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Brewing up a new connection to Lag b’OmerEdmon J. Rodman JTA World News Service

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Sit back by the bonfire and pop open a brewski, it’s Lag b’Omer.

Since we have been counting the Omer — a biblical measure of barley that was brought as an offering to the Temple — each evening from the second night of Passover, what better way to mark the coming holiday than by downing a barley beverage, cold and carbonated?

What’s the occasion?Lag b’Omer marks the ending of a

plague during the Bar Kochba revolt in the second century CE. According to tradi-tion, students and soldiers were dying and the plague ended on that day.

The one-day holiday, which this year begins on the night of April 27, is the 33rd day of the count-ing of the Omer — in Hebrew, the letters that spell “lag” repre-sent the number 33.

In remembrance of those who died, the Omer season, which lasts 49 days and ends the night before Sha-vuot, is a period of partial mourning — no dancing, parties, weddings, not even haircuts. It is also a period of study and reflection.

Today, to cele-brate the reprieve, the holiday for many has turned into a day to cut loose. Festivals are held with rides for the kids and, especially in Israel, there are bon-fires.

The bonfire flames are said to represent the light of the Kab-balistic teachings of Rabbi Simeon bar Yochai, whose yahrzeit is observed on Lag b’Omer. Thousands visit his tomb on Mount Meron, not far from Safed, to pay homage. There it is considered an honor to offer the visitors a Chai rotel — an ancient measurement of about 15 gallons of drink. The choices are non-alcoholic beverages and wine; why not beer?

In the U.S., seeing a barley and beer connection, the college-age demographic and beyond have found other ways to brew up enthusiasm for this minor holi-

day. Beginning several years ago at college campus Hillels, such as at the universities of Wisconsin and Washington, the holi-day was observed in part by the quaffing of beer at “Lager b’Omer” events.

Last year, three Boston synagogues brought in seasoned home brewer Aidan Acker for an evening of beer making and talking about the holiday called “Ferment-ing the Omer,” which made sense since most beer is made by fermenting a brew of malted barley, hops and yeast.

This year, I was planning a Lag b’Omer bonfire and get-together in my backyard. Wanting in on this new Jewish use of beer, I spoke with Alex Ourieff, a Jewish foodie and self-taught home brewer. Ourieff had tied beer recently to another Jewish hol-

iday, Tu b’Shevat, by brewing a seven-species beer.

“For the seven-spe-cies brew, I combined pomegranate molasses, barley, wheat, dried figs, green grapes, date sugar and olive leaf extract,” said Ourieff, 25, who will soon attend the Culinary Institute of America in Napa, Calif.

“I like layering fla-vors , i t ’ s a mental exercise,” he added, pro-viding a taste of his cre-ativity.

Home brewing has grown as a hobby since President Jimmy Carter signed a bill in 1978 allowing up to 100 gal-lons per adult to be home brewed, tax free. Stores such as Sound Homebrew Supply in

Seattle’s Georgetown neighborhood have bubbled up to supply and educate the hob-byists.

“The Sumerian Hymn to Ninkasi is about beer making, and the Code of Ham-murabi includes laws about beer,” said Greg Beron, of Culver City Home Brewing Supply Company near Los Angeles, after I explained to him my Lag b’Omer mission of connecting with barley.

“In recent excavations near the Pyra-mids in Egypt near where the people who

Because love is not enoughRabbi oliviER bEnHaim Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue

In last week’s Torah por-tion, we read the universally known affirmation: “V’ahavta l’reacha kamocha — Love your fellow like yourself” (Lev 19:18). But this is not the only time in Torah that we are called to love. In the book of Deuteronomy, we find another “V’ahavta,” the one that commands us to love God (Deut. 6:5), and which is duplicated in our prayer books as part of the Sh’ma and its blessings.

We might be tempted to derive from these two Biblical verses that religion is there to teach us love and insist on com-passion. But our sages recognized that love alone is not enough; compassion alone is not enough. They were concerned that teaching primarily about love might run the risk of keeping the focus of the practi-tioner exclusively on him or herself. Viewed narrowly this way, religion might simply become about the narcissistic pursuit of self-betterment — more about how one feels than about what one does. Ultimately, religion might end up solely an individu-alistic, exclusively personal practice, rather than also providing a communal frame-work that regulates interpersonal conduct.

Consequently, our rabbis teach us that “chesed,” the attribute of love and compas-sion, needs to be met with “gevurah,” the attribute of justice, to be in balance. Though we certainly must cultivate love within our-selves and live with an open heart and a for-giving attitude, at the same time it is both imperative and critical that we develop a strong sense of duty toward the other.

This balance between these two oppo-sites is the gift I believe religion brings to humanity. In a world devoid of gevurah, people are left to act on the more primitive/baser instincts of self-preservation, with exclusive concern for one’s inner circle. Gevurah nudges us to broaden our human-ity — extend ourselves — to do the right thing simply because it’s the right thing to do, even if we don’t feel like it.

Paradoxically, this insular concern may be what we are seeing as the new cul-tural standard of modern society, where the dominating worldview is one that sees all relationships as transactional, where extreme individualism is the norm, and the world is increasingly polarizing and alien-ating. In this environment, we don’t have to look far to see how we have, as a soci-ety, abdicated our mandate to provide ser-vices and appropriate help for those who

are poor, sick and mentally ill. They are at best neglected if not downright abandoned by those entrusted with their care: Us.

We live at a time in his-tory where the attributes of gevurah, of justice, are in dire need to be brought back to the fore. One of the ways our tradition has ensured that

gevurah always came to temper the influ-ence of chesed — of love — over the centu-ries, has been through the path of mitzvot. The system of mitzvot is designed to make us transcend the limitations of our emo-tional variability, to move us beyond the limits of love, and help us step beyond the narrow confines of the ego. Today, we all pick and choose to some extent our level of orthodoxy of practice, which min-hagim, which halachot to follow, if any. But this also means that the path of mitz-vot is alive and well and can be reinter-preted and embraced anew as a relevant guide to our postmodern global lives.

Our reclaiming the energies of gevurah through our renewed practice of such mitzvot as ba’al tash’chit (protecting our planet’s ecosystem), bikur cholim (meet-ing the need of those who are sick or men-tally ill), kibud av v’em (caring for the elderly), kashrut (consuming humanely raised and sustainably grown foods as well as socially conscious products and ser-vices), or tzedakah (supporting others to help themselves) positions us as a coun-ter-cultural force to today’s societal norm. Once again, the Jewish community is poised to reclaim its prophetic voice, call-ing for change, calling for justice. We have an opportunity to recreate ourselves as communities where an opposing set of values and priorities is practiced, to consti-tute ourselves as religious institutions that embody the kind of world, the kind of soci-ety we truly aspire to be a part of, and seek to see manifested for our children: Com-munities that truly embody love (chesed) and justice (gevurah) for everyone.

As we seek to transform our syna-gogues into microcosms of the holis-tic communities of tomorrow, we work to strike the balance between love and duty, compassion and responsibility, self-transcendence and communal care, and create institutions that respond to today’s yearning for congregations that teach and model a way of being whereby people know themselves to be arevim zeh l’zeh — responsible for one another.

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weekendFriday, April 26–Saturday, April 27

Congregation Beth Shalom hosts Rabbi Amy Kalmanofsky, an assistant professor of Bible at the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York. Kalmanofsky teaches courses on biblical lit-erature, religion, and feminist interpretation of the Bible, and she will spend the weekend talk-ing about biblical relationships — between Ruth and Naomi, between Joseph and his brothers, and between Jonah and God. Her keynote will examine the young love in “Song of Songs.”

Rabbi Kalmanofsky wrote the book “Terror All Around: Horror, Monsters and Theol-ogy” and is currently at work on a book titled “The Dangerous Sisters of the Hebrew Bible.”

Takes place at Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. Visit www.bethshalomseattle.org or contact 206-524-0075 for information and reservations.

■ Sephardic Jewry and the Holocaust: The Future of the Field Sunday, April 28-Tuesday, April 30

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

together for a symposium beginning Sunday at 7:30 p.m. with keynote speaker Aron Rodrigue of Stanford on “Sephardim, Memory, and the Holocaust.” Monday’s sessions include “Jews, Muslims, and the History of the Holocaust,” “Resources for the study of Sep-hardic Jewry,” and “Greek Jewry During the Holocaust: Reactions and Responses.” Tues-day’s sessions are sold out.

Sunday’s keynote address takes place at 7:30 p.m. at the University of Washing-ton’s Kane Hall. Monday’s sessions take place at Allen Library, Petersen Room 485. All sessions are free. For more information and to register for the remaining sessions, visit stroumjewishstudies.org/holocaustsymposium.

■ Celebrate Israel at 65 at the JSunday, May 5, 1-4 p.m.

Get out your passport, you’re going to Israel — on Mercer Island. In celebration of Israel’s 65th anniversary of statehood, the community is invited to make chocolate in Nazareth Illit, hit the waves in Haifa with an inflatable surf rider, climb Masada (a 24-foot rock climbing wall), face paint in Tel Aviv, put notes in the Kotel, crush grapes in Rishon Letzion, make bath salts at the Dead Sea, work out IDF-style, make pita and tea in a Bedouin tent, make colored sand bottles in Eilat, and more. At 3:10 p.m. Meshi Kleinstein and Avi Avliav will perform a concert of Israeli music.

At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. For more information and to register, contact Zach Duitch at ZachD@sjcc.org or visit www.sjcc.org.

build them were housed, they have found bakery/breweries,” he added, trying to give me a historical connection.

A more recent fan of the brew was Michael Steinberg, a friend of Beron’s and a prize-winning home brewer who had retired and moved to Las Vegas. Since he was given a beer-making kit in 1999, Stein-berg estimates he has brewed hundred of gallons.

“I like beer at Hanukkah,” Steinberg said. “It goes better with brisket and latkes than wine.”

As to a special Lag b’Omer brew? Ourieff, thinking about the holiday bon-fires, suggested making a smoked beer by roasting the barley before brewing.

“It will have a dark, smoky flavor,” he said, suddenly making a columnist thirsty.

Since the days until Lag b’Omer were few — it takes about five weeks to make beer — Ourieff directed me to several craft breweries that made “smoked porters.”

Sitting by the fire with a smoky barley brew, we could raise our glasses to friend-ship, to Bar Yochai’s light and drink our Omer.

W Beer Page 3The Interfaith amigos: rabbi Ted Falcon, right, founder of Makom Ohr Shalom in Los angeles and Bet alef Meditative Synagogue in Seattle, Pastor Don Mackenzie, to his left, former minister and head of staff at University Congregational United Church of Christ in Seattle, and Imam Jamal rahman, center, co-founder and Muslim Sufi minister at the Interfaith Community Sanctuary and adjunct faculty at Seattle University, visited The Summit at First Hill on april 17 to lead Summit residents and guests in a discussion about how faith approaches the end of life and the challenges facing each faith today. Katy Sewall, left, lead producer and host at KUOW Public radio in Seattle, and the Summit’s administrator esther Friend joined the trio.

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Se alevantaron los pipinos para aharvar a los bahchevanes.The cucumbers rose (in rebellion) to strike the farmers.

Used in situations when a youngster, or someone without experience, thinks he knows more than an elder with a lot of experience.

a homemade finish line 6Erica Nash traveled 25.7 miles — plus 3,000 more — before she could cross the finish line for the Boston Marathon. It was a long, difficult road.

class rolls up, bottom lines down 7The state of attendance at the region’s day schools is positive, but cash flow is not matching up.

Rocket teens 9Whether a group of teens from Northwest Yeshiva High School could launch their rocket in a national competition was up in the air, but it appears they’ll be able to travel after all.

Looking for investors 10A major funder in Israeli startups came to the Seattle area to talk up his country’s investment benefits.

Life underground 12For close to two years, a few families managed to hide from the Nazis by living underground — literally — in a cave. Their story is coming to the big screen.

the wild, wild jewish West 15The infamous U.S. Marshal Wyatt Earp found himself a nice Jewish woman to marry. A book just came out about the woman behind the man. We sat down with the author.

an unlikely story by an unlikely author 20Christopher Huh isn’t Jewish. He has no familial connection to the Holocaust. But the 14-year-old Maryland student was so affected by what he studied in school about the Holocaust that he sat down and wrote a graphic novel to teach others what he learned.

mOREm.O.t.: damn that traffic jam 8What’s your jQ?: coping with violence 11community calendar 14the arts 16Lifecycles 19the shouk classifieds 18

From the Jewish Transcript, April 26, 1929.Alfred Hertz, conductor of the Los Angeles

Philharmonic, brought the orchestra to Seat-tle for a concert. “The combination of this giant musical personality and one of the greatest sym-phonic bodies in the world is unique and prom-ises programs of a brilliance seldom heard in this country,” said the article announcing Hertz’s visit. Tickets cost between 25¢ and $1 and were available at Bartell’s Drugstore.

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is pleased to co-sponsor Israel at 65, an

opportunity to explore all that Israel has to

offer while wishing Israel a happy 65th an-

niversary – right here at home!

Israel at 65, a free community celebration,

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at the Stroum Jewish Community Center,

3801 E. Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

It will be an afternoon of music, food, and

fun activities for the whole family. Make

chocolate in Natzrat Illit. Paint faces in

Tel Aviv. Write notes to put in the Kotel in

Jerusalem. Work out IDF-style in Ktziot.

There will even be a 24-foot rock climbing

When you get hungry, there will be a selection of Israeli food for purchase.

Starting at 3:10 pm, singing sensation Meshi Kleinstein will give a concert of

Israeli music, accompanied by Avi Avliav.

Kline Galland will expand its continuum of

care for older adults when its Home Health

Care Agency gets under way.

The new service, which Kline Galland

developed with the support of the Jewish

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discharged from the hospital and have com-

pleted post-hospitalization transitional care.

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people require after hospitalization and

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Her own private finish lineJoEl magalnick editor, JTNews

Erica Nash got her finish line after all. When the Nash family arrived at their Bel-levue home just after midnight last Friday morning, they didn’t expect a dozen friends to be there waiting in the dark with a surprise: The finish line Nash wasn’t able to cross four days earlier in Boston.

“I finished 25.7 miles of the marathon,” Nash said. “That’ll have to do.”

More than a week later, the final mile of her race is still a bit cloudy.

“The last thing I remember seeing in my head was the ‘One mile to go’ sign,” she said.

She was trying to figure out how to maneuver the last downhill on Beacon Street, one of the main arteries through Brookline and into Boston, when “I saw one runner down on the side of the road, and then all of a sudden everybody was stopped,” she said.

She heard ambulances, then realized the runners had been barricaded. Ripples came through the crowd about a bomb threat. Then about a bomb. She had her phone, so she tried to call her husband. He and their two kids were supposed to be somewhere near the finish line. But the city had shut down the cell phone network to avoid a possible remote detonation.

She tried texting. “Nothing would go through, then all of

a sudden they would go through, but they were coming out of sequence,” she said.

That confused things further. Her hus-band had just parked at Copley Square, near the finish line in Boston’s Back Bay. They explosions went off while the Nashes were in the elevator.

“The first thing they saw were a roll of sheets, Mylar blankets, rolling down the sidewalk,” Nash said. “A swarm of police officers came and were yelling, ‘Get back, get back!’ and shoved them all into the Westin, where they were held for a few hours.”

Meanwhile, on the course, things were getting complicated. Nash has cerebral palsy, and what had been a very warm day became cooler as the sun disappeared from between the buildings on Beacon St. She knew she needed to warm up and relax her muscles. She was sitting against a wrought-iron fence and decided it would be a good idea to get to a friend’s home in Brookline, which was very close by.

“Because I have CP I know that my mus-cles tend to spasm and whatnot, and I stood up, and I was like, ‘Okay, I just need to settle in and let my muscles reengage and I’ll be fine,’” she said. “Within 15 seconds I was vomiting and started to collapse.”

Help was swift and immediate. She kept hearing she was turning blue, but

she tried to refuse treatment, even after EMTs put her into an ambulance. She wasn’t one of the injured.

“They needed to get to the other people because they were bleeding,” she remembers yelling at them.

Triage at Mas-sachusetts General Hospital could not have been better.

“They were really prepared,” Nash said. Each patient had “a team of four to six people, the doctor for each team indicated who he was, every-one was color coded by what team they were…. They clearly had drilled for this. They knew what they were doing.”

The next several hours, however, became difficult. Nash’s legs began to con-vulse — and kept convulsing for seven or eight hours.

“They wouldn’t stop moving,” she said. “My achilles and all the muscles around my tibia, it just felt like they were going to rip from the bone.”

Nash spent two days in the hospital.

She is using a walker because she hasn’t been able to put weight on her feet. After the long flight to SeaTac, when the family arrived home to their surprise greeting, “it seemed to take forever to get from the door to the finish line,” Nash said.

Also awaiting them was a redecorated living room.

“There were hundreds of cards and emails and gifts for us from everybody in the Jewish community. It was really amaz-ing,” she said. “We’re very lucky. I don’t know what people without this kind of

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erica Nash greeted her father and children at the spot in the route known as Heartbreak Hill.

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Our local day schools: enrollment is up, revenue is notJanis siEgEl JTNews Correspondent

Enrollment in greater Seattle area Jewish day schools has been something of a roller coaster over the last decade, according to several longtime educators here, but the onset of the global economic recession in 2007 forced many families to rely on grants and scholarships to con-tinue giving their children a private school education. Most day schools are seeing more young faces in their classrooms, but the trend is that many of those children are receiving much more financial assistance than they had in the past.

School heads agree that “no child is ever left behind” — families who cannot afford the tuition will be given the help they need, which has kept many of the day school enrollment figures fluctuating within a fairly narrow range.

But Rabbi Rob Toren, executive direc-tor of the Samis Foundation, the pri-mary granting agency for K-12 Jewish day schools in Washington, told JTNews he would still like to see more Jewish fami-lies choose a Jewish day school education across the board.

“Enrollment, currently, is about where it was 15 years ago,” Toren said. “Ortho-dox enrollment is up, whereas enroll-ment in the community or in ‘egalitarian’ schools is down over this time period, con-sistent with trends elsewhere in the U.S.”

At the Seattle Hebrew Academy, the student population hovered between its high of 215 in 2005 and a low of 199 students in 2011, with a close second occurring this year in 2013, showing an enrollment of 214, according to Rivy Poupko Kletenik, SHA’s head of school.

“If the economy has affected anything,” said Kletenik, “it’s that we have less full-tuition payers. Eight years ago, it was more like 44 percent of our students that were on tuition assistance and now we’re well over 60 percent.”

When asked if these figures reflected the effects of the catastrophic downturn in the economy, Kletenik was unequivocal.

“It absolutely did,” she said. The Jewish Day School of Metropolitan

Seattle in Bellevue told JTNews the school is thriving in its 2012-13 academic year.

“This year, enrollment at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle is the highest it has been in four years,” said

Amy Adler, the director of admissions and external relations at JDS. “We cur-rently have 236 students enrolled in our preschool through 8th-grade program.”

Adler credits a new tuition-grant pro-gram at the school for providing the incentive for many families to enroll there, according to feedback she has received.

The Torah Day School, located in the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle is also experiencing a significant growth spurt.

“We have grown from 52 students in year one,” said Rabbi Sheftel Skaist, TDS’s head of school, “to just over 130 students in year seven, an average annual enroll-ment increase of about 17 percent. Neither the economy nor the cost of tuition seems to have been a direct factor in our enroll-ment trend.”

The Seattle Jewish Community School is experiencing strong growth as well. Its kindergarten has a waiting list, head of school Shoshana Bilavsky told JTNews, while it is enjoying a 14 percent increase in enrollment overall.

But SJCS was not necessarily a victim of the recession. A rather significant drop in enrollment, nearly 25 percent during the 2006-2007 academic years, was the result of leadership changes and the loss of their building, said Bilavsky.

“Finding our current location, exer-cising a right of first refusal to actually purchase the building, having the found-ing head of school return to the helm, followed by another experienced head

of school these past three years, has seen enrollment making its way back up to the 2006-7 numbers, in spite of setbacks due to the economic downturn of 2009,” Bilavsky said.

However, like so many of the other Jewish day schools in the area, the nois-ier halls have not translated into a rosier balance sheet.

“We have seen a dramatic increase in

the number of our families applying for financial aid and our tuition assistance is a larger percentage of our budget than it has been in the past,” Bilavsky said.

Rabbi Bernie Fox, head of school at the Northwest Yeshiva High School on Mercer Island, told JTNews the most sig-nificant factor in his school’s enrollment is the size of the 8th-grade graduating classes from the local Jewish middle schools, but a close second, he said, is the cost of tuition.

The 75 students currently enrolled at NYHS are a little more than half of what the student population was in 2001-02, its high-est enrollment number in the last 15 years, when 132 students attended classes there.

Like other Jewish schools, Fox said enrollment at NYHS increases and decreases from year to year.

“NYHS provides financial aid to its fam-ilies that cannot pay full tuition,” said Fox. “Our goal is that no child should be denied a Jewish education because the family lacks the resources to pay full tuition.”

Still, he said, some parents are will-

ing to pay and others won’t. The cost of tuition, said Fox, is also a concern for non-day school students who may want to transfer to the NYHS.

“NYHS is currently offering a $5,000 merit-based scholarship for incoming freshmen and sophomores,” added Fox. “The scholarship is renewable for the bal-ance of the recipient’s years at NYHS.”

According to Toren, the highest enroll-ment figures for the entire K–12 day-school system in Washington occurred from 2001 through 2003 when there were 730 students, but those numbers “declined rapidly until 2011,” when it rebounded to 642 students.

Today, said Toren, “the increase of stu-dents that brought the current total up to 688 has come mainly from the Orthodox community.”

The number of students attending the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder, a Chabad-affiliated Orthodox school, “has been stable and steady over the past 10 to 12 years,” according to Tziviah Goldberg, an MMSC board member.

MMSC, located in Seattle’s Northend in the Maple Leaf neighborhood, has a preschool and grade school for boys and girls, and continues through 12th grade for girls. Despite holding steady in enroll-ment, however, the school has experi-enced ongoing financial concerns.

“We are at 90 students now, and it’s been varying between 85 and 95,” Gold-berg said. “Samis supports us with finan-cial aid dollars, however, we are up to 82 percent of the population [that is] on some sort of aid and the Samis dollars do not cover it all. Our student body is generally committed to Jewish education, regardless of cost. Trends seem to indicate that it will be about the same going forward.”

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1 I suspected Seattle-area traffic reporter Sprince Arbogast was Jewish

because I assumed “Sprince” was a variant of the Yiddish name Shprintze. Then one really messy traffic night this winter I heard her mutter on KPLU, “Oy vey, the traffic,” and I was sure.

Sprince, it turns out, is a childhood nickname based on her maiden surname that’s stuck with her into adulthood. Born and raised on Seat-tle’s East Side, Sprince went to Sammamish High School and the University of Wash-ington. She had her Bat Mitz-vah at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, which her grandparents helped found.

Sprince became a profes-sional dancer, employed by a modern dance company in Grenoble, France for 12 years. Determined to increase atten-dance at their performances, she contacted local radio sta-tions on a self-appointed “mission to keep art alive,” she recalls. One station hired her, first to produce a show, and eventu-

ally to translate news. “I was there at the right time.”

When she stopped danc-ing and returned to the States, she was ready for a second career in broadcasting. Back in Seattle, she started as a pro-ducer at KING-AM 1090 and has done a variety of work in the Seattle area, including reporting for public radio sta-tion KUOW and running her own media and communica-tions company.

“I knew I wanted to be an at-home mom, but keep my

feet wet,” she says. So when pregnant with the oldest of her three children, she “knocked on the door” of Metro Traf-fic (now Total Traffic, part of Clear Channel) and they hired her.

While she reports under her own name now, “back in the day I [had] three differ-ent names and multiple on-air personas,” says Sprince. “On a rock-and-roll station I had

to banter with the DJ,” and a news sta-tion required a news delivery. “You had to remember who you were on which station.”

The challenge of traffic reporting is getting informa-tion out quickly. “Traffic is reactive,” she says, but new technology is speeding up reporting and response time.

Still freelancing as a pro-ducer and reporter, she is thrilled that KUOW sub-mitted one of her recent pieces for an Edward R. Murrow award.

Sprince occasionally appears on TV, substituting for Adam Gehrke on Q13 in the morning. “It’s fun,” she says, but “TV means waking up at 3:50 [a.m.]…and hair and makeup have to be perfect.”

2 Lauren Simonds became executive director of Rosehedge/Multifaith Works last year, ready, she says, to

return to a leadership role and drawn to “the human services, direct services” that the organization provides. The former local director of NCJW (National Council of Jewish Women) and NARAL (National Abortion Rights Action League), and pro-gram director for StandWithUs Northwest says she’s “honored that this organization chose me [to follow] in the footsteps of

such great leaders” as pre-vious director Rabbi Anson Laytner and founder Rev. Gwen Beighle.

Rosehedge/Multifaith Works provides housing, compassionate health care and psycho-social support services for people living with HIV/AIDS who are homeless and struggling with chemi-cal dependency and mental health issues. It began in 1988 as two separate organizations, Rosehedge AIDS Housing and Multifaith AIDS Proj-ect of Seattle (which later

changed its name to Multifaith Works). When those organizations were

founded, patients were dying quickly, “often ostracized and alone,” explains Lauren. “What we hear now…in the news is very little, except that [patients] are living.” She feels like AIDS is on the back burner, but people need to be reminded that “the safety net is being cut due to the economy.” Her role is to help lead “the agency forward in a strategic plan-ning process” that will determine “where we will go over the next three to five

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In early spring, the AP physics class at the Northwest Yeshiva High School was one of only 100 teams around the world to qualify for the 2013 Team America Rock-etry Challenge (TARC). However, May 11, when the team is supposed to fire its rocket, is a Saturday — Shabbat.

For several days it was unclear whether the team would be given an accommo-dation to fire its rocket without violat-ing Shabbat, but as of April 19, the team’s teacher, Peter Brodkin, said he was confi-dent an accommodation would be made.

“As of this moment, I think we will be able to do it,” he said. “It’s just a ques-tion of needing to keep with the rules of the competition and keep with the rules of Shabbat.”

TARC has been very accommodating, Brodkin said.

“They’ve been very helpful and sympa-thetic to the cause. They are allowing us to prepare our rocket on Friday before Shab-bat, and then on Saturday, someone will press the button for us, and we will just be observers.”

This is not the first time the Orthodox high school has run into accommodation issues due to Jewish holidays. In 2010, the girls’ basketball team qualified to compete at the state championship in Yakima, yet their first game fell on the Fast of Esther. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association refused to provide an accom-modation for the team to play on another day. After much ado, the team forfeited the game and lost its seeding.

Those associated with the school feared the same fate would befall the rocket team.

But, at least by press time, that is not likely to be the case.

Whether they travel to Washington, D.C. or not to compete, the rocket team’s accomplishment is celestial. A qualifying rocket needed to hit an altitude of 750 feet, have a total flight time of 48 to 50 seconds, and recover a raw egg safely with a 15-inch parachute.

NYHS’s rocket soared 752 feet and descended in 46 seconds, close enough to target. NYHS joined a record-setting 725 other teams from Spain to California to make the challenge. 

Team members Jessica Schwartz, Joel Jacobs and Itai Amon designed their approach using computer simulations to determine the optimal design, weight, and type of engine. 

“We built this rocket competition into the curriculum as a way to get real-world application of theories,” Brodkin said. “A couple of years ago the National Associ-ation of Rocketry sent me a flyer, talking about this specific competition. Last year we didn’t qualify, but we learned a lot and had a lot of fun.”

This year, NYHS had two teams. One qualified. Brodkin said the team accom-plished this feat due to its perseverance.

“We spent a number of Sundays and many hours outside of class,” he said. “They are a very determined group. They made this happen.”

Brodkin said the team gave its all to the project, both academically and with the labor involved.

“We made the design on the com-puter that’s supposed to get us in the

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The top 100 teams, based on local qual-ification flights, are invited to Washing-ton, D.C. in May for the national finals. Prizes include $60,000 in cash and schol-arships split between the top 10 finishers. NASA invites top teams to participate in its Student Launch Initiative, an advanced rocketry program.

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Northwest Yeshiva High School seniors and rocket team members Joel Jacobs and Jessica Schwartz with their physics teacher Peter Brodkin at 60 acres Field near Willows run in redmond.

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It would likely be an impossible task to separate Jonathan Medved’s love of Israel from his position as the founder and CEO of OurCrowd, his newest cutting edge web-based venture capital fund. The fund allows would-be investors to peruse hun-dreds of Israeli startup companies online who hope to capitalize on Israel’s cur-rent status as one of the safest markets in the world.

At an event hosted by his brother, syn-dicated radio talk-show host Michael Medved and his wife Diane, and the Seattle office of the Washington-Israel Business Council, the longtime tech entre-preneur spoke to a crowd of 35 at Island Crust Café on Mercer Island to “sell” the audience of intrigued fund managers, local techies, and hungry entrepreneurs on the opportunity of investing $1 million or more — at a minimum — to buy into a vast array of the most innovative and potentially blockbuster up-and-coming startup companies in Israel.

“The multi-nationals have come in force to Israel,” said Medved. “[Microsoft CEO] Steve Ballmer is making an almost annual trek to Israel. Google has built the most over-the-top offices and has two dif-ferent research centers. Intel has 8,000 people in Israel, HP has 6,000, IBM has five different research centers, and Face-

book has bought two companies. The big players now, they’re all coming to Israel.”

While at the same time many members of the area’s Jewish community congre-gated at a nearby venue to commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Medved contended that the wildly successful business and investment cli-mate in Israel is its own powerful testi-monial to the vibrancy of the country and ought to discredit anti-Semitic regimes.

“The fact that we are here, 70 years after the Holocaust, talking about how great it is to invest in Israel and how Israel is thriv-ing, is a supernatural, incredible, wonder-ful affirmation of who we are,” Medved said. “Today we are the masters of the Internet, with all due respect, and not just in Israel but here and elsewhere abroad.”

A California native, Medved, who studied history at the University of Cal-ifornia at Berkeley, moved to Jerusalem in the ’90s and lives there today with his family.

Medved has a history of birthing and nurturing several powerful high-tech companies. From 1982 through 1990, he was one of the founders and the execu-tive vice president of marketing at MERET Optical Communications Inc., in Santa Monica, Calif. In Israel, he participated in several noteworthy high-tech compa-

nies and co-founded Accent, serving as its executive vice president of marketing from 1993 to 1994.

In 1995, he co-founded Israel Seed Partners and in 2006 became the CEO at Vringo, originally launched as a cell-phone ringtone company that has since reached a valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars.

Today, said Medved, Israel’s economy has a 4 percent growth rate and was one of only two countries in the world that did not experience an economic contraction during the global financial crisis.

Referring to a bar-chart graphic, the economic trendlines illustrated Medved’s essential message.

“Israel is actually growing steeper than China, growing steeper than Brazil, the very anemic line is the Eurozone, and the pathetic black line is the United States,” he

said. “Not only are we proud of this, but Israel is now coming to the rescue of its friends and partners and growing jobs in this economy in a significant way.”

Eyal Levy, from the WIBC, GTD Cap-ital LLC, and a former business associate of Medved’s, looked at Israel’s economy from a broader context.

“There are about 100,000 people involved in the tech sector in Israel and they generate a significant amount of busi-ness,” Levy told JTNews, “but even in the tech industry, there definitely is a decline. Presumably, what he is doing could help overcome some of that.”

Both Medved and Levy don’t deny that Israel lacks the presence of the one, or maybe two, large companies that could sustain its business image globally and its multi-layered economy locally.

But then, they say, Israelis are good at innovating and selling off new ideas to entrepreneurs who can further the distri-bution and marketing aspects of a busi-ness.

“That’s why Jonathan’s proposal is a very good idea,” added Levy, “because that’s what Israel needs. He will find tre-mendous opportunities”

Over the last 12 years, said Medved, venture capital business in Israel accounted for about a half-billion dollars per quarter, which accounts for $1 to $2 billion a year invested in Israeli companies.

“The majority of the money is now coming directly from overseas venture capital funds, and this last year 26 per-cent of the money went to life sciences,” Medved said. “The growing area in Israel right now happens to be med-tech.”

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Dear Rivy,The Boston Marathon

bombing is devastating and shocking, just one more tragic life-changing milestone in our country’s loss of innocence. This has been just a dreadful year of violence, what with the shootings at the opening of the “Batman” movie and then the awful shootings at the school in Newtown, Conn. I feel like the carpet has been pulled out from underneath our entire country. I am at a loss.

There are a variety of coping mecha-nisms that people draw on at times like these. Some immerse themselves in news reports, and some set up a wall of self-protection, distancing themselves from all media outlets. Some people become cyn-ical and pessimistic; others try to bring healing and restoration to the world.

Then there are the rest of us, who vac-illate from one extreme to the other as we exchange nuggets of news and informa-tion, giving off the allure of some pitiful speck of control that we might pretend to have. Ultimately, in spite of everything, we reassure ourselves that this world is not a ghastly place of random horror. We do this so we might continue to place one foot down and then the other as we propel ourselves into daily life. We grav-itate like moths toward some bit of light in the darkness. We flutter around mor-sels of inspiring tales of heroism that pres-ent themselves, as if to offset the high dose of cruelty. Most of all we then look for comfort. How might we get through this morass?

For this tragedy, this time, in this National Poetry Month of April, perhaps the comfort we seek might be found in the medium of poetry, a lovely locus for the lonely and a solace for the isolated. Per Harold Bloom, who writes that his anti-dote for “so many shadows, so many dif-ficulties” is poetry, perchance we, too, might find a modicum of succor therein.

I offer you a selection of Jewish poetry, hopefully to speak to the troubles of the moment.

First is a short, classic poem from Hannah Szenes, a Hungarian Jewish young woman. While on a rescue mission from then-Palestine, after heroically para-chuting into Hungary in 1944, Szenes was tragically captured, tortured and then exe-cuted by the Nazis. This poem suggests, more than anything else, a sense of con-tinuity and the ongoing ebb and flow of both nature and the human reach for the beyond. This is a comfort.

A Walk to CaesareaMy God, My God I pray that these things never end: The sand and the sea The rush of the water

The lightning in the sky The prayer of man.

From the Biblical book of Kohelet, here is another poetic portrait of the con-stant, rhythmic patterns of this worldly life, signaling a transcendent grandeur, greater than any single one of us. Captured and put to music by Pete Seeger, and later recorded by the Byrds, it became possibly the No.

1 Billboard song with the oldest lyrics. Surely, reading it quiets the turbulent soul.

For everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.

As we struggle to understand the frailty of life snuffed out in a single swift act of violence, let us allow the words of this haunting poem by Israeli poet Zelda Schneersohn Mishkovsky to take us on a journey inward, to slowly help us redirect our internal compass toward those whose names are now ensconced forever with Boston’s Patriots Day 2013.

Everyone Has a NameEveryone has a name given to him by God and given to him by his parents.Everyone has a name given to him by his stature and the way he smiles and given to him by his clothing.Everyone has a name given to him by the mountains and given to him by his walls.Everyone has a name given to him by the stars and given to him by his neighbors.Everyone has a name given to him by his sins and given to him by his longing.Everyone has a name

given to him by his enemies and given to him by his love.Everyone has a name given to him by his feasts and given to him by his work.Everyone has a name given to him by the seasons and given to him by his blindness.Everyone has a name given to him by the sea and given to him by his death.

This last, raw poem by Israeli poet Yehudah Amichai captures for us the pain that Israel has come to know too well, of the sudden bomb that shatters every-thing in sight and afar, whose genesis is cold and calculated at the same time as its impact reaches the immeasurable heights of heaven, raising timeless questions with no answers.

The Diameter of the BombThe diameter of the bomb was thirty cen-timeters and the diameter of its effective range about seven meters, with four dead and eleven wounded. And around these, in a larger circle of pain and time, two hospitals are scat-tered

and one graveyard. But the young woman who was buried in the city she came from, at a distance of more than a hundred kilo-meters, enlarges the circle considerably, and the solitary man mourning her death at the distant shores of a country far across the sea includes the entire world in the circle. And I won’t even mention the crying of orphans that reaches up to the throne of God and beyond, making a circle with no end and no God.

Give yourself the gift of pausing as you read these poems. Try sharing them out loud to friends and family. Every poem tells a story. Ask yourself: What story does each of these poems tell? In what way do the poems speak to the way you are feel-ing?

Let us hope, that, as in the words of Jean-Paul Sartre, “Every age has its own poetry; in every age the circumstances of history choose a nation, a race, a class to take up the torch by creating situations that can be expressed or transcended only through poetry,” that the poems here might go a bit toward the relief we each crave.

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Notes from undergroundEmily k. alHadEff Associate editor, JTNews

It’s hard to imagine, with the abun-dance of Holocaust literature and films, that stories of mind-blowing value still remain largely untold. In 1942 Ukraine, 38 men, women and children slid deep into the earth to spend 511 days hiding from the Nazis and their neighbors in pitch-black caves. Though they all emerged from the cave, their story, for the most part, remained until recently underground.

When adventure-seeking spelunker Chris Nicola traveled to Ukraine in the ’90s to trace his ancestry, he heard rumors of Jews who hid in the caves during the war. Indeed, deep inside Priest’s Grotto he came across a shoe, a comb, an antique key and buttons. Nicola began the inten-sive process of locating the cave dwellers, whose fates no one in that part of Ukraine knew anything about. Eventually, back in North America, he found 14 of the survi-vors. So he began to tell their story.

That story is coming to the screen. Part reenactment, part documentary, “No Place on Earth,” opens May 3 at the Var-sity Theater in Seattle.

When the Gestapo circled the village of Korolówka and rounded up the Jews to send to the camps or to dig their own graves, Esther Stermer knew that her family would submit to neither. Instead, she, her husband and

their six children, along with four other fami-lies, fled about five miles away and slid through a narrow passage into Verteba cave. Finding it unsuitable due to poor ventilation and lack of water (not to mention a Gestapo invasion), the group moved to nearby Priest’s Grotto, the 11th longest cave in the world and so complex that even experienced cavers take the fatal risk of getting lost.

“No Place on Earth” tells the harrowing story of the longest-known human under-ground existence, and follows Sam and Saul Stermer and Sonia and Sima Dodyk back to Ukraine to enter the caves that protected them 71 years ago.

Director Janet Tobias told JTNews that a former colleague brought her the story, which was featured in National Geo-graphic in 2004 and in Nicola’s book, “The Secret of Priest’s Grotto.” Though she was cautious at first to venture into Holocaust filmmaking territory, the Stermers won her over with their story.

“They had such pride in telling it,” she said. “They had such spirit in telling it. I thought, ‘I just need to do this.’”

Once the Stermers decided they could

trust Tobias with their s tory , the production crew was tasked with a number of chal-lenges, namely, transporting four elderly people down into a dangerous cave, nor-mally accessed by a 100-foot-long rusty pipe. They built steps inside the cave and kept an ambulance on call. And then there was the gear.

“That was all very, very complicated,” said Tobias.

But the results made it worth it. “For each of them, it was watching a

person go back in time,” Tobias reflected. “Watching them remember things that happened to them at that age was really profound.”

In a Manichean twist, “I’d always thought of this as a story where light and dark were switched,” said Tobias. While the dark place was safe, “the scary place

was outside…the second you popped your heard out of the cave you could be dead.”

Tobias recalls being in the cave with the Stermers when Saul told Sam to turn out their light. Encased in darkness, Sam said, “Now I feel good; now I recognize where I am.”

The group’s survival is credited to their skills and resources, said Tobias, from Esther’s “Golda Meir-like” leadership to others’ engineering skills, wits, connec-tions with the outside world for food, and bravery.

Tobias hopes educators will use the film in the classroom.

“The way you stop genocide is one person at a time,” she said. “It is the younger generation’s opportunity and responsibility.” Kids, she continued, should see “how crazy brave and wonder-ful young people can be.”

“I learned the Holocaust isn’t one story of how 6 million people perished,” says Nicola on the film’s website. “It’s 6 million individual stories.” From “Defiance” to “In Darkness” to “Inglourious Basterds,” tales of resistance and survival are joining the library of Holocaust stories focused on persecution and senseless acts of inhu-manity.

“They came out, and they had an intact family, and no one had an intact family,” said Tobias. “So they view their experience with incredible pride. It was a story of tri-umph, not defeat.

“They’ve kept their humanity and spirit,” she continued. “I have a 92-year-old who laughs on the phone. It’s about as good as it gets.”

iF you go“No Place on Earth” opens May 3 at the Landmark Varsity Theatre, 4329 University Way NE, Seattle. Visit www.landmarktheatres.com for schedules and tickets.

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

fRiday 26 aPRil6:15–9:15 p.m. — Song of Songs: Let us rejoice and delight in you!

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

satuRday 27 aPRil9:30 a.m. and 1:15 p.m. — The Book of Jonah and The Book of ruth

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.orgRabbi Kalmanofsky will give a dvar Torah on the Book of Jonah during services. Kiddush luncheon to follow. At 1:15: An exploration of Ruth and Naomi’s relationship and as a model for the relationship between God and Israel. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.7–8:30 p.m. — Lag B’omer/Havdalah in the kesher garden

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or sjcc.orgPizza and s’mores, singing around the campfire, activities for the kids. $5. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.7:30–9:30 p.m. — The Joseph Story: i Am Looking for My Brothers

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

sunday 28 aPRil10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Pre-Mother’s day Brunch

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

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

with marshmallow roasting and ruach. $10 adult, $5 child under 13. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.1–3 p.m. — Capitol Hill Minyan Lag B’omer Picnic

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

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

Lori Lasswell at info@chabadofseattle.org or www.ChabadofSeattle.orgAnnual BBQ party. Hot dogs, hamburgers, drinks, chips, s’mores, and music. RSVP online. At Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle.5:30–7 p.m. — Fire and Feast: A Lag B’omer Celebration

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or sjcc.orgMeet in the SJCC Kesher Community Garden for a dinner picnic of veggie tacos, fire-popped popcorn, and s’mores with music around the campfire. Please register at www.sjcc.org. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

tuEsday 30 aPRil6:15–8:45 p.m. — routines reduce Conflict: using Them effectively

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

wEdnEsday 1 may12–1:30 p.m. — israel Current events

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

AIPAC Seattle at seattle_office@aipac.org or

206-624-5152 or www.aipac.org“President Obama’s Trip to Israel: Policy Takeaways” featuring David Pactor, AIPAC Washington and Oregon states director. Happy hour at 6 p.m. Free. Location provided upon RSVP, Seattle.6–8 p.m. — Maimonides Society reception

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

tHuRsday 2 may5:30–8 p.m. — J-Tech Meetup

Shayna Rosen at shaynar@jewishinseattle.org or 206-774-2219 or www.meetup.com/Jewish-Tech-MeetupJewish tech professionals event featuring Dan Levitan, co-founder and partner of Maveron. At The Easy, 511 Boren Ave. N, Seattle.6:30–8:30 p.m. — Can We Talk? Staying Close and Connected as a Couple

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

fRiday 3 may8–10 p.m. — Tres de Mayo! A Latin Cocktail Workshop

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

satuRday 4 may1:15–2:30 p.m. — Jewish Meditation: Pause and renew

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

sunday 5 may9:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — Frankel religious School open House and Brunch

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

1–4 p.m. — israel at 65 Celebration Zach Duitch at ZachD@sjcc.org or

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

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

monday 6 may7–8:30 p.m. — Community gathering with rabbi Brant rosen

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

tHuRsday 9 may10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — inside a u.S. embassy

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

tHuRsday 9 may1:30–2:30 p.m. — Lunchtime Learning Series Presents: Natan Meir

Lauren Spokane at laurenjs@uw.edu or 206-543-0138 or stroumjewishstudies.org/events“People of the Poorhouse: The Jewish Dispossessed in Eastern Europe.” Lecture on the lives and experiences of Jews at the margins of society, including paupers, orphans, poor widows, and the disabled people in 19th- and early 20th-century Eastern Europe. At the University of Washington, Husky Union Building (HUB) Room 238, Seattle.6–9 p.m. — kibud Morim 2013 – Honoring Teachers

Cindy Bockelman at cindyb@jewishinseeattle.orgHonoring greater Seattle’s educators in early childhood supplementary and day schools. Presentation of awards and honors. Keynote by Alan Morinis, The Mussar Institute. RSVP required. At Seattle Hebrew Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle.6:30–9 p.m. — NyHS gourmet Food and des-sert Auction

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

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a Jewish TombstoneEmily k. alHadEff Associate editor, JTNews

Did you know Wyatt Earp was buried in a Jewish cemetery?

This question was all it took for Ann Kirschner to tug at a loose string in the tightly knit fabric of codified history, unraveling an alternative narrative of the American frontier, and opening a window onto Josephine Sarah Marcus Earp, the Jewish common-law wife of legendary Wild West lawman Wyatt Earp.

The result of Kirschner’s research is “The Lady at the OK Corral” (HarperCol-lins) a biography of a woman who never wanted a biography. Kirschner was in Seattle on April 18 to talk about Josephine at Town Hall.

“Here was this woman that I never heard about, never read about, and the fact that she was Jewish and married to the man who was arguably the best-known lawman of the American frontier — wow, that was pretty irresistible,” Kirschner told JTNews.

Josephine Marcus Earp lived an excit-ing life by all accounts, let alone as a daughter of poor Jewish immigrants between the years of 1860 and 1940. Having moved from New York to San Francisco by steamer with her family around 1870, in 1878 she took off for Ari-zona Territory to become an actress, only to return home a year later with her tail between her legs. But soon she was back on the road to Arizona, this time to marry her suitor, the persistent divorcee and lawman of Tombstone, Johnny Behan.

It didn’t take long for Josephine’s com-mon-law marriage to Behan to go south; meanwhile, the dirty town of Tombstone

was succumbing to chaos, with Wyatt Earp competing with Behan for leader-ship. Tensions mounted until October 26, 1881, the day of the infamous gunfight between Wyatt Earp and his brothers, and Johnny Behan’s cowboy faction. What is lesser known, however, is that Josephine Sarah Marcus may have been at the apex of a love triangle between Johnny Behan and Wyatt Earp.

It’s a Jewish parent’s worst nightmare. Your rebellious daughter comes back home to live with you, only to be whisked away by the nationally known, infamous, gun-wielding goy she’s in love with. For Josephine (and probably in the fanta-sies of many other Jewish girls through-out history) it must have been unbearably romantic.

These are the scrappy pieces of his-tory Kirschner chased around the coun-try, hot on the tail of an elusive woman who never held a permanent address once in her adult life.

Not only that, but Josephine deliber-ately covered her tracks.

“She had a lot of skeletons in her closet,” said Kirschner. “She was a will-ing accomplice to the suppression of her own story.”

So many skeletons, in fact, that Jose-phine put a curse on anyone who dared tell it. Wyatt Earp’s fourth common-law wife was particularly intent to silence the story of Mattie Blaylock, his third wife, the former prostitute he abandoned who became addicted to opiates and eventually took her own life.

But so far, Kirschner has not been crushed by any falling pianos.

“I think Josephine would turn that curse to a blessing,” she said. “I think she would feel that I tried to follow the truth and tell the intimate stories about her life without trying to whitewash it in any way.”

But just because Josephine’s role in history, like many other women’s, disap-peared, it does not necessarily mean she

should become a heroine. “She’s a complicated figure,” said

Kirschner. “I guess most biographers have a love-hate relationship with their subjects.”

However, “she was an artist of rein-venting herself,” Kirschner said. “I love that about her. I love her love of the unconventional. I also admire her fierce love and loyalty for her husband, and the incredible modern and smart way that she understood celebrity, and how to control the legacy of Wyatt Earp.”

Now, the answer to the question you’ve been waiting for: How did the non-Jewish Wyatt Earp’s cremated remains end up in the Marcus’ family plot in the Jewish Hills of Eternity Memorial Park?

It’s a question Kirschner gets at every talk. Josephine’s remains are also cre-mated and rest beside Wyatt’s and near her parents and brother.

“The answer, I think, is just Califor-nia,” she said.

A Wild West, indeed.

Kirschner’s visit to Seattle coincided with an event related to her first book, the opening of “Letters to Sala” on stage at Seattle Pacific University. For a longer version of this story and a review of “Letters to Sala,” which closes this weekend, visit www.jtnews.net.

CourTeSy ANN kirSCHNer

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

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Ido Perlman, Pearl Seiden Professor of Vision Science

Technion: Professor Ido Perlman“To give sight to

the blind.” This is not wish-

ful thinking; it is the expressed goal of Professor Ido Perl-man, the Pearl Se-iden Professor of Vision Science at the Ruth and Bruce Rappaport School of Medicine at the Technion-Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel. His research focuses

on the mechanisms in the retina responsible for processing visual information. The objective is to identify underlying sight-threatening retinal disor-ders, paving the way for the development of viable treatments to vision loss.

After earning bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Technion Faculty of Chemistry, Prof. Perl-man obtained a doctorate from the Department of Physiology at the University of Michigan Medical Center. He was a postdoctoral fellow at the Nation-al Institutes of Health in Maryland before returning to Israel to begin his Technion career as a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine.

Prof. Perlman has published more than 100 articles in scientific journals and presented more than 80 papers at international conferences. He

has been a visiting research professor at the Uni-versity of Oldenburg in Germany, a visiting scholar at the Harvard University Biological Laboratories, a visiting professor at the department of physiology at NYU School of Medicine and has been an ad-junct professor in the department of ophthalmol-ogy at the University of Utah since 1996.

Prof. Perlman has served the Technion and the Faculty of Medicine in a wide variety of posts. Be-tween 1998 and 2002, he served as dean of the graduate school, and from 2005 through 2011, he served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine.

Prof. Perlman is justly proud of the Faculty of Medicine’s Nobel Prize-winning advancements in the fields of disease research, stem cells, and im-munology. The faculty is one of only a few medical schools in the world integrated with a technologi-cal institute.

“Multidisciplinary research gives the Technion a real edge and vastly enhances our ability to dis-cover therapies and treatments to battle disease and improve life around the world,” says Prof. Perl-man. History-making discoveries now underway at the Technion include a scaffold made from pig-tis-sue that could support healthy cells transplanted to rebuild a damaged human heart; a new source of cells that could be programmed to create healthy eggs for assisted pregnancy procedures; and the creation of pancreatic tissue with insulin-secreting cells, surrounded by a three-dimensional network of blood vessels, that could lead to improved tissue transplants to treat diabetes.

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thursday, May 2 through Monday, june 3

Kathryn altus

art exhibition

lisa harris

gallery features the landscapes of olympia

native Kathryn altus during the month of

May. “stream to sea” conveys altus’s love for

the salish sea and the pacific northwest. her

rich oil paintings evoke misty mornings on the coast and twilight strolls through

quiet side streets. altus is also known for her series of colorful landscapes inspired

by travels in israel. Joel Brock joins altus with “shadows Cast,” still-life paintings

of everyday, beautiful detritus. The artists will be in attendance for the exhibition’s

opening on first Thursday, May 2 from 6 to 8 p.m.

at lisa harris gallery, 1922 pike place, seattle. for more information visit

www.lisaharrisgallery.com.

thursday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m.

stuart isacoff

Lecture-Recital: the american Piano

world-renowned concert pianist stuart isacoff will tell the story of the piano from

europe to early america through works by musicians such as Bach, Beethoven,

Chopin, gershwin, duke ellington, Jerry lee lewis, and more. on friday, May 3 at

3:30 p.m., isacoff will lead a master class with uw piano students in Brechemin

auditorium. open to the public.

at Brechemin auditorium, university of washington, seattle. Tickets are $15. for

more information call 206-685-8384 or visit www.music.washington.edu.

saturday, May 4 at 8 p.m.

an evening with stephen tobolowsky

You know him from “groundhog day” and, contrastingly,

the head of the KKK in “Mississippi Burning.” The character

actor, funny man, and now acclaimed storyteller will be at

Temple B’nai Torah to share tales of rattlesnakes, raccoons,

and hollywood executives from his memoir, “The danger-

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Music of remembrance’s spring concert features its third commission from com-

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“suite from the Three penny opera” and “string Trio: serenade” by lászló weiner, a

28-year-old victim of the nazis.

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community would do.”Recovery appears like it will be a slow

process for the entire family. They stayed with Nash’s in-laws in the Boston suburb of Newton, and she said her 11-year-old daughter Hannah was scared to leave the house.

On the night of the attack, “she would not go back to Boston,” Nash said. “She didn’t want [my husband] to go back. She felt like that guy, or guys, they’re still out there and she didn’t think it was safe.”

In the time since, Hannah has taken on what Nash called an “ultimate caretaker”

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

old Jonah to process what he had been through, but earlier this week he curled up in his mother’s lap for several hours and lay quietly.

“He said he didn’t really know what to say,” Nash said. “He didn’t know how to explain it.”

Her husband, she said, was also reluc-tant to return to work, because he was afraid he’d continually start crying in his office.

At this point, she said, “we’re trying to integrate normal back into our lives.”

Once her muscles heal, Nash will get back on the road. When she was a child, her parents were told that because of her

cerebral palsy she’d never walk. Having completed two marathons — in Birch Bay, near the Canadian border, and in Jeru-salem — and, of course, almost a third, Nash’s accomplishments go beyond the normal boundaries most people push against to complete such a tough race. After this year’s Boston Marathon, she had planned to retire to half-marathons, but now she may go back for one more.

“I started with a group of people who, like me, had different challenges, and I kind of want to know if they’re okay,” she said. “I’d like to see them at the start line again.”

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erica Nash’s family visits her at Mass general Hospital during her two-day stay following the marathon.

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GREATER SEATTLEChabad House 206/527-14114541 19th Ave. NE Bet Alef (Meditative) 206/527-93991111 Harvard Ave., Seattle Congregation Kol Ami (Reform) 425/844-160416530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Cong. Beis Menachem (Traditional Hassidic)1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue 425/957-7860Congregation Beth Shalom (Conservative)6800 35th Ave. NE 206/524-0075Cong. Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Orthodox)5145 S Morgan St. 206/721-0970Capitol Hill Minyan-BCMH (Orthodox) 1501 17th Ave. E 206/721-0970Congregation Eitz Or (Jewish Renewal)Call for locations 206/467-2617Cong. Ezra Bessaroth (Sephardic Orthodox)5217 S Brandon St. 206/722-5500Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch(Orthodox/Chabad)6250 43rd Ave. NE 206/527-1411Congregation Shevet Achim (Orthodox) 5017 90th Ave. SE (at NW Yeshiva HS) Mercer Island 206/275-1539Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (LGBTQ) 206/355-1414Emanuel Congregation (Modern Orthodox)3412 NE 65th St. 206/525-1055Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation (Conservative) 206/232-85553700 E Mercer Way, Mercer IslandHillel (Multi-denominational)4745 17th Ave. NE 206/527-1997Kadima (Reconstructionist) 206/547-391412353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle

Congregation Emanu-El (Reform)P O Box 30234 509/835-5050 www.spokaneemanu-el.orgTemple Beth Shalom (Conservative)1322 E 30th Ave. 509/747-3304

TAcomAChabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County 2146 N Mildred St.. 253/565-8770Temple Beth El (Reform) 253/564-71015975 S 12th St.

TRi ciTiESCongregation Beth Sholom (Conservative)312 Thayer Dr., Richland 509/375-4740

VAncouVERChabad-Lubavitch of Clark County9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320 360/993-5222 Rabbi@ChabadClarkCounty.com www.chabadclarkcounty.comCongregation Kol Ami 360/574-5169www.jewishvancouverusa.org

VAShon iSLAndHavurat Ee Shalom 206/567-160815401 Westside Highway P O Box 89, Vashon Island, WA 98070

WALLA WALLACongregation Beth Israel 509/522-2511

WEnATchEEGreater Wenatchee Jewish Community509/662-3333 or 206/782-1044

WhidbEy iSLAndJewish Community of Whidbey Island 360/331-2190

yAkimATemple Shalom (Reform) 509/453-89881517 Browne Ave. yakimatemple@gmail.com

Kavana Cooperative kavanaseattle@gmail.com K’hal Ateres Zekainim (Orthodox) 206/722-1464at Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. SMitriyah (Progressive, Unaffiliated)www.mitriyah.com 206/651-5891 Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound (Humanist)www.secularjewishcircle.org 206/528-1944 Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Orthodox)6500 52nd Ave. S 206/723-3028The Summit at First Hill (Orthodox)1200 University St. 206/652-4444Temple Beth Am (Reform) 206/525-09152632 NE 80th St. Temple B’nai Torah (Reform) 425/603-967715727 NE 4th St., Bellevue Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Reform)Seattle, 1441 16th Ave. 206/323-8486Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE

SOuTH KING COuNTyBet Chaverim (Reform) 206/577-040325701 14th Place S, Des Moines

WEST SEATTLE Kol HaNeshamah (Reform) 206/935-1590Alki UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St.Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) 5121 SW Olga St. 206/643-5353

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Temple Beth Israel 360/533-57551819 Sumner at Martin

bAinbRidGE iSLAnd Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) 9010 Miller Rd. NE 206/855-0885 Chavurat Shir Hayam 206/842-8453

bELLinGhAmChabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County102 Highland Dr. 360/393-3845Congregation Beth Israel (Reform) 2200 Broadway 360/733-8890

bREmERTonCongregation Beth Hatikvah 360/373-988411th and Veneta

EVERETT / LynnWoodChabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County19626 76th Ave. W, Lynnwood 425/640-2811Temple Beth Or (Reform) 425/259-71253215 Lombard St., Everett

FoRT LEWiSJewish Chapel 253/967-6590Liggett Avenue and 12th

iSSAquAhChabad of the Central Cascades24121 SE Black Nugget Rd. 425/427-1654

oLympiAChabad Jewish Discovery Center 1611 Legion Way SE 360/584-4306Congregation B’nai Torah (Conservative) 3437 Libby Rd. 360/943-7354Temple Beth Hatfiloh (Reconstructionist)201 8th Ave. SE 360/754-8519

poRT AnGELES And SEquimCongregation B’nai Shalom 360/452-2471

poRT ToWnSEndCongregation Bet Shira 360/379-3042

puLLmAn, WA And moScoW, idJewish Community of the Palouse 509/334-7868 or 208/882-1280

SpokAnEChabad of Spokane County 4116 E 37th Ave. 509/443-0770

where to worship

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

DeathAida Liff

Aida Liff passed away peacefully on April 7, 2013, with her three daughters at her side. She was 88.

Born in the small Romanian town of Bistritza, Aida was one of nine siblings. She survived the Nazi concentration camps, finding sanctuary in Sweden. There, she met Victor, with whom she shared a loving 62-year marriage until his passing in 2011. Aida and Victor settled in Seattle in 1949, where they started their own family and resided for the rest of their lives.

Aida spoke six languages fluently and loved to cook, garden, and host holiday gatherings for her many

relatives. She was admired for her deep love of family, profound inner strength, and unfailing moral compass. Even as she succumbed to the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease, these qualities shone through and inspired all who had the privilege of knowing her.

Aida is survived by her three daughters, Mia Mackoff, Rita Levinson, and Shirley Liff-Grieff, seven grandchildren, and a great-granddaughter.

Donations in Aida’s memory can be made to the Kline Galland Home, at www.klinegalland.org/contribute.html.

years.” Understanding insurance changes brought by the Affordable Care Act is part of that job.

The south Florida native graduated from Boston College and decided to move to Seattle after seeing local scenery in the movie “Immediate Family.” She has a mas-ter’s degree in social work from the UW. Lauren, her husband and son attend con-gregation Kol HaNeshemah in West Seattle.

Before NCJW, Lauren worked at

Temple B’nai Torah and helped their social action committee form a “CareTeam” which worked with Multifaith Works.

“Currently there are no synagogue-based CareTeams, and I’m excited to reconnect the Jewish community with our work,” she says.

A CareTeam training is scheduled for April 27, and June 2 is the organi-zation’s 25th anniversary celebration and fundraiser at Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Find information at the website, www.rosehedge.org.

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Keeping My Hope: an unlikely story by an unlikely authordikla tucHman JTNews Correspondent

Christopher Huh is not Jewish. He has no European heritage and he’s not even old enough to drive.

But like thousands of other non-Jewish young people over the last 70 years, Huh, a 14-year-old Korean-American, became deeply affected by the historical account of the Holocaust.

As he sat in his 7th-grade class at Rocky Hill Middle School in Clarksburg, Md. and absorbed the overwhelming information from his teacher, he knew that sitting idly by while the rest of his peers appeared unaf-fected was not an option. So he went home, started digging deeper into the stories and the wealth of information on the Holo-caust, and began to draw. His story devel-oped into “Keeping My Hope,” a complex and beautiful narrative about an individu-al’s struggle in Poland during the war.

The 170-page graphic novel gives readers a meticulous account of Ari Kolodiejski and his family, as their small town in Poland transforms from a care-free village to a ghetto. Huh chooses to tell the story through the eyes of a grandfa-ther passing on his tragic experience to his grandchildren. 

“When I first decided to write the book, I thought the best way for people to learn

was through a grand-pa’s point of view,” says Huh. “I always liked it when I get to listen to my grand-parents talk.”

T h r o u g h h i s r e s e a r c h , H u h decided to set his story in Poland, as it had the biggest Jewish population before World War II broke out. The detail that Huh puts into painting an accu-rate picture of pre-war Poland and then each stage of the war’s progression draws the reader in completely.

“I thought that this book should not only be a good story, but also be an oppor-tunity for people to learn. Every little detail, I thought, should be something that spoke out,” says Huh. From towns to battles, from names to actual events and people, Huh wanted to be sure that every-thing in his novel was historically accurate.

“It was painstakingly difficult, but it was worth it,” he said. “I also asked my

teacher, who is fluent in German, to dou-ble-check my translation.”

Huh read other Holocaust-related novels, such as “The Diary of Anne Frank,” Elie Wiesel’s “Night,” and Hans Peter Rich-ter’s “Friedrich,” becoming well versed in the genre. Before launching into his own graphic novel, his teacher introduced him to Art Spiegelman’s “Maus,” the award-winning and most recognized Holocaust-related graphic novel. With all of this research under his belt, Huh set out to

shape his own story to share with the world.From his home in Maryland to as far

as Israel, Huh says the response to his self-published work has been incredible. He even received a letter from Elie Wiesel this month, praising his effort.

“Many people love the fact that I pub-lished this,” says Huh. “My schoolmates and teachers support me, along with my family, of course.”

As the story evolves, Huh goes into vivid detail as to Ari’s experience not only living in the ghetto, but also his transpor-tation to and years living in Auschwitz.

“The most important message in my book is that racism and prejudice are humanity’s greatest enemies and that we should always be aware of that,” says Huh. “It is explained on page 91, in the first speech bubble when Ari shows his number to his grandchildren.”

Through writing and illustrating “Keeping My Hope,” Huh has discovered his passion for both writing and drawing and plans to continue both in future.

You can find out more about “Keep-ing My Hope” and Christopher Huh at keepingmyhope.com. The graphic novel is available for purchase through Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.

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a scene from “Keeping My Hope” depicting the Nazis rounding up Jews.