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For complete details about these and other upcoming JFS events and workshops, please visit our website: www.jfsseattle.org
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Endless Opportunities
A community-wide program offered in partnership with Temple Bnai Torah & Temple De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are open to the public.

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From the Hills of Seattle to the Mountains of Nepal

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The Middah of Responsibility

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A Conversation About Life with David Shields

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the rabbis turn

Because love is not enough

Rabbi Olivier BenHaim Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
In last weeks Torah portion, we read the universally known affirmation: Vahavta lreacha kamocha Love your fellow like yourself (Lev 19:18). But this is not the only time in Torah that we are called to love. In the book of Deuteronomy, we find another Vahavta, the one that commands us to love God (Deut. 6:5), and which is duplicated in our prayer books as part of the Shma and its blessings. We might be tempted to derive from these two Biblical verses that religion is there to teach us love and insist on compassion. But our sages recognized that love alone is not enough; compassion alone is not enough. They were concerned that teaching primarily about love might run the risk of keeping the focus of the practitioner exclusively on him or herself. Viewed narrowly this way, religion might simply become about the narcissistic pursuit of self-betterment more about how one feels than about what one does. Ultimately, religion might end up solely an individualistic, exclusively personal practice, rather than also providing a communal framework that regulates interpersonal conduct. Consequently, our rabbis teach us that chesed, the attribute of love and compassion, needs to be met with gevurah, the attribute of justice, to be in balance. Though we certainly must cultivate love within ourselves and live with an open heart and a forgiving attitude, at the same time it is both imperative and critical that we develop a strong sense of duty toward the other. This balance between these two opposites is the gift I believe religion brings to humanity. In a world devoid of gevurah, people are left to act on the more primitive/ baser instincts of self-preservation, with exclusive concern for ones inner circle. Gevurah nudges us to broaden our humanity extend ourselves to do the right thing simply because its the right thing to do, even if we dont feel like it. Paradoxically, this insular concern may be what we are seeing as the new cultural standard of modern society, where the dominating worldview is one that sees all relationships as transactional, where extreme individualism is the norm, and the world is increasingly polarizing and alienating. In this environment, we dont have to look far to see how we have, as a society, abdicated our mandate to provide services and appropriate help for those who are poor, sick and mentally ill. They are at best neglected if not downright abandoned by those entrusted with their care: Us. We live at a time in history where the attributes of gevurah, of justice, are in dire need to be brought back to the fore. One of the ways our tradition has ensured that gevurah always came to temper the influence of chesed of love over the centuries, has been through the path of mitzvot. The system of mitzvot is designed to make us transcend the limitations of our emotional variability, to move us beyond the limits of love, and help us step beyond the narrow confines of the ego. Today, we all pick and choose to some extent our level of orthodoxy of practice, which minhagim, which halachot to follow, if any. But this also means that the path of mitzvot is alive and well and can be reinterpreted and embraced anew as a relevant guide to our postmodern global lives. Our reclaiming the energies of gevurah through our renewed practice of such mitzvot as baal tashchit (protecting our planets ecosystem), bikur cholim (meeting the need of those who are sick or mentally ill), kibud av vem (caring for the elderly), kashrut (consuming humanely raised and sustainably grown foods as well as socially conscious products and services), or tzedakah (supporting others to help themselves) positions us as a counter-cultural force to todays societal norm. Once again, the Jewish community is poised to reclaim its prophetic voice, calling for change, calling for justice. We have an opportunity to recreate ourselves as communities where an opposing set of values and priorities is practiced, to constitute ourselves as religious institutions that embody the kind of world, the kind of society we truly aspire to be a part of, and seek to see manifested for our children: Communities that truly embody love (chesed) and justice (gevurah) for everyone. As we seek to transform our synagogues into microcosms of the holistic communities of tomorrow, we work to strike the balance between love and duty, compassion and responsibility, selftranscendence and communal care, and create institutions that respond to todays yearning for congregations that teach and model a way of being whereby people know themselves to be arevim zeh lzeh responsible for one another.

Brewing up a new connection to Lag bOmer

Edmon J. Rodman JTA World News Service
day. Beginning several years ago at college LOS ANGELES (JTA) Sit back by campus Hillels, such as at the universities the bonfire and pop open a brewski, its of Wisconsin and Washington, the holiLag bOmer. day was observed in part by the quaffing of Since we have been counting the Omer beer at Lager bOmer events. a biblical measure of barley that was Last year, three Boston synagogues brought as an offering to the Temple brought in seasoned home brewer Aidan each evening from the second night of Acker for an evening of beer making and Passover, what better way to mark the talking about the holiday called Fermentcoming holiday than by downing a barley ing the Omer, which made sense since beverage, cold and carbonated? most beer is made by fermenting a brew of Whats the occasion? malted barley, hops and yeast. Lag bOmer marks the ending of a This year, I was planning a Lag bOmer plague during the Bar Kochba revolt in the bonfire and get-together in my backyard. second century CE. According to tradiWanting in on this new Jewish use of beer, tion, students and soldiers were dying and I spoke with Alex Ourieff, a Jewish foodie the plague ended on that day. and self-taught home brewer. Ourieff had The one-day holiday, which this year tied beer recently to another Jewish holbegins on the night of April 27, is the iday, Tu bShevat, by 33rd day of the countbrewing a seven-species ing of the Omer in beer. Hebrew, the letters For the seven-spethat spell lag reprecies brew, I combined sent the number 33. pomegranate molasses, In remembrance barley, wheat, dried figs, of those who died, the green grapes, date sugar Omer season, which and olive leaf extract, lasts 49 days and ends said Ourieff, 25, who will the night before Shasoon attend the Culinary vuot, is a period of Institute of America in partial mourning Napa, Calif. no dancing, parties, I like layering flaweddings, not even vors, its a mental haircuts. It is also a exercise, he added, properiod of study and viding a taste of his crereflection. ativity. Today, to celeHome brewing has brate the reprieve, the grown as a hobby since holiday for many has President Jimmy Carter turned into a day to signed a bill in 1978 cut loose. Festivals are allowing up to 100 galheld with rides for the lons per adult to be kids and, especially in home brewed, tax free. Israel, there are bonStores such as Sound fires. Anders Adermark/Creative Commons Homebrew Supply in The bonfire flames Seattles Georgetown neighborhood have are said to represent the light of the Kabbubbled up to supply and educate the hobbalistic teachings of Rabbi Simeon bar byists. Yochai, whose yahrzeit is observed on The Sumerian Hymn to Ninkasi is Lag bOmer. Thousands visit his tomb on about beer making, and the Code of HamMount Meron, not far from Safed, to pay murabi includes laws about beer, said homage. There it is considered an honor to Greg Beron, of Culver City Home Brewing offer the visitors a Chai rotel an ancient Supply Company near Los Angeles, after I measurement of about 15 gallons of drink. explained to him my Lag bOmer mission The choices are non-alcoholic beverages of connecting with barley. and wine; why not beer? In recent excavations near the PyraIn the U.S., seeing a barley and beer mids in Egypt near where the people who connection, the college-age demographic and beyond have found other ways to brew up enthusiasm for this minor holiXXPage 4

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Were very lucky. I dont know what people without this kind of community would do. Local Boston marathon runner Erica Nash, who made it to the hospital instead of the finish line. Read her story on page 6.

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Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky scholar-in-residence weekend

Congregation Beth Shalom hosts Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky, an assistant professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Kalmanofsky teaches courses on biblical literature, religion, and feminist interpretation of the Bible, and she will spend the weekend talking about biblical relationships between Ruth and Naomi, between Joseph and his brothers, and between Jonah and God. Her keynote will examine the young love in Song of Songs. Rabbi Kalmanofsky wrote the book Terror All Around: Horror, Monsters and Theology and is currently at work on a book titled The Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible. Takes place at Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. Visit www.bethshalomseattle.org or contact 206-524-0075 for information and reservations.

together for a symposium beginning Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with keynote speaker Aron Rodrigue of Stanford on Sephardim, Memory, and the Holocaust. Mondays sessions include Jews, Muslims, and the History of the Holocaust, Resources for the study of Sephardic Jewry, and Greek Jewry During the Holocaust: Reactions and Responses. Tuesdays sessions are sold out. Sundays keynote address takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Washingtons Kane Hall. Mondays sessions take place at Allen Library, Petersen Room 485. All sessions are free. For more information and to register for the remaining sessions, visit stroumjewishstudies.org/holocaustsymposium.

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Sephardic Jewry and the Holocaust: The Future of the Field

Much is recorded and known about the Eastern European Holocaust experience, but what about that of the Sephardic Jews of the Mediterranean, Balkans, and North Africa? Understanding the Sephardic experience widens the scope of Holocaust studies. The Sephardic Studies Initiative at the University of Washington and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, along with over a dozen world-class scholars and leaders, come

Get out your passport, youre going to Israel on Mercer Island. In celebration of Israels 65th anniversary of statehood, the community is invited to make chocolate in Nazareth Illit, hit the waves in Haifa with an inflatable surf rider, climb Masada (a 24-foot rock climbing wall), face paint in Tel Aviv, put notes in the Kotel, crush grapes in Rishon Letzion, make bath salts at the Dead Sea, work out IDF-style, make pita and tea in a Bedouin tent, make colored sand bottles in Eilat, and more. At 3:10 p.m. Meshi Kleinstein and Avi Avliav will perform a concert of Israeli music. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. For more information and to register, contact Zach Duitch at ZachD@sjcc.org or visit www.sjcc.org. As to a special Lag bOmer brew? Ourieff, thinking about the holiday bonfires, suggested making a smoked beer by roasting the barley before brewing. It will have a dark, smoky flavor, he said, suddenly making a columnist thirsty. Since the days until Lag bOmer were few it takes about five weeks to make beer Ourieff directed me to several craft breweries that made smoked porters. Sitting by the fire with a smoky barley brew, we could raise our glasses to friendship, to Bar Yochais light and drink our Omer.

The Interfaith Amigos: Rabbi Ted Falcon, right, founder of Makom Ohr Shalom in Los Angeles and Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue in Seattle, Pastor Don Mackenzie, to his left, former minister and head of staff at University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle, and Imam Jamal Rahman, center, co-founder and Leta Medina/Summit at First Hill Muslim Sufi minister at the Interfaith Community Sanctuary and adjunct faculty at Seattle University, visited The Summit at First Hill on April 17 to lead Summit residents and guests in a discussion about how faith approaches the end of life and the challenges facing each faith today. Katy Sewall, left, lead producer and host at KUOW Public Radio in Seattle, and the Summits administrator Esther Friend joined the trio.

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build them were housed, they have found bakery/breweries, he added, trying to give me a historical connection. A more recent fan of the brew was Michael Steinberg, a friend of Berons and a prize-winning home brewer who had retired and moved to Las Vegas. Since he was given a beer-making kit in 1999, Steinberg estimates he has brewed hundred of gallons. I like beer at Hanukkah, Steinberg said. It goes better with brisket and latkes than wine.

The Samis Foundation is proud to announce the appointment of

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By Isaac Azose Se alevantaron los pipinos para aharvar a los bahchevanes. The cucumbers rose (in rebellion) to strike the farmers.
Used in situations when a youngster, or someone without experience, thinks he knows more than an elder with a lot of experience.

inside this issue

A homemade finish line
Erica Nash traveled 25.7 miles plus 3,000 more before she could cross the finish line for the Boston Marathon. It was a long, difficult road.

Class rolls up, bottom lines down

The state of attendance at the regions day schools is positive, but cash flow is not matching up.

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Found on Facebook
These and other great links can be found at our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/jtnews. A Sephardic hazzan takes a trek to Minnesota. Our counterparts in Toronto are calling it quits this June. RIP Canadian Jewish News. Did you listen to this weeks episode of This American Life? Go ahead. Push the button.

Rocket teens
Whether a group of teens from Northwest Yeshiva High School could launch their rocket in a national competition was up in the air, but it appears theyll be able to travel after all.

Looking for investors

A major funder in Israeli startups came to the Seattle area to talk up his countrys investment benefits.

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Life underground

For close to two years, a few families managed to hide from the Nazis by living underground literally in a cave. Their story is coming to the big screen.

The wild, wild Jewish West

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Remember when
From the Jewish Transcript, April 26, 1929. Alfred Hertz, conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, brought the orchestra to Seattle for a concert. The combination of this giant musical personality and one of the greatest symphonic bodies in the world is unique and promises programs of a brilliance seldom heard in this country, said the article announcing Hertzs visit. Tickets cost between 25 and $1 and were available at Bartells Drugstore.

The infamous U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp found himself a nice Jewish woman to marry. A book just came out about the woman behind the man. We sat down with the author.

An unlikely story by an unlikely author

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Christopher Huh isnt Jewish. He has no familial connection to the Holocaust. But the 14-year-old Maryland student was so affected by what he studied in school about the Holocaust that he sat down and wrote a graphic novel to teach others what he learned.

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Her own private finish line

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Erica Nash got her finish line after all. When the Nash family arrived at their Bellevue home just after midnight last Friday morning, they didnt expect a dozen friends to be there waiting in the dark with a surprise: The finish line Nash wasnt able to cross four days earlier in Boston. I finished 25.7 miles of the marathon, Nash said. Thatll have to do. More than a week later, the final mile of her race is still a bit cloudy. The last thing I remember seeing in my head was the One mile to go sign, she said. She was trying to figure out how to maneuver the last downhill on Beacon Street, one of the main arteries through Brookline and into Boston, when I saw one runner down on the side of the road, and then all of a sudden everybody was stopped, she said. She heard ambulances, then realized the runners had been barricaded. Ripples came through the crowd about a bomb threat. Then about a bomb. She had her phone, so she tried to call her husband. He and their two kids were supposed to be somewhere near the finish line. But the city had shut down the cell phone network to avoid a possible remote detonation. She tried texting. Nothing would go through, then all of a sudden they would go through, but they were coming out of sequence, she said. That confused things further. Her husband had just parked at Copley Square, near the finish line in Bostons Back Bay. They explosions went off while the Nashes were in the elevator. The first thing they saw were a roll of sheets, Mylar blankets, rolling down the sidewalk, Nash said. A swarm of police officers came and were yelling, Get back, get back! and shoved them all into the Westin, where they were held for a few hours. Meanwhile, on the course, things were getting complicated. Nash has cerebral palsy, and what had been a very warm day became cooler as the sun disappeared from between the buildings on Beacon St. She knew she needed to warm up and relax her muscles. She was sitting against a wrought-iron fence and decided it would be a good idea to get to a friends home in Brookline, which was very close by. Because I have CP I know that my muscles tend to spasm and whatnot, and I stood up, and I was like, Okay, I just need to settle in and let my muscles reengage and Ill be fine, she said. Within 15 seconds I was vomiting and started to collapse. Help was swift and immediate. She kept hearing she was turning blue, but she tried to refuse treatment, even after EMTs put her into an ambulance. She wasnt one of the injured. They needed to get to the other people because they were bleeding, she remembers yelling at them. Triage at Massachusetts General Courtesy Erica Nash Hospital could not Erica Nash greeted her father and children at the spot in the route known have been better. as Heartbreak Hill. They were really She is using a walker because she hasnt prepared, Nash said. Each patient had a been able to put weight on her feet. After team of four to six people, the doctor for the long flight to SeaTac, when the family each team indicated who he was, everyarrived home to their surprise greeting, one was color coded by what team they it seemed to take forever to get from the were. They clearly had drilled for this. door to the finish line, Nash said. They knew what they were doing. Also awaiting them was a redecorated The next several hours, however, living room. became difficult. Nashs legs began to conThere were hundreds of cards and vulse and kept convulsing for seven or emails and gifts for us from everybody in eight hours. the Jewish community. It was really amazThey wouldnt stop moving, she said. ing, she said. Were very lucky. I dont My achilles and all the muscles around know what people without this kind of my tibia, it just felt like they were going to rip from the bone. Nash spent two days in the hospital. XXPage 18

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Kline Galland will expand its continuum of care for older adults when its Home Health Care Agency gets under way. The new service, which Kline Galland developed with the support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, will provide essential services for people who have been discharged from the hospital and have completed post-hospitalization transitional care. The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle provided a $45,000 grant that helped Kline Galland cover startup costs for the service. In addition to the grant, the Jewish Federation marshaled public support for the *LY[PJH[LVM5LLK[OH[2SPUL.HSSHUK^HZ required by state law to obtain. Demonstrating public support is critically important for ZLJ\YPUNHJLY[PJH[LMYVT[OL>HZOPUN[VU State Department of Health. The Home Health Care Agency will provide important services designed to lower the risk of re-hospitalization, including nursing care and physical, occupational, speech and respiratory therapy. The service will be available to the greater Seattle community. Kline Gallands Home Health Care Agency ^PSSM\SSSHOLHS[OJHYLULLK[OH[ULHYS`HSS people require after hospitalization and transitional care. The Federation was a great partner and was instrumental in enabling Kline Galland to open our Home Health Care Agency. This is a perfect example of what community agencies can do when they work together, Kline Galland CEO Jeffrey Cohen said.

Visit Israel here at home!

The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is pleased to co-sponsor Israel at 65, an opportunity to explore all that Israel has to offer while wishing Israel a happy 65th anniversary right here at home! Israel at 65, a free community celebration, will be held on Sunday, May 5, 1 pm 4 pm, at the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Mercer Way, Mercer Island. It will be an afternoon of music, food, and fun activities for the whole family. Make chocolate in Natzrat Illit. Paint faces in Tel Aviv. Write notes to put in the Kotel in Jerusalem. Work out IDF-style in Ktziot. There will even be a 24-foot rock climbing ^HSSHUKPUH[HISLZ\YMYPKLY[V[Y`V\[ When you get hungry, there will be a selection of Israeli food for purchase. Starting at 3:10 pm, singing sensation Meshi Kleinstein will give a concert of Israeli music, accompanied by Avi Avliav.

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Our local day schools: Enrollment is up, revenue is not

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
Enrollment in greater Seattle area Jewish day schools has been something of a roller coaster over the last decade, according to several longtime educators here, but the onset of the global economic recession in 2007 forced many families to rely on grants and scholarships to continue giving their children a private school education. Most day schools are seeing more young faces in their classrooms, but the trend is that many of those children are receiving much more financial assistance than they had in the past. School heads agree that no child is ever left behind families who cannot afford the tuition will be given the help they need, which has kept many of the day school enrollment figures fluctuating within a fairly narrow range. But Rabbi Rob Toren, executive director of the Samis Foundation, the primary granting agency for K-12 Jewish day schools in Washington, told JTNews he would still like to see more Jewish families choose a Jewish day school education across the board. Enrollment, currently, is about where it was 15 years ago, Toren said. Orthodox enrollment is up, whereas enrollment in the community or in egalitarian schools is down over this time period, consistent with trends elsewhere in the U.S. At the Seattle Hebrew Academy, the student population hovered between its high of 215 in 2005 and a low of 199 students in 2011, with a close second occurring this year in 2013, showing an enrollment of 214, according to Rivy Poupko Kletenik, SHAs head of school. If the economy has affected anything, said Kletenik, its that we have less fulltuition payers. Eight years ago, it was more like 44 percent of our students that were on tuition assistance and now were well over 60 percent. When asked if these figures reflected the effects of the catastrophic downturn in the economy, Kletenik was unequivocal. It absolutely did, she said. The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle in Bellevue told JTNews the school is thriving in its 2012-13 academic year. This year, enrollment at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle is the highest it has been in four years, said ing to pay and others wont. The cost of of school these past tuition, said Fox, is also a concern for three years, has seen non-day school students who may want to enrollment making transfer to the NYHS. its way back up to NYHS is currently offering a $5,000 the 2006-7 numbers, merit-based scholarship for incoming in spite of setbacks freshmen and sophomores, added Fox. due to the economic The scholarship is renewable for the baldownturn of 2009, ance of the recipients years at NYHS. Bilavsky said. According to Toren, the highest enrollHowever, like so ment figures for the entire K12 daymany of the other school system in Washington occurred Jewish day schools from 2001 through 2003 when there were in the area, the nois730 students, but those numbers declined ier halls have not rapidly until 2011, when it rebounded to translated into a Courtesy SJCS 642 students. rosier balance sheet. Second-grade students at the Seattle Jewish Community School show off Today, said Toren, the increase of stuWe have seen a their research from their Rain Forest Museum projects. dents that brought the current total up to dramatic increase in 688 has come mainly from the Orthodox the number of our families applying for Amy Adler, the director of admissions community. financial aid and our tuition assistance is a and external relations at JDS. We curThe number of students attending larger percentage of our budget than it has rently have 236 students enrolled in our the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder, a been in the past, Bilavsky said. preschool through 8th-grade program. Chabad-affiliated Orthodox school, has Rabbi Bernie Fox, head of school at Adler credits a new tuition-grant probeen stable and steady over the past 10 to the Northwest Yeshiva High School on gram at the school for providing the 12 years, according to Tziviah Goldberg, Mercer Island, told JTNews the most sigincentive for many families to enroll there, an MMSC board member. nificant factor in his schools enrollment is according to feedback she has received. MMSC, located in Seattles Northend the size of the 8th-grade graduating classes The Torah Day School, located in the in the Maple Leaf neighborhood, has a from the local Jewish middle schools, but a Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle preschool and grade school for boys and close second, he said, is the cost of tuition. is also experiencing a significant growth girls, and continues through 12th grade The 75 students currently enrolled at spurt. for girls. Despite holding steady in enrollNYHS are a little more than half of what the We have grown from 52 students in ment, however, the school has experistudent population was in 2001-02, its highyear one, said Rabbi Sheftel Skaist, TDSs enced ongoing financial concerns. est enrollment number in the last 15 years, head of school, to just over 130 students We are at 90 students now, and its when 132 students attended classes there. in year seven, an average annual enrollbeen varying between 85 and 95, GoldLike other Jewish schools, Fox said ment increase of about 17 percent. Neither berg said. Samis supports us with finanenrollment at NYHS increases and the economy nor the cost of tuition seems cial aid dollars, however, we are up to 82 decreases from year to year. to have been a direct factor in our enrollpercent of the population [that is] on some NYHS provides financial aid to its famment trend. sort of aid and the Samis dollars do not ilies that cannot pay full tuition, said Fox. The Seattle Jewish Community School cover it all. Our student body is generally Our goal is that no child should be denied is experiencing strong growth as well. Its committed to Jewish education, regardless a Jewish education because the family lacks kindergarten has a waiting list, head of of cost. Trends seem to indicate that it will the resources to pay full tuition. school Shoshana Bilavsky told JTNews, be about the same going forward. Still, he said, some parents are willwhile it is enjoying a 14 percent increase in enrollment overall. But SJCS was not necessarily a victim of the recession. A rather significant drop in enrollment, nearly 25 percent during the Joseph Rome 2006-2007 academic years, was the result Personal Injury/Criminal Defense of leadership changes and the loss of their (425) 429-1729 building, said Bilavsky. 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ally to translate news. I was I suspected Seattle-area there at the right time. traffic reporter Sprince When she stopped dancArbogast was Jewish ing and returned to the States, because I assumed Sprince she was ready for a second was a variant of the Yiddish career in broadcasting. Back name Shprintze. Then one in Seattle, she started as a proreally messy traffic night this ducer at KING-AM 1090 and winter I heard her mutter on has done a variety of work KPLU, Oy vey, the traffic, in the Seattle area, including and I was sure. reporting for public radio staSprince, it turns out, is a tion KUOW and running her childhood nickname based own media and communicaon her maiden surname thats Member of tions company. stuck with her into adulthood. the Tribe I knew I wanted to be an Born and raised on Seatat-home mom, but keep my tles East Side, Sprince went feet wet, she says. So when to Sammamish High School pregnant with the oldest of her and the University of Washthree children, she knocked ington. She had her Bat Mitzon the door of Metro Trafvah at Temple De Hirsch fic (now Total Traffic, part Sinai, which her grandparents of Clear Channel) and they helped found. hired her. Sprince became a profesWhile she reports under sional dancer, employed by her own name now, back in a modern dance company in the day I [had] three differGrenoble, France for 12 years. Determined to increase atten- Seattle traffic reporter ent names and multiple on-air personas, says Sprince. On dance at their performances, Sprince Arbogast. a rock-and-roll station I had she contacted local radio stato banter with the DJ, and a news stations on a self-appointed mission to keep tion required a news delivery. You had to art alive, she recalls. One station hired remember who you were on which station. her, first to produce a show, and eventu-

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The challenge of traffic such great leaders as prereporting is getting informavious director Rabbi Anson tion out quickly. Traffic is Laytner and founder Rev. reactive, she says, but new Gwen Beighle. technology is speeding up Rosehedge/Multifaith reporting and response time. Works provides housing, Still freelancing as a procompassionate health care ducer and reporter, she is and psycho-social support thrilled that KUOW subservices for people living with mitted one of her recent HIV/AIDS who are homeless pieces for an Edward R. and struggling with chemiMurrow award. cal dependency and mental Sprince occasionally health issues. It began in 1988 Elizabeth List appears on TV, substituting Lauren Simonds, the recently as two separate organizations, for Adam Gehrke on Q13 named executive director of Rosehedge AIDS Housing in the morning. Its fun, Rosehedge/Multifaith Works. and Multifaith AIDS Projshe says, but TV means ect of Seattle (which later waking up at 3:50 [a.m.]and hair and changed its name to Multifaith Works). makeup have to be perfect. When those organizations were founded, patients were dying quickly, often ostracized and alone, explains Lauren Simonds became executive Lauren. What we hear nowin the news director of Rosehedge/Multifaith is very little, except that [patients] are Works last year, ready, she says, to living. She feels like AIDS is on the back return to a leadership role and drawn to burner, but people need to be reminded the human services, direct services that that the safety net is being cut due to the organization provides. The former the economy. Her role is to help lead local director of NCJW (National Council the agency forward in a strategic planof Jewish Women) and NARAL (National ning process that will determine where Abortion Rights Action League), and prowe will go over the next three to five gram director for StandWithUs Northwest says shes honored that this organization chose me [to follow] in the footsteps of XXPage 19

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Yeshivas rocket teens search for Shabbat in outer space

Gwen Davis JTNews Correspondent
In early spring, the AP physics class at the Northwest Yeshiva High School was one of only 100 teams around the world to qualify for the 2013 Team America Rocketry Challenge (TARC). However, May 11, when the team is supposed to fire its rocket, is a Saturday Shabbat. For several days it was unclear whether the team would be given an accommodation to fire its rocket without violating Shabbat, but as of April 19, the teams teacher, Peter Brodkin, said he was confident an accommodation would be made. As of this moment, I think we will be able to do it, he said. Its just a question of needing to keep with the rules of the competition and keep with the rules of Shabbat. TARC has been very accommodating, Brodkin said. Theyve been very helpful and sympathetic to the cause. They are allowing us to prepare our rocket on Friday before Shabbat, and then on Saturday, someone will press the button for us, and we will just be observers. This is not the first time the Orthodox high school has run into accommodation issues due to Jewish holidays. In 2010, the girls basketball team qualified to compete at the state championship in Yakima, yet their first game fell on the Fast of Esther. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association refused to provide an accommodation for the team to play on another day. After much ado, the team forfeited the game and lost its seeding. Those associated with the school feared the same fate would befall the rocket team. But, at least by press time, that is not likely to be the case. Whether they travel to Washington, D.C. or not to compete, the rocket teams accomplishment is celestial. A qualifying rocket needed to hit an altitude of 750 feet, have a total flight time of 48 to 50 seconds, and recover a raw egg safely with a 15-inch parachute. NYHSs rocket soared 752 feet and descended in 46 seconds, close enough to target. NYHS joined a record-setting 725 other teams from Spain to California to make the challenge. Team members Jessica Schwartz, Joel Jacobs and Itai Amon designed their approach using computer simulations to determine the optimal design, weight, and type of engine. We built this rocket competition into the curriculum as a way to get real-world application of theories, Brodkin said. A couple of years ago the National Association of Rocketry sent me a flyer, talking about this specific competition. Last year we didnt qualify, but we learned a lot and had a lot of fun. This year, NYHS had two teams. One qualified. Brodkin said the team accomplished this feat due to its perseverance. We spent a number of Sundays and many hours outside of class, he said. They are a very determined group. They made this happen. Brodkin said the team gave its all to the project, both academically and with the labor involved. We made the design on the computer thats supposed to get us in the ball park, Brodkin said. But when you build the rockets it doesnt come out as nicely as the computer suggests it will. Once you launch, you keep having to launch and launch until you get it right. TARC is the worlds largest rocket contest, sponsored by the Aerospace Industries Association and the National Association of Rocketry. It was created in 2002. Courtesy NYHS Approximately Northwest Yeshiva High School seniors and rocket team members Joel 7,000 students from Jacobs and Jessica Schwartz with their physics teacher Peter Brodkin at across the nation 60 Acres Field near Willows Run in Redmond. compete in TARC The top 100 teams, based on local qualeach year. Teams design, build and fly a ification flights, are invited to Washingmodel rocket that reaches a specific altiton, D.C. in May for the national finals. tude and duration determined by a set of Prizes include $60,000 in cash and scholrules developed each year. The contest is arships split between the top 10 finishers. designed to encourage students to study NASA invites top teams to participate in math and science and pursue careers in its Student Launch Initiative, an advanced aerospace. TARC has been growing every rocketry program. year in both attendees and prizes.

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A different way to sell Israel a million at a time

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
It would likely be an impossible task to separate Jonathan Medveds love of Israel from his position as the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, his newest cutting edge web-based venture capital fund. The fund allows would-be investors to peruse hundreds of Israeli startup companies online who hope to capitalize on Israels current status as one of the safest markets in the world. At an event hosted by his brother, syndicated radio talk-show host Michael Medved and his wife Diane, and the Seattle office of the Washington-Israel Business Council, the longtime tech entrepreneur spoke to a crowd of 35 at Island Crust Caf on Mercer Island to sell the audience of intrigued fund managers, local techies, and hungry entrepreneurs on the opportunity of investing $1 million or more at a minimum to buy into a vast array of the most innovative and potentially blockbuster up-and-coming startup companies in Israel. The multi-nationals have come in force to Israel, said Medved. [Microsoft CEO] Steve Ballmer is making an almost annual trek to Israel. Google has built the most over-the-top offices and has two different research centers. Intel has 8,000 people in Israel, HP has 6,000, IBM has five different research centers, and Facebook has bought two companies. The big players now, theyre all coming to Israel. While at the same time many members of the areas Jewish community congregated at a nearby venue to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Medved contended that the wildly successful business and investment climate in Israel is its own powerful testimonial to the vibrancy of the country and ought to discredit anti-Semitic regimes. The fact that we are here, 70 years after the Holocaust, talking about how great it is to invest in Israel and how Israel is thriving, is a supernatural, incredible, wonderful affirmation of who we are, Medved said. Today we are the masters of the Internet, with all due respect, and not just in Israel but here and elsewhere abroad. A California native, Medved, who studied history at the University of California at Berkeley, moved to Jerusalem in the 90s and lives there today with his family. Medved has a history of birthing and nurturing several powerful high-tech companies. From 1982 through 1990, he was one of the founders and the executive vice president of marketing at MERET Optical Communications Inc., in Santa Monica, Calif. In Israel, he participated in several noteworthy high-tech compasaid. Not only are we proud of this, but Israel is now coming to the rescue of its friends and partners and growing jobs in this economy in a significant way. Eyal Levy, from the WIBC, GTD Capital LLC, and a former business associate of Medveds, looked at Israels economy from a broader context. There are about 100,000 people involved in the tech sector in Israel and they generate a significant amount of business, Levy told JTNews, but even in the tech industry, there definitely is a decline. Presumably, what he is doing could help overcome some of that. Both Medved and Levy dont deny that Israel lacks the presence of the one, or maybe two, large companies that could sustain its business image globally and its multi-layered economy locally. But then, they say, Israelis are good at innovating and selling off new ideas to entrepreneurs who can further the distribution and marketing aspects of a business. Thats why Jonathans proposal is a very good idea, added Levy, because thats what Israel needs. He will find tremendous opportunities Over the last 12 years, said Medved, venture capital business in Israel accounted for about a half-billion dollars per quarter, which accounts for $1 to $2 billion a year invested in Israeli companies. The majority of the money is now coming directly from overseas venture capital funds, and this last year 26 percent of the money went to life sciences, Medved said. The growing area in Israel right now happens to be med-tech.

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nies and co-founded Accent, serving as its executive vice president of marketing from 1993 to 1994. In 1995, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners and in 2006 became the CEO at Vringo, originally launched as a cellphone ringtone company that has since reached a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Today, said Medved, Israels economy has a 4 percent growth rate and was one of only two countries in the world that did not experience an economic contraction during the global financial crisis. Referring to a bar-chart graphic, the economic trendlines illustrated Medveds essential message. Israel is actually growing steeper than China, growing steeper than Brazil, the very anemic line is the Eurozone, and the pathetic black line is the United States, he

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Seeking solace in poetry

Rivy Poupko Kletenik JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, The Boston Marathon bombing is devastating and shocking, just one more tragic life-changing milestone in our countrys loss of innocence. This has been just a dreadful year of violence, what with the shootings at the opening of the Batman movie and then the awful shootings at the school in Newtown, Conn. I feel like Whats the carpet has been pulled out JQ? from underneath our entire country. I am at a loss. There are a variety of coping mechanisms that people draw on at times like these. Some immerse themselves in news reports, and some set up a wall of selfprotection, distancing themselves from all media outlets. Some people become cynical and pessimistic; others try to bring healing and restoration to the world. Then there are the rest of us, who vacillate from one extreme to the other as we exchange nuggets of news and information, giving off the allure of some pitiful speck of control that we might pretend to have. Ultimately, in spite of everything, we reassure ourselves that this world is not a ghastly place of random horror. We do this so we might continue to place one foot down and then the other as we propel ourselves into daily life. We gravitate like moths toward some bit of light in the darkness. We flutter around morsels of inspiring tales of heroism that present themselves, as if to offset the high dose of cruelty. Most of all we then look for comfort. How might we get through this morass? For this tragedy, this time, in this National Poetry Month of April, perhaps the comfort we seek might be found in the medium of poetry, a lovely locus for the lonely and a solace for the isolated. Per Harold Bloom, who writes that his antidote for so many shadows, so many difficulties is poetry, perchance we, too, might find a modicum of succor therein. I offer you a selection of Jewish poetry, hopefully to speak to the troubles of the moment. First is a short, classic poem from Hannah Szenes, a Hungarian Jewish young woman. While on a rescue mission from then-Palestine, after heroically parachuting into Hungary in 1944, Szenes was tragically captured, tortured and then executed by the Nazis. This poem suggests, more than anything else, a sense of continuity and the ongoing ebb and flow of both nature and the human reach for the beyond. This is a comfort. A Walk to Caesarea My God, My God I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea The rush of the water The lightning in the sky The prayer of man. From the Biblical book of Kohelet, here is another poetic portrait of the constant, rhythmic patterns of this worldly life, signaling a transcendent grandeur, greater than any single one of us. Captured and put to Your music by Pete Seeger, and later recorded by the Byrds, it became possibly the No. 1 Billboard song with the oldest lyrics. Surely, reading it quiets the turbulent soul. For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace. As we struggle to understand the frailty of life snuffed out in a single swift act of violence, let us allow the words of this haunting poem by Israeli poet Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky to take us on a journey inward, to slowly help us redirect our internal compass toward those whose names are now ensconced forever with Bostons Patriots Day 2013. Everyone Has a Name Everyone has a name given to him by God and given to him by his parents. Everyone has a name given to him by his stature and the way he smiles and given to him by his clothing. Everyone has a name given to him by the mountains and given to him by his walls. Everyone has a name given to him by the stars and given to him by his neighbors. Everyone has a name given to him by his sins and given to him by his longing. Everyone has a name given to him by his enemies and given to him by his love. Everyone has a name given to him by his feasts and given to him by his work. Everyone has a name given to him by the seasons and given to him by his blindness. Everyone has a name given to him by the sea and given to him by his death. This last, raw poem by Israeli poet Yehudah Amichai captures for us the pain that Israel has come to know too well, of the sudden bomb that shatters everything in sight and afar, whose genesis is cold and calculated at the same time as its impact reaches the immeasurable heights of heaven, raising timeless questions with no answers. The Diameter of the Bomb The diameter of the bomb was thirty centimeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scattered and one graveyard. But the young woman who was buried in the city she came from, at a distance of more than a hundred kilometers, enlarges the circle considerably, and the solitary man mourning her death at the distant shores of a country far across the sea includes the entire world in the circle. And I wont even mention the crying of orphans that reaches up to the throne of God and beyond, making a circle with no end and no God. Give yourself the gift of pausing as you read these poems. Try sharing them out loud to friends and family. Every poem tells a story. Ask yourself: What story does each of these poems tell? In what way do the poems speak to the way you are feeling? Let us hope, that, as in the words of Jean-Paul Sartre, Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry, that the poems here might go a bit toward the relief we each crave.

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Notes from underground

Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
Its hard to imagine, with the abundance of Holocaust literature and films, that stories of mind-blowing value still remain largely untold. In 1942 Ukraine, 38 men, women and children slid deep into the earth to spend 511 days hiding from the Nazis and their neighbors in pitchblack caves. Though they all emerged from the cave, their story, for the most part, remained until recently underground. When adventure-seeking spelunker Chris Nicola traveled to Ukraine in the 90s to trace his ancestry, he heard rumors of Jews who hid in the caves during the war. Indeed, deep inside Priests Grotto he came across a shoe, a comb, an antique key and buttons. Nicola began the intensive process of locating the cave dwellers, whose fates no one in that part of Ukraine knew anything about. Eventually, back in North America, he found 14 of the survivors. So he began to tell their story. That story is coming to the screen. Part reenactment, part documentary, No Place on Earth, opens May 3 at the Varsity Theater in Seattle. When the Gestapo circled the village of Korolwka and rounded up the Jews to send to the camps or to dig their own graves, Esther Stermer knew that her family would submit to neither. Instead, she, her husband and their six children, along with four other families, fled about five miles No Place on Earth opens May 3 away and slid through at the Landmark Varsity Theatre, a narrow passage into 4329 University Way NE, Seattle. Verteba cave. Finding it Visit www.landmarktheatres.com unsuitable due to poor for schedules and tickets. ventilation and lack of trust Tobias with water (not to mention a Gestapo invasion), their story, the the group moved to nearby Priests Grotto, Courtesy Magnolia Pictures production crew Sam and Saul Stermer, now in their 90s, return to Verteba Cave in Ukraine, the 11th longest cave in the world and so was tasked with a where they hid as children for over a year. complex that even experienced cavers take number of chalthe fatal risk of getting lost. was outsidethe second you popped your lenges, namely, transporting four elderly No Place on Earth tells the harrowing heard out of the cave you could be dead. people down into a dangerous cave, norstory of the longest-known human underTobias recalls being in the cave with mally accessed by a 100-foot-long rusty ground existence, and follows Sam and the Stermers when Saul told Sam to turn pipe. They built steps inside the cave and Saul Stermer and Sonia and Sima Dodyk out their light. Encased in darkness, Sam kept an ambulance on call. And then there back to Ukraine to enter the caves that said, Now I feel good; now I recognize was the gear. protected them 71 years ago. where I am. That was all very, very complicated, Director Janet Tobias told JTNews that The groups survival is credited to their said Tobias. a former colleague brought her the story, skills and resources, said Tobias, from But the results made it worth it. which was featured in National GeoEsthers Golda Meir-like leadership to For each of them, it was watching a graphic in 2004 and in Nicolas book, The others engineering skills, wits, connecperson go back in time, Tobias reflected. Secret of Priests Grotto. Though she was tions with the outside world for food, and Watching them remember things that cautious at first to venture into Holocaust bravery. happened to them at that age was really filmmaking territory, the Stermers won Tobias hopes educators will use the profound. her over with their story. film in the classroom. In a Manichean twist, Id always They had such pride in telling it, she The way you stop genocide is one thought of this as a story where light and said. They had such spirit in telling it. I person at a time, she said. It is the dark were switched, said Tobias. While thought, I just need to do this. younger generations opportunity and the dark place was safe, the scary place Once the Stermers decided they could responsibility. Kids, she continued, should see how crazy brave and wonderful young people can be. I learned the Holocaust isnt one story of how 6 million people perished, says Nicola on the films website. Its 6 million individual stories. From Defiance to In Darkness to Inglourious Basterds, tales of resistance and survival are joining the library of Holocaust stories focused Offering Summer Workshops for elementary, on persecution and senseless acts of inhumiddle, and high school students in Video manity. They came out, and they had an intact Game Programming, Fine Arts and Animation, family, and no one had an intact family, Game Design, and Robotics and Engineering! said Tobias. So they view their experience with incredible pride. It was a story of triAttend our free Summer Workshop Preview Day umph, not defeat. on June 1. Theyve kept their humanity and spirit, she continued. I have a 92-yearold who laughs on the phone. Its about as Learn more at: projectfun.digipen.edu good as it gets.

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School ends and the fun begins at Samenas weekly themed summer camps! 35-year-olds enjoy crafts, games, and a swim in the wading pool. 512-year-olds will swim and play tennis all summer long. 1114-year-olds can join Vanapalooza and take a daily trip to many fun destinations. Jr. lifeguard camps and a jr. counselor program also offered. www.samena.com 425-746-1160

DigiPens ProjectFUN Youth Programs

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.

The Union Hill Ranch

The Union Hill Ranch is offering an Introduction to Horsemanship for riders 610 years of age. July 9, 10, 11 (session 1) or July 16, 17, 18 (session 2) from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $300 per session. They also have ongoing private lessons starting at $60 for one hour of instruction. www.theunionhillranch.com 425-868-8097

Hebrew Hoops

URJ Camp Kalsman

The goal of Hebrew Hoops is to promote basketball skill development while also providing a forum for Jewish youth to form friendships among each other. Hebrew Hoops is a platform for Jewish youth to interact with Jewish role models and learn what it means to be a Jewish athlete today. SamFein.HebrewHoops@gmail.com 206-856-2528 www.HebrewHoops.com

URJ Camp Kalsman has something for everyone, from sports to the performing and creative arts, to nature and adventure activities. Kalsman provides campers with the opportunity to live a wholly Jewish life in their newly built facilities. A summer at Camp Kalsman is an unforgettable religious, cultural, recreational and emotional experience. www.kalsman.urjcamps.org 425-284-4484

Mercer Island Parks and Recreation

Mercer Island Parks and Recreation Department has a wide variety of summer camps! Art, cooking, day camps, Legos, kayaking, music, sailing, sports and more! They have the most enthusiastic recreation counselors on the Eastside. Join the fun! Early registration for summer online at www.myparksandrecreation.com, or register by phone at 206-275-7609.

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For riders ages 610 For information: www.theunionhillranch.com 425-868-8097

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For a complete listing of events, or to add your event to the JTNews calendar, visit calendar.jtnews.net. Calendar events must be submitted no later than 10 days before publication. with marshmallow roasting and ruach. $10 adult, $5 child under 13. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 13 p.m. Capitol Hill Minyan Lag BOmer Picnic

Rabbi Ben Aaronson at capitolminyan@gmail.com or 206-659-SHUL (7845) or capitolhillminyan.com Annual Lag BOmer picnic and barbeque. Burgers and dogs, good news and grog, and fun for the kids. Open to the entire community. Free, donations accepted. At Volunteer Park, 1249 15th Ave. E (at E Galer), Seattle. 2 p.m. SJCC Jewish Touch Lecture: An Afternoon with Charles Fox

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.SJCC.org At the piano, composer Charles Fox will share how he came to write his award-winning music. Fox wrote some of TVs most memorable themes, including Happy Days and Love Boat. He will also give his personal insight into 100 Voices: A Journey Home, which explores Jewish cultural history in Poland. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 5 p.m. Lag BOmer Picnic

Lori Lasswell at info@chabadofseattle.org or www.ChabadofSeattle.org Annual BBQ party. Hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, chips, smores, and music. RSVP online. At Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle. 5:307 p.m. Fire and Feast: A Lag BOmer Celebration

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or sjcc.org Meet in the SJCC Kesher Community Garden for a dinner picnic of veggie tacos, fire-popped popcorn, and smores with music around the campfire. Please register at www.sjcc.org. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 206-624-5152 or www.aipac.org President Obamas Trip to Israel: Policy Takeaways featuring David Pactor, AIPAC Washington and Oregon states director. Happy hour at 6 p.m. Free. Location provided upon RSVP, Seattle. 68 p.m. Maimonides Society Reception

Shayna Rosen at shaynar@jewishinseattle.org or 206-774-2219 or jewishinseattle.org/ maimonides-2013 The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle invites the Maimonides Society and guests to a reception with Consul General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest Dr. Andy David. $36 per person. At the Mercer Island Community and Event Center, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island.

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14 p.m. Israel at 65 Celebration

Zach Duitch at ZachD@sjcc.org or 206-388-1990 or sjcc.org Rock-climbing wall, inflatable surf rider, face painting, Israeli food and concert by Meshi Kleinstein and Avi Avliav. Make chocolate in Natzrat Illit, write notes to put in the Kotel in Jerusalem, make bath salts in Yam Hamelach, and more. Please register online. Free. At Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 5:30 p.m. Kollel Annual Dinner

Marilyn Liebert at info@seattlekollel.org or www.seattlekollel.org Gala dinner honoring Dr. Larry and Sharon Adatto. $90. At the Seattle Airport Marriott, 3201 S 176th St, Seattle.

Candlelighting times April 26............................ 7:56 p.m. May 3............................... 8:05 p.m. May 10..............................8:15 p.m. May 17............................. 8:24 p.m. Friday

6:159:15 p.m. Song of Songs: Let Us Rejoice and Delight in You!

Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Edwin L. Bierman Scholar-in-Residence Weekend with Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky. Kabbalat Shabbat 6-7:15 p.m., Shabbat dinner 7:15-8:15, keynote lecture 8:15 p.m. Childcare available by preregistration. $25. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

26 April

Thursday

Saturday

9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. The Book of Jonah and The Book of Ruth

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Rabbi Kalmanofsky will give a dvar Torah on the Book of Jonah during services. Kiddush luncheon to follow. At 1:15: An exploration of Ruth and Naomis relationship and as a model for the relationship between God and Israel. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 78:30 p.m. Lag BOmer/Havdalah in the Kesher Garden

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or sjcc.org Pizza and smores, singing around the campfire, activities for the kids. $5. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7:309:30 p.m. The Joseph Story: I Am Looking for My Brothers

Marjie Cogan at marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Rabbi Kalmanofsky will look at male relationships in the Joseph story. Havdalah and dessert at a private View Ridge home. RSVP for address information. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

27 April

5:308 p.m. J-Tech Meetup

Shayna Rosen at shaynar@jewishinseattle.org or 206-774-2219 or www.meetup.com/ Jewish-Tech-Meetup Jewish tech professionals event featuring Dan Levitan, co-founder and partner of Maveron. At The Easy, 511 Boren Ave. N, Seattle. 6:308:30 p.m. Can We Talk? Staying Close and Connected as a Couple

Leonid Orlov at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-8784 or jfsseattle.org Four evening workshops focus on patterns of communication that facilitate being supportive and accepting of each over. Couples of all ages and backgrounds welcome. Advance registration required for series. Scholarships available. $80/ couple for series. At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.

2 May

Monday

78:30 p.m. Community Gathering with Rabbi Brant Rosen

Kathy Gallagher at office@kadima.org or 206-547-3914 or www.kadima.org A talk by congregational rabbi Brant Rosen, author of Wrestling in the Daylight and longtime activist for peace, social justice and human rights. Free. At University Friends Meeting Room, 4001 Ninth Ave. NE, Seattle.

6 May

Thursday

Friday

Tuesday

6:158:45 p.m. Routines Reduce Conflict: Using Them Effectively

Marjorie Schnyder at familylife@jfsseattle. org or 206-861-3146 or jfsseattle.org Positive discipline builds parent confidence and guides children in a context of mutual respect. Facilitated by Sarina Behar Natkin, LICSW, parent coach and co-founder of GROW Parenting. Best for parents with children 2-12 years old. Financial assistance available. $20/session per person. At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.

30 April

810 p.m. Tres De Mayo! A Latin Cocktail Workshop

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org An in-depth look into the four most popular LatinAmerican cocktails. Learn about the ingredients, history, and preparation of the margarita, mojito, caipirinha, and the pisco sour. Adults 21-plus. SJCC member $50, guest $60. At Cast Iron Studios, 10650 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

3 May

10:30 a.m.12 p.m. Inside a U.S. Embassy

Ellen Hendin at endlesspps@jfsseattle.org or 206-461-3240 or jfsseattle.org As a Foreign Service officer for 34 years, Jonathan Bensky served in eight different posts. He will describe the structure, organization and responsibilities of an embassy, and share stories of life in the Foreign Service. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

9 May

Thursday

Saturday

Sunday

10:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Pre-Mothers Day Brunch

Sasha Mail at sashamail@msn.com or 206-722-1200 or www.tdsseattle.org Food, Torah, and a performance by the 3rd-8th grade girls choir for women. Adults $18, children $5. At Torah Day School of Seattle, 3528 S Ferdinand St., Seattle. 11 a.m.2 p.m. HNT Lag BOmer BBQ Picnic and Color War

Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or hnt.wufoo.com/ forms/lag-bomer With relay races, music, BBQ, traditional bonfire

28 April

Wednesday

121:30 p.m. Israel Current Events

Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Discuss a topic in the news pertaining to Israel. To find out the topic for this month or join the email list, contact Jayne Carlin at jscarlin@gmail. com. Optional pre-reading is available at www. broaderview.org/current. This session will be repeated on Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m. $5 payable at the door. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 6 p.m. AIPAC Young Professionals Network Happy Hour

AIPAC Seattle at seattle_office@aipac.org or

1 May

1:152:30 p.m. Jewish Meditation: Pause and Renew

Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Instructor Anna Satenstein helps students practice listening to the still small voice within. Cultivate shalom and compassion in these informative and experiential classes. Part one of two-part series. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

4 May

Sunday

9:30 a.m.12 p.m. Frankel Religious School Open House and Brunch

Breanne Skolrud at breanne@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555 or h-nt.org Welcome new students, connect with other parents, and enjoy classroom showcases. Register online. $5 per person. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

5 May

1:302:30 p.m. Lunchtime Learning Series Presents: Natan Meir

Lauren Spokane at laurenjs@uw.edu or 206543-0138 or stroumjewishstudies.org/events People of the Poorhouse: The Jewish Dispossessed in Eastern Europe. Lecture on the lives and experiences of Jews at the margins of society, including paupers, orphans, poor widows, and the disabled people in 19th- and early 20th-century Eastern Europe. At the University of Washington, Husky Union Building (HUB) Room 238, Seattle. 69 p.m. Kibud Morim 2013 Honoring Teachers

Cindy Bockelman at cindyb@jewishinseeattle.org Honoring greater Seattles educators in early childhood supplementary and day schools. Presentation of awards and honors. Keynote by Alan Morinis, The Mussar Institute. RSVP required. At Seattle Hebrew Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle. 6:309 p.m. NYHS Gourmet Food and Dessert Auction

Melissa Rivkin at mrivkin@nyhs.net or 206-232-5272 Fun and casual night of tasting, bidding on and buying all kinds of kosher delicacies made by community cooks. Take home items in time for Shavuot or arrange for made-to-order items. At a private home in Seattle. Call for address. XXPage 18

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A Jewish Tombstone
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
Did you know Wyatt Earp was buried in a Jewish cemetery? This question was all it took for Ann Kirschner to tug at a loose string in the tightly knit fabric of codified history, unraveling an alternative narrative of the American frontier, and opening a window onto Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, the Jewish common-law wife of legendary Wild West lawman Wyatt Earp. The result of Kirschners research is The Lady at the OK Corral (HarperCollins) a biography of a woman who never wanted a biography. Kirschner was in Seattle on April 18 to talk about Josephine at Town Hall. Here was this woman that I never heard about, never read about, and the fact that she was Jewish and married to the man who was arguably the best-known lawman of the American frontier wow, that was pretty irresistible, Kirschner told JTNews. Josephine Marcus Earp lived an exciting life by all accounts, let alone as a daughter of poor Jewish immigrants between the years of 1860 and 1940. Having moved from New York to San Francisco by steamer with her family around 1870, in 1878 she took off for Arizona Territory to become an actress, only to return home a year later with her tail between her legs. But soon she was back on the road to Arizona, this time to marry her suitor, the persistent divorcee and lawman of Tombstone, Johnny Behan. It didnt take long for Josephines common-law marriage to Behan to go south; meanwhile, the dirty town of Tombstone was succumbing to chaos, with Wyatt Earp competing with Behan for leadership. Tensions mounted until October 26, 1881, the day of the infamous gunfight between Wyatt Earp and his brothers, and Johnny Behans cowboy faction. What is lesser known, however, is that Josephine Sarah Marcus may have been at the apex of a love triangle between Johnny Behan and Wyatt Earp. Its a Jewish parents worst nightmare. Your rebellious daughter comes back home to live with you, only to be whisked away by the nationally known, infamous, gun-wielding goy shes in love with. For Josephine (and probably in the fantasies of many other Jewish girls throughout history) it must have been unbearably romantic. These are the scrappy pieces of history Kirschner chased around the country, hot on the tail of an elusive woman who never held a permanent address once in her adult life. Not only that, but Josephine deliberately covered her tracks. She had a lot of skeletons in her closet, said Kirschner. She was a willing accomplice to the suppression of her own story. So many skeletons, in fact, that Josephine put a curse on anyone who dared tell it. Wyatt Earps fourth common-law wife was particularly intent to silence the story of Mattie Blaylock, his third wife, the former prostitute he abandoned who became addicted to opiates and eventually took her own life. should become a heroine. Shes a complicated figure, said Kirschner. I guess most biographers have a love-hate relationship with their subjects. However, she was an artist of reinventing herself, Kirschner said. I love that about her. I love her love of the unconventional. I also admire her fierce love and loyalty for her husband, and the incredible modern and smart way that she understood celebrity, and how to control the legacy of Wyatt Earp. Now, the answer to the question youve been waiting for: How did the non-Jewish Wyatt Earps cremated remains end up in the Marcus family plot in the Jewish Hills of Eternity Memorial Park? Its a question Kirschner gets at every talk. Josephines remains are also cremated and rest beside Wyatts and near her parents and brother. The answer, I think, is just California, she said. A Wild West, indeed.
Kirschners visit to Seattle coincided with an event related to her first book, the opening of Letters to Sala on stage at Seattle Pacific University. For a longer version of this story and a review of Letters to Sala, which closes this weekend, visit www.jtnews.net.

Courtesy Ann Kirschner

Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, in a photo simulated by forensic analysis to depict her age as a young woman.

But so far, Kirschner has not been crushed by any falling pianos. I think Josephine would turn that curse to a blessing, she said. I think she would feel that I tried to follow the truth and tell the intimate stories about her life without trying to whitewash it in any way. But just because Josephines role in history, like many other womens, disappeared, it does not necessarily mean she

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The Independent Art of Eric Carle On view through July 7, 2013 www.TacomaArtMuseum.org or 253.272.4258

Sunday, April 28 @ 4:30 PM

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You are cordially invited to enjoy a delicious outdoor kosher barbeque with your family and friends as we join Jews around the world to celebrate the holiday of Lag Bomer.
An event for all the family! rain or Shine! Hope to see you there. At the new play area in Tacomas Titlow Park (Drive down 6th Ave. towards the water until Titlow Park) www.ChabadPierceCounty.com rSVP: rabbi@chabadpiercecounty.com or call 253-565-8770

This exhibition was organized by The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA, in cooperation with Tacoma Art Museum and is generously sponsored by ArtsFund, Russell Investments, and Stebich Ridder International. Additional support provided by Helen and Peter Bing, and Cathy Ebert and Karl Saberg.

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Thursday, May 2 through Monday, June 3 Kathryn Altus Art exhibition Lisa Harris Gallery features the landscapes of Olympia native Kathryn Altus during the month of May. Stream to Sea conveys Altuss love for the Salish Sea and the Pacific Northwest. Her rich oil paintings evoke misty mornings on the coast and twilight strolls through quiet side streets. Altus is also known for her series of colorful landscapes inspired by travels in Israel. Joel Brock joins Altus with Shadows Cast, still-life paintings of everyday, beautiful detritus. The artists will be in attendance for the exhibitions opening on First Thursday, May 2 from 6 to 8 p.m. At Lisa Harris Gallery, 1922 Pike Place, Seattle. For more information visit www.lisaharrisgallery.com.

Saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m. An Evening with Stephen Tobolowsky You know him from Groundhog Day and, contrastingly, the head of the KKK in Mississippi Burning. The character actor, funny man, and now acclaimed storyteller will be at Temple Bnai Torah to share tales of rattlesnakes, raccoons, and Hollywood executives from his memoir, The Dangerous Animals Club. I LOVE THIS! raved Sarah Silverman about the memoir. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. $10 tickets available at tbttobo-tbthome.eventbrite.com. For more information and tickets contact Jennifer Fliss at 425-603-9677, ext. 213.

Thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. Stuart Isacoff Lecture-Recital: The American Piano World-renowned concert pianist Stuart Isacoff will tell the story of the piano from Europe to early America through works by musicians such as Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Jerry Lee Lewis, and more. On Friday, May 3 at 3:30 p.m., Isacoff will lead a master class with UW piano students in Brechemin Auditorium. Open to the public. At Brechemin Auditorium, University of Washington, Seattle. Tickets are $15. For more information call 206-685-8384 or visit www.music.washington.edu.

Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30 p.m. Farewell, Auschwitz! Concert Music of Remembrances spring concert features its third commission from composer Jake Heggie and librettist Gene Scheer. Farewell, Auschwitz! puts music to the powerful poems of Krystyna Zywulska, Warsaw Ghetto escapee, Polish resistance member, and Auschwitz prisoner. Heggie and Scheer will also reveal a new song cycle from their musical For a Look or a Touch. Other works include Suite from the Three Penny Opera and String Trio: Serenade by Lszl Weiner, a 28-year-old victim of the Nazis. At Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. At 6:45 p.m. meet Heggie and Scheer, the composer and librettist. $36. For tickets and information visit www.musicofremembrance.org/concert/farewell-auschwitz.

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Kehilla | Our Community

Technion: Professor Ido Perlman
To give sight to the blind. This is not wishful thinking; it is the expressed goal of Professor Ido Perlman, the Pearl Seiden Professor of Vision Science at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine at the Technion-Institute of Technology in Ido Perlman, Pearl Seiden Haifa, Israel. His Professor of Vision Science research focuses on the mechanisms in the retina responsible for processing visual information. The objective is to identify underlying sight-threatening retinal disorders, paving the way for the development of viable treatments to vision loss. After earning bachelors and masters degrees from the Technion Faculty of Chemistry, Prof. Perlman obtained a doctorate from the Department of Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland before returning to Israel to begin his Technion career as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Perlman has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals and presented more than 80 papers at international conferences. He has been a visiting research professor at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Biological Laboratories, a visiting professor at the department of physiology at NYU School of Medicine and has been an adjunct professor in the department of ophthalmology at the University of Utah since 1996. Prof. Perlman has served the Technion and the Faculty of Medicine in a wide variety of posts. Between 1998 and 2002, he served as dean of the graduate school, and from 2005 through 2011, he served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Prof. Perlman is justly proud of the Faculty of Medicines Nobel Prize-winning advancements in the fields of disease research, stem cells, and immunology. The faculty is one of only a few medical schools in the world integrated with a technological institute. Multidisciplinary research gives the Technion a real edge and vastly enhances our ability to discover therapies and treatments to battle disease and improve life around the world, says Prof. Perlman. History-making discoveries now underway at the Technion include a scaffold made from pig-tissue that could support healthy cells transplanted to rebuild a damaged human heart; a new source of cells that could be programmed to create healthy eggs for assisted pregnancy procedures; and the creation of pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels, that could lead to improved tissue transplants to treat diabetes.
Gary S. Cohn, Regional Director Jack J. Kadesh, Regional Director Emeritus
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Attorneys
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Funeral/Burial Services
Hills of Eternity Cemetery Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 206-323-8486 Serving the greater Seattle Jewish community. Jewish cemetery open to all preneed and at-need services. Affordable rates Planning assistance. Queen Anne, Seattle

Care Givers
HomeCare Associates A program of Jewish Family Service 206-861-3193 www.homecareassoc.org  Provides personal care, assistance with daily activities, medication reminders, light housekeeping, meal preparation and companionship to older adults living at home or in assisted-living facilities.

Financial Services
Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC Roy A. Hamrick, CFA 206-441-9911 rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com www.hamrickinvestment.com  Professional portfolio management services for individuals, foundations and nonprofit organizations.

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Seattle Jewish Chapel 206-725-3067 seattlejewishchapel@gmail.com Traditional burial services provided at all area cemeteries. Burial plots available for purchase at Bikur Cholim and Machzikay Hadath cemeteries.

Photographers
Dani Weiss Photography 206-760-3336 www.daniweissphotography.com  Photographer Specializing in People. Children, Bnai Mitzvahs, Families, Parties, Promotions & Weddings.

Hospice Services
Kline Galland Hospice 206-805-1930 susanr@klinegalland.org www.klinegallandhospice.org  Kline Galland Hospice provides individualized care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs of those in the last phases of life. Founded in Jewish values and traditions, hospice reflects a spirit and philosophy of caring that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying.

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Friday

10:30 a.m. PJ Library Storytime at SJCS

Amy Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org

10 May

The PJ Library welcomes Shoshana Stombaugh as guest musician and storyteller. Songs and a story, activities and playgroup fun. At Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 8th Ave. NE, Seattle.

Saturday

1:152:30 p.m. Israeli Folk Dance

Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org

11 May

Cindy Droker, an experienced instructor, will introduce you to Israeli folk dancing. No experience necessary. Come with comfortable clothing and sneakers. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

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community would do. Recovery appears like it will be a slow process for the entire family. They stayed with Nashs in-laws in the Boston suburb of Newton, and she said her 11-year-old daughter Hannah was scared to leave the house. On the night of the attack, she would not go back to Boston, Nash said. She didnt want [my husband] to go back. She felt like that guy, or guys, theyre still out there and she didnt think it was safe. In the time since, Hannah has taken on what Nash called an ultimate caretaker

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Erica Nashs family visits her at Mass General Hospital during her two-day stay following the marathon.

role, and exhibited other signs of anxiety. It took a little longer for 7-year-

old Jonah to process what he had been through, but earlier this week he curled up in his mothers lap for several hours and lay quietly. He said he didnt really know what to say, Nash said. He didnt know how to explain it. Her husband, she said, was also reluctant to return to work, because he was afraid hed continually start crying in his office. At this point, she said, were trying to integrate normal back into our lives. Once her muscles heal, Nash will get back on the road. When she was a child, her parents were told that because of her

cerebral palsy shed never walk. Having completed two marathons in Birch Bay, near the Canadian border, and in Jerusalem and, of course, almost a third, Nashs accomplishments go beyond the normal boundaries most people push against to complete such a tough race. After this years Boston Marathon, she had planned to retire to half-marathons, but now she may go back for one more. I started with a group of people who, like me, had different challenges, and I kind of want to know if theyre okay, she said. Id like to see them at the start line again.

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Lifecycles
Death

Aida Liff
Aida Liff passed away peacefully on April 7, 2013, with her three daughters at her side. She was 88. Born in the small Romanian town of Bistritza, Aida was one of nine siblings. She survived the Nazi concentration camps, finding sanctuary in Sweden. There, she met Victor, with whom she shared a loving 62-year marriage until his passing in 2011. Aida and Victor settled in Seattle in 1949, where they started their own family and resided for the rest of their lives. Aida spoke six languages fluently and loved to cook, garden, and host holiday gatherings for her many relatives. She was admired for her deep love of family, profound inner strength, and unfailing moral compass. Even as she succumbed to the final stages of Alzheimers disease, these qualities shone through and inspired all who had the privilege of knowing her. Aida is survived by her three daughters, Mia Mackoff, Rita Levinson, and Shirley Liff-Grieff, seven grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter. Donations in Aidas memory can be made to the Kline Galland Home, at www.klinegalland. org/contribute.html.

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When you let JFS Tribute Cards do the talking, you send your best wishes and say you care about funding vital JFS programs here at home. Call Irene at (206) 861-3150 or, on the web, click on Donations at www.jfsseattle.org. Use Visa or MasterCard. Its the most gratifying 2-for-1 in town.

Bat Mitzvah

Hailey Rose Mintz

Hailey will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on April 27, 2013, at Congregation Kol Ami in Woodinville. Hailey is the daughter of Robert and Patti Mintz of Woodinville and the sister of Ryan. Her grandparents are Malcolm and Dorothy Lederman of Bellevue, David Mintz of Mercer Island, and the late Eileen Mintz. Hailey is an 8th-grader at Leota Junior High School. She enjoys snowboarding, hanging out with friends, and shopping. She is in the Honor Society and taking a leadership class. For her mitzvah project, Hailey is donating food and toys for dogs and cats through Homeward Pets.

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years. Understanding insurance changes brought by the Affordable Care Act is part of that job. The south Florida native graduated from Boston College and decided to move to Seattle after seeing local scenery in the movie Immediate Family. She has a masters degree in social work from the UW. Lauren, her husband and son attend congregation Kol HaNeshemah in West Seattle. Before NCJW, Lauren worked at

Temple Bnai Torah and helped their social action committee form a CareTeam which worked with Multifaith Works. Currently there are no synagoguebased CareTeams, and Im excited to reconnect the Jewish community with our work, she says. A CareTeam training is scheduled for April 27, and June 2 is the organizations 25th anniversary celebration and fundraiser at Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Find information at the website, www.rosehedge.org.

How do I submit a Lifecycle announcement?

Send lifecycle notices to: JTNews/ Lifecycles, 2041 Third Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 E-mail to: lifecycles@jtnews.net Phone 206-441-4553 for assistance. Submissions for the May 10, 2013 issue are due by April 30.

where to worship
GREATER SEATTLE Chabad House 206/527-1411 4541 19th Ave. NE Bet Alef (Meditative) 206/527-9399 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle Congregation Kol Ami (Reform) 425/844-1604 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Cong. Beis Menachem (Traditional Hassidic) 1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue 425/957-7860 Congregation Beth Shalom (Conservative) 6800 35th Ave. NE 206/524-0075 Cong. Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Orthodox) 5145 S Morgan St. 206/721-0970 Capitol Hill Minyan-BCMH (Orthodox) 1501 17th Ave. E 206/721-0970 Congregation Eitz Or (Jewish Renewal) Call for locations 206/467-2617 Cong. Ezra Bessaroth (Sephardic Orthodox) 5217 S Brandon St. 206/722-5500 Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch (Orthodox/Chabad) 6250 43rd Ave. NE 206/527-1411 Congregation Shevet Achim (Orthodox) 5017 90th Ave. SE (at NW Yeshiva HS) Mercer Island 206/275-1539 Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (LGBTQ) 206/355-1414 Emanuel Congregation (Modern Orthodox) 3412 NE 65th St. 206/525-1055 Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation (Conservative) 206/232-8555 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island Hillel (Multi-denominational) 4745 17th Ave. NE 206/527-1997 Kadima (Reconstructionist) 206/547-3914 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle Kavana Cooperative kavanaseattle@gmail.com Khal Ateres Zekainim (Orthodox) 206/722-1464 at Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. S Mitriyah (Progressive, Unaffiliated) www.mitriyah.com 206/651-5891 Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound (Humanist) www.secularjewishcircle.org 206/528-1944 Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Orthodox) 6500 52nd Ave. S 206/723-3028 The Summit at First Hill (Orthodox) 1200 University St. 206/652-4444 Temple Beth Am (Reform) 206/525-0915 2632 NE 80th St. Temple Bnai Torah (Reform) 425/603-9677 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Reform) Seattle, 1441 16th Ave. 206/323-8486 Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE SOuTH KING COuNTy Bet Chaverim (Reform) 206/577-0403 25701 14th Place S, Des Moines WEST SEATTLE Kol HaNeshamah (Reform) 206/935-1590 Alki UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St. Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) 5121 SW Olga St. 206/643-5353 WAShinGTon STATE AbERdEEn Temple Beth Israel 360/533-5755 1819 Sumner at Martin bAinbRidGE iSLAnd Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) 9010 Miller Rd. NE 206/855-0885 Chavurat Shir Hayam 206/842-8453 bELLinGhAm Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County 102 Highland Dr. 360/393-3845 Congregation Beth Israel (Reform) 2200 Broadway 360/733-8890 bREmERTon Congregation Beth Hatikvah 360/373-9884 11th and Veneta EVERETT / LynnWood Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County 19626 76th Ave. W, Lynnwood 425/640-2811 Temple Beth Or (Reform) 425/259-7125 3215 Lombard St., Everett FoRT LEWiS Jewish Chapel 253/967-6590 Liggett Avenue and 12th iSSAquAh Chabad of the Central Cascades 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd. 425/427-1654 oLympiA Chabad Jewish Discovery Center 1611 Legion Way SE 360/584-4306 Congregation Bnai Torah (Conservative) 3437 Libby Rd. 360/943-7354 Temple Beth Hatfiloh (Reconstructionist) 201 8th Ave. SE 360/754-8519 poRT AnGELES And SEquim Congregation Bnai Shalom 360/452-2471 poRT ToWnSEnd Congregation Bet Shira 360/379-3042 puLLmAn, WA And moScoW, id Jewish Community of the Palouse 509/334-7868 or 208/882-1280 SpokAnE Chabad of Spokane County 4116 E 37th Ave. 509/443-0770 Congregation Emanu-El (Reform) P O Box 30234 509/835-5050 www.spokaneemanu-el.org Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative) 1322 E 30th Ave. 509/747-3304 TAcomA Chabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County 2146 N Mildred St.. 253/565-8770 Temple Beth El (Reform) 253/564-7101 5975 S 12th St. TRi ciTiES Congregation Beth Sholom (Conservative) 312 Thayer Dr., Richland 509/375-4740 VAncouVER Chabad-Lubavitch of Clark County 9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320 360/993-5222 Rabbi@ChabadClarkCounty.com www.chabadclarkcounty.com Congregation Kol Ami 360/574-5169 www.jewishvancouverusa.org VAShon iSLAnd Havurat Ee Shalom 206/567-1608 15401 Westside Highway P O Box 89, Vashon Island, WA 98070 WALLA WALLA Congregation Beth Israel 509/522-2511 WEnATchEE Greater Wenatchee Jewish Community 509/662-3333 or 206/782-1044 WhidbEy iSLAnd Jewish Community of Whidbey Island 360/331-2190 yAkimA Temple Shalom (Reform) 509/453-8988 1517 Browne Ave. yakimatemple@gmail.com

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the arts

JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, april 26, 2013

Keeping My Hope: An unlikely story by an unlikely author

Dikla Tuchman JTNews Correspondent
Christopher Huh is not Jewish. He has no European heritage and hes not even old enough to drive. But like thousands of other non-Jewish young people over the last 70 years, Huh, a 14-year-old Korean-American, became deeply affected by the historical account of the Holocaust. As he sat in his 7th-grade class at Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg, Md. and absorbed the overwhelming information from his teacher, he knew that sitting idly by while the rest of his peers appeared unaffected was not an option. So he went home, started digging deeper into the stories and the wealth of information on the Holocaust, and began to draw. His story developed into Keeping My Hope, a complex and beautiful narrative about an individuals struggle in Poland during the war. The 170-page graphic novel gives readers a meticulous account of Ari Kolodiejski and his family, as their small town in Poland transforms from a carefree village to a ghetto. Huh chooses to tell the story through the eyes of a grandfather passing on his tragic experience to his grandchildren. When I first decided to write the book, I thought the best way for people to learn was through a grandpas point of view, says Huh. I always liked it when I get to listen to my grandparents talk. Through his research, Huh decided to set his story in Poland, as it had the biggest Jewish population before World War II broke out. The detail that Huh puts into painting an accuCourtesy Christopher Huh rate picture of pre- A scene from Keeping My Hope depicting the Nazis rounding up Jews. war Poland and then teacher, who is fluent in German, to doueach stage of the wars progression draws ble-check my translation. the reader in completely. Huh read other Holocaust-related I thought that this book should not novels, such as The Diary of Anne Frank, only be a good story, but also be an opporElie Wiesels Night, and Hans Peter Richtunity for people to learn. Every little ters Friedrich, becoming well versed in detail, I thought, should be something the genre. Before launching into his own that spoke out, says Huh. From towns to graphic novel, his teacher introduced him battles, from names to actual events and to Art Spiegelmans Maus, the awardpeople, Huh wanted to be sure that everywinning and most recognized Holocaustthing in his novel was historically accurate. related graphic novel. With all of this It was painstakingly difficult, but it research under his belt, Huh set out to was worth it, he said. I also asked my shape his own story to share with the world. From his home in Maryland to as far as Israel, Huh says the response to his selfpublished work has been incredible. He even received a letter from Elie Wiesel this month, praising his effort. Many people love the fact that I published this, says Huh. My schoolmates and teachers support me, along with my family, of course. As the story evolves, Huh goes into vivid detail as to Aris experience not only living in the ghetto, but also his transportation to and years living in Auschwitz. The most important message in my book is that racism and prejudice are humanitys greatest enemies and that we should always be aware of that, says Huh. It is explained on page 91, in the first speech bubble when Ari shows his number to his grandchildren. Through writing and illustrating Keeping My Hope, Huh has discovered his passion for both writing and drawing and plans to continue both in future. You can find out more about Keeping My Hope and Christopher Huh at keepingmyhope.com. The graphic novel is available for purchase through Amazon. com and Barnes & Noble.