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Alex Joffe Jewish Ideas Daily(Jewish Ideas Daily) Hamas was

quick to declare victory in the latest con-

ict with Israel. A closer look at the price it

paid in terms o personnel and equipmentshows that its bravado was alse. But the

act that Israel was able to destroy so many

installations, weapons teams, smuggling

tunnels, and high-ranking personnel,

including Hamass military chie, Ahmed

Jabari, reveals another, less evident act:

Substantial numbers o people in Gaza

have betrayed the Palestinian cause,

in Hamass terms, and collaborated with

Israel by providing it with intelligence.

Israeli intelligence capabilities are esti-

mable, but collecting precise inormation

about an enemy territory like Gaza poses

particular problems. Israels intelligence

collection starts in space, where Israeli

satellites (like their ar more numerous

U.S. counterparts) track Iranian weap-

ons moving by ship to Sudan, Egypt, the

Sinai, and the Gaza coast. But these satel-

lites make their rounds only a ew times

a day. Compensating or this limitation,

Israeli unmanned aerial vehicles can stay

alo or hours or even days. Night and

day, electro-optical, inrared, and radar

sensors allow the aircra to see what goes

on above ground and, to a limited extent,

even below it, by detecting minute vari-

ations in heat or soil composition. Te

drones detect and jam electronic com-

munications. Tey are the eyes o attackaircra and artillery and can even attack

targets themselves.

But what Israel accomplished in its

bombing campaign required more inor-

mation than drones can provide. Tere

were strikes on 1,500 sites, including 19

command centers, 140 tunnels, and 26

weapons manuacturing and storage acil-

ities, as well as what an IDF spokesman

laconically called hundreds o under-

ground rocket launchers and dozens o

rocket launchers and launch sites. Tis

eat could have been accomplished only

with the much richer inormation that

Israel had: A vast, three-dimensional map

o Gazas every street, block, building, and

oor, including names o amilies, their

relationships, and their telephone num-

bers. And movements in and out o this

maze were not only mapped but to some

extent tracked in real time.

Israels vast targeting lists could have

been compiled only through use o human

inormants.

Since the beginning o the Zionist

enterprise, substantial numbers o Pales-

tinians have been willing to work with it,

selling land and providing inormation.

Many o them, as Hillel Cohen makes clear

in his book Army o Shadows (Univer-sity o Caliornia Press), have done so or

their own reasons, such as personal gain,

amily grudges, social divisions, and a kind

o local nationalism that aimed to pre-

serve their particular lands and posses-

sions. Such motivations are still at work.

Some, Cohen notes, actually view collab-

oration with Israel as patriotic, because it

pursues a vision o the Palestinian national

project not Judeophilic, certainly, but

resigned to Israel that is marginally

realistic.

Mainstream Palestinian movements

are understandably bitter about this phe-

nomenon: Few epithets are more con-

temptuous than collaborator, and the

shocking recent spectacle o bodies o

murdered collaborators being dragged

behind Hamas-driven motorcycles sent

a clear message (though, it turned out, at

least one o those murdered was not a col-

laborator but an Islamist rival).

Under this circumstance, the act that

Gazans inorm at all is notable; and the

extent o collaboration, though unquanti-

able, is clearly large. It speaks to the ail-

ure o Palestinian nationalism, as opposed

to local and amily identication, to attract

the loyalty o Palestinians. Villages and

clans remain more dependable and pre-

dictable repositories o allegiance than

the reliably authoritarian and kleptocratic

Fatah movement.

Te act o collaboration also shows th

shortcomings o Hamass Islamized ve

sion o Palestinian nationalism, conoun

ing easy notions about Hamass iron contrand the radicalization o the populace,

opposed to the leadership. Hamas lea

ers indeed love death, but or other peopl

Tey are happy to consign eager young me

to suicide and to contemplate the blood

the children who are sacriced as huma

shields when Hamas hides near schools an

hospitals to avoid Israeli airstrikes.

Te attraction o dying or Islam h

limits. Gazans, like other Palestinian

have no love or Jews and Israel and rea

ily celebrate their murder; but they are n

anxious to die themselves.

Does this realization change the mil

tary calculus? It certainly made possib

the most detailed sort o pinpoint bom

ing campaign. It also shis perceptions

the conict, at least slightly. But it yiel

ew specic prescriptions. Palestinian co

laboration, however widespread, is hard

a sign o a people who wish to be ree, o

even ree o Hamas. As America disco

ered in Iraq and Aghanistan, militari

deeating ascism, religious or otherwis

means little unless populations challeng

its patriarchal, theocratic, or authoritaria

culture. Supplying human intelligence

not the same thing. So, the war continue

Alex Joffe is a contributing writer to Jewish

Ideas Daily. This article was rst published by

Jewish Ideas Daily (www.jewishideasdaily.com

and is reprinted with permission.

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RAbbi bRuce KAdden Temple Beth ElTis past year, I had the

opportunity to take a our-

month sabbatical, spendingtwo months in Israel and two

months in Warsaw, Poland.

In sharing the plans about our

upcoming trip, almost every-

one had the same question:

Why Poland?

It was obvious why a rabbi

and his wie would spend

time in Israel (especially since our son was

studying in the Sachler Medical School

program at el Aviv University). But why

would any Jew in his or her right mind

choose to spend any time in Poland, let

alone two months? Te Poles, aer all,

were notoriously anti-Semitic, not just

during the war, but aer the war as well.

Are there Jews still living in Poland?

some asked.

We learned that there are indeed Jews

still living in Poland who are passionate

about Judaism. It is currently estimated

that there are 5,000-10,000 Jews living in

Poland, but the number o individuals with

Jewish ancestry is clearly much larger. And

many adults are discovering their Jewish

ancestry, which their amilies suppressed,

and embracing their Jewish roots.

My wie Barbara and I agreed to teach

adult students in the Shatz program at

Beit Warsawa, a Reorm congregation in

Warsaw. Tese students are learning to

become shlichei tzibur, lay worship lead-

ers, or their synagogue and groups o

Jews interested in Judaism in other cities

in Poland. We worked with two classes:

Second-year students who had completed

their studies o Shabbat liturgy and nusach

(liturgical melodies) and were now study-

ing the High Holy Day liturgy, and rst-

year students, many o whom were just

beginning to learn the ale-bet.

Te second-year students were a partic-

ularly impressive group: One is working on

his Ph.D. in post-Holocaust theology at Uni-

versity o Lublin, another recently began her

studies as a rabbinic student at the Jewish

heological Seminary, and a third was

accepted into the cantorial studies program

at Abraham Geiger College in Germany.

But as impressive as their academic

credentials were, the stories o their dis-

covery o their Jewish roots and their jour-

neys to reclaim those roots were even

more incredible. Te Polish Jewish com-

munity was not only decimated during

the Holocaust, but any attempts to revive

Judaism were repressed during the subse-

quent 40-plus years o Communist rule.

And there are still many Jews who do not

openly share that they are Jewish, even

with co-workers or riends.

Yet, we heard moving stories o those

embracing their Jewish roots.

One student told o going

through her parents belong-ings aer they died and nd-

ing a menorah, a kiddush cup,

and other Jewish ritual objects.

Another told how his amily

insisted they were not Jewish

despite the overwhelming evi-

dence to the contrary.

Most o these students had

little Jewish knowledge and many were not

Jewish according to halachah, so their jour-

neys have included Judaism and Hebrew

classes leading toward conversion. Teir

passion or Judaism and Jewish learning

is unmatched. Because Beit Warsawa sud-

denly ound itsel without a rabbi at the

end o last January, Barbara and I stepped

in to teach the Step-by-Step classes in Feb-

ruary, March and April. Te students were

eager to learn how to bake challah and

make Passover treats, as well as learn the

historical backgrounds o the holidays.

In addition, I stepped in to lead Shabbat

services along with the second-year Shatz

students. Te congregation, which usually

numbered about 40 to 50 on Fridays unless

there was a visiting group, sung the Hebrew

prayers with gusto, even though many o

those who attended were not Jewish and

could not read Hebrew. Te services were

ollowed by a catered Shabbat dinner. A

smaller group gathered each Saturday morn-

ing or services and, aer a Shabbat lunch,

or orah study. It was inspiring to see the

students light up as they understood the rel-

evance o the orah portions to their lives.

Tere is clearly a revival o Jewish lie

in Poland. Tis revival is reected in the

annual Jewish estival in Krakow that

draws tens o thousands each year, many

o them non-Jews. But it is also reected

in congregations such as Beit Warsawa,

which are emerging in Warsaw and other

cities as individuals discover and begin

to explore their Jewish roots. And it is

reected in the eight women who recently

completed their return to Judaism by

going beore a Bet Din in Krakow and then

immersing in Polands only mikvah.

We returned rom Poland inspired by

what we saw and encouraged about the

uture o Judaism in Poland. You can read

more about Beit Warsawa on its English

language website: www.beit.org.pl.

Bruce Kadden is rabbi of Temple Beth El in

Tacoma. You can read his blog about his

sabbatical at www.tumblr.com/blog/

rabbikadden. His wifes blog about the

sabbatical can be found at www.tumblr.com/

blog/wanderingsandrambles. Rabbi Kaddens

current blog can be found at www.tumblr.com/

blog/100gatestojewishlearning.

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lynne lAndsbeRg And RAechel bAnKs JTA World News ServieWASHINGON (JA) Te sages o

the almud had a debate about how we are

to light the Hanukkah menorah: Should

we begin with eight candles and remove

one each night, or begin with one and add

through the holiday?

Aer hearing dierent views, it was

resolved that we must add a light each

night to grow in holiness.

As the eight nights o Hanukkah draw

to a close, must we increase in holiness in

all aspects o our lives. Just as it was ound

to be unacceptable to take away the can-

dles, it is incumbent upon us to advance

in lie rather than take a step back or even

remain still.

he United States has long been a

leader in inclusion, accessibility and the

promotion o independence. Last week

that commitment screeched to a halt. Te

Senates ailure to ratiy the U.N. Conven-

tion on the Rights o Persons with Dis-

abilities, or CRPD, took away a candle in

the menorah o civil rights. It sets back the

U.S. in its longstanding dedication to the

equality o opportunity or those with dis-

abilities.

As Jews we are taught that every

human is created btselem Elohim, in

Gods image. Every person is imbued

with the divine spark, innite in value and

unique. Tose words inspire us every day

to respect and improve the lives o others,

Jews and non-Jews alike. But too many

members o the Senate showed through

their votes against the convention that

they do not all believe that we are, all o

us, worthy o dignity and respect. Instead,

they sent a message to the world that the

rights o some are greater than the rights

o others.

Te CRPD is based on the ideals o the

Americans with Disabilities Act, intended

to empower those with disabilities to be

independent and productive citizens.

represents an international eort to brin

the world closer to achieving the goals

equality o opportunity, ull participatio

independent living and economic sel-su

ciency or people with disabilities.

As is the case with most internation

treaties, the Senate attached a series

RUDs (reservations, understandings an

declarations), so that ratication wou

constitute no change in U.S. law. N

change in U.S. law contrary to rampa

rumors means no threat to America

personal rights, no change in U.S. sove

eignty, and no cost to our governmen

Te CRPD has been reviewed by bo

Republican and Democratic attorne

general and by past counsel to president

Tey conrm that it does not threaten th

sovereignty o the U.S., nor does it requi

any new legislation to comply with th

treaty.

Conversely, ratiication would pr

vide a plethora o benets. For thousan

o returned wounded veterans who sacr

ced or the saety o America, the CRP

would make travel, study, and work abroa

possible. It is telling that 21 veterans org

nizations actively support its raticatio

For the 650 million people in the wor

who live with a disability a number th

makes this community the worlds large

minority it would open the path to th

same rights now available to all American

In our 21st-century world, it is incred

ible that 90 percent o children with di

abilities in developing countries do n

attend school. It is alarming that in man

countries, people with mental disabiliti

are chained to beds or conned to cage

It is stunning that even in many indu

trialized nations, people with disabiliti

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tact Michele at 206-708-7518.

Thurston Countys first same-sex marriage aJewish couple

emple Beth Hatloh members Lisa Brodo and Lynn Grotsky became the rst same-

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Jewish community when a request or

the Port o Seattle to put a menorah at

Seaac International Airport resulted in

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Light eight candles while fighting hungerTis Saturday, Dec. 15, JNews, Matzoh Momma Catering and emples Bnai orah

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Thr nw South end Jwish communitis find thir voics

emily K. AlhAdeff Assoiate Editor, JTNewsIts a drizzly Sunday night, and the

social hall o the Church o Hope in

Columbia City is bumping. A multi-gen-

erational line o hora dancers snakes

through the room to live klezmer music,

children dart in and out o the crowd, andamilies sidle up to tables with plates o

ood rom a potluck buet. On a table in

one corner, hanukkiot glow.

We were hoping or a good turn-

out, but we werent expecting double the

amount, said Rainer Waldman Adkins,

the organizer behind Mitriyah, a new pro-

gressive Jewish community serving South

Seattle residents. I think people were

intrigued by the idea o something new.

Mitriyah is one o three new Jewish

initiatives taking place in Seattles South

End. Seward Park, home to a substan-

tial Orthodox community, is experienc-

ing the birth o a new synagogue, while a

monthly womens Kabbalat Shabbat dav-

ening (prayer) group is gaining momen-

tum. Vastly dierent, each group is

providing an outlet or spiritual lie previ-

ously not met.

he party on December 9 marked

Mitriyahs launch. According to Adkins,

the goal o Mitriyah which means

umbrella in Hebrew is to provide

a Jewish neighborhood or progressive

Jews in the South End. Adkins envisions

Columbia City as the central hub, but

hopes to branch out to other neighbor-

hoods like Georgetown, Beacon Hill and

Rainier Beach.

We believe there has been a vacant

space in the landscape o Jewish lie inSouth Seattle, Adkins said. For those

o us who are not Orthodox in practice,

we have to travel a distance to have active

Jewish communityand it really makes

sense on so many levels you shouldnt

have to travel to your community.

he concept o Mitriyah is true to

its meaning: A large, protective canopy

upheld by spokes supporting arts, cul-

ture, spirituality, Jewish learning, politics,

Israel, tikkun olam, and social activi-

ties. Te root o mitriyah, matar, means

rain, or as Adkins puts it more accu-

rately rereshing showers, as opposed

to a downpour.

Participation in Mitriyah is not mutu-

ally exclusive with synagogue membership

or involvement elsewhere.

Tere is a trend within the Jewish

community in general with people getting

their needs met in more than one place

and in a decentralized manner, Adkins

said. We see ourselves as being part o

that general trend.

Mitriyah is open to both afliated and

unafliated Jews. Te hope, said Adkins,

is that it will provide an increased sense

o rootedness that will help them in their

exploration o their Jewish identity.

Up over the hill, in Seward Park, a

growing group o women are ortiying

their spiritual identities in a dierent con-

text.

It started this past January, when a

handul o women gathered to quietly

sing and daven Kabbalat Shabbat in Karen

reigers living room.

Over the year, the group has grown and

the voices have gotten louder.

As women have come on a consistent

basispeople hav

learned the tun

and ound th e

voice a little bit, sa

reiger. Now, yo

can hear everyonevoices. Its ruach.

r e ige r be ga

hosting the wom

ens Kabbalat Shab

bat prayer group

the melodic style

Shlomo Carlebac

the late rabbi know

or revolutioni

ing Jewish liturg

cal music, every r

Friday o the month

When we sing Friday night in the Ca

lebach style, its very spiritual, she sai

It brings you into Shabbat in a way th

doesnt otherwise happen.

Te group gives women opportuniti

to learn the davening and lead the da

ening they dont get to do in the regul

[Orthodox] shuls, said reiger. Wome

rom all over the neighborhood are we

come. Tis is not afliated with any syn

agogue.

Karens Carlebach tellah group real

EmIly K. AlhADEff

a.J. Kormn is cptivted by the cndles t Mitriyhs Klezmer Hnukkh

lunch prty.

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For many o us, December is a month when our thoughts and concerns or the

less ortunate in our communities really come to the oreront. Tis is no doubt

due in part to the holidays we celebrate and due in part to the seasonal weather.

Cold, wet and windy days remind us how tough lie can sometimes be. For an

organization like Food Lieline, the less ortunate are always at the oreront o

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to support Food Lieline in the Puget Sound area and the Oregon Food Bank in

Oregon with a two-month campaign to collect both ood and cash or these

organizations. Our campaign is called Bringing Hope o the able. Te ood and

money that is accumulated helps sustain these organizations and their clients or

months ater the holidays are over.

QFC is also proud to be a year round partner with these organizations in

providing wholesome ood through the Grocery Rescue Program. Food that no

longer meets our standards or quality and reshness, but that is still wholesome

and healthul is donated and used to eed hungry people through the great work o

these organizations. Much o the great work that Food Lieline does would not be

possible without the assistance o a large group o volunteers.Nora Peters, a Grocery Rescue Program Representative at Food Lieline notes,

All non-prots agree that volunteers who give their skills and time are a precious

resource and are really the backbone o our operations. Tis is even more true at

Food Lieline where every year over 9,000 volunteers help us sort and repack ood

donations, help with administrative tasks in our oce, and with ood and und

drives. Tese volunteers are the equivalent o 20 ull-time employees!

Many volunteers return oten to help Food Lieline, but the door is always open

or people who want to donate even just a ew hours o their time. As the Food

Lieline website notes, Businesses, schools, social clubs, aith-based groups,

service organization and youth groups all pitch in to help eed the hungry. Nora

stated, Volunteering isnt just good or us and the people we serve its also good

or your health! Studies have shown that volunteering improves ones mental and

emotional well-being, expands our social saety nets, staves o depression, and

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an in-dpth look t th Plstinins t th UN

Joel mAgAlnicKEditor, JTNewsGiven that only nine countries voted

outright against the Palestinian bid or

observer status at the United Nations,

40 abstained, and an overwhelming 138

voted in avor, one might be quick to sug-

gest that anti-Semitism gured heavilyinto General Assembly members deci-

sion-making process. he truth, says

David Harris, executive director o the

American Jewish Committee, the world-

wide Jewish advocacy organization, is

much more complex.

UN votes are not always or necessarily

an accurate barometer o objective eelings

o a situation, Harris said.

Harris visited Seattle on Dec. 2 to speak

to a group o local AJC supporters about

the Palestinian UN bid as well as the drive

or the U.S. and Israel to move toward

energy independence. He sat down with

JNews prior to the event.

hough the 50-plus countries with

Muslim majorities may disagree on many

issues, when it comes to the Palestinians,

at the end o the day no ones going to

break ranks, Harris said. Nobody.

Add to that the larger, 120-country

Non-Aligned Movement, which this past

August allowed Iran to become its chair-

man or the next three years.

Teres not one single country that Im

aware o, not one, that, seeing the prospect

o Irans chairmanship, said Were opting

out, Harris said. So thats the nature o

things in the UN, Im sorry to say.

Put on top o that the many coun-

tries that get nervous about support-

ing Israel due to their own aspirations.

Harris pointed to Canada, which had

campaigned or a seat on the Security

Council in 2010, but lost its bid to Portu-

gal in a surprise upset. He cited Canadas

Prime Minister Stephen Harpers support

or Israel as a prime reason or the coun-

trys loss. Harper reerred to the UN vote

when addressing a orum on anti-Semi-

tism soon aer.

When Israel, the only country in

the world whose very existence is under

attack, is consistently and conspicuously

singled out or condemnation, I believe

we are morally obligated to take a stand,

Harper said.

Democratic countries say, Gee, do

I want to endure Canadas ate? Harris

said. Te answer by and large is no, so to

get along you have to go along.

Economic, trade and energy interests

also play into countries voting decisions,

but one-on-one relationships between

Israel and other nations are ar dierent

rom what happened at the UN.

I could cite or you country aer coun-

try aer country that voted yes, and there-ore people would say, Gee that country

is hostile, Harris said. But in the bilat-

eral context, the strategic cooperation,

the deense cooperation, the intelligence

cooperation, economic cooperation, peo-

ple-to-people travel, research and devel-

opment, are going gangbusters.

Britains abstention in last months

vote, however, was telling, he said. Foreign

Secretary William Hague said his country

did not want to block the PAs move, but

he demanded assurances rom the Pales-

tinians, including an immediate return to

peace talks and not seeking membership

in the International Criminal Court. Pal-

estinian diplomats rejected those assur-

ances as unrealistic.

I Britain was not satised, Im not

sure why anyone else should eel con-

dent, Harris said.

Recent events played a part as well in

the move orward. Since the release o cap-

tive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit more than

a year ago, and in particular in the week

between the end o hostilities in Gaza and

the UN bid, Abbas had been seen as weak

and ineective while Hamas popula

ity soared. Reports ollowing the Gener

Assembly vote showed Palestinians in th

West Bank dancing in the streets and pu

ting up posters o Abbas. Te euphori

Harris believes, will be short-lived.Having gone to the UN General Assem

bly on Tursday may have given the Pale

tinians momentary exultation, Harris sai

But the day aer has to be a growing sen

o disappointment, i not disillusionmen

that nothing practical has changed. In a

Israel has already responded with its ow

tat or the tit, so to speak.

Tat response, Israels announceme

o a parcel o settlement-building pla

would, i built, make a contiguous Pa

estinian state geographically impossib

though it would join the settlement

Maale Adumim to Israel proper. Maa

Adumim is widely expected to be one

the adjustments to the lines drawn in 19

in a nal peace agreement. Te Israeli go

ernment has also withheld $120 million

tax revenues it collects or the Palestini

Authority, which aects the PAs ability

pay its workers and police orce.

But thats all maneuvering, Harris sai

especially in light o the Jan. 22 electio

that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyah

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Happy Hanukkah! In keeping with the season, this appropriately shaped puzzle contains nine

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most like to receive.

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an ttmpt to stop thbuilding

JAnis siegel JTNews correspondentSoon ater the ormer Palestinian

entity was upgraded to non-member

observer state status in the recent United

Nations General Assembly vote, IsraeliPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus

administration announced an Israeli plan

to build 3,000 new homes in the West

Bank and East Jerusalem, setting down a

marker, according to Michael Oren, Isra-

els ambassador to the U.S.

However, it is the area northeast o

Jerusalem labeled E1 that has received

widespread international condemnation.

A call or U.S. Jews to oppose the build-

ing plan comes rom the American Jewish

organization J Street, a growing voice in

the American Jewish peace movement.

J Streets Northern Caliornia and

Paciic Northwest regional director,

Gordon Gladstone, visited Seattle in early

December to host a series o private meet-

ings with Ophir Pines-Paz, who spent 14

years in the Knesset and served as general

secretary o the Labor Party in Israel rom

2001 to 2003.

In 2010, Pines-Paz shook up the polit-

ical landscape in Israel when he quit the

Knesset over the deection o Labor head

Ehud Barak to Netanyahus coalition.

Pines-Paz is currently the director o

the Institute or Local Governance at el

Aviv Universitys Social Science School.

He is also a member o the Israel board o

J Street.

Gladstone and Pines-Paz sat down with

JNews to discuss this issue and other

recent events in the region.

Gladstone said that J Street agreed

with the detractors o the E1 plan, believ-

ing it would split the West Bank in two

and derail any Palestinian hope o shar-

ing Jerusalem as part o a uture two-state

solution.

Were not taking a position on the res-

olution at the UN. J Street does not have a

plan on the table, and thats not our role,

said Gladstone. It was a perectly legal,

nonviolent move on their part. But we are

ocused on what substantially changes the

situation on the ground: Improve security

or both sides, and lead to a two-state res-

olution to this conict. Tat is not going to

happen in the UN.

Israels cabinet voted unanimously to

reject and denounce the UN vote while

urthering its plans or the new construc-

tion it had mapped out years ago. Israel

also contends that any obstruction to

uture Palestinian access can be easily mit-

igated by the addition o a clover lea or a

tunnel.

Oren, Israels ambassador, told Fox

News Sunday that the Palestinians violated

their agreements with Israel and the U.S.

by going unilaterally to the UN.

All o our agreements say there is no

alternative to direct talks, Oren said.

Te 1389 vote in the UN, with 41

abstentions, ollowed a cease-re agre

ment between Israel and Hamas at

thousands o rockets were red into Isra

rom Gaza and Israel undertook targeteincursions into the area to destroy rocke

launching sites.

Pines-Paz said the UN vote was on

the most recent power play betwee

Hamas, which controls Gaza, and Pa

estinian Authority President Mahmou

Abbas, known as Abu Mazen, the lead

o the Fatah organization in the We

Bank, as they vie or supremacy and dom

inance among the Palestinians. Accor

ing to Pines-Paz, Hamas tried to captu

the headlines by initiating a skirmish wi

Israel, but Abbas resurrected his own sa

ging image by spearheading the UN vote

In the last round, we had nothing to d

with it, said Pines-Paz. Hamas wanted

prevent Abu Mazen rom going to the U

because they were against the whole mov

Tey cant shoot at Abu Mazen so the

shoot at us [Israel] in order to try and g

international attention. Tey dont wa

him to be the Palestinian leader. I think

is their way to prove that they are stro

ger, more dominant, and better represen

ing the Palestinian interests.

With Israeli elections in January cu

rently showing Netanyahu to be the ove

whelming rontrunner, Pines-Paz sa

Israelis are ready to go orward wi

President Obama and the peace proce

despite their disappointment over th

unraveling o Obamas initial peace ove

tures.

I think he should come to Jerusalem

he should come to el Aviv, and he shou

courTESy J STrEET SEAT

Ophir Pines-Pz spoke to J Street supporte

during his Dec. 5 visit to Settle.

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diAnA bRement JTNews columnist

1Its hard to have a

phone, or even a Skype

conv e r sat ion wi th

someone in rural Nicaragua,so my interview with Mercer

Island High School grad Talia

Langman, currently a Peace

Corps volunteer in Nicaragua,

was by email.

alia is no stranger to

travel. Born in Caliornia,

her amily moved to our di-

erent states, settling in the

Seattle area when she was 13.

She attended the Jewish Day

School and spent a semester

at the Alexander Muss High

School in Israel, her mothers

home country.

Originally intending to

be a doctor, alia headed to

Brandeis, but took a semes-

ter abroad with the School

or International raining in

the Brazilian Amazon. Tis

gave me direct exposure

to the environmental and

social issues aecting Bra-

zils Amazon, she wrote, and

shied her ocus to interna-

tional development.

Aer college she spent a

year in Spain teaching Eng-

lish to at-risk youth, then travelled to India

or a one-year ellowship with American

Jewish World Service.

I elt in order to make

strides in development work

I needed to be closely con-

nected to the people andissues whose lives and situ-

ations I was attempting to

improve, she wrote, and the

Peace Corps seemed like the

logical next step.

A year between AJWS and

the Peace Corps gave alia

the chance to live in New

York City or a year, teaching

English as a second language,

interning at the Social Science

Research Council, working in a restaurant

kitchen, and tapping into one o her rst

loves, theater.

Now she works as a community health

volunteer with the Ministry o Health in

Pueblo Nuevo, Nicaragua. She helps edu-

cate youth about HIV/AIDS and sexual

disease prevention, women about mater-

nal and child health, and the general

population about sanitation and disease

prevention.

My daily interactions with community

members are her avorite part o the job,

alia writes. Her time is exible, which

gives me reedom to explore and learn a

great deal about my community.

She adds, a stint in the Peace Corps

will inevitably push you out o your com-

ort zone, but says even the challenges

lead to valuable growth and experience.

alia has met a ew Jewish Peace Corps

volunteers, but the tiny Nicaraguan Jewish

community is primarily in the capital, ar

rom her. Most o the villagers she meets

have never met a Jew, and she enjoys the

opportunity to share her religious and cul-

tural heritage.

alia will be in Nicaragua until March

2014, and while thats a long way o, she

admits shes already thinking o the uture.

She plans to return to the states and con-

tinue pursuing theater and

development work.

2

Earlier this month

Bellevue resident

Robin Rogel-Gold-

stein was installed or a

second term as a vice presi-

dent in the Womens League

or Conservative Judaism at

its 2012 biennial convention.

Te league is the umbrella

organization or womens

groups (read: Sisterhoods) at

Conservative synagogues in

North America, Great Brit-

ain and Israel.

Robin, whose amily has

lived in the Seattle area or

100 years, got involved in the Herzl-Ner

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Robin Rogel-Goldstein, who

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vice president for the

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Pece Corps volunteer Tli Lngmn in the hills

of Nicrgu with some children from the villge

where shes working.

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JAnis siegel JTNews columnistIn the aermath o cata-

strophic events that threaten

lives or leave the population

eeling helpless or earul,

Israel has resources to help.

One, the Israel Center or thereatment o Psychotrauma

at Herzog Hospital in Jerusa-

lem, plays a central role in the

emotional recovery o Israelis.

Whether rom a natural

disaster or more recently, ter-

rorism, aer more than 1,000

missiles launched rom Gaza

landed in Southern Israel and as ar north

as el Aviv, Israelis are rebounding, oen

with the help o ICP programs.

Stephen Schwartz, the international

director o resource development at

Herzog Hospital, sent two email updates

to supporters on Nov. 18 during some o

the early and intense rocket re into Israel.

Herzogs Israel Center or the reat-

ment o Psychotrauma, as it has done so

many times in the past, has once again

stepped orward to provide the needed

support services to help Israelis cope,

wrote Schwartz. Te heightened sense o

awareness has triggered stress and trauma

in so many Israelis, many who have been

living with the missile threats or years.

he ICP has developed a school

intervention program that has, to date,

trained more than 4,000 mental health

providers, counselors, school

administrators, and teach-

ers in the classroom to recog-

nize changes in the behavior

o a child due to emotional

trauma. From signs o depres-sion to detecting a change in

a students interest or par-

ticipation, they can use their

learning to take action. Te

program has already bene-

tted more than 42,000 chil-

dren.

Its Peace o Mind pro-

gram was created to help elite combat sol-

diers rom within the same unit readjust

to civilian lie aer three or more years o

service in the Israeli Deense Forces. With

the help o therapists, the ICP works in

Israel and internationally, sending these

groups o men and women to participat-

ing Jewish communities around the world

or a relaxing week as tourists while they

continue therapy. wo more groups are

currently in progress.

Te Parents Place program in Sderot

meets privately with adults in emotional

need, and over 60 parent-child support

groups have already met there.

A newly created program, the Parent

Hotline, a phone-based intake system,

counsels adults who need help keeping

their children calm during a crisis. Te

phone outreach was set up to help various

cultures during the recent hostilities and

it responded to callers in ve languages

Hebrew, Russian, French, Amharic, and

English.

On Oct. 18, 2012, the Parent Hotline

elded calls rom rightened and conusedparents, many o whom have endured

more than 11 years o continuous rocket

barrages in their towns.

Pro. Danny Brom, the ICPs direc-

tor, described the increasing tension and

ear he saw in the population as the threat

rom the missiles escalated.

In reporting the centers activities,

Brom documented how the beginning o

the day was relatively quiet, but wrote that

as the evening approached, they became

inundated with calls rom many, many,

very rightened parents.

I have two children, (a) two and

a-hal year-old and a baby, wrote Brom,

quoting a parent caller. My whole body

trembles. My heart beats very ast. Tere

was an alarm 10 minutes ago. I dont know

what to do with my children. I dont want

them to see me like this.

Another caller, a mother o a 10-year-

old, ound she needed help staying calm

or her boy.

My sonthrows up every time there

is an alarm, what can I do? Brom quoted

her as saying.

Te eects o days and weeks o ongo-

ing emergency sirens that gave amilies

only a ew seconds o warning to nd she

ter rom incoming missiles, coupled wi

prolonged stays in sae rooms, oe

resulted in what is commonly know

Post-raumatic Stress Disorder. For pa

ents, maintaining courage in the ace the unknown required new skills.

A mother called in [a] panic an

told [us] that her daughter was called u

or emergency recruitment, continue

Brom. Te most earul part is that as pa

ents, we dont know whether our childre

will be called up or military reserve dut

Tat is a very rightening thought.

Admittedly, Te ICP knows that mo

people will naturally recover rom li

threatening events within a ew month

at the most; however, a minority o tho

aected with PSD wont nd their wa

back to emotional health without assi

tance.

Individuals can take steps in their ow

lives to increase their coping abilities b

keeping relationships close, learning an

talking to others about their situatio

exercising, mastering relaxation tech

niques, helping others, and taking ple

sure in a avorite activity.

Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelanc

journalist Janis Siegel has covered

international health research for SELF

magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson

Cancer Research Center.

ISRaEl:To Your Health

amid Sisterhood when her kids started

Hebrew school in the 3rd grade.

I didnt want to be one o the parents

who [just] drops their kids o, she recalls.

I wanted to show the kids that this was

something I valued.

Eventually she was asked to present a

program at a regional conerence and went

on to become involved in many capacities

both locally and regionally. Aer serving

as membership chair o the region, she was

asked to become an international board

member and subsequently an interna-

tional vice president, a position shes held

or two years.

My portolio is ways and means, she

explains, helping the region with und-

raising and planning or the uture, all

things necessary to keep our organiz

tion viable.

Tis recent biennial convention w

held in Las Vegas, and Robin says listen

ing to the speakers and being inspired b

the speakers was one o the most excitin

things about the meeting. She also enjoye

connecting and networking with wome

rom all over North America, Englan

and Israel to share our stories and b

part o a greater whole.

When shes not busy with the Wom

ens League, Robin is a Bnai Mitzvah tuto

or emple De Hirsch Sinai and a jewel

designer.

Te opportunity or connection an

growth are really important to me in th

organization, says Robin o the Leagu

to build bridges, to build understandin

to support Israel and each other.

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come to Ramallah, and try to regain the

trust o the Palestinians and the Israe-

lis because hes lost his credibility in both

camps, Pines-Paz said.

Gladstone expressed a more guarded

optimism .

Tis is the time, he said. Te situ-

ation is increasingly worrisome. For 20

years weve all spoken about a window

thats closing. We tried it twice unilater-

ally, in Lebanon and Gaza. In both cases, it

went badly. In the places where weve had

international involvement and leadership,

in Egypt and Jordan, its gone well.

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to use Mama Lils in caponata,

a classic Sicilian appetizer o

sauted eggplant in a sweet

and sour (agrodolce) sauce.

Sicily is close to North Arica,

so they oen incorporate complex avors

that are not so common in savory dishes

around the rest o Italy, like the cinnamon

and cocoa powder used here. Tese a-

vors arent dominant, but add an interest-

ing background to the dish.

Now Im not kidding when I say this

panini is spicy! I you dont like seriously

hot stu, you can make this with roasted

red bell peppers instead, and add a pinch

o chili akes and a bit more vinegar.

You can easily make the caponata a

day or two in advance, and then use it or

panini in a hurry on a weeknight.

Spicy Caponata Panini

Prep time: 15 minutes

Cook time: 30 minutes

otal time: 45 minutes

1/2 cup Mama Lils Peppers

1 medium eggplant, about 13 ounces, peeled and

cut into 1/2" cubes

1/2 onion, diced

2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced

Kosher salt

2 tsp. capers

5 pitted green olives, sliced

2 tsp. red wine vinegar

1 tsp. sugar

1 Tbs. tomato paste1/2 tsp. unsweetened cocoa

powder

Pinch cinnamon

Freshly ground black pepper

1/2 tsp. minced rosemary leaves

(preerably resh)

1/4 cup chopped resh parsley

8 large slices o rustic Italian bread

(not too thick)

2 cups grated scamorza cheese (or a mixture o

smoked and regular mozzarella)

Place a large skillet over medium-

high heat. Drain the oil rom the

peppers into the pan, reserving the

peppers. I that hasnt yielded a

couple o tablespoons o oil, add a

bit more olive oil as needed. Add the

eggplant, onion, garlic and a pinch

o kosher salt. Toss to coat the veg-

etables with oil and lower the heat to

medium. Cook, stirring occasionally,

until the eggplant is thoroughly ten-

der, browned, and no longer holding

the cube shapes, about 15 minutes.

Add the reserved peppers, capers,

olives, vinegar, sugar, tomato paste,

cocoa powder, cinnamon, several

grinds o black pepper and rosemary.

Stir well and cook about 5 more min-

utes. Taste and adjust seasoning.

It may need more salt, vinegar, or

spices to create a balanced favor.

Remove rom the heat and mix in the

parsley. At this point you can reserve

the caponata in the rerigerator or up

to a couple o days, or make the pa-

nini right away.

To make the panini, preheat your pa-

nini press or alternate cooking unit.

Lay out our slices o bread, and top

each with 1/2 cup o the caponata

and 1/2 cup o the cheese. Cover

with the remaining slice o bread.

Cook until the bread is golden brown

and the cheese is melted, about 4-5

minutes. Use plenty o pressure to

produce a nicely compressed sand

wich. Serve hot.

Yield: 4 panini

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the author of the recently released cookbook

Herbivoracious, A Flavor Revolution with 15

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based on his food blog, herbivoracious.com.

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The clss trip to Northwest Hrvest ws prt of JDS Mitzvh Dys, which included the student

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are relegated to lives o isolation simply

because the public sphere outside their

door is not accessible in many basic ways.

It is tragic that throughout the world,

people with disabilities are the poorest o

the poor because employment discrimi-

nation is epidemic. Even in the U.S., the

unemployment rate or people with disabil-

ities who can work and are eager to ply their

trade is twice as high as the national average.

Tis treaty afrms the right o people

with disabilities to equality o opportunity,

ull participation, independent living and

economic sel-sufciency.

It is time the United States reclaimed

its position as a global leader in civil rights.

We must recognize all people, including

those with disabilities, as people rst. We

Jews are taught in Pirkei Avot, Do not

look at the container, but rather at what is

inside o it.

We must help all people look beyond

the disability beyond the container

and see the person within, the person

with oen unacknowledged and thereore

untapped potential.

Troughout Hanukkah, Jews around

the world have added a candle each night.

As we kindle each ame o the estival, let

us recognize the candles that are still dark,

the holiness yet to be realized.

Let us grow in holiness as we seek

brighten the lives o people with disabil

ties around the world. Let us, in Macc

bean style, join a seemingly small band

reedom ghters against the larger oe

injustice.

Rabbi Lynne Landsberg is senior advisor on

disability issues for the Religious Action Cente

of Reform Judaism. Raechel Banks is a

legislative assistant at the center.

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Who says our Christian riends have to

have all the un on December 25th? Sure,

they get the tree, the new toys and gadgets,

the glitter. But who says we Jews have to

be stuck at home just because the health

club is closed?Start with Latkepalooza: Just like

Fiddler on the Roo (see right), its

tradition! radition or the under-35

crowd, that is. Hop in a cab Christmas Eve

and head over to the Q nightclub on Capi-

tol Hill or the annual Jconnect/Jewish

Federation Young Adult Division blow-

out so you can get your once-a-year catch-

up with your childhood riends or

make new ones. Great drinks, loud music,

and people dressed in their cocktail best

doing their darnedest to stay upright. Its

a great time and ar warmer than riding

shotgun in Santas sleigh. ickets cost

$20 now, go up to $25 on Monday the

17th, and cost $30 at the door. Visit

www.jconnectseattle.org or contact

Josh Furman at josh@hilleluw.org.

Doors open at 9. Te real party starts

much later.

IthatQ is not your style, theres

always the mysterious, enigmatic otherQ,

the one pulling the strings behind super-

spy James Bond. Teaters are open and

Skyall, one o the grittiest, most explo-

sive Bond icks ever, is still moonraking

in the bucks at theaters all over town, as

are dozens o other eel-good romcoms

and Oscar wannabe contenders tis the

season, aer all. And youll need some-

thing to keep you awake aer your Chi-

nese dinner.

I you want to go up in the air but

have a soer landing, the

trampoline-illed warehouse known as

Sky High Sports in Bellevue is open on

the 24th until 5 p.m., and on the aer-

noon o the 25th, starting at 2 p.m. Visit

sea.jumpskyhigh.com or details.

I you do plan to head or the hills,

whether or a day o snowshoeing or

cross-country skiing or to hit the slopes,

the trails are always open. I you need to

rent equipment, be sure to do so the day

beore, as most sporting-goods stores are

not likely to be open to take

care o those needs.

Want to go ast, but not

so excited about the cold?

K1 Speed indoor go-kartingis open on the 24th and 25th

rom 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Teir

location on Bel-Red Road on

the BellevueRedmond line

has plenty o space to zoom

around the track and get

out that rustration rom all

those crazies on the road.

You just miss out on the wind blowing

through your hair. Visit www.k1speed.

com or more details.

While these activities are un, it cer-

tainly eels good to help others. Hospitals

throughout the area rely on voluntee

or many non-essential services, but tho

people oen want to spend Christmas

home with their amilies. Call your loc

hospital a week or so beore the holiday

nd out what sorts o volunteer opportunities are available just dont show u

on the 25th and expect to have someon

available to get you started.

A couple other volunteer opportun

ties: Serve mea

or shelter res

dents through th

Compass Housin

Alliance. Tere are as many as 60 opport

nities available at several locations in Sea

tle or people to cook and drop o dish

as well as to serve them. Contact Compas

volunteer coordinator Kevin Friedrich

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Wantto head outdoors? Go

climb a rock.Yes,we know,

actually headingup tothe hillsto

go rockclimbingisatbestawet,

slippery affair in late Decem-

ber. But not ifyou do it inside!

Stone Gardens in both Seattle

and Bellevue are open onthe

25th, meaningyou can scram-

bleasup,upandawayfromyour

beloved family asyoud like.You

still need someoneto belaythe

rope,though.

Visitwww.stonegardens.com

forinformationandlocations.

mGmSTuDIoSOn the 25th, i youre still in the movie-going

mood,checkout theFiddlerontheRooSing-A-Long.YouknowitsJewishwhentheintermission

includes a Chinese ood buet! Thosecraty olks

over at theSIFFCinema know aday out or Jews

whentheyseeit,andtheyretakingulladvantage.

The Norman Jewison adaptation, starring Chaim

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non-Jewish riends with no other place

go or an aernoon cocktail party or

Woody Allen movie night? Do it in th

guise o trying all those Christmas ooyou say youd otherwise never let into yo

own house. Minus the ham, o course.

Merry, um, December 25th, everyon

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person or $15/couple. At Northwest Yeshiva High

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Among the overarching questions

is President Abbas interested in resumin

peace talks and moving toward a viabl

durable two-state agreement? Tats t

larger issue here, Harris said. But th

question is, is the maneuvering the en

in itsel or the means to an end, and whis the end? Is it actually a maneuverin

toward the peace table or away rom th

peace table?

I think its air to say that the jury

still out.

Tough