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we would toast to life. More than once, Gilbert drove me through the streets of Paris, pointing out the apartments where he and his parents had lived, the parks where he had played as a child, the hotel where he had been put up after his return to Paris in 1945, emaciated and alone. I never fully understood how Gilbert could resettle in Paris after all that had happened. But somehow he achieved a balance: Holding on to his postwar American citizenship, bonding with fellow survivors, digging to find out what happened to his parents, writing his book and speaking to French youth about his life. Always, however, he wondered what was in those Siemens archives.
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The investigation is still going on, and this is why the preference obviously is to have some more definitive conclusions. Bulgarian Ambassador Elena Poptodorova on her countrys hesitation to take the lead on labeling Hezbollah a terrorist organization after an attack on Israelis there last summer. See the story on page 7.
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Edith Shaked set up a display commemorating everyone killed in the Holocaust outside of the Hillel at the University of Arizona.
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From the Jewish Transcript, April 9, 1975. Hey, look, were on TV! This group of Jewish community members watched excerpts about themselves and people they know prior to the launch of the the six-part Jewish Community Video Project, which aired on a local cable channel. Episodes included puppets telling of the story of Purim, conversations with recent immigrants to Seattle from the Soviet Union, and an examination of the anti-Semitic aspects of the film version of The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz.
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With more than three decades of vegetarianism between our editorial staff, we should have known better than to label as vegan a macaroon recipe that contains honey (Simply amazing (raw vegan) coconut macaroons, March 22). If you make it with agave nectar instead, then its vegan. JTNews regrets the error.
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Why Is This Night Different From All Other Nights?Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Ancient World
Why is the seder like an ancient Greek symposium?Why do we use the Greek word afikomen, rather than a Hebrew or Aramaic word, as the name of the seder matzoh dessert? How did ancient Greece and Rome influence Judaism? These are the questions University of Washington classics professor Sarah Stroup will be asking to provide a more complex and nuanced view of the ancient worlds relationship to and influence on Judaism. Stroup is also the director of the UW Tel Dor Archeological Excavations and Field School in Israel. This is the first in a series of three talks: On April 17, she will ask, Why Were Caesar and the Rabbi Friends?Jews in the Roman World:Life, Death, Trust, and Betrayal, and on April 24, How Did They Greet Alexander?Tel Dor:A Case Study for Ancient Multiculturalism. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. Register online at templebe.ejoinme.org/ universitylectureseries2013, or contact Alysa Rosen at alysa@templebetham.org, or 206525-0915. $35 for the series or $15 per lecture.Free for students with valid ID.
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In the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon ascribes a time to every pair of purposes under heaven. You may not get around to all of them on every day, but youll hit most of them in a lifetime. Here is the full list from the New International Version, with one of each pair that youll need to fill in. a time to 14-Across and a time to die, a time to 30-Down and a time to uproot, a time to kill and a time to 9-Down, a time to 18-Across and a time to build, a time to 73-Across and a time to laugh, a time to 4-Down and a time to dance, a time to 41-Across and a time to gather them,
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Two Jewish camps in the Pacific Northwest, URJ Camp Kalsman in Arlington and Bnai Brith Camp on the Oregon coast, have been selected to create youth philanthropy projects this summer. As part of the 2013 camping philanthropy program of the Jewish Teen Funders Network, both camps will create teen foundation boards, where campers will work together to find appropriate non-profit organizations to which they can donate $1,000. The Jewish Funding Network will also work with campers to learn about program development and nonprofit staff training. BB Camp will offer the program to its 10th-grade leadership-in-training campers, according to director Michelle Koplan, while the Camp Kalsman program will create its board from its 11th-grade counselor-in-training program. At Kalsman, our purpose is to create committed lifelong Jews, said Camp Kalsmans director David Berkman in a statement. Campers are concerned about and invested in the world around them. Our responsibility, therefore, is to help them learn to be leaders in the community, which means the giving of time, of energy, and of money. The board of directors of Northwest Yeshiva High School has launched an initiative to attract exemplary Jewish teens to become students at the school. Up to five 8th or 9th graders from either public or secular private schools will be awarded a $5,000 Honor Society scholarship. Qualified students must not have attended a Jewish day school in the past three years and each must demonstrate excellence in one or more of the following areas: Academic excellence, community service, commitment to Judaism, leadership, or character development. Selected students will be granted $5,000 per year as long as they maintain a 3.0 GPA and uphold character integrity. Students must apply online at www.nyhs.net (click on the Honor Society badge at the upper left) no later than April 30. Students and families seeking more information should visit www.nyhs.net or contact Rabbi Margolese at 206-232-5272, ext. 547 or admissions@nyhs.net. It wont actually be planted until sometime next year, but the sapling taken from the now-removed tree that stood in front of the Anne Frank house has arrived in Seattle. The cutting, which came from a diseased horse-chestnut tree that was more than 200 years old, was referenced in Anne Franks diary. The sapling that came to Seattle is one of 11 awarded around the world another will take root at Liberty Park, the site of the former World Trade Center in New York and comes here due to the efforts of a joint venture between the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center and the Seattle Parks Department. We are extremely excited for this opportunity, as it highlights the ongoing work we do at the Holocaust Education Center: Teaching about respect and tolerance in our schools and community, said Ilana Kennedy, the Holocaust Centers education director. The sapling, which first arrived in the U.S. in 2009, has been under quarantine by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is now under the care of the parks department since its arrival last month. Its planting location, originally thought to be in Volunteer Park, will be determined prior to a community planting event in spring 2014.
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Daniel Offer as a young Palmach soldier in 1948, and as a retired psychiatrist today.
The principal called all us seniors in the auditorium and said theyre discontinuing the senior class, remembers Offer. But summer vacation was not about to begin early. With the Palestine partition plan just announced and Israels independence about to become a reality, the certainty of war loomed large. Offer got in line and waited for his assignment. Offer, a Jerusalemite, learned he would be heading south to the Negev to fight the expected Egyptian forces with the Palmach, the strike forces, one of pre-state Israels military units. He was the only one from his class assigned to the desert region. The Negev was like a foreign land to me, he recalls. Born in Berlin in 1931, Offer and his family emigrated to Palestine in 1936. While they were assimilated Germans who didnt identify as Zionists, Offers parents realized soon after Hitlers rise to power that their future would be elsewhere. His father, a professor of pediatrics, was ousted from his post along with other Jewish professors. According to Offer, his parents said, If he can do that, he can do anything. We better get the hell out of here. Offer has fond memories of life in Israel, even though it got off to a rough start. I remember the first day I went to kindergarten, my mother dressed me in lederhosen, he says. Everybody laughed and laughed at me. That was not a very good beginning. Despite the embarrassing moments associated with integration into a new society, it was a very happy life, he says. His mother loved their new country. His father, although he later returned to
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When the announcement came two weeks ago that Temple Beth Ams senior rabbinical team of Jonathan and Beth Singer would be leaving Seattle at the end of June to lead a synagogue in San Francisco, it sent a shockwave through both the Reform congregation and the Seattle areas organized Jewish community. In part it was because the rabbis have been so involved in the areas Jewish life, but also because its yet one more organization of the many in Seattle that needs to find new leadership. Beth Am is at the start of its search process, as are Bellevues Temple Bnai Torah and the Seward Park neighborhoods Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, to find permanent replacements on their pulpits. In the meantime, Sephardic Bikur Holim, also in Seward Park, hopes it has
completed its search for a new rabbi. Two other Seattle congregations, Temple De Hirsch Sinai and Congregation Beth Shalom, are conducting searches to replace their departing executive directors, who run the day-to-day tasks of operating a synagogue. At the same time, three of the areas major community agencies, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle, and the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle hope to have new leadership in place by summer. The word bittersweet is one were using frequently, said Elizabeth Asher, president of Temple Beth Ams board. Theres a lot of emotion, because these rabbis have given us a gift of feeling very personally connected to them. But the three weeks since the board was notified of the Singers impending departure have also been a whirlwind of activity: The Reform-based Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR), which is helping to facilitate the search, had a deadline of this week to receive the application
forms for an interim rabbi while the search for a permanent replacement gets underway. That was in addition to the temples board needing to architect a plan to develop criteria for choosing a rabbi before it actually engages its search committee, as well as personally responding to the many members in the 900-family congregation who had questions and concerns about the transition. Its an intense time, but were not scrambling, were not disorganized, we just have a lot to do in a short period of time, Asher said. We have to ensure there are seamless transitions. The biggest concern has been for the families of Bar and Bat Mitzvah kids whose ceremonies are scheduled during the summer and fall. A letter to congregants stated that we will make sure that we maintain rabbinic coverage during this time for all scheduled life cycle events, especially bnai mitzvah. Though both of the temples senior rabbis are leaving, Asher said the search getting underway will likely be to hire one rabbi.
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It seems to make sense that we first get our senior rabbinic position in place, she said. That person, I suspect, will want to have some input into an associate rabbi. Temple Bnai Torah, a Reform congregation in Bellevue similar in size to Beth Am, has had a few more months to begin preparations for the impending retirement of its longtime senior rabbi, James Mirel, in June 2014. Mirel will stay on as rabbi emeritus. A search committee has been formed, and it has already begun planning congregational meetings to ascertain what its members want and need in a senior rabbi before passing that information on to CCAR, which will conduct this search as well. The meetings will probably be taking place in April, May and June, said Shana Aucsmith, Bnai Torahs board president. Well be collecting the information to be right on schedule [for] what is considered the normal and best process. Bnai Torahs associate rabbi, Yohanna Kinberg, who has been with the temple for nearly 10 years, was invited to apply for the senior rabbi position and has done so. Were glad about that, Aucsmith said. Thats something we were hoping for. Kinberg told JTNews she entered the rabbinate with the idea of being with people in their lives for the long haul. I would love to stay at TBT, she added. I want to see the kids who are being born now do their Bnai Mitzvah, and even perform their weddings. Kinbergs husband, Seth Goldstein, is rabbi at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, and she said the family is committed to staying in the area regardless of the outcome. Aucsmith said the temples board and committee felt that engaging in the full hiring process would mean both the congregation and Kinberg can ensure they are a proper fit. The rabbinical searches in Seward Park have come with more intensity. After Sephardic Bikur Holim decided in 2011 not to renew the contract of Rabbi Simon Benzaquen, a search committee embarked upon a year-long search for a rabbi to lead the Turkish Sephardic congregation. The synagogues board president, Menachem Maimon, wrote in SBHs April newsletter that an offer had been extended to a rabbi, though a contract was not yet signed. Maimon told JTNews the search is still underway. Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadaths board also declined to renew the contract of its rabbi, Moshe Kletenik, necessitating the search for a new rabbi of the Pacific Northwests largest Ashkenazic Orthodox synagogue. Kletenik will finish with the congregation this June, and board president Chuck Broches hopes to have a new rabbi in
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place by July 2014. The rabbi at a shul like BCMH plays a much more central part in the lives of its members, Broches noted. The rabbi plays an important role in providing halachic counsel on all sorts of things, ranging from kashrut to how the mikvah is operated, he said, a whole span of issues. Broches has been in touch with the Orthodox Union, the Rabbinical Council of America (of which Kletenik is a past president), and Yeshiva University, which has a rabbinic placement service. With Passover finished, a committee appointed to create what Broches called a visioning process will be getting to work. We havent taken a real serious look at ourselves in 19 years, since Rabbi Kletenik arrived, he said. Our shul, like every
happening now. We are looking at this as an opportunity to really reach even further and to redefine ourselves in some way to continue to grow, Asher said. Thats pretty exciting, actually. Theres an exciting element to this opportunity for us as well.
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When I called Spokane resident Julie Morris just before Passover, she was hands deep in matzoh ball batter and revealed she makes two recipes in advance, half fluffy and half bombs, to suit the whole familys tastes. A long-time member of the national board of Hadassah, Julie was recently appointed to the board of the Hadassah Foundation, something shes very excited about. On the national board Julie developed expertise in fundraising and strategic planning that she brings to the foundation. I love the idea [of the foundation] because it allows Hadassah, in a different way, a different system, to provide opportunities to young girls and women, she says. Shell attend her first meeting in New York in June. Hadassah primarily supports Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO), the two-campus research and clinical hospital in Jerusa-
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lem. Half of all Israeli medical research originates from HMO, Julie points out. The foundation improve[s] the status, health and well-being of women and girls, according to its website (www.hadassah.org/ foundation), mostly in Israel. They might support a foundation that deals with bullying or the status of Orthodox women, explains Julie. Foundation fundraising is separate from Hadassah chapter fundraising and its board is half Hadassah members, half from the wider community. It gives us wider exposure to what is going on in the world, says Julie. Julie grew up on Seattles Beacon Hill, a member of the extended Brenner Brothers Bakery family. A graduate of Cleveland High School, she met her husband Jeff (a Franklin alumnus), when they were active in the AZA and BBG Jewish youth groups. Moving to Spokane
about 40 years ago for Jeffs work, they assumed they would return, but we settled in and we love it. Plus, she adds, we can get to Seattle whenever we want. Spokane has a wonderful[and] very active Jewish community where everyone pulls together, Julie says. The main synagogue is Temple Beth Shalom, with its closeknit intergenerational community, and there is a small but active Hadassah chapter, she says. Julie was active in the synagogue when her three sons were growing up and is more active again as her grandchildren begin to attend Hebrew school.
My conversation with private chef Becky Selengut was so entertaining that I wasnt surprised when, at the end, she revealed she is branching out into stand-up comedy. Becky was raised in New Jersey and says that although she was a picky eater as a child, she was open to new tastes. One of her favorite childhood food memories is the Hillel sandwich matzoh, charoset and horseradish of the seder table. She also recalls fondly the spread of smoked fish, bagels and knishes picked up at Russ and Daughters deli and eaten at her grandmothers lakeside house with her homegrown tomatoes.
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within the yeshivas summer program. We had heard from organizations that they do periodically receive requests from individuals from abroad interested in volunteering, but dont have the capacity to screen volunteers from abroad, Gamoran said. That tied in well to what SVFI could offer. Past SVFI volunteer opportunities have included mentoring start-up businesses, providing strategic planning to an organization that serves children with disabilities, providing training for HIV prevention, and remediating English skills for disadvantaged students. In terms of most needed professions, our Courtesy Marla Gamoran conversations with Israeli organizations indiAbove, from left, volunteer Roseli Ejzenberg, volunteer coordinator Judy Gray, and volunteer cate that there is high need for individuals who have writing, marketing, social media, teachGina Milano. At left, Lisa Pengitore teaches English in Neve ing and tutoring skills, Gamoran said. Organizers are currently working to Yaakov through BaKehilas summer program. establish a relationship with a clinic in south Tel Aviv, which is seeking medical expertise to serve refugees and asylum seekers. [Placement] takes creativity and out-of-the-box thinking to determine how to best put to use the volunteers skills and the organizations needs,Gamoran said. In most cases, SVFI is matching the professional with the opportunity, but not much more. [The volunteers] are contributing not only their time and expertise, but the full cost of their stay in Israel, including housing, living expenses and travel, she said. We have a very limited number of placements that do include housing and board in youth villages in Israel where the volunteer participates in a program that requires a specific skill set.
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based volunteer opportunity. But such volunteer opportunities were sparse. I started my search on the web and was quite surprised to learnthat the programs all seemed to age out at 30 years old, Gamoran, a former education administrator, said. Moreover, none of the programs I found for older adults, with the exception of dentists, were structured to utilize the professional skills and expertise of the volunteer in the volunteer position. So Gamoran began her own volunteer program, Skilled Volunteers for Israel (SVFI), which matches experienced professionals with skilled volunteer opportunities in Israel. I decided to launch SVFI as a means of connecting professional North American Jews with Israel by facilitating the match between the skill and expertise of the volunteer with a real need within an Israeli non-profit or educational organization, said the former Chicagoan. Given that there are over a million Jewish baby boomers in the U.S.A. alone, and that the boomers represent an educated, healthy segment of the Jewish population, and that for many of the Jewish boomers, we were raised with a strong and positive connection to Israel, she said, I felt that if I was looking for a means to volunteer using my professional background, so would others. In 2011, its first year of operation, SVFI placed four volunteers. At the same time, SVFI focused on building relationships with Israeli non-profits and establishing the processes needed for placement, screening and support of future volunteers and receiving organizations. In 2012, SVFI placed 21 volunteers. In 2013, SVFI hopes to increase that number to 35. The organization serves a variety of professionals, including scientists, organizational consultants, university professors, attorneys, rabbis, teachers, accountants and business people. In addition, plans include starting a branch in Seattle, spearheaded by Saul Gamoran, Marla Gamorans brother-in-law and one of SVFIs board members. I look forward to hosting an event this fall in Seattle to increase local awareness and draw skilled volunteers from the Northwest, Saul Gamoran said. Marlas brainchild unearthed a tremendous reservoir of untapped desire among adults to volunteer in Israel using their professional skills. This year will also see a pilot group-volunteer program in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Miami. Skilled volunteering placement requires personalized methodology, according to Marla Gamoran, similar to that of hiring someone for a job. The skilled volunteer position is designed to utilize the skills, experience and expertise of the volunteer to contribute to the needs of a project or program in an Israeli organization. SVFI places volunteers though its own customized placements, as well as via collaboration with the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which includes a Volunteer and Study track
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Howard Wasserteil at hwasserteil@ templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Celebrate the 65th anniversary of the State of Israel at this community-wide event. Free and open to all. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. activity. Prospective students welcome. Counts for Jewish High hours. $50 before April 12/$75 after. In the Seward Park area, register for details.
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Terry Walsh at terryhw@earthlink.net Congregation Eitz Or welcomes UW students, family, and friends to a Shabbat service led by Reb Arik Labowitz followed by a vegetarian/dairy potluck and presentation by Akiva Kenny Segan on Under Wings of G-d and Sight-Seeing with Dignity. At Hillel at the University of Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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Ilana Cone Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or 206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org A memorial service for the victims of the Holocaust and their families, led by Rabbi James Mirel, Rivy Kletenik, and Julie Mirel. Free. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center Holocaust Memorial, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 2:304:30 p.m. Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Program
Ilana Cone Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or 206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org Leo Hymas, a U.S. Army soldier who helped to liberate the Buchenwald, and Robbie Waisman, a survivor of Buchenwald, share their powerful stories of compassion, survival, and hope. Refreshments to follow. Free and open to all. At Kane Hall, University of Washington, Seattle.
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79 p.m. Why is the Seder Like a Greek Symposium? Jews, Greeks, and Romans in the Ancient World
Alysa Rosen at alysa@templebetham.org or 206-525-0915 or www.templebetham.org/ learning/university-lectures Lecture series by University of Washington professor of classics and director of the UW Tel Dor Archeological Excavations and Field School in Israel Sarah Stroup. $15 per lecture, $35 for series. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. 89 p.m. Parsha Through the Lens of the Baaeli Mussar
Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel. org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org Rabbi Ron Ami Meyers will extract the fundamental ethical messages embedded in the Torah with the writings of Rav Avigdor Nebenzhal of Jerusalem. Free. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
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Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org Judaism is a powerful spiritual discipline capable of unlocking inner potential. One must look beyond the metaphor to discover true power. Led by Rabbi Marc Spiro of Living Judaism. Free. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
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Amy Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org The PJ Library welcomes Shoshana Stombaugh as guest musician and storyteller. Songs and a story, activities and playgroup fun. At the Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.
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Mary Kozy at genmail@marykozy.net or www.jgsws.org/meetings.php Come hear Howard Droker, author and historian, discuss the three waves of Jewish immigration into Washington State, and view historic photographs of early Jews and Jewish life. Free to members of the Jewish Genealogy Society of Washington State, $5 for non-members. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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David T. Kamont at david.t.kamont.mil@mail.mil Holocaust remembrance with guest speaker. Sponsored by 3rd Brigade 2nd Infantry Division. At Soldiers Chapel, Joint Base Lewis-McChord. 8:159:15 p.m. Approaching the Divine Other with Beth Huppin
Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Fifth and final session of Beth Huppins class on Opportunities, Dangers, and Responsibilities of Approaching the Divine Other. 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. classes also available. At Congregation Beth
9 April
Bob Kaufman at robertkaufman@comcast.net BCMH Mens Club breakfast featuring Lawrence Black on Bringing Closure to the Shoah. Black will share his impressions of returning to Poland to visit the Belzek concentration camp and the mass grave where his family is buried. Following Shacharit services. Free. At BCMH, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. 1011:30 a.m. MiSHpAcha & Me
Sari Weiss at sweiss@sha613.org or 206-323-5750, ext. 239 or seattlehebrewacademy.org Parents and children under 5 enjoy story time, crafts, and play at SHAs PJ Library event. Free. At Seattle Hebrew Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle. 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. Parenting Mindfully: The Middah of Calmness
Marjorie Schnyder at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-3146 or www.jfsseattle.org Explore how parents can express emotions and beliefs in balanced ways and look at both traditional Jewish writings and contemporary research and literature. Third of four sessions; come to one or all. Free; limited babysitting with advance request. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 11:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. When the Water Runs Out: Allocating Scarce Resources in a Desperate World with Rabbi Jill Jacobs
Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Rabbi Jill Jacobs is the executive director of Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights. RSVP appreciated. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
14 April
Jon Soyke at jon.soyke@us.army.mil With guest speaker Rabbi Jaron Matlow. Sponsored by Alpha Company, Warrior Transition Battalion. At Medical Mall (Madigan), Joint Base Lewis-McChord. 79 p.m. Why Were Caesar and the Rabbi Friends? Jews in the Roman World: Life, Death, Trust, and Betrayal
Alysa Rosen at alysa@templebetham.org or 206-525-0915 or www.templebetham.org/ learning/university-lectures Lecture series by University of Washington professor of classics and director of the UW Tel Dor Archeological Excavations and Field School in Israel Sarah Stroup. $15 per lecture, $35 for series. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
17 April
Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or www.h-nt.org Savage will lead several study sessions throughout the day. Check the website for details. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 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.
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Marcie Wirth at MWirth@sjcc.org or 206-388-1998 or SJCC.org Presenting the Stroum Spirit of Inspiration award to David Rind, former SJCC board of directors president and current co-chair of the SJCCs capital campaign. Minimum donation of $180. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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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; davening and singing with a rap star; oneg; sushi-making; and a surprise Saturday night
19 April
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. 10:45 a.m.: 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. Parent Program with Secular Jewish Circle and Visiting Rabbi Binyamin Biber
info@secularjewishcircle.org or 206-5281944 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 one-woman 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. 25 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. Take your chances with chess puzzles to enhance your knowledge of the game while enjoying friendly chess matches. At Torah Day School of Seattle, 3528 S Ferdinand St., Seattle.
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DigiPens ProjectFUN summer workshops in game design, video game programming, multimedia production, and engineering enhance middle and high school students critical thinking skills, improve their knowledge of core subjects like math and physics, and excite their interest in the academic concepts underlying modern technology. Visit projectfun.digipen.edu.
Seattle Audubon Nature Camp provides fun, hands-on learning for the young and curious naturalist with weekly themes for each age group. Seattle Audubon has been dedicated to providing environmental and nature-based education for the youth of Seattle for 30 years with our summer nature camps. www.seattleaudubon.org 206-523-4483
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back to where they once were. Do you think Israelis will vacation in Turkey again? Anonymous Israeli-American: Turkey is beautiful...and [there are] great
deals from Israel. Israelis love to travel: When there is a good deal, they go. Joel Migdal predicts an upswing in tourism. Yoav Duman: There is a financial/ economic incentive, and Turkey [offers] cheap vacations.
Resat Kasaba: People [in Turkey] are expecting a busy season. Isaac Azose: We may see an uptick in tourism from Israel, but not to the extent it had been for years. Will there be a lessening of anti-Semitism in Turkey, in light of the comments
by Erdogan? Rifat Bali: Anti-Semitism in Turkey is not a result of the Mavi Marmara crisis but has much deeper cultural roots. Joel Migdal: Turkey is going through a nationalist phase now, and anti-Semitism is part of that. fortable Americans have it, and how they complain and are critical. Im always amazed, and I think to myself, What if the Japanese had conquered part of the U.S., the West Coast what would have happened? Offer and his wife, Marjorie, relocated to Mercer Island to be near their daughter and her family. They have another daughter in Palo Alto, Calif., and a son in London. With the 65th anniversary of Israels independence coming up on April 16, Offer says, I think a lot about the state, what it was then when I was a soldier, and what it has become. Im very proud of it. I think it has done a lot of good for the Jewish people, he adds. You can be very proud that theres an Israel.
Morgan Weidner of Bellevue was recently elected to the North American board of the Reform movements National Federation of Temple Youth at its recent convention in Los Angeles. She is serving as vice president of programming. Weidner is a senior at Newport High School and is currently NFTYs regional programming vice president. She is also a past president of the Temple De Hirsch Sinai youth group and works as a madricha at the temple. Morgan, the daughter of Ellen and Steve Weidner, plans to attend Scripps College in Claremont, Calif. in the fall.
Offer reflects on his success: Eighteen books, 200 articles. I dont think I could have done that in Israel, he says. We stand in a crossroads. Some people go right, some people go left. For me, I think it was the right thing to do. At 81, Offer still returns to Israel every other year to visit his brother. He continues to admire the country and the people. Whatever happens, [Israelis] dont feel sorry for themselves. Theyre terrific hopers. They hope very well, he says. I really appreciate that. I look at how com-
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Camp Solomon Schechter has a 60-year tradition of fun, friendship and Jewish education in the Pacific Northwest. We create a unique, welcoming and spiritual Jewish environment based upon the ideals of the Conservative movement, offering an innovative experience for youth of all backgrounds and denominations entering 2nd-12th grades. At Schechter, Judaism and Joy are truly one! Schechter is located an hour south of Seattle. Our spectacular 170-acre wooded facility features breathtaking views of our private lake where campers can swim, boat, fish and more. Hiking in the untouched beauty of our own forests and protected wetlands augment our exciting outdoor program. At Schechter, we emphasize the values of integrity, derech eretz (respect) and tikkun olam (repairing the world). We do this through sports, omanut (arts) and teva (nature) to create our ideal Jewish community. Camp builds Jewish identity and commitment, raises self-confidence, develops decision-making skills, improves social skills and enables campers, staff and alumni to reach inside themselves and discover talents and abilities they never knew they had. Camp Solomon Schechter is also gearing up for its most popular Shabbatons: Womens Retreat April 19-21, 2013; Cost: $225/person Come join a group of spirited women for a relaxing weekend at Camp. Family Camp May 24-26, 2013; Cost: $350/family Pack up the car and come experience a special Shabbat with the Schechter family! Family Camp is the perfect getaway, whether you are checking out the facilities before that first big summer, reliving those old camp memories or just coming to see what the kids are always talking about. Mens Camp April 26-28, 2013; Cost: $225/person We guarantee a weekend of fun, beef, cigars, beer and spirits, schmoozing and friendship in a relaxed, casual environment for guys only. Young Alumni Reunion June 14-16, 2013; Cost: $150/person Its sure to be a good-old-fashioned nostalgic Camp weekend including your camp friends, Shabbat dinner, a Gimmel-style dance, gaga, basketball, hike to the river, the high dive, stargazing and much, much more. Open to all Schechter Alumni, ages 21-30.
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Wednesday, April 10 at 7:30p.m. Naomi Schaefer Riley: The Promise and Peril of Interfaith Marriage Author talk Former Wall Street Journal editor and writer Naomi Schaefer Riley will be in Seattle to talk about her latest book on religion in America, Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America. Rileys research argues that while interfaith relationships may be good for societys ideals of peace and tolerance, they tend to be worse for individuals. In-depth interviews with couples and experts from across the spectrum, Rileys observations counter cultural trends but support what your rabbi has been saying all these years. Downstairs at Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $5 and available through www.townhallseattle.org or 888-377-4510 and at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Thursday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. Lady at the OK Corral Author talk Youve heard of Wyatt Earp, the legendary Old West gunman and gambler, but have you heard of Josephine Marcus Earp, his common-law wife? Did you know she was a teenage runaway from a Jewish immigrant family? And that Wyatt Earps ashes are interned at Josephines family plot in a Jewish cemetery? Learn more about Josie with Ann Kirschner, author of The Lady at the OK Corral, a profile of the famed lawmans partner in crime. Presented by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society and Town Halls Arts and Culture series. Downstairs at Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $5 and available through www.townhallseattle.org or at the door starting at 6:30 p.m. For more information visit townhallseattle.org/ann-kirschner-lady-at-the-ok-corral.
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Obliterate the biological basis of Jewry. The historical record clearly shows that the Nazi regime indeed attempted to annihilate all the Jews in the world, and de facto persecuted and murdered Jews in proNazi Vichy-North Africa, Italian Libya and Iraq. The historical evidence is also unambiguous. As per the racist and totalitarian ideology driving the Holocaust, only the tall, blond, blue-eyed, healthy, heterosexual Aryan, and Nazi supporter had the right to live. Thus, the Holocaust was Hitlers war against all the Jews and against many other groups of people. The victims were all persecuted by the same perpetrators, and shared the same fate for the same ideological reason. At Auschwitz, the ashes of the Gypsies and others mingled with the ashes of the white Jews from continental Europe, and with the ashes of the brown Jews from North Africa and from Libya, who were also part of the Jewish people that the Nazi regime sought to annihilate. But the USHMM proclamation will not commemorate Gilbert Mazouz, for example, shot in North Africa on his way to a Nazi slave labor camp while follow-
ing orders from SS Walter Rauff, who is responsible for gassing Jews in Eastern Europe. The Nazi regime didnt discriminate. Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel appropriately stated that not all the victims of the Holocaust were Jews, but all Jews were victims, when he asked President Jimmy Carters support for a national Holocaust museum. Truth and accuracy are vital when informing about this tragedy. Thousands of people and officials will be commemorating the Days of Remembrance this month. Consequently, the USHMM should rewrite the first paragraph of its proclamation, as per the true logic of Nazism, the Nazi, totalitarian, racist, and anti-Semitic ideology. In the Holocaust, the Nazi regime attempted to eliminate the Jewish people, ultimately killing 6 million Jews, and persecuted and murdered millions more by the end of 1945.
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Jews from the Nazis. Jews from neighboring Greece, however, have noted the effort came at the expense of 4,000 of its own Jews who died in the Holocaust. We had a very sizeable compared to Bulgarias size of course a very sizeable Jewish population, but most of them left for Israel when the State of Israel was founded, Poptodorova said. Today, the country has an active Jewish population of between 6,000 and 7,000 Jews, most of whom live in the capital, Sofia.
While most Bulgarians are supportive of its Jewish population, there has been some increase in nationalist parties and groups, mostly due to the dire economic situation, Poptodorova said. Aside from an incident in the fall where swastikas were painted on buildings in Sofia, most nationalistic behavior has been rhetoric to this point. We dont like it, were not happy with it, there have been reactions against them, she said. This is not to be underestimated, and I know that this is serious, but they dont have any big effect on the general climate of the country. and just signed a contract for her second cookbook on mushrooms. Fish and mushrooms are my two areas of expertise in cooking, she says. By the way, dont eat raw mushrooms, Chef Becky advises. They all have a small level of toxins when theyre raw. And about that comedy: She and food writer Matthew Amster-Burton have started a comedy podcast rated R called Closed for Logging, which you can find on the website of that name. It has a talk-show format and theyve had a lot of Jewish guests. There seems to be something with Jews and comedy, Becky observes. No kidding. You can find more about Becky and her book at www.cornucopiacuisine.com.
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she serves as cantor at East End Temple Congregation El Emet, but she spoke with JTNews from Florida, where she observed Passover with her Bubby, now in her 80s, and the extended Ginsburg clan. My energy is awesome around the show. I am the most proud of [it] in my life, she said. [Its] a legacy to my grandparents...Every time I perform [I feel] a powerful impact on myself and others. An updated version of Bubbys Kitchen will have new music from collaborator Jonathan Comisar. It is waiting in the wings, with the hope of a re-premiere in New York and a more commercial run, Ginsburg said, to increase the visibility of her grandparents story. I so wanted to have original music, and Im just completing the last song now, she said.
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Bubbys Kitchen will have one performance on Sun., April 21 at 1 p.m. at Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland. Tickets cost $54. A reception and silent auction to benefit Hadassah Hospitals pediatric oncology dept. follows the performance. Find tickets and information at www.kpcenter.org/ performances/bubbys-kitchen.
friends on the East Coast and want to share this fabulous piece of history and song with our community in Seattle. On stage, Ginsburg demonstrates her vocal range, her emotional connection, and solid Yiddish chops; a video clip on her website, bubbyskitchen.com, shows her performance of Shtil Di Nacht. She sings Yiddish opera, musical theatre, chazzanut [cantorial singing], more contemporary, she said. Its fun a big range and challenging. Ginsburgs enthusiasm exists even over the telephone. She lives in New York, where
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