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Te two day schools were chosen, as were 23 other institutions, rom

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“Providing a high-quality Jewish day school education to current

and uture generations o Jewish children is vital to a vibrant and endur-

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Both schools submitted applications or the prize, and according to

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Studies have repeatedly shown that one o the best promoters o 

Jewish identity and the best antidote to Jewish assimilation in the U.S.

is a ull-time Jewish day school education. Te research reveals that it

grounds children, creating strong Jewish connections. Day schools als

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work, innovation, and resiliency,” said PEJE board chair Diane rode

man in the same announcement reerring to the award winners.

Tirteen o the winning schools were community and multi-denom

inational schools — both JDS and SJCS all into that category — an

seven were rom Orthodox communities. Another six schools won ro

the Conservative movement, and one school rom the Reorm commu

nity received the award.

Fourteen small schools, dened by a student body o 200 students o

less, o which SJCS is one, won the award. In total, the PEJE gave $625,00

in Challenge Award money to Jewish schools across the country.

PEJE is a leading resource organization ocused on keeping Jewish ed

cation aordable and ongoing by ostering initiatives that help schoo

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Why it is right t scrutiniz Iran’s huan rights abuss

Wendy Rosen Spcil to JTNwsAs Iran ignores the international com-

munity while developing nuclear weap-

ons, the regime’s abysmal treatment o 

its own citizens is equally disturbing, and

now is capturing global attention and

action. It is time we all pay heed.UN member states put Iranian human

rights abuses ront and center last month

by endorsing two new reports — one by 

Special Rapporteur on the Situation o 

Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed

and the other by UN Secretary General

Ban Ki-moon — that expressed grave

concern about the country’s continu-

ing assault on human rights. A UN Gen-

eral Assembly resolution, introduced by 

Canada, gained 89 countries voting in

avor and 30 against, with 64 abstentions.

All o the world’s Western democracies

supported the nonbinding resolution.

Te UN resolution identied a wide

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nian government agents, including:

• Te requent use o torture

• Flogging and amputation

• Inliction o capital punishment

or vaguely deined crimes, oten

through coerced conessions

• Frequent public executions and

secret group executions

• Iniction o the death penalty against

minors

• Execution by stoning, despite a gov-

ernment rule against it, and by pro-

longed strangulation.

It has been reported elsewhere thatIran executed more than 450 people in

2011, one-third o them in secret.

UN members also expressed deep con-

cern at “pervasive gender inequality and

  violence against women” in Iran, as well

as a continued crackdown on women’s

human rights deenders and the violent

repression and arrest o women exercising

their right to peaceul assembly. Te UN

reports on Iran both ocused on the per-

sistent arrest o women working or the

“Campaign or Equality,” also known as

the “One Million Signatures” campaign,

which seeks to bring attention to serious

orms o gender inequality enshrined in

Iranian law.

Iran has engaged in “ongoing, sys-

temic, and serious” inringement o 

reedom o expression and reedom o 

peaceul assembly, according to the UN

resolution. It noted the extensive impris-

onment o journalists and bloggers, the

orceul breaking up o demonstrations,

unair trial practices that prevail in the

Iranian revolutionary courts, and arrests

and death sentences or the vague charge

o “enmity against God.” Te UN resolu-

tion called on Iran to immediately release

those detained “or simply exercising their

right to peaceul assembly and participat-

ing in peaceul protests.”

Iranian violations o the rights o ethnic and religious minorities were also

cited in the UN resolution. It particu-

larly highlighted persecution o members

o the Baha’i aith, noting that they have

been arbitrarily imprisoned and denied

employment, government beneits and

higher education, and that 20-year prison

sentences were reinstated against lead-

ers o their aith ollowing “deeply awed

legal proceedings.”

Te UN also called or Iran to launch

an impartial investigation o allegations o 

killings and other abuses in the crackdown

by police and paramilitaries that ollowed

the 2009 presidential elections, which

were widely perceived as raudulent. Iran

was pressed to prosecute those responsible

or the post-election abuses and to ensure

that the upcoming 2012 parliamentary 

elections “reect the will o the people.”

Tese ndings remind everyone that it

is vitally important that all member states

support the UN’s eorts to improve the

human rights situation in Iran and the

specic recommendations it has set out as

a needed course o action. Tis includes

pressing Iran to cooperate ully with th

mandate o the special rapporteur and

allow him to visit the country, to allow o

the air investigation o and public repor

ing on human rights violations, to sto

the practice o imprisoning and executinthose who express dissent, and to relea

those already imprisoned. For all o Iran

bluster and denial, its leaders are sensiti

to such criticism. Iran withdrew its appl

cation or a seat on the UN Human Righ

Council in 2010 aer international outc

about how it treats its own people.

Te realization that such a country m

soon possess a nuclear weapon provid

added impetus to highlight its human

rights record and press or change. Indee

we should recall the insight by Sovi

physicist and Nobel Peace Prize winn

Andrei Sakharov, who pointed out th

“the deense o human rights…[is] th

only sure basis or genuine and lastin

international cooperation.”

Iran must be pressured, by the UN, th

U.S., and others, to undamentally alter i

human rights record beore we can hop

to make genuine progress on other issu

o global importance.

Wendy Rosen is executive director of the

Seattle chapter of American Jewish Committe

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Rabbi MaRk spiRo LivingJudisOut o approximately 1.1

million Jews who were impris-

oned in Auschwitz, there areonly two who were known to

have been born there. One o 

them was Angela Polgar.

When Polgar’s expectant

mother Vera arrived in Aus-

chwitz in May o 1944, along

with nearly hal o Hungary’s

Jewish population, the death

camp was operating at peak 

efciency, liquidating more than 132,000

inmates per month. Te chances o anybody 

surviving Auschwitz were already not much

more than one in 10, but or a pregnant

woman they were ar slimmer, which is why 

it was standard practice or Jewish inmate

doctors to perorm clandestine abortions as

a lie-saving measure or the mothers, who

were otherwise almost certain to be cre-

mated along with their newborn babies.

Aer one doctor oered Vera an abor-

tion, her mother came to her in a dream,

telling her: “Veruska, you are eight

months pregnant, and you don’t do this

because the etus is already alive and ready 

to leave. Believe in God and He will be

with you. Maybe a miracle will happen,

but don’t do it!”

Te next day, Vera reused the doc-

tor’s oer, and barely a month later —

against all odds — her daughter Angela

was not only born, but managed to sur-

 vive, hidden until the camp’s liberation by 

Soviet troops the ollowing month.

Tis week’s orah reading introduces

us to another child whose birth and sur-

  vival seem to dey all odds. Like Angela

Polgar thousands o years later, Moshe,

the uture savior o the Jews, is born in

a brutal labor camp, acing near-certain

death at the hands o his oppressors, and

like Angela, he too manages to survive by 

hiding. Although Egyptian genocide was

directed exclusively against the males,

like the Nazis they too pursued a careully 

orchestrated plan designed to rob their

 victims o all hope, ultimately compelling

the men o that generation to divorce their

wives en masse rather than condemn their

unborn children to death.

But just as Vera Polgar was visited by 

her mother in a dream, our oral tradition

teaches us that Moshe’s ather Amram

— the leader o that generation — was

also visited by a amily member bearing

a strikingly similar message: “His daugh-

ter [Miriam] said to him: Father, your

decree is harsher than Pharaoh’s. Pha-

raoh’s decree was only against the males,

but yours is against both the males and the

emales… [As a result o Miriam’s rebuke]

they all remarried their wives” (almud

tractate Sota 14a).

Both Angela Polgar and

Moshe were born as a result

o an act o aith that deedreason and logic. It made no

sense to bring children into a

world where the only choices

were immediate death or a

short lie o pointless suer-

ing and despair. But in both

cases that’s exactly what their

parents did, because when all

is said and done, the value o 

even a single moment o lie is beyond our

ability to measure or comprehend.

he inherent goodness o lie has

always been a basic axiom o Jewish belie,

and is arguably one o the most important

concepts we’ve bequeathed to the world. It

actors heavily into our approach to major

lie issues, such as abortion and euthana-

sia. It should also inuence the way we live

our daily lives.

King David exhorts us to “Serve God

with joy” (Psalm 100), because joy is the

emotion that we naturally eel when we see

lie or what it really is, without distortion.

I we could see things as they truly are,

we would realize that the mere act that

we woke up this morning is tantamount

to winning the lottery. Te winner o the

$10 million jackpot doesn’t notice when

he breaks a ew dishes. Similarly, people

who get a new lease on lie aren’t bothered

by things that used to be a big deal to them

because they’re way too happy to be alive

to even notice them.

Tis doesn’t mean that lie is always

going to eel good. Tere is no known anti-

dote to our penchant or eeling down at

times, nor should we ever judge or deny 

our eelings when we do. But in order

or us to live productive and happy lives,

we must maintain a healthy sense o per-

spective regarding our emotions. Positive

thoughts and eelings, such as hopeul-

ness, enthusiasm, compassion, a sense o 

humor and lightheartedness are all reliable

indicators that we are heading in the right

direction because lie is inherently good.

Negativity in any o its orms, on the other

hand, is a pretty sure sign that we’re not.

Pain and suering are a real part o lie,

and should never be minimized. Tat’s

precisely why we must nurture our under-

lying aith in lie’s essential goodness.

Tis belie cannot come rom our intellect

alone, since we can just as easily rational-

ize that lie is bitter and unair. Rather, we

must realize the simple truth that already 

lies within us; that no matter how dif-

cult lie can be, it’s worth it. Recognition

o this simple truth brought redemption

to Angela Polgar, Moshe and ultimately,

the entire Jewish people. It can no doubt

do the same or us as well.

WE ALL mAkE mIsTAkEs

I am very disappointed in your response to Martin Jaffee’s article about Myron Cohon (“To

the family of Myron Cohon and our community,” Dec. 23). He made a mistake. I’m sure his

apology is sincere and he should be forgiven for his lapse.

I am the secular Jew he is talking about in some of his articles. I may not go to shul but

I do have many of the values and ideals I learned growing up in a Jewish household, and I

have tried to pass these on to my children.One of those values is forgiveness. Mr. Jaffee is an interesting journalist. I don’t always

agree with him but I nd his articles thoughtful and fun to read.

Firing him or making him resign is a sad day for this paper. I hope you will both recon-

sider. The Cohon family, Mr. Jaffee and JTNews need to take a few minutes to remind them-

selves that we all make mistakes. We can grow and learn from them and become better and

more thoughtful people.

Barbara Cooper

Aacorte

A LATE THAnk yOu

I was saddened and disappointed to read that Professor Martin Jaffee will no longer be

writing his column for this paper. He obviously made incorrect and hurtful assumptions in his

last column about Myron Cohon, and the Cohon family was understandably outraged. But the

paper’s apology and the family’s response raised some issues for me.

First, there was no appreciation of Professor Jaffee’s contribution as a columnist for almost

eight years. I’m sure there are reasons why more wasn’t said, but I would like to take the

opportunity to thank him. I very much enjoyed his columns and looked forward to them. I

found them to be interesting, funny, educational, and thought-provoking. I don’t think the

problems with his last column should completely overshadow an otherwise distinguished

career with this paper, and he deserves better recognition.

Second, I appreciated the family’s heartfelt response because it helped me get to know the

real Myron Cohon, and in that regard I think it did a true service to his memory. But I think it

went too far by personally attacking Professor Jaffee, questioning his piety, and making this

about Reform vs. Orthodox and who is a better Jew. Finally, is there no room in all this for for-

giveness? One thing I would hope we could all agree upon, regardless of our slice of Judaism,

is that we allow each other to acknowledge our sins, to make teshuvah, and to start again.

Professor Jaffee made a big mistake, apologized to the family, the paper, and the public, and

will probably atone for it for many years to come. Doesn’t our faith offer him another chance?

There are serious issues and tensions underlying this situation that our community should

discuss, and Professor Jaffee is an important voice. What do we gain by silencing him? His

columns just might be far more sensitive and insightful as a result of this painful experience,

and we too would benet from keeping the conversation going.

Perr Weiber

seattle

unJusTIFIABLE sTATEmEnTs

Undoubtedly Jaffee made errors. Nothing excuses William Cohon’s “he occupies the

Samuel and Althea Stroum chair in Jewish Studies, at the University of Washington, which

means that both the State of Washington and the Stroum family vouch for him.” 

Cohon was trying for more than just an apology, he was trying to destroy the man.

The fact that you published that  statement is harder to justify than your publishing

Jaffee’s misstatements.

Pal Baee

seattle

TAkE A DEEP BREATH

Martin Jaffee blew it. Jaffee used an individual’s life and death to illustrate a continuing con-

cern of the Jewish community, the loss of member(s) to the majority culture. Jaffee assumed

incorrectly that in the last part of Myron Cohon’s life, Cohon was lost to the Jewish community.

The JTNews, in printing Jaffee’s piece equally blew it. Jaffee apologizes and is being red, the

 JTNews apologizes and continues business as usual. Jaffee is being scapegoated.

Whether Cohon was “the right kind of a Jew” for all of his life is a secondary consideration.

The main issue is, even if Cohon was “lost” to the Jewish community, Cohon was entitled to

live his life as he chose, without criticism.

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I assume Jaffee’s motives were honorable, that he was making the point that the best place

for every Jew is in the Jewish community, for the individual’s good and for the community’s good,

which, for what it’s worth, I agree. To quote a Christian adage, “The road to hell is paved with good

intentions.” An “Onion” t-shirt reads, “Stereotypes are real time savers.” At least in the short term,

assumptions can also be. Longer term, maybe not. Yet, let any who haven’t assumed and unnec-

essarily personalized it when making a point, raise a hand.

Anti-Semitism from those who think they’d like to make the world Judenrein, “clean of Jews,” not

surprisingly promotes in at least some Jews feelings of being under such constant threat and maybethose who don’t have such fears are in denial. The loss of one member can feel like an existential threat.

So, though Jaffee’s religious beliefs aren’t mine — I don’t have any — I think that he has the

interests of the Jewish people at heart, including people like me, and shouldn’t be punished because

of a seriously insensitive gaffe. So maybe the JTNews needs to take a deep breath. Let him write in

the JTNews. Don’t pillory him for an error that any us can make. Besides, he’s a very good writer.

side stoc

Belleve

HORRIFIED

Thank you for the letter addressed to Myron Cohon, his family, and the community, published in

 JTNews on Fri., Dec. 23, 2011. I was horried to read the cruel, arrogant column written by Martin

Jaffee, published in the JTNews on Dec. 9, criticizing the obituary and life of Mr. Cohon. The apol-

ogy from Mr. Jaffee was essential, although his carelessness in writing the column in the rst place

was appalling. Such writings create separation within the Jewish community, not commitment. Mr.

Jaffee, in assuming he had the judgment authority of God, brought shame upon the University of 

Washington, the JTNews, and himself. Now that his column has been discontinued, I am willing to

renew my subscription. Such a mistake should never be repeated by the JTNews.

Hillar Lipe

seattle

sTILL muCH TO APOLOgIzE FOR 

I’m sorry, but while I appreciate your apologies, you have still missed the mark. In fact, you and

Professor Jaffee are still on the same page, though you profess not to be.

 W LeTTeRS Page 3 You both apologize, as you should, for both factual inaccuracy, and offensive timing. But thoug

Professor Jaffee claims to, neither of you truly disavows your judgment of those Jews who are n

 “Jewish enough” for you. That is wrong.

What if my father was a “secular Jew” who valued Jewish and non-Jewish intellectual and artist

achievements equally? What if he did marry a person he loved and who was not a practicing Jew? Wh

if he did raise a child who chose not to practice Judaism, and two who married gentiles? What if he d

love and accept his children’s spouses and his grandchildren equally, regardless of their religious her

tage or practices? What if “the life of Torah” was not “an existential concern” to Myron or some mem

bers of his family? What if you were factually correct about his life, and if the timing of your criticism

had not been so inappropriate? I’ll tell you: It was still wrong. It was religious and ethnic intoleranceIt was not only Myron’s recognition of his Jewish identity, and the fact that some of his progen

remain active in the Jewish community, that makes the article wrong. It is wrong because you crit

cize those aspects of his life, and those members of his family, that are not Jewish enough for yo

It is wrong because you deny the validity of each individual’s choice as to how they carry forwa

their religious and ethnic heritage. In failing to recognize that error, you still have much to lea

from Myron, and much to apologize for to his family.

keith Coho

seatt

FOWL COmmEnTARy

I want to respond to the article written by Tzippy Wiens titled “Killing Animals” (Jew-ish Mag

zine, Dec. 23). I realize that most people do eat animals and I praise the article for being very ope

and upfront about what happens to animals and how they actually go from being living, feelin

creatures to something presented on a platter. Sadly, most people try not to make the connectio

and are “disconnected from their food.” 

As a vegetarian, the article struck me as brutal and disturbing. I found the words in the cap

tion, “Few things bond a group faster than ritually slaughtering and preparing turkeys,” a horr

fying commentary on the human condition. I am reminded of the words of Isaac Bashevis Singe

who wrote, “In relation to animals all people are Nazis; for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka

Something to think about.

Jac Facere

Redo

Deborah Frockt, director o advancement

at the Northend community school, told

 JNews. Tis year, the school is celebrat-

ing its 20-year anniversary, marking its

sixth year since it moved into the expan-

sive location in North Seattle. Te school,

which oers a K-5 general and Judaic cur-

riculum, was housed in temporary digs or

the rst 15 years o its existence.

“We’re utilizing what we know parents

want rom our research, looking at what

our community does not yet have, and

proceeding with the notion that SJCS can

be a community in dierent ways or di-

erent amilies,” explained Frockt. “Some

will have a casual and occasional relation-

ship with us…. Some will have a deeper

and longer connection directly with us by 

enrolling children in our school. What-

ever the particular journey o an individ-

ual amily, SJCS can be the community 

gateway or this geographic area.”

Currently, SJCS collaborates in part-

nership with the Seattle Jewish Coop-

erative Playschool, the Stroum Jewish

Community Center, and the PJ Library,

a national program administered locally 

by the Jewish Federation o Greater Seat-

tle that mails Jewish children’s literature

and music to amilies across the country 

each month.

Te Jewish Day School’s head o school,

Maria Erlitz, said that the preschool–8th

grade non-denominational academy will

apply the award money toward beeng up

its Discovery Grant program, which helps

nancially struggling amilies pay their

tuition using monies rom community 

donors. Te award money will also provide

ongoing unding or the school’s learning-

based inquiry program, which encourag

learning beyond the classroom.

“JDS believes it is our responsibi

ity to oer an exceptional education th

empowers our children to be wise an

compassionate human beings committe

to lie-long learning, and making a pos

tive dierence in the world and their com

munity,” Erlitz said. “JDS is also launchin

an enhanced dierentiated learning pr

gram ocused on gied children to o

expanded programming opportuniti

or local Jewish students to urther exc

in school.”

W peJe AWARD Page 1

Supreme Court rejects Washington State prisoner caseFollowing the U.S. Supreme Court’s

denial to move orward, a lawsuit that

dragged on or more than ive years

was deinitively decided in avor o 

Jewish Prisoner Services International on

Monday. Te suit, led by inmate Dennis

Florer in 2006, against JPSI and its CEO,

Chaplain Gary Friedman, intimated that

because Friedman was under contract to

provide services to inmates, he should be

considered a state actor.

Florer vs. Congregation Pidyon

Shevuyim had been rejected by the 9th

Circuit Court o Appeals, then reinstated

beore it was rejected again last April.

At that point, Florer took the case to

the Supreme Court. His attorney, Leonard

J. Feldman, and a group o University o 

Washington law students who had taken

up the case, withdrew aer the 9th Cir-

cuit’s ruling. Te Supreme Court rejected

the case without comment.

“Te net result is it clearly establishes

that a chaplain, whether they’re sta or

contract or volunteer, is not a state actor…

when they’re unctioning in a clerical or

ecclesiastical capacity,” Friedman said.

Tough Feldman told JNews last ye

ollowing the 9th Circuit’s dismissal th

he didn’t believe the case would have wid

signicance, Friedman said that this rulin

should curb predatory lawsuits again

religious entities.

— Joel Magalni

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From the   Jewish ranscript , January 

9, 1961

Rabbi Mano Herskovitz deplanes at

Idlewild Airport in New York as one o 

the rst beneciaries o a new reugee law

that went into eect allowing his amily to

resettle in the U.S. With the assistance o 

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skovitz and his wie, both Holocaust sur-

  vivors, and his three children were able

to settle in Brooklyn. Six hundred others

resettled in 21 states across the country.

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pac talks

eMily k. alhadeff assistnt editor, JTNws“Israel should not be allowed to speak 

on behal o world Jewry,” said Omar

Barghouti at St. Mark’s Cathedral on the

evening o January 5. “It’s a colonial state,

it’s an occupier; it cannot speak or the

Jews.” Te room erupted in applause. “Telobby is doing its best to bully or to entrap

the church leaders into an endless, useless

dialogue that leads to absolutely nothing.”

Te Palestinian activist and a ounder

o the Palestinian Campaign or the Aca-

demic and Cultural Boycott o Israel,

Barghouti is the author o a new book,

Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: Te Global 

Struggle for Palestinian Rights. He was

invited to speak by St. Mark’s Mideast

Focus Ministry, the Episcopal Bishop’s

Committee on Israel/Palestine, and 10other Palestinian advocacy groups rom

around the Puget Sound.

Barghouti’s talk, “BDS Israel: he

Legacy o Dr. King and Mandela,” was ol-

lowed by a boycott, divestment and sanc-

tions (BDS) workshop the ollowing night.

Just beore Christmas, aer news o 

the Jan. 5–6 events reached leaders within

the Jewish community, Wendy Rosen o 

the American Jewish Committee, Zach

Carstensen o the Jewish Federation o 

Greater Seattle, Rob Jacobs o Stand-WithUs Northwest, and Hilary Bernstein

o the Anti-Deamation League implored

Bishop Greg Rickel o the Diocese o 

Olympia, o which St. Mark’s is a congre-

gation, to enter into “an ongoing dialogue

to coner on areas o disagreement” with

the Jewish community.

“It elt to us like the straw that brok

the camel’s back,” Rosen said. “Had

  just been Omar, that would have be

one thing...but it’s been one event a

another.”Among those events include one

September that eatured Israeli new hist

rian Ilan Pappé o the University o Exet

in Britain and the author o  Te Ethn

Cleansing of Palestine, among other boo

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Queens College in New York, who shared

the stage with Pappé and considers him-

sel liberal and pro-Israel, criticized St.

Mark’s or hosting an unbalanced discus-

sion on the Israeli-Palestinian conict. On

more than one occasion, St. Mark’s has

also hosted Reverend Naim Ateek, a Pal-

estinian liberation theologian who has

compared the Palestinians to Christ and

Israelis to Romans.According to the letter to Bishop

Rickel, “Mr. Barghouti’s activism re-

quently shis to the vitriolic describing

Israel and the Jewish people as committing

‘gradual ethnic cleansing to Judaize their

space;’ ‘apartheid;’ ‘common Nazi prac-

tices;’ and a ‘slow genocide.’”

“We were at the end o our rope,”

Rosen said.

On Jan. 6, Rickel met with Rabbi Daniel

Weiner o emple De Hirsch Sinai to set

the dialogue in motion. Weiner, who has

worked with Rickel in the past on main-

taining good relations with the Jewish

community, wrote immediately ollowing

their meeting that “the group at St. Mark’s

that has spear-headed these programs, and

some within the Diocese, I believe do not

constitute a monolithic reection o the

  views o the Diocese any more than any 

Jewish group reects the entirety o Jewish

Seattle on Israel.”

Rickel, in an email, said, “I remain

open and hopeul or dialogue.”

But Rosen remains skeptical.

“I’m concerned that the leadership o 

St. Mark’s may not be as interested” in that

dialogue as much as Rickel and the Jewishcommunity are, she said.

“I don’t see any evidence that they want

to move this relationship to a positive

place,” she said. “My rustration is that I

eel St. Mark’s — they talk the talk but they 

don’t walk the walk. Tey verbally extend

the olive branch.”

Te church’s assistant bishop, Cabell

ennis, moderated Barghouti’s talk.

ennis, who calls himsel “anti-Israeli

government,” was involved with the South

Arican divestiture movement and like

other BDS activists he connects the two

situations.

“At least in the Middle East the Angli-

cans are Palestinians, so we are connected

to our ellow church olks,” he said. “More

and more BDS movements are cropping

up mainly because it’s been so rustrating

to get any real movement.”

Te U.S. Congress, he told  JNews, is

not just supportive o Israel, but it is owned

by Israel through big dollars rom the Chris-

tian right and organizations like AIPAC.

“It’s kind o like the gun lobby,” he said.

During his talk, Barghouti repeat-

edly emphasized non-violent struggle and

taking the moral high ground. He encour-aged the Episcopalian and Presbyterian

movements to grow their support o BDS.

“I you cannot help us in the struggle,

do your part to end complicity,” he said

at the end o the talk. “Tis is what Martin

Luther King would have done.”

Barghouti received a standing ovation.

According to ennis, the Anglican

Church does not have immediate plans

to ideologically divest rom Israel; how-

ever, “We have a resolution going through

the Episcopal Church that doesn’t say we

support BDS, but Steadast Hope, which

includes looking at BDS.” (Steadast Hope

is a guide or peace and reconciliation pro-

duced by the Presbyterian Church.)

Weiner noted that while Rickel cannot

control the ideologies o individual church

leaders, he said, “I think it’s very problem

atic. I the church as a whole — i the

  vestry decides to [adopt BDS measure

it would be disturbing and problematic.”

Jewish leaders say that i the churc

continues to move in a pro-BDS directio

both the Christian and the Jewish commu

nities will suer.

“You can’t say a dialogue isn’t use

when a dialogue hasn’t occurred,” saCarstensen o the Jewish Federation. “

alienates Jews. It alienates mainstrea

Christians.”

Both groups have a lot in common, h

added, especially in the realm o human

tarian work. “ikkun olam and Christia

social teaching are not ar apart at all.

the Episcopal Church divests ully, the

you shut the door on those opportuniti

where we have a lot o common ground.

“Te most important thing,” Wein

said, is “there is a silent, albeit apatheti

majority that doesn’t know or care th

these [BDS activities] are being done

their name. I they knew more about

they would not be happy about it. Tat

what I’m going to leverage.”

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tiM klass JTNws CorrspondntConcern or minority representation

in Congress has had a peculiar eect on

Washington State’s political map.

In redrawing congressional districtsand adding a tenth to conorm with the

2010 census, the state redistricting com-

mission deliberately made the 9th District

the rst in Washington in which more

than hal the population is non-white. Tis

“majority minority” district, which runs

rom Southeast Seattle through Renton,

Kent, Federal Way, Seattle-acoma Inter-

national Airport and the Port o acoma,

includes areas with heavy Jewish popula-

tions: Mercer Island, Bellevue and Seattle’s

Seward Park neighborhood.

At the same time, but without any indi-

cation o intent, the bipartisan commis-

sion made it signicantly harder or at

least two Jewish candidates — or any other

Democrat — to win an open seat this year

in the drastically reshaped 1st District,

which has ar ewer Jews.

Either ormer state Rep. Laura Ruder-

man, D-45th, or her successor in the leg-

islature, Roger Goodman, who live blocks

apart in Kirkland, would be only the

second known Jew to be elected to Con-

gress rom Washington.

Te rst, representing a more compact

but still overwhelmingly non-

Jewish 1st District, was Repub-

lican John R. Miller, ormerly 

a Seattle City Council memberand KIRO television commen-

tator. He served our terms,

then opted not to run or a h

in 1992. He later served as direc-

tor o the U.S. State Depart-

ment’s Ofce to Monitor and

Combat rafcking in Persons.

Te 1st District race became

open when Rep. Jay Inslee, a

Democrat who won increas-

ingly lopsided majorities ater ousting

Republican Rick White in 1998, announced

last year he would run instead or governor.

“I think there were a lot o people who

were expecting the 1st to be a solidly Dem-

ocratic district, and now it is up or grabs,”

Ruderman said.

“It is now the most evenly divided dis-

trict in the United States,” Goodman said.

In 2010, voters in what is set to become

the 1st District avored Republican Dino

Rossi by 51 percent against Democratic

Sen. Patty Murray, who carried the state

52-48. wo years earlier, though, when

Democratic Gov. Chris Gregoire handily 

beat Rossi in their gubernatorial rematch,

she had signiicantly greater

support in the same geographic

area.

In Miller’s time the districtran rom North Seattle into

southern Snohomish County 

and encompassed the northern

part o the suburbs east o Lake

Washington. Redistricting in

1992 dropped most o Seattle

and added Bainbridge Island

and the northern Kitsap Pen-

insula. Few changes were made

in 2002.

Te new 1st appears as an ungainly 

blob extending east rom Kirkland and

Redmond to the crest o the Cascades and

north 90 miles through suburbs, towns,

arms and orests to the Canadian border,

including Mount Vernon, while skirting

Everett and Bellingham.

Barring contrary action by the legisla-

ture, widely viewed as unlikely, the new dis-

trict lines take eect in elections this year.

Zach Carstensen, director o govern-

ment relations and public aairs or the

Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle, said

that as a 501(c)3 nonprot organization

the Federation is barred rom endorsing

political candidates, but in his view Rud-

erman and Goodman have “phenomen

track records,” he said. “With either on

we would be proud.”

he new district does not includthe home o Andrew Hughes, a Jewi

tax attorney in North Seattle and polit

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District seat last all. Candidates are n

legally required to be residents o the di

trict in which they run, but Hughes

reconsidering nonetheless.

He reported more than $140,000

receipts in his rst three months o un

draising, including $57,000 rom his ow

pockets.

Goodman says he has raised abo

$220,000 and expects $650,000 will get hi

through the primary election in Augu

Ruderman says she has collected mo

than $250,000 and anticipates needing

total o $3 million to win in November.

Both present themselves as pragmati

mainstream Democrats with similar pos

tions, rom pro-choice on abortion to sup

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Goodman said.

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man added that the White House should

be “more aggressive and more innovative”

in pushing or a solution to the Israeli-Pal-

estinian conict.

“It’s a lost opportunity i the United

States does not enter into a new kind o 

relationship-building,” he said. “I think the

Obama administration needs to be much

more proactive now. I think the Clinton

administration did a much better job.”Teir political backgrounds and the

nature o their Jewish identity are more

 varied.

Ruderman said she had little direct

connection with Jewish institutions grow-

ing up on the Upper East Side o Man-

hattan, but with about 70 percent o the

population in the area Jewish, she said, “it

was easy to eel Jewish.”

She said she became more engaged with

her heritage while earning a drama degree

at Wesleyan University in Connecticut,

and aer moving to the Seattle area, “it

became increasingly difcult to maintain

a Jewish identity without some afliation.”

In her rst bid or ofce, aer ve years

working at Microso, she won election in

1998 to the rst o three terms in the state

House rom what had been a Republican

stronghold. She went on to start what has

become a tradition o a legislative Pass-

over seder.

A ew years later she began attending

Kol HaNeshamah in West Seattle. Ten-

Rabbi Michael Latz introduced her to the

man she later married, she had an adult Bat

Mitzvah in 2007, and she regularly sings in

the congregation’s choral ensemble.

She le the legislature to run unsuc-

cessully or secretary o state against

incumbent Republican Sam Reed in 2004,

then ran or state Democratic party chair

and lost to Dwight Pelz.

Goodman said he has always been

“proud o my Jewish heritage…o the long

tradition o philanthropy and the trans-

mission o ethics.” Aer he became Bar

Mitzvah, he taught in his synagogue’s reli-

gious school but now has no Jewish insti-

tutional involvement or afliation.

“Tere are very ew Jews out here,” he

said. “When I grew up in Rhode Island it was

one-third Jewish, one-third Catholic and

one-third WASP.”

His government experience dates rom

1988, when he was on

the legal sta o the

Democratic National

Committee. He later

held congressional

sta positions with

Reps. Bob Wise o 

West Virginia and

Rick Boucher o Vir-

ginia, then married,moved west and was

executive director o 

the Washington State

Sentencing Guide-

lines Commission

rom 1998-2000.

Goodman was

sworn in as a state legislator in 2007, 100

years aer one o his great-grandathers

became the rst Jewish member o Massa-

chusetts’ state Senate.

Both he and Ruderman are energetic

campaigners.

Ruderman has extensive undraising

experience and says she knocked or rang

doorbells at 12,000 homes in 1998, 15,000

in 2000 and more than 20,000 in 2002.

“She taught me to go door to door,”

Goodman said, then added jokingly,

“Maybe she created a monster.”

Other prominent Democrats who have

led or the race include Darcy Burner,

who lost two campaigns against Repub-

lican Rep. Dave Reichert in the neigh-

boring 8th District, and state Rep. Steve

Hobbs, D-44th. Suzan DelBene, director

o the state revenue department, who lo

to Reichert in 2010, reportedly is conside

ing a 1st District run as well.

Likely Republican candidates includ

James Watkins, who lost to Inslee in 201

and Snohomish County Council memb

John Koster, who nearly upset incumbe

Rep. Rick Larsen in the 2nd Congression

District the same year.

Pelz describes the latest incarnation the district as “ugly but lovable” — lovab

because he thinks it is within the Demo

crats’ reach, especially i voter sentime

turns more Democratic nationwide.

Still, he said, too many strong Dem

crats splitting the vote in the primary ele

tion could put the seat in jeopardy. Wi

the state’s op wo primary system, th

top two vote-getters could end up bein

Republicans who then would appear wit

out Democratic opposition on the gener

election ballot.

Pelz, Carstensen, Goodman and Ru

erman all downplayed any chance th

being Jewish would be a liability to a 1s

District candidate.

Te Washington Legislature includ

eight Jews, two in the 49-seat Senate an

six in the 98-seat House, including on

Rep. Andy Billig, rom Spokane.

“In this state Jewish candidates hav

proven themselves in getting elected

a whole variety o districts,” Carstense

said. “Relative to the size o the Jewis

community in Washington, I think that

pretty darn impressive.”

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This Week’s Wisdom

Treat the Sick with Kindness by Mike Selinker

© 2011 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cae, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle.

All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.

Answers on page 21

What do you say to someone who’s terribly ill? The frst step might be removing the word 

“terribly” rom your vocabulary. In a June New York Times column, Walking the Bible author 

Bruce Feiler details six things you should never say to a sick person, even though you might think 

they’re innocent words. One was, “Did you try that mango colonic I recommended?” The other 

fve things not to say are in this puzzle.

ACROSS

1 Penalize or swearing, perhaps, in the NBA4 Taking to court

9 Falling Skies vessels13 With 17-Across, seemingly comorting words

you shouldn’t actually say to a sick person16 Vivacity

17 See 13-Across18 Wriggly fsh

19 ___ Alley (music publishers’ street)

20 Drags through the mud22 Two times tetra-

23 They pilot 9-Across24 Greek X

27 Blasé comments28 Seemingly comorting words you shouldn’t

actually say to a sick person

33 Bloom County cartoonist Breathed

34 Snitch

35 Seemingly comorting words you shouldn’tactually say to a sick person

41 “___ le roi!” (“Down with the king!”)42 Tab and RC

43 Seemingly comorting words you shouldn’tactually say to a sick person

47 Plane that could exceed 2000 KPH

50 Glee star ___ Michele51 ___ Pérignon

52 ___ Tzu53 Like some transers

56 TV host Stephanopoulos58 Sony laptop brand

60 With 63-Across, seemingly comorting wordsyou shouldn’t actually say to a sick person

62 Checkup

63 See 60-Across64 TV’s Warrior Princess

65 “It’s someone ___ problem”66 Freddy Krueger’s street

 

DOWN

1 Walk like a cat burglar2 Scream actor Skeet

3 Adds to a garden4 Couch

5 Atop6 Sufx with cash or bombard

7 Votes rom the opposition8 2011 animated flm ___ & Juliet 

9 Umlauted prefx

10 Painted on resh plaster11 Vinaigrette ingredient

12 “Help, we’re sinking!”14 Steroid injector’s injector

15 As a result o21 “___ me anything”

25 Guatemalan greeting

26 One way to sit by

28 Poisonous evergreen

29 “Jesus ___ Gun” (Fuel song)30 Letters on an Odessan’s Olympic uniorm

31 Bloodletter’s critter32 Classic Pontiac muscle cars

33 Pear variety35 Comedian Mort

36 Instrument whose name comes rom the

word hautbois 37 Magnum, P.I. extra, most likely

38 Misortune39 Letter ater kay

40 Faucet44 Much ___ About Nothing 

45 “Read my lips: ___ taxes” (1988 campaignpledge)

46 Filmmaker’s Apple-ication?

47 Bird that impales its prey on thorns48 Trafc light

49 Where you might work out ater work52 Neighborhood in London or NYC

54 Tomato type55 Jodie Foster role

56 Turn through the wind, nautically57 St. Tropez summers

58 Trouble

59 Lumberjack’s tool61 Monogram o the author o Treasure Island 

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1It’s always great when

amilies get along, andmore so when blended

amilies do. Stepbrothers

Raphi Schuster and Daniel

Kaplan are doubly, maybe

quadruply, blessed: hey 

enjoy the support o an array 

o parents and stepparents,

and shared interests in sports,

school, synagogue and scouts.

Members o Chie Seat-

tle Council Boy Scout roop 662, Raphi

and Daniel were inducted as Eagle Scouts

together last month during a shared court

o honor held at their synagogue, emple

B’nai orah in Bellevue. his highest

scout rank is only attained by a handul

o scouts.

Both young men turned their atten-

tion to the Jewish community or their

required community service projects.

“I built a drainage ditch on the corner

o the temple property,” Raphi told me.

Last winter, rainwater owing down a

hill purportedly ooded a neighbor’s base-

ment. Raphi worked with troop members

to remedy the situation, providing plan-

ning as well as execution.

“It’s more about the leadership…

than carrying out the physical labor,” he

explained.

Daniel’s project was “re-striping the

[Jewish Day School] parking lot,” he said,

because he’d repeatedly “noticed people

couldn’t gure out where the stripes were.”

(JDS and B share a parking lot.)

He also improved some outside stairs

with railings and lights.

“It wasn’t a very sae staircase,” he said.

His work also involved management and

planning, including constructing templates

so volunteers could place stripes correctly.

Daniel is the son o  John Kaplan and

Carol Schuster, stepson o  Brian Schus-

ter and stepson o  Michelle Kaplan, all

o Bellevue. Raphi is the so

o  Brian Schuster and erSchuster o Bellevue an

Carol’s stepson. Family an

riends shared reections o

the boys’ lives at the court

honor, which concluded wi

a blessing rom Cantor Dav

Serkin-Poole.

Raphi called the even

“exciting… Everyone wh

helped me get there w

there…celebrating.”

Te boys have deep roots

the Seattle area. Teir grandparents a

Rabbi Arlene Schuster o Bellevue and th

late Dr. Joseph Schuster; Pauline Stuss

o Seattle and the la

Richard Stusse

Sharon Carmody 

Seattle and John an

Shar Carmody 

Edmonds; and Dr.

Alan an d Marg

Coombs o Salt Lak

City.

Juniors at Be

levue High Schoo

Raphi and Dani

run track and cro

country and a

involved in clubs an

activities. hey a

active in their temp

youth group and th

Reorm movemen

local National Fe

eration o emp

Youth chapter, or which Raphi is the me

chandising and undraising vice presiden

2By his own admission, landing

  job with a “West Coast airpla

manuacturer” was the urthe

thing rom Albert (Bert) Goldstein

mind in 1974. But land here the Broo

lyn native and retired Boeing engineer di

Back then, “I was never much o a vo

unteer,” he says. “Work was everything

So on retiring in 1995, “it was time to giv

back.” He joined the Boeing Bluebill

Boeing retirees who volunteer in the com

munity, mostly helping seniors with repa

projects (www.bluebills.org).

In 1998 he helped ound the Olymp

Peninsula Bluebills when he and his la

wie Libby  lived in Port Ludlow. Whe

her illness brought them back to the Seatt

area, he helped ound a Bluebills Eastsid

chapter. Tat group decided to becom

active in the local Red Cross.

“We started working in emergen

shelters,” he says. “I wound up bein

trained as a manager or shelter oper

tions.”

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CourTeSy CaroL SChuSTer

Stbrothrs Rahi Schustr, lt, and Danil Kalan, during a board rviw

in which thy both arnd th titl o eagl Scout.

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Called to the bima: The secular Bat Mitzvah When its members turn 13, like other synagogues the Secular Jewish Circle provides the gateway to adulthood through a Bar or BatMitzvah ceremony. The dierence is that with this humanistic congregation, these teens are not called to the Torah, but they still ascend the bima. Stories rom three recent Banot Mitzvah tell the tale.

 Why I became a Bat Mitzvah

By Charlotte GitlemanI don’t think I ever decided to become a Bat Mitzvah. There was never a question

 that I wouldn’t. Not because it was expected, but because it was important to me.

Having my Bat Mitzvah was a way o expressing what being a Jew means to me and

saying it out loud to my amily, my riends, and my community.

One o the great things about having a secular humanistic Bat Mitzvah is that you

can choose the topic o your project, which is always tied to a Jewish value. I chose

 the value o Jewish learning and, since I’m a writer, I decided to explore Jewish olk

 tales. I spent months reading dierent stories. Reading all those stories gave me

insight into the Jewish experience in the shtetl and also showed me how

Jewish values are passed down through generations. At the end o all that reading, I

reinterpreted some o those stories in my own voice.

I have been a part o the Secular Jewish Circle or as long as I can remember. My

Bat Mitzvah was a way to cement that I am a part o that community and to be

acknowledged as a part o it. Working toward my Bat Mitzvah or two years helped

me explore what it means to be a secular humanistic Jew and help me sort out how

I want to express my Jewishness. Since my Bat Mitzvah, I continue to be a part o the community by attending Shabbat gatherings, holidays and volunteering as a

 teacher’s assistant or the Sunday school.

 What we do

By Libby Otto

In the Secular Jewish Circle we are required to write two essays. The rst essay

is called the identity speech. The Bar or Bat Mitzvah is asked to write about his or

her identity as a Jew. It made me think about my identity, and it really solidied my

relationship with my community and our respective belies. The identity speech is

dierent or every person and it can take on many tones.

The second speech is about a Jewish value, and the community service project

 the Bar or Bat Mitzvah does based on his or her unique value. For my Bat Mitzvah I

created and led a seder and tree planting or Tu B’Shevat based on the value o ba’al 

taschit , or not allowing waste. Another person raised chickens and talked about

tikkun olam , repairing the world. Then the Bar or Bat Mitzvah teaches the communityabout his or her value and what was learned in the service project. The second

essay is a conrmation that the Bar or Bat Mitzvah is ready to become an emerging

adult in the community.

Aside rom the essays I also wrote a poem in Hebrew and English, and I worked witmy madricha, Susan, to customize the ceremony based on my interests.

Completing the project and writing these essays happens toward the end o the

second year o our Sunday school’s B’nai Mitzvah program. In the program we

learn about Jewish values, traditions, history and culture. Most o us enter into this

program ater several years o attending Sunday school. The entire community is

invited to attend the ceremony and witness our entrance into young adulthood.

How I changed

By Sanna Horn

I have the eeling that I’ve actually achieved something. This process has prepared

me and given me practice or big projects. I studied in-depth on a topic and learned

 to do research. I learned how to write a speech, which is dierent in some ways ro

writing a paper that people read. I have now spoken in ront o a large group o over

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At the beginning I elt nervous and I didn’t eel prepared. I wasn’t sure I wanted tohave a Bat Mitzvah because I wasn’t sure I could do it. I didn’t eel ready to talk in

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Life is a cabaret. You can enter stage right.

Over the next two months, the Stroum Jewish Community Center is hosting classes to

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o a Kobe Bryant or a iger

Woods, most moms and dads

probably spend most o their

time and money helping their

children make good grades. Butnew research rom three Israeli

doctors shows that awkward-

ness or disinterest in sports and

physical activities can aect a

child’s success later in lie.

While grades and extra-

curricular activities are impressive on

paper, researchers say it’s what kids are

doing in their daily routines that could

yield clues about debilitating behavior

problems and may even signal a uture

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.

It might seem obsessive to analyze your

child’s reactions and moods, on the hunt

or any odd behavioral quirks, but recog-

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a pattern.

Te largest o the three studies, which

looked at sports and aggression, was

conducted at el Aviv University’s Bob

Shapell School o Social Work and was

presented at AU’s Renata Adler Memo-

rial Research Center or Child Welare and

Protection Conerence.

AU doctoral student Keren Shahar

and her team studied 649 children in 25

Israeli schools or 24 weeks. Hal o stu-

dents practiced soccer, basketball, or mar-

tial arts ve days a week, and the other hal 

had no physical activities.

Shahar ound that the activity-based

group had less aggressive behavior overall,

and displayed more sel-control and disci-

pline in their daily tasks.

“Te key is to introduce

children to something that

they love to do and in which

they have a compelling inter-

est,” writes Shahar. “Findsomething that motivates

them. A strong connection

with any activity gives chil-

dren a sense o purpose and

decreases the likelihood that

they will ‘act out.’”

Better than talk therapy 

or kids who have these kinds

o sel-control issues, Shahar

ound that involving children in a sport

they love actually resulted in “quelling

negative emotions.”

However, Shahar

also ound that a

sports regimen had a

more proound eect

on boys. She posited

that girls are generally 

less aggressive than

boys and less likely to

excel in sports.

In mor e ne w

research published in

the Journal o Behav-

ior herapy and

Experimental Psychiatry, Pro. Reuven

Dar o AU’s department o psychology 

ound “preliminary support” or “a strong

connection” between hypersensitivity and

ritualism in children and OCD. Adults

with OCD exhibit these two behaviors.

Dar believes that children who are

extremely sensitive to touch or smell, or

are reactive to irritations like a dental

 visit or certain abrics, eel threatened and

develop ritualistic behaviors to regain a

sense o control. Tese rituals could be an

early warning sign o adult OCD.

“I you see that a child is very rigidwith rituals, becoming anxious i unable to

engage in this behavior, it is more alarm-

ing,” Dar explained. “Also, age is a actor. A

habit exhibited by a 5- or 6-year-old is not

necessarily a predictor o OCD. I the same

behavior continues to the ages o 8 and

above, it could be a warning sign, especially 

i accompanied by anxiety or distress.”

In the rst o the two surveys, parents

o kindergarteners answered three ques-

tionnaires about their children, reporting

any unusual repetition, anxiety, discom-

ort with strangers, worry, object ordering,

attachment to amily members, and reac-

tions to touch, taste, or smell.

In a second online survey, 314 adults

answered questions about their child’s

anxiety levels and their past and current

sensitivity to oral and tactile stimulation.

Te results o both studies were s

encouraging that Dar hopes to study

large sample o these overly sensitive chi

dren all the way through to adulthood.

In a third research project with th

smallest sample, Dr. Orit Bart o AUStanley Steyer School o Health Proe

sions monitored 50 5- to 7-year-olds wit

Developmental Coordination Disord

and 25 without DCD, using motor skil

assessment tests.

According to Bart, an internation

ally recognized expert in DCD, childre

with the disorder ind sports diicu

can’t organize schoolwork, eel lonel

shun group tasks, are at risk or su

stance abuse, and can’t master basic tas

like driving. DCD, adds Bart, can great

impact a child throughout his or her lie

“DCD kids are oten described

clumsy,” said Bart. “Because they’re usual

o average to above-average intelligenc

their disorder is rarely considered grave.”

Her research appeared in the journ

Research in Developmental Disabilities.

Bart said that when diagnosed, chi

dren can learn to participate in groups,

key behavioral indicator o healthy em

tional development.

She also developed a new DCD question

naire, designed to assess 8- to 14-1/2-yea

old children with DCD. Tat may lead

new treatments and interventions.

Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelanc

 journalist Janis Siegel has covered 

international health research for SELF 

magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson

Cancer Research Center.

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 Andrew Hess at mouwj@teachco.com or206-232-8555, ext. 204 or www.h-nt.org

Dvar Torah during services: “Common

Misperceptions Jews and Christians Have o Each

Other.” Then, Shabbat dinner: “Jesus, Judaism, and

Jewish/Christian Relations: Rediscovering Common

History.” Understanding Jesus in his Jewish context

corrects anti-Jewish misperceptions and oers new

possibilities or interaith dialogue. $25/person;

$60/amily. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative

Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

satuRday14 JanuaRy

10 .. — hw Jws nd Cstns rd

Scpt Dntly

  Andrew Hess at mouwj@teachco.com or

206-232-8555 or www.h-nt.org

 Amy-Jill Levine will talk about messianic expectations

and the virgin birth, Isaiah’s suering servant,

creation and the Garden o Eden, the land o Israel,

and the role o Torah. Talk will ollow Kiddush. At

Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

5–10 p.. — Pnts Nt ot

  Josh at joshj@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839

or sjcc.org

Parents can go out while kids have an evening o

un. $30–$50. At the Stroum Jewish Community

Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

7–10 p.. — Jws Twn ext: L

Scvn hnt

  Ben Starsky at bens@sjcc.org or

206-388-0837 or sjcc.orgGet ready to tour the city o Seattle rom the seat

o a limo. Wrap up the night with pizza. $20. At the

Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

sunday15 JanuaRy

9 ..– 2 p.. — Sp Stts bysttn

Ctfctn

  Ben Starsky at bstarsky@bbyo.org or

www.sjcc.org

The Super Sitters program teaches young people

ages 11–15 basic babysitting skills and saety.

Super Sae Sitters are better prepared to provide

a saer, more eective and positive babysitting

experience. $50–$60. At the Stroum JCC, 3801

E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

9:30 .. — int t Jds: Tn-W Ss

  Jen Fliss at jiss@templebnaitorah.org or

425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org

Rabbi James Mirel will lead this ree intro to

Judaism series. All are welcome to attend. No

need to register, just come to the rst class. At

Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

3–5 p.. — Pn ats Wnd

Wsps

  Natasha Ransom at natashar@sjcc.org or

206-232-7115 or sjcc.org

Each Sunday rom Jan. 15 to Mar. 18, the Stroum

JCC oers dierent perorming arts workshops

or grades 7–12. Price varies. At the Stroum JCC,

3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

7:30–9 p.. — T St t Fs t hll

Wnt gl  Esther Friend at esther@summitatfrsthill.org

or 206-652-4444, ext. 120

The Summit at First Hill invites residents and their

amilies or an evening o ood and live music.

 At The Summit at First Hill, 1200 University St.,

Seattle.

Monday16 JanuaRy

9:30 ..–3:30 p.. — Scl’s ot Cp

  Matthew Korch at mattk@sjcc.org or

206-388-0830 or sjcc.org

Come to the SJCC or Martin Luther King Day.

Enjoy swimming, playing in the gym, art projects

and a community service project honoring MLK.

$50–$55. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer

Way, Mercer Island.

8–9 p.. — mny mtts

  Rabbi David Fredman at

rabbiredman@seattlekollel.org or

206-251-4063 or seattlekollel.org

In this series the Seattle Kollel will delve into the

Jewish view o money and how the Torah’s wisdom

and code or business ethics shapes the Jew

perspective on money and its purpose. Free.

The Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.

7:45–8:45 p.. — Tld Stdy

  Rabbi Yehuda Bresler at

rabbibresler@seattlekollel.org or

206-331-8767 or seattlekollel.org

In this beginners’ class, become amiliar with t

structure o the Mishna and Gemara, learn ho

to analyze any given portion and improve Hebre  Aramaic reading and translation skills. At T

Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.

tuesday 17 JanuaRy

9:30 ..– 3:30 p.. — Scl’s ot Cp

  Matthew Korch at mattk@sjcc.org or 206

388-0830 or sjcc.org

 At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Merc

Island.

Wednesday 18JanuaRy

7–9 p.. — Wn Tstn wt t T

  Melanie at Melanie.Wiviott@gmail.com

Join the Tribe or an evening o wine tasting a

schmoozing. Taste wines rom six dierent vineyar

 At Urban Enoteca, 4130 First Ave. S, Seattle.

7:45–8:45 p.. — T nd Scnc

  Rabbi Avrohom David at ino@seattlekollel.o

or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org

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sunday, January 15 at 1 p.m.

Andy statman

Concert

Current University of Washington artist-in-

residence and Grammy-nominated musician

Andy Statman blends Chassidic melodies,

klezmer, bluegrass and jazz. He will play a

sample from his 20-plus albums and answer

questions about his career and music.At the Stroum Jewish Community Center,

3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Tickets

are $15/$10 for SJCC members, seniors and

students. For more information contact

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or

206-232-7115, ext. 258 or visit www.sjcc.org.

January 18 to February 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Wedneday–saturday and 3 p.m. sunday

 All Through the Night : A seattle Premiere

Play

This modern-day fairy tale follows four German gentile women through the rise

and fall of fascism and Hitler. Based on true stories, the women confront their own

demons as well as those in their country. Directed by ArtsWest artistic director

Christopher Zinovitch. Suitable for children over age 13.

At ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, 4711 California Ave. SW, West Seattle. Tickets

cost $10–$34.50. For more information call 206-938-0963 or

visit artswest.org.

January 17 at 7 p.m.

Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine

Author event

During a scary hospital stint, a nurse asked Eric

Weiner if he had “found his god” yet. This got the

former NPR foreign affairs correspondent thinking

— and soon traveling and writing. Instead of falling

back on his ancestral religion, he began investigat-

ing Islam, Sufism and Buddhism, attempting to

still his anxiety-filled mind with meditation in the

Himalayas (very Jewish), failing (also very Jewish),

and eventually coming home with an “Ikea God” 

assembled from many parts, but based on a Jewish-

Kabbalistic foundation (how Jewish!). Weiner told

NPR that he’s “in perpetual seeker mode, but I think

that’s OK.” Very Jewish indeed. Now he’s got a book out. (I won’t even say it.)

At the University Temple Chapel, United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St.,

Seattle. $5 suggested donation. Autographed books are available after the talk.

For more information visit www.bookstore.washington.edu.

January 18 at 7 p.m.

Jewih Compoer, The Promie of America: Erich Wolfan von kornold

Lecture

This latest opera lecture focuses on Austrian prodigy Erich Wolfgang von Korngold,

who at the age of 9 per formed his cantata for Gustav Mahler and was a world-

class composer by 11. When fascism arose, Korngold fled to America and found

a new medium in the new world, swiftly becoming the “father of the film score.” 

Come hear how the Errol Flynn film The Adventures of Robin Hood saved Korn-

gold’s life and won him one of the first Oscars for original film music.

At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. RSVP by calling 206-525-0915.

January 24 at 7 p.m.

galya Diment

Author tal

University of Washington professor and chair of 

the Slavic Studies and Languages department

Galya Diment will discuss her book, A Rus-

sian Jew of Bloomsbury: The Life and Times of 

Samuel Koteliansky . Koteliansky was a member

of the famed Bloomsbury circle and translated

Russian works for Virginia and Leonard Woolfs’ 

Hogath Press. The story will appeal to anyone

who loves biography, culture and history.

At Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Ave.,

Seattle. For more information visit

www.elliottbaybook.com.

Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m.

Why We Broke Up

Author tal

Written by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) and illustrated by Maira Kalman,

Why We Broke Up tells the story of Min Green and Ed Slaterton. They fell in

love. Then they broke up. Handler tells the story through objects that Min is

giving to Ed in a box (a comb, a protractor, a movie ticket). Visit

whywebrokeupproject.tumblr.com to share your own breakup story.

At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets free with purchase of the book

from University Bookstore, or $5 at brownpapertickets.org or 800-838-3006.

For more information visit www.bookstore.washington.edu.

January 28 at 2 p.m.

“Between Two World”

Concert

Russia in the first half of the 20th century saw a revival of interest in Jewish

folklore and music. Music of Remembrance’s Sparks of Glory program includes

 “Dybbuk Dances” by David Beigelman, the “Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35” and “From

Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79,” a Shostakovich song cycle.

At the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Wallingford. Free. For

more information contact Micah Shelton at info@musicofremembrance.org or

206-365-7770 or visit www.musicofremembrance.org.

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Arnold S. Reich, D.M.D.☎ 425-228-6444

www.drareich.com

Just off 405 in N. Renton • Gentle Care

• Family • Preventive • Cosmetic Dentistry

Michael Spektor, D.D.S.

☎ 425-643-3746

☎✉ info@spektordental.com

www.spektordental.com

Specializing in periodontics, dental

implants, and cosmetic gum therapy.

Bellevue

Wendy Shultz Spektor, D.D.S.

☎ 425-454-1322

☎✉ info@spektordental.com

www.spektordental.com 

Emphasis: Cosmetic and PreventiveDentistry • Convenient location in Bellevue

Fiacia Svics

Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC

Roy A. Hamrick, CFA

☎ 206-441-9911

☎✉ rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com

www.hamrickinvestment.com

Professional portfolio management ser-

vices for individuals, foundations and

nonprot organizations.

Mass Mutual Financial Group

Albert Israel, CFP 

☎ 206-346-3327

☎✉ aisrael@nsvcs.com

Retirement planning for those nearing

retirement • Estate planning for those

subject to estate taxes • General investment

management • Life, disability, long-term

care & health insurance • Complimentary

one hour sessions available

Solomon M. Karmel, Ph.D

First Allied Securities 

☎ 425-454-2285 x 1080

www.hedgingstrategist.com

Retirement, stocks, bonds, college,

annuities, business 401Ks.

Ptgaps

Dani Weiss Photography☎ 206-760-3336

www.daniweissphotography.com

Photographer Specializing in People.

Children, B’nai Mitzvahs, Families,

Parties, Promotions & Weddings. v

Si Svics

Hyatt Home Care Services

Live-in and Hourly Care ☎ 206-851-5277

www.hyatthomecare.com 

Providing adults with personal care, 

medication reminders, meal preparation

errands, household chores, pet care 

and companionship.

Jewish Family Service

☎ 206-461-3240

www.jfsseattle.org

Comprehensive geriatric care manage-

ment and support services for seniors

and their families. Expertise with in-hom

assessments, residential placement, fam

ily dynamics and on-going case manag

ment. Jewish knowledge and sensitivity

The Summit at First Hill

☎ 206-652-4444

www.klinegallandcenter.org

The only Jewish retirement community i

the state of Washington offers transition

assessment and planning for individuals

looking to downsize or be part of an act

community of peers. Multi-disciplinary

professionals with depth of experience

available for consultation.

Fa/Bia Svics

Congregation Beth Shalom Cemetery☎ 206-524-0075

☎✉ info@bethshalomseattle.org

This beautiful new cemetery is available

to the Jewish community and is located

just north of Seattle.

Hills of Eternity Cemetery

Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 

☎ 206-323-8486

Serving the greater Seattle Jewish com-

munity. Jewish cemetery open to all pre-

need and at-need services. Affordable

rates • Planning assistance.

Queen Anne, Seattle

Gapic Dsig

Spear Studios, Graphic DesignSandra Spear 

☎ 206-898-4685

☎✉ sspear@spearstudios.com

• Newsletters • Brochures • Logos 

• Letterheads • Custom invitations

• Photo Editing for Genealogy Projects

Isac

Eastside Insurance Services

Chuck Rubin, agent 

☎ 425-271-3101

 F 425-277-3711

4508 NE 4th, #B, Renton

Tom Brody, agent 

☎ 425-646-3932

 F 425-646-8750

www.e-z-insurance.com

2227 112th Ave. NE, Bellevue

We represent Pemco, Safeco, Hartford &

Progressive

Css/Tapists

Betsy Rubin, M.S.W., L.C.S.W.

Individual and couple counseling 

☎ 206-362-0502

betsyrubintherapy@gmail.com

I have more than 30 years exerience

helping people deal with getting past the

parts of their lives that leave them feeling

stuck or unhappy. My practice relies on

collaboration, which means that together

we will create a safe place in which we

can explore growth together. I believe

that this work is a journey and that I am

privileged to be your guide and your wit-

ness as you move to make the changes

that you wish for.

Jewish Family Service

Individual, couple, child and family therapy 

☎ 206-861-3152

☎✉ contactus@jfsseattle.org

www.jfsseattle.org

Expertise with life transitions, addiction and

recovery, relationships and personal challenges

—all in a cultural context. Licensed therapists;

flexible day or evening appointments; sliding fee

scale; most insurance plans.

Dtists

Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS

Richard Calvo, DDS

☎ 206-246-1424

Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry 

Designing beautiful smiles 

207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle

Warren J. Libman, D.D.S., M.S.D.

☎ 425-453-1308

www.libmandds.com

Certied Specialist in Prosthodontics: 

• Restorative • Reconstructive

• Cosmetic Dentistry

14595 Bel Red Rd. #100, Bellevue

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HomeCare AssociatesA program of Jewish Family Service 

☎ 206-861-3193

www.homecareassoc.org

Provides personal care, assistance with

daily activities, medication reminders,

light housekeeping, meal preparation and

companionship to older adults living at

home or in assisted-living facilities.

Catig

Matzoh Momma Catering

Catering with a personal touch 

☎ 206-324-MAMA

Serving the community for over 25 years.

Full service catering and event planning  

for all your Life Cycle events. 

Miriam and Pip Meyerson

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Dennis B. Goldstein & Assoc., CPAs, PS

Tax Preparation & Consulting 

☎ 425-455-0430

 F 425-455-0459

☎✉ dennis@dbgoldsteincpa.com

Newman Dierst Hales, PLLC

Nolan A. Newman, CPA

☎ 206-284-1383

☎✉ nnewman@ndhaccountants.com

www.ndhaccountants.com

Tax • Accounting • Healthcare Consulting

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College Placement Consultants

☎ 425-453-1730

☎✉ preiter@qwest.net

www.collegeplacementconsultants.com

Pauline B. Reiter, Ph.D.

Expert help with undergraduate and

graduate college selection,

applications and essays.

40 Lake Bellevue, #100, Bellevue 98005

Linda Jacobs & Associates

College Placement Services 

☎ 206-323-8902

☎✉ linjacobs@aol.com

Successfully matching student and

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religion and critical thinking, tradition and

technology. The Seattle Kollel will cover the age

o the universe, evolution, ree will, the soul and

other topics. Free. At The Seattle Kollel, 5305

52nd Ave. S, Seattle.

thuRsday 19 JanuaRy

10:30 ..–12 p.. — T Jws C-nty n kvs, rss: Sccss, Fl

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  Ellen Hendin at endlessopps@jsseattle.org

or 206-861-3183 or www.jsseattle.org

Participants on last year’s JDC-Jconnect trip to

Khabarovsk, Russia, will share why they visited

and what they discovered about Jewish identity in

the Russian Far East. Free. At Temple B’nai Torah,

15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

6:30–8:30 p.. — bcn evl: hw

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  Ilana Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org/news/ 

news.aspxThe past century, dubbed the “Age o Genocide,”

saw more than 60 million people murdered to

meet the needs o the state. Dr. James Waller will

discuss the unassailable act behind this litany o

human confict and suering. Free. At Microsot,

Building 99, 14820 NE 36th St., Redmond.

7:30 p.. — Cnt Jws isss F:

Jws n C

  Janice Hill at admin@kolshalom.net or

206-842-9010 or www.kolshalom.net

 Attorney Filmore Rose, who has visited the Jewish

community o Cuba, will share insights and photos

he has taken. Free. At Congregation Kol Shalom,

9010 Miller Rd., Bainbridge Island.

fRiday20 JanuaRy

8:30 ..–3:30 p.. — Ctn Cn:

Tcn t t hlcst nd gncd

  Ilana Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org/news/ 

news.aspx

Teacher seminar with keynote speaker Dr. Jam

Waller, who will speak on “Genocide: Ever Again

Sessions include “Rise o the Nazi Par ty,” “Resc

and Resistance,” “Using Holocaust Literatur

and “Analyzing Artiacts.” Clock hours availab

Register online at www.wsherc.org/new

registrationorm.aspx. $20. At Bellevue Colleg

3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue.

sunday22 JanuaRy

12:30–5:30 p.. — SJCC Dny Dns

  Jessica Wilkinson at jessicaw@sjcc.org o

206-388-0826 or sjcc.org

  A great introduction or learning basic basketb

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skills and teamwork or K–3rd boys and girls. One-

hour practices on Mondays or Wednesdays: 5, 6, or

7 p.m.; one-hour Sunday games 12:30 p.m. At the

Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

7 p.. — TDhS kll Lct t n D.

D Lpstdt

  Janet Rasmus at jrasmus@tdhs-nw.org or

206-315-7471 or www.tdhs-nw.org

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust

historian and scholar, speaks about her new book,The Man in the Glass Booth: Perspectives on the 

Eichmann Trial 50 Years Later , plus other topical

headlines. A light reception will ollow. Free. At

Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle.

Monday23 JanuaRy

6:30–8:30 p.. — aln: Pt 2

  events@shevetachim.com or 206-275-1539

or www.shevetachim.com/events.php

The second paragraph o the Aleinu prayer weaves

in tikkun olam , ridding the world o idol worship,

and allusions to an age o universal peace. What

does this mean or today? Join Rabbi Korneld

or new insights into prayer. At Island Crust Caé,

7525 SE 24th S t., Suite 100, Mercer Island.

6:30–7:30 p.. — W Lss, Lv m

  Kim Lawson at K Lawson@sjcc.org or

206-232-7115 or www.sjcc.org

Discover sae ways to lose weight and eel ully

satised without deprivation. Learn about what

works and how overall lie balance aects ood

choices. $10. At the Stroum JCC, 2618 NE 80th

St., Seattle.

tuesday 24 JanuaRy

10 .. nd 4 p.. — SJCC ely Cldd

Scl opn hs

  Sarah Adams at SarahA@sjcc.org or

206-232-7115, ext. 250 or sjcc.org

Open house or amilies interested in early

childhood education programs or 2012–13 or

current openings. Tours oered at 10 a.m. and

4 p.m. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way,

Mercer Island.

7–9 p.. — Lv – Cltvtn t rl Tn

Giti Fredman at mrsredman@seattlekollel.

org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org

 Aliza Bulow, national coordinator o Ner LeEle’s

North American women’s program and senioreducator or The Jewish Experience in Denver,

has been teaching practical Jewish philosophy,

basic Judaism and textual learning skills to adults

or over 25 years. Kosher sh dinner served. $20/ 

person. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way,

Mercer Island.

7–9 p.. — hw Cn ac W Twd

Jst Dstc and?

  Jennier Cohen at jencohen@uw.edu or

206-543-0138 or jsis.washington.edu/jewish

Former Jewish Funds or Justice CEO Simon Greer

and University o Washington Communications

Department Chair David Domke will explore the

opportunity to shape a more just domestic agenda

and the role o American Jewish voices in this

process. At 415 Westlake, Seattle.

7:15 p.. — mny mtts: Jws bs-

nss etcs

  Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky at

rabbi@riendshipcirclewa.org or 206-290-6301

Topics include social ethics such as living wages,

insider trading, CEO compensation, and collective

bargaining, as well as personal choices. Nine

CLE ethics credits available. At Friendship Circle

oces, 2737 77th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.

thuRsday 26 JanuaRy

10:30 ..–12 p.. — Spn Tt t

Pw: mdn Lssns hstc

injstc t Sttl’s Ft Lwtn

  Ellen Hendin at endlessopps@jsseattle.org

or 206-861-3183 or www.jsseattle.org

  Author Jack Harmann discusses the struggle

between truth and justice, the court-martialing o

 Arican-American soldiers at Fort Lawton, and the

verdict reversal six decades later. Free. At Temple

De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave, Seattle.

7:30–9 p.. — bt Sl bt mds

 

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or

www.bethshalomseattle.org

Study Talmud with Joel Goldstein on the second and

ourth Thursday o the month. All levels welcome.

$5/class, $25/6-class punchcard. At Congregation

Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

fRiday27 JanuaRy

7–9 p.. — Ft St Svcs nd

Dnn

  Aaron Meyer at ameyer@tdhs-nw.org

Come together in community and prayer or the

Tribe’s 4th Friday Shabbat. Dinner served ater a

musical service. Free. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai,

Jae Annex, 1520 E Union St., Seattle.

satuRday28 JanuaRy

5–10 p.. — Pnts Nt ot

  Matt Korch at MattK@sjcc.org or 206-388-

0830 or sjcc.org

Indoor soccer and basketball, art projects and un.

Dinner and dessert included. For grades K–5. SJCC

members and SJCS students: $30 or the rst child,

$15 or siblings (age 5-plus). Non-members: $40

or the rst child, $20 or siblings. At Seattle Jewish

Community School, 2618 NE 80th St., Seattle.

sunday29 JanuaRy

10:30 ..– 2 p.. — Cnnctns Wn’s

Plntpy bnc: T Pw Pssn

  Wendy Dore at events@jewishinseattle.or

or 206-443-54 00 or ww w.JewishInSeattle.

org/Connections

Iris Krasnow, author o I Am My Mother’s Daugh

and Secret Lives of Wives , will share her insigh

into how women can put their passions in

action in the community and maintain ullli

relationships in all aspects o their lives. At t

Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NBellevue.

10:30–11:30 .. — h rtls

evydy

  Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@

bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or

bethshalomseattle.org

Learn how to enhance your home daveni

experiencing with Rabbi Jill Borodin. Free.

Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. N

Seattle.

4–6 p.. — mtn bt mtzv P

  Mrs. Shaindel Bresler at mrsbresler@

seattlekollel.org or 206-779-4373 or

seattlekollel.org

  A Bat Mitzvah program led by Matan-train

instructors or mothers and their daughters ag

11–14. Share the excitement o discovering a pla

in the chain o Jewish continuity. Five two-ho

sessions. $150. At a private home, Mercer Islan

Monday30 JanuaRy

9:30–11 .. — PJ Ly nd Sttl h-

w acdy T b’Svt Styt

  Sharon Mezistrano at smezistrano@

sha613.org or 206-323-7933, ext. 211

Join the PJ Library and Seattle Hebrew Academy

Early Childhood Program or a Tu B’Shev

storytime and art project. At Seattle Hebre

 Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle.

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Thir littl iracl: 2012’s irst Jwish baby arrivs

Joel Magalnick editor, JTNwsA couple minutes into our conversa-

tion, Jennier Muscatel McLeod had to

turn away rom the phone.

“She’s smiling at us,” she said.

Given that little Joeli Beth McLeod was

all o ve days old when her mom andI spoke, it may have been a little some-

thing burbling in that tiny tummy, but that

doesn’t mean the new mom thinks any less

o her brand new daughter.

“She was our little miracle,” McLeod

said. “We’re totally smitten and absolutely 

in love.”

Joeli, born at 9:39 a.m. on January 

1, 2012 to Jennier and Jim McLeod o 

Mercer Island, is the rst Jewish baby in

Washington State this year. She weighed

a very healthy seven pounds, nine ounces

and measured 19-3/4 inches.

Joeli is the newest member o a amily 

that spans several years between kids

— her brother Eli is 11 and her two hal 

brothers, Jacob and Aaron, are in their

early 20s. She’s also part o a amily that

spans generations o local Jewish history.

On Jennier’s side, Joeli’s great-grand-

mother, Esther Muscatel, is a native who

now has ve great-grandchildren. Esther’ssister, incidentally, was another rst: For-

tuna Calvo was the rst Sephardic Jewish

baby born in Seattle. Tat’s one branch

o that side o the amily. Te other is

descended rom the Tals, a multi-gener-

ation Ashkenazi amily rom around the

state. Te Jewish ancestry on Jim’s side

is considerably dierent: He and several

members o his amily converted to Juda-

ism many years ago.

he amily belongs to emple De

Hirsch Sinai, and Jennier said that with

Joeli they are “very proud to carry on and

teach her lots o important Jewish tradi-

tions. She’ll go to Sunday school like her

brother, and we look orward to the next

milestone o her Bat Mitzvah.”

Tere is, o course, one Bar Mitzvah to

come beore that, not even two years dow

the road. One would hope that the litt

sister, who at that point will be a toddl

still getting her sea legs, doesn’t upstag

the star o the show.

But as ar as Eli is concerned, he’s veexcited to be a big brother.

“He really, really, really, really wanted

sibling in the house,” Jennier said.

And now that he’s got his wish?

“He is such a good brother… he’s ver

helpul,” Jennier said. “Even during th

pregnancy there was so much that h

helped with.”

Tat included a move into a new hou

while his mom was pregnant, and makin

sure the sleeping conguration was ju

right.

“He chose the bedrooms,” Jenni

said, “and he wanted to make sure [Joeli

room was always between our room an

his room so that she was always protected

LeSLie rubeNSTeiN

Joli, th rst Jwish baby o 2012, with hr o

Jnnir, dad Ji, and brothr eli.

 Wm.o.T. pAGe 10

Shelters are most commonly activated

during severe winter weather — we’ve had

none so ar this year — and or re and

ood. Volunteers were ready, or instance,

to deal with massive ooding rom the

breaching o the Howard Hanson Dam,

but that never happened.

Bert is always supplementing his train-

ing. His current local emphasis is on pre-

paring or “the big one,” a probable major

regional earthquake. Despite eeling the

recent nancial pinch, Bert says the Red

Cross continues to train and deploy volun-

teers to deal with disasters.

Bert had an eye-opening cross-cultural

experience running a South Seattle shel-

ter recently. An apartment re “displaced

about 60 amilies, mostly Somalis,” and

mostly Muslim. Noticing the group would

pray acing north, he learned that the clos-

est distance rom Seattle to Mecca is over

the North Pole, so local Muslims pray that

way.

Bert and Libby raised three children

here. hey, and their three grandkids,

remain “within 10 minutes” o Bert, he

says. Te amily belonged to emple B’nai

orah when their kids were young, but “we

became [more] secular” when they grew

up. Te couple helped start a chavurah

in Port Ludlow and had also ormed one

when they lived in Houston.

“Now that I’ve become a widower

I’ve…reconnected with the Jewish com-

munity,” he says, through the Seat-

tle Jewish Seniors club, administered by 

emple Beth Am (but open to all). He us

to climb to Mt. Rainier’s Camp Muir eve

summer, but gave that up as the recedin

glacier has made it more about scramblin

over rock than walking on snow. He st

walks three miles daily on the hills in h

neighborhood.

CourTeSy LeNNy kaShNer

Jai Schwartz, an Honors graduat o Northwst Yshiva High School, t Hrina Ds

ro th Laudr Yavn School in Budast, Hungary whn th Schwartz aily hostd Hrina

or six wks last sur in th Jwish Sur in Sattl progra. Thir rindshi was

rnwd last onth whn th two tns t in Jrusal.

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Bat Mitzvah

Madeline KubastaMaddy will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on January 14,

2012, at Congregation Kol Ami in Woodinville.

Maddy is the daughter o Stacy Schill o Bothell and Ron

Kubasta o Everett and the sister o Ryan Kubasta. Her

grandparents are Stan and Fran Schill o Mercer Island,

JoEllen Schill o Bellevue, and the late Marlene Kubasta.

Maddy is an 8th-grader at Kenmore Junior High. Sheenjoys choir, drama, swimming and cooking.

Wedding

Mali-KahnTamar Mali and Nuriel Kahn were

married on January 8, 2012, at Bikur

Cholim Machzikay Hadath in Seattle. Rabbi

Moshe Kletenik ofciated.

Tamar is the daughter o Alex and Beth

Mali o Creswell, Ore. Her grandparents are

Rivka Stern o Israel and Ruth Ko oCaliornia. She graduated rom the

University o Oregon with a Bachelor’s in

Music Education.

Nuriel is the son o the late Miriam Kahn.

He graduated rom Antioch University with

a Bachelor’s in Leadership and Organizational Studies and Psychology.

The couple met on JDate and enjoys theater, dierent cuisines, taking long walks, and

studying Chumash . They reside in Seattle.

When you let JFS “Tribute Cards”

do the talking, you send your best 

wishes and say you care about

funding vital JFS programs here at

home. Call Irene at (206) 861-3150or, on the web, click on “Donations”

at www.jfsseattle.org. Use Visa or

MasterCard. It’s the most gratifying

2-for-1 in town.

2-for-1

“ You’re Amazing”Cards

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Death

Yosef Uzel

February 29, 1940–December 27, 2011 Yose will be missed by those he touched. Yose, among

many talents, was an exquisitely talented artist. His many

paintings, rom miniatures to realistic works o art, will be

treasured by amily members, riends, and customers alike.

 Yose was a proud Sephardic Jew who emigrated rom

Istanbul, Turkey to Seattle in 1963, where he joined his

extended Calvo amily.

 Yose was also talented in other ways. He could fx

anything: cameras, jewelry, urniture, musical instruments,

antiques, electronics, among much more. Yose was a

veteran o the Turkish Navy and was proud o his role in

the Navy as a NATO communications specialist. A graduate rom the University o Washing-

ton, he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature in 1984. Predeceased by his

parents Nellie and Raael Uzel o Istanbul, he is survived by his sister Gina Haras (Yusu

Haras) o Mexico City. Those interested in attending a lunch in his honor/memory on January

29, 2012 should call 206-250-1148.

SJCS GALA 2012

Sunday, February 12th

5:30 pm

Shoshana Stombaugh

Honoree

Danielle Yancey

SJCS Kaplan Award Winner

Cathy Simon

Chairperson

For reservations &

tributes, contact

development@sjcs.net

www.sjcs.net

206.522.5212

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system. It can strike children, but most commonly aects people in the age range o 

20 to 50. It is between two to three times more common in women than men and is

more prevalent in northern climates. Te exact causes and a cure or MS have yet to

be discovered, but new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to

people aected by the disease.

Customer donations will go to two local chapters o the Society: Te Greater

Northwest Chapter which proudly serves more than 12,000 people with MS living in

 Alaska, Montana, Central and Western Washington and the Oregon Chapter which

serves more than 7,200 individuals with MS and their amilies in Oregon and SW 

 Washington.

QFC is proud to support many great charities on a local level. We thank our

customers and our associates or their generosity. ogether, we can make a dierence

in the lives o many o the less ortunate in our communities.

 As we begin a new year, we at QFC would like to say “thank you” to thousands o 

customers who have not only shopped with us, but who have also been partners in

helping us give back to the communities we so proudly serve through our Checkstand

Charity o the Month program.

Every month, we have identifed a non-proft organization that provides a great

service or multiple services to members o our communities who may be suering

rom a serious illness or condition, need help eeding themselves and their amilies or

have some other important need that the charity can help with. By partnering with our

great customers we can help raise unds to support the work the organization is doing.

Here are the charities we are supporting in 2012:

•January:MultipleSclerosisSociety  •February:AmericanHeartAssociation,“GoRedforWomen” •March:Treehouse(Washingtonstores)andTrilliumFamilyServices 

(Oregonstores) •April:eNatureConservancy  •May:SusanG.Komen,“RacefortheCure” •June:BoysandGirlsClub •July:USO

•August:SeattleChildren’sandPortlandDoernbecherChildren’sHospital •September:LeukemiaandLymphomaSociety  •October :YWCA •NovemberandDecember:FoodLifeline/OregonFoodBank 

 We oer several ways customers may donate to the Charity o the Month i they 

 wish. We have coin boxes at each checkstand where customers can donate loose

coins or bills. We have checkstand scan cards in three amounts, $1, $5, and $10. And

 we oer a 3 cent credit to customers or every bag they reuse or their groceries. Tey 

may keep this credit or donate it to the charity o the month.

 A word about this month’s charity, the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiplesclerosis is a chronic, sometimes disabling disease that attacks the central nervous

For questions or more information, please contact Ken Banks at 425-462-2205 or  ken.banks@qfci.com.

QFC Tanks Our Customers for Teir Charitable

Community Support.

on Diand, n gld

Matt Robinson Jointmdi Nws Srvicwo recently released CDs highlight

the works o legendary musicians Neil

Diamond and Frank Sinatra, though Ol’

Blue Eyes gets his glory through Jewish

singer Michael Feinstein.

Here’s the lineup:Te Very Best of Neil Diamond: Te

Original Studio Recordings

(Columbia/Legacy)

Few singer/songwriters have had more

sustained success than Neil Diamond, and

ew deserve to be repackaged and reintro-

duced to ans — old and new — as much as

he does. Tat may be why the vault-dwell-

ing denizens at Columbia/Legacy have

seen it t to honor Neil yet one more time.

Tis new collection o one o America’s

most timeless songwriters is a greatest hits

collection in the truest sense o the word.

From original renditions o such cover-

able classics as “I’m a Believer,” “Red, Red

Wine” and “Girl, You’ll Be Woman Soon”

to a delicate duet with Barbara Streisand o 

“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” and such

truly original oerings as the proud “Amer-

ica,” and the ballpark avorite “Sweet Caro-

line,” there is nary a “u” cut on the disc.

Just shy o two dozen tracks, make this a

collection to get lost in or a bit and to come

back to again and again, just as so many 

people come back to Neil year aer year.

Michael Feinstein—Te Sinatra Project,

Vol. II: Te Good Life (Concord)

Tough he may have run out o “sig-

nature” songs on this ollow-up to the

Grammy-nominated “Sinatra Project,”

Feinstein brings his own signature voice to

a second set o songs that capture Sinatra’s

sense o style and swing. From the bouncy 

last-man-on-earth antasy o “Tirteen

Women,” to the aching loss o “C’est

Comme Ça,” to the richly orchestrated

duet o “Luck be a Lady” and “All I Need

is the Girl,” Feinstein brings a new palette

o mood and tone to these timeless tunes.

While a ew o these selections are

clearly Sinatra songs

(among them “he

W a y Y o u L o o k  

onight” and “he

Lady is a ramp”),

Feinstein also paystr ibute to other

master interpreters

(and Sinatra satel-

lites) such as Ray 

Charles (“Hallelu-

  jah I Love Her So”),

ony Bennett (“Te

Good Lie”) and

even Stevie Wonder

(“For Once in My 

Lie”) and om Cat

(a take on “Is You Is

Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” that also takes

a coda rom “On Broadway”).

Tough Volume II may be more about

the board (o which Feinstein was oen a

humble member) than the chairman him-

sel, Feinstein brings his impeccable musi-

cal intellect and pervasive melodic passion

to his latest well-chosen and beautiully 

craed tribute album. Te Voice may be

gone, but Feinstein does an admirable job

o sustaining the spirit that inused it and

helped it dominate the musical universe.

u.S. Navy

Navy ocr Anna Kinr sings “Swt Carolin” with Nil Diaond during

Boston’s nationally tlvisd 4th o July concrt in 2011.

ballet is an essential supplement to mode

dance, jazz, and hip-hop training. Open

all levels o experience. Students shou

wear clothes and shoes that are como

able and easy to dance in.

Feb. 26 — Hip Hop Dance

Learn your avorite modern hip hop move

This class will develop skills in rhythm, coodination, balance, and musicality, and w

  teach easy and un hip hop choreograph

Class will involve a warm up, concentratin

on basic body isolations, across-the-fo

movement, and group routines.

March 4 — Improv

Through games, exercises, and scene wo

students will learn to trust their instinct

 think on their eet, and create new chara

 ters and stories on the spot. Work on th

same skills as perormers rom “Saturda

Night Live,” “Lonely Planet,” “Whose Lin

Is It Anyway?,” Second City and more!

March 11 — Sketch Comedy

Have you ever wanted to be a writer

“Saturday Night Live”? In this worksho

you’ll learn the basics o writing sketc

comedy and how to create a voice that

distinctly yours.

March 18 — Costume Design

Learn how a costume transorms rom a

idea in someone’s imagination into a rea

lie piece o art. Take your own ideas an

put them on paper in a clear and creativ

way. Students will leave with their ve

own designs laid out in sketches.

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using nature as a primary inspiration helped

Frank cope with his dislocated reugee expe-

rience. Relocating mid-career, Frank was 55

when he arrived in Manhattan.

Visitors might do well to purchase an

inexpensive ($15) catalog rom a 2007 ret-

rospective o Frank’s lie and art by the

Jewish Museum o Stockholm, available atthis museum’s gi shop. And what would

a colorul design exhibit be without the

opportunity to purchase your own Frank 

merchandise? Smaller items range rom

cocktail napkins, paper cubes and note-

cards up to pricier abric pillows, totes and

serving trays.

Te Nordic Heritage Museum represents

the cultural heritage o ve Nordic coun-

tries: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway 

and Sweden. Housed in a renovated ormer

public school, the inscription o Webster

School is still visible above the entry o the

square-block–sized 1907 dark brick build-

ing. Free parking is available in a parking lot

in ront o the museum; the entry and exhibi-

tion spaces are walker- and wheelchair-acces-

sible. During both o my visits last month, the

acility museum was nicely heated; art exhi-

bition spaces are oen uncomortably cool, a

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chaRlene kahn Spcil to JTNwsReview 

A characteristic o timeless design is the

ability or a piece to reappear as i newly 

imagined, seamlessly melding its actualorigins with the contemporary viewer and

resisting categorization. An accurately 

titled local exhibit, “Te Enduring Designs

o Jose Frank,” on view at Te Nordic Her-

itage Museum in Ballard, le this viewer

 visually delighted. Frank’s name is known

to interior designers and the home urnish-

ings trade in his adopted country o Sweden

and in Austria, his country o origin. More

than 30 years o his career were spent col-

laborating with Estrid Ericson, ounder o 

the Swedish design house Svenskt enn,

which also unded the traveling exhibit.

“Tis exhibit is a wonderul opportu-

nity to explore the work o this ground-

breaking Jewish designer, who ed Vienna

beore the Second World War and came to

dene Swedish modernism,” Nordic Her-

itage Museum CEO Eric Nelson told me.

“Te core mission o the Nordic Heritage

Museum is to share Nordic culture with a

broad audience.”

Te exhibit pays homage to the works

created during the second hal o Jose 

Frank’s long-running career. Frank was

born in 1885 and died at 82 in 1967.

All works shown in the exhibit were

designed rom the 1920s through the

1940s, but produced in 2010. Te revival o 

Frank’s Swedish Modern style as a standard

o contemporary design has experienced a

resurgence since the 1980s. While the term

“modern design” is oen eponymous with

cold, sterile severity, Frank emphasized

comort and inormality, producing whim-

sical designs inspired by nature.

Frank’s non-Jewish wie, Anna Sebel-

ius, kept Frank one

step ahead o the

Nazis, moving them

r om Vie nna toStockholm in 1933

and rom Stockholm

to New York City in

1942, when Sweden

became occupied.

In 1946, the Franks

returned to Sweden,

where he remained

principal designer at

Svenskt enn.

Te Seattle exhibit,

at once modern yet

cozy, provides the

  visitor an easy amble

through hanging

bolts o colorul abric, clean-lined wooden

cabinetry, well-cushioned upholstery, and

tactile, cast glass. Sinuously designed silver

candleholders called “Te Knot o Friend-

ship” are positioned by the entry. he

bright, curving upholstery o the “Banana”

soa welcomes viewers, though that wel-

come is bit o a tease with the “Do Not

ouch” sign afxed to it.

Everything is warmth, color, com-

ort: A multi-colored oor lamp beckons

the child within. Tere is nothing au

tere about these luscious patterns an

well-appointed urnishings, eective an

dotes to the cold rains o Stockholm

and Seattle.

“A home…must oer comort, rest an

a nice atmosphere where the eye can re

and the mind be rereshed,” wrote Fran

in 1931.

Frank’s brie stay in America produc

botanically inspired textile designs st

popular today. Created during the 1940

the source or “US ree” was a eld manu

the origin o the cheerul “Green Bird

was a sourcebook. Both are included

the exhibit. Frank’s dedication and art

tic single-mindedness probably contri

uted to his survival, and his reputation as

skilled designer brought him to the noti

o Svenskt enn’s ounder Estrid Ericso

 I f  yo u go:

“The Edri Dei of Joef 

Fra” i o dipla throh Feb-

rar 19 at The nordic Heritae

me, 3014 nW 67th st. i

seattle’ Ballard eihborhood.

For ore iforatio, viitwww.ordice.or or call

206-789-5707.

CourTeSy SveNSkT TeNN, SToCkhoLm, SWeDeN

“Archair with mirakl,” on dislay at th Nordic Hritag musu. Th

txtil dsign was cratd by Jos frank in th lat 1920s and th archair

dsignd in 1934. Th chair itsl was roducd in 2010.

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