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JTA World NeWs service

(JA) Reacting to news that rival Palestinian action

Fatah and Hamas had agreed to a reconciliation deal, th

Obama government said any Palestinian unity governme

must accept Israels right to exist and renounce terroris

conditions that Hamas does not meet.

Te surprise deal to orm an interim government an

hold general elections within a year was reached Wedne

day in secret negotiations in Cairo between the two side

according to reports. A ormal announcement o the re

onciliation reportedly will be made next week.

All points o dierences have been overcome, sa

aher Al-Nono, a Hamas spokesman in the Gaza Stri

according to Reuters.

Te two sides have been at odds since Hamas violent

ousted Fatah rom the Gaza Strip in 2007. Fatah, whic

dominates the Palestinian Authority, rules in the We

Bank, while Hamas rules in Gaza.

Israel has a working relationship with Fatah but has n

direct contact with Hamas, a designated terrorist organiz

tion that remains sworn to Israels destruction.

Reacting to news o the reconciliation, Israeli Prime Min

ister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel could not carry ou

peace negotiations with a government that includes Hama

You cant have peace with both Israel and Hamas

Netanyahu said o the Palestinian Authority. Choo

peace with Israel.

ommy Vietor, the U.S. National Security Counc

spokesman, said the White House had seen news repor

o the deal and was seeking more inormation.

As we have said beore, the United States supports Pa

estinian reconciliation on terms which promote the cau

o peace, he said. Hamas, however, is a terrorist organ

zation which targets civilians.

Vietor reerred to conditions set by the Quartet, th

U.S.-guided diplomatic grouping that also includes Russi

the United Nations and the European Union.

o play a constructive role in achieving peace, he sai

any Palestinian government must accept the Quartet pri

ciples and renounce violence, abide by past agreements an

recognize Israels right to exist.

Joel Magalnick

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MIssED OppORTunITIEs

Dr. Baskin believes a fair peace between Palestinian Arabs and Israel is best achieved

by arguing equality and the two-state solution (Encountering peace: The bombs bursting

in air, April 15). However, when I read his articles, I notice that he focuses more on what

Israel is doing wrong and what it must give up to make peace. The reality is that Palestin-

ians in Gaza have voted Hamas in as their government. Hamas is much less interested inestablishing a nation and a state and more interested in its Muslim aspirations to estab-

lish a caliphate. Palestinians want nothing to do with those pesky colonial Jews occupy-

ing their land, such that the present two-state solution is a metaphor for the obliteration

of Israel by simply making Israel give up more land until it ceases to exist altogether.

Frankly, if the Palestinians wanted a Palestinian state living next to Israel, they would

have agreed to one long ago. They were given that opportunity in 1926 with the British

Mandate based on the 1922 League of Nations partition; in 1947 with the UN partition of

Palestine; and nally with the Oslo Accord in 1993. They could have recognized Israel and

its right to self-determination. And in turn they would have had a Palestine state.

In the latest round of agreements, each side would have to agree to the Road Map

and the contingent 14 reservations sent to the Americans by the Israelis. These are

viewed as red lines beyond which Israel cannot and will not withdraw. It is beyond this

rebuttal to list them all, but needless to say terrorism is not tolerable and terrorist orga-

nizations are to be dismantled.

Dr. Baskins point of view is best stated as Israel is the bad guy, and were it not

for its war-mongering and aggression, there would be peace. Never mind the few scat-

tered occasional rockets and mortars red into Israel and in the meantime, until there

is peace in Palestinian hearts and minds regarding Jews and Israel, Dr. Baskins point

of view miserably fails to persuade me that his plans for peace are appropriate, fair and

even-handed.

Roy silverma

seattle

TAkIng sIDEs

Re: Rochelle Kochins letter, (A Moral Compass, April 15): Thanks.

If Ms. Kochin cannot see any moral wrong in the 1948 displacement of 750,000 Pales-

tinians from their ancestral and modern homelands, towns, villages, cities and farmlands

then she must have no moral compass. And yes, Jews were displaced from North Afri-

can and Mid-eastern countries, but dont languish intergenerationally in camps.

Israel occupies or controls the lives of over 1 million Palestinians mired in despair,

poverty, serious mental health illnesses (and yes, hatred of Israel). Yet the lack of prog-

ress toward the realization of a Palestinian state is a moral bankruptcy for all of us. Both

sides (and supporters) blame the other, yet feel smug their side is the only moral side.

Thankfully, Mr. Goldstones retraction has been refuted by other panelists. I stand

rm on my views regarding the stupidity of the winter 2008-09. Contrary to Ms. Kochins

baseless claim that I have a blind defense of terrorists, I have been outspoken in not

only criticizing Israel for settlements (in theJTNews since my rst teaching trip to Israel,

1999) but in criticizing Hamas and Palestinian terror groups for ongoing war crimes and

crimes against humanity.

We who are strongly pro-Israel (including those of us who visit Israel regularly) must

continue to publicly air to all Americans that war crimes and crimes against human-

ity must be publicly spoken of wherever and whenever perpetrated. Comparably, if we

remain silent regarding Palestinian war crimes and Israels self-destructive West Bank

occupation, we defeat the numerous moral and ethical lessons that we engage children,

youth and young adults about when we teach the Shoah and its lessons for todays world

and conict-ridden world.

Lastly, Ms. Kochin questions why theJTNewsfound it necessary to print my letter.

Thankfully, theJTNews editors and publisher show great respect for dialogue and an open

press. It remains unfortunate American Jewry lags far behind Israel in publicly airing dis-

agreements of opinion about what Israelis call The Situation. Here in the Diaspora, that

can change.

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Is it senseless hype or civil

heresy? Simple celebrity stalk-

ing or something deeper andmore disturbing? odays

(as o this printing) nup-

tials o Britains Prince Wil-

liam to Kate Middleton have

sent the dream-weavers and

lotus-eaters o pop culture

into unprecedented states o

intoxicated bliss. Te joining

o the inaccessible to the unat-

tainable used to warrant a large piece in

the Style section, a pre-dawn broadcast or

the bizarrely dedicated, or at most, a Bar-

bara Walters post-Super Bowl special to

occupy sports widows while they cleared

away the detritus o the Big Game.

Something else is going on here, some-

thing attributable to more than the ubiq-

uity and demands o the 24/7 media

shark siing through the chum o the

new and notable. A Lietime movie about

the couple is preceding the actual event

it gauzily ctionalizes, begging the philo-

sophical question: Does lie imitate niche

womens programming?

Every major V news outlet (not-so-

ironic air quotes becoming more neces-

sary with each passing, trivializing story)

plans lengthy proles in advance o their

ull-day, real-time coverage, rom dawns

rst ufng o the Grenadier Guards hel-

mets to the shoveling o the royal car-

riages monarchical manure as it ades into

the waning twilight.

Its one thing or the British and their

remnant o a kingdom to embrace this

moment in the imperial liecycle. But why

are so many Americans jonesing or this

x o antasy? Despite a collective national

memory bounded by the span between

Lady Gagas tweets, was it so long ago that

we threw o the yoke o our redcoat-wear-

ing, tea-swilling oppressors to embark on

this exemplary experiment in indepen-

dence and democracy? Dont we celebrate

this triumph every summer, albeit oen

with less pride and principle than with a

dubious mix o reworks and alcohol that

bears out Darwins case?

We ought against the very elitism and

exclusivism that this event embodies, and

sought to create an egalitarian meritocracy

that still rankles the landed gentry o that

aloo isle. Are we so enamored o spec-

tacle and pomp, so sick and tired o the

plodding sausage making that passes or

democracy in our current Congress, that

weve regressed into playing a vast, cul-

ture-wide version o Pretty, Pretty Prin-

cess?

Perhaps our current, and oen literal,

idolization o celebrity expresses a longing

or romanticism. Te near-

deiication o the Kennedy

dynasty, and its identicationwith the mythical Camelot,

relects this cultural quirk.

But maybe theres something

more telling and more trou-

bling going on. Despite our

protestations or reedom and

representation, and despite

the sacrices weve endured

to achieve them, is there

something in us that compels an attach-

ment to royalty?

Tis ambivalence is as old as the Bible.

Te Book o Samuel recounts the tension

between a longing or concentrated, den-

itive leadership and the perils o investing

power in a single individual. Te disorga-

nized and diuse Israelites needed a com-

pelling gure to rally them against the

Philistine threat. As his tenure draws to a

close, the prophet Samuel hopes his spe-

cial brand o leadership, as Gods agent,

will continue through his sons. Tough

they are morally unsuitable or the job,

there is something more to the Israelites

insistence on a monarch. Tey aspire to

be like other peoples, with a king to lead

them into battle and serve as object o

their pride.

Samuel admonishes the people or

compromising their delity to God as sole

leader, and he lists regal excesses and the

rights and property that the people would

concede. It reads like the middle section

o our Declaration o Independence, with

its litany o royal abuses. Still, the people

persist in wanting a king, so s trong is their

desire to be led and to adore a human

sovereign. Te succeeding history o the

Jewish monarchy is lled with concession

and consequence. Even the iconic David

and Solomon demonstrate the railty and

ailures o esh and blood, despite their

selection and ordination by God.

Te lesson seems clear i not trite: Be

careul what you wish or! As is so oen

the case, Judaism inspires and guides

us to transcend what is easy, obvious

and impulsive toward embracing what

is challenging, afrming and empower-

ing. It may be easier to project our ears,

needs and longings on an overly idealized

person, but the costs o such an invest-

ment in lost reedom and opportunity ar

outweigh the temporary quelling o our

existential angst.

So while todays royal wedding may

tap the wellsprings o nostalgia, it is also

a reminder o how ar weve come in our

national enterprise, and how ar weve yet

to go.

Ryally luh

rAbbi dANiel A. WeiNer Tmpl D Hirsh Sii

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My new riends rom Zimbabwe saw

their homeland devastated and looted in

a manner not seen since Attila swept west

rom the Volga. Tey le Zimbabwe or a

time and lived in South Arica, where the

murder rate is 34 per 100,000 (it is 5 in theU.S., 2.8 in Israel). Ive been to Zimbabwe

and South Arica, so I have a small notion

o their experience.

Tey arrived in Seattle ve months ago

and we became riends. Last week, my wie

Nancy and I took them to a French bistro

on Madison. We enjoyed a lively conver-

sation that rambled to travel experiences.

I have just le two struggling third-

world countries, he said. I dont need to

see any more o them.

His meaning was clear: Were in Amer-

ica the best place on earth. His perspec-

tive is heartelt by immigrants, yet widely

underappreciated by our native born.

America is exceptional, a theme I wrote

about in 2007. Given the turbulent events

in North Arica and elsewhere, I think the

subject is even more relevant today:

America is a light unto the nations.

We are a beacon o reedom, equal

rights, prosperity, and security. As

such, we have a moral duty to lead the

world, protect the peace, and bring our

message o liberty to all peoples.

America is a chosen nation. As

American Jews, we are twice chosen.

We cannot opt out o either and be true

to our birthrights. o deny our lead-

ership role in the world is to succumb

to ashionable but absurd notions o

American guilt. All human enterprisesare lawed, and America is lawed.

But thinking people can discriminate

between what is truly good and what

is truly evil.

America is not just a place on a

map. It is tikkun olam on an epic scale.

American industry lited the world

rom drudgery into the modern age.

American medicine overcame ravaging

diseases and extended our lives. One

mechanized American armer eeds

144 people around the world. Ameri-

cans spend 10 percent o their income

on ood, lowest in the world, compared

to 51 percent in India.

America saved Western Civilization

in two world wars and won the exis-

tential struggle against dehumanizing

Communism. We sought no empire,

no spoils o war. We even rebuilt coun-

tries we vanquished. Te view o Amer-

ica as an imperialist bully is a lie that

erodes our national will and under-

mines our leadership role in an uncer-

tain world.

America is chosen not because

o her power or her prosperity, but

because o her values. Te supremacy

of the individual over the state. Lim-

ited government. A classless meritocracy

with equal opportunity for all. Free-

dom that inspires the bold to imagine,

to dream, and to build on an unprece-dented scale.

Our constitutional republic was

built on Western cultural traditions

and Judeo-Christian ethical mores

rom the orah and the en Com-

mandments. As a Jew, I am especially

proud o that heritage. It is yours and

mine whether your ancestors landed at

Plymouth Rock or Ellis Island.

Americans are chosen because each

individual citizen knows, or should

know, he is responsible or his gov-

ernment, his nation and his neighbors.

Te world needs a strong America. o

retreat rom our responsibilities will

leave a vacuum into which chaos and

suering will surely ollow.

Its easy to imagine such a place.

It is on exhibit every day in urtle

Bay, New York. Te United Nations is

where the U.S. and Israel are margin-

alized and despised by grandstanding

despots rom miserable, unsuccess-

ul countries; a corrupt and ineectual

charade openly hostile to Jews. I you

like the U.N., youll love a world with-

out American leadership.

So, brave readers, embrace th

orah, the Constitution, the Bill

Rights and the American ag! Car

them high. Stand tall. You are the ew

the proud, the twice chosen. You a

the Jewish Americans.

My premise seems even more releva

today. President Obama said that Ame

ica is no more exceptional than Greece

exceptional to Greeks. Hes wrong. T

Wall Street Journal recently editorialize

that i President Obama is trying not

lead, he is remarkably successul. We on

had leaders who understood America

exceptionalism:

Let every nation know, whether

wishes us well or ill, that we shall pa

any price, bear any burden, meet an

hardship, support any riend, oppo

any oe, in order to assure the surviv

and the success o liberty.

Im a Republican, but I rememb

and miss JFK. Get out ahead, Mr. Pres

dent. Te world can little aord anoth

Iran. One Jimmy Carter in my lietime

enough.

Robert Wilkes is an occasional guest columnis

from the political right. He lives in Bellevue.

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A cAREFuL READIng

I was appalled to read Fred Ferates distorted letter (The constant struggle, April 15).

He erroneously states that I have described all Palestinians as savages. He should re-

read my letter carefully and will nd that I am referring to only those Palestinian Arabs

that engage in terrorist attacks on innocent Israeli civilians such as the Fogel family.

When such people in the Gaza Strip celebrate these inhuman killings by giving candy

to their children it shows that they have no intention to live in peace with Israel. When

Abbas and other Palestinian leaders make martyrs of Palestinian terrorists guilty of mas-

sacring and maiming Israeli civilians, that indicates they want to destroy Israel. Both

Hamas and Fatahs charters still call for the destruction of Israel and refuse to recognize

Israel as a Jewish state.

In view of the existential threat Israel currently faces, a negotiated two-state solution

may not be the right approach to attain an enduring peace, especially since the Pales-

tinians do not wish to negotiate in good faith with the Israelis. Israel should not be pres-

sured to commit suicide by continuing to make one-sided concessions against its national

interest, and end up with indefensible borders.

I take strong exception to Ferates inference that Israel is an oppressive apartheid

state. Nothing could be further from the truth. Israel is the only true democracy in the

Mideast. Its population includes 20 percent Palestinian citizens who enjoy full rights as

other Israelis. They enjoy a much higher standard of living than their brethren in neigh-

boring Arab states. Some are members of the Knesset (Parliament), judges, cabinet min-

isters and ambassadors.

The general public should not be deceived by all the lying Palestinian propaganda lies

stating that Israel has no connection to their ancestral homeland. Their claim to the land is

far superior than that of the Palestinians. It has international law on its side. The Palestin-

ians should not be allowed to steal the tiny sliver of land rightly belonging to the Israelis.

Joh bao

seattle

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When spring or summer is late in coming, we hope or some sunny days that will put an

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Though Passover is a celebration o our return rom slavery, not everyone today can claim that same

reedom. A community orum at Herzl-Ner Tamid discussed just that.

Irl r th m Christians United or Israel held another night in honor o the Holy Land earlier this month. Speakers

included Jews, Christians, and a Holocaust survivor who told his story.

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Composer Betty Olivero lost much o her amily when the Nazis decimated the Jewish community o Thes

salonika, Greece. The upcoming Music o Remembrance concert tells o that history through song.

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We eature the frst two women as our Five Women to Watch series returns: Che Robin Leventhal, who is

overseeing a new Jewish delicatessen with a dierent kind o menu, and Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, whose

lietime o activism can be summed up in a days work.

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Call it prostitution, sexual slavery, or

human trafcking whatever the term,

it must end, said Urmi Basu, the director

o the New Light Center in Kolkata, India,who asked 130 activists, health workers,

and concerned citizens at Mercer Islands

Herzl-Ner amid Conservative Congre-

gation on April 13 to get involved in her

mission to rescue the children and young

women who are victims o this crime.

Speaking via a live Skype eed rom Cal-

cutta at 3 a.m. local time, the ounder o

New Light, a shelter that houses boys and

girls, ages 518 who would otherwise be

selling their bodies on the street or sexual

avors, said she wont stop this work until

its ended.

In this day and age, nobody should be

a slave anymore, Basu told a rapt crowd at

Herzl-Ner amid. Tese young girls and

women who are sold into prostitution are

nothing better than slaves. It is our ght

and we have to do it until the last person,

the last girl is ree.

Tis is a question o humanity, Basu

said. Tese are really joyous girls on their

way to having joyous lives. We cannot let

anybody a child, a woman, or a man

sell their bodies or survival or be sold as

slaves.

No One Should Be Forced: An Inter-

aith Dialogue on Modern Slavery was co-

hosted by Herzl-Ner amid and the Mercer

Island Presbyterian Church, and cospon-

sored by 17 other groups that included the

Church o Jesus Christ o Latter-Day Saints

Mercer Island Ward, St. Monicas Catholic

Church, Emmanuel Episcopal Church, and

three other local churches.

emple Bnai orah, emple Beth

Am, and Congregation Beth Shalom also

signed on as co-sponsors, along with the

Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle, the

Stroum Jewish Community Center, the

National Council o Jewish Women, and

the American Jewish Committee.

Although many victims o human tra-

cking are orced to work in prostitu-

tion or the sex industry, trafcking is also

dened as exploitative labor.

he U.S. State Departments 2010

Annual rafcking in Persons Report has

determined that more than 12 million chil-

dren and adults who are enslaved globally

in orced labor, bonded labor, and orced

prostitution around the world.

In Washington State, an anti-trafcking

law prohibits the recruitment, transport,

or sale o humans or orced labor, either

coerced through violence or threats o vio-

lence. Any activity prolierated by exploit-

ing vulnerable groups against the persons

will is prohibited. Te H-N gathering

ocused mainly on sexual slavery.

Ive been reading a lot about this or

our or ve years, Herzl-Ner amids

rabbi, Jay Rosenbaum, toldJNews.

While on sabbatical last year, Rosen-

baum volunteered at New Light or two

weeks. He taught English to the students

mostly boys played games with them,

and read to them.

A lot o these boys dont have men in

their lives, at all, Rosenbaum said. I this

group o young men grows up with a di-

erent attitude towards women, it changes

everything. You have to change their atti-

tude.

During his time at the New Light Center,

Rosenbaum ound that almost everyone he

worked with had mothers and grandmoth-

ers who had worked as prostitutes. Tey all

came rom desperately poor backgrounds

and had tragic stories to tell, he said.

Pastor Sheila Houston, director o Out-

reach Services or New Horizons Minis-

tries in Seattle, knows rsthand how this

exploitative business goes on day aer day

right here in the Emerald City.

At the age o 5, Houstons last memory

o her ather beore he deserted his amily

was a gi he gave her, a pleather coat. Tis

memory, she said, and the pain o watching

him walk away, later became the bittersweet

connection that recaptured her heart as a

15-year-old girl with the wrong man.

oday, she leads a team o men and

women who go into the streets and neigh-

borhoods o Seattle every Friday night

and every other Saturday night to help the

women who work or sex.

Houston said that to understand these

women, it is important to learn about the

psychology o a sexual trafcking victim,

which is most oen rooted in a basic need or

parental love, acceptance, and closeness.

When she was 16, Houston married the

man who was already coercing her to sell her

body or the money they needed to live, and

demanding it as a sign o her love or him.

Her ather was a man who always

promised and never ullled his prom-

ises, Houston said, concealing her iden-

tity as the child in this story until the end

o her remarks. She didnt understand

her athers love because he was no longer

in her lie, and so she would go out into

the streets.

Thi yar Pach al:enin mrn lary

JANis siegel JTnws corrspodtRandy Neal, Christians United or Isra-

els western regional coordinator, wor-

ries that the same story he tells at the close

o many o the groups meetings aroundthe country will be a bore. But the group

o supporters that lled Seattle Church in

mid-April silenced to a hush, then broke

into applause in support o its core mes-

sage to Israel: You are not alone.

As CUFI increases its presence in the

Northwest to counter what it sees as a

landslide o anti-Israel rhetoric, one o

the largest pro-Israel grassroots politi-

cal member organizations in the country

brought Holocaust survivor Irving Roth to

Portland and Seattle, attracting Jewish and

Christian community members alike.

You, living up in the greater Seattle

area, live in a hotbed o some o the meth-

ods and some o the strategies and some o

the propaganda thats being recycled and

repeated that really opened the door to

the Holocaust being ushered in in the rst

place, Neal told the crowd. Tis message

is meant to suggest the radical notion that

Israel has the right to exist. I that issue is

going to agitate you, you might want to

leave right now.

CUFI, ounded in 2006 by the exas-

based, ith-generation San Antonio

preacher Pastor John Hagee, is now pre-

paring or its sixth National Night to

Honor Israel event in Washington, D.C.,

where organizers expect a crowd o 13,000

members and supporters. Tat kicks o a

weekend summit, when CUFI delegates

lobby Congress on continued support or

the protection and saety o Israel.

Te things Irving is about to touch on

are the things that we need to lock arms on

to make sure that they dont get a oothold

in our community, Neal said. Irvings

message is a warning, because hes talking

about a chapter in history where there are

gures, there are leaders, there are orga-

nizations trying to make marks on the

international stage that would love to s

history repeat itsel.

Seated in the audience were Rabbi Ji

Mirel, rom emple Bnai orah in Bellvue, who delivered the invocation,proe

sional vocalist Julie Mirel, who ollowe

with a Hebrew-English song, and Wend

Rosen, director o the American Jewis

Committees Seattle chapter.

As Roth took to the microphone, th

82-year-old struck a decidedly histor

cal tone, detailing the small, increment

events that, in retr

spect, now astoni

him, but at the tim

only caused con

sion.

O n e d a y i

1943, said Roth, h

was a 14-year-o

boy playing wi

his riends durin

summer vacation

the park in his hom

town o Humenn

Czechoslovakia. T

next day, a polic

man guarded th

entrance, telling hi

that Jews and do

were not allowed.

When the scho

year began, Ro

showed up on th

early all day with th

excitement o a young boy anxious to se

his riends and resume his lessons, only

nd another policeman orbidding Jew

to enter.

heres one word that describes th

whole process, Roth said. Demonization

Roth was eventually removed rom th

school, ousted rom his home, and nal

orced rom his hometown to an unknow

destination, he said, all done with th

stroke o a pen and a written decree ro

government ofcials.

Roth asked aloud several rhetorical an

existential questions that oen seem

haunt those who survived the Holocaust

How is it possible that neighbors, th

not only knew what was happening to the

next-door neighbors, would participate

this murder? said Roth. How is it possib

that cultured, moral men would do that?

In May o 1944, Roth and 4,000 Jew

rom Hungary, where his amily had rel

cated thinking it was saer, were loade

onto a train or what would be a three-d

journey to the Auschwitz concentrati

camp. When they disembarked rom th

train, guards immediately began yellin

and screaming, Form lines and begin

move, said Roth.

And so we begin to move, he said.

Roths aunts amily and his grandpa

ents were taken to a group shower, whe

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1A sel-described small-

town kid rom Vashon,

Gary Johnson eels like

hes come a long way to hisrecent appointment by Gov.

Chris Gregoire to the Pierce

County Superior Court ,

replacing Judge Gary Steiner,

who retired Feb. 1.

He traces his success

directly to the National

Deense Student Loan (now

Federal Perkins) that sent him to college.

Everyone in this country contributed

to my chance to get an education, he says.

Now its my turn to pay back.

Since 1987 Gary has been an attorney

at Kram, Johnson, Wooster & McLaughlin

in acoma. Hes has done a little o every-

thing in his career, he explains, having

started work when there were only a hand-

ul o attorneys in Kitsap County.

I have about as broad a background

as you can nd or a lawyer, he says. Ive

been a prosecutor, deense lawyer, served

as pro tem judge or Kitsap County Dis-

trict and Port Orchard Municipal, and

Pierce County Superior Court.

Its an intense vetting process or judi-

cial appointments in this state.

Tis governor has done a terric job o

having a process in place, he says, includ-

ing a 50-page application, judges recom-

mendations and interviews with minority

bar associations.

Why bother?

It really is a chance to do what Im

good at at a dierent level. He says he

told the governor it was like being raised

on Vashon, where you dont drive past

someone with a at tire.

O course, what the governor doesnt

know is that the day she called to give Gary

the news, he was having an

appendicitis attack and wait-

ing or a call rom his doctor.

I was in considerablepain while she was talking

very eloquently, says Gary

who was saying to himsel,

this is unbelievable, while at

the same time, Im thinking,

I gotta get o the phone!

While an undergraduate

and law student at Univer-

sity o Puget Sound, Gary rst

met the late Rabbi Richard

Rosenthal o acomas emple Beth El.

Tis was beore I met Jackie, he says,

reerring to his wie, Jackie Rosenblatt.

Te rabbi, an adjunct proessor o reli-

gion, became a great inuence. He was

exceptional and brilliant, Gary says.

He was my rabbi and always will be.

Jackie and Gary were married at Herzl-

Ner amid, where Jackie grew up. Teir

two grown sons, Josh and Joseph, both

work at the Stroum Jewish Community

Center on Mercer Island and Gary says,

Im incredibly proud o them.

When hes not working, His Honor is

a rabid windsurer and an equally rabid

reader who enjoys historical ction and

current aairs.

Gary began work April 18, but his ormal

swearing-in is May 12 at 4 p.m. at the Pierce

County-City Building (930 acoma Ave.

South, acoma), and is open to the public.

2Ronny Bell, whose grandather

ounded Hebrew National, le col-

lege with three objectives: 1. Never

wear a tie 2. Never create a rsum 3.

Never wear a watch.

Now 38, the ounder o Pioneer Organ-

ics he sold his interest a ew years ago

has launched a daily deal site called Ideal

Network, a group-buying website that

raises unds or good causes. Te company,

ounded with business partner Jon Ramer,

is still small enough that when I called

there, Ronny answered the phone. It com-

bines group buying (like Groupon), crowd

unding (like causes.com), social media

(like Facebook) with cause marketing

(buying things while helping people).

A recent example was a deal on Mighty-

O donuts that benetted the Moyer Foun-

dation. Te site showed me that a little

over a dollar o my purchase would be

donated to the oundation or I could

pick a dierent cause.

With Hebrew National such an inte-

gral part o his amilys lie, Ronny says he

learned an early lesson that having a busi-

ness [should be] meaningul, not just

about buying and selling.

People oen tell him what an impo

tant part o their lives Hebrew Nation

has been, and I dont think they mean th

hot dogs, he says. Its the emotional rel

tionship thats essential.

Describing himsel as a cultural Je

with Buddhist leanings, Ronny says he

having un with his 8-month-old daugh

ter as well as with his business. In his r

time, he says, I cook and play hockey.

And hes managed to stick to the obje

tives stated above.

he company launched Feb. 1 an

Ronny says things are going well. He

interested in hearing rom Jewish cha

itable organizations that might like

partner with the company. Contact ino

mation and the deal o the day are

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May 1 J-Serve Paint Out Hate

May 18 An Evening of Womens Learning

May 22 Israel Day Celebration

May 26 & May 31 Faces of Israel

program/discussion

June 2 Cardozo Society LDor VDor

Reception

June 22 Jewish Federation of Greater

Seattle Annual Meeting

Israel Day Community-Wide Celebration Cardozo Society AnnualReception to HonorJudge Carol Schapira

Breast Cancer and theJewish Community

Much has been reported in

recent years about the BRCA

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mean that Jewish women

have a greater propensity

or certain kinds o breast

cancer. Carriers o this alteration are

three to seven times more likely to

develop breast cancer beore the age

o 50. Talk to your doctor about it.

Increased screening and/or genetic

counseling are two ways to help ad-

dress this elevated risk and both can

help save lives.

The Jewish Federation, with support

from community members such as Eva

Corets, educates the women in our

community about the risks o breast

cancer so they can be proactive in ght-

ing this disease.

I you would like more inormation, or

want to help support the ght against

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contact the Federation ofce at 206-443-5400.

Faces of Israel: A Discus-

sion About Marriage,State, and Religion inthe Jewish Homeland

Join Amy Beth Oppenheimer, director/

producer o the flm Faces o Israel, or a

special ree screening and discussion on the

balance between religion and democracy in

the modern Jewish state.

Just decades ago, David Ben Gurion

publicly declared the establishment of a

Jewish state to be known as the State

of Israel. But what does it mean to be a

Jewish state? Do these two characteriza-

tions, democratic state and Jewish state,

work well together? What happens when

they dont?

Faces o Israelexplores the delicate balance

between state and religion in the Jewish

homeland through the context o mar-

riage. The lm and program have been

called powerful mature honest

sophisticated, and a must-see, and serve

as an excellent springboard or discussions

about Jewish identity, religious pluralism,

civil liberties in Israel and more.

Dont miss what is sure to be a dynamic,

engaging discussion!

This event is co-sponsored by the Jewish

Federation of Greater Seattle, Temple Bnai

Torah and Hillel UW.

J-Serve 2011Paint Out HateMay 1, 20111:15 PM - 5:00 PM

Thursday, May 26: 7pm at Temple Bnai

Torah, 15727 NE 4th Street in Bellevue

Tuesday, May 31: 7pm at Hillel UW,

4745 17th Avenue NE in Seattle

Both screenings are ree and open tothe public. Material is appropriate or

age 14+.

More inormation on the movie at

www.JewishInSeattle.org/FacesofIsrael

This years Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle Annual Meeting will be held Wednesday, June 22, at Urban Enoteca, in the SODO neighborhood of Seattle.

Well gather to present our annual community awards, review the activities of the last year and honor our dedicated leadership. Register at www.JewishInSeattle.org/AnnualMeeting

Join the party on May 22 when the entire

community is invited to celebrate Israel

Independence Day with a fun-lled cel-

ebration or the whole amily. The party

begins at 4pm at the SJCC with family

activities or all ages and an Israel Fair.

Youll nd lots o Israeli products, inorma-

tion on Israeli culture and something or

everyone.

The party continues at 5:30pm across

the street at Herzl-Ner Tamid with a PJ

Library Storytime for children ages 6

months - 5 years old.

Then enjoy a traditional bonre and

kosher BBQ dinner at Herzl-Ner Tamid.Catered by Nosh Away.

All activities, except the dinner, are ree.

J-Serve (the national day of Jewish Teen

Service) will bring together over 100 teens to

work with the City of Seattle to paint out graf-

ti, literally painting out hate. In addition, we

are hosting the rst Jr. Serve an 8th grade

additional component to this years J-Serve.

Details at www.JewishInSeattle.org/JServe

Dates to Note: details for all programs at www.JewishInSeattle.org

The Cardozo Society of Washington State

invites all those in the legal proession to

attend the 3rd annual LDor VDor End of

Year Reception.Join us as we recognize the work of

Washingtons Jewish legal community

and honor our 2011 award recipient,

the Honorable Carol Schapira, King County

Superior Court Judge. Law students and

new proessionals invited ree o charge.

Thursday, June 2, 2011 ~ 6-8pm

Chinese Room at the Smith Tower,

Downtown Seattle

Details at:

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6:45 p.m. Pre-Concert Talk:

John Sharify interviews

Terezn survivor

Sidney Taussig

an impressive record of performances

with some of the regions finest

musicians (Seattle Times)

A concert to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day

Two Premieres!MORCommissions from Betty

Olivero and Lori Laitman

MOR presents renowned Israeli

composer Betty Oliveros personal

tribute to the Sephardic community

at Thessalonika. The world premiere

of Kolot (Voices) will be sung in

Ladino by Portland Opera mezzo-

soprano Angela Niederloh. Hear an

intimate song cycle version of Lori

Laitmans Vedem, based on the secret

poetry of teens from Terezn. Also:

Oliveros Golem klezmer suite, Haas

String Quartet No. 2.

now throuh ed of May

The Lily serie

Art Exhibit

Colorful oil pastel pieces in celebration

of spring by Paula Chester Libes will

be on display at TLatte Caf through

the end of May. Libes, who holds art

degrees from SUNY Stony Brook and

Bellevue College, is a resident of MercerIsland. This is her firs t art show.

TLatte, 37 103rd Ave. NE, Suite B,

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pieces in Hebrew, Yiddish,

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At Crossroads Mall,

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If you buy the $575 ticket you can have a personal meet-and-greet and your

photo taken with Mr. Sheen. It may be worth something once the flameout is

complete. If you buy the $49.50 ticket youre probably just a sucker especially

because the people who reallymight want to see this catastrophe, teenage boys,

will be turned away at the door. Dont say you werent warned.

Why are we telling you this? Because when the Sheen exploded, he mentioned

somewhere that his mother was Jewish. She must be so proud.

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Joan Leegant will give three speaking engagements in

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The book follows three unique American characters in Israel,

probing religious extremism and Israeli life from an Ameri-

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tory. Its one that Seattles large Sephardiccommunity can relate to.

Shes chosen to weave the story

around Ladino ballads and love poems

alongside a very poignant letter rom an

Auschwitz survivor rom Tessalonika,

said Mina Miller, music director o Music

o Remembrance. MOR commissions and

perorms music based upon the experi-

ences and legacies o the survivors and vic-

tims o the Holocaust.

Tis spring, MOR approaches the expe-

rience o Sephardic Jews or the rst time

with the story o the Jewish community o

the Greek isle o Tessalonika, which saw

98 percent o its population perish.

Mezzo-soprano Angela Niederloh will

perorm, with an ensemble o violin, viola,

cello, clarinet, harp, and percussion, Oli-

veros work Kolot (Voices) at Music

o Remembrances Holocaust Remem-

brance Day concert at Benaroya Hall on

May 9.

Joining Oliveros work is a smaller

version o last years headline piece. For

last years spring concert, MOR commis-

sioned Lori Laitman to compose a piece

based on an underground magazine called

Vedem, stories and poetry by a group o

teenage boys imprisoned at the erezn

concentration camp. Tis year, the poems

have been pulled rom the larger work into

their own song cycle.Tey made their secret world as a way

o escaping rom the tragedy and ear that

was engulng them, Miller said.

Not all o these boys survived the Holo-

caust, but one o them, Sidney aussig, who

was 14 at the time, risked his own lie to

take 800 pages and bury them so he could

retrieve them once the war ended. It took

many years beore aussig and another

o the boys, George Brady, could get the

writings published. But a book released in

1995 called We are Children Just the Same

included parts o those manuscripts.

When I read the book in 1995, Miller

said, noting that it was beore she had

even ounded Music o Remembrance, I

knew that someday I would commission

a work to one day tell this wonderul story

through music.

In this more intimate retelling, Nieder-

loh will be joined by tenor Ross Hauck and

accompanied by clarinet and piano to per-

orm what Laitman called a portable ver-

sion o the piece.

Miller said she hopes to take this

smaller work out o the concert hall and

into schools and or other educational

opportunities.

Te music is accessible and really taps

into richly emotional human experience,

she said.

When originally composing the works,

Laitman used her two well-tested crite-

ria to choose the poems she ultimately set

to music: I look or a good story and I

look or things that I think will transla

will into song, she said. Tese six poem

seemed to me that they would provide

great dramatic story.

As a composer, Laitman has a standar

method that she used or this song cycl

Tis time, however, came one exceptio

A poem called Love in the Floodgates

which was, believe it or not, comic relie

I took it becauseinstead o the su

ering o the boys, it showed their longin

or having a relationship that was kind

thwarted by the situation, Laitman said.

was a good contrast to the other poems.

What made it special, though, was th

day aer Laitman completed a dra, sh

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CommunityYom HaatzmautCelebration

nSingers: Michele Hathaway, Chava Mirel,

Emily Ziskind Gallagher, Andy Burnstein, Neil Weinstein,

Cantor David Serkin-Poole, Julie Mirel, Jenna Oratz, and

Temple Bnai Torah/Temple De Hirsch sinai High School Singers

n dessert reception n Israeli organization booths

n multi-media presentations

15727 Ne 4th street, bellevue, wa n 425-603-9677

Tuesday, May 10 n 6:308:30pmhosted at Temple Bnai Torah

free and open to all

Israeli songs, Food and Information

about local Zionist organizations

Sponsors:news

sATurdAy30 April8 p.m. Th lst Sdr Std Rd

Art Feinglass at

[email protected]

The Last Seder, a critically acclaimed play by Jennier

Maisel, produced and directed by Art Feinglass and

perormed by Temple Beth Am perormers will be

held as a staged reading on the bima. At Temple

Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th S t., Bellevue.

suNdAy1mAy10 .m.1 p.m. Th art f crv

Marjorie Schnyder at

[email protected] or 206-861-3146 or

www.brownpapertickets.com/event/164148

How Jewish Tradition Can Inorm Our Caregiving

Journey eaturing Rabbi Richard Address, ounder o

the Sacred Aging Project. Reservations recommended,

as space is limited. Purchase tickets through Brown

Paper Tickets. $5 (nancial assistance available). At

REI Seattle Store, 222 Yale Ave. N., Seattle.

12:455:30 p.m. Mssr - lht f Trh,

Thrd Stt Mssr kh

Carol Benedick at

[email protected] or

206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org

Learn about the path o spiritual development called

Mussar with Rabbi Ira Stone, Dr. Alan Morinis, Rivy

Kletenik, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum, and Shirah Bell.

$36 in advance, $45 at the door. At Congregation

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

3 p.m. ym HShh cmmmrt

d StdWthus Prstt

Vivian Morrison at [email protected]

or 360-779-7619

Commemorate Yom Hashoah and continue the

conversation to support Israels desire or peace.

Free. At Congregation Kol Shalom, 9010 Miller Rd.,

Bainbridge Island.

13 p.m. ym HShh, Hst

Rmmbr

Janna Charles at [email protected] or

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org

With My Own Eyes: A lm preview and a dialogue with

Holocaust survivors. Commemoration includes a reading

o names, laying stones in remembrance, kaddishby

Rabbi James Mirel and a perormance by the Seattle

Jewish Chorale. Free. At the Stroum Jewish Communit y

Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

4:306 p.m. ym HShh: Hst

Rmmbr D Prrm

Janna at [email protected] or

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org

Sneak peek at the Holocaust Centers new documentary

lm eaturing local Holocaust survivors and a panel

discussion with three survivors involved in the lm. A

candlelighting ceremony prior to the panel discussion

will honor all those killed in the Holocaust. Rereshments

ollowing program. Co-sponsored by Jconnect and

Hillel UW. Free and open to the public. At Hillel at the

University o Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.

moNdAy2 mAy24 p.m. SJcc Br Mh J css

[email protected] or 206-388- 0832 or

www.sjcc.org

Mah Jongg provides un, a challenge and social

camaraderie. Learn the tiles and the rules o the

game. $20-$30. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer

Way, Mercer Island.

7:308:45 p.m. ym HShh obsrv

Carol Benedick at


206-524-0075 or www.bethshalomseattle.org

A special observance o Yom HaShoah at the Monday

evening minyan. Candles will be lit in memory o the

6 million. Ruvane Richman will share stories o his

parents experience. At Congregation Beth Shalom,6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

TuesdAy3mAy79 p.m. SJcc isr 360: Wm f th W

Roni Antebi at [email protected] or

206-388-0832 or www.sjcc.org

The Women o the Wall and their eorts to pray and

to read Torah at the Kotel have been widely publicized

in Israel and the United States. Their struggle has

produced strong emotions on both sides o the issue

as well as careully crated legal rulings, rom both the

rabbinate and the Israeli Supreme Court. $10$15. At

the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

WedNesdAy4mAy79 p.m. isr Mttrs Srs

Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg at

[email protected]

Barbara Lahav, regional political director o

JStreet NW, speaks on Israel and the Media: The

Propaganda Front. $5 suggested donation. At

Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellev ue.

79 p.m. M Mrr Wr

www.parentmap.com/18237/details

Dr. John Gottman will be discussing Trust and

Betrayal: Making Marriage Work as a part o the

2011 ParentMap Lecture Series. For three decades,

Gottman has studied all acets o married lie and

knows what makes marriages succeed or ail. Advance

tickets available through www.brownpapertickets.

com. $20 in advance, $25 at the door. At Town Hall

Seattle, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle.

7:30 p.m. Hrs f th Bb - Hr

Str, M Str

Devorah Korneld at

[email protected]

Presented by the Jewish Learning Institutes Rosh

Chodesh Society, discuss six celebrated personalitiesin Jewish history in this monthly series. For May:

Shulamit, a woman and a prophet the strength and

seeking guidance. For women only. Presented by

Devorah Korneld. Cost includes materials. $75 or

series. Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 SE

24th St., Mercer Island.

ThursdAy5mAy68:30 p.m. aiPac lbb 101

Sarah Persitz at [email protected] or

206-624-5152

Join AIPAC and other rst-time policy conerence

attendees or an opportunity to get to know the

Washington delegation and amiliarize yoursel with the

conerence itsel. Location deta ils provided upon RSVP.

6:309 p.m. Th art f chsm

Lori Weinberg Ceyhun at assistant@wsjhs.

org or 206-774-2277 or Carol Benedick at


206-524-0075

Learn how to make easy sot kosher cheeses with

Mark Solomon, experienced instructor and ardent

home cheesemaker. Sponsored by the Washington

State Jewish Historical Society and Congregation

Beth Shalom. Space is limited; register early.

$40/Beth Shalom or WSJHS members; $55/

nonmembers. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800

35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

FridAy6 mAy9 .m. Brfst wth e gr d

Hst Srvvrs

Melissa Rivkin at [email protected] or

206-551-9322

Geller is a Holocaust survivor and has shared h

experiences with students across the count

Survivors in the community are invited to a la

breakast with the 2011 graduating class ollowi

the talk. Students should notiy how many ammembers they will be bringing. At Northwest Yesh

High School, 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.

sATurdAy7 mAy5:30 p.m. Ms f Rmmbr Fm

Sr d Vdm Trbt Dr

Mina Miller at


206-365-7770 or

www.musicoremembrance.org

5:30 p.m.: Reception at Frye Art Museum, ollowed

private premiere screening o the documentary The Bo

o Terezn by producer John Shariy. 8 p.m.: Dinner

the Sorrento Hotel in honor o Holocaust survivor Sidn

Taussig. As a teenager in Terezn, Sidney rescued t

manuscripts o the clandestine journal Vedemcreat

by a group o ellow boys imprisoned there. At the Fr

Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle.

moNdAy9 mAy11:301:30 p.m. JFS cmmt f cr

lh

Gail Pollack at [email protected] or

206-861-3151 or jsseattle.org

The Community o Caring Luncheon, chaired by Don

Benaroya, will benet Jewish Family Service. All gue

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Whats Robin Leventhal, Seattle

restaurateur and ormer op Che

competitor, doing going to work or a

community-based Jewish delicatessen

on Mercer Island? Te rst answer that

comes to her mind: Kismet.

Its been a magical process, Leventhal

says. I truly eel like this has been a gi.

Stopskys Delicatessen, which will open

next month on the rock under the direc-

torship o locals Je and Lara Sander-

son, will eature traditional Jewish ood

updated, calling on Northwest resources

and using them with an international avor

palate. Leventhal will take the helm as che.

Perhaps surprisingly, Leventhal spoke

less like a competitive che and more like

a girl in love, requently describing her job

in spiritual terms.

his is a heritage project, Leven-

thal says. Tis is a business model that is

about community.

Stopskys ocus is on community as

much as it is about ood, and will eature

panels about local amilies and history on

its walls.

Its about a celebration o love, she

says. We need community and that suste-

nance. Tats what drives me in lie.

What brought Leventhal and the Sand-

ersons together, however, is not nearly as

romantic: Te Sandersons made a cold call.

Lara did some research, Leventhal

explains. She stumbled across my name,

was endeared by my spirit...my history

and my work experience.

Instead o consulting, Leventhal oered

to be the che. Te result is bringing their

vision to light paired with my creativity.

Leventhal was planning on a job as a

corporate che beore the opportunity to

work or Stopskys presented itsel. But,

she says, I wasnt eeling the passion.

Leventhal, who studied ceramics in

college and originally thought she would

go into advertising, thought that aer her

experience on the popular Bravo network

reality show she might take her career in

another direction.

I thought I would get away rom the

kitchen, she says. I kind o walked away

rom part o it because it wasnt true

who I was.

She started to design a tableware lin

but became disillusioned. I dont lik

to spend my time doing things that a

meaningless.

As or her op Che claim to ame?

Its a piece o me. Its not what den

me, she says.

Te kitchen, ironically, is still dom

nated by men. Despite great emale ch

role models, Leventhal admits, Its n

or the weak. Her own innate competitiv

personality gave her the strength to pus

through the drama.

I was a ghter beore agreeing to tak

that challenge on.

hat competitive edge in large pa

comes rom her business-oriented, indepen

dent mother, who raised her to be tough.

Im not araid to voice my opinion

Leventhal says.

Robin Leventhal:Pain r th patrami

emily k. AlhAdeFF assistt editor, JTnws

Over the next three issues o JNews, we will be profling fve women in Washington States Jewish

community who have dedicated their lives to building community, ollowing their passions, and in

their own ways trying to make the world a better place. We will be doing these profles twice a year,

so i theres someone you think is doing something important, please let us know!

Five women to watch

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As one of the ive Women of Valor

A well-deserved honor!

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Applauds the JT News for selecting our own

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Holocaust Remembrance DayA Community Event

Sunday, May 1, 2011 | 1:00 pm 3:00 pmStroum Jewish Community Center

3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer IslandFree and open to the public

Yom Hashoah

[email protected]

Also sponsored by the Holocaust Center: Yom Hashoahprogram at Hillel, University of Washington on May 1st

from 4:30-6:00 pm.

Event includes performance by the Seattle JewishChorale and Kaddish by Rabbi James Mirel.

With My Own Eyes:Film and Dialogue with Holocaust Survivors

he day beore JNews spoke with

Yohanna Kinberg during the middle o

Passover, she was at home making charo-

set cupcakes or one o her sons to take tohis schools bake sale.

I didnt want him to eel le out, she

says.

Such is lie as a working mom who

happens to be a rabbi. But its her job i

something so intertwined with a commu-

nity can be considered a job as associate

rabbi at emple Bnai orah that inorms

so much o the way Kinberg lives her lie,

rom her amily to her pulpit to her com-

munity activism.

Te activist in Kinberg comes rom a

very early age in 1973, while still a baby,

she attended the ordination o the rst

woman rabbi. Her late ather, also a Reorm

rabbi, was ordained at the same ceremony.

Growing up in Eugene, Ore., where the

womens rights movement was very active

at the time, also had a strong inuence.

My whole lie has been in this reality o

eminism, and o women breaking bound-

aries, and so in high school and in college I

was involved in activism, she says.

Shes deinitely an advocate or

human rights and or social justice, says

Jim Mirel, emple Bnai orahs senior

rabbi, who has known Kinberg since her

birth. Tats why she ts in so well with

our temple. Shes just a social justice advo-

cate in all its ways.Kinbergs vision o boundaries broken

comes rom beyond Eugene, however. Her

mother, Chana, was born in Morocco and

immigrated to Israel as a teen. Seeing how

that move allowed her mother to grow and

thrive, Kinberg says, has allowed me to be

the ull person I have become.

Troughout her lie, Kinberg has also

had strong commitments to reproduc-

tive rights and the environment, as well as

to Israel. Tat maniests itsel these days

through her involvement with J Street.

Working on issues that pertain to

peace and justice in Israel is something

that Ive been doing since I was a teenager

and has always been an important part o

my lie, she says.

Ten came the responsibilities o adult-

hood, and with it a resh look at tikkun

olam.

Tere was a resurgence o eminist

energy in my lie when I became a work-

ing mother and when I was ordained as

a rabbi, Kinberg says. [I] came into the

workplace and realized that theres still

a very strong need or eminism in our

world and within the Jewish world.

As emple Bnai orahs director o

education, Kinberg puts her own amilys

experiences ront and center. Her husband,

Seth Goldstein, is the rabbi at emple Beth

Hatloh in Olympia, which means that

both parents must navigate similar sched-

ules and demands not unlike working

amilies where the parents arent rabbis.

For Kinberg, sometimes what some people

once called radical is really the mundane.

We have the same two kids, we do a

lot o shared parenting, and thats really

important and part o our shared eminist

vision, Kinberg says.

Kinberg has also become active in a

group called Women o the Wall, which

protests the ban on women praying with a

orah at the Kotel, the western wall o th

old emple. When she leads trips to Isra

she spends a lot o time ocusing on th

issue and educates at home.In Asia, in Australia, everywher

there are women who are reading an

engaging with orah, Kinberg says.

you go to the Wall, and want to be

the Wall, the holiest place or the Jewi

people, you dont have that option. I

the last holdout or a place or ull egalita

ianism or women.

It was with this in mind that she pr

vided educational opportunities or t

Womens orah Project, one o the r

orahs scribed entirely by women, com

pleted its scroll last October.

At her temple, being sandwiched,

she put it, between the generations

parent and children gives her more insig

into the issues her congregants, many

whom have been acing nancial, health

related and educational difculties, ace.

I see mysel as a preacher, a pastor an

an educator, she said. I can help peop

receive support, set them in the rig

direction, or just give them someone

listen or to provide spiritual support.

Shes also a baker those charos

cupcakes were a sellout.

Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg:Prchr, ptr, ctr

Joel mAgAlNickeditor, JTnws

couRTeSy TeMPle Bnai ToRaH

Rabbi Yohanna Kinber

Space is limited.Purchase tickets or callLori Weinberg Ceyhun at206-774-2277 to reserveyour spot or or moreinormation.

See Whats Cooking atThe Washington State Jewish Historical Society

2031 Third Ave Seattle Wa 98121

A Taste of Sephardic FoodsBorekas on Wednesday, May 11, 11 a.m.Biscochos on Thursday, May 12, 11 a.m.The Summit at First Hill, Second Floor$8 members/$10 nonmembers per programNo charge for Summit residents

Katherine Scharhon will be our teacher and guide as we learnto make (and eat) borekas, those divine flled pies and bisco-chos, the lovely simple cookies that can be sweet or savoryand shaped or a variety o occasions.

The Great Kugel ThrowdownThursday, May 26th

UW Hillel at 7:00 pm

$8 members / $10 nonmembers

Co-Sponsored by Hillels JConnect

Bobby Flay might not show up, but there will be surprise judges to consider kugels of every type - sweet, savory,noodle, potato, lokshen and matzah, traditional and innova-tive. Everyone will taste, vote and take home a packet ofrecipes.

TheArtofCheesemaking

Thursday,May5,6:309:00p.m.

CongregationBethShalom

$40members/$55nonmembers

Co-sponsoredwithCongregation

BethShalom

MarkSolomon,an experiencedin

structorand

ardenthomecheesemaker,willt

eachushow

to make easy softkosher cheese

sathome,

including freshmozzarella, crea

m cheese,

chevreandricotta.

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This Weeks Wisdom

Greet Others Firstby Andrew Marc Greene

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

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

ACROSS

1 Slice down the middle, as a bagel

6 1982 movie with a 2010 sequel

10 Legal tender

14 Cup sought by Indiana Jones

15 Dynamic opener?

16 Palo ___

17 Western flm that greets frst?

19 Get together

20 Absence

21 Wild

22 Out on the water

25 Kids show that greets frst?

29 The Grim Reaper

31 ___ Club Roast

32 Buy into the hand

34 Always, to a poet

35 Guacamole, or one

38 Beatles song that greets frst?

42 Sufx or east or west

43 Permit

44 Takes to the ice

45 Like a kosher fsh

48 Foreword

49 Screwball comedy that greets frst?

53 They may be connected

54 Charge

55 Stewies mom on Family Guy

57 Skip over

58 Musical that greets frst?64 Written reminder

65 Furniture chain that sells meatballs

66 Overact

67 Person making the transition rom

student to alum

68 Look intently

69 Transmits an e-mail

The Talmud advises on how to strengthen riendships: Be the frst to inquire ater the peace o others. Rabbi

Huna said, I your riend is usually the frst to greet you, you should anticipate him. It was said o Rabbi

Yochanan ben Zakkai that he was so assiduous about ollowing this principle that no one ever got to greet him

frst. And so here. No matter what the medium, its important to start things o with a pleasant greeting.

DOWN

1 Substance banned by the NCAA

2 Jeremys character on Entourage

3 Now I ___ me down to sleep...

4 Broke, as a law

5 Mary Poppinsactress Lanchester

6 Speak about

7 MLK Jr., or one

8 Stu to smelt

9 Boolean operator

10 Small roles or big stars

11 Last Oldsmobile ever made

12 Place

13 How a tight race may be contested

18 ___ bin ein Berliner

21 WWII POTUS

22 Snippet o wisdom

23 Monsieur, across the Pyrenees

24 Use as dinnerware

26 Tore away (rom)

27 God, at Notre Dame

28 Outlandish tales

30 1963 Paul Newman flm

33 Survivorsetting between Vanuatu and

Guatemala

35 The same

36 Like neon or helium

37 Mexican coins

39 Website where youll fnd reviews o

Eltana40 Hit the slopes

41 Striking

45 Proclaimed

46 Winter hrs. in Minneapolis

47 Recipient o a Wheres George? stamp

49 Like 1+1=3

50 Play along with

51 R&B singer Baker

52 Imitate a dove

56 Mid-month date

58 Bone thats connected to the thighbone

59 Squeeze (out)

60 Spider-Man co-creator Stan

61 Actor Chaney

62 Inc., in Britain

63 Hoped-or reply to May I?

Following the death o his ather last

year, a unny thing happened to Daniel

Alpern as his lie began to crumble. He

began to talk to God and to his recentlydeceased dad as a way o helping him ease

his troubled mind

and he got a response.

I realized my ather,

or 30 years, said Make

an album, publish your

music, Alpern says.

So with the help o

a riend, Alpern did

just that;A Moment

in ime was released

earlier this year as

a download rom

the iunes store.

A physical CD is

orthcoming.

People who grew up at

emple Bnai orah or the Stroum Jewish

Community Center will likely know Alp-

erns name he has been using drama

as a teaching tool as well as writing songs

and plays or children or close to three

decades. He spent 10 years doing music

and theater at Bnai orah, and it was

through Alpern that the JCC revived its

Center Stage theater program in 2009. He

le last year aer his athers death.

He wrote plays and music, but these

productions were less about the audience

and more about the perormers every

kid who came had a tailor-made part.

Te key was the kids having un, and

eeling good about what they were able to

achieve to their talent level, Alpern says.

But he never really knew how his career

as a playwright aected the kids he worked

with until he joined Facebook and began

hearing rom them. Some had come to his

theater as an escape rom otherwise troubled

lives. Alpern said he heard rom one woman

who told him, You gave me an outlet and

you talked to me, Alpern said. You let

me know that I was okay, that I was good,

that even though my ather abused me, you

helped me see the condence in mysel.

It was stories like that, he said, as his

own lie was crashing down around him,

that gave him the condence and purpo

to start making music again but th

time or himsel.

hey all said all these wonderthings, and it made my lie eel like it had

purpose, Alpern says.

Alpern say

he has written

the neighborhoo

o 1,000 song

Te music on th

album is e i th

based on the pla

he has written or,

a couple o cases, o

the process o makin

the record itsel. Oth

songs were rewrites

previous versions.

I kept stealing ro

mysel, he says.

Ater seven month

at his keyboard, working rom a studio

a house that adjoins Alperns apartmen

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