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Kids and adults alike enter the June 10 grand opening ceremony for the new Kesher Community Garden at the Stroum Jewish Community Centers Mercer Island facility. The plot of land that once held a dilapidated house has been transformed over the past several months to a P-patchstyle garden and learning center. Read more on page 6.
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Rabbi Jessica kessleR MaRshall Temple beth or
We just celebrated the holiday of Shavuot, and when we explain this holiday, we typically say that we sanctify Gods giving us the Torah. But as modern Jews, is it possible to believe in revelation? Did any revelatory event in fact take place? How do we know which of these events are authentic and which are not? And what was revealed a Divine presence? The Creators will? And how? In a book? In nature? In historical events? This holiday led me to explore more about the nature of revelation, and I found superb resources in Rabbi Neil Gillmans Sacred Fragments: Recovering Theology for the Modern Jew. I offer three theological understandings of Revelation, each defining the Eternal and the nature of revelation differently. Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, believed in religious naturalism. He saw God as a salvational activity, an actualization of personal and social fulfillment, and the elimination of all evils that stand in our way. Our human discovery of how to live religiously is the Eternals revelation to us within the human mind. But if revelation and Torah are outcomes of natural human activity, what makes them unique and authoritative? Kaplan would respond that Torah is unique because it is ours. However, the locus of authority shifted from the supernatural God to the human community; the Jewish community has the power to define itself and to make changes as it determines appropriate. Some of us may wonder where our reinterpretations stop, and if anything can qualify as Judaism, how seriously would we take Torah and its hold on our lives? Tackling the nature of commandedness, early 20th-century philosopher Franz Rosenzweig employed an existential theology. Rosenzweig differentiated between law and command. He maintained that law was not part of the content of Revelation, but the sense of being commanded was. While law is impersonal, universal, and written in books, commands are personal, subjective, and experienced. What was revealed, then, was not the commandments, but the fact of being commanded. During revelation, our obligation was entirely spontaneous, a natural yearning to acknowledge the Eternal and Gods covenant with Israel. Similarly, in our deepest relationships, we are commanded or personally compelled to demonstrate our devotion and closeness. In the same way, Rosenzweig argues, Gods love for Israel inspires Israel to live in a certain way. The challenge is that our original spontaneous desire to acknowledge the Eternals command faded, and human beings changed the commands into laws, into an impersonal legal system empty of the spontaneity and of the emotion that characterized the original response to Divine presence. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, another seminal modern theologian, elaborated on our understanding of Torah. Heschel maintains that our Torah is not pure Torah, but our ancestors and our own understanding of its contents. The Torah is midrash, a report about revelation. Authority comes from our understanding of the text, not necessarily the written words. These theologies raise numerous questions about Jewish authority and its implications for us. If the source of our authority is not the Torah itself, but our ancestors and our own understanding of its contents, what if we disagree with our ancestors interpretation? Is oral law, rabbinically generated, just as binding as Divine revelation? If the task for modern Jews is to repossess the emotional command to respond, what if rabbinic mitzvot do not further that intrinsic desire? Are we called to observe mitzvot without feeling an emotional connection? I believe that certain times call for observance of mitzvot regardless of our innate affinity. Jewish observance is not only about what feels good, and upholding tradition has its place. At the same time, I connect to the Eternal and experience revelation in ways that the rabbis did not prescribe. Without a visceral connection, Jewish authenticity and significance are severely attenuated. Our Torah teaches that the old set of tablets containing the Ten Commandments were placed alongside the new ones inside the mishkan, the tabernacle. We keep the laws with us, but we also carve our own new set of tablets. If the Eternals revelation is ongoing, and we are stirred to be in a relationship, then our everlasting command is to recapture our original sense of revelation.
Israel currently controls the lives of 2.5 million Palestinians in the West Bank. I therefore find it difficult to understand Wendy Rosens dire prediction (The coming Palestinian winter, June 10) that declaring a Palestinian state will mark an end to Israel as a Jewish state. It makes significantly more sense that to secure Israels Jewish majority and character, its leaders should act quickly to relinquish the occupied territories and make real progress toward a two-state solution. The West Bank settlements are a huge impediment to this goal. Not only are they an obstacle to peace with the Palestinians, a security liability and an economic drain, but also a terrible moral burden and a major contributor to Israels growing international isolation. It is incumbent upon American Jews who care about the democratic future of an Israel that is a light unto the nations that they not check their liberalism at Zionisms door (in the words of journalist Peter Beinart). They would do Israel a greater service by challenging Israels behavior in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and by doing everything possible to bring about a Palestinian state. One cannot help but be concerned, as we watch current events unfold, that if more meaningful progress is not made in establishing a Palestinian state with the 1967 borders as a starting point, other forces will seize the initiative in shaping the Middle East. simcha shtull seattle
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As an infrequent visitor to the area I was interested in the JTNews and the opinions expressed in the letters written to your publication. The letter to Congress written in the J-Teen section (May 27) was interesting in what it did not say as opposed to what was written. All the ethical reasons for not standing by and getting involved in Libya were stated. What was missing was a personal statement of involvement, a statement of what part of we should intervene you personally will make. Will you talk from the sidelines, as in send in the Marines or will you volunteer to be part of the intervention? Will you join ROTC? Will you enlist to be an active part of the intervention? The letter was wonderful as far as it went in ethical thought, but it ended leaving me thinking you are very willing to send someone elses son or husband or daughter to do what you are wanting to be done. The ethical act is incomplete without you personally completing it. The letter by Pastor Niemoller was his regret for not personally acting. I think you missed the whole point. There was a time that a president of ours said the same things as your ethical commitment. I believed JFK and volunteered. I was never sorry I did. Joseph schvimmer Pikesville, md.
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Just back from my seventh Israel teaching trip and read my favorite JTNews section: Letters. Re: Mr. Israel Kochins letter, In Defense of Mom (May 11): I agree. Israel desperately needs safety and security. Ditto Palestine. Mr. Kochin writes: The author writes that my mothers views imply that she must have no moral compass if she cannot see the mitigating historical factors that motivate these terrorists. Mr. Kochin attributes words to me I never wrote regarding terrorism; his inference that I am a terror supporter is so far out in left field its outside the park. I have been a public critic of Israels failed military campaigns and of terrorism: Hamas and Al-Aqsa for war crimes and crimes against humanity, especially murder-suicide bombings. In Jerusalem the week of May 9, Haaretz published an ad urging Netanyahu to press now for a Palestinian state. The all-Israeli signatories included former generals, military and civilian intelligence directors, and police heads. Israelis (and Diaspora supporters of Netanyahu) run the risk of appearing to support terrorism by their rejectionist stance. Yet the forthcoming (nonbinding) planned UN resolution granting recognition to a Palestinian state is exactly what late Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and Jewish and Diaspora Jews sought: Palestinian recognition of Israels 1967 borders. If both sides recognized the other today, these still need negotiation:
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so high, Weinberg said. Of JFSs allocation request, he said, I think that we were much more explicit than we ever have been of the extent to which there is need in our community. I think we spelled that out extremely carefully both for JFS and for the Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities. SAJD, a subsidiary of JFS, received an increased allocation of $4,669 that will help to cover the fees its clients are increasingly unable to pay. For an organization that had prepared itself for the worst, I know that the entire board of directors and my staff all feel an enormous sense of gratitude to the Federation for this increase, Weinberg said. Were going to be able to do more of what we want to do, which is help more people who are in need. Judy Neuman, CEO of the Stroum Jewish Community Center, felt the same sense of surprise, but also a validation of the strides her organization has made over the past few years. She said the JCC has been working hard to reach the requirements set forth by the Federations process, which asks for demonstration of collaboration between organizations, creating innovative programs, and adhering to its stated mission. This allocation is really a vote of confidence and allows us to continue along the wonderful path were on, Neuman said. The JCCs increase of $23,931, to $320,131, will go toward infrastructure and for funding new and existing programs that Neuman said are necessary but not necessarily moneymakers. The mission-driven programs dont drive revenue, but they build community, she said. Several educational and cultural organizations actually saw decreases in their allocations this year. Rivy Poupko Kletenik, head of school at Seattle Hebrew Academy, noted that despite a drop of $3,300, the school had received several gifts through the Federations Small and Simple grant program as well as $50,000 in an emergency grant and loan after a mudslide on the schools property. I think it all balances out, Kletenik said. Its more of a package, and when you look at things like this you have to
look at it as a package. The agencies that received more money Agency nAme finAl Agency AllocAtions fiscAl yeAr fiscAl yeAr did so at a time when 2012 2011 the community campaigns revenue, for the HumAn need PillAr Jewish Family Service $375,575 $347,500 first time in many years, Kline Galland Center and AffiliatesPolack Adult Day Center only $11,997 $11,100 fell under $5 million. A Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities $62,469 $57,800 number of factors came HumAn need totAls: $450,041 $416,400 into play for the smaller JewisH educAtion PillAr intake: The Federation BBYOEvergreen Region $8,862 $8,200 closed the campaign Jewish Day School $122,885 $113,700 four months earlier than Jewish Studies Program at UW $9,900 $13,600 last year to allow for Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder $19,021 $17,600 a transition to a new Northwest Yeshiva High School $52,635 $48,700 fundraising and alloSeattle Hebrew Academy $76,200 $79,500 cations model; several Seattle Jewish Community School $42,700 $43,200 larger donors did not WA State Holocaust Education Resource Center $4,500 $5,500 make a donation this Education Services $92,610 year, costing the FederHebrew High $28,550 ation several hundred JewisH educAtion totAls: $457,863 $330,000 thousand dollars in lost JewisH identity/community Building PillAr income; and the econAmerican Jewish Committee $5,700 $8,300 omy still played a part. Anti-Defamation League $8,000 $9,700 Most of our donors Hillel: Foundation for Jewish Campus Life at the University of Washington $145,100 $140,300 HillelWashington State University $1,000 $1,000 either kept their gifts flat HillelWestern Washington University $2,063 $2,100 or were able to increase JTNews $20,103 $18,600 a little bit, Fruchter Stroum Jewish Community Center $320,131 $296,200 said. We did bring new Washington State Jewish Historical Society $1,100 $1,300 donors into the mix, JewisH identity/community Building totAls: $503,197 $477,500 and thats been helpworld Jewry PillAr ful to us. We have more Jewish Federations of North America $836,500 $1,107,800 new donors than many Taglit-Birthright Israel $13,077 $12,100 other communities in Partnership 2000/TIPS Unrestricted & Consulting/Programmatic Fees $94,894 $87,800 the country. Elective and Supplemental Giving The Federations American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee board recognized, howKhabarovsk Chesed Center $21,940 $20,300 ever, that the agency Kiryat Malachi - Emergency Medical Clinic $4,646 $4,300 could not continue to do SELAH: Israel Crisis Management CenterPartners in Healing $14,600 $18,900 business the same way Leket Israel $16,536 $15,300 YEDID Kiryat Malachi Citizens Rights Center $14,806 $13,700 it had with a $6 million world Jewry totAls: $1,016,999 $1,280,200 campaign and needed to take some drastic meareserves And contingency sures that included staff Emergency Capital Needs Fund $2,500 $1 Community Contingency Fund $2,689 $1 layoffs and shedding Community Research Fund $2,500 $1 several programs that Community Welfare Funerals Fund $$9,822 didnt fit into its core reserves And contingency totAls: $7,689 $9,825 philanthropy model. Two of these prototAl: $2,435,789 $2,513,925 grams, Hebrew High and the education services department, had been on the chopping block earlier in the year but were instead coming year while a decision is made on this year, even though the funding for handed to Planning and Allocations, how or if they should continue. these positions will be coming from differwhich gave the programs line items for the Those two positions will remain for ent places, Fruchter said.
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Connections and vegetables grow from the mud at new JCC garden
Debs gaRDneR Special to JTNews
It came from mud. It took on a life of its own. It grew enormous, bigger than anyone expected, possibly changing its community irrevocably. It is not a golem. Its the brand-new Kesher Community Garden at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island. And on June 10, shortly before the start of Shabbat, dozens of community members and volunteers gathered in the garden pathways, amid already-blooming flowers and ambitious vegetable starts, for speeches, a little noshing, a shehecheyanu, and the gardens official launch. The idea for a garden is distinctly if not exclusively Jewish. Even the Talmud (Kedoshim 4:12) says, It is forbidden to live in a town which has no garden or greenery. The idea of caring for the earth resonates across all sectors of Judaism, notes Shannon Cruzen, the SJCCs early childhood pedagogical coordinator. And since the community center attracts people from all across the Jewish spectrum, and even some from outside of it, there are benefits to something that resonates widely. Kesher means connection in Hebrew, and the SJCC staff, volunteers, and community members who created the garden hope connections to other people and to the earth will make up the gardens most sizeable harvest. The space reflects this goal. The large mandala-shaped garden, located adjacent to the JCCs building, features sixteen P-patch-style individual and family garden plots, eight learning garden beds, a shed with tools and educational materials, a fire pit, and soon a worm bin and solar panel for educational purposes. Oxbow Farm will deliver produce boxes for community-supported agriculture shares. Space for a larger farm area is still being dug out. The result is a therapeutic and nurturing garden for children and adults to gather, learn, share, and take care of the land. Even the individual P-patch plots feel more communal than separate; many feature small plants with tags declaring them to be gifts from a neighboring gardener. Its really fun because weve got a whole bunch of other kids helping, said 9-year-old Kiara as she tended her plot with her brother Antonio, 10, and sister Eleanor, 6. You dont just work on your own patch. If someone else is busy, you can water their patch and help them. The idea for the garden was in gestation for several years. The space was a mess an enormous, soggy, muddy stretch of land, the site of a former house that had been donated. Nobody had thought of a garden there, not even Lisa Porad; the garden was her brainchild, born as she sat in a room with Matt Grogan, the Senior Operations Director at the SJCC, tossing out ideas. She figured theyd tear up a modestsized piece of lawn and plant a tiny garden. But momentum grew: The donated space by the center was available. The staff reeled in a committee of individuals and organizations. Once we started, it was one of those amazing things that person after person after person kept coming and saying, How can I get involved? How can I help? said Porad. She was surprised in particular about not just how many people have gotten involved with the project in significant ways, but who those people have been: Existing JCC members she would never have thought would care about a garden; people who had never been part of the JCC community; Jews and non-Jews. As the idea grew, so did the need for space, and JCC leaders began to eye the plot of land next door. The space was a disaster. We had the mud to begin with, but we picked the rainiest spring in history to do this, Grogan said. The weather pushed work crews behind by three months, but those aspects that cant be controlled are just, as Grogan said, part of the process. As they worked, the gardeners met Heide Felton, founder of the organization Garden-Based Education, and Rita Howard, a therapeutic-garden designer and writer who has developed curricula for a number of local school garden programs. With Feltons and Howards contributions, the vision expanded beyond a simple P-patch to a vibrant, educational setting to support the JCCs school programs and other existing educational programs. Support for educational gardens has blossomed in recent years, sparked in part by visible programs like Alice Waterss Edible Schoolyard project in Berkeley, as well as local efforts. Northwest groups such as the Puget Sound School Gardens Collective advocate for and support school gardens, highlighting educational, developmental, social and nutritional benefits. Howard noted that educational benefits of gardening vary by age group, something good curricula must reflect. For younger kids, focusing on hand-eye coordination, detail, and sensory experience are critical. Digging builds skills and curiosity. Older youth can get more into the science of gardening, testing soil pH and temperature, sampling for insect life, learning about fertilization, or analyzing weather. But a garden educates anyone. Everybody eats, right? Howard said. So harvesting and eating works for all ages. There are so many people who didnt have the experience of picking and eating fresh food.
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On Thursday, June 2, King County Superior Court Judge Carol Schapira received the LDor VDor award from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle at the Cardozo Societys third annual year-end reception. Nearly 90 members of the legal community, plus family and friends, gathered in the Chinese Room on the 35th floor of the historic Smith Tower to honor Judge Schapiras distinguished career of leadership and service as a trial lawyer, Director of Legal Services for the Seattle Indian Center, and on the King County Superior Court. Washingtons Jewish attorneys, judges and law students also looked back on another successful year of continuing education and giving, and welcomed Dan Swedlow as incoming co-chair of the Cardozo Society. The Jewish Federations Cardozo Society of Washington State strengthens relationships among Jewish legal professionals and law students in Washington through education, leadership, philanthropy and working together to enhance the quality of Jewish life in Washington, Israel and throughout the world.
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Perhaps, she said, that will be the key to its success. If were really serious about sustainability, we have to make sure kids have an understanding of the fact that food comes from the earth, she said. Thats a real investment in sustainability. Besides, Howard added, there arent a lot of places kids can engage in meaningful work, and can share the setting and results of that work with a larger community. To the JCCs Grogan, its the bringing in of people new and old that really matters. Half the P-patchers had never been to the SJCC before, and are now welcomed into the community. When we had the first planting day, it was everything we could have dreamed of, he said. At the gardens opening ceremony, a
woman came up and asked Grogan if he recognized her. His face grew into a grin; now 36, she was a mischievous 6-year-old when she first started spending time at the SJCC. Though Grogan has been at the center a long time, he said he never would have seen something like the garden coming 10 or 20 years ago. But the SJCCs ideas have grown tremendously before. A tiny softball league formed 26 years ago, Grogan said, grew into the largest league in Washington State. If the idea is ready to happen, and theres momentum in the community, the right people will come along. Be open to everything, he said. People have stepped up and donated their time, supplies and labor, the equivalent of $70,000 in three months, including $20,000 in cash. People, Grogan said, want to be part of something successful probably have been wanting to be part of something really good happening at the J. And this is something really good happening at the J. Families are on the waiting list for garden patches as the center builds more. Catie Morse, a naturopathic student, is now offering classes on medicinal herbs and naturopathic medicine. There is a lecture series, a senior gardening club, plans for a shelter, a platform for gathering and education, an oven, and other ideas. Once it is fully completed, the JCC will partner with local restaurants to serve herbs and vegetables it has grown. Bent over a patch, a woman admired the plants and said to her companion, I wonder what theyre growing. It might have been broccoli. It might have been connections. Well likely see more of both over the next few months.
W leTTeRS Page 3 Is there enough land in the West Bank for equitable land swaps? Will Israel agree to East Jerusalem as a Palestinian state capital while building new housing for Jews only there? A right of return for Palestinians, and economic remuneration to Israelis from North African and Mideastern countries displaced since 1948? Where/when will 200,000 (or more) settlers relocate to? Many thousands of West Bank Palestinians who went abroad for work or schooling in recent years have been denied the right to return to the West Bank by the Israeli occupation authorities. Instead of the sealed-fortress ghetto mentality gripping Netanyahu and right-wing Israelis, Israel could embrace the demise of adjacent repressive, autocratic regimes. Israel was built on dreams of democracy, hope and freedom with tears and blood. Anti-Palestinian fervor in the Israeli right and the Diaspora are crushing Israeli democracy and its future. That need not happen. akiva Kenny segan seattle
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For the second year, JTNews and jew-ish.com present 10 members of our Jewish community under the age of 40 who are making a difference. Whether its in the realm of Judaism, business, the arts, or even sports, these exceptional individuals have shown a commitment and dedication to what they do, often for little more than the satisfaction of a job well done. We are splitting the 10 over two issues, so stay tuned for our remaining five but youll just have to wait to see what we have in store for them.
Aaron Levine:
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When I ask sports anchor Aaron Levine about his passions outside of work, he replies: Golf. Levine, 29, is the lead sports anchor Monday through Thursday on the Fox Networks Seattle affiliate Q13. He also hosts his own half-hour show, Q It Up, on Sunday nights. Levine pretty much eats, sleeps and breathes sports. My first love was the L.A. Lakers, Levine says. My other passion beginning in high school was writing. Sports journalism fuses his love of the game with his love of writing. I always wanted to be a sports journalist, says Levine. My mom always reminds me that I was reading the sports section of the L.A. Times when I was 4 or 5 years old. Levines star is rising. He recently won the Pacific Northwest Regional Emmy award for best sports anchor in 2009 and 2010. But as anyone in journalism can tell you, success comes with grunt work. Levine covered sports on his college radio station and in the paper, and then, in his senior year, he came within inches of scoring a year-long gig as an ESPN SportsCenter anchor through the Dream Job competition. ESPN did a casting call for anyone who wanted to be an anchor, but you couldnt have any professional experience, he says. As a finalist, Levine had to take a quarter off from school during his senior year to fly back and forth between San Francisco and New York. He was runner-up. In fact, Im extremely happy that I didnt win the Dream Job show, he says. I didnt have enough experience to start at ESPN. Instead, he spent the next two-and-ahalf years reporting for KBAK in Bakersfield, Calif., trying to break in. I had to do everything for myself, he
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Rabbi Daniel Septimus gives a dvar Torah to a group of educators in one of his first acts as Temple De Hirsch Sinais director of congregational learning.
Family comes first for aaron and emily alhadeff, but the respective organizations they dedicate their lives to take a close second.
Amanda settled in South Seattle. We really love living in Columbia City, he says, were proud of the fact that were in one of the most diverse areas of the country. From the start, this new rabbi began building a program for people in his age group, something that had long been a challenge for the citys oldest Reform congregation. His starting The Tribe has far surpassed any historic success weve had, says Larry Broder, Temple De Hirsch Sinais executive director. Hes brought
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Both Emily and Aaron Alhadeff shy away from being called the Seattle Jewish communitys up-and-coming power couple. But Emily is on the verge of taking the presidency of one of Seattles two largest and most visible organizations, and Aaron is a year from becoming president of the other. That noted, however, they come by their titles honestly if we mention how this story really begins: At the Stroum Jewish Community Centers preschool, where these two Seattle natives first met more than 30 years ago. Yes, they have known each other that long.
From there both attended the Jewish Day School, but then their paths diverged for a time different high schools and colleges but their paths still crossed at Temple De Hirsch Sinais religion school. That they would embed themselves and their children into Seattles Jewish community now feels natural to them. JFS has always been a part of my life, says Emily, 35, who on July 1 will become president of the board of Jewish Family Service. Her father, Dennis Warshal, was on the board when she was growing up. Her family used JFS for family counseling. And fresh out of school with a degree in social work, Emilys first paying job was at JFS. From there she worked at the Harborview trauma center and for the past few years has been a stay-at-home to her two kids, ages 5 and 2. But she never really left JFS. When I was asked to be on the board I was just so honored, because to be so closely associated with that agency is so special, Emily says. Every employee that works for JFS is so completely dedicated to the mission, and that really translates in the work that they do. As board president, Emilys main focus will be on fundraising, in part to shore up the $30-plus million strategic plan that includes JFSs current $9 million buildingexpansion project. Everyone is feeling the pinch. Our institutional funding sources are not able to fund us in the ways that theyve been able to in the past, and we need to rely
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Seattle City Council hopeful Michael Taylor Judd talks with a resident of the nickelsville roving homeless persons camp.
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Although he is running for office Seattle City Council Position 1 Michael Taylor-Judd says, Im pretty busy, but Im not sure my life is radically different from before. The 36-year-old continues to work part-time at the foundation for Health Care Quality, where hes worked for eight years. That organization tracks healthcare practices and progress, advocating for things like surgical checklists in operating rooms and standards of cardiac procedures in hospitals. And Taylor-Judd is still the local political activist hes been since he moved to Seattle to canvass door-to-door for state healthcare 13 years ago. Growing up in Southern California, he was active in USY at Temple Beth Emet in Anaheim. Now hes a board member of Kol HaNeshemah in West Seattle and sings in the choir there. He sees a direct connection between his years of social activism and religion. Something about the Jewish education that we getwe try to improve the world we live in, try to get other people on board to improve the world, and fight for others, he says. I think that has a lot to do with religion. A deep admirer of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, a progressive Democratic Party leader, Taylor-Judd feels his motivation to help others comes from a deep-rooted source within. Taylor-Judds campaign focuses on three major issues facing Seattle: transportation transportation equity in particular, affordable housing, and support for education and youth and family programs. There are lots of details under those, he says. Hes running against the well-known
Jean Godden and two other candidates, so his name will appear on the primary ballot in August. The top two vote-getters will appear on the fall ballot. When we spoke last Friday, hed just wrapped up a particularly demanding week attending state Democratic Party endorsement meetings. Hes been active in the party, too, including trying to resurrect the LGBT caucus, successfully and being active in the Jewish caucus. Hes working on the perpetual problem of events being scheduled on Jewish holidays and Saturdays, not because of discrimination but because people dont seem to be aware, he says. To raise their awareness he wore his Obamica a bright blue kippah with the presidents name emblazoned on it to the state Democratic convention and tries to make sure Im always wearing one at Democratic Party events, he says. Hes proud of the party for stepping up to address the issue. In Seattle, Taylor-Judd has been active in marriage equality and transportation issues. Hes helped to bring a bus-service funding problem to the attention of King County Metro, in which Seattle was slated to receive only 20 percent of Metros monies, even though it accounts for 75 percent of bus service. A new plan passed by a regional task force will go to the County Council soon. He also worked on the Sound Transit 2 ballot measure, bringing light rail to the University District and Eastside. No matter the results of the primary, Taylor-Judd will be taking Labor Day weekend off to staff the admission gates for the Bumbershoot music festival, as he has done since 1998. It makes me feel part of the community, he says.
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Joel Magalnick:
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Make sure you say Im a very forgiving editor, says Joel Magalnick as we sit down to talk near his home in Seattles Ravenna neighborhood. Ive wondered for years when I could turn my keyboard on the man who says yea or nay to my story ideas. Now 39, this papers editor has been nominated (not by himself) as one of our 10 under 40, giving me my opportunity. As editor for the past eight years of our states only Jewish newspaper, Joel works very hard to promote our community, to let readers know whats going on and to give as many people as possible a voice. Joel also hopes the JTNews is shining light where there needs to be light shined, exposing problems and issues in the community. I try to do that the best that I can given the size and politics within our community. Fortunately, theres not a whole lot thats scandalous thats going on, he says, but concerns do need to be aired. Sometimes it has to be uncomfortable. Of course, being in journalism means being the target of some vitriol. He most often hears the JTNews is either too left wing or too right wing often considered a mark of balance. Israel, though, is one subject that keeps him up at night, especially if the invective is directed at JTNews. I find it patently ridiculous that someone would call the paper or me anti-Israel, he says. We have to reflect the opinions of everyone in the community. Joel sees an increasing division and hostility between some local organizations on the subject. He also worries about the rise of delegitimization of Israel around the world and an increase in anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism. Joel and his wife Jenn, an early childhood specialist for the Union for Reform Judaism, met in Israel while doing a year abroad at Hebrew University. After Joel graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in journalism, the couple moved around the country before settling in Seattle. He had been working in web design and moved here for a dot-com job, just in time for the bubble to burst. He started freelancing and eventually landed in his current job. Joel and print editors everywhere are preoccupied with moving profitably into the 21st century. Actually, were here
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Joel Magalnick and his son Ben frolic on the grass during a trip to Whidbey Island.
in the 21st century, he says of the former Transcript, with more online readers than print subscribers and an iPad app coming. A companion site developed by Joel for younger adults, Jew-ish.com, is gaining traction, and both publications are active
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on Twitter and Facebook. The 21st-century challenge is in making a profit. The traditional print advertising model doesnt work on screen, but advertisers are shying away from print media, which is why publications have shrunk. Theres not less news, just less advertising. Electronic publishing could work well by making publications more efficient, focusing more on gathering the news and less on distribution, Joel says. The Jewish publishing world can take advantage of being small and nimble, to test ideas like the various guides that come with the JTNews: The Guide to Jewish Washington, the Professional Directory and Northwest Jewish Family. Joel jokes that hes been called a model of Jewish continuity, with the requisite years of Hebrew school (Denvers Rodef Shalom) and camp (Ramah in California). Living in Ravenna with Jenn and their two young sons, Joel observes that he is at the crossroads of rabbis taking walks. At Third Place Books, his local bookstore and hangout, rabbis and Jewish community members he runs into might not pitch him stories, but theyll often tell me stuff thats going on. For one, he now has two children. Fatherhood is unbelievable, Daniel says. Theres nothing better than watching your kids growing up. Becoming a parent has meant changes in his professional outlook as well. Certainly early childhood is more on my radar than it was before, he says. Though Daniel says it hadnt occurred to him when he received his ordination that he could step off the typical rabbi track and focus on building an education program, it also feels right to him. Thats where my passion is, he says. was asked to join the board. In 15 months he will become the JCCs president. There are more and more Jewish people that arent affiliated at synagogues, Aaron says. The JCC is a natural place to plug in to get Jewish life and culture. Professionally, Aaron is president of Elttaes Enterprises, which focuses on investments and owns such local properties as the Majestic Bay Theater in Ballard. His parents and grandparents are longtime philanthropists in Seattles Jewish community, and even from an early age they instilled in him a desire to help people who dont have what he does. I was always raised that its been a privilege and an honor to give back to our community, Aaron says. Its not a burden or a tax. Judy Neuman, the JCCs CEO, calls Aaron remarkable. The time and commitment and passion that Aaron has, specifically for the J, is just unparalleled. His heart and soul are in this place, Neuman says. If you need help, or you need an idea, or you just need an extra person to come and sit and think with you, hes always there. He always answers the call.
new members to the congregation, hes brought a vitality and a zeal for more to the congregation and to that community of young folks. Emily Alhadeff, a life-long Temple De Hirsch Sinai member and one of the other 10 Jews under 40 we recognized, agrees. Hes such a wonderful asset to his community, she says. Were so lucky to have him. Four years can bring a lot of changes to a persons life, and Daniel is no exception.
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more and more on individual donors, she says. [Emily] is truly a person who cares very, very deeply about people who are in need, with her whole heart and soul, said Ken Weinberg, CEO of JFS. This is a young woman who really cares. Weinberg noted that as a social worker who worked in the trenches, Emily understands the needs of people who work in social service fields. She did not choose the easy path, he said. As a result of doing that she not only developed skills in working with people, it further developed her own empathy and it also developed her own understanding of what it means to be a staff person. After Aaron returned to Seattle from some time living in San Francisco, he went back to a place that he had spent so much time during his teen years: The Stroum JCC. When I came back, it was the first place I wanted to plug back in and give some of my time and energy, he says. As these things often happen, Aaron, 35, started on a committee and from there
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Supporters and clients of Jewish Family Service in Seattle are already aware of the construction project that has dominated the organizations land at the corner of 16th Avenue and Pine Street for the past few months. Ed Weinstein, architect of JFSs new offices, just received the 2011 American Institute of Architects Seattle Medal of Honor, presented to him at the annual AIA Honors dinner in May. AIA board president George Shaw recognized the consistently exceptional quality of [Eds] firms work as well as Eds generous, open, engaging, down-toearth personality [which has] has clearly made its mark on our profession and our community. I felt very honored, said Ed, noting that while the award is given for lifetime achievement, in many respects I feel that Im only mid-career. It was very much a surprise; I consider myself to be a young pup. Ed has been involved in the Jewish community both as a professional and a volunteer for many years. He and his wife Marcia Friedman are long-time members of Temple De Hirsch Sinai and of the Stroum Jewish Community Center, and he has served on the facilities committee of the former and the board of the latter. Growing up in Aberdeen, Wash., in a merchant family, he was always interested in architecture.
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I enjoyed drawing and building models, and his mother suggested the career over those more traditional Jewish careers of doctor or lawyer. She thought his clients might be happier. Ed shared this anecdote with the audience at the awards dinner to quite a bit of laughter which youll understand if youve been on either end of a building or remodeling project. Coming to Seattle in the late 1960s to attend architecture school at the University of Washington, he added two years of grad school at Harvard before returning to Seattle. He worked for others here for a short while before forming his own firm. Were very experienced in working for not-for-profits, he says of Weinstein A/U, which has taken on a wide variety of public and private building projects, including TDHSs Bellevue building. Designing the JFS project was particularly challenging because of the tight space and the need to keep them in business [on-site], he says. The staff has continued to use the existing Jessie Danz building and the food bank has been operating during construction, too. What we remember as the parking lot provided the footprint for the new building. On its completion in December, staff will move in and renovations on the old building will begin. On completion, JFS will be almost double its current size, at 33,500 square feet.
We last heard from Jake Bobman four years ago when he graduated from Mercer Island High School and was on his way to the University of Washington honors program. As a National Merit Scholar, a Washington State Scholar and class valedictorian, we certainly had high hopes for this young man who said then that he planned to blend his academic interests with a desire Jake Bobman to help others. Back then he expected to double major in biochemistry and math. He achieved that goal, graduating with two degrees, a BS in mathematics with college honors and a BA in biochemistry, but bettered his predictions by adding minors in music, chemistry, and international studies. With all that to his credit, its no surprise that Jake is the 2011 UW presidents medalist for his class, an award given to the graduating senior with the Universitys most distinguished academic record. He was presented with the award by UW interim president Phyllis Wise at commencement on June 11. While at UW, Jake worked in the Kim Laboratory conducting behavioral neuro-
science research and wrote his honors mathematics thesis on cryptography research focusing on a type of public key cryptography and how it protects patient privacy, he explained. He studied abroad in Costa Rica, sang with the UW Vocal Jazz Ensemble and Mens Glee Club, and held leadership positions within the honors program. Jake is the son of Karen and Bruce and grandson of the late Rae and Jack Tacher and Marcia and the late Joseph Bobman. The Bobmans are longtime members of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, and Jake is a longtime active volunteer in our community. As anticipated by Jake four years ago, he is headed to medical school, attending Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons on a full-tuition merit scholarship. Its extremely exciting, he says and hes looking forward to experiencing a new city. But for now hes just hoping for time with family and friends and having a relaxing summer before going to medical school.
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June 24 through July 17 Garden of monsters Play Port Townsend playwright Mara Lathrops Garden of Monsters starts with the liberation of Dachau and spans 100 years, four generations and several countries, and highlights the epic struggles of life and death, faith, pregnancy and loss. Described as an epic tapestry in which hope itself travels a perilous journey, Lathrop uses her own familys Holocaust experience to share a message of healing the world. Its part morality tale, part prophecy, part clowns. Yes, clowns. At Key City Playhouse, 419 Washington St., Port Townsend. The show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Thursdays and Sundays at 7 p.m. For more information, call 360-385-7396 or visit www.keycitypublictheatre.org. Tickets for Friday and Saturday shows are $20, Thursday and Sunday $18, students $10 all shows. June 26 and 30 are pay-what-you-wish performances. June 29 at 8 p.m. simon Kaufman and Friends at the comedy underground stand-up Seattle native Simon Kaufman is bringing sexy back to Seattle oh wait, it was too expensive so he had to return it. Well, at least this local-born funnyman will be performing his stand-up comedy for us. Simon will be performing in conjunction with Shear Genius Productions and alongside Shannon Whaley and J.R. Berard. Seattle Comedy Underground, 109 S Washington St., Seattle. Tickets $10. For more information visit www.comedyunderground.com.
July 3 at 5 p.m. original music inspired by A Peoples History of the United States concert The Bushwick Book Club, not your run-of-the-mill book club, which likes to write and perform songs about books, has created an original score to Howard Zinns classic alterna-history A Peoples History of the United States. Billed as a party, 13 songwriters will perform the repertoire, transporting listeners from the days of Columbus to the present. Chef Martin Woods will provide all-American fare. At Fred Wildlife Refuge, 127 E Boylston St., Seattle. Tickets $10. For more information, contact thebushwickbookclubseattle@gmail.com or visit www.thebushwickbookclubseattle.blogspot.com.
July 11 at 7:30 p.m. misha berson: celebrating West side story celebration Seattle Times drama critic Misha Berson will lead a celebration of the musicals 50th anniversary with songs, stories and film clips. Berson recently published Somethings Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination. At Town Hall Seattle, 8th Ave. and Seneca. Tickets are $5 through www.brownpapertickets.com or at 800-838-3006, or at the door starting at 6:30 p.m.
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Klaus Stern of Seattle, center, a Holocaust survivor and long-time Holocaust teacher/speaker/ activist, celebrated his 90th birthday on May 7. He was joined by his wife of 69 years, Paula, his children, and grandchildren.
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exam room and the patients temperature. Using an infrared heat-sensitive camera, doctors are able to visibly isolate the blood vessels of a tumor. When you walk in, its like you entered into a quiet, calm, and supportive place, Levy said. Patients say they feel like they are listened to from the very beginning. You have a lot of dignity and you dont have to go from floor to floor in a nightgown.
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means a lot to just reach 83. But after the HolocaustI had a difficult time with God. How could he allow something like this to happen? It took many, many years to make peace with God. Over his long life, Friedman has spoken countless times about his experiences, has met world leaders, and cofounded the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center. His mission, besides education, is to give something back, to say thank you, America for giving me the opportunity to raise three wonderful children, six grandchildren, now a great-grandson, because I wont be around, he said. My enemy now is time. Think of it not as a mitzvah project, but a thank-you project. I want to give something back to the community, to the state of Washington, Friedman said. To me, this is like holy. Friedman will be reading Parashat cussions about various parenting issues. Leyna Lavinthal and Chava Mirel will be the new co-directors of the new Solomike Early Childhood Center at Temple Bnai Torah in Bellevue, which opens Oct. 10. Named after the late Michael Solomike Negrin, a longtime Bnai Torah member, the school will be focused around two central Jewish values being green and being Jewish. Well be working on a sustainable classroom and working in the mitzvah garden we have outside, Lavinthal said. We will be donating the vegetables that we grow to Jewish Family Service and to
Korach on Shabbat. Originally, he related the rebellion to his own situation and Moses to the oppressive leadership. But upon deeper reflection, he said: Korach was not interested in the community. He was egotistical, he wanted to be the leader. Most important, will he have a DJ or karaoke at the party? Remember, most of the guests are older people, Friedman said, laughing. They dont like noise. They dont hear too well. Friedman joined Temple De Hirsch in 1955. On his relationship with God, Friedman explained that through the Holocaust, although he doubted, by believing, it gave me hope. I dont think I would have survived otherwise. The events hes had the honor to attend, like the Rabin-Arafat peace treaty and hearing Kol Nidre at the Vatican, seem like miracles. I made peace with God, because I am blessed. other local charities and families in need. The program will focus on sustainability, serve organic food to the children, attempt a zero-plastic toy policy in the classroom, and keep it a generally healthy environment. The toddler class for 2-1/2 to 3-1/2-yearolds, scheduled for Wednesday and Friday
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the Jewish Day School in Bellevue called Educational Play Center. Designed as an eight-week program, Morris intends the sessions to be an entry point into the Jewish community for young Jewish families, giving them an Eastside place to meet and get to know other Jewish parents. This program stimulates childhood development through imaginative and educational play strategies, Morris described in a press release, and also serves as a resource for parents and caregivers by providing weekly handouts and a forum for dis-
mornings, will be more of an enrichment class, Lavinthal said. It will focus on music, art, play, and social skills. On Monday mornings from 10 to 11:30 well be giving a caregiver and baby class, where well be exploring Jewish culture, nature, music, in an interactive, communitybuilding environment, Lavinthal added.
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To keep with our no-wait philosophy, Swedish/Issaquah will open in two phases. Phase 1 opens July 14, including the medical office building, ER and outpatient services. This fall, phase 2 opens to welcome overnight patients, inpatient surgery and everyones favorite, the childbirth center.
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No doubt youve seen waiting rooms at more common hospitals. Youll see them here, too, but theyll rarely be used, because the idea at Swedish/Issaquah especially in the new ER is to get patients right in without a wait. Combine that with the latest and greatest in medical technology, and well do all we can to make sure your visit will be both short and sweet.
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