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Honors or doing the righteous thing

Alice KAderlAn Special to JTNewsAlthough people knowledgeable about the Holocaust are oen amil-

iar with the collaborationist history o France, the story o how the Dutch

cooperated with the Germans has rarely been told. At the same time, the

size and eectiveness o the Dutch resistance has been exaggerated, as has

the role and number o those who helped Dutch Jews.

What is now known is that 25,000 Dutch stepped orward as Waen

SS volunteers and Dutch authorities executed almost all German orders

without protest. Only 25 percent o Dutch Jews survived the war and o

the 24,000 Jews who were hidden, 8,000 were ultimately betrayed. Most,

like Anne Frank and her mother and sister, died in the camps. But a ew

remarkable Dutch amilies, like Jan and Martje Rosier, successully hid

Jews and enabled them to survive the war.

In the Rosiers case, they not only kept 20-year-old Jozeph de Haan sae

on their arm or 16 months, they completely accepted de Haan into the

amily, giving him the name o Villem, by which the Rosiers descendan

still call him.

oday, 90-year-old Jozeph lives in Australia. His son, Michael de Haan

Seattle, is determined that the story o Jozeph and the Rosiers become an o

cial part o Holocaust history. Michael worked doggedly or months to hav

the Rosiers designated Righteous Among the Nations, the State o Israe

honoric or non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews rom exterminatio

As a result, the Rosiers names are now inscribed at Yad Vashem and Micha

recently traveled to the Netherlands or a local recognition ceremony.

Although Jan and Martje are no longer living, their daughter and succe

sive generations o the amily were on hand last month to accept honors ro

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Ethica consmption

ruth Messinger with JordAn nAMerow Shma.com(Shma) E.F. Schumachers 1973

classic Small is Beautiulintroduced many

o us to the concept o enoughness the

antidote to scarcity and the moderation o

excess. Its a concept that I hope calibrates

my consumption habits wherever I am at a kiddush lunch in Caliornia, a coee

arm in Kenya, or a supermarket on the

Upper West Side o Manhattan. Te act

is, I do not always meet my own standards

o reduced consumption.

Several months ago, I elt the phys-

ical intensity o enoughness when I

joined 6,000 leaders, mostly rom aith-

based organizations, in a week-long ast to

show solidarity with the millions o people

in developing countries who go to bed

hungry every night and who are at risk o

losing critical U.S. ood aid. For two days,

I drank only water and then or the next

ve, I also took in clear liquids.

Lightheadedness and a low-grade

headache ollowed me as I kept up with

my regular routine o meetings, con-

erence calls, and donor solicitations.

Although I knew my ast would end and

I would soon return to eating and drink-

ing whatever I wanted, I spent much o

the week refecting on what hunger must

eel like or someone whose lie is dened

by never having enough. More recently,

I took the ood stamp challenge in

which participants use the average ood

supplement beneit o $31.50 as their

budget or ood or one week.

What does Jewish tradition teach us

about the role o enoughness in achiev-

ing kedusha holiness in the world?

Maimonides teaches that it is easy to beooled into thinking that i we are consum-

ing what is permissible, the quantity o our

consumption does not matter. But accord-

ing to Nachmanides, one who abuses the

resources o the world by rationalizing that

these resources are not explicitly orbidden

is deemed naval bereshut haTorah a

vile person within the delineations o the

orah. o prevent such overconsumption,

Ramban notes that the orah adds the gen-

eral commandment o kedusha, Tat we

should be separated rom excess.

It is all too easy to ignore the act that

we requently consume too much. Food

plays a dominant, sensory role in the lives

o most Americans and certainly in the

lives o American Jews. It is, in many ways,

a map o our history. Meals, recipes, and

the acts o eating and drinking express

who we are, where we come rom, and

where we live. Food is accessible, enjoy-

able, and meaningul.

But when nearly 1 billion people

around the world are malnourished, we

need to adopt a ood ethic that enables

everyone to experience the sweetness o

having enough; to experience ood as a

human right, not a luxury.

Ethical consumption is not only about

being mindul o where we shop and what

we ingest. Its also about reorming gov-

ernment policies that perpetuate a cycle o

poverty and widen the gap between toomuch and not enough, making ethical

consumption nearly impossible or even

the most conscientious among us.

For example, in the aermath o the

earthquake in Haiti, the U.S. government

sent ood aid to Haiti, mostly rice. In the

short term, this rice helped eed thousands

o earthquake survivors who had lost

everything. But U.S. ood aid had an unin-

tended and sometimes devastating

consequence on local armers. Te infux

o ree rice rom abroad brought the price

o Haitian rice so low that Haitian rice

armers could not compete in the global

market. Tey couldnt earn an income

rom their crops and, tragically, could not

purchase seeds or the next years crop.

Te U.S. Farm Bill, a piece o legislation

that is re-authorized every ve years and

that dictates the direction o our global ood

policies, is up or revision in 2012. Since the

United States is the largest donor o global

ood aid, we must ensure that our policies

support local armers, not undermine them.

Its easy to orget that this imperative

has deep roots in our religious tradition.

In his legal code Laws o Giving to the

Poor, Maimonides, a 12th-century ph

losopher and Jewish legal scholar, argu

that helping people achieve sel-su

ciency ar more than ensuring that th

have ood on their table or just one nig

is the highest orm o tzedakah and aessential part o developing a responsib

Jewish ood ethic.

Furthermore, two rabbis rom the a

mudic era oer a way to think about o

own ethical consumption amid today

global ood crisis. Rabbi Natan bar Abb

wrote, he world is dark or anyon

who depends on the tables o others. B

contrast, Rabbi Achai ben Josiah wrot

When one eats o his own, his mind is

ease. Tese words tell a true and powe

ul story. For the most part, we have sate

bellies, and it is thereore up to us to he

ensure that people around the world ca

east rom their own harvests and put oo

on their own tables.

Ruth Messinger is president of the American

Jewish World Service, an international

development organization that works to

alleviate poverty and advance human rights f

marginalized people in the developing world.

Jordan Namerow is senior communications

associate at American Jewish World Service.

Reprinted with permission from Shma (www.

shma.com) February 2012, as part of a large

conversation on ethical consumer decisions.

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letters to the editorthe rabbis turn

Were it not for the righteous, for people like the Rosier family, perhaps there never would have been an Eban, a Golda or a Dayan.

Seattleite Michael de Haan on the honor bestowed upon the family that hid his father during the Holocaust.

Repentance: A teachabemomnt

rAbbi rob toren Samis foundation

Much has been writtenlately in these pages about

Proessor Martin Jaees nal

(alas!) column, his and the

editors apologies, letters o

praise and castigation. One

letter inspired me to look

into our traditional Jewish

sources, providing a teach-

able moment, an opportu-

nity to learn some orah.

Mr. Perry Weinberg, in the January 13,

2012 issue oJTNews, wrote: Is there no

room in all this or orgiveness? One thing

I would hope we could all agree upon

is to allow each other to acknowledge our

sins, to make teshuvah, and to start again.

Mr. Weinbergs initial question is obvi-

ously rhetorical, since he immediately

answers armatively, as he calls out or

teshuvah and starting over.

Tere are many statements through-

out the amazingly rich history o Jewish

thought attempting to distill Judaisms

rich abric into an essence or a ew

undamental principles. According to

Maimonides, repentance is one o our tra-

ditions undamentals. Repentance is also

inextricably bound to the concept o ree

will, that we humans are ree moral agents.

God commands and we obey or dis-

obey; we are rewarded or punished or

our choices, good and bad. When we dis-

obey, when we make mistakes, God grants

us the opportunity to restore our relation-

ship with Him and those whom we have

wronged through the process oteshuvah,

whose root meaning is turning but unc-

tionally has come to mean repentance.

Teshuvah involves several steps: Rec-

ognition o the wrong, repairing or com-

pensating or the wrong when possible,

asking the injured party or orgiveness,

committing to not repeating the bad

action, and conessing the specic trans-

gression beore God. Our tradition sup-

plements the purely ethical on the human

plane with the concept o atonement, the

process through which we sinners can be

reconciled with God.

Do we humans indeed have the capac-

ity to choose? Does ree will exist or is

it a ction we use to convince ourselves

that lie is meaningul, that the choices

we make are indeed real choices, and that

we genuinely and authentically can hold

ourselves and others accountable or our

actions? In the Jan. 28, 2012 Wall Street

Journal, Gerald Russello, reviewing Aping

Mankindby Raymond allis, observes:

Proponents argue that ree will does

not exist; seemingly ree or intentional

actions can be explained rom materialistic causes.

Because these causes aect

every organism, there is no

dierence between human

consciousness and that

o animals and everything

can thereore be explained

as either a set o physical

responses or the workings o

some hidden genetic code.

In other words, these proponents argue

there is no ree will. However, allis, the

reviewed author, vigorously argues in

avor o ree will. Te review continues:

He [Tallis] takes on the neuroma-

nia [belie that we are our physi-

cal brains and nothing more] and

Darwinitis [the insistence that our

consciousness can be reduced to evo-

lutionary terms] in a robust deense

o the unique nature o human con-

sciousnessExperiments that try to

isolate specifc actions to show that

we are only reacting to stimuliare

misplacedSuch irreducibly com-

plex reasons [or actions] are indica-

tive not o biological avatars without

ree will but o something even more

mysterious: ourselves.

Te Midrash, supplementing the Gene-

sis narrative, places in Cains mouth a sim-

ilar deense when conronted by God over

his murdering his brother, Abel (I para-

phrase): You, God, rejected my gi to

You. You created in me this Evil Inclina-

tion, making me capable o murder. What

do you expect?

Essentially, Cain complains to God that

his murder is Gods ault, not his own. It

is this matter o choice, the uniqueness

o human consciousness, which is o sig-

nicance to the concept o repentance,

as Maimonides states, writing 800-plus

years ago: Tis (teshuvah) is a great un-

damental and pillar o the orah and [the

concept o] Mitzvah as it is said (Deuter-

onomy 30:15), See, I have set beore you

today lie and good, death and evil (Laws

o Repentance 5:3).

Te Book o Genesis tells us that we

humans are created in Gods image. Tis

esoteric statement has been interpreted

in many ways, one o which is our nature

as thinking, reely choosing beings. We

humans are not compelledby our nature

to act in prescribed or predetermined

ways. Obviously and eventually in the

Midrashic narrative I paraphrased above,

God does not accept Cains rationalization

or his ratricide. We may be inclined by

our inherent personality characteristics, or

those that have been developed within us

through education and experience, to act

in certain ways. But justice systems o the

civilized world are based on the assump-

tion that people are reely choosing moral

agents. Both Jewish law and our criminal

justice system allow or exceptions where

individuals such as the mentally incom-

petent are incapable o acting reely. Tey

cannot know right rom wrong and there-

ore cannot be held criminally accountable

or their actions.

One o the great challenges o Jewish

thought is how to reconcile an all-know-

ing and all-powerul God with human ree

will. I God knows what were going to do

since Hes all-knowing, how can we be said

to be reely choosing and thus responsible?

Similarly, i God is all-powerulwell,

then we have the problem o evil. Why

does He allow such horric suering?

Our ancient rabbis do not shy rom con-

ronting this challenge: God indeed cre-

ates everything, including good and evil in

the world, allowing us humans to struggle

along, providing the orah as a spice or

medicine to help us contend with such

nasty problems as the evil we are inclined,

but not orced, to commit.

Repentance, which involves seeking

orgiveness, is one aspect o the moral

stain o transgression and sin. Te other

side involves the injured party and his/her

obligation to orgive. Again, Maimonides

is quite clear and strong on this issue o

orgiveness: One isorbidden to be cruel,

resisting being appeased; rather he should

be easily pleased and dicult to anger.

And at the moment the transgressor seeks

rom him orgiveness, he should orgive

with a whole heart and generous spirit.

Even i he has inficted much pain and

sinned against him grievously, he should

not seek vengeance and retribution...Such

is the way o the Jewish people (Laws

Repentance 2:10, emphasis added).

Maimonidess Hebrew or what Iv

rendered the Jewish people is zera Y

rael, literally, the seed o Israel. Tis

an unusual ormulation or Maimonide

Indeed, the only other relevant instance

could nd in Maimonidess law code is

a similar passage, dealing with the case

one person physically wounding anothe

According to Maimonides, even i on

has nancially compensated the wounde

person, that compensation is not su

cient to gain atonement, atonement bein

the restoration o the relationship betwee

God and the transgressor, or the separa

act o divine orgiveness. Te one who h

damaged must ask the wronged person

orgive the transgression in order to ga

atonement. Financial compensation

necessary but not sucient.

Jewish tradition is thus concerne

about the spiritual well being o the on

who has committed the physical damag

Just as in the aorementioned Laws

Repentance, Maimonides goes on to sa

that the wounded person should not b

cruel and withhold orgiveness, or this

not the way o the Seed o Israel (Laws

Wounding and Damaging5:10). Te ter

seed o Israel suggests that this path

granting orgiveness is in some way near

biological or genetic, hard-wired as w

might say, in the Jewish people (seed

a notion quite unusual or Maimonide

Also note that to not orgive is considere

an act ocruelty by Maimonides.

Yes, Mr. Weinberg, you are correct

noting the importance o repentance; it

indeed a undamental pillar o the Jewi

way o lie. You are also correct that w

Jews are bidden, by the very act o bein

our being Jews, the seed o Israel, to o

give. Only through repentance and o

giveness are we granted by God atoneme

(or, to play with this word, at-one-ment)

Wasted tomatoes

I am frankly puzzled by Robert Wilkess extensive dissection of Omar Barghoutis Janu-

ary 5 talk at our local landmark, St. Marks Cathedral (Barghoutis own life reveals the BDS

deception, Jan.27). Lets begin by separating objective facts from opinion. BDS stands for

boycott, divestment, and sanctions in respect to the State of Israel. Should anything Mr.

Barghouti presented have been anything of a surprise? I was not present, so my analysis

is a he said, she said, but Wilkess offhand description of the audience as well-meaningChristian and Jewish tikkun olam-nistas offends those of us who sincerely seek to repair

the world. I believe that the action called for to (God-willing) achieve a secure, peaceful

and democratic Israel is the establishment of a secure, peaceful and democratic Palestinian

state alongside. Make no mistake: This must include just and fair land swaps as necessary.

The Israeli writer Amos Oz likes to remind us that Israel began as a dream. Blood, sweat

and tears made it a reality. We now must do the hard and painful work on the ground of

preserving the Jewish State. Throwing verbal tomatoes at a speaker who is antagonistic to

our cause is a waste of energy and a waste of good tomatoes.

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wAyne l. Firestone JTA World News ServiceWASHINGON (JA) Just as col-

lege students were nishing their winter

exams, New York Mayor Michael Bloom-

berg selected a partnership o Te ech-

nion Israel Institute o echnology and

Cornell University to build a campus onRoosevelt Island that will become a global

center or technological talent and entre-

preneurship. Few people know that beore

these universities ormalized collaboration

on todays most cutting-edge engineering

and scientic work, the Hillels at each

o the institutions collaborated through

networks o entrepreneurial students to

advance common interests that spanned

Jewish, social and business realms.

In this and many other respects, our

students are ahead o us. In developing

direct student-to-student ties, they have

chosen the most direct way to connect

with Israel via their Israeli peers. On more

than 75 campuses nationwide, students are

connected directly with Israel Fellows and

MASA peer interns (trained by the Jewish

Agency and Hillel) who encourage them

to participate in scores o student Israel

initiatives that speak to diverse political,

cultural, educational and social interests.

oday, tens o thousands o college stu-

dents are now proactively dening their

relationship with Israel in the most mean-

ingul and intimate ways and not merely

embracing a slogan, ideology or myth.

Tis picture is much dierent than

the one oen presented by campus crit-

ics and commentators. As an example,

om Friedman o Te New York Times

recently presented a distorted picture

o students relationships to Israel. Heclaimed students at leading universities

would boycott appearances by Israeli

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Te

immediate reaction this produced proved

him wrong: Tree dozen mainstream stu-

dent leaders rom the University o Wis-

consin responded by signing a public

statement o support o the U.S.-Israel

relationship and sent it to Friedman

and a group o Jewish student leaders

invited Netanyahu to speak on campus.

A similar phenomenon occurred last

year when Israeli Ambassador to the U.S.

Michael Oren was outrageously inter-

rupted at the University o Caliornia,

Irvine, by a small ringe group whose lead-

ers were subsequently expelled, indicted

and criminally convicted. Allowed to

nish his speech, Oren did actually receive

a standing ovation, although it was not a

ocus in the media.

UC Irvine was not the only campus to

invite Oren; 85 student government pres-

idents have invited the ambassador to

speak on their campuses. Disruption o

speakers and boycotts are real threats to

democratic conversation and should not

be confated with other orms o legitimate

political dissent or discourse.

For the past decade regardless o the

sitting government in Israel we have

seen students regularly explore Israel per-

sonally, emotionally and intellectually indeeper and more nuanced ways than prior

generations, even when they are conused

or have questions about their Jewish iden-

tity or specic Israeli government policies.

Many spent their winter break in Israel

on a Birthright trip in a year orecasting

more than 40,000 participants. Whether

or not students agree with a particular

policy o the Israeli government is prob-

ably the wrong question to ponder. Te

right question is how to make space or the

next generation and beyond to love and

explore Israel in its own way.

Tis spring semester, many students

will return to the 22 North American cam-

puses that were energized in the all by

Hillels public alk Israel discussions,

held in 20-by-20 tents in the hearts o their

campuses. alk Israel engaged more

than 4,000 Jewish and non-Jewish stu-

dents. Te event demonstrated the viabil-

ity and sel-condence o Jewish students

to take back the campus rom polarizing

voices by providing acilitated orums or

civil discourse. alk Israel will launch

this spring on a host o other campuses.

Further, the sel discovery occurring

back on campus ollowing the Israel tri

is beginning to infuence the larger uni

volved student cohort. According to

Israel Project-American Israeli Cooper

tive Enterprise online survey o 800 colle

students, 400 o whom are Jewish, Jewisstudents may know less about Israels hi

tory and politics than prior generations b

they seem to know more about its peop

and are signicantly more sympathet

than previously thought. In that surve

conducted last October and November b

Neil Newhouse and Robert Blizzard, 6

percent o respondents dened themselv

as close or very close to Israel and 7

percent agreed that Jews in America an

Israel share a common identity.

Indeed, there are pernicious eorts

boycott Israeli speakers, goods and eve

academics on college campuses that w

highlighted at a national conerence on th

boycott, divestment and sanctions mov

ment at the University o Pennsylvania th

past week. Despite a decade o eorts, th

BDS movement has ailed to make inroad

on any o the campuses visited by its sup

porters, and this time was greeted by a

immediate Penn ocial statement that

does not support sanctions or boycot

against Israel. Indeed, Penn has impo

tant and successul scholarly collabor

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From the Jewish Transcript,

February 6, 1967.

he Jewish Community

Center threw down the gauntlet

and challenged Seattles Jewish

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Delicata responsa

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CourTESy miChAEl dE hA

Michael de Haan holds the medal and certicate certifyin Jan and Mart

Rosier as Rihteous Amon the Nations at a ceremony on Jan. 11, abo

ve miles from the Rosier family farm in Friesland, The Netherland

Siebrendina Meindertsma-Rosier, riht, is the last survivin member of th

Rosier family who helped to hide Jozeph de Haan durin the Holocaust a

accepted the honor on behalf of her now-deceased parents.

the mayor o the town where the Rosier

arm was located and rom representatives

o Yad Vashem and the Israeli Embassy.

What moved me the most, said

Michael, was hearing the citation read

out in Hebrew. It caught me by surprise

and I couldnt understand why. But then

I realized deep down what this recogni-tion meant. Were it not or the righteous,

or people like the Rosier amily, perhaps

there never would have been an Eban, a

Golda or a Dayan.

Michael has reconstructed the story o

his athers escape rom his native Amster-

dam to the Rosier arm in Friesland, one o

the northernmost provinces o Holland.

In Amsterdam, Jozeph had managed to

avoid the regular roundups o Jews and by

September o 1943 was the only member

o his immediate amily who hadnt been

deported, and who ultimately survived.

With his amily gone, there was no

reason or Jozeph to stay in Amsterdam;

he was able to get to Friesland where other

Jews were being hidden, and in the next

several weeks moved rom arm to arm,

narrowly escaping arrest by the Gestapo,

beore winding up at the Rosierss property.

Te Rosiers and the two sons still at

home embraced him as their own. Over

the ollowing 16 months, he became an

integral part o the household, milking the

cows, helping around the house, and even

spinning wool. Apart rom going into thebarn (which was attached to the house)

to milk the cows, Jozeph was conned

to the house except or 10 minutes each

night when he would go or a brisk walk;

when anyone came to the house, he hid in

the space under the roo where he slept.

On two occasions German soldiers came

looking or ood but the Rosiers pretended

they couldnt understand German and

sent them on their way empty-handed,

knowing that i they ed the soldiers, they

would keep returning.

Aer the war, Jozeph married and with

his new wie moved to South Arica, where

Michael was born. Over the years, Jozeph

corresponded with the Rosiers and, later,

their children and

grandchildren. But it

wasnt until 2010

that Jozeph returned

to Friesland with his

immediate amily,

including Michael.

Although Jan and

M a r t j e w e r e

d e c e a s e d , t h eremaining Rosiers

welcomed them like

amily and it was

partly that reception

t h a t c o n v i n c e d

Michael he wanted

to see Jan and Martje

recognized among

the righteous.

Because secrecy

was essential or

saety during the

war years, Jozeph

never said he was

Jewish and the Ros-

iers never asked. Non-Jews escaping the German labor dra also hid in Te Netherlands, but Jozeph believes the Rosie

did assume he was Jewish.

As or why they did what they did, th

only time the subject was broached w

during the de Haan amilys 2010 visit

Friesland. Michael was in a car with Ypi

a Rosier granddaughter, and Ypies siste

in-law Bettie. He asked about Jans mot

vations and their answer mirrored the on

Miep Gies always gave when asked wh

she helped Anne Franks amily.

Bettie looked at Ypie and Ypie looke

at Bettie quizzically, Michael remember

Te answer was, well, obvious. It was ju

the right thing to do. And then we move

on to the next topic o conversation.

Michael also succeeded in gettin

another amily, the Dreijers, designate

as Righteous Among the Nations. Kla

Dreijer kept Jozeph sae in Friesland o

many weeks beore taking him to th

Rosier arm or the duration o the wa

Tis spring, Michael will travel to Ottaw

Ont., where Dreijer descendants now liv

or a similar recognition ceremony.

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QFC Supports Heart Health.

It is tting that a month which includes Valentines Day should

also be American Heart Month. February is a month when we should

consider not only the love in our hearts but also the health o our

hearts. Tats one reason why QFC is proud to support the American

Heart Association and Go Red For Women.

Go Red For Women was created by the American Heart Association

in 2004 to call attention to the act that heart disease is not just a disease

or older men. As noted on its website, More women die o heart

disease than all orms o cancer combined. In act, in the year in which

Go Red For Women was created, cardiovascular disease was killing

nearly a hal-million women in the U.S. annually. Funds raised or the

Go Red For Women are used to support awareness, scientic research,

education and community programs to benet women. Te AHA Go Red

For Women website reports that over 2 million women have learned

their personal risk o developing heart disease by taking the Go Red Heart

CheckUp, and over 200,000 healthcare provider oces have received

critical patient inormation on women and heart disease.

I you would like to support QFCs charity o the month you can do so byasking your QFC checker to scan a $1, $5, or $10 donation card, designate

that your 3-cent reusable bag credit be donated or simply place your extra change in

our coin boxes.

At QFC we believe that everyones health is important and during 2012 we are

actively encouraging our associates to make choices to lead healthier liestyles. One

o the ways we are doing that in 2012 is by ofering our associates several walking

challenges. Walking is a great low-impact orm o exercise that can provide a host o

great benets. Studies have shown that walking can strengthen mens and womens

hearts to decrease the risk or occurrence o cardiac events. It has also been associated

with stronger bones, a slower decline in cognitive ability, reduced risk o developing

diabetes, improved tness and physical unction and more!

Walking is a orm o exercise that most people are able to engage in even i they

must start with short sessions. As the body adapts and responds to regular exercise,

most people are able to increase their time and/or level o intensity. Te Surgeon

General recommends 30 minutes or more o accumulated moderate intensity

physical activity on ve or more days per week to improve health and tness. As with

any exercise program, it is important to consult your doctor beore beginning any

new exercise program.

Our current walking challenge began on January 23 and is 10 weeks long. Our

associates are being encouraged to sign up to declare a personal goal or the 10-week

program and then develop their own walking commitment to get there. I they sign

up or 300,000 steps, this would translate to 30,000 steps a week, or 6,000 steps a day

or ve days per week. 6000 steps would translate to about a 3 -mile walk. Associates

may change their goals at any time during the challenge. I you would like to embrace

a healthier liestyle, you might consider creating your own walking challenge. And to

learn more about heart health visit the websites o the American Heart Association

and Go Red For Women.

Ne Ompia dei tickes mind, so and stomach

eMily K. AlhAdeFF Assistant Editor, JTNewsIn November I received an unusual

email. itled Please Help Olympia WA

stand up to boycott o Israeli Goods, it

was a plea or contributions to a rather

risky venture: A Jewish deli opening in

response to the Olympia Food Co-opsboycott o Israeli products.

I have had only two callings in my

lie, wrote Olympian Hava Aviv. o

become a mother, and to bring this deli to

my town with the intention to heal in the

most eective way I know how...through

my mother and grandmother and the ood

they made to nurture my soul, my tradi-

tions, my history and my people. I truly

believe in the direction that Kitzels will

take my town, and hope you will join in to

support these eorts.

Avivs dream, Kitzels Crazy Delicious

Delicatessen, opened in December, and as

o last week it was thriving.

Were protable already, Aviv, 32, said

over coee and a bagel. Were six weeks

in and were protable. Which is really

unheard o or a restaurant in its rst year.

Short, sturdy and tattooed, with a head

ull o curls restrained by a purple ban-

dana, Avivs passion or her project is

transparent. When we spoke in Novem-

ber she described how betrayed she elt

when the boycott passed in July o 2010.

In the wake o negativity, I have to do

something thats pro, she said. I have

to rewire my inner being and stand up or

something that is or.

She said she had one option: o take

the recipes o women or 4,000 years, and

use them to nourish mind, body and soul.I a matzoh ball doesnt nourish the body,

mind and soul, I dont know what does.

Te other personality behind Kitzels

which means tickle in Yiddish

is Irina Gendelman. More demure than

Aviv, Gendelman, 42, emigrated rom

the Soviet Union during the 1980s. Many

o the items on the menu are rom her

amily. Others come rom Avivs Hungar-

ian mothers side.

Te art on the walls, at least or this

month, is rom Jewish Olympia native

Kathryn Altus, a painter who lived in

Israel beore moving to Seattle.

Gendelman and Aviv have been pleas-

antly surprised by the culinary risk-taking.

Tey werent sure Gendelmans moth-

ers schi (a sauerkraut and corned bee

soup) or whole-smoked mackerel would

appeal to Olympians. Tats why they are

expanding the menu slowly, adding daily

specials and matriculating them into the

regular menu i they go well.

Also, this was the easiest way or me to

train a hal-goyishe crew, said Aviv. With

each dish, she trains her sta and custom-

ers about Jewish ood customs.

Most dishes are taking root, even the

schi. And they learn rom their mistakes.

Te rst round o whitesh we got was

entirely too salty or the Olympia palate,

said Aviv. Im sure somebodys grand-

mother in Florida would have appreci-

ated it.

Aviv said Kitzels tries to use locally

sourced and sustainable ingredients,

giving the Jewish deli a Pacic Northwest

twist. She attributes the early success to

the ood, the open setting and community

seating, and the act that nothing else like

this exists in Olympia.

Some people are disoriented, Gen-

delman said. Its supposed to be a new

experience. Its a oreign country almost.

A community has risen up around Ki

zels, and as we talked this became obv

ous. Rabbi Seth Goldstein o emple Be

Hatloh pulled up a chair. Je rinin,

plainti in a lawsuit against the co-o

stopped by. And the mayor o OlympiStephen Buxbaum, munched on a bag

one table away. Meanwhile, a boisterou

late-breakast crowd seemed to swell.

Its just a great place. Hava and Irin

did something wonderul or the com

munity, said Goldstein, who loves th

smoked-ish plates. heir intentio

around it really comes through. Ive ha

conversations with people I wouldnt hav

had conversations with, because were si

ting together...Its very sweet that way.

Yes, were a sandwich and soup sho

but who else in town has borscht everyday

said Aviv. Who else in town has in-hou

corned bee just on rye with mustard?

Its hard to nd a sandwich in the cap

tal city that goes beyond the basic lettuc

tomato-onion-mayonnaise, she said.

Kitzels doesnt have bacon, but it is n

kosher, either. However, Aviv said th

Rabbi Cheski Edelman o Chabad o Clar

County has oered to oversee kosher pr

duction or one meal a month.

Were introducing this Eastern Euro

pean Jewish culture to Olympia, sa

Gendelman. Teyre going or it.

Emily K. AlhAdEff

Kitzels carries its own baked oods in addition

to its deli items.

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This Weeks Wisdom

Sing Out Against Prejudiceby Mike Selinker

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

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

Answers on page 27

Kabbalah talks about ten melodies that will sound the march toward freedom. Nine have been

revealed, but the tenth cannot be sung until freedom has been attained. Weve given you nine

modern tunes that stand up against prejudice. The name of that tenth melody is found reading

down the circled letters. Sing out loud, because we still have some marching to do.

ACROSS

1 Calculate a total

4 Keister

8 Russian ries, slangily

11 1970 Kermit the Frog tune about skin

color14 1980 Peter Gabriel tune about the

government murder o a black activist16 1963 Bob Dylan tune adopted as a

Civil Rights Movement anthem19 Gillette razor

20 4 on a phone

21 ___ fxe (psychologicalpreoccupation)

22 I all ___ ails...25 What George got rom a restaurateur

on a classic Seinfeldepisode27 Seattle brewery with an appropriately

colored logo31 Alternative to .gov

32 Choose

33 1939 Billie Holiday tune aboutlynchings

36 Use a catamaran37 1976 Bob Marley tune about the

inevitably violent results o racism38 Eager

42 1992 En Vogue tune decryingjudgment based on outwardappearance

47 Pullman sch. o the Cougars50 Bruin Bobby

51 Sun-Maid snacks52 Come to pass

54 Nobel Peace Prize city55 Kick in some chips

56 401(k) alternative58 Spew orth

62 1984 Depeche Mode tune about the

irrationality o blind hatred67 1986 Public Image Ltd tune

condemning apartheid68 2010 Kesha tune written in response

to the bullying o gay youth69 Box ofce oerings, or short

70 NFL stars Marino and Dierdor

71 Lambs mom

DOWN

1 Dancing Queen quartet

2 Shoulder muscle, briey

3 Couturier Christian

4 ___ Fridays

5 Mantelpiece item6 Six, in modern Rome

7 Neolithic British monument8 Homers gramps

9 Fruit with brown skin and green esh10 23 ___! (1920s phrase meaning hightail it outta

here!)

12 Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella13 Arbitrarily high degree

15 Get the better o17 One o over a billion religious adherents

18 Part o DOD or DOJ22 Very long time

23 Fell trees24 Shish kebab need

26 Cannes consent

27 Type o eed on an HTML page28 Greek letter

29 Sot & ___ (deodorant brand)30 30 minutes o ootball

31 Game 6 o the 2011 World Series had fve34 King Kongscreamer Wray

35 Scottish caps39 Seven, in ancient Rome

40 Bed and breakast, perhaps

41 Degree awarded or passing oral exams?43 Caviar, essentially

44 Berts roommate45 Co. that merged with Continental in 2010

46 2016 Olympics venue47 Flyswatter sound

48 Less nutso49 Capable

53 Soda originally named Brads Drink

54 Like a ully equipped racing shell57 How most bananas are eaten

58 Viscous substance59 Guided by Voices box set Suitcase 3: ___ Go Now

60 Triple Crown winner Seattle ___61 This place

63 Supervillain Luthor

64 Neolithic, or one

65 Dominate, in online slang

66 Noncommittal comments

Food and ine are reatthins to tak abot Aso: Afami traves to Cba

diAnA breMent JTNews Columnist

1Jamie Peha gets to do

what she loves best work with ood and

wine.

Jamie started Peha Promo-

tions, her ood and beverage

marketing and PR business,

seven years ago. Tis ormer

hospitality major at WSU

managed restaurants or 20

years beore becoming mar-

keting director or the Wash-

ington Wine Commission, back when

there were only 80 wineries in

our state.

I got to wear many hats,

she recalls, while watching the

industry grow.

From there she took a posi-

tion at Seattle Magazine, where

she produced events about

150 just in her rst year.

All those things together.

She says, media, restaurants,

marketing, all came together to

create Peha Promotions.

Te lielong oodie grew

up on Mercer Island. Her

ather owned Ness Florists,

amily lie was event-orientebut he also enjoyed eating o

and Jamie was introduced

great ood at a young age.

Te day we spoke, Jam

was ocused on the Seatt

Wine and Food Experience,

tasting event that benets th

Giving Grapes Foundatio

Te Feb. 26 event at Seatt

Center is open to the publ

and even includes a mashe

potato bar (www.seattlewin

andoodexperience.com).

While serving on the board

o Les Dames dEscoer (a ph

lanthropy o women in oo

beverage and hospitality) an

the Washington Wine Industr

Foundation, she calls the Au

tion o Washington Wines th

unds charitable care at Seatt

Childrens my avorite event

Jamie joins che-in-th

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Te Mercer Island High grad is mar-

ried to Benson Grinspan. Tey like to

travel, going to New York as oen as we

can, she says, as well as cook and enter-

tain especially amily. In the kitchen,

Jamie makes what she likes to eat.I love Jewish ood, she says.

Her matzoh ball soup is awesome

(oh, I think the gauntlet has been thrown

down) and shes mastering Sephardic

pastelies, savory meat pies, a link to her

Rhodes heritage.

2For 20 years, Steve Katz and

Audrey Fine and their kids have

vacationed with Steves extended

amily in December. At rst, Audrey says,

these were sedentary trips where parents

could plunk down somewhere and watch

the little kids play.

As those kids got older, now aged 14 to

25, more adventurous trips were planned.

Tis past December, the amily journeyed

to Cuba on a mission to provide Jewish

religious assistance.

U.S. travelers to Cuba need a license and

a purpose or the trip. License categories

range rom cultural to journalistic to busi-

ness-related, as well as the religious visa.

Te amily three o our Katz sib-

lings, spouses and kids, plus Steves par-

entsfew out o Miami on a charter. Te

16 constituted a tour group and used a

state-sponsored guide and bus the entire

week.

here is tourism, just not many

American[s], and their guide was ab-

ulouscandid and open and talkative,

she says.

Te amily visited our Jewish com-

munities, including two in Havana where

they attended a Hanukkah party and

Shabbat services, and viewed a Holocaust

exhibit.

Oen on vacation, you meet people

who work in the tourist industry, but not

real people who live there, Audrey says.

[We] really got to meet Jewish Cuban

people.

Bringing aid was part o their licensure,

including toys, cra supplies, vitamins,

over-the-counter medications, oce sup-

plies, clothes, says Audrey. (Basic goods

are lacking because o the U.S. embar

and collapse o the Soviet Union.) Te

two younger kids, Mitchell and Soph

collected items at the Northwest Schoo

Teir oldest son Adam brought baseb

hats and baseballs to give away, whi

proved popular.

About 1,200 Jews remain in Cub

down rom 15,000 beore the revolutio

A ew young people occasionally leave Israel and sometimes a Cuban young adu

participates on a Birthright Israel trip.

Te Katz clan visited a congregatio

outside Havana in the process o buildin

a small synagogue, about the size o a

average American living room, Audr

told me, and met members o anoth

congregation with no building. Only o

Cuban congregation is aliated (Orth

dox) and none have a rabbi. An Argenti

ean or Chilean rabbi comes about twice

year to perorm necessary rituals or t

community.

Audreys avorite part o the trip w

music, which was everywherelive jaz

salsa. Saddest was the beautiul but crum

bling buildings surrounded by scaoldin

but unrepaired because o lack o supplie

Most bizarre, she says, was the two-cu

rency system with special tourist money

CourTESy AudrEy fiNE

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the domestic aenda is a very Jewish issue.

gettin off the one-trick pon

eMily K. AlhAdeFF Assistant Editor, JTNewsFormer Jewish Funds or Justice Pres-

ident and CEO Simon Greer looked

comortable beore the 100 or so people

attending his talk on Jan. 24. At 44, Greer

is tall, with thinning blonde hair, a square

jaw and distinguished jowls. Reclining inthe cushy chair supplied by the University

o Washingtons Stroum Jewish Studies

Program as part o its living-room-style

social justice series, Greer, in a suit that set

him apart as a New Yorker in the South

Lake Union setting, spoke to the eve-

nings theme o How Can America Move

oward a Just Domestic Agenda? with

the energy, cadence and humor reserved

or leaders priming themselves or a polit-

ical bid.

his second o our conversations

sponsored by the Jewish Studies Pro-

grams I I Am Not or Mysel, What Am

I?: Judaism Conronts Human Injustice

series brought Greer, who is now the pres-

ident and CEO o the Nathan Cummings

Foundation, together with popular UW

communications proessor and depart-

ment chair David Domke.

Domke, who is Christian, pushed

Greer to explain the dynamics o the

American Jewish political spectrum.

Is there a distinct Jewish identity in

the American public sphere? Domke

asked. Is there a litmus test to determine

who is in the club as a Jewish publicly

engaged person in the United States?

Greer explained what he perceives as a

shi that has taken place over the last hal

century. During the Civil Rights move-

ment, or instance, Jews aligned them-selves with Arican Americans or one o

three general reasons: Te belie in the

race struggle; the recognition o the plight

o the stranger in a strange land; or unity

in the struggle to be accepted to the same

institutions, like the country clubs that

ruled no blacks, no Jews.

Religion is no longer a orce or pro-

gressivism in our country, said Greer. In

act, he said, now its the opposite. Some-

time between the early 1970s and 1990s, a

split occurred.

Tose who chose to identiy more

Jewishly in their public identiication

tended to then have a more parochial or

Israel-ocused political perspective, he

said. And the Jews who opted or a more

progressive politics moved away rom

their Jewish identity.

Greer himsel was raised by parents

who fed Orthodoxy, and in act sent him

to Jewish Communist summer camp.

In the camp Olympics, you know

how they have blue versus gray? We did

nations in the anti-colonial struggle,

Greer reminisced. I was on Ivory Coast

one year, I was on Vietnam one year...

Tose are the politics I grew up on.

oday, another trend is emerging:

aking Jewish practice and spirituality

to the public, social activist sphere (such

as observing Kol Nidre or Sukkot at anOccupy Wall Street demonstration).

But ultimately, Greer claimed, religion

drives conservatism, and one o his goals

is to change the tide o American Jewish

politics rom Israel-ocused to America-

ocused.

I your last name happens to be Gold-

stein, said Greer, and you get a piece o

mail rom someone running or oce, it

probably says Israel in really big letters...

Te dominant strategy is pander to the

Jews on Israel.

Greer cited a poll taken by J Street that

revealed some telling results: Eighty-three

percent o Jews dont vote based on Israel

alone. Like other Americans, they vote

with the economy, education, the envi-

ronment, and other domestic matters in

mind.

Barack Obama has challenged the

portion o our community that has the

view that the Israeli government is our

riend right or wrong in all circum-

stances, said Greer, who spent last winter

working closely with the president. He

said thats not a road to security, nor a

road to peace, and so he wont tolerate it

In a whisper, he added: Hes right.

But theres also a gap between Jewis

establishments and individuals. Te estab

lishments tend to ocus on Israel-relate

issues, while a broad swath o the Jewis

population identiies with America

issues. Its a gap he tries to exploit.

Greer said that last July, he helpe

bring 170 Jewish leaders to the Whit

House or a debrieng on domestic ma

ters.

It sent shock waves to the organize

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Dennis Warshal ...................................................................................22

Embassy Suites ...................................................................................20

Emmanuels .........................................................................................19

FareStart..............................................................................................18

Fairmont Olympic Hotel.......................................................................22

Fireworks .............................................................................................17

Hannigan Adams .................................................................................17

Herzl-Ner Tamid Judaica Shop ...........................................................18

Hotel 100 .............................................................................................15

Hyatt Regency Bellevue ......................................................................13

Kaspars Events & Catering .................................................................21

Larkspur Landing .................................................................................14

Lynns Bistro ........................................................................................21

Marriott Redmond Town Center .........................................................14

Nosh Away ..........................................................................................17

Onionskin Design Studio .....................................................................15

Pedersens ...........................................................................................17

Pogacha ...............................................................................................22

The Ruins.............................................................................................16

Shawns Kugel .....................................................................................15

Sheraton Seattle Hotel .......................................................................20

Snoqualmie Ridge Golf Club ...............................................................21

Taste of Amazing .................................................................................16

Tulalip Resort Casino ..........................................................................19

What the Chelm ..................................................................................21

Willows Lodge ....................................................................................15

Woodland Park Zoo .............................................................................14

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Bellevue Arts MuseumYou deserve a wedding every bit as beautiul and original as the love you share.

Bellevue Arts Museums stunning modern architecture, dazzling art exhibitions, and

use o natural light create the perect backdrop or a ceremony or reception that

echoes your passion and creativity. With two diverse event spaces or up to 500

guests and a convenient location in the heart o downtown Bellevue, BAM is a venue

unlike any other. Let their vision dovetail with yours to crat a wedding day that is as

stylish as it is special. Visit www.bellevuearts.org or contact them at 425-519-0745.

Ben Bridgecelebrates a century of service

In 1912 a personal jeweler opened a amily-run store in downtown Seattle. One

hundred years later, Ben Bridge is still a amily-run business, but one that has grown

to over 70 stores. Today, Bens grandsons, Ed and Jon Bridge, manage the company.

They attribute Ben Bridges longevity and success to the companys commitment to

quality and customer service.

We want our customers to eel condent with every selection, explains

Ed Bridge, thats why Ben Bridge has more Registered Jewelers and Certied

Gemologists than any other jeweler in the country.

Though celebrating its centennial, Ben Bridge is still growing. This includes

opening a second store at Seattles University Village one dedicated to the wildly

popular jewelry line Pandora, and relocating a very successul Ben Bridge Jeweler

in Alaskas retail district in downtown Anchorage. As they look to the next 100 years,

the Bridge amily knows one thing will never change: Ben Bridge is dedicated to

being your personal jeweler.

Beth Adams & Frank HanniganBeth Adams and Frank Hannigan have been

designing and abricating jewelry in gold, silver

and platinum or over 40 years. Their shop/

atelier has been located at Carillon Point or

more than 23 years. They also sell their jewels at

Saks Fith Avenue in Palm Desert.

Specializing in diamonds (sapphire, ruby,emerald) and platinum wedding rings, as well as

large colored stones, 18-karat yellow and white gold, ashion styles (rings, bracelets

pendants) in amethyst, citrine, blue topaz, and peridot.

Hannigan/Adams will also work custom design to your requirements as well as

oer ull-service appraisal and repair. They eature renovation as well: Bring them

your stones and theyll redesign with a modern fair!

Located next door to the Woodmark Hotel, drop by and visit their showroom

Monday-Fridays 11 a.m.6 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m.4 p.m. They validate or parking.

The Clise Mansion and

Robinswood HouseThese two historic gems are beautiully

tucked into Marymoor Park near Redmondand Robinswood Park in SE Bellevue. Both

oer the warmth and charm o years past.

Bay windows, replaces, hardwood foors and

fower-lled gardens with patios are a ew o the unique details you will enjoy. These

are buildings whose walls have held joyous celebrations or more than a century.

Robinswood House is now booking or spring, summer and all 2012. The Clise

Mansion will have excellent summer 2012 dates available beginning in late April.

Now booking or all, winter and spring 2012-2013. For more inormation, visit

www.seattlebride.com or call 425-865-0795.

Dennis Warshal Arts & EventsYour guests will enjoy and appreciate your beautiul chuppah, too! (The chuppah

illustrated in the ad on page 22 eatures tall, sleek sheer pane

at the corners, sot up-lighting, and 75 votive candles on theclear canopy.) Choose 5'x7', 7'x7', or 10'x10' sizes, 8' high, wit

interesting options or pole styles and canopy abrics. Custom

canopies and standards are easily abricated. Your chuppah

may be simple and natural, modern and sculptural, laden

with fowers, or draped in billowing satin. Dennis Warshal

specializes in bringing your vision to reality! You may simply

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There is no reason to limit your guest list for your wedding at Hyatt Regency

Bellevue. With an exclusive location on the Eastside within The Bellevue

Collection, the Northwests premier shopping, dining and entertainment

destination, our 18,000 square-foot allroom will accommodate everyone

and leave them reathless. Let the wedding professionals at Hyatt Regency

Bellevue assist you in making all your dreams come true. Contact our wedding

consultants at 425 698 4240 or visit ellevue.hyatt.com.

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want to rent the chuppah and have your forist decorate it, or Dennis Warshal can

deliver, install and decorate the chuppah or you. Dennis is a creative wedding forist,

and collaborates with you to design your wedding ceremony and reception with

room layouts, linens, and theatrical lighting. Looking or a local chuppah resource or

your wedding? Call Dennis Warshal at 206-949-6663.

Embassy Suites BellevueWhether its a wedding, birthday,

anniversary, Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah,Embassy Suites Bellevue can help make your

special day a dream come true, eaturing

a beautiul six-story garden atrium with lush tropical plants, river and cascading

wateralls, elegantly appointed ballrooms, delicious ood, and two-room suites

or your overnight guests. Choose one o their pre-planned menu options, or their

executive che is happy to accommodate custom menu requests. With a great

location, just o I-90, they oer plenty o ree on-site parking.

Book an event and mention this ad to receive 10 dozen complimentary hors

doeuvres (minimum 50-person dinners). Not good with other oers. For more

inormation call 425-698-6681 or visit www.seattlebellevue.embassysuites.com.

Emmanuels Fine

Rug & UpholsterySpecialists

Theyve been cleaning rugs, carpets, urniture and ne

Orientals or more than 103 years. You can count on them! Highest-quality carpet

cleaning, custom in-plant rug washing, rug repair and blind and upholstery cleaning.

They specialize in Oriental care, repair and mending and restoration. Emmanuels is

the place to go or consigned new and antique Orientals, rug sales and appraisals,

as well as on-site carpet cleaning and maintenance. Fiteen percent o all in-home

services and 30 percent o all cash-and-carry cleaning services. Git certicates

available. For more inormation call 206-322-2200, ax 325-3841, or visit

www.emmanuelsrug.com.

The Fairmont Olympic HotelCountless generations have celebrated their nuptials at The Fairmont Olympic

Hotel, known as Seattles premier social address, or more than 85 years. Their

award-winning culinary team, experienced catering department, and inspired

service sta will turn special moments into lasting memories or you and your guestEvery detail will be looked ater with the utmost experience and care by Seattles

most seasoned sta. From the spectacular Spanish Ballroom to the lovely, light-lle

setting o The Garden, The Fairmont Olympic Hotel oers gorgeous ceremony and

reception spaces, divine accommodations, world-class amenities, and a host o

complimentary services all in one extraordinary wedding location.

Email dana.schroader@airmont.com or call the catering department at

206-621-1700.

Fireworks GalleriesThank you all very much or, once again, naming Fireworks best independent

git store! Their goal is to oer items that will delight.

Whatever your occasion, or i you are simply treating

yoursel, Fireworks aims to provide you with a goody that i

unexpected, edgy or inspirational. They have been seeking

out new Judaica that refects their quirky yet sophisticated

nature and have ound them in Michal Arams beautiul new

selection.

Come see the botanical series, including the

pomegranate menorah or the blue and white peacock

menorah by Jonathan Adler. They are stunners! Fireworks

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TAKE YOUR EVENTOUT OF THE ORDINARY AND INTO THE

EXTRAORDINARY

WE OFFER FACILITIES FOR:

Weddings, receptions and rehearsal dinners

Bar and Bat Mitzvahs

Business meetings and retreats

Company picnics, dinners and cocktail parties

Family reunions and other private celebrations

For event planning call 206.548.2590

or email groupsales@zoo.org

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Be the frst to host your upcoming nuptials in our brand new ballroomopening in July 2012!

We look forward to assisting you on your special day.

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has had couples register or their impending weddings and later gush that they had

received these menorahs or Michal Arams mezuzot as gits and were thrilled. Come

visit them at one o their ve locations in Seattle or Bellevue. Or, i you have a ticket to

fy, visit them at the Central Terminal o SeaTac Airport. Friend them on Facebook and

let them know what you have brought home rom Fireworks! I you have questions,

give them a jingle at 425-688-0933 or visit them at www.reworksgallery.net.

Herzl-Ner Tamid Judaica ShopHerzl-Ner Tamid Judaica Shop

has what you need to Do Jewish!

From traditional to unique, artisan

to boutique, come see an amazing

variety o merchandise to make

your simcha special: Ketubot or

personalized kippot; jewelry in gold,

silver, enamel, ceramic, acrylic;

tallitot in many abrics, sizes, and

colors; mezuzot in metals, acrylic,

wood and mixed materials; ritual and

holiday items, and much more. See

artisan Judaica by Adi Sidler, Judit Leiser, Emily Roseneld, Gary Rosenthal, Lalo andother artists. Open Wednesdays rom 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and occasional Sundays rom

10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Also open by appointment or your convenience. Call the shul

oce at 206-232-8555 or visit 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

Hotel 1000Hotel 1000 in downtown Seattle opened in

June 2006 and eatures 120 luxury guest rooms,

BOKA Kitchen + Bar, Spaahh and The Gol Club. At

Hotel 1000, genuine and personalized service, leading-edge technology and intimate

yet spectacular accommodations redene the luxury experience. Hotel 1000 oers

distinctive amenities, anticipative service, and a customized experience tailored to

any occasion.Located at 1000 First Avenue at the corner o Madison Street, Hotel 1000 is steps rom

the waterront along Elliott Bay, and conveniently centered between Pike Place Market

Seattle Art Museum, the business district and lively and historic Pioneer Square.

Call 206-957-1000 or more inormation.

Hyatt Regency BellevueOn Seattles Eastside, nine miles rom downtown Seattle, Hyatt Regency Bellevue

oers 732 guestrooms and 70,000 square eet o

event space. Ideally located in the heart o The

Bellevue Collection, a premier urban streetscape

with more than 250 shops, 45 restaurants and

lounges, a landmark cinema, a stylish billiards

and comedy club, day spas, and upscale bowling

lanes all connected to the hotel via convenient sky bridges. With Asian-inspiredelegance, the 17,745-square-oot grand ballroom is the largest hotel ballroom east o

Lake Washington, and the third largest in Washington State. The hotel specializes in

customized menus or your wedding, Bar or Bat Mitzvah, or special amily occasion.

Group overnight room rates are available. Please contact their catering consultants

at 425-698-4240 or visit bellevue.hyatt.com.

Kaspars Special Events and

CateringYou will remember your special day or the rest o your lie, so choosing the right

partners to help you is an important decision. The team at Kaspars Special Events an

Catering, with more than 22 years o experience and a reputation or excellence, wil

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support you through the entire planning process, including venue

selection, menu creation, ceremony, and reception planning,

ensuring you are stress-ree.

Family owned and operated, Kaspars passion is to provide

creative, resh cuisine and superior service at a reasonable price.

They cater to groups o all sizes, both within Kaspars as well

as at o-site locations, including private homes. Whether you

are entertaining a ew or a ew hundred guests, the elements or success are the

same: Superb are, impeccable service, the proper ambience, and the right caterer!Kaspars Special Events and Catering has it all. Visit www.kaspars.com or call

206-298-0123 or ax 206-298-0146.

Larkspur Landing BellevueWe like to think o our guests as riends visiting rom out o town.

Give your guests a suite experience at Larkspur Landings all-

suite hotel in Bellevue. Their hotel is conveniently located near

local synagogues and provides an ideal place to stay or amilies

visiting rom out o town or Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, or

other social events. Let your guests enjoy their comortable

FeatherBorne beds, complimentary healthy-start breakast each

morning, and ull in-room kitchens. Group rates are available. Contact sales and

catering coordinator Chelsey Simpson at 425-201-1262 or

csimpson@larkspurhotels.com.

Lynns BistroAn intimate French restaurant set in the heart o Kirkland. Serving lunch, dinner

and Sunday brunch. Also enjoy the xed-price

menu: Three courses or $30. Oering a range

o catering options rom intimate dinner parties

to large galas. The restaurant is available or

private unctions, business meetings, baby

showers, rehearsal dinners and more. Lynns

also oers specialty holiday menus or Passover and Rosh Hashanah. Located at 214

Central Way, Kirkland or call 425-889-2808.

The Marriott Redmond Town

CenterCreate memories ull o love, amily and

tradition at the Marriott Redmond Town Center,

ideally located in Redmonds beautiul open-air shopping center and eaturing a newly renovated ballroom (opening in July)

with over 5,000 square eet o space. When planning your special day, you deserve

to work with the very best. The Marriott Redmond Town Center appreciates your

cultural nuances and can bring them to lie in a way that is authentic, delicious, and

leaves riends and amily raving or years to come! Theyll handle the details, you ju

handle the compliments. Lchaim!

For more inormation, contact 425-498-4040 or Julia.Crandall@marriott.com, or

visit www.Marriott.com/seamc.

Nosh Away CateringVoted best caterer by JTNews readers! Nosh Away, Inc. is a

ull-service kosher catering company servicing the greater Seatt

community. Size and type o event have no limitations. Whether it

is dinner or two, or a gala event or 2,000, Nosh Away will bringto bear amazing concern or the event by paying meticulous

attention to all o the details that ensure success. Nosh Away ha

teamed up with many venues in the Seattle area to provide customers and guests

with a wonderul dining experience, providing excellent quality and proessional

service. Under kosher supervision o the Vaad HaRabanim o Greater Seattle, their

3,000-square-oot, ully equipped commissary and bakery operates daily to provide

or all o Nosh Aways catering needs. Visit www.noshaway.com.

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baked goods, or catering services, youll experience

our philosophy in action

We love good food!18005 NE 68th Street Suite A-115

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Kitchen/Retail Store: (425) 867-1516

Come in and shop or we deliver!

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Onionskin DesignVoted by JTNews readers as Best Ketubah Artist in Washington State, Joan

Lite Miller specializes in one-o-a-kind invitations or weddings and Bnai Mitzvah,

custom ketubot, English and Hebrew calligraphy, expressive hand lettering, original

paper-cuts and logo design.

For more inormation, call 206-527-6320 or visit www.onionskindesign.com.

PedersensThe Event Rental Experts

Stylish party rentals including:

Specialtylinen Glassware Tables China

Cutlery Chaircovers Designerchairs

Cateringequipment Uniquetabletopitems.

4500 4th Ave. S, Seattle. Call 206-749-5400 or visit www.pedersens.com.

PogachaPogacha o Issaquah is a casual ne-

dining restaurant nestled in Issaquah with

easy access rom I-90. They pride themselves

on their resh, delicious ood, exceptional

service, and riendly neighborhood atmosphere.

Pogacha has two private dining rooms and ull-service catering, and they are

delighted to provide personalized event planning with their riendly Pogacha touch.

They oer Northwest cuisine with an Adriatic fair. All o the ood is made rom

scratch, using only the reshest ingredients. For questions or inormation, contact

event dining manager Sarah Barnes at 425-392-5550 (oce), 425-269-2616 (cell) or

sarah@pogacha.com. For catering contact Justin McMartin at 425-894-7441.

The RuinsThe Ruins is a private dining club

with catering acilities open to the public. It is one o the most unique venues in

the country. The ounder and creator, Joe McDonnal, built a mansion inside o a

warehouse with landscaped gardens and our beautiully appointed rooms. The

rooms used collectively can accommodate up to 160 or a seated dinner, or 250

or a stand-up cocktail reception. From beginning to end, their proessional sta

and beautiul venue will oer you and your guests a truly unique and memorableexperience. Contact The Ruins at 206-285-7846 or visit www.theruins.net.

Shawns KugelShawns Kugel is one o the best Klezmer bands in the Pacic Northwest.

They specialize in getting guests to participate in olk dancing and horas at

weddings, Bnai Mitzvah and other liecycle events. Shawns Kugel has released

our CDs, with the latest being Odyssey.

Check out Shawns Kugel on MySpace, CD Baby, or iTunes to hear some songs

and learn more about this Northwest treasure. Contact 206-523-9298 or shawnsax@

jps.net or visit pweb.jps.net/~shawnsax.

Sheraton Seattle HotelDiscover true comort as i you were at home. Sheraton

Seattle Hotel will make any event youre envisioning areality. A multiple winner o the prestigious Gold Key and

Pinnacle awards, the hotel oers comprehensive meeting

and destination planning along with unparalleled service and

style.

Situated in the heart o the city, adjacent to the

Washington State Convention and Trade Center, the hotel is

surrounded by Seattles nancial and business district and exciting entertainment

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your amily. Settle into the inviting comort o one o 1,258 smoke-ree guestrooms

oering inspiring views o the city. A peaceul nights sleep awaits you between the

crisp sheets o the Sheraton Sweet Sleeper Bed. Visit www.sheraton.com/Seattle or

more inormation.

Taste of AmazingTaste o Amazing oers ull-service catering or any

special occasion. From a private dinner or two cooked

in your own home by one o their talented personalches to an elaborate celebration with up to 500 guests

served by their uniormed sta, Taste o Amazing will

create the perect culinary touch that you and your

guests will always remember! They provide delicious

ood that is also a east or the eyes with beautiul

platters and buet presentations that you and your

guests will love and admire. They can also help with

coordinating decorations, serving dishes and linens,

plus they have do-it-yoursel