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HAPPY CHANUKAH FROM CHABAD-LUBAVITCHBH
Chabad of Seattle EventsMenorah Lighting at Northgate Mall
Sunday, December 1st at 6:00 pm
Menorah Lighting at Seattle Center
Sunday, December 1st at 6:00 pm
Menorah Lighting at University Village
Monday, December 2nd at 6:00 pm
For more information, please visit www.ChabadOfSeattle.org
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah Lubavitch andMenachem Mendel Seattle Cheder EventsFamily Chanukah Party
Saturday, November 30 at 6:30 pm
Chabad of Pierce County EventsMenorah Lighting in Downtown Tacoma
Wednesday, Nov 27th at 6:00 pm
Menorah Lighting in Gig Harber
Monday, December 2nd at 6:30 pm
Menorah Lighting at University Place
Wednesday, December 4th at 6:00 pmFor more information, please visit www.ChabadPierceCounty.com
Chabad of Thurston County EventsMenorah Lighting in Olympia
Tuesday, December 3rd at 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.JewishOlympia.com
Eastside Torah Center EventsCTeen Chanukah Party
Sunday, December 1st
Menorah Lighting at Crossroads
Sunday, December 1st at 4:30 pm
Chanukah at Redmond CenterWednesday, December 4th
For more information, please visit, www.ChabadBellevue.org
Friendship CircleChanukah Bowling Party
Wednesday, December 4th at 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.FriendshipCircleWA.org
Celebrate Miracles Then and NowJoin us at the many Chanukah displays, lightings and events being held throughout Washington State
Chabad of Bellingham EventsMenorah lighting at Fairhaven Village Green
Wednesday November 27th at 5:30 pm
Menorah lighting and party at WWUs Red Square
Monday December 2nd at 6:00 pm
For more information, please visit www.JewishBellingham.com
Chabad of the Central Cascades EventsMenorah Lighting at Blakely Hall
Saturday, November 30th at 6:30 pm
Chanukah in Lego Land
Saturday, November 30th at 6:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.ChabadIssaquah.com
Chabad of Snohomish County EventsMenorah Lighting at Centennial Plaza
Sunday December 1st at 4:00 pm
Chabad Dreidel Tournament
Tuesday December 3rd at 6:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.JewishSnohomish.com
Chabad at UW EventsGreek Chanukah Lighting
Monday, December 2nd at 5:00 pm at AEPi
Young Professionals Chanukah Party
Tuesday, December 3rd at 7:00 pm
Menorah Lighting and Undergraduate Chanukah Party
Wednesday, December 4th at 5:00 pm
For more information, please visit, www.ChabadUW.org
Chabad of Spokane County EventsMenorah Lighting at Riverfront
Wednesday, November 27th at 5:30 pm
Chanukah Celebration at South Side Community Center
Sunday, December 1st at 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.JewishSpokane.com
Chabad of Clark County EventsMenorah Lighting and Celebration at Esther Short Park
Wednesday, November 27th at 5:30 pm
For more information, please visit www.JewishClarkCounty.com
In memory of Shmuel ben Nisan O.B.M. Samuel Stroum Yartzeit March 9, 2001/14 Adar 5761
Sponsored by a friend of Samuel Stroum and Chabad-Lubavitch. For more information on any of these events and/or service times
in all Washington State locations, please contact Chabad House at 206-527-1411, [email protected], or visit our website at chabadofseattle.org.
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Several Jewish organizations have set up unds to help provide aid or the wounded in
the Philippines and the people lef homeless in yphoon Haiyans wake.
Jewish Federations o North America is taking donations online at bit.ly/1i7EDpD orthrough the mail at yphoon Haiyan Relie Fund, Te Jewish Federations o North Amer-
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through the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, which is ocused on provid-
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gogue o Conservative Judaism are also being directed to the JDC.
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working in the region. Donate online at urj.org/socialaction/issues/relie.
American Jewish World Service will be channeling unds primarily to local Filipino a id
groups. Donate online at bit.ly/19inkKt.
From the Jewish ranscript, Novem-
ber 17, 1995.
his photo showed Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin walking with
President Bill Clinton in Washington,
D.C. afer the signing o the Oslo peace
agreement but beore Rabins assassi-
nation on Nov. 5, 1995. Tis issue o
the Jewish ranscript examined Rabins
accomplishments, and included irst-
person accounts o local people who had
been at the rally in el Aviv where a lone
gunman took the prime ministers lie.
Rabbis Turn
Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, during a recent trip to Israel, had an experience that made him realize he shouldn
give up on the peace process. At least not yet.
Represented in Burien
Burien, the small city in South King County, has a new city councilwoman. Lauren Berkowitz survived a
blistering campaign to serve a community that was feeling underrepresented.
Kickstarting Jewish projects
A new initiative by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle aims to bring the crowdfunding model to in-
novative local projects.
Walking away
Palestinian negotiators walked away from peace talks this week, citing the approval of more settlement
building by Israel. Will they come back to the table?
Tasty Thanksgivukkah treats 1
The once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Thanksgivukkah is nearly upon us, and weve got tasty food ideas to
make the holiday even more special.
Thanksgivukkah books for kids 1
Each year, a number of Hanukkah books gets released for young children, and this year is no exception.
Weve got the pick of the litter.
Our Jewish lives, on the page 1
On the heels of the Pew Research Centers study of American Jewish life, a selection of books approache
the different ways Jews live.
Books in brief 1
The history of the family 2
Seattle author David Laskin went back to his familys early history for his most recent book, but the experi
ences he has had in meeting his readers has been just as illuminating.
Speaking of illumination 2
As we prepare for Thanksgivukkah, local photographer Eric Radman has some tips to make your pictures
sparkle and shine.
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Letters
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M.O.T.: Writing notes
Jewish and Veggie: Hanukkah street food 1
The Arts 2
Lifecycles 2
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Friday, November 22............4:08 p.m.
Friday, November 29............4:03 p.m.
Friday, December 6...................4 p.m.
FRIDAY 15NOVEMBER123:30 p.m. Half-Day Schools Out Camp:
Iron Chef
Daliah Silver at [email protected] or
206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org
Schools out so join the SJCC for a day of Iron Chef-
themed camp. Compete in a cooking contest with a
secret ingredient. At the Stroum Jewish Community
Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
911 p.m. PBS Fall Arts Festival; Great
Performances: Rogers and Hammersteins
Oklahoma
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PBS Fall Arts Festival brings world-class arts to
your living room. This episode features Rogers and
Hammersteins Oklahoma. Record Friday nights
broadcast to watch after Shabbat. On KCTS Channel 9.
SATURDAY16NOVEMBER6:308:30 p.m. PJ Havdallah Motion of the
Ocean
Irit Levin at [email protected]
or 206-524-0075
Marine biologist and Jewish educator Marci
Greenberg joins Pajama Havdallah for a special
service followed by programs including Jewish arts
and crafts, music, ocean themed cookies, story time,
and more. RSVP requested. Free. At Congregation
Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
810 p.m. Ensemble Lucidarium: Una
Festa Ebraica Celebrating Life
August Denhard at [email protected]
or 206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org
Reflecting the importance of each stage of life, a
large amount of Jewish medieval party music
survives. Performance includes a wide array
of instruments, such as recorders, pipe and
Renaissance guitar. $25-42. At Town Hall, 1119
Eighth Ave., Seattle.
SUNDAY17NOVEMBER12 p.m. Ensemble Lucidarium (PlusKids!): Un Bel Matin dAmor: Discovering the
Music of Medieval Italy
August Denhard at [email protected]
or 206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org
The party keeps going Sunday morning: Discover
the detective work behind modern reproductions of
historical instruments. $10/adults, $5/seniors and
children. At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle.
23:30 p.m. Global Day of Jewish Learning:
Focus on Creating Friendship
Shelly Goldman at
425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org
What is the essence of friendship? Rabbi Yohanna
Kinberg will explore friendships in the Bible, Talmud,
and the ancient world. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah,
15727 NE 4th S t., Bellevue.
3 p.m. WSJHS Presents: In the Land of
Rain and Salmon
www.wsjhs.org/events.php
Witness the experiences of Washington States
Jewish pioneers, brought to life on stage by the
Washington State Jewish Historical Society and
Book-It Repertory Theatre. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. At
Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma.
59 p.m. SHAs Annual Gala
Bev Falgione at [email protected] or
206-323-5750 or
www.seattlehebrewacademy.org
Please join Seattle Hebrew Academy for an evening
honoring Hazzan Isaac Azose. At The Showbox
SoDo, 1700 1st Ave. S, Seat tle.
59 p.m. AIPAC Gala Event
Seattle Office at [email protected] or
206-624-5152 or www.aipac.org
Annual AIPAC gala dinner. Contact the office for
details and location.
MONDAY18NOVEMBER10:30 a.m.12 p.m. An Outing to the
Museum of History and Industry
Ellen Hendin at [email protected]
or 206-461-3240 or jfsseattle.org
Join Jewish Family Service for an in-depthpresentation about MOHAI, which focuses on
innovation and technology around the Puget Sound.
$5 MOHAI members; non-members $16 (non-
refundable, due prior to outing). At MOHAI, 860
Terry Ave. N, Seattle.
6:30 p.m. SJCC: Hanukkah Cooking Class
Kim Lawson at [email protected] or
206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org
The head chef of Stopskys Delicatessen will lead
a hands-on cooking class, putting a new spin on
classic Hanukkah dishes. SJCC member $65/
guest $80. At Stopskys Delicatessen, 3016 78th
Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
THURSDAY 21NOVEMBER10:30 a.m.12 p.m. Kabbalah and Why We
Study It
Ellen Hendin at [email protected]
or 206-461-3240 or jfsseattle.org
Rabbi Mark Spiro, executive director of Living
Judaism, gives a taste of Jewish mysticism and
a greater understanding of its history, place, and
purpose within the Jewish world. At Temple De
Hirsch Sinai, 3850 156th Ave. SE, Bellevue.
123:30 p.m. Half-Day Schools Out Camp:
Aliens Vs. Cowboys
Daliah Silver at [email protected] or
206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org
Join the J for an Aliens vs. Cowboys-themed
camp day. Come dressed as either a cowboy or
an alien. SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the
SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
7:30 p.m. Catching Fire Pre-Screening for
Hunger Awareness & Advocacy
Benjamin Starsky at [email protected] or
www.bbyo.org/hunger/seattle
Join BBYO for an exclusive pre-screening of
Catching Fire to raise hunger awareness.
Admission $8 (pre-sale only) plus two food items to
be donated to Jewish Family Service. At the AMC
Factoria 8, 3505 Factoria Blvd. SE, Bellevue.
FRIDAY 22NOVEMBER123:30 p.m. Half-Day Schools Out Camp:
Storybook Land
Daliah Silver at [email protected] or
206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org
Join the J for a Storybook Land-themed cam
day. Travel to the land of storybook characte
SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJC
3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
SATURDAY23NOVEMBER1:152:30 p.m. Shabbat Evening Liturgy
and Customs
Shelly Goldman at
425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org
Centuries ago, a group of passionate Jews in Tz
walked outside of their synagogue during the Frid
service. Why? Cantor David Serkin-Poole w
answer these questions and more. At Temple B
Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
58 p.m. Fall Spice Night
Rabbi Jill Levy at [email protected] or
206-232-8555 or www.h-nt.org
A family event open to the community. Mo
information and registration available online.
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 37
E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
5:307:30 p.m. SJCC: Hanukkah Under th
Stars
Mark Rosenberg at [email protected] or
www.sjcc.org
Sing and dance with kids band Recess Monke
do storytelling with PJ Library, gorge on latke
pizza, kosher Chinese, and more. Cosponsored
the Jewish Day School. Admission free with t
donation of a personal item to JFS. At the SJC
3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
SUNDAY24NOVEMBER9:3011 a.m. NYHS Hanukkah Breakfast
Kids Carnival
Melissa Rivkin at [email protected] or
206-232-5272, ext. 515 or bit.ly/HLBfSY
Get in the mood for Hanukkah at NYHS: Delicio
breakfast, face painting, cookie decorating, boun
house, magician and more! $20/family or $
person. At Northwest Yeshiva High School, 50
90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
11 a.m.12 p.m. Book Reading & Signing
Island Books at [email protected]
or 206-232-6920 or www.mercerislandbooks.com
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A chagig of the guardin Burien
DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews CorrespondentI you would have asked Lauren
Berkowitz three years ago i shed be run-
ning or a spot on Buriens City Council,
she probably would have laughed. But the29-year-old University o Washington law
student wasnt planning a path to politi-
cal victory afer finishing her undergradu-
ate degree at University o North Carolina,
Chapel Hill in 2007.
Following her graduation, Lauren
worked as a union organizer or First
United Food and Commercial Workers 21
and then with the Washington Federation
o State Employers.
Tere are very ew disincentives or
people to violate labor laws, Berkowitz
said, so she decided to go back to school
and concentrate on a law degree that spe-
cializes in public-interest labor laws.
Te call to serve her community came
about rom her need or social justice
where she lives. Afer living in North High-
line or three and a hal years, Berkowitz
elt rustrated that the city wouldnt meet
basic neighborhood needs.
Our neighbors were promised things
like sidewalks and havent seen them
built, she said. Only one or two parts o
Burien have all o those services, but they
already have representation. I needed to
get involved in order to get representa-
tion.
Once she decided to run and began to
go door to door to campaign, Berkowitz
realized her neighbors concerns lined up
with her own.
Tey want sidewalks, animal control,
traffic regulation, she said. Im a person
who knows how to bring people together.
While another grueling year o law
school at the UW lies ahead o her,
Berkowitz will be taking her Position 1 seat
in January.
Its definitely tough, but I like to be
busy and social justice is paramount, she
said.
She believes her city council role dov
tails nicely with her studies.
Tere are a lot o labor concerns
Burien and there isnt a lot o representtion in those areas, she said.
Five years ago, Berkowitz and her cam
paign coordinator Jeff Upthegrove m
while he was making the transition
becoming a ull-time campaign manage
Back then, Berkowitz wasnt necessari
interested in politics, but he definitely sa
in her a spark or public service.
Lauren decided to run because sh
lives in North Highline and had a sen
that the council in Burien was discon
nected rom a lot o the residents, Upth
grove said. She elt that her skills
an organizer would bring more citize
involvement in the city.
Tat was the basis o Berkowitzs me
sage: More citizen involvement, mo
input, more listening to peoples need
such as the need or sidewalks, streetligh
sae routes to school, traffic control, an
other neighborhood issues.
We raised about $14,000, which
airly large amount in a Burien race, sa
Upthegrove. [Her opponent] Jack Bloc
Jr. outspent us by a ew thousand dollars
Berkowitzs campaign primarily use
that money or direct mailings, but the pr
mary ocus was voter contact knockin
on every door possible. Upthegrove sa
that between Berkowitz and her suppor
ers, they knocked on about 5,000 doors.
Tats why I believe she won, sa
Upthegrove. When you meet a candida
ace to ace, its compelling.
Block has held the council seat or eig
years. Berkowitz said the biggest differen
between them was her coalition-buildin
experience.
I have the ability to find commo
ground and have people come together
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Make a Pilgrimageby Mike Selinker
2013 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle.
All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling.
Answers on page 15
Jerusalems Pilgrim Road is constructed of two stairs, then a long landing, then two stairs,
then another landing, and so on. So here in this puzzle, where the circled spaces go two up,
then over, and repeat, picking up below after they reach a wall. Along the road, youll find
some words of wisdom.
ACROSS
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19 Irritate greatly20 In ___ (as originally placed)22 Person like Judi Dench24 Mission ___, CA26 Comic offering29 Berliners statement of gratitude32 I found it!33 Some midwesterners36 Overly37 Bye!39 Just a little fishy40 Q ___ Queen41 Make lovey-dovey sounds43 Ms. Longoria45 Reluctant48 Volt/ampere51 Attacks55 McChord is one, for short56 Is cleverer than59 Mahmoud Abbass grp.60 Sean Lennons relatives
62 Gotcha!63 Citi dropped this in 199864 Attending, as a nightclub66 Infuse68 Go dancing, in 1920s slang70 Like many a terrible hotel72 Suffix for liberal or crony73 Time period74 1051, in Rome75 Ice cream bigwig Joseph76 Date77 ___Given Sunday78 Class with ropes79 Make batik
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46 Valueless47 Explanatory section of a blog48 Extra periods, for short49 I-5, e.g.50 It may be connected to an amp52 Issued, as nonsense53 So far54 Spinny thing57 Sign of progress58 Word before veiled61 Depot, briefly63 Under the Domenetwork65 Region67 Catch ___ Falling (1987 Pretty Poison hit)68 Prefix used to contrast with trans- before
gender69 Oft-debated type of marriage70 Shocking! in internet slang71 Deli bread
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ASHLI CA
Laure Berkowitz, right, discusses eighborhood issues with outgoig Burie mayor Bria Bee
ad Spaish iterpreter Margarita Gallo i the Olde Burie eighborhood durig her successful c
coucil campaig.
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Commuity fudig gets a kick
DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews CorrespondentOn November 4, the Jewish Federation
o Greater Seattle launched what it is call-
ing one o its most innovative value-add
programs ever to be introduced: hey
set up a website and then mostly stepped
away, saying, Good luck, and may theorce be with you. Te new Federation-
sponsored site, J-Kick, combines Jewish
and Kickstarter as a way or local orga-
nizations to raise project unds.
Kickstarter, i youre not amiliar, is the
worlds largest crowdunding platorm.
Te companys mission is to help bring
creative projects to lie. Since launching in
2009, 5.1 million people have pledged $867
million, unding 51,000 creative projects
such as films, stage shows, comics, journal-
ism, video games, and ood-related proj-
ects. People who back Kickstarter projects
are offered tangible rewards and one-o-
a-kind experiences in exchange or their
varying levels o support.
J-Kick was born out o a desire and need
or the Federation to continue orging ahead
in its mission to engage a younger, ever-
evolving Jewish audience. While the Fed-
eration itsel continues to raise money with
its traditional Jewish population, its leaders
have come to realize that engaging Jewish
millennials means tapping into a new way o
undraising and communication.
Federations emerged years ago in
order to centralize undraising and grant-
making within the Jewish community, and
that was great, but this is not your grand-
athers Federation, said Jim DiPeso, the
Federations director o communications.
odays Federation donors have new ideas
and new ways o thinking about getting the
most out o their philanthropic dollars.
J-Kick is open to 501(c)(3) organiza-
tions in Washington State or individu-
als who have a 501(c)(3) organization as
their fiscal sponsor. Projects must serve the
Jewish community in Washington State,
have a undraising goal ranging rom $1,800
to $18,000, and cannot be under consider-
ation or any other Federation grant while
being listed on J-Kick. From the time the
project goes live on the site, the unding
goal must be reached by 30, 45 or 60 days
a period determined by the projects man-
ager. A project will receive unds i it reaches
a tipping point: wo-thirds o the und-
raising goal.
Allowing organizations that already
receive traditional Federation unding
applying or and receiving specific pro-gramming grants each year to get more
creative and specific with their undrais-
ing is exactly what the Federation intends
to encourage with J-Kick.
Tis is a way or new ideas that maybe
dont all within the traditional unding
guidelines to get unded and people can
get excited about it, said Keith Dvorchik,
the Federations president and CEO. We
can use it as a way to broaden and expand
whats offered in our Jewish com-
munity.
Since the launch earlier this
month, eight projects have
appeared on J-Kick. hey vary
rom the Schechter ub, a hot
tub or Camp Solomon Schechter,
to Vintage UW, which will allow
Hillel students to create and bottle
their own kosher wines.
Rabbi Oren Hayon, executive
director o Hillel at University o
Washington, said he is intrigued
about how his agencys experience
using J-Kick will go.
Vintage UW is a little bit o an
experiment or us; were not sure
how people are going to respond
and were not sure how its all
going to work, said Hayon. Well
see how this works dierently
rom our traditional undraising.
Given that J-Kick is so different
rom its other undraising efforts, Hillel
leaders are excited to see i the campaign
is successul.
Because its a really student ocused
project, well be able to reach students and
other people in new ways, Hayon said.
As o Nov. 13, the project had received
donations rom nine unders, totaling 15
percent o the $1,800 effort, with 37 days
lef to donate. Another project, Bet Ale
Meditative Synagogues Living a Lie
that Matters, which will bring in a Jewish
Zen master or a Shabbaton weekend, has
brought in $2,147 o its requested $5,744.
Tat campaign incorporates incentives,
such as lunch with the special guest or the
highest donation level, to sweeten the pot.
Local entrepreneur Dan Shapiro
believes that the successul projects will bethe ones that engage the hearts and imagi-
nations o the Jewish community.
I J-Kick allows donors to eel more
connected to their community, everyone
is going to benefit, he said.
Shapiro launched a Kickstarter or
a childrens board game in September,
which raised more than $630,000 over
25 times its original goal.
he advent o crowdunding has
changed the relationship o people to
projects that they care about, said Sha-
piro. With services like Kickstarter and
Indiegogo, people can find inspiration and
role models in projects that bring them
joy, and then back those in a way that is
both affordable to them and meaningul
to the project creator.
But Kickstarter disallows charity un-
draising, so Shapiro sees J-Kick as having
the potential to bring this same ethos to a
new type o program.
Tat should be an opportunity, not
a chore, or the people who work tir
lessly to support it, Shapiro points ou
By opening up the budget to the com
munity, and letting people vote with the
pocketbooks, I think we could see a renai
sance in Jewish community support.However, Max emkin, a Chicag
based entrepreneur who co-created th
wildly successul Kickstarter proje
Cards Against Humanity, is skeptica
He doesnt believe the design o J-Kic
will hold up when compared to the Kic
starter model. Over email, empkin to
JNews that crowdunding is revol
tionary and its changed my lie and I
happy or any opportunity or people
get to make their own things, bu
dont think J-Kick is a great tool
he wrote. hey charge backe
when the project reaches 67 pe
cent o unding, which seems lik
it would lead to a scenario whe
people have money rom bac
ers but not enough money to ex
cute their project, with regard
the tipping-point policy impl
mented by J-Kick.
With many o the project ma
agers creating the J-Kicks bein
new to crowdunding and how
budget exactly what may or m
not be needed to carry out a su
cessul project, this may lead
underunded, impossible compl
tions, implied emkin.
DiPeso said the idea o mode
ing J-Kick this way was to stradd
between two crowdunding schoo
o thought: One that gives projec
the money only i they reach their goals, an
the other that allows projects to take wha
ever theyre pledged, regardless o the goa
With the all-or-nothing model,
creates a sense o urgency, so it real
behooves the agency listing the project
really get out there and create a compellin
message and market the project, he said
At the same time, the Federation didn
want agencies who didnt reach their u
goals to end up with nothing.
Were looking or some midd
ground, he said.
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Palestiia egotiators walk away from talks
ALEX TRAIMAN JNS.orgPalestinian Authority President Mah-
moud Abbas said Palestinian negotiators
have resigned over the lack o progress in
Israeli-Palestinian conflict talks.
Abbas said in an interview on Wednes-
day on Egypts CBC television that his nego-tiators were upset over continued plans or
Jewish construction in the West Bank and
eastern Jerusalem. But he said negotiations
could still continue with a new delegation.
Either we can convince [the current
negotiators] to return, and were trying
with them, or we orm a new delegation,
Abbas said.
While chie Palestinian negotiator Saeb
Erekat told Reuters that Israeli-Palestinian
negotiations stopped in light o the settle-
ment announcements last week, Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
recently canceled plans or the construc-
tion o 1,200 housing units in the E1 cor-
ridor that links Jerusalem with the Jewish
community o Maale Adumim.
Despite attempts to jumpstart them by
U.S. Secretary o State John Kerry, the par-
ties involved in trying to create a rame-
work or a negotiated peace deal showed
the lack o trust among all sides.
Kerry last week warned that should
peace not advance between the parties,
Israel could ace growing isolation in the
international community as well as violence.
Te alternative to getting back to the
talks is the potential o chaos. I mean, does
Israel want a third Intiada? Kerry said in
an interview that was broadcast on both
Israeli and Palestinian V networks.
I we do not find the way to find peace,
there will be an increasing isolation o
Israel, there will be an increasing cam-
paign o delegitimi-zation o Israel that
has been taking place
in an international
basis, he said.
Yet many Israeli
citizens and leaders
are choosing not to
heed what they con-
sider to be empty
w a r n i n g s r o m
Kerry.
It s a unny
argument [Kerry is]
making. Tis admin-
istration simply
doesnt see reality,
Proessor Eraim
Inbar, director o the
Begin-Sadat Center
or Strategic Stud-
ies and proessor o
political studies at
Bar-Ilan University, told JNS.org.
With Americas lack o success in
bringing about peaceul resolutions and
conditions in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Egypt,
Israelis are as skeptical as ever that the U.S.
can play a productive role in negotiating
peace in Israel. Te latest monthly Peace
Index Poll rom el Aviv Universitys
Israel Democracy Institute showed that 73
percent o Israelis do not believe the cur-
rent Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotia-
tions will lead to peace.
Israeli leadersquickly downplayed
Kerrys warnings.
Deense Minister
Moshe Yaalon said,
here is no need
to ear threats o
whether there will or
wont be a third inti-
ada.
Accor ding to
Inbar, an intiada is
not a likely outcome
o ailed negotia-
tions, since the Pal-
estinians are bent on
proving that Israel is
the primary obstacle
to a peace deal. Fur-
thermore, the Israeli
Deense Forces are
well prepared to
quickly handle any
uptick in Palestinian violence, he said.
Im not really sure that an intiada will
erupt, and i the Palestinians have a clear
interest [in a violent uprising], Inbar told
JNS.org, we can beat them again. Te Pal-
estinians remember what happened the
last time they started a cycle o violence at
the beginning o this century.
Alan Elsner, vice president o com
munications or J Street, the lef-leanin
Israel-advocacy organization that is hea
ily promoting a campaign in avor o
two-state agreement, said he believes thailure o an agreement will be very diffi
cult or both sides.
I think the Palestinian economy w
pancake. Teyre already dependent o
a lot o oreign aid, and a lot o the o
eign aid will dry up, said Elsner during
visit to Seattle on Nov. 6. Youre going
see Israel diplomatically isolated to a gre
extent, which will be very painul emotion
ally or Israelis who like to eel welcom
traveling the world and going to Europ
Youre going to see Israeli academics bein
boycotted increasingly. Youre going
see the Palestinians go to the internation
criminal court, which has the potential
criminalizing the entire occupation an
anyone who serves in it.
According to Inbar, however, Isra
has improving relations with many coun
tries around the world including
Europe, as ar east as China, and even
the Middle East. Te same cannot be sa
o the Palestinians, he said.
Most countries simply dont car
about the Palestinian issue. How man
protests did we see during the Arab Sprin
about the Palestinian issue? Inbar said.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE.
Israeli Presidet Shimo Peres, U.S. Secretary
of State Joh Kerry, ad Palestiia Authority
Presidet Mahmoud Abbas joi i a hadshake
at the World Ecoomic Forum i Jorda, o May
26, 2013. I America-brokered Israeli-
Palestiia coflict talks, both sides have
exhibited decliig trust i the U.S.
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DIANA BREMENT JTNews Columnist
1I was intrigued by
Laurie Frankels second
novel, Good-bye For
Now. When Lauries protag-
onist Sam, a brilliant computer
programmer, is fired rom hisjob, he begins casting about
or something to do. Seeing
his girlriend Meredith so
bereaved by her grandmoth-
ers unexpected death, Sam
devises a way to virtually recre-
ate and communicate with her.
his book is very much
about death, so I ully expected
some orm o religion or spiri-
tuality to pop up, but Laurie cleverly skirts
the issue throughout.
It didnt start out that way, the author
told me. Originally, Meredith and her
amily were Jewish, she shared, but I
took it out. It started to make certain
plot elements too complicated in a book
already dealing with complex issues.
In my brain, my heart, I think their
amily is Jewish, says the Seattle author.
A lot o things had to all away to talk
about the things I wanted to keep, she
reflects, calling it the painul cutting part.
Te Seattle author points out that she
got to make the characters in her first
novel Atlas Jewish.
Te ormer University o Puget Sound
writing and literature proessor grew up
in Columbia, Md., near Baltimore, and
comes rom a long line o Baltimoreans.
She moved out here because I met a boy,
she laughs, who she eventually married.
I was teaching in Baltimore and
would spend summers in Seattle, which
caused me to believe that Seattle was a
sparkling, light-filled city, she says. And
then there was February.
Tat said, she adds, I love it out here.
Te mother o a 5-year-old son, Laurie
now writes ull time.
It was hard to teach ull-time, and
raise a child ull-time, and write ull-time,
she observes.
Laurie uses the five-and-a-
hal hours her son is in kinder-
garten to sit down and write,
write, write, write. She is hard
at work on her next novel.
2Issaquah author Jane
Isenberg received
a WILLA awar d
recently rom Women Writ-
ing in the West. Jane won
in the original sofcover fic-
tion category or her Seat-
tle-centric historical novel
Te Bones and the Book.
he competition seeks out
the best o published literature concerning
womens or girls stories set in the North
American West.
A retired proessor who also penned
the Bel Barrett mystery series, Jane main-
tains a blog o appreciation or other
writers called Notes to My Muses
(www.notestomymuses.wordpress.com).
3
A new edition o David Volks
Cheap Bastards Guide to Seattle
is out with a new covera newintroduction[and] 40 new listings in the
first our chapters alone theater, film,
music and comedy, the author tells me.
Plus, he adds, it comes ully loaded with
rack-and-pinion steering.
And yes, this guide to everything cheap
or ree in the Seattle area comes ully loaded
with Davids quirky sense o humor.
David maintains a blog o daily deals
at cheapbastardseattle.com. He suggests
the book will make a great Hanukkah
present, too. I you want to see David in
person, check out upcoming readings at
the Mercer Island Library at 7 p.m. on
Turs., Nov. 14 and at the Bellevue Library
at 1 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 16.
4It was a strange coincidence.
Tis summer the Seattle im
published an article on Soap Lak
the small Eastern Washington tow
known or its medicinal mud. en da
later I got an email rom retired Hollywood screenwriter Michael Druxma
saying a screenplay hed written abo
Soap Lake was going to be perorme
there this coming summer.
Te Summer Folk is a slightly fi
tionalized account o the summers that ou
amily spent in Soap Lake in the late 194
to early 50s, the Seattle native wrote.
Although it now turns out the pla
wont be produced, Michael continues
publish his screenplays on Amazon.co
and produces promotional videos. He
also just written his second memoir, Li
Liberty and the Pursuit o Hollywood.
Find these, audio plays, and more o h
work at www.druxmanworks.com.
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The Haukkah street treat
MICHAEL NATKIN JTNews ColumnistArancini. Little oranges.
Only these guys arent quite
so healthy as a piece o citrus.
hey are actually balls o
risotto, stuffed with molten
cheese, rolled in breadcrumbsand deep ried, which makes
them a perect change o pace
or Hanukkah.
Arancini are traditionally
street ood, but you can serve
them as a passed appetizer at
a party, or a airly filling first
course. And although they
are a bit labor intensive, you
can prepare everything the day beore so
all you have to do at showtime is the actual
rolling in breadcrumbs and rying.
Please dont use commercial Italian
breadcrumbs or this (or anything else).
It is well worth the minimal effort to run
some day-old bread through the ood pro-
cessor. You can reeze any lefover bread-
crumbs (that havent touched raw egg)
and use them to top gratins, casseroles,
pasta, etc.
Arancini di Riso
Vegetarian, not vegan; can be glu-
ten-free if you use gluten-free bread-
crumbs and broth.
4 cups clear vegetable broth
2 Tbs. olive oil
1/2 cup finely diced onion
1-1/4 cups arborio or other risotto
rice
1/4 cup dry white wine or vermouth1/4 cup grated Parmigiano-
Reggiano
1 egg
About 4 oz. of scamorza, smoked
mozzarella or other flavorful, melt-
able Italian cheese, cut into cubes a
little bigger than 1/2 on a side
Salt to taste
Oil for deep frying
1-1/2 cups finely ground fresh breadcrumbs (whiz
day-old, non-moldy bread in food processor; if not
dry enough, toast lightly first)
2 eggs beaten with 1/4 tsp. salt
Flaky sea salt
Tomato sauce for dipping
Bring the broth to a simmer. Heat a
medium saucepan over a medium-
high flame. Saut the onion in the
olive oil for 1 minute until it softens
but doesnt brown. Add the rice and
saut for another minute, until it turns
translucent. Add the wine and cook
for 30 seconds.
Begin to add the broth. Initially, add
enough to cover the rice. Reduce to a
simmer. Stir occasionally you dont
need to do it as much as you would
if you were serving this as regular ri-
sotto. Add broth occasionally, as you
see it dip below the level of the rice.
You probably wont need all of it. Stop
when the rice is tender to bite but still
has a hint of toothsomeness left
the equivalent of al dente for pasta.
Stir in the grated Parmigiano-Reggia-
no. Taste and add salt if needed.
Allow the rice to cool to room tem-
perature (you can spread it out if you
need that to happen faster), then stir
in one egg thoroughly.
With dampened hands, form balls of
the rice. Something around golf-ball
size is good. Poke a hole and insert a
cube of cheese, then re-form the rice
evenly around the cheese. If you like,
you can now store these pre-formed
balls in a single layer in the refrigera
tor for a day. Wrap them well so the
dont dry out.
When you are ready to cook, heat you
oil for deep frying to about 360. Di
each ball first in the beaten eggs, theroll them around in the breadcrumbs
(Hint: dont put all the breadcrumbs i
the bowl at once then, if you hav
some left, they will be uncontaminat
ed to save for later). Fry the balls i
small batches so the oil doesnt coo
down too much, or they will turn ou
greasy. Cook, turning occasionally
until deep brown.
Remove the balls to plates covered i
paper towels. Season with flaky se
salt. Allow them to cool a bit befor
serving and warn your guests, so the
dont burn their mouths! These guy
really hold the heat, especially th
molten cheese. Serve with tomat
sauce on the side for dipping.
Makes about 12, depending on size.
Local food writer and chef Michael Natkins
2012 cookbook Herbivoracious, A Flavor
Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original
Vegetarian Recipes, was a finalist this year fo
a James Beard award. The recipes are based
on his food blog, herbivoracious.com.
Jewish and
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Thaksgivukkahs comig. What will you eat?
JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNewsDIKLA TUCHMAN Photos
Every year just beore Hanukkah, our
intrepid JNews staffers and our neigh-
bors eat lots and lots o kosher treats
sweet, savory, liquory, kale so you have
a good resource or what, besides latkesand jelly doughnuts, you can serve at your
Hanukkah parties or take as gifs. Tis
year presented us with a new, once-in-a-
lietime challenge: How can we integrate
Tanksgiving into the estivities?
So integrate we did. While youre
busy cooking the turkey, behold the
bounty that our oreathers and their
pilgrims created so you can celebrate the
holidays whether together or whether
you wait or the weekend in gut-bust-
ing style.
All things Thanksgiving
Shoshannah marked the little wo-Bite Pumpkin arts rom QFC ($5.99)
as a avorite. I liked the flavor and con-
sistency o the pumpkin pure with real
cream cheese on the top, but could have
used a bit more o the filling and a bit less
o the crust.
Tey are great, said Sara. I can have
two without overdoing.
Delicious, raved Nicole.
We also tried rader Joes pumpkin
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cheesecake ($6.99), which got raves all
around. Smooth and good flavor, noted
Becky.
Cheryl loved the Jewel Date Co.s
organic date pecan rolls (Central Co-op,
$8.99.) Heavenly, she exclaimed. Dikla
concurred with a simple, Yum! Lynn
said they were okay i you like dates.
rader Joes joined the pecan party with
its pecan pralines ($5.49), which got rat-ings that ranged rom Beckys good flavor
to great! to Lynns delicious! Or, as
Shoshannah put it, Pecans are perect!
Some other notables: Licorice twists
are a quality product and should be part o
everyones Hanukkah gifs, noted Jean.
You can find Newmans Own Sour Apple
Licorice wists at Central Co-op ($2.29).
o drink, we tried Genesis organic
apple-ginger juice rom Central Co-op
($3.69), which got competing requests or
both more apple and more ginger. While
one taster thought it had a very sharp
ginger taste with just an essence o apple
at the end, Emily ound it wasnt flavorul
enough. But it still tastes good, she said.
For the game
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isnt hanksgivukka
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tried chips galore, som
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seen beore like Foo
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Co-op, $3.29) which g
universal likes, especial
when dipped in suc
tasty dips as rader Joes smoked salmo
dip with capers ($3.99). According
Cheryl: Best. Combo. Ever.
But pairing the Kimchi chips or Sna
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Factorys garlic cheese pretzel thins (QFC,
$2) with some Bone Suckin Mustard
(QFC, $5.99) also got great reviews.
Bone Suckin Mustard is da bomb,
exclaimed Cheryl.
Very tasty, said Nicole, while Addi-
son noted it is very good with pretzel
crisps.he chip market has clearly gone
Middle Eastern, judging rom the Boulder
Chip Companys sesame hummus tortilla
chips (Central Co-op, $3.29) delicious
and totally addicting, said Emily and
Flamous Os alael chips (Central Co-op,
$5.19). Yum, without the mess, said
another o our tasters. ry either o them
with Sabras cucumber dip (QFC $5.99),
also known to you Mediterranean con-
noisseurs as tzatziki.
And in case, afer all this ood (and
maybe some beer), youre not already eel-ing pickled, how about some actual pick-
les? We tried Dietz & Watson kosher
spears rom Albertsons (3.59) which got
one vote o perect, though Jean consid-
ered them too be too bland. I like mine
with more crunch,
said Emily. But also
on the plate we tried
Bubbie s pickled
tomatoes, which Dee
said were just like
New York.
S u r p r i s i n g l y
good, echoed Ben-
jamina.
Bread and cheese
Afer the big game, but beore the big
meal, or i youre just getting the party
started, we couldnt beat the selection
o crackers, breads and cheeses. Te big
avorite? rader Joes Holiday Hot Herb
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I couldnt agree more, even afer it ha
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bread (Albertson
$4.99) my avo
ite! said Dikla an
Schwartz Bros. rust
black olive loa (QF
$3.99), which sh
called crunchy, withnice texture. For th
gluten-ree olks, Ba
to Natures gluten
ree crackers (Who
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Cheryl couldnt stop raving abou
rader Joes dukkah spice mix ($2.99
which, when mixed with their XV blac
truffle olive oil ($4.99) and sopped up wi
the olive loa, rocked her world.
I youre looking or a little sweet
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go with the savory, we tried three differ-
ent goat cheeses rom rader Joes: Called
holiday logs, each was coated with wild
blueberries ($4.49), apples and cinnamon
($4.49), or cranberries ($3.99).
Benjamina ound the apples and cin-
namon a little too sweet while I liked
the sour bite that came with the cranberry.
Perect or the all, agreed Sara.
Cautionary tales
As much as we recommend so many
items each year, we did find a couple you
should avoid as well. aste, o course, is
subjective, but everybody who tried these
items strongly disliked them.
We picked up Katzs gluten-ree cin-
namon donuts rom Whole Foods ($5.99)
because we thought something thats been
certified gluten-ree in the kosher world
might be held to a higher standard than
the current GF marketing craze. No such
luck. We couldnt even chew em. Well
sum it up with this simple review rom
Ruth: astes like a dry sock.
Same with Brads Pia Kale-Ada leay
kale chips rom QFC ($7.99). Atrocious!
Gross! said Emily. Ew, agreed Cheryl.
I will stick to real kale.
Dessert last
Yes, yes, we know. We also tried the
dessert first. But why not finish with some-
thing sweet, as well? So well go Hanukkah
style with Silver Lake Cookie Compa-
nys Hanukkah butter cookies, in lovely
little star and dreidel shapes topped with
blue sugar crystals (QFC, $3.49). Bland!
said Emily. Delicious! I said but Im a
sucker or a good butter cookie, especiallywhen theyre as cute as this. Shoshannah
ound them kind o dry.
Brown & Haleys Almond Roca cookies
(Albertsons, $3.99) thats right, theyve
taken those yummy, oil-wrapped bits and
turned them into cookies got a warmer
reception. Nice looking, and taste good,
too, said Lynn, but Nicole didnt like the
flavor o the chocolate, plus it had a weird
texture.
Well finish off with an Israeli avor-
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childhood, Galil-Hashahar HAoles cocoa
spread (Albertsons, $4.89). Yummy,
said Lynn. Dip in a rader Joes whole-
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Dreidels ad pilgrims ad latkes, oh myChildres books for Thaksgivukkah
RITA BERMAN FRISCHER Special to JTNewsTis year, as usual, we find a plethora
o new stories ready to ride the Christmas/
Hanukkah gif train into childrens hands.
However, the first book I will ocus on is anolder, award-winning story that inspired
an Academy Award-winning short film,
and which might have been written espe-
cially or this most unusual Hanukkah we
are about to celebrate. Mollys Pilgrim,
by Barbara Cohen, is illustrated in a new
edition by Daniel Mark Duffy.
In 1983, Cohen (perhaps best remem-
bered or her Passover book, Te Carp in
the Bathtub) wrote, rom her amilys expe-
rience, about Molly, a young Russian Jewish
immigrant who eels keenly out o place in
America. As Tanksgiving approaches, like
Hanukkahs Hebrews surrounded by a Hel-
lenistic culture, Molly aces being mocked
and excluded or being different. Worse yet,
when her mother helps dress a doll or her
to bring in as a pilgrim or the 3rd-grade
class project, Molly is shocked to find the
doll not in gray and white, but instead like
the Russian child her mother once was.
Mollys mother patiently explains how she
was a pilgrim, too as are all immigrants
who come to America or religious reedom
as those in the traditional story did long ago.
As Molly eared, the other children at first
do make un o her very different doll. But
with the help o her sensitive teacher, they
all begin to understand the true meaning
o Tanksgiving and the courage o those,
then and now, who take risks or the sake owhat they believe in. See why this is a perect
Tanksgiving story or Hanukkah?
Now or the new releases:
Te Story o Hanukkah, by David
Adler, illustrated by Jill Weber. A tradi-
tionally told and brightly illustrated intro-
duction to the holiday by prolific author
Adler; includes a latke recipe and instruc-
tions or playing dreidel.
Eight is Great, by ilda Balsley, illus-
trated by Hideko akahashi. A bright little
board book that uses the number eight to
introduce customs and symbols, though
the number itsel is never shown, just the
word. Te pictures show a amily (o guess
how many!) as it lights candles, eats latkes,
gets presents, and celebrates or eight days.
ABC Hanukkah Hunt, by ilda Bals-
ley, illustrated by Helen Poole, is a hunt
because unlike most alphabet books, the
next letter in sequence isnt used to begin
a noun about the holiday and its symbols,
but might be ound highlighted anywhere
on the page, hidden in the description,
starting an adjective or a verb as ofen as
a noun. Cartoonlike characters and imag-
ination provide inormation along with
lots o interaction
opportunities.
Light, Learning
and Laughter
In Lauren L.
Wohls Te Eighth
Menorah, illustrated by Laura Hughes,
young Sam is busy making a menorah in
his Hebrew School class. But Sams amily
is already awash in hanukkiot. With seven
already in his house, he worries his cre-
ation will be unneeded. When he visits his
Grammy in her new condo, he realizes this
will be the perect home or his very spe-
cial menorah warmly welcomed here to
replace the electric menorah in the com-
munity room and light up the holiday or
Grammy and her delighted neighbors.
Speaking o light, no candles can com-
pete with the magnificent lights o the
Aurora borealis, the Northern Lights,
which illuminate the sky in Barbara
Browns Hanukkah in Alaska, illus-
trated by Stacey Schuett. Living in a
snowy landscape, a young girl is dealing
with a very hungry moose. She celebrates
the holiday wither amily whi
trying to figure o
how to protect h
avorite backyar
tree, which he
gradually devou
ing. Tis entertain
ing story provid
insight into lie
Alaska, shows a miraculous burst o ligh
in the sky on the night o the last Hanuk
kah candle, and introduces a practical ne
use or reshly ried latkes as moose ba
A different approach and un
Jane Yolen and Mark eague have don
it again. Since their How Do Dinosau
Say Good Night (2000) delighted chi
dren and became an ALA Notable boo
and a New York imes bestseller, ov
14 million dinosaur books have looked
love, sickness, school, eating, dogs, cat
birthdays and Christmas through the ey
o their mischievous dinosaur. Now it
Hanukkahs turn. We meet Dinosaur
he cavorts through both the bad manne
possible and the good manners preerre
in the observance o the eight estive day
Te marriage o text and picture will ente
tain, the small letters identiying each kin
o celebratory dinosaur will educate, an
the artists exuberance will exhilarate.
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How to be Jewish? Let us cout some ways
DIANA BREMENT JTNews ColumnistA variety o new books are uninten-
tionally riding the wake o the recent Pew
Center report on contemporary Ameri-
can Judaism. While written and published
beore the reports release, they illustrate
the studys demographic numbers, someo which have caused hand-wringing in
the established Jewish community.
Te problem, some might say, is that
many Jews subscribe to a non-conven-
tional Jewish lie. Tey intermarry, they
practice other religions, they waver in
their practice. But, the study shows, they
identiy somehow as Jewish, enough to be
counted.
In rue Jew: Challenging the Ste-
reotype (Algora, paper, $22.95), busi-
ness proessor and amateur historian
Bernard Beck traces Jewish world his-
tory in a slightly different way than usual,
offering the perspective that there have
always been hidden Jews, assimilated
like those called out by the current Pew
study, but not daring to be counted. (Beck
relies on the Pew study rom 2001 or
some o his data). urning to the uture,
he offers a different perspective on how
modern Judaism can survive using a more
entrepreneurial model. He suggests that
our model be the Enlightenment, with
encouragement o learning, education
and values. Tis reviewer lacks the aca-
demic qualifications to evaluate the his-
tory, but Becks interpretations and ideasare ascinating.
Susan Katz Millers Being Both
(Beacon, cloth, $25.95), subtitled
Embracing wo Religions in One Inter-
aith Family, draws on personal expe-
rience and others anecdotes to broadly
demonstrate the success o intermarried
couples and children. Brought up Jewish
by a Jewish ather and a non-practic-
ing Christian mother, and the product o
Hebrew school and a Bat Mitzvah, Miller
grated at being told throughout her lie
that she was not really Jewish. Afer mar-
rying a non-Jew and having children, she
and her husband began to look or a aith
community to which they could both
comortably belong. It turns out that there
are such communities around the country
not many, but numbers are increasing
that serve Jews and Christians together
with religion school and religious cele-
bration.
O course, the approach on
both ends is quite liberal. Jews will
want to know What about Jesus?
and Christians might ask, wheres
Jesus? Tese dual-religion commu-
nities are not prosely-tizing, so Jesus becomes
more a historical figure,
a Jewish one, and an
ecumenical under-
standing is ostered.
Children brought up
like this are not guar-
anteed to become Jews.
Many o them end up
as Quakers, Unitarians,
or claim both religions,
comparing it in one
case to bisexuality.
Tat brings us to the question o Jewish
continuity. Fortunately and again,
this has probably been true throughout
the ages there are people like Vladi-
mir sesis, M.D., who escaped Soviet reli-
gious oppression and chose to rediscover
the religion o his birth. In Why We
Remain Jews: Te Path to Faith(Acad-
emy, paper, $19.95), Dr. sesis talks about
his lie, his views, and why he
thinks Judaism is so great. Having em
grated rom the Soviet Union, sesis an
his wie were complete Jewish neophyte
and had to learn their way around a cu
ture, a system, really, that wasnt alway
welcoming. Christian churches were ofe
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more welcoming and how they resisted
this proselytizing makes or interesting
reading.
Local author David Blatner proba-
bly didnt expect his science book Spec-
trums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe
rom Infinitesimal to Infinity (Walker,
cloth, $25) to appear in an article aboutreligion, but in his clever, well-written
book about the physical world, he makes
a point about the array o Judaism rep-
resented here. Whether we are consider-
ing the nature o sound molecules in
motion that vibrate our eardrums or
the nature o belie a mixture o ideas,
practice and aith that vibrate the strings
o our soul our perception and experi-
ence is always on a spectrum. I think these
authors would all agree that to acknowl-edge the spectrum o Jewish experience
rom the beginning until now would
increase our acceptance and our under-
standing.
Finally, i we are so concerned about
the supposed diminishing numbers o
Jews, and i we combine the inormation
generated by the Pew study and recent
genetic research that shows that there is no
unified Judaism i we accept that Juda-
ism is a religion, that is, a system o belies,and we put this all together, why not count
all the olks who say they are Jews, wh
want to be Jews, who have a Jewish paren
Much o what is seen as new in Pe
is actually old. Te difference, as our fir
author would hopeully agree, is that no
we can let the hidden Jews the inte
married, the dual-religionists stand u
and be counted.
A true Jew, writes Beck, maintain
his pride in being Jewish and his commiment to Jewish continuity.
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been practicing since 1983.
Services provided are:
Cerec crownsbeautiful all porcelain
crowns completed in one visit
Invisalign orthodonticsmoving teeth
with clear plastic trays, not metal braces
Implnts placed and restored
Lumineer (no, or minimally-prepped)
veneers
Neuro-muscular dentistry for TMJ and
full mouth treatment
Traditional crown-and-bridge, dentures,
root canals
Calvo & Waldbaum
Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS
Richard Calvo, DDS
206-246-1424
CalvoWaldbaumDentistry.comGentle Family Dentistry
Cosmetic & Restorative
Designing beautiful smiles by Calvo
207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle
B. Robert Cohanim, DDS, MS
Orthodontics for Adults and Children
206-322-7223
www.smile-works.comInvisalign Premier Provider. On First Hill
across from Swedish Hospital.
Warren J. Libman, D.D.S., M.S.D.
425-453-1308
www.libmandds.comCertied Specialist in Prosthodontics:
Restorative Reconstructive
Cosmetic Dentistry
14595 Bel Red Rd. #100, Bellevue
Dentists(continued)
Michael Spektor, D.D.S.
425-643-3746
www.spektordental.com
Specializing in periodontics, dentalimplants, and cosmetic gum therapy.
Bellevue
Wendy Shultz Spektor, D.D.S.
425-454-1322
www.spektordental.comEmphasis: Cosmetic and Preventive
Dentistry Convenient location in Bellevue
Financial Services
Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC
Roy A. Hamrick, CFA
206-441-9911
www.hamrickinvestment.comProfessional portfolio management
services for individuals, foundations and
