Rather, our task is
over, she spent considerable energy and time traveling between her home in Seward Park and to improve ourselves and to become better and nobler than we are at the present moment.”
the University of Washington where her great knowledge of the Yiddish language was shared Rena Russak could not have been a better example of this path through her extraordinary life.
with professors and students alike. She loved to sing the Yiddish songs that she learned as a We all feel blessed to have had a person of her character, morality, compassion, and
child, and felt honored to have had a small singing part on a commercial CD of Jewish music. strength in our midst.
One of her greatest accomplishments and sources of her modest pride was the time she There is no question in our hearts and minds that she has moved on to her well-deserved
spent as a volunteer at the Kline Galland Home. For 20 years, she drove, took the bus, and place in heaven, and that she is now entertaining the angels with her wit and humor. God will
even walked to the home in order to assist the aged and infirmed residents of that facility. rest her soul, and the wonderful memories of her will remain with us for the rest of our lives.

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life
Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah
Danielle Rachel Bensussen Maddie Rose Parsons
Danielle will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on May 14, 2011 Maddie will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on May 14, 2011, at
at Herzl–Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer Island.
Island. Maddie is the daughter of Robin and Jim Parsons of
Dani is the daughter of Larry and Shelley Bensussen of Bellevue and sister of Ali. Her grandparents are Barbara
Bellevue and sister of Seth and Josh. Her grandparents are Springut of Boca Raton, Fla., the late Max Springut, and the
Saul and Marion Rothstein of Spokane, Isaac Bensussen of late Elmer and Louise Parsons.
Seattle, and the late Revella Bensussen. Maddie is a 7th grader at Chinook Middle School. She
Dani is a 7th grader at the Overlake School. She enjoys enjoys volleyball, basketball, Japanese, music and animals.
soccer, basketball, shopping and spending time with family For her mitzvah project she is conducting a supplies and
and friends. Dani is collecting donations for the Humane food drive for the Humane Society of Bellevue.
Society and has started a Youth Mitzvah Fund at the Jewish
Federation of Greater Seattle to donate to nonprofit
organizations.
Bar Mitzvah
Noah Ethan Stulberg
Noah will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on May 21, 2011 at
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation.
Isaac S. Morhaime Noah is the son of Barry Stulberg and the late Gail
November 20, 1918–April 17, 2011 Stulberg and the brother of Hannah Stulberg. His grandpar-
Isaac S. Morhaime was born November 20, 1918 in ents are Dr. H. Jerome and Elaine Stulberg and Yoram Stav
Seattle to Samuel and Sultana Morhaime. He passed and Naomi Stuchinsky, all of Sherman Oaks, Calif.
away peacefully at his Mercer Island home on April 17, Noah is a 7th grader at Pacific Cascade Middle School.
2011. He enjoys snowboarding, spending summers at B’nai Brith
Ike, as he was known to all of his family and friends, Camp and hanging out with friends and family. Noah is
married the love of his life, Sophie Baroh, on June 27, developing “Carving for a Cure,” a fundraiser for skiers and
1942. He is survived by his children, Stan (Esther) snowboarders to raise money for ovarian cancer research.
Morhaime and Suzanne Morhaime; grandchildren Sarina
(Michael) Behar Natkin, Rob (Kate) Morhaime, Ben
Morhaime, and Ann Krigsman; and his four loving How do I submit a Lifecycle announcement?
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Ike enjoyed sports, playing golf until his mid 80s, and watching football, basketball and
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View from the left side: The key to Israel’s stability


Eric Nusbaum JTNews Correspondent
Yariv Oppenheimer, secretary general way to guarantee the essence of Zion- JTNews. “It’s an organization that is taking
of Israel’s Peace Now (Shalom Achsav) ism,” Oppenheimer said in his informal part in civil society in Israel and gives
movement kicked off his three-day trip remarks before an hour-long question people who support the two-state solution
to Seattle with a speech and discussion at and answer session that covered topics and would like to fight for it a place in the
Hillel at the University of Washington on ranging from the newly unified Palestin- public arena.”
May 2 that varied from his usual speaking ian factions Hamas and Fatah to the boy- Oppenheimer himself got his start in
engagements: Nearly all of Oppenheim- cott, divestment and sanctions movement youth movements of the Labor party. He
er’s questions on Monday came from his to future Israeli elections. was given leave from his military com-
political left. However, the tensest moments of the manders to attend a peace rally in Tel Aviv
One attendee had recently returned from discussion came over disputes in ideology, in 1995 in support of the Oslo Accords —
the West Bank, another grew up there. Yet such as when Oppenheimer was asked the rally at which then-Prime Minister
another pointed to news articles showing about right of return or negotiating with Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated.
instances in the past few years when Hamas Hamas. In 2006, Oppenheimer was called up
leaders said they were willing to negotiate “I don’t find a basic ground, even as an as a reserve to guard the settlement Ateret
with Israel — then wondered why Israel was Israeli in the Peace Camp, to negotiate with in the West Bank. It was exactly the kind
not willing to be a partner to Hamas. Hamas,” Oppenheimer said. He would, of settlement he advocates dismantling as
The critical Seattle audience was not however, be willing to negotiate with a uni- part of his day job as an activist. Residents
unheard of, but certainly unusual for fied Palestinian government that included petitioned for his removal from duty, but
Oppenheimer. Hamas, so long as two conditions are met Oppenheimer remained.
“Mostly I’m advocating in front of by that government: A willingness to discuss Just like his fellow Israelis, Oppen-
Israelis,” Oppenheimer told JTNews. “The the two-state solution, and a military under heimer told JTNews that American Jews Eric Nusbaum
argument coming from them is from the the control of a non-Hamas group. have an obligation as well to express not Yariv Oppenheimer, the Israel-based secretary
right side. With arguments from the left, Israel’s Peace Now movement began just their support for Israel but their opin- general of Peace Now.
I don’t think it’s about idealism and ideol- in 1978 as a grassroots effort to urge then- ions on Israeli policy and politics.
ogy — it’s mostly about tactics.” Prime Minister Menachem Begin to con- “If you are just supporting the gov- tour of the United States was in Washington
Oppenheimer laid out his strong beliefs tinue peace talks with Egyptian Premier ernment policy without expressing your D.C. He arrived in Seattle sleepless because
that a Palestinian state alongside Israel is the Anwar Sadat. Since then, the movement own views, you are undermining Israel in he had spent the previous evening among
key to stability in the region — and argued has also taken off in the United States as some ways,” he said. “There needs to be a the crowds in front of the White House cel-
that the only way to achieve that state would Americans for Peace Now. place for Jewish Americans to say I sup- ebrating the death of Osama bin Laden.
be for Israel to make significant concessions “The main goal of this movement is to port Israel but I have a problem with some “I felt like an outsider,” Oppenheimer
among settlements in the West Bank. advocate a solution that’s a compromise Israel policy.” said. “I didn’t feel like I was part of the cel-
“The two-state solution is the only with the Arab world,” Oppenheimer told Oppenheimer’s previous stop on his ebration.

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