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Late Summer/Early Fall Family Calendar
For complete details about these and other upcoming JFS events and workshops, please visit our website: www.jfsseattle.org
For Adults Age 60+
Endless Opportunities
A community-wide program offered in
partnership with Temple B’nai Torah & Temple
De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are free and open
to the public.
A Different Shade of Blue
A history of female police officers
with Adam Eisenberg
m tuesday, september 21
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
What is Secular
Humanistic Judaism?
With Judi Gladstone
m tuesday, october 12
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
A Sabbatical, Global Jewish
Activism & A Trip to India
With Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum
m thursday, october 21
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Opera Redux
With Ken Schlegel
m thursday, october 28
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
RSVP Ellen Hendin, (206) 861-3183 or
endlessopps@jfsseattle.org regarding all
Endless Opportunities programs.
For Jewish woMen
Programs of Project DVORA (Domestic
Violence Outreach, Response & Advocacy)
are free of charge.
Confidential Support Group
Peer support, education and healing for
Jewish women with controlling partners.
m ongoing
Confidential location, dates and time.
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or contactus@jfsseattle.org
1601 - 16th Avenue, Seattle
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friday, august 20, 2010
For the coMMunity For dV surViVors
AA Meetings at JFS Tashlich for Survivors
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Contact Eve M. Ruff, (206) 861-8782 or Facilitated by Danica Bornstein, MSW, LISW
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mwednesday, september 15
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Employment Resources:
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Job Searching, Training &
Contact Project DVORA, (206) 461-3240
Health Insurance or contactus@jfsseattle.org
m thursday, August 26
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. Kids’ Club for Kids 5-8
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or familylife@jfsseattle.org class for children who have witnessed
Shaarei Tikvah: A Celebration
domestic violence
m starts in october
of Rosh Hashanah for People of Contact Project DVORA, (206) 461-3240
All Abilities or contactus@jfsseattle.org
m thursday, september 9
4:00 – 6:00 p.m. For pArents & FAMilies
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or familylife@jfsseattle.org Choices, Changes & Challenges:
Chai Chavurah Parenting a Tween or Teen
A Judaic/12 Step Study Gathering for Jews A workshop series for parents
in or considering recovery, their families and Session 1: Self-Esteem &
their friends.
Body Image
m saturday, september 11
m sunday, october 10
Second Saturday each month
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
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Contact Eve M. Ruff, (206) 861-8782 or
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Contact Jane Deer-Hileman, (206) 861-3155
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or volunteer@jfsseattle.org.
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Our Diverse Families
m sunday, september 26
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experience for parents of newborns within a
Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or
culturally relevant context. Jewish and interfaith
familylife@jfsseattle.org
parents are invited to join us!
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the rabbi’s turn
Beyond B’nai Mitzvah:
Empowering our teens to make a
difference
Rabbi Daniel A. Septimus Temple De Hirsch Sinai
In the Winter 2009 edition of Reform
Judaism Magazine, the Union for Reform
Judaism shared the results of a survey on
post-B’nai Mitzvah retention. The impetus
for conducting the study was quite simple:
The leaders of the Reform movement have
observed for decades a precip-
itous drop in religious school
enrollment immediately fol-
lowing Bar and Bat Mitzvah.
Rabbi Jan Katzew, lead spe-
cialist of the Union for Reform
Judaism’s Congregational Con-
sulting Group and former
director of the Department
of Lifelong Jewish Learning,
and his team sought to discern
the true extent of the attrition rate and
which congregations had successful reten-
tion and why. Close to 900 Reform con-
gregations participated in the survey. Of
the nearly 17,000 annual B’nai and B’not
Mitzvah a year, only about half continue
through 10th grade and slightly more than
one in 10 enroll through 12th grade. The
rate slightly increases through 12th grade
when you include students engaged in
other Jewish activities outside of religious
school, such as camping and youth group.
About 50 religious schools — 7-10 per-
cent total — retain 80 percent of post-
B’nai Mitzvah students through 12th
grade. I was proud to hear that my home
synagogue, Congregation Emanu El in
Houston, Texas, has the highest retention
rate in the country, close to 92 percent. In
analyzing the findings of the survey, the
URJ identified 10 key factors these syna-
gogues had in common that led to higher
retention rates.
For the sake of this piece, I want to high-
light one particular factor, though I do
encourage you to read the entire article in the
magazine. The degree to which post-B’nai
Mitzvah teens are empowered by the con-
gregation to be involved in all facets of edu-
cation, worship and synagogue governance
increases the likelihood that students will stay
connected beyond Bar/Bat Mitzvah.
In other words, students want to play
a role in religious school as teachers and
specialists, be given the opportunity to be
Bar/Bat Mitzvah tutors, engage in social
justice, and feel that temple youth group
is valued by the leadership. Becoming an
adult in the Jewish community means that
we need to offer our students the prospect
to give back in healthy ways, and honing
the values and skills they learned in train-
ing for Bar/Bat Mitzvah while acknowl-
edging that a major transition has taken
“If we can’t wrestle with the ideas of a play, how can we wrestle with real differences? I believe that plays are done to provoke, to make people think.”
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place in our community.
Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Temple De
Hirsch Sinai’s senior rabbi, often high-
lights three entry points for post-B’nai
Mitzvah students to stay involved in syna-
gogue life: Ongoing enrollment in our reli-
gion school through 12th grade,
youth group, and our hadracha
(teaching assistant) program.
Ideally, we hope that our stu-
dents will be involved in all
three. But in an age when teens
are balancing hectic school and
extra-curricular activity sched-
ules, our goal is that they carve
out time to do at least one.
Reflecting on the factor I
mentioned above, after consulting other
congregations that have successful models
while assessing our needs in the commu-
nity, I sat down with Leah Rosenwald,
our education and youth coordinator, to
revamp our current madrichim program,
giving it the new name Hadracha (guid-
ing). Students have traditionally been
assigned to classes to assist in the class-
room while serving as mentors to the
kids. Recognizing that not all of our stu-
dents want to be in classrooms, Leah and I
expanded the opportunities to incorporate
different tracks in which students work as
a team to enhance aspects of our educa-
tion program.
This upcoming year’s tracks will con-
sist of songleading, art, and classroom,
including all-school educational pro-
grams, and Kesher (grades 6-7)/junior
youth groups. Response has been very
positive, as already more than 30 mad-
richim have applied to work in the coming
Hadracha year.
Our goal, over time, is that this program
will grow and provide a viable opportu-
nity for post-B’nai Mitzvah students to
be involved, especially for those unable to
attend our high school. And the Hadracha
program incorporates many of the values
I mentioned before — empowerment and
ownership in temple. Our ultimate goal is
to curb B’nai Mitzvah attrition.
The Torah teaches us that we pass on
our tradition through our children, insur-
ing that Judaism will continue through-
out the ages. Keeping our teens involved
beyond Bar/Bat Mitzvah is critical to
making this a reality. As we approach this
High Holy Day season, may we experi-
ence renewed sense of creativity in pursu-
ing this difficult task for the future of the
Jewish community.
— Rabbi Marc Sirinsky on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s production of The Merchant of Venice
On not feeling represented
I too am glad to see coverage of the Olympia Co-op’s decision to boycott Israeli prod-
ucts (“Principled and Courageous,” Letters, Aug. 6). It goes to show how narrow-minded
some supposedly intelligent people can be. You talk about Israeli crimes against the Pal-
estinians. Where were you, where was the co-op, when the Palestinians were bombing
civilians on the streets, buses, public eating places in Israel? Where are you today re: the
indiscriminate sending of rockets into Israel?
As a Jew you may not consider yourself as being represented by Israel or Zionism.
There were many in Germany during the 1930s who thought the same way.
Harry M. Reichenberg
Federal Way
Here are the principles and courage
I would like to know where Adrienne Weller obtains her information (“Principled and
Courageous,” Letters, Aug. 6). What gives her the right and arrogance to judge Israel?
Israel is a sovereign country whose elected officials’ job is to protect its citizens. What
crimes against the Palestinians is she referring to? The only crimes against the Palestinians
are by the hands of their own leaders, not by Israel. Hamas’s charter includes the destruc-
tion of Israel in its text. Gazans are held hostage by a brutal regime (Hamas) backed by
the Iranian regime, that does not allow freedom in any form to those who oppose them.
Israel is a democratic country with equal freedom and privileges for Arabs, Muslims, Chris-
tians, Baha’i, Buddhists, women, and homosexuals, unlike anyone living under the oppres-
sion of Hamas.
Please explain what Jewish tradition is destroyed. One only need look at the humani-
tarian work Israel does all over the world and in Israel. Look at any hospital in Israel and
you will see Jewish, Christian and Muslim doctors working together to care for the sick
regardless of religion or nationality. Why would you want to destroy a country that pro-
vides tikkun olam over a regime that only knows destruction? What do you see in the “Pal-
estinian” Hamas-controlled Gaza?
We see bombs, hate and using women and children as human shields. Should Israel
allow terrorists to bring in more guns and rockets to Hamas so that they can continue kill-
ing innocent people in Israel?
Please continue fighting for the oppressed. Boycott Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran and any
other terrorist organization or state, and please get your facts straight.
Iris Langman
Mercer Island
Dubious distinction
The Olympia, Washington Food Co-op has the dubious distinction of being the first
within the grocery co-op movement in America to boycott Israeli-made products. This is
unsurprising, because Olympia is a beehive of anti-Israel, anti-Zionist activities, from the
classrooms of Evergreen State College to its churches and town hall.
With no public notice to its members, let alone a healthy debate about the merits of
such a motion, on July 15 the Olympia Food Co-op damned Israel, in effect placing the
entire onus of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict on Israel. Nothing short of the “right
of return” of all Arab refugees from the 1948 War — a war initiated by five Arab armies and
the Arab leadership of Palestine at that time—will suffice to end the boycott. Of course, this
is code for the “disbanding” of the Jewish State of Israel.
Never mind that Israel is being singled out as the one country whose wickedness and
depravity is so great that its very existence is deemed a topic demanding of discussion. Not
so with North Korea, Sudan, Libya, China, Russia, Syria or scores of other countries whose
human rights abuses are apparently so commonplace as to be unworthy of mention.
Never mind that Israel has shown itself willing to make painful sacrifices for peace, from
its withdrawal from all of Sinai, its evacuation of all Jews from Gaza and other settlements in
the disputed territories of the West Bank, to Ehud Barak’s and later Ehud Olmert’s offers to
relinquish upwards of 96 percent of the West Bank in return for peace with its neighbors.
Never mind that an economic boycott sends exactly the wrong message to both Israe-
lis and Palestinians striving to reach an accord, because it penalizes Israeli Christian and
Muslim Arabs (who comprise 20 percent of Israel’s population), emboldens Palestinian
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Editor’s note: The listing for J Street was inadvertently omitted from this year’s Guide to Jewish
Washington. This is the listing in full, and it is available online.
■■J Street / Seattle
3703 S Edmunds St., Box 95
Seattle, WA 98118
Phone: 206-442-2077
E-mail: seattle@jstreet.org
www.jstreet.org/seattle
Local Chairperson: Rainer Waldman Adkins
Pacific Northwest Political Director: Barbara Lahav
Northwest/Northern California Regional Director: Gordon Gladstone
J Street defines itself as the “political home for pro-Israel, pro-peace Americans,” giving voice
to mainstream American Jews and other supporters of Israel who, informed by their progressive
and Jewish values, believe that a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is essential
to Israel’s survival as the national home of the Jewish people and as a vibrant democracy.
J Street’s mission is two-fold: First, to advocate for urgent American diplomatic leadership
to achieve a two-state solution and a broader regional, comprehensive peace and, second,
to ensure a broad, positive debate on Israel and the Middle East in national politics and the
American Jewish community.
J Street supports diplomatic solutions over military ones, including in Iran; multilateral over
unilateral approaches to conflict resolution; and dialogue over confrontation with a wide range
of countries and actors when conflicts do arise.
J Street advocates forcefully in the policy process, in Congress, in the media, and in the Jewish
community to ensure that public officials and community leaders see the depth and breadth
of support for a viable two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict among voters and
supporters in their states and districts.
Many advocacy and educational activities are conducted at the local level, including forums,
public education, arts and cultural events, regional conferences, campus outreach, petition drives,
letter-writing campaigns, and meetings with elected officials.
J Street consists of three legally independent organizations. J Street is itself a non-profit cor-
poration, and a registered lobbying organization, which uses online organizing, advocacy, and
education to achieve its goals on Capitol Hill and with the Executive Branch.
The J Street Education Fund, Inc. is a 501(c)3 charitable organization. It aims to educate targeted
communities about the need for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, raise the
visibility of a mainstream pro-Israel, pro-peace presence within the American Jewish community,
and to promote open, dynamic and spirited conversation about how to best advance the interests
and future of a democratic, Jewish Israel. J Street Local — J Street’s national grassroots field program
— and J Street U, J Street’s on-campus movement, are programs of the J Street Education Fund.
JStreetPAC is a legally independent political action committee and is the first PAC specifically
established to endorse and raise money for candidates for federal office who support active
American leadership to bring peace and security to Israel and the Middle East.

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The first of what they hope will be many annual Ladino class picnics was held at Seattle’s Madrona
Park on Aug. 5. The class, which once comprised only eight to 12 students as a means to keep
the Sephardic language alive, now consists of as many as 20 attendees. They meet on Tuesday
mornings at the Seattle Curtain Factory in Seattle, and are led by Hazzan Isaac Azose.
Front row, left to right: Barbara Morse, Rebecca Bornstein, Sandy Naon, Al Shemarya, Marcelle
Adatto, Gladys Altabef, Jack Altabef.
Back row: Jack Varon, Rachel Levy, Ike Levy, Vivian Adatto, Irving Adatto, Elisa Azose, Hazzan
Isaac Azose, Al DeJaen, Evelyn Blatt, Myrna Cordova, Menashe Israel, Ralph Adatto, Elliot
Kavesh, Lucie Kavesh, Lilly DeJaen, Vic Amira, and Regina Amira.
Remember when
From the Jewish Transcript, August
16, 1935.
Chinese-born Jewish amateur boxer
Morris Schkolnic comes to Seattle for the
B’nai B’rith boxing exposition.
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On the cover:
The kids at Camp Solomon Schechter in Tumwater got a shock earlier this month when international
reggae/beatboxing superstar Matisyahu stopped in to perform a surprise concert. The campers were, of
course, star-struck, but they got more than just a show. The musician and his family hung out with the
kids, stayed overnight, took part in morning prayers, then did some fishing and boating on the lake.
“His words were inspiring, authentic and exactly in line with the mission of the camp,” said camp director
Sam Perlin. “‘Be proud and happy to be Jewish, you are not just your own self, but you embody your
parents and all of your ancestors.’”
Photo by Cheryl Puterman.
Federal money comes to local Jewish organizations 6
Several Jewish organizations in the Seattle area have received Homeland Security funds to help beef up
security.
Jewish high schools merge 7
Hebrew High and Torah High, two area supplementary schools, will come together this fall to offer a wider
range of courses and, more important, credit.
M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe 8
Jewish cyclists pedaled to Portland while raising money for Seattle Children’s Hospital, and a local CPA
gets recognized for good grades.
What’s Your JQ? 9
How to beat those down-home High Holiday blues.
Need a place to go for the holidays? 11
The annual JTNews guide for High Holiday services around the state is back. Look through, see what
works for you, then pass it on to a friend.
Jewish On Earth 20
With the start of the New Year and the school year, now is a good time to look at how we can reduce
waste.
Shylock in Ashland: A much-needed conversation 22
When the Oregon Shakespeare Festival decided to reprise its production of The Merchant of Venice for
its 75th anniversary, the move launched concern and conversation within Ashland’s Jewish community
— then a Jewish actor stepped in to play the role of Shylock.
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The Arts 22
Community Calendar 23
The Shouk Classifieds 25
Lifecycles 27
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incorrectly stated the number of participants. The correct number was 82.
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Federal grants boost local organizations

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
More than $1 million of federal funding
is coming to Seattle’s Jewish community
from a Department of Homeland Security
Grant Program for local synagogues and
organizations. Also, money from a Trans-
portation, Housing, and Urban Develop-
ment spending bill will help Jewish Family
Service with the facility expansion of its
Capitol Hill campus in Seattle.
Jewish Family Service, the Jewish Feder-
ation of Greater Seattle, Herzl-Ner Tamid
Conservative Congregation, Sephardic
Bikur Holim, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai
don’t yet know the exact amount each will
receive from the $308,914 Urban Areas
Security Initiative, but the $75,000 maxi-
mum request available to them will go a
long way in shoring up safety measures on
their properties.
“Sephardic Bikur Holim requested
a little over $74,000 for ‘target-harden-
ing’ purposes,” Isaac Varon, chairman of
SBH’s security committee, told JTNews.
“In general, we will be using the funds to
add a layer of security around our facility
and address specific weaknesses.”
According to Varon, SBH received
a much smaller grant in 2008, and their
application was rejected in 2009.
“Without these funds, Sephardic
Bikur Holim would not be able to imple-
ment  major Phase 2 security improve-
ments to our facility,” he said. Citing
security measures, he did not elaborate on
what those measures would be.
As one of the oldest urban synagogues
located in Seattle’s Central District,
Temple De Hirsch Sinai has been actively
securing its facility for years.
TDHS executive director Larry Broder
said it’s hard work to keep up with current
technologies and increasingly malicious
threats, but warns that all Jewish institu-
tions should take their security very seri-
ously, and not to be complacent about it.
“Our community — not other com-
munities in more dangerous places
— has been the victim of graffiti, vandal-
ism, harassment, demonstrations, bomb
threats, and, sadly, the incredible damage
from a ‘lone-wolf gunman,’” Broder told
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The gunman was Naveed Haq, who was
convicted last year of shooting six women,
killing one, when he forced his way into
the offices of the Jewish Federation in July
2006.
Without specifying exactly how his
synagogue would use the DHS grant
money, Broder said he intends to meet the
challenge.
“Threats evolve over time,” Broder
said. “In a time where the need is to find
and wisely spend every available penny,
the grants go a long way to accomplishing
goals here at Temple De Hirsch Sinai.”
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Con-
gregation is hoping to get approximately
$55,000, reported Carol Maslan, who
oversees the facility operations and mem-
bership service at the synagogue. Their
first DHS award in a previous year was
$72,000.
In the five years the program has been
in operation, the Federation has been a
grant recipient for all but one. That was
last year, said Zach Carstensen, the Fed-
eration’s director of government relations
and public affairs.
“Our security needs change from year
to year,” Carstensen told JTNews. He said
the Federation requested $75,000. “This
year we will improve the capabilities of
changes to enhance after-hours security.”
“JFS requested $75,000,” Claudia
Berman, chief operating officer for Jewish
Family Service told JTNews. “The full
amount does not cover all our needs but
will make a substantial difference.”
Previously, the agency received $69,000
from DHS. Berman said they used that
money for “bullet-resistant glazing” in
their central office location and additional
security improvements at both their Seat-
tle and Bellevue locations.
“We have a great deal of comings and
goings from our building,” Berman said.
“We are open to the public and, as a Jewish
organization, are cognizant that there
could be more unique risks that we face.”
If their current building presents for-
midable security problems, then the
planned 19,000-sq.-ft., multi-story expan-
sion of JFS’s long-time and overcrowded
location, the Jesse Danz Building, into its
adjacent parking lot will greatly increase
its security burden. But JFS expects to
see additional federal funding of a differ-
ent sort.
As the Transportation, Housing, and
Urban Development Subcommittee chair,
three-term U.S. Senator Patty Murray
(D-WA), who is running for re-elec-
tion this November, successfully moved
an $800,000 funding request for the JFS
facility expansion through her subcom-
mittee for an upcoming vote in the full
committee as part of a 2011 transporta-
tion and economic development appro-
priations bill.
“I was proud to secure this local invest-
ment in the Jewish Family Service’s new
building in Seattle that will help them
expand their services and meet the needs
of the community,” Murray told JTNews
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mother’s side, Maimonides. His uncle, Rabbi Solomon
Maimon, led the Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation for
more than 40 years, and the family has a strong presence
in Jewish history.
Al grew up in the Pacific Northwest immersed in the
Seattle Sephardic Jewish community, and was a member
of the first kindergarten class of the Seattle Hebrew
Academy. After retiring from a successful business career,
Al began to study woodworking under European-trained
master woodcarver Jan Zoltowski.
Al uses different species of exotic woods, searching out
some of the more interesting ones to craft into mezuzot,
the box Jews affix to their doorposts that contains within
a scroll of the shema, God’s call of “Hear O Israel.”
Al makes each mezuzah by hand and designs them
as unique pieces. Al’s mezuzot have been featured at
various art exhibitions throughout the United States and
are sold in art galleries in Seattle and New York. Al can
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Jewish high school programs

to partner
Lillian Cohen-Moore JTNews Intern
Hebrew High, the 40-year-old program
for Jewish teens in Seattle, is gaining a new
partner. Seattle’s Torah High, a three-year-
old accredited supplementary religious
school, will merge with Hebrew High start-
ing this fall, for a one-year trial run.
Hebrew High is an elective-based pro-
gram aimed at teens grades 9 through 12,
and is administered by the Jewish Edu-
cation Services department of the Jewish
Federation of Greater Seattle. Torah
High’s origins hail from a program in
Toronto, Ont., started by Rabbi Glen
Black, that creates courses for Jewish teens
that organizers hope they find exciting
while being educational at the same time.
The Seattle Torah High began as a pilot
program in the U.S. — stricter regulations
here made getting accreditation, which
allows students to take the classes for
credit, a bigger challenge than in Canada.
“For us, it’s been very, very difficult,
and we’re the first one in the country to
actually do it successfully,” Ari Hoffman,
Torah High’s dean, said. “Everybody else
tries to do it by latching onto some other
school, and we weren’t able to.”
Hoffman looked to local day schools to
see how they achieved accreditation. Torah
If
you
go:
An open house for the new
Hebrew High/Torah High will be
held on Wed., Sept. 1 from 7–9 p.m.
at the Stroum Jewish Community
Center, 3801 E Mercer Way,
Mercer Island. For more informa-
tion contact 206-774-2237 or
amyhp@jewishinseattle.org.
Sasson Tiram/Nefesh B’Nefesh
High used the same agency, but as a sup- On August 3, former Seattleite David Selig, 35, center, spent his first morning in Israel as a
plementary educational school, a designa- new oleh. Selig flew to his new home country with Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that
tion specific to after-school programs. facilitates the citizenship process for Jews who want to move to Israel. His mother, Andrea
The partnership of the two schools (left) and Joel Erlitz flew to Israel from Seattle for his arrival ceremony. “I couldn’t miss this,”
comes from the mutually attractive fea- said Andrea Erlitz. Selig now lives in Tel Aviv.
tures of both programs.
“They’re excellent at their marketing,
and they’ve worked really hard over the
past three years to become an accredited ning two similar programs no longer grant from the Samis Foundation, which
school, and that is something we’ve been made sense. That laid the groundwork for approved the high school as an exception
really interested in,” said Amy Hilzman- this partnership. to its usual funding for local Jewish day
Paquette, Hebrew High’s principal. “It’s a While students will not be likely to see schools, due to what Samis grants admin-
very arduous process.” much difference between the two pro- istrator Rob Toren called its “out-of-the-
The idea of working together came grams, financial considerations keep the box thinking.” The grant is restricted to
about when Hoffman, wanting to ensure two schools from officially becoming a use for Torah High staffing. Similarly,
the two programs didn’t collide, met with single entity.
Hilzman-Paquette and they decided run- Torah High’s funding includes a XXPage 26

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Beth Shalom shows up for STP bike ride •
Award winner represents firm and family
Diana Brement JTNews Columnist
1
Along with 10,000
other bike riders and,
I’m sure, a few dozen or
more folks from our Jewish
community, a group of riders
from Seattle’s Congregation
Beth Shalom took off on July
18 for the annual two-day
“double century” (200 mile)
STP — Seattle to Portland
bike ride.
The group’s nucleus was
Ellen Spear and Lori Safer, friends who
have been riding together a long time.
“We’ve probably ridden thousands of
miles together,” Ellen told me a few weeks
after the ride. Both women did the “RSVP”
from Seattle to Vancouver last year. Ellen
did the STP once before.
When they decided to do the STP
together, they reached out to friends to
form a training group. Not everyone who
trained did the ride, including Lori’s hus-
band Allen, who instead drove some of the
group home from Portland.
“It was a multi-generational team,”
says Ellen, and a multi-congregational and
multi-faith group. The team that weekend
included Lori’s son Martin, Rob Snyder
and his daughter Julia, Margot Kravette,
Donna Massoth and Leo Santiago and
their son Noah, who belong to Temple
Beth Am, along with Rose Yu and Cathy
Jeney, who are not Jewish, but liked the
team.
Most of the team raised money for
Seattle Children’s — along with a very
large group of riders on the entire tour.
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on both days.
The first day, “we didn’t
ride together for much of the
time,” explained Ellen, but
when meeting up “we would
ride…in a big, long pace line.”
Despite the number of riders
and the distance covered,
“we would bump into each
other at stops [and] would
tribe have lunch together.” The
team rode together more the
second day.
According to Wikipedia,
the Cascade Bicycle Club’s STP ride is
one of the 10 biggest recreational rides in
the country, drawing participants from
around the U.S. and other countries. See
more at www.cascade.org.
2
Kirkland resident Allison Kollack,
tax manager and CPA with Clark
Nuber, is the 2010 outstanding
graduate from Golden Gate University’s
Master of Science in Taxation program.
The award is given to the student with the
highest grade point average in the class.
“I didn’t start out seeking that” award,
says Allison, however, “in my first class I
got an A.” That was followed by an A- and
another A, so it became “a personal goal”
to try and keep up the streak.
Allison got her undergraduate degree
from University of Washington in 1998
and started the part-time GGU program
in 2005. In her field, she says, a Master’s
degree has become almost mandatory.
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Santiago, Ellen Spear and Margot Kravette.
“In order to progress in public account-
ing, it really is something you should do,”
she says.
Golden Gate’s program is “geared
toward working professionals.” Classes
are taught by CPAs, attorneys and other
area professionals giving students the
chance to study “real client situations.”
“In my ninth class I got a B,” she
reports. “I thought I’d blown it. I was
really kind of disappointed.” But she let it
go and so was pleasantly surprised to get
an e-mail early this summer telling her
she’d made her goal.
“This is a tremendous honor for Ali,”
says Rob Wheeler, shareholder in charge
friday, august 20, 2010
Courtesy Ellen Spear
of Clark Nuber’s tax department. There
are students from firms all over Puget
Sound in the GGU program, “and Ali’s
selection is not only a fitting reward for
her hard work…but…reflects positively
on the firm and her co-workers.”
Born and raised in Bellevue, the daugh-
ter of Linda and Robert Kollack repre-
sents the fourth generation of a Seattle
Jewish family. Her great-grandfather, Sol
Esfeld, was instrumental in the estab-
lishment of a number of local Jewish
institutions. (Go to www.content.lib.
washington.edu to see historic photos of
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How to beat those down-home High Holiday blues

Rivy Poupko Kletenik JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy,
I am feeling less than thrilled about
the High Holidays this year. First, they
are really early — just two days after
Labor Day. This only exacerbates my
chronic challenge in connecting with the
themes of repentance. It is hard for me to
really engage with the whole introspec-
tion thing and the inner work expected
at this time of the year. To be honest,
I wish I could escape the whole thing.
Though, to a certain degree, I am up
for the family aspect — the holiday get-
togethers, the New Year’s cards and the
honey cake, but I find myself truly lack-
ing at capturing what I know is the real
intention of this season.
That you are involved with at least
the accoutrements of this time of year is
not insignificant. It is the first step; in the
words of the great Jewish thinker Saadiah
Gaon, “The heart is drawn by the deed.” It
does happen, that our heart, our kavana—
our intentions—are not completely in the
right place. Perhaps, we are on auto pilot,
merely going through the motions or
simply complying with famil-
ial expectations. Though this
is not the ideal, it is better than
no involvement at all.
Consider this: Here you
are, wondering about more.
That can only be positive.
Perhaps you need a bit of a
jumpstart for your battery.
Consider this questionnaire
as the stimulus to get you
thinking and moving onto the
“Teshuvah Track,” the road to repentance.
These less-than-subtle queries just might
urge you on to a more open place, spiritu-
ally preparing you for this time of year.
1. When was the last time you thought
about the condition of your soul? How
did you grow spiritually this year? What
steps did you take to nourish your soul?
Is it commensurate to the monetary
resources, the emotional energy, and the
time that you invest in your body’s well-
being? In what way have you been true to
your soul, to that which is your deepest
and most delicate of authentic voices?
This issue of “soul” really hit me
recently in a most unlikely
place, and certainly not in
any intense meditative expe-
rience. When we were visit-
ing our grandchildren, our
extremely exuberant and
vivacious 4-year-old grand-
daughter Rachel would spon-
taneously burst forth in song
during our stay — often the
tefillot, the prayers she had
JQ learned in her early child-
hood program. These songs
are often an eclectic mix of
well-known nursery rhymes, American
tunes with Jewish words merged together.
Picture, in a high-pitched, incredibly cute
little voice, the melody of “You Are My
Sunshine” with these words instead:
Every morning when I am still sleeping
I open up my eyes and say,
Thank you Hashem for my neshama
For giving me another day!
Of course, this is a paraphrase of the
familiar and common morning prayer,
Modeh Ani. But something about hearing
it, ever so delicately, belted out unexpect-
edly and full of whole-hearted devotion
on the boardwalk, in the car, on the play-
ground, resonated deeply for me. I began
to think, am I grateful for my neshama,
my soul? Do I even begin to understand its
depths and capacity for inspiring authen-
ticity and greatness? I was inspired to
notice it anew.
2. How much time did you spend this
year truly giving to others? Putting your-
self in perhaps uncomfortable or unfa-
miliar situations to help others? Were
your tzedakah gifts reflective not only of
obligation but of generosity of the heart
as well?
As members of the Jewish commu-
nity we are all provided with more than
ample opportunities to give and to serve.
Sometimes our giving gets into a rut. We
write the check and with our quick signa-
ture discharge our obligation. That is fine
and even commendable — many organi-
zations, schools and agencies rely on those
very checks. The question is, could there
be more to this tzedakah giving? Could
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ested in such banalities. Because their inten-
tions are much grander and insidious. The
boycott is part of a broader movement to
ostracize Israel from the family of nations, to
demonize the Jewish State, and ultimately set
the stage for either its destruction or its dis-
solution.
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from the Top of the Space Needle September 23-29, 2010
SEATTLE– A new plan is being unveiled for local teleporting services right here in Seattle. Residents The harvest festival of Sukkot is often called “The Time
looking for a quick, stress-free way to make it home for the High Holidays will now be able to use this of Our Joy.” During this time, it is important to reach
service to travel to their Rosh Hashanah dinner in mere minutes. For the many Seattleites worried that out and help those that have little joy in their lives.
they may not make it to Benaroya Hall in time for the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s Community More families are relying on food banks, the generosity
Celebration and Campaign Kick-Off, teleporting will offer the perfect solution. “I am so relieved that I of others, and government subsidies than ever before.
will be able to teleport to the Campaign Kick-Off event—now I know I won’t miss a single minute” said Your help is desperately needed.
an ecstatic Mercer Island resident.
During Focus and Fight Poverty week, from September
Okay, there will be no teleporting in 23-29, the Seattle Jewish community will work to fight

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of unbiased, reliable, and definitive news in a world dominated by superficiality, mediocrity, and non- Learn about poverty and how you can advocate on
Onion news outlets,” some may quibble with their claim of reliable news, but they are undoubtedly behalf of others.
funny and The New Yorker considers The Onion “The funniest publication in the United States.” “Seattle Jews create a strong voice when we join together
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We hope you will join us for this evening of community togetherness in what promises to be Jessica Smith, Focus and Fight committee chairperson.
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Every day, you help Jews in Seattle and around the world.
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Renowned lecturer Diane Ganger will facilitate workshops on Reflective Practice: A Tool for former Soviet Union–some of the poorest Jews in the world.
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For Directors and Heads
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Thursday, September 2
1:00pm-3:00pm
Seattle Hebrew Academy
1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle
For All Jewish Educators
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JTNews Annual
High Holiday
Services Guide
Compiled by Lillian Cohen-Moore, JTNews intern

The dates for High Holidays this year are:

Selichot: Saturday, September 4 n Rosh Hashanah: Begins the evening of Wednesday, September 8 through Friday, September 10
Kol Nidre: Friday, September 17 n Yom Kippur: Saturday, September 18

greater seattle 9:45–10:45 a.m. Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative years old): 6:45 p.m.
Family Service (K-4): 11 a.m.–12:15 p.m. Congregation Come to the Skolnick Board Room to
CONSERVATIVE Children’s Programming: 11 a.m.– Held at Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E Mercer hear a story, learn what it means to be
1:15 p.m. Way, and the Stroum Jewish Commu- a “light to the nations” and participate in
Congregation Beth Shalom Kol Nidre: nity Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer activities about light. They will then par-
Held at 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. Main Service: 7–9:30 p.m. Island. ticipate in the annual Flashlight Brigade
Contact Marjie Cogan at 206-524-0075 or Family Service (grades K-4): Contact Isolde at 206-232-8555 or for Havdalah. RSVP at www.h-nt.org.
marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org 7–8:30 p.m. isolde@h-nt.org Cost: $100 per holiday or $180 for Rosh
Selichot: 9:15 p.m. Children’s Programming: Selichot: 8:45 p.m. Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:20–9:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6 p.m. (HNT)
6:45-7:30 p.m. (preceded by prospec- Yom Kippur: Rosh Hashanah day 1: MEDITATIVE/RECONSTRUCTIONIST/
tive member open house at 6 p.m.) Main Service: 9:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m. 8:15 a.m. (HNT) & 8:45 a.m. (SJCC) RENEWAL
Rosh Hashanah day 1: Young Family Services (Preschool): Rosh Hashanah day 2: 8:30 a.m. (HNT)
Main Service: 8:30 a.m.–1:15p.m. 9:45–10:45 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m. (HNT & SJCC) Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
Young Family Service (pre-school): Family Service (grades K-4): 11 a.m.– Yom Kippur day: Held at Unity of Bellevue, 16330 NE 4th
9:45–10:45 a.m. 12:15 p.m. 9:40 a.m. (HNT) Street, Bellevue.
Family Service (grades K-4): 11 a.m.– Children’s Programming: 10 a.m. (SJCC), Contact Shellie Oakley at 206-527-9399 or
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WWservices guide Page 11 Selichos: Sat.-Wed., Sept. 4-8
Sat., Sept. 4, 11 p.m.
followed by a community potluck lunch Mon., Sept. 6, 6:10 a.m.
JoiN uS iN WElcomiNg THE NEW YEaR at 1 p.m. and Tashlich at 3:30 p.m. Tues., Sept. 7, 6:20 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Wed., Sept. 8, 5:30 a.m.
with High Holy Day Services Yom Kippur day: Also: Sun.-Tues. night following
led by our inspirational clergy team Morning Service: 10:30 a.m. Ma’ariv, 9:30 p.m.
L’Chaim (12-step) Meeting: 1:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve:
Family Service: 1:45 p.m. Candle Lighting: 7:18 p.m.
Healing Meditation: 2:45 p.m. Mincha: 7:25 p.m.
Memorial (Yizkor) Service: 4:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1:
Ne’ilah (Conclusion): 6 p.m. Shacharis: 8 a.m.
Break-Fast: 7 p.m. Torah Reading: 9:55 a.m.
Cost: $200 adult non-members for all ser- Sermon: 10:30 a.m.
vices; $70 for individual service; Youth Shofar Blowing: 10:55 a.m,
(13-18) $100/$35; Child (3-12) $35/$12 Musaf: 11:15 a.m.
Mincha: 7:10 p.m.
Congregation Eitz Or Tashlich: 7:25 p.m.
Photo by Gail Frank

Held at the University Unitarian Church, Ma’ariv: 8:10 p.m.

6556 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. Candle Lighting for second day:
Contact Tree McCurdy at 206-467-2617 or after 8:19 p.m.
info@eitzor.org Rosh Hashanah day 2:
Sr. Rabbi James Mirel, Assoc. Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, Cantor David Serkin-Poole
Elul and High Holy Day Workshop, August Shacharis: 8 a.m.
29, 10 a.m. at local home Torah Reading: 9:55 a.m.
Traditional services led by clergy and the Temple choir. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.–9:30 p.m. Sermon: 10:30 a.m.
Contemporary services led by clergy and musical ensemble. Rosh Hashanah day: Shofar Blowing: 10:55 a.m.
All contemporary services will be A.S.L. interpreted. 10 a.m.–1 p.m. Musaf: 11:15 a.m.
Services for all ages. New Youth Service this year! Vegetarian Potluck Lunch: 1–2 p.m. Candle Lighting by 7:14 p.m.
Tashlich and Shofar Lakeside Service: Mincha: 7:20 p.m.
Selichot — Saturday, September 4 Sept. 9, 4–5 p.m., behind the Green Tzom Gedaliah: Sun., Sept. 12
Lake Bathhouse Theatre Latest time to eat: 4:58 a.m., fast com-
(conducted jointly with Temple De Hirsch Sinai)
Kol Nidre: 6:30–9 p.m. mences: 5:30 a.m.
8:00 pm at Temple B’nai Torah Yom Kippur day: 10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Selichos: 7 and 9 a.m.
Healing Yizkor and Ne’ilah: 5:30–8:30 p.m. Mincha: 7 p.m.
Erev Rosh Hashana — Wednesday, September 8 Vegetarian Potluck Break-Fast: Fast ends: 8:10 p.m.
8:30–9:30 p.m. Evening Selichos minyan: 9:30 p.m.
5:00 pm Contemporary Service
Cost: Adult member, $40 single service, Selichos: Mon.–Fri., Sept. 13-17
8:00 pm Traditional Service $100 all services package; Adult non- Mon., Sept. 13: 6 a.m.
member, $60-100 single service; Older Tues., Sept. 14: 6:10 a.m.
Rosh Hashana — Thursday, September 9 child/teen (11-18) member $12 single Wed., Sept. 15: 6:10 a.m.
9:00 am Traditional Service service, $45 all-services package; Older Thurs., Sept. 16: 6 a.m.
child/teen non-member $18 single ser- Fri., Sept. 17: 6:35 & 7:35 a.m.
9:00 am Youth Service (grades 1–6)
vice; low-income member $10 single Also: Sun.-Thurs. night following
9:00 am Teen Service (grades 7–12) service, $40 all services package; low- Ma’ariv: 9:30 p.m.
12:30 pm Contemporary Service income non-member $12 single service. Kol Nidre:
3:00 pm Children’s and Family Service Selichos: 6:35 & 7:35 a.m.
Kadima Reconstructionist Community Women’s mikvah hours: 8-10 a.m.
4:00 pm Sha’arei Tikvah Service at TDHS
Kadima’s services are lay-led and dona- Men’s mikvah hours: 10:30 a.m.
4:15 pm Tashlich at Phantom Lake tion-based: All are welcome! Please Mincha: 3 p.m.
RSVP for child care. Fast Commences, Candle Lighting:
Kol Nidre — Friday, September 17 Held at 1919 E Prospect St., Seattle 6:59 p.m.
5:00 pm Contemporary Service Contact Kathy Gallagher at 206-547-3914 Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
or office@kadima.org or www.kadima.org Sermon 7:10 p.m.
8:00 pm Traditional Service
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur day:
Rosh Hashanah day: 10 a.m. Shacharis: 8 a.m.
Yom Kippur — Saturday, September 18 Children’s service: 10 a.m. Torah Reading: 10:45 a.m.
9:00 am Traditional Service Vegetarian potluck: 12:30 p.m. Sermon: 11:30 a.m.
9:00 am Youth Service (grades 1–6) Tashlich, 2 p.m. Yizkor: 12 p.m.
9:00 am Teen Service (grades 7–12) Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Mussaf: 12:15 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 10 a.m. Mincha: 5:45 p.m.
12:30 pm Contemporary Service
Children’s service: 10 a.m. Ne’ilah: 6:55 p.m.
12:30 pm Yom Kippur Study Sessions Discussion: 1 p.m. Fast Concludes: 8 p.m.
3:00 pm Children’s and Family Service Yizkor: 5 p.m. e !
fre Cost for services: Free.
4:00 pm Mincha Service Ne’ilah: 6 p.m.
5:00 pm Yizkor Break-Fast vegetarian potluck: 7:45 p.m. Chabad House
6:00 pm Ne’ilah Concluding Service Cost for services: Suggested sliding Machzorim with English and Russian
scale donation $10-$54 per adult per translation, page announcements. All
Congregational Break-the-Fast at approximately 7:00 pm
service. No one turned away. instructions and speeches are in both
English and Russian.
We welcome you to join us ORTHODOX Held at 4541 19th Ave. NE, Seattle
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Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath 206-387-3919 or
15727 NE 4th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008 Congregation rabbi@evreyinseattle.org or
www.templebnaitorah.org Held at 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
Contact Dee at 206-721-0970. XXPage 14
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Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:20 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m.
Mincha/Tashlich: 2 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 10 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 9 a.m.
Mincha: 5:30 p.m.
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fre Cost for services: Free.
Chabad of the Central Cascades
Traditional and inspirational services.
Hebrew/English prayer books, warm
and friendly atmosphere, no back-
ground or affiliation necessary.
Held at 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd.,
Issaquah
Contact Rabbi Berry Farkash at
425-427-1654 or rabbifarkash@gmail.com
or www.chabadissaquah.com
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:15 p.m.
Special Children’s Program
Rosh Hashanah day 1:
Morning Services: 9:30 a.m.
Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m.
Tashlich Service: 7:15 p.m.
Evening Services: 8:15 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2:
Morning Services: 9:30 a.m.
Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m.
Evening Services: 7:15 p.m.
Kol Nidre: 7:15 p.m.
Fast Begins at: 7:16 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Morning Services: 9:30 a.m.
Yizkor Memorial Service: 11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Service: 5:30 p.m.
Ne’ilah Closing Service: 7 p.m.
Fast ends: 8 p.m., followed by light
refreshments
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fre Cost: There is no charge for seats; your
donation is greatly appreciated.
Chabad at UW, Jewish Students
Organization
Celebrate the New Year with a traditional
service in a warm and accepting envi-
ronment. Kiddush lunch following all
Held at Chabad House/AEPi basement,
4541 19th Ave. NE, Seattle
Contact Rabbi Elie Estrin at 206-523-1359
or chabaduw@earthlink.net or
www.jewishuw.com/highholidays
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1:
Shacharit: 10 a.m.
Shofar blowing: 12 p.m.
Kiddush: 2 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 10 a.m.
Kiddush: 2 p.m., followed by Tashlich
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Shacharit: 10 a.m.
Mincha: 5:30 p.m.
Ne’ilah: 6:30 p.m.
Break-Fast: 8 p.m.
free! Cost for services: Free, donations
appreciated.
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
Held at 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle
Contact Susan Jensen at 206-722-5500 or
office@ezrabessaroth.com
Selichot: Sundays, August 22, 29; Sept 5,
and Sept.12 (all start at 5 a.m.)
Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 8 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 8 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 8 a.m.
Cost for services: $200 non-member, $100
visiting relatives of members. Note: The
cost of non-member holiday seats may
be applied toward dues for new mem-
bers joining the congregation in 2011.
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah Lubavitch
Held at 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle.
Contact Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin
at 206-527-1411 or
info@chabadofseattle.org
Selichot:
Sept. 4: 1:14 a.m.
Sept. 5 & 7: 6:40 a.m.
Sept. 8: 6:20 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve:
Mincha/Maariv: 7:18 p.m.
Shacharis/Musaf: 9 a.m. Held at 1837 156th Ave. NE, Top Floor,
Mincha/Maariv: 7:15 p.m. Bellevue.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: Contact Rabbi Mordechai Farkash at
Shacharis: 9 a.m. 425-957-7860 or
Mincha/Maariv: 7:15 p.m. eastsidechabad@gmail.com
Kol Nidre: Selichot: 11 p.m.
Mincha/Maariv: 7 p.m Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m.
Shacharis/Musaf: 8 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m.
Mincha/Ne’ilah/Maariv: 5:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
free! Cost for services: No charge Yom Kippur day: 9:30 a.m.
free! Cost for services: No charge.
Congregation Shevet Achim
Held at Northwest Yeshiva High School, Emanuel Congregation
5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island. Services at Emanuel follow the traditional
Contact info@shevetachim.com or Nusach Ashkenaz Orthodox liturgy,
206-275-1539 or using the ArtScroll Siddur. Led by Chaz-
www.shevetachim.com zan Boaz Pnini.
Selichot: 11 p.m. Held at 3412 NE 65th St., Seattle.
Rosh Hashanah eve: Contact Jay Wang at 206-633-1762 or
Selichot services, followed by Shacha- wangjay@aol.com or
rit: 6 a.m. www.emanuelcongregation.org
Mincha followed by Maariv: 7:15 p.m. Selichot: 10 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m.
Shofar: 10:45 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m.
Mincha, followed by Tashlich: 6:45 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:15 p.m.
Maariv: 8 p.m. Yom Kippur day:
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m. until after sunset. Shacharit,
Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Yizkor, Mincha, Ne’ilah, Ma’ariv.
Shofar: 10:45 a.m. !
free Cost for services: No charge for services.
Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Shuvah: Contributions greatly appreciated.
7 p.m.
Maariv: 7:45 p.m. West Seattle Torah Learning Center
Kol Nidre: This is a “traditional” yet not traditional
Selichot services: 6:30 a.m. service! An explanatory service with
Shacharit: 7 a.m. insights and explanations into all
Mincha: 4 p.m. facets of the prayers and service.
Kol Nidre/Maariv: 7 p.m. Held at 5121 SW Olga St., West Seattle
Yom Kippur Day: Contact Rabbi David Fredman at 206-251-
Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. 4063 or rabbifredman@gmail.com or
Yizkor: 11:30 a.m. www.seattlekollel.org
Mincha/Ne’ilah/Maariv: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:25 p.m.
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Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m.
Eastside Torah Center – Chabad Yom Kippur day:
Traditional and contemporary services. Morning Prayers: 9 a.m.
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Police Department. A picture I.D. may
be required from adult non-members.
Congregation Kol Ami
Held at 16530 Avondale Rd. NE,
Woodinville
Contact 425-844-1604 or
admin@kolaminw.org or
www.kolaminw.org
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Children’s Service: 9 a.m.
Service with Rabbi Mark Glickman:
10:30 a.m.
Tashlich: 12 p.m.
Kol Nidre with Rabbi David Fine: 7:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Children’s Service: 9 a.m.
Service with Rabbi David Fine: 10:30 a.m.
Afternoon Study and Meditation pro-
grams: 1:30 p.m.
Afternoon Service: 3 p.m.
Yizkor/Ne’ilah Service: 5:15 p.m.
Break-Fast Potluck: 6:30 p.m.
Cost: Donation of $50/night service, $75/
day service, $250/all services, $200 if
tickets purchased by 9/1 or if over 65
years. Please don’t let financial con-
straints keep you from joining them.
fre Cost: There is no cost to attend. Dona-
Kol HaNeshamah
Kol HaNeshamah is a vibrant, dynamic,
warm and welcoming congregation.
They are dedicated to inclusiveness, and
active participation by members in the
life and leadership of the community.
Services will be held at Seattle First Presby-
terian Church, 1013 Eighth Ave., Seattle.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Children’s Service: 9:30–10 a.m.
Childcare Opens: 10 a.m.
Morning Service: 10:30 a.m.
Tashlich and Picnic at Madrona Park
picnic shelter, 853 Lake Washington
Blvd.: Following services.
Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Children’s Service: 9:30–10 a.m.
Childcare Opens: 10 a.m.
Morning Service: 10:30 a.m.
Study Sessions: 2-4 p.m.
Childcare Opens: 3:30 p.m.
Mincha, Yizkor and Ne’ilah: 4 p.m.,
Break-Fast follows
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tions welcomed.
Temple B’nai Torah
Held at 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
Contact Melissa Bloom at 425-603-9677
or mbloom@templebnaitorah.org
Selichot: 8 p.m.
Jointly conducted with Temple De
Hirsch Sinai
Rosh Hashanah eve:
Contemporary Service: 5 p.m.
Traditional Service: 8 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Traditional Service: 9 a.m.
Youth Service (grades 1-6): 9 a.m.
Teen Service (grades 7-12): 9 a.m.
Contemporary Service: 12:30 p.m.
Children’s & Family Service: 3 p.m.
Kol Nidre:
Contemporary Service: 5 p.m.
Traditional Service: 8 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Traditional Service 9 a.m.
Youth Service (grades 1-6): 9 a.m.
Teen Service (grades 7-12): 9 a.m.
Contemporary Service: 12:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur Study Session: 12:30 p.m.
Children’s & Family Service: 3 p.m.
Mincha: 4 p.m.
Yizkor: 5 p.m.
Nei’lah Concluding Service: 6 p.m.
Congregational Break-Fast: 7 p.m.
Cost: Suggested contribution is $200 per
person.
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Held at 1441 16th Ave., Seattle; 3850 156th
Ave. SE, Bellevue.
Contact Mimi Porad at 206-323-8486 or
mimi@tdhs-nw.org or www.tdhs-nw.org
Selichot:
Joint service with Temple B’nai Torah at
Temple B’nai Torah: 8 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve:
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Rosh Hashanah day:
10 a.m., at Seattle and Bellevue locations
Kol Nidre:
7:30 p.m., at Seattle and Bellevue locations
Yom Kippur day:
Morning Service: 10 a.m.
Afternoon, Yizkor & Ne’ilah: 3 p.m.
Cost: Non-member tickets available at $65
per service per person or all four ser-
vices for $225/person. Free and open
to the public Family Services on Rosh
Hashanah and Yom Kippur at 1:30
p.m. in both locations.
Temple Beth Am
Held at 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle
Contact Eila Amdur at 206-525-0915 or
eila@templebetham.org or
www.templebetham.org
Selichot:
Dessert: 8 p.m.
Havdalah and Program: 8:30 p.m.
Service: 9:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve:
Early service: 6:30–8 p.m.
Late service: 8:30– 10 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Early service: 8:30–11 a.m.
Late service: 11:45 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
Children’s service (for families with
children age 8 and under): 2:45–3:30 p.m.
Tashlich: 4 p.m. at Matthews Beach,
9300 51st Ave. NE, Seattle
Kol Nidre:
Early service: 6:30–8 p.m.
Late service: 8:30–10 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Early morning service: 8:30–11 a.m.
Late morning service: 11:45 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
Beit Midrash I: 10-11:30 a.m.
Healing service: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Beit Midrash II: 12–2 p.m.
Teen service: 11:45 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Discussion program: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Children’s service (for families with
children age 8 and under): 2:45–3:30 p.m.
Afternoon, Memorial, Closing service:
3:45 p.m.
Break-Fast: 7 p.m.
Cost for services: Suggested donation of
$200 for all 4 services. Advance regis-
tration required.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Jconnect and Undergrad Dinner:
8:15 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Traditional Egalitarian Service:
9:30 a.m.
Liberal Service: 10 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur:
Traditional Egalitarian Service: 10 a.m.
Liberal Service with Music: 10:30 a.m.
Liberal Service Yizkor: 11:45 a.m.
Afternoon Activities: 2:30 p.m.
Traditional Yizkor: 5:30 p.m.
Mincha: 6 p.m.
fre Cost: No cost. Bring a little dish to
Learning: 7 p.m.
Ne’ilah concluding service: 7:40 p.m.
Holiday Ends/Havdalah: 8:29 p.m.
Break-Fast: 8:30 p.m. Guests invited to
bring a shofar for shofar blowing.
Cost for services: Reservations are
required. Student tickets are always
free, suggested Jconnect ticket dona-
tion $54-$250, community $100-$250.
The Kavana Cooperative
Both deeply rooted in tradition (Hebrew
liturgy) and user-friendly, with space
for individual meditation, personal
reflection, and community discussion.
Held at Kavana’s headquarters in Queen
Anne (contact for address).
Contact Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum at
206-713-1953 or rabbi@kavana.org or
www.kavana.org
Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1:
Services and Dawn Chanting (a.k.a.
Psukei D’Zimra): 9 a.m.
Family Program: 10 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2:
Services and Dawn Chanting: 9 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Services and Dawn Chanting: 9:30
a.m.
Yizkor in the late morning
Family program: 10 a.m.
Book of Jonah study/discussion: 5 p.m.
Ne’ilah service: 6:30 p.m.
Final Shofar blast: 7:59 p.m.
Cost for services: $180/person
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah is a GLBT
Jewish congregation. Chavurah-style
holiday services led by members in a
home setting.
Contact Jack Fackerell at 206-355-1414 or
ctc@tikvahchadashah.org or
www.tikvahchadashah.org
They will be holding services for Erev Rosh
Hashanah, Rosh Hashanah Day, Kol
Nidre and Yom Kippur (morning and
afternoon). Check their Web site for
additional information as it comes
available.
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share for a break-fast potluck after
closing services on Yom Kippur.
THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON STATE
ABERDEEN
Temple Beth Israel
Reform services led by Sandra Getter,
small and welcoming congregation
close to the beach. Community meals,
break-fast at the temple.
Held at Sumner & Martin Streets, Aberdeen.
Contact Jane Goldberg at 360-533-5755
or momgoldberg@techline.com
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day: 10:30 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 10:30 a.m.
Cost for services: No cost, all are welcome
BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
Chavurat Shir Hayam
Rabbi Hanna Tiferet Siegel will help lead
their participatory, egalitarian, full
High Holiday services themed “Ayeka?
Where are You?”
Phone for location, date and time of
services: 206-842-8453
Cost: Guests welcome – they do not have
tickets or charge for attending services
Congregation Beth Hatikvah
Services will be led by Rabbi Sarah New-
mark and Cantorial Soloist Emily Katcher.
A Reform Congregation with a service
that is meaningful and traditional.
Held at 11th and Veneta, Bremerton
Contact Alisa Balk at 360-373-9884 or
alisabalk@wavecable.com or
www.beth-hatikvah.org
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 9:30 a.m., return at 4:30
p.m. for afternoon service and Ne’ilah
Cost: Suggested donation $150
Congregation Kol Shalom
Held at 9010 Miller Rd. NE, Bainbridge Island.
Contact Beth Schoenberg at 206-842-9010
or admin@kolshalom.net or
www.kolshalom.net
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STUDENTS/MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL/ Shaarei Tikvah

LGBTQ/SPECIAL NEEDS/SENIORS
Hillel Foundation at the University of
Washington/Jconnect Seattle
Hillel UW offers traditional egalitarian ser-
vices in Hebrew as well as a sepa-
rate liberal service with music for the
first day of Rosh Hashanah and Yom
Kippur day. Services led by interim
Greenstein Family Executive Direc-
tor Jeremy Brochin, Jconnect Seattle
director Rabbi Jacob Fine, Rabbi Stuart
Light, Helen Bennett, Ben Gown and
Keith Judelman. All services will include
opportunities for prayer, singing, study
and reflection.
Held at the Karen Mayers Gamoran
Family Center for Jewish Life, 4745 17th
Ave. NE, Seattle. Contact 206-527-1997
or www.hilleluw.org/highholidays.
fre Cost for services: Free
A celebration of Rosh Hashanah for
People of All Abilities
Co-sponsored by: Jewish Family Service,
the Seattle Association for Jews with
Disabilities, Temple B’nai Torah and
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Held at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th
Avenue, Seattle.
Contact Emily Harris-Shears at 206-861-
8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
Rosh Hashanah day:
4–6 p.m.: A community-wide non-
denominational service for persons
of all abilities. All are welcome to join
them in prayer and celebration, and
hear the sounding of the shofar. Led by
Cantor David Serkin-Poole and special
guests. ASL provided by a CI/CT inter-
preter. Kosher dietary laws observed.
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Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day:
Children’s Service: 9 a.m.
Shacharit: 10 a.m.
followed by Tashlich
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Children’s service: 9 a.m.
Shacharit: 10 a.m.
Afternoon study session: 3:30 p.m.
Yizkor, Ne’ilah, Havdalah following
Cost: $250/person; reciprocity for mem-
bers of other Reform synagogues.
OLYMPIA
The Chabad Jewish Discovery Center
Warm and friendly atmosphere, traditional
and inspiring service.
Rosh Hashanah services held at the
Chabad Jewish Discovery Center, 1611
Legion Way SE, Olympia.
Contact Rabbi Cheski Edelman at
360-584-4306 or
rabbicheski@jewisholympia.com
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.,
followed by a community Rosh Hasha-
nah dinner
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9 a.m.
Yom Kippur Services: held at The Phoenix
Inn Suites, 415 Capitol Way N, Olympia.
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Morning Service: 9 a.m.
Yizkor: 11:30 a.m.
Afternoon Service: 5 p.m.
Ne’ilah: 6:30 p.m.
Light Refreshments Upon Conclusion
of the Fast
free! Cost for services: No membership fees
or tickets.
Congregation B’nai Torah
CBT is a small congregation that provides
a traditional Conservative High Holiday
service with an emphasis on creating
an appropriate spirit for the holidays.
Held at 3437 Libby Rd. NE, Olympia
Contact Stan Finkelstein at 360-438-1359
or stan.finkelstein@comcast.net or
www.bnai-torah-olympia.org
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 9:30 a.m.
free! Cost for services: Free.
Temple Beth Hatfiloh
All services unless noted will be at Temple
Beth Hatfiloh, 8th and Washington,
downtown Olympia
Contact Rabbi Seth Goldstein at 360-754-
8519 or rabbi@bethhatfiloh.org or
www.bethhatfiloh.org
Selichot Film and discussion: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1:
Meditation: 8:45 a.m.
Morning Service: 9:30 a.m.
Youth Service (ages 6-12): 9:30 a.m.
Community Picnic: 12:30 p.m. at
Heritage Park (Capitol Lake)
Bring your lunch and some dairy/vege-
tarian food to share.
Women’s Rosh Chodesh Circle: 3 p.m.
at Heritage Park (Capitol Lake)
fre Cost for services: No cost to attend, but
Tot High Holiday Service (ages 0-5):
3 p.m.
Tashlich: 4 p.m. Meet at TBH to walk to
Percival Landing/Port Plaza
Rosh Hashanah day 2:
Hike: 10:45 a.m. at Priest Point Park,
Shelter #1
Text Study and Lunch: 12 p.m.
Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day:
Meditation: 8:45 a.m.
Morning Service: 9:30 a.m.
Youth Service (ages 6-12): 9:30 a.m.
Yizkor (Memorial Service): 1:45 p.m.
Study sessions: 3 p.m.
Healing Service: 5 p.m.
Mincha/Jonah discussion: 6:15 p.m.
Ne’ilah: 7 p.m.
Havdalah/Communal Break-Fast:
8 p.m.
PORT TOWNSEND
Bet Shira
Held at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Jeffer-
fre Cost for services: No cost. Bring food
son and Tyler, Port Townsend
Contact Barry Lerich at 360-379-3042 or
betshira@yahoo.com
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day: 10 a.m.
Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 10 a.m.
Yizkor: 4:30 p.m.
Closing and Break-Fast potluck (dairy/
vegetarian): 5:30 p.m.
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donations from non-members appre-
ciated.
PULLMAN
Washington State University Hillel,
Jewish Community of the Palouse
Services held by the Jewish Community of
the Palouse. Community-led services.
Students welcome.
Held at Unitarian Universalist Church in
Moscow, 420 E 2nd St., Moscow, Id.
Contact Michael Kahn at 509-335-4563 or
kahn@wsu.edu
Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:45 p.m.,
potluck reception to follow services.
Please bring a sweet finger snack to
share. Beverages provided.
Rosh Hashanah day: TBA
Kol Nidre: 6:45 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: Yizkor, 5 p.m. Final
shofar blast: 6:30 p.m., followed by a
potluck “Break-fast.” Please bring a finger
snack to share. Beverages provided.
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as appropriate.
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High Holy Days 5771

at T e m p l e De Hi rs c h Si n a i
SELICH OT KOL NIDRE
Saturday, September 4th Friday, September 17th
Selichot Service at Temple B’nai Torah Evening Service*
8:00 pm - Joint service at Temple B’nai Torah! 7:30 pm - Seattle and Bellevue
An evening of nosh and celebration culminating
at an 8:00 pm service of reflection, music and Y O M K I PPU R
prayer—the ultimate preparation for the High Saturday, September 18th
Holy Days. Morning Service*
10:00 am - Seattle and Bellevue
EREV ROSH HASHANA - OR -
Wednesday, September 8th Kids’ Kehillah** (Ages 6-9)
Evening Service* 10:00 am - Bellevue only
7:30 pm - Seattle and Bellevue Kulanu*** (Ages 5-11 with parents)
10:00 am - Seattle only
ROSH HASHANA Family Services (Open to the public)
(No ticket needed)
Thursday, September 9th 1:30 pm - Seattle and Bellevue
Morning Service* Afternoon, Yizkor &
10:00 am - Seattle and Bellevue Neilah (Closing) Services
- OR - : pm - followed by
Kids’ Kehillah** (Ages 6-9) Break-The-Fast Receptions
10:00 am - Bellevue only Seattle and Bellevue
Kulanu***
(Ages 5-11 with parents) SUKKOT CELEBRATION
10:00 am - Seattle only Friday, September 24th
Family Services (Open to the public)
(No ticket needed) Rock Shabbat and
1:30 pm - Seattle and Bellevue Religion School Consecration
Tashlich casting off our sins 6:00 pm - Bellevue
3:00 pm - Luther Burbank Park, Saturday, September 25th
Mercer Island 10:30 am - Family Service - Bellevue
SHABBAT SHUVAH S I M C H A T TO R AH
Friday, September 10 th Wednesday, September 29th
6:00 pm - Rock Shabbat Shuvah – Seattle Simchat Torah Celebration
7:00 pm - Seattle only
6:00 pm - Shabbat Kesher Shuvah – Bellevue Celebrate the Torah b’yachad (together)!
Saturday, September 11th
10:30 am - Shacharit Services - Seattle
NO BELLEVUE AM SERVICE * Tickets Required Call 206.323.8486.
**Kids’ Kehillah: Advanced Reservations
CEMETERY SERVICE Required Call Leah Rosenwald at
Sunday, September 12th 206.315.7422.
2:00 pm - Hills of Eternity Cemetery ***No Reservations Needed For Kulanu.

TEMPLE
Seattle Sanctuary
1441 - 16th Avenue (206) 323-8486
Bellevue Sanctuary
3850 - 156th SE De Hirsch Sinai www.tdhs-nw.org
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SPOKANE
Congregation Emanu-El
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services
are conducted by Student Rabbi Sara
Abrams and Cantorial Soloist Susand
Windham.
Held at Unitarian Universalist Church,
4340 W Fort George Wright Dr.,
Spokane
Contact Rhonda-T Warren at 509-835-
5050 or info@spokaneemanu-el.org
or www.spokaneemanu-el.org
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.,
with potluck following service
Rosh Hashanah day:
Children’s Service: 9:30 a.m.
Torah Service: 10 a.m.
Tashlich: 1 p.m. Meet to carpool to
location
Kol Nidre: 7 p.m.
Yom Kippur day: 10 a.m.
Group Discussion: 3 p.m.
Memorial Service and Concluding Ser-
vices: 4 p.m., followed by Break-Fast
dairy-vegetarian potluck
Cost for Services: All High Holy Days ser-
vices are included in membership.
Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative)
Held at 1322 E 30th Ave., Spokane
Contact Sharon Beltz at
509-747-3304, ext. 106 or
administrator@spokanetbs.org
Selichot: 11:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 8 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9 a.m. vices where passes are required. Family
Evening service: 7 p.m. Shofar Sounding: 11:30 p.m. pass: $500 for a family of two adults and
Rosh Hashanah day 2: 8 a.m. Evening Services: 7 p.m. children over 6. If the fee causes a financial
Evening service: 7 p.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. hardship, please contact Rabbi Kadden.
Kol Nidre: 6:25 p.m. Fast begins: 7:14 p.m. No one will be turned away because of
Yom Kippur day: 9 a.m. Yom Kippur day: 9:30 a.m. need. Find the registration form for passes,
Yizkor: 1:15 p.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: 11:30 a.m. a full service schedule and childcare regis-
Havdalah, Shofar, and Break-Fast: Mincha and Ne’ilah: 5:30 p.m. tration form at www.templebethel18.org/
7:45 p.m. Fast ends at 8:01 p.m., followed by a high-holy-days/join-us.
Cost: Reciprocal, or a suggested dona- Break-Fast meal
tion of $100 for non-members within 60 e !
fre Cost for services: No charge for seats, TRI-CITIES
miles of Spokane, $50 for non-mem- but donations greatly appreciated.
bers more than 60 miles from Spo- Advance reservations suggested. Congregation Beth Sholom
kane. No charge for active military and Rabbi Jack Izakson, formerly of Temple
families, and college students. Temple Beth El Beth Shalom, Spokane, will be leading
Held at 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma. services. Mid-Columbia Jews and visi-
TACOMA Contact Rabbi Bruce Kadden at 253-564- tors welcome.
7101 or bkadden@templebethel18.org Held at 312 Thayer Dr., Richland
Chabad of Pierce County Selichot: 9:30 p.m. Contact Debbie Greene at 509-735-1149
Hebrew/English prayerbooks, warm and Rosh Hashanah eve: or ggreene487@hotmail.com or
friendly atmosphere, no background Family service: 5 p.m. richland.uscjhost.net
or affiliation necessary. Traditional and Tot service: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m.
contemporary services, special chil- Regular service: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m.
dren’s program. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Children’s Service: 10 a.m
Held at the Professional Development Family service: 9 a.m. Tashlich: 5 p.m. Howard Amon Park &
Center Auditorium (Adjacent to Skyline Regular service: 10:30 a.m. Lee Blvd – water’s edge
Elementary School), 6501 N 23rd St., Rosh Hashanah day 2: 10 a.m. Evening Services: 7 p.m.
Tacoma Kol Nidre: Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m.
Contact Rabbi Zalman Heber Family service: 5 p.m. Dairy Potluck & Shabbat Services:
at 253-565-8770 or Tot service: 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
rabbi@chabadpiercecounty.com or Regular service: 8 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m.
www.chabadpiercecounty.com Yom Kippur day: Yom Kippur day: 9:30 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Family service: 9 a.m. Children’s Service: 10 a.m.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9 a.m. Morning service: 10:30 a.m. Yizkor: 11 a.m.
Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m. Study session: 1:30 p.m. Study session w/Rabbi Jack: 4 p.m.
Tashlich Service at Titlow Beach: Afternoon service: 3 p.m. Concluding Services: 5:15 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Yizkor: 4:30 p.m., with Break-Fast to follow Community Break-Fast: 7:15 p.m.
Evening Services: 7 p.m. Cost: Adult pass: $300 includes seating at ser- e !
fre Cost for services: No Cost

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The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle Rosh Ha-School Year,

By David Benkof Rosh Hashanah
Martin Westerman JTNews Columnist
Every ending is a new beginning. This plete world; and saving a single one is like
last month of summer vacation deposits us preserving a complete world. The first story
at the start of the new school year, and Rosh illustrates our principle of dor l’dor, passing
Hashanah. What have we learned our knowledge and traditions
this summer, and this past year, from generation to generation.
that can carry us forward into It also aligns with the Native
next? I always like using sto- American teaching to look
ries to deliver the message, seven generations out before
and here are three “teaching making a big decision now.
moments” of tikkun olam: On the threshold of the new
1. A college grad is trying and unknown, we should be
to explain modern life to a asking new questions, rather
senior citizen: “You grew than charging ahead on old
up in a different world,” he assumptions. Our present
says, “with no television, com- world is not the only version
puters, jet planes, space travel, earth of what’s possible. We are not
moon walks, nuclear energy, cell phones, entitled to having it stay this
digital photos, or computers. It was almost way (see Story 1 above), how-
primitive!” ever much we fight to keep it so. Our destiny
The senior citizen agrees: “You’re right is not manifest. While we can guess at what’s
son. We didn’t have all those things when coming, we never know till it arrives.
I was growing up — so we invented them. So here are my answers to that con-
Now, what will you do for the next gener- gregant’s question, “What can we do to
ation?” make a difference?” (Find more sugges-
2. An old fellow is walking on a beach tions in my other columns):
Across Down littered with thousands of starfish when he 1. Dor l’dor: Incorporate tikkun olam
1. Joltless joe 1. Kind of chocolate sees a young woman coming his way, pick- principles into your religious school edu-
6. Meadow sounds 2. “Night” author Wiesel ing up every one she can find, and flinging cation programs. Put your temple or
10. Sigmund Freud’s daughter 3. ___ College of New York it back into the sea. synagogue on recycling and yard waste
14. Excuse 4. Lawyers’ org. “Why do you bother?” he asks when collection, teach your students to reduce,
15. ___Simchas.com 5. Tiny menace he reaches her. “You’re not saving enough or make no waste, and they’ll bring the
16. JDates, perhaps 6. “Biggest Loser” subj.
to make a difference.” She picks up a star- ideas home and to school, so the adults
17. Comedienne who quipped, “My 7. Diarist Frank
mother buried three husbands, and 8. Screenwriter Kurtzman
fish, throws it seaward, and says, “I made can bring them to work. Start and manage
two of them were just napping.” (“Transformers”) a difference to that one.” Then she picks a garden, do a carbon and water footprint
19. Famous road 9. Isr. neighbor up another. assessment, and of course, celebrate Tu
20. C Minor, for example 10. Specify 3. At the “Jews in Canoes” camp- B’shevat and other nature holidays. Use
21. Connecticut River town 11. Singer-songwriter whose last ing weekend our synagogue takes every activity suggestions and source materi-
22. A fish breathes through them name means “charity” summer, a member asked me, “With the als from Let The Earth Teach You Torah
23. Reform Judaism’s DC office 12. Black-Jewish actress Carter environmental challenges so big, what can (Bernstein & Fink/Shomrei Adamah),
24. Witches 13. Performs the Four Questions we possibly do to make a difference?” The Judaic Roots of Ecology (Lillian Ross/
25. Lyricist, “My Fair Lady” and “Gigi” 18. URJ rival When Kol HaNeshamah started seven Central Agency For Jewish Education,
31. Bat an eye? 22. “Jewish Week” journalist years ago, we threw all “waste” from our Miami), Easy Green (Westerman), and
32. One kind of furnace Rosenblatt
simchot and shabbat potlucks in the gar- online sources.
33. Lost tribe 23. One in a million, e.g.
35. Sup 24. Title for Franz Kafka
bage. But over the course of 2004, we 2. Follow Israel’s environmental exam-
36. Hamentasch ingredient 25. Extraterrestrial re-educated our congregation and our ple (politics aside): Drip irrigation, solar
37. Actress Gertz 26. “Alice” actress caterers, and the UCC church congrega- power, electric car networks, living build-
38. Famous Sea in Jewish history 27. Northern Israeli city tion with whom we share space, and all ings, waste reduction.
39. Fetes 28. Archaeologist Yadin other users — the pre-school, garden club, 3. Link your synagogue or temple to
40. Director George (“A Star is Born”) 29. Minimum bingo night-ers, etc. local sustainability organizations, national
41. Winner of the 1968 Israel Prize for 30. Astronaut Ilan Today, it feels uncomfortable for any “greening” programs (such as the Union
Literature 31. Pres. who was friends with of us not to recycle and compost. We’ve for Reform Judaism: www.urj.org/green/
44. Island with many Jews Stephen S. Wise reduced our organization’s garbage by 80 index.cfm?; United Synagogue of Con-
45. Elijah’s ___ 34. Jerusalem Mayor Barkat percent. And “out in the wilds,” where the servative Judaism: uscj2004.aptinet.com/
46. Animal stomachs 36. Entered the Eurovision contest
state parks do not offer recycling or com- Sustainability8089.html; Hazon: www.
48. Barbarians 37. Skip
51. The meaning of the Hebrew word 39. Labor activist Helene
posting for campers, the Jews in Canoes hazon.org and the Coalition on the Envi-
pronounced “He” 40. The first one was in 1097 collected and brought theirs back to Seat- ronment and Jewish Life:www.coejl.org.
54. Possess 42. Drying items tle for appropriate disposal. It’s not up to us to “save the earth” —
55. Historian Richard (“The American 43. Genuine Clearly we can — and have — changed Earth does a fine job of that on its own. It’s
Political Tradition”) 46. One who takes orders how we see our world, and how we act in up to us to heal what we do on Earth, so we
57. Emil Fackenheim subject 47. Talmudic commentator it. And we can continue doing that. There’s can assure our own survival. What can we
58. Torah ____ (textbook publisher) 48. Joint problem no reason we can’t look at our gas, electric do? There’s nothing we can’t do. Let’s take
59. Rings up 49. Yemenite singer Haza and water bills at home, school and work, that fresh perspective into the new begin-
60. Clappers 50. Nicholas II, e.g. and find ways to live more efficiently — so nings Rosh Ha-School Year and Rosh
61. One of Joseph’s brothers, in his 51. Hang in there we reduce our bills, our carbon and eco- Hahanah offer us this fall. L’shana tovah.
dream 52. “S.O.S.!”
logical footprints.
62. Foe of 1973 53. Formerly, formerly
55. Owns
The second story illustrates the Talmud Author and teacher Martin Westerman writes
56. Lenny Bruce’s “___: I’m Jewish.” (Sanhedrin 37a) principle, that humans and consults on sustainable living.
Answers on page 26 were created alone, to teach us that destroy- He can be contacted with questions at
ing a single soul is like destroying a com- artartart@seanet.com.
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Hillel students and professionals gear up to
face anti-Israel campus activism
Sue Fishkoff JTA World News Service
ST. LOUIS (JTA) — Amanda Boris
is nervous about what she’ll face when
classes resume at the University of Wis-
consin later this month.
“There’s an uncomfortable amount of
anti-Semitism on my campus,” said the
incoming senior.
Last year, her campus newspaper ran
an ad from a notorious Holocaust denier
for several weeks, despite protests from the
Jewish community. More troubling, she said,
were the anonymous posts that appeared
under the ad, stating that the Jews “deserved
it” and they “better watch themselves.” And
a professor who teaches an introductory
course on the Middle East makes “openly
false statements about Israel,” she charged.
Boris told her story to a group of Jewish
students who joined some 300 of their
peers from Aug. 11 to 15 at Washington
University in St. Louis at the Hillel Insti-
tute, a summer training session designed
to help them prepare for Jewish engage-
ment work on campus.
A big part of that work is learning how
to respond effectively to anti-Israel activi-
ties on campus.
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it become a deep reflection of love and
generosity, a gift that goes beyond basic
duty? What would it look like if our giving
spurred us to go further than the check, to
advocate, to serve, to connect with those in
need and with the causes we feel most pas-
sionately about?
3. Do you see yourself as a disciplined
individual? Do you admire yourself for
your self-control? Or are you falling
short in your ability to live within your
means, eat healthfully, and generally
meet your own expectations in regard to
other worldly temptations?
Being in a year of mourning, which
according to tradition precludes one from
the purchase and wearing of new clothes,
has catapulted me into this interesting
non-consumer mode. It has compelled me
to take a good hard look at my closet and
come to the realization that I could actually
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Such activity has been on the rise on
North American campuses for several years,
but pro-Israel activists say last year was dif-
ferent: The new campaigns are better orga-
nized, more prevalent, and more vitriolic.
This summer, a number of national
Jewish organizations, including Hillel,
held training sessions to help their stu-
dents and staff prepare for what is
expected to be an even more targeted anti-
Israel campaign this coming year.
“In the Jewish community there’s a lot
of fear and anxiety, and that lands on our
campuses, on our students,” said Hillel
President Wayne Firestone at the gather-
ing’s plenary session Aug. 11.
“We have seen things on campus,
last semester in particular, that are really
ugly,” he told the crowd. “We can imagine
what we’ll face when we return this fall.”
Whereas past years might have
involved handfuls of anti-Israel students
passing out photocopied flyers, last year
saw a high-tech traveling exhibit of Isra-
el’s separation barrier, complete with
an embedded plasma TV showing anti-
Israeli images.
lead a full life without adding another arti-
cle of clothing to my adequate wardrobe.
We are sucked into an unprecedented
consumerism unmatched in the his-
tory of the world. Our current reality is
daily assaults in every form of media with
beguiling and seductive advertisements for
products that are often superfluous at best.
Rabbi Luzatto in The Path for the Just advo-
cates we should take from this world only
what is absolutely necessary. He urges us
to ask of ourselves before the consumption
of a food or the acquisition of a material
good, “Is this absolutely necessary?”
4. How are things going with your inter-
personal relationships? Do you see your-
self as a friend that others respect and
esteem? Do you often experience frustra-
tion with others?
The Mussar tradition puts forth this
test: As interpersonal conflicts arise,
notice them. Is there a pattern? What story
does their repeated surfacing tell? Alan
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And as part of the Boycott, Divestment “College is emblematic of what’s hap-
and Sanctions campaign, efforts to bring pening in the general society — Israel both
resolutions calling for divestment from unites and divides the Jewish people. That’s
companies doing business with Israel were what we’re wrestling with,” said Rabbi Adam
noted at more than half a dozen campuses Naftalin-Kelman, Hillel’s executive director
— a new tactic in the anti-Israel move- at the University of California, Berkeley,
ment that targets student governments.  which also faced a protracted struggle over a
Only one of those proposed resolutions divestment bill last spring.
passed, in a non-binding student body vote During the Hillel Institute in St. Louis,
at Evergreen State College in Olympia. But some 80 Hillel professionals arrived early
every time such a bill is put forward, Hillel to take part in a 24-hour simulation exer-
activists say, the charged atmosphere it cise in which they played various roles on
creates leaves lasting wounds. a mythical university campus faced with
When the student government at a divestment bill and a boycott of visiting
the University of California, San Diego Israeli professors.
voted on a divestment bill in April, Hillel The techniques used in the simulation are
campus director Keri Copans noted some included in an Israel Advocacy Playbook that
Jewish students standing on the other Hillel distributed at the conference and plans
side of the room with the pro-divestment to give every Hillel campus professional.
crowd, even as most Jewish students stood “The group that went through this
with her in opposing the bill. exercise together now has a common lan-
Students with varying religious and guage,” said Chicago educator Carl Schrag,
political views are being asked to stand who developed and ran the exercise on
together for Israel’s right to exist as a behalf of the Israel on Campus Coalition.
Jewish and democratic state, and that can “When BDS [the sanctions campaign] hits
bring them into conflict with other friends — and I presume it will — hopefully they’ll
and other causes, activists say. remember they’re not alone.”
Morinis, in his book, Everyday Holiness, The more research on the way the brain
advises us, “The sooner you become famil- works, the more we know that it is a far
iar with your curriculum and get on mas- more elastic entity then we had imagined.
tering it, the faster you’ll get free of these The further the brain is worked the more
habitual patterns. Then you will suffer it can do. Consider an online class, borrow
less. Then you will cause less suffering for or purchase audiotapes of books for your
others. Then you will make the contribu- car, devote Shabbat to study. Show up at a
tion to the world that is your unique and class that is a bit risky or outside of your
highest potential.” comfort zone! This is the year to change
One practice, suggested in Mussar, your own image of yourself, to allow your-
is when presented with a highly charged self to revisit the authenticity of your deep
interpersonal conflict, put yourself in the soul, and to use it to fulfill a secret dream
other’s place and, in the words of Stephen you have been afraid to realize. You have
Covey, to seek first to understand, then to but one life to live and the New Year is the
be understood. With discipline and effort perfect time to reboot and reset.
this will change your life dramatically.
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Shylock in Ashland: A much-needed discussion If

Emily Keeler JTNews Correspondent
Salanio’s imitation of Shylock in Shake-
speare’s The Merchant of Venice makes
any modern theatergoer cringe: “I never
heard a passion so confused, / So strange,
outrageous, and so variable, / As the dog
Jew did utter in the streets: / ‘My daughter!
O my ducats! O my daughter! / Fled with a
Christian! O my Christian ducats!”
To the passive Shakespeare fan, what
is The Merchant of Venice other than an
embarrassing but excusable relic of Eliz-
abethan England? To the Jew, what is it
other than the rehashing of a hateful past
and an opportunity for its return? To the
Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Ash-
land Jewish community, however, it is a
chance for much-needed discussion.
The Merchant of Venice was fea-
tured at the first Oregon Shakespeare
Festival 75 years ago and has been per-
formed 13 times over the festival’s his-
tory. When artistic director Bill Rauch
considered putting it on this anniversary
year, seasoned actor and Jewish commu-
nity member Anthony Heald was vocally
opposed. But in an ironic turn of events,
when Rauch announced his decision to
produce the play, Heald himself volun-
teered for the role of Shylock.
“You have a more positive response
from the Jewish community when Shylock
is played by a Jew,” said Heald, the first
Jewish Shylock in the festival’s 75-year
history. “There is a Jewish sensibility that
forms the character of Shylock.”
Shakespeare’s comic foil, drawn from
medieval European stereotypes, earned
legendary status as the archetypal wicked
Jew. Though Shylock the character is com-
plex and tormented, a victim of his soci-
ety and of himself, Shylock the stereotype
is, at worst, a greedy, flesh-eating Christ
killer. Over the centuries Shylock’s name
has been conjured to foment Jewish stereo-
types. In 1920, Democracy or Shylocracy?
warned readers of Jewish financial power
and corruption, and in 1933 The Merchant
of Venice was performed at least 20 times in
Germany. When the festival produced the
play in 1991, the Ashland Jewish commu-
nity reacted with anger.
“This time, Bill was very receptive to set-
ting up what I thought would be a good
Antonio (Jonathan Haugen, left), Shylock (Anthony Heald, center) and Bassanio (Danforth Comins)
discuss the terms of Antonio’s bond.
series of programs for the Jewish commu-
nity,” said Rabbi Marc Sirinsky of Ashland’s
Temple Emek Shalom. Sirinsky has built a
strong relationship with the festival since he
joined the congregation 16 years ago.
Emek Shalom held discussions with
Rauch and Heald to work through the
challenges of putting on the play. Due to
the presence of the festival in Ashland,
the community is highly literate in Shake-
speare’s works.
“We opened it to the community with
a lot of publicity. The synagogue was
packed,” said Sirinsky. “The questions they
asked were really quite lovely to behold.”
While dissenters exist, the majority of
the Jewish community in Ashland sup-
ports the production and Heald’s perfor-
mance as Shylock.
“I have automatic credibility that,
frankly, a non-Jew would not have,” Heald
said. “There is a wide variety of viewpoints
in the sanctuary,…but the comments I got
were so supportive.”
“Would I prefer it not to be done? I
Jenny Graham
would, in some ways,” confessed Sirinsky.
“But in some ways it opens up the discus-
sion that would not be held if there was
not the impetus to have that discussion.”
This impetus for discussion has been a
driving force behind the support for the
production.
“I’ve had numerous discussions about
anti-Semitism as a result of The Merchant
of Venice being done here,” said Sirinsky.
“I don’t think those conversations would
have been had or had been relevant if this
play wasn’t being done.”
Among the conversations taking place
is one about religious freedom.
“It struck me that it’s not a play about
Judaism,” said Heald. “It’s a play about being
an outsider...and what it does to a person.”
Sirinsky sees Shylock’s victimization as
not confined to anti-Semitism, but extending
to all cases of social inequality and repression.
Shylock’s struggle relates to global struggles
for religious freedom. He relates it to the cur-
rent controversy surrounding plans to build
a mosque near Ground Zero.
you
go:
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Festival’s 75th anniversary
production of The Merchant of
Venice runs through Oct. 10.
Visit www.osfashland.org for
available dates and prices.
“It’s a very related issue,” Sirinsky said.
“I feel that we live in a country that is com-
mitted to freedom of expression. The pro-
posed Muslim Community Center is two
blocks away from Ground Zero on private
property. Is it okay for Muslims to build a
mosque in a community center that will
serve people of all religions? Yes, in the
same way Jews need the right to build syn-
agogues and JCCs.”
Sirinsky adds that the issues plaguing
Elizabethan England “are not gone. People
still stereotype one another. They still
don’t trust each other. If neighbors can’t
trust each other, neighbors can’t respect
each other, then how do we expect people
to do it in places in the world that have
much more difficulties than we do?”
Expanding Shylock’s experience from
the individual Jewish level to the universal
level helps steer conversations about The
Merchant of Venice away from the usual
aesthetic traps. Heald, Sirinsky, and Ash-
land-based Shakespeare scholar Liz Eck-
hart avoid focusing on the play’s inherent
anti-Semitism, authorship, or its function
as an art form with an excusable offense.
Each stresses the importance of interpre-
tation and moving forward.
“Judaism teaches that nothing is inher-
ently good or bad,” said Sirinsky. “It’s
what you do with it that makes it good
or bad. The play is just written words. It’s
what we do with them.”
“When we struggle with Shylock from
our modern position, when we read in
sympathy with him and argue with the
terms of the play, we’re trying to take apart
the structure of prejudice and oppression
that we still struggle with today,” Eckhart
said in an e-mail statement. “I don’t read
the play despite its anti-Semitism: I read
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Thursday, August 26, 7–9 p.m.
Jewish Women in Film: Reflections in a Hollywood Mirror
Join Hadassah Redmond Ridge’s new-year kickoff with an evening of educa-
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producer of children’s theater and Jewish plays. Art will present Jewish Women
in Film: Reflections in a Hollywood Mirror. Cosponsored by Washington State
Jewish Historical Society. $5. Coffee and dessert will follow the presentation.
At Trilogy at Redmond Ridge, 22840 NE 130th, Redmond. Contact Susie Pass
at 425-836-4209 or susanpass@comcast.net to RSVP.
Sunday, August 29, 3–6 p.m.
Heart of Stone
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Rainier Beach High School’s Community for Youth Alumni Association is holding
a benefit screening of the award-winning documentary Heart of Stone. CfY
is a school-based, four-year mentoring program for at-risk students to help
them pursue higher education. Emceed by Samuel Martin, a Community for
Youth graduate and future intern for Rep. Jim McDermott. Proceeds benefit
15 RBHS graduates furthering their education at colleges, universities, and
training schools locally and throughout the nation this fall. Bet Alef Meditative
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Price includes green fees, snacks and prizes. Golf
carts available for an additional charge. Cost: Adults
$60/students $30. At Foster Golf Links, 13500
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Henry Friedman survived the war hiding with his family Monday 30 august
in a barn owned by a Christian family. He’ll share 12:30–1:30 p.m. — Special Talk with Joel
stories of his experience at this event. Sponsored by Connelly
the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource

Roni Antebi at
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Candlelighting Times 1–3 p.m. — Jewish Folktale for Children Memorial Museum. At Seattle University. Le Roux Joel Connelly, columnist with seattlepi.com, will talk
August 20........................ 7:55 p.m.

Art Feinglass at 212-245-5913 or
August 27.........................7:42 p.m.
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Friday 20 August
Conference Center, Room 160. about Washington State races and national trends.
accesscommunications@earthlink.net or At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E
yeslerswamptrail.wordpress.com Thursday 26 August Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
The House That Was Too Small, a classic Jewish 7–8:30 p.m. — Employment Resources: Job
folk tale from Eastern Europe, is one of three Searching, Training and Health Insurance Wednesday 1 September
audience participation plays for children based on

Emily Harris-Shears at 206-861-8784 or 7–9 p.m. — Hebrew High Open House

6:15–9 p.m. — Summer Shabbat Barbecue different folk tales, followed by a nature walk. Free, familylife@jfsseattle.org

Amy Hilzman-Paquette at 206-774-2237

Alysa Rosen at 260-525-0915 or
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A barbecue followed by Acoustic Shabbat Service. Adults
$8 with early registration, $10 week of event. Children
$4 (ages 3-12) and ages 2 and under are free. At Temple
Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St, Seattle, WA 98115.
suggested donation of $10 per family benefits the
restoration of Yesler Swamp. Music by The Dead Sea
Squirrels klezmer band. At the Museum of History &
Industry, 2700 24th Ave. E. Seattle.
6–8 p.m. — 100th Year Gala Celebration
If you’re newly unemployed or fear that you may soon
lose your job, knowing where to turn for support can
be overwhelming. What is available in the community
to help with a job search? Come to this informative
workshop to hear from professionals in the field. At
Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.
or amyhp@jewishinseattle.org or
www.jewishinseattle.org/news-events/events/
hebrew-high-open-house-0
Students can go to Hebrew High and get high school
credit. Hebrew High is a dynamic, accredited, elective-
based program for Jewish students in the 9th-12th

Susan Jensen at 206-722-5500 or grades. Learn more at the Open House. At the Stroum
office@ezrabessaroth.net Friday 27 August JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way Mercer, Island.
7:30–9 p.m. — An Introduction to Shabbat Gala Dinner and Celebration in honor of Congregation 6–7 p.m. — Rock Shabbat and Schmooze-
from the Meditative Approach Ezra Bessaroth’s 100th year. At Meydenbauer a-Que Thursday 2 September

206-527-9399 or www.betalef.org Center, 11100 NE 6th St., Bellevue.

thetribe@tdhs-nw.org 4:30–5:30 p.m. — 2010 Back to School

At Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, meditation infuses Rock Shabbat and Schmooze-a-Que is a great way Educators Conference
the Shabbat experience. Join them to share laughter, Monday 23 August for young adults to re-connect with their temple family

Hannah Zommick at 206-774-2243 or

music and healing meditation in a safe, supportive 10:30 a.m.–noon — Jewish Mommy and Me before the High Holy Days. 6 p.m.–Rock Shabbat, 7 hannahz@jewishinseattle.org or
environment and explore the basics of this inclusive,

Giti Fredman at 206-935-4035 or
non-traditional, authentic approach to Judaism. At
Unity of Bellevue, 16330 NE 4th St, Bellevue.
Sunday 22 August
9:30 a.m.–9 p.m. — 12th Annual Seattle
Kollel Golf Tournament
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Join Giti Fredman for “Jewish Mommy and Me,”
a social get-together with other Jewish moms
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information and weekly location, please call Giti.
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Sinai Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE, Bellevue. Explore Reflective Practice at this year’s community-
wide back-to-school conference for educators and
Saturday 28 August teachers. Topics include concepts of “listening and
7:15–8:15 p.m. — Sunset Havdalah and observation” in a reflective classroom, how reflection
Dessert supports learning, and Reflective Practice as “A Big

thetribe@tdhs-nw.org Jewish Idea. Open to all Educators and Teachers.

Marilyn Leibert at 206-722-8289 or Tuesday 24 August Enjoy Havdalah in Seattle overlooking the Sound. Runs through Sept. 3. At Seattle Hebrew Academy,
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Join the Seattle Kollel with family and friends for a Survivor Henry Friedman dessert. Please RSVP to thetribe@tdhs-nw.org. At
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WWmerchant Page 22
it  because  it’s anti-Semitic, because anti-
Semitism must be confronted and taken
apart, and this is best done by the people
with the most to lose.”
“After all,” said Sirinsky, “this is a play.
If we can’t wrestle with the ideas of a play,
how can we wrestle with real differences?
I believe that plays are done to provoke, to
make people think.”
Heald uses his acting skills to bring out
the necessary comic antagonism in Shylock,
as well as to elicit sympathy in his struggle.
“As we see him driving headlong over a
cliff, we want to reach out,” he explained.
The blocking reflects Heald’s interpreta-
tion of Shylock’s experience. For instance,
when Shylock falls apart at the end, Heald
chose to exit stage left with his back to the
audience. The effect is like “a huge balloon
that the air is slowly going out of,” he said.
Sirinsky is content with the quality of
discussion educed by the performance. He
thinks people who have wanted to grow
from the experience have probably grown,
and those who have wanted to be angry
have probably remained angry. As the
Torah says to seek out blessing, Sirinsky
believes that “the people that looked for
the blessing in the production of this play
have found blessings.”

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Hebrew High’s teachers are paid out of
the Jewish Federation’s education divi-
sion budget.
“For all intents and purposes, I would
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just increases in its options,” Hilzman-
Paquette said. “It’s definitely augmented. I
think what people will see more is oppor-
tunities to attend Shabbatons, visits to
Israel, go to New York.”
The origins of each school are differ-
ent as well: Torah High is affiliated with
the Orthodox youth group the National
Council of Synagogue Youth, though its
offerings are available to Jewish students
of any background. Hebrew High stu-
dents’ backgrounds have historically been
more diverse.
“Our student body represents Reform,
Conservative, Orthodox, Israeli, unaffil-
iated, secular. We have a broad range,”
Hilzman-Paquette said. “It’s the only
community school in the area that’s not
affiliated with any movement. Our teach-
ers are Reform, Orthodox, Conservative,
secular and unaffiliated. We really repre-
sent our student body.”
Classes will be held on Wednesday eve-
nings at the Stroum Jewish Community
Center on Mercer Island.
Hebrew High has offered courses rang-
ing from Kaplan prep to cooking, while
titles in Torah High’s curriculum have
ranged from Beit Midrash to Rock Band
Jew.0. Both programs anticipate seeing an
increase in student numbers as they take
advantage of the other’s offerings. Torah
High tried out giveaways last fall, with
prizes ranging from iPods to a 42-inch TV,
Students from Hebrew High volunteer at the Jewish Family Service food bank.
but the electronics didn’t draw students as
much as the programming, Hoffman said.
While Torah High has gone from its
probationary to fully accredited status,
Hoffman still wants more chances to reach
a larger number of young Jewish students,
making a partnership with a similar pro-
gram a good match.
“My goal is really to make sure every
single teenager in Seattle has something
Jewish to do,” he said. “I want to make
sure they have trips to go on, clubs to go
to, even just somewhere to snag a snack
with their friends who are Jewish.”
Hoffman has operated trips for Torah
High students that have taken them to
such diverse locales as the Ukraine, Israel,
WWdhs grants Page 6
from her office in Washington, D.C.
“Jewish Family Service does such great
work for local families, and I am proud to
be able to fight for them and the local com-
munity in the United States Senate.”
That would bring JFS closer to its $9
million fundraising goal for the construc-
tion project.
“There is no vote scheduled now, and
we can never say that anything is 100 per-
cent, but Sen. Murray will work through-
out the process to make sure that it gets
passed,” added a Murray spokesperson.
The new facility will consolidate many
WWm.o.t. Page 8
him and others.) She attended Temple De
Hirsch Sinai religion school through Con-
firmation.
When she’s not working she enjoys
outdoor activities, skiing in the winter
and “anything to do with water” in the
summer. She’s recently started stand-up
paddle boarding on Lake Washington.
At work, Allison focuses on high-net-
friday, august 20, 2010
Courtesy Hebrew High
and New York. Hoffman explained Torah
High’s ability to offer unique summer
trips has inspired and impassioned stu-
dents, turning out new leaders anxious to
be “the best Jews they can be,” he said.
As far as the merger is concerned,
Hoffman said he hopes it works well.
“I hope it’ll be a natural thing,” he said,
“that if you’re not going to send your kid
to formal 9-5 Jewish education, you’d send
your kids to Hebrew High. When the econ-
omy takes a downturn, it’s the first thing
people cut. And that’s unfortunate. I want
people to think of it as so valuable that they’d
never consider getting rid of it. For me, any
kids we can keep affiliated, as many kids as
we can keep in the fold, that’s what I want.”
of JFS’s programs within one site and
hopefully, JFS officials say, streamline the
process of providing increasingly critical
and necessary social services.
“Seattle Association for Jews with Dis-
abilities and Home Care Associates, cur-
rently based in leased spaces, will return
to the main campus,” said Berman. “We
will continue to maintain our Bellevue and
Kent offices.”
“Senator Murray’s support of this proj-
ect is extremely gratifying,” said Ken Wein-
berg, JFS’s CEO in an agency press release.
“Her commitment to investing in jobs
while serving our community members in
need is a win/win scenario for us all.”
worth individuals, estate planning and
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life
Bat Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah
Lauren Renee Tudor Denielle Morgan Zambrowsky
Lauren will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 21, Denielle will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 28,
2010 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on 2010 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on
Mercer Island. Mercer Island.
Lauren is the daughter of Debbie and Corbin Tudor of Denielle is the daughter of Paul and Robin Zambrowsky
Bellevue and the sister of Carly and Joelle. Her grandpar- of Redmond and the sister of Max. Her grandparents are
ents are Norbert Reuben of Woodmere, N.Y., the late Judy Aaron and Edith Dichter of Bellevue, Sheila Zambrowsky of
Reuben, Carolyn Tudor of Kalispell, Mont., and the late Redmond, and the late Leonard Zambrowsky.
Leonard Tudor. Denielle is going into the 8th grade at Evergreen Junior
Lauren is going into the 8th grade at Chinook Middle High. Her interests include soccer, horseback riding,
School. Her interests include drawing, painting, soccer, basketball, volleyball, skiing, acting and surfing. Denielle is
basketball, lacrosse and swim team. an elected school treasurer. She is excited to attend State
Leadership Camp in August and for her new leadership role in the fall. For her mitzvah project,
Denielle is selling bracelets to raise awareness and funds for the non-profit Save the Orcas.

Bat Mitzvah
Death Notice Lily Rosencrantz
Dr. Mitchell Lewis Cohen, 39, passed away unexpect- Lily will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 21, 2010
edly on August 14, 2010 in Olympia, WA. Born in Seattle, at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue.
Mitch was raised on Mercer Island and graduated from Lily is the daughter of Terry and Robert Rosencrantz of
Mercer Island High School in 1989. Mitch received his B.A. Seattle and the sister of Zadek, Maximum, and Axel. Her
in Biology from Whitman College in 1993 and his B.S. in grandparents are Edith Rosencrantz of Seattle and Lee
Medical Technology from the University of Washington in and Sharlene Jones of Melbourne, Fla.
1996. In 2001, he received his M.D. from Loyola University Lily is going into the 8th grade at Washington Middle
Stritch School of Medicine. He completed his residency in School. Her interests include soccer, cooking, swimming,
family practice with Providence St. Peter Hospital, where and basketball. For her mitzvah project, she is volunteer-
he was also chief resident. ing at the Northwest Harvest food bank.
Mitch was a skilled and caring doctor whose passion
was rural family medicine. He was a partner at Elma
Family Medicine and on the staff at Mark Reed Hospital and Providence St. Peter Hospital. At
St. Peter’s, he served as chair of the primary care and perinatal committee, and sat on the
medical executive committee. Additionally, Mitch was adjunct clinical faculty at the UW Bat Mitzvah
School of Medicine and part-time faculty at St. Peter Family Medicine. A published medical Sabrina Janice Kavesh
author, Mitch was a pillar of the Elma and Olympia communities. Sabrina will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 21,
Mitch had a kind and generous spirit. He enjoyed making house calls for his patients and 2010 at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on
never refused to answer medical questions for his family and friends. His pastimes included Mercer Island.
gourmet cooking, running (he recently completed two half marathons), sports, American Sabrina is the daughter of Jerry and Michelle Pierce
History, and politics (in 2008, he was a delegate to the state Democratic convention). Known Kavesh of Mercer Island and the sister of Daniel. Her
for his quiet steadiness, he always had a smile and a calming presence. grandparents are Elliot and Lucie Kavesh of Bellevue,
Above all, Mitch was a devoted, loving and compassionate father, husband, son and Maureen Pierce of Redmond and the late Albert Pierce.
brother. He is survived by his wife Michelle of 13 years, son Chase,10, daughters Elliana, 6, Sabrina is going into the 8th grade at Islander Middle
and Victoria, 4, as well as his parents Al and Tina and sister, Alisa. Mitch will be greatly School. Her hobbies include soccer, skiing, tennis,
missed by his extended family, friends, patients, and colleagues. swimming, reading, arts and crafts projects, and hanging
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Providence St. Peter Hospital Family Medicine out with friends. Her favorite subjects are math and
Residency, 525 Lilly Rd. NE, Olympia, WA 98506. Contributions may also be made to the science.
Cohen Family Trust, c/o Jason Copeland, 265 Mercy St., Mountain View, CA 94041.
A memorial service was held on Wednesday, August 18, at South Sound Manner, 455
North St. SE., Tumwater, WA.
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grandparents are Mike and Nancy meeting the needs of friends,
Find out how Berlin of Truro, Mass., Larry family and loved ones here at
on page 6. Bencivengo of Wallingford, Conn. and home. Call Irene at (206) 861-3150
the late Pauline Bencivengo. or, on the web, click on “Donations”
Anthony will enter the 9th grade at at www.jfsseattle.org. It’s a 2-for-1
Nathan Hale High School. He enjoys
that says it all.
How do I submit a Lifecycle announcement? playing baseball, acting in plays, and
Send lifecycle notices to: JTNews/Lifecycles, 2041 Third Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 political activism. For his mitzvah
E-mail to: lifecycles@jtnews.net Phone 206-441-4553 for assistance. project, he is helping to construct a
Submissions for the September 3, 2010 issue are due by August 24 disabled-accessible playground.
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