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Mrk Eisner, whose mother nd stepbrother re both in sme-sex reltionships, nd his wife Jennifer ddress group of mrrige-equlity supporters during the lunc
of the Wshington United for Mrrige colition on Nov. 14. Severl Jewish orgniztions hve signed on to cosponsor legisltion tht would leglize civil mrrige f
sme-sex couples in the stte.
Jewish agencies will support marriage equality
Joel Magalnickeditor, JTnwsWhen a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage gets presented beore
legislators early next year, many o Washington States most prominent
Jewish organizations will be actively supporting it. Te support, many say,
is based on c ivil rights, human rights, and that its the right thing to do.
One o the important points that religious and communal leaders
both inside and out o the Jewish community are making about the push
or civil same-sex marriage in Washington State is that it will respect reli-
gious traditions.
Te First Amendment guarantees it, said Josh Friedes, director o
marriage equality or Seattle-based Equal Rights Washington. Te only
conversation that is occurring today is about civil marriage. It is or each
aith tradition in accordance with its religious polity [to decide] who it
will and will not marry.
Several Jewish organizations and synagogues have thrown their
weight behind a coalition called Washington United or Marriage, which
launched on Nov. 14 to educate the states citizens about a measure that
will be introduced in the legislative session beginning in January.
Seven organizations that make up the coalition include Equal Righ
Washington, the Human Rights Campaign, and the ACLU o Washin
ton. Te Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle and the Anti-Deamatio
League have signed on as supporting organizations. Many rabbis ro
across the state have expressed support as well.
We think civil marriage is an institution separate rom religion, sa
Hilary Bernstein, regional director o the ADLs Pacic Northwest chap
ter. Discrimination on the basis o sexual orientation is just as abhorre
as any other orm o discrimination.
But at the same time, Bernstein said, we also ully support the rig
o specic religious groups to decide that this is not a ceremony theyr
going to perorm.
Not supporting marriage creates a two-tiered system that deni
same-sex couples the rights o others, Bernstein said. Washingto
expanded its domestic partnership law in 2009, but Friedes noted th
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letters to the editorthe rabbis turn
The book portrays this kind of thinking as delusional and paranoid. The narrator, who ultimately crafts The Protocols, is the most hateful narrator in literature.
Harcourt Publishings senior vice president, Bruce Nichols, on Umberto Ecos new book, The Prague Cemetery. See the story on page 16.
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We must be responsibefo on noth
Rabbi Moshe kletenikcogrgtio Bikur cholim Mhzik Hdth
Te recent revelations con-cerning allegations o deeply
disturbing acts at Penn State
University ocus attention on
the dierence between tech-
nical legal requirements and
moral obligations. Te laws in
Pennsylvania are less rigorous
than those o most states con-
cerning mandated reporting.
Some o those aware o the
allegations may have ullled their narrow
technical legal obligations. Others did not.
Tere were strong motivations not to
make waves. Penn State grosses $70 mil-
lion annually in revenue rom its ootball
program. All o those in authority alleg-
edly ell short in terms o doing what is
right to protect the vulnerable, as opposed
to what is dictated by expediency.
Te orah lens on this issue is unequiv-
ocal. Te dictum rom Vayikra, You shall
not stand idly by as your ellows blood is
shed, dictates that everyone be a man-
dated reporter. One is not permitted to
know o someone being hurt and not act.
Tere is an imperative to intervene.
I am proud that during my tenure
as president o the Rabbinical Council
o America we were able to address the
issue o child abuse in a serious way. Aer
lengthy discussions and careul weigh-
ing o the issues, we unanimously passed
a strongly worded resolution that states
in part: Te Rabbinical Council o Amer-
ica rearms its halakhic position that the
prohibitions omesirah and arkaotdo not
apply in cases o abuse.
Let me explain the implications.
Troughout the centuries, mesirah, the
inorming o one Jew on the other to gov-
ernmental authorities to be tried beore
arkaot, a non-Jewish court, has been an
anathema, a serious violation warranting
isolation rom the community.
Tere are those who point to this issue
as an excuse as to why they dont report a
Jew implicated in abuse. Our resolution
states that it is the position o the Rabbin-
ical Council o America, the largest orga-
nization o Orthodox rabbis in the world,
that this prohibition is not applicable in
cases o abuse. Te victim must be pro-
tected.
Tis is what the orah demands o
a Jew. Are there expectations o a non-
Jew? Te orah portions rom Bereshit
we have been reading these past weeks on
Shabbat give us important insights into
these issues. Concerning the inhabitants
o the city o Sodom, who were o course
not Jews, God declares that i they act
in accordance with its outcry which has
come to Me then destruc-tion (Bereshit 18:21).
Our sages in the almud
explain that this reers to the
outcry o a young woman tor-
mented by those in power.
No one heeded her cry or
help. Nachmanides, in his
commentary on the orah,
explains the outcry is the
cry o the oppressed, crying
out and begging or help rom the arm
o wickedness. God cannot abide when
those who are vulnerable are oppressed
by the powerul and when others ail to
intervene.
It is not always easy to make the right
choice. We humans sometimes vacillate
when aced with complicated scenarios.
Tere is a rare cantillation, a musical note
or orah reading called a shalshelet,
that appears only three times in the book
o Bereshit. Te voice o the orah reader
rises and drops three times. It indicates
inner conict and hesitation.
Te rst time is when Lot lingers. Te
angels tell him he must leave Sodom and
he hesitates, reluctant to leave his wealth
behind. He is paralyzed into inaction. Te
angels intervene to whisk him away.
In the second instance, Eliezer, the
aithul servant o Abraham, is sent on
a mission to bring a wie or Isaac rom
Abrahams amily. Te shalshelet teaches
us that Eliezer hesitates; he is conicted
because he wants Isaac to marry his own
daughter. He overcomes this and nds
Rebecca to be Isaacs wie and then the
matriarch o our people.
In the third instance, Joseph, while just
a teen, has been sold into slavery in Egypt.
He becomes the manager o his masters
household. His masters wie tempts him
and threatens him with great harm i he
does not submit to her seduction. Expedi-
ency dictates that he should comply. Vay-
emaen, and he reuses, is chanted to
the note shalshelet. Joseph is torn. He hes-
itates and he is conicted. But he has the
strength to reuse. He does what is mor-
ally correct despite the act that as a result
o this, he is condemned to spend years in
a dungeon.
Te orah explores how people make
decisions. When Abraham and Sarah
come to the land o Plishtim, they claim
that Sarah is Abrahams sister. Tey ear
that due to Sarahs extraordinary beauty,
i it is known that Abraham is her hus-
band, he will be killed. Avimelech, the
king, seizes Sarah and releases her only
FREEDOm OF spEEcH cuTs bOTH WAys
Here are some observations on the Olympia Food Co-op boycott controversy described in
the Nov. 11 issue ofJTNews (Israel critics use courts to protect their speech).
I attended the public meeting in Olympia before the board vote and along with others
was given a chance to speak against the boycott. No decision was reached at that meeting.
Some time later, the board met in closed session and emerged with the boycott in place. Noappeal process was offered.
Elated with being the rst in the country to boycott Israeli products, the organizers moved
their show to Port Townsend. They had chosen their targets well, or so they thought: Small
communities, little or no organized Jewish activity, far from the resources based in Seattle,
progressive populations leaning toward support of the Palestinians.
I went along with fellow Israel supporter Jack Greenberg and again was allowed to speak.
The board was seated at a table set up on the stage. After comments from the audience they
passed the microphone around and discussed the proposal in full view and hearing of those
concerned. What a concept! When the discussion ended they voted right then and there. The
motion to boycott was defeated 3-2.
Meanwhile, back in Olympia, a once-cohesive community was being torn apart. I was told
that lifelong friends were not speaking anymore. There was the stench of betrayal in the air. I
know that one of the plaintiffs now ling to overturn the Olympia boycott originally supported
it, but after listening closely to the views of the other supporters she came to see that what
they were after was not a return of Israel to the 1967 lines, but the complete destruction of
the Jewish State. Message to the boycotters: The slogan Not in my name cuts both ways.
Rob Jacobs of StandWithUs sent this information to every co-op in America, and the last
time I checked not one of them has voted to boycott Israel. The movement that began in
Western Washington, to our shame, has also ended here, much to our credit.
There is a lesson here for community nudniks like me who y off the handle at every insult
to Israel, rush to our computers or to meetings, convinced that if we dont act now Israel is
doomed. Sometimes we need to sit back and let matters take their course. Given the right
information, most people are decent and intelligent and will gure things out for themselves.
As for the boycotters great concern for freedom of speech, that also cuts both ways. As
anyone who has dealt with the Israel bashers knows, their guiding principle is Free Speech
for Me, None For Thee.
Roert G. Kafan
seattle
cELEbRATE THE EDucATORs
I commend Joel Magalnick for his perceptive column Seattleites win education prize
(Nov. 11) as very informative. Glad to hear that Robert Beiser, the campus/Jconnect direc-
tor was recognized nationally by the Covenant Foundation and awarded a prize of $15,000
over the next three years to further his education. Also glad to hear that Gilah Kletenik was
awarded the prize as well.
I consider the awards were appropriately made to very able and talented individuals. I
was especially delighted to meet and talk with Beiser. He is an excellent role model to the
youth at Hillel and a strong advocate for Israel. His advocacy with others to promote fair
trade in the sale of chocolates from organizations that monitor the exploitation of children
from slave trade is commendable.
I hope parents will buy chocolates from companies that engage in fair trade that enables
children to be free from enslavement and go to schools. Beiser rightly says, its the ethical,
responsible thing. I do wish Beiser much success with his job at Hillel. I also wish Kletenik
much success with her work at Ramaz Upper School in New York.
Joh baon
seattle
REcOvERy
The Books, etc. edition of theJTNews (Nov. 18) has just arrived. I would prefer not to
see a picture of a swastika, and a man holding a gun on the front cover. There must be a
better way to go.
Kate Leer
seattle
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The time is now to prevent theIrnin nucer bomb
Wendy Rosen Spil to JTnwsNow, theres no doubt about it. Te
International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) states in its chilling new report on
Iran that while it has not yet actually builta bomb, Iran has carried out activities
relevant to the development o a nuclear
explosive device. Not nuclear technology
or peaceul purposes, as the Iranian gov-
ernment and its international apologists
would have it, but mechanisms that are
specic to nuclear weapons.
Unlike the inormation about Saddam
Husseins alleged nuclear program that trig-
gered the second Iraq war, this time the
unimpeachable evidence comes rom the
UN nuclear watchdog, not rom the intel-
ligence services o interested countries. Te
IAEA, under Director Yukia Amano, is uni-
versally respected or its proessionalism
and impartiality. As a U.S. State Department
spokesman put it, the report is comprehen-
sive, credible, quite damning, and alarming.
Te report shows that U.S. intelligence
erred in 2007 when it reported that Iran
had suspended its nuclear program our
years earlier. On the contrary, the program
continued unabated, aided by technical
assistance rom Russian, North Korean
and Pakistani experts.
Iran in possession o the bomb would
revolutionize the balance o power in
the Middle East and beyond. Te emer-
gence o Shiite Iran as the strongman o
the region places the security o all the
predominantly Sunni nations at risk. No
wonder that Saudi Arabia and the Gul
States anxiously call or steps to contain
Iran. Te recent assassination attempt on
the Saudi ambassador in Washington may
be only a hint o what lies in store or the
Sunni Middle East i Iran is allowed to run
rampant. And since these countries areU.S. allies and major exporters o oil to
the West, an Iranian threat to their inde-
pendence could have catastrophic conse-
quences or the entire democratic world,
both geo-strategically and economically.
Iran has long singled out Israel or spe-
cial opprobrium. President Ahmadinejad,
a Holocaust denier, has repeatedly stated
his wish to perpetrate another by wiping
Israel o the map. Armed with a nuclear
capacity, Iran might be tempted to carry
out that threat. And even i it does not,
Iran could ship atomic weapons in some
orm across the border to supporters in
Iraq and Syria, or to the non-state terror-
ist groups that are its clients Hezbollah
in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza rom
where they could be used against Israel.
As we near zero-hour, what can be done
to stop the Iranian atomic juggernaut? Te
UN Security Council has already passed
our resolutions, the last in June 2010,
imposing economic and inancial sanc-
tions. Te U.S., the EU and several other
countries have adopted their own measures
against key Iranian companies and indi-
viduals. And we at the American Jewish
Committee which over the course o a
decade has sought to alert the international
community about the Iranian threat and
urge steps to stop it recently met with
top leaders o more than 70 nations stating
the case or action to prevent ehran rom
acquiring nuclear-weapons capacity.
With the possibiity of Irnhostiities, security iseveryones responsibiity
david dabscheckJTa World nws SrviNEW YORK (JA) Te urry o
commentary about an outbreak o hostil-
ities between Iran and the United States
or Israel has overlooked a critical issue
the security implications or the American
Jewish community. Any military conict
could not only transorm the geopoliti-
cal situation in the Middle East but also
directly aect our own institutions and
community here in the United States.
Hezbollahs threats o a regional war i
the Americans or Israelis use orce against
Iran has been widely reported. What may
not be understood clearly is that the Ira-
nians, together with Hezbollah and their
other allies, consider Jewish communities
around the world legitimate targets as well.
his is evident rom the 1994 ter-
rorist attack on the Jewish communi-
tys AMIA building in Buenos Aires. It
is widely believed that Hezbollah, under
Iranian orders, conducted the bombing,
which claimed 85 lives and devastated the
Argentinian Jewish community.
Moreover, in the event o a Middle
Eastern war, the American Jewish com-
munity also is likely to ace threats rom a
host o other groups and unaliated indi-
viduals, as was tragically demonstrated
by the Seattle Jewish Federation shooting
during the 2006 war in Lebanon.
While members o the American
Jewish community might not be aware o
this danger, our nations law enorcement
and government agencies clearly recog-
nize the risk. For example, the Depart-
ment o Homeland Securitys Nonprot
Security Grant Program is overwhelm-
ingly directed toward assisting vulnerable
Jewish institutions, accounting or 80 per-
cent o 2011s total unds alone.
Similarly, it is no coincidence that
DHSs rst aith-based security partner-
ship was with two key Jewish organiza-
tions the Jewish Federations o North
America and the Secure Community Net-
work. Tis, or instance, resulted in a ver-
sion o DHSs I You See Something, Say
Something public awareness campaign
specically designed and developed or
the American Jewish community.
However, a central element in build-
ing a holistic community response to secu-
rity is what is reerred to as operational
security. Tis concerns the security per
sonnel at a location during high-risk time
who serve as the eyes and ears or law
enorcement, as well as rst responders i
emergency situations. In this aspect, th
community is woeully underprepared
with many synagogues and institution
having minimally trained security guard
or, as is too oen the case, nothing. yp
cally, communities hastily hire protectio
when a terrorist incident occurs some
where beore scaling back when nothin
happens in their particular location in th
succeeding months. Considering the sever
consequences o an attack, this approach i
shortsighted and dangerously complacen
What we ail to realize is that opera
tional security is as much our responsibi
ity as our education, welare and religiou
programming. Te nonprot Commu
nity Security Service, or CSS, provides
uniquely sustainable means to meet thi
challenge by training at no charge
members rom the community in pro
essional operational security technique
Using properly trained community vo
unteers also provides security that is qua
itatively superior to hired security becaus
members o the community are both mor
committed to the saety o their riend
and amily and have the cultural amiliar
ity to better identiy suspicious behavio
and out-o-place objects.
o thwart uture attacks, we mus
build a culture o security awareness tha
extends to the entire community. We wi
have succeeded when the elderly congre
gant walking to synagogue notices susp
cious behavior and noties the operation
security team, which then reacts appropri
ately and in coordination with the polic
and other authorities. o achieve thi
ability, we cannot wait until the next inc
dent or rely on temporary measures. W
must recognize that security preparatio
is everyones duty and requires our imme
diate and continual commitment.
David Dabscheck is a founder and co-presiden
of the nonprot Community Security Service,
which safeguards the community by training
volunteers in professional security techniques,
providing physical security and raising public
awareness about safety issues.
Tere are clearly ways to ratchet up
the economic pressure on Iran, and these
should be tried beore orce is ever con-
sidered. Unortunately, more stringent
sanctions that could convince Iran to halt
its nuclear program are being held up by
Russia, China and some other countries
that ear losing the economic benets they
get through trade with Iran. Up to now,
their leaders have rationalized their inertiaby parroting the Iranian line that ehrans
atomic ambitions are or peaceul use.
With the IAEA report, however, the
cannot say that with a straight ace any
more. Te nations o the world have n
choice but to act jointly with purpose
deter Irans aggressive nuclear plans, an
do so beore its too late.
Wendy Rosen is the executive director of the
Seattle chapter of the American JewishCommittee.
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inside this issueLADINO LEssON
by isaac azose
La alma dezea gan eden, los pekados no deshan.
Te soul desires paradise, but the sins dont allow it.
Said when a man nds himsel in a situation when he
would like very much to be in a better position to achieve
a certain goal, but other circumstances or his past record
do not warrant the success o this venture.
From Te Jewish ranscript, November 25, 1970
Just in time or Tanksgiving, the papers editors recommended new special
kosher turkey that came in a ready-to-roast aluminum pan and bathed in an
unusual marinade o Chinese-style sauce. It was all young white meat and came
in a two-ounce package.
Remember when
Helping the helpers
With approximately 65 million people nationwide providing uncompensated care to disabled or ill loved
ones, whos taking care o the caregivers? A new program at Jewish Family Service does just that.
Taking the conversation out o the lecture hall
On Dec. 1, a our-part series rom the Stroum Jewish Studies Program at the University o Washington wil
explore how the Jewish community should relate to global issues.
The media watchdog
For 15 years, Itamar Marcus has kept his fnger on the pulse o Palestinian media and society. The atmo-
sphere, he says, is getting ugly.
Israels thriving LGBT community 1
Being gay in Israel can be difcult or many, but or others its a thriving, open and progressive community
Date night: The stories o Israel through flm 1
Every other Wednesday evening, a breakout rom a UW Stroum Jewish Studies program course has
become an Israeli flm estival.
The Protocolssmackdown 1
Renowned author Umberto Eco has stepped into the ray o the inamous orgery The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion. Why? Im always ascinated by stupidity and credulity, he says.
MORE
Crossword
M.O.T.: A trip to Walla Walla
Community Calendar 1
The Arts 1
Whats Your JQ?: Miracle menorahs 1
Liecycles 2
Jewish on Earth: Generations 2
The Shouk Classifeds 2
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This Weeks Wisdom
Learn to Play an Instrumentby 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 23
Music represents an ideal world, says Jerusalem Music Centre president Murray Perahia, a
world where all dissonances resolve, where all modulations, that are journeys, return home, and
where surprise and stability coexist. If all this could be taught, the love of music would continually
expand. Following his lead, weve created a grid on which you can learn to play an instrument. If
it seems strange, dont fret. Itll strike a familiar chord soon enough.
ACROSS
9 Flags of ___ Fathers
11 Queenly14 Some salamanders
17 In either o two connotations, a phrase thatdescribes each circled row in this grid
20 Rang out, as church bells23 Give three stars, perhaps
26 Genre that developed out o punk rock
29 There, there, its not ___
32 Singer Stewart
34 Implored37 According to Edwin Starr, its good or
absolutely nothing38 Prefx with sex or cycle
39 Insuerable racket40 It now includes the blogosphere
42 Home theater room
43 Capital o Vietnam45 Sultry West
47 Vicinity50 The ___ people
54 Object on whose neck youd fnd all thecircled rows rom top to bottom
62 Living wall
63 ___ and drabs64 Not none
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2 Screw up3 Sufx with northwest
4 Narcissists trait5 It appears seven places in the alphabet
beore 8-Down
6 Tolkien tree creature7 She sheep
8 It appears seven places in the alphabetater 5-Down
10 Northwest member o the Four Corners12 How shocking!
13 Nowhere nearby
15 Greek H
16 Vehicle on the George Benson WaterrontStreetcar Line
18 You going? response19 Chow down
20 Silver Platters purchases21 It displays your name and picture
22 Cartoon Networks Ed, ___ n Eddy
24 Putting two and two together
25 UWs domain sufx
26 Curtain adornments27 Bizarre
28 ___ work30 Need to pay back
31 Jeremys Entouragecharacter33 Not none
35 Vitamin bottle ino
36 Record producer Brian40 Studio whose symbol is a lion
41 Ottoman military ofcer43 Illicit substance the Mitchell Report was
concerned with, or short44 Website that specializes in reviews o titles
or the PS3, Wii, Xbox, and other platorms
46 Having all necessary skills48 Stat or Ichiro
49 What the archetypal duck walks into50 Seminal rock club in New York rom 1973-
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52 Israeli diplomat Abba ___53 Humans vs. Cylons TV series, to its ans
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57 Alphabetic trio58 Commit perjury
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New prorm heps thehepers
Joel Magalnickeditor, JTnwsSometimes the hardest thing people
can do is ask or help. But help is exactly
what a program just launched through
Jewish Family Service is oering.Te program is supposed to surround
amily members who are caring or a loved
one with an illness or a disabilitywith an
array o support services that allow them
to continue providing support, said Don
Armstrong, director o community ser-
vices at JFS.
Te program, called Family Caregiver
Support, is open to anyone over 18 years
old who provides unpaid care to another
adult. While the program is largely ree,
there are caveats based on ederal guide-
lines: Te ill or disabled person cannot be
receiving Medicaid unding or long-term
care and some o the respite-care services
are ee-based, though these ees are depen-
dent upon income. Financial assistance
is available or care-
giver-related goods
and services as well,
such as or a bathtub
grab bar.
Te crucial detail
o this program is
that its not or the
people who are being
cared or it is or
the people who take
care o them. hey
are otentimes in
their 80s or 90s and
have taken on the
burden o caring or
a spouse, but at the expense o taking care
o themselves.
Tese are individuals who are now
themselves oentimes dealing with some
age-related issues and some health con-
cerns and some limited mobility, Arm-
strong said. Its extremely challenging
and some o them are really in demand-
ing situations.
But many are araid to ask or help.
Te typical response is, Im his wie,
this is my job, this is my responsibility,
and people eel that i theyre a good part-
ner, a good spouse, this is what they need
to do, Armstrong said. heyre very
reluctant to bring in outsiders.
Tat, however, is why this program
exists.
I keep telling people, Were a amily,
were all a amily, and youre not alone,
and you dont need to do this alone,
Armstrong said.
here are several aspects to Family
Caregiver Support, starting with an
assigned caseworker who is available
during regular business hours. Aer initial
consultations and help with basic prob-
lem-solving issues, the program oers
support groups, counseling, classes, and
training in procedures as simple as how
to maneuver the care recipient out o the
bath. While the caregiver is receiving these
services, the respite care brings anoth
person into the house to tend to the ca
recipients needs.
he program, Armstrong said, is win-win. Te overwhelming majority
adults, when they all ill or get a disabilit
do not want to move out o their amily
home, and the majority o amilies wa
them to stay.
Te money to provide this service cam
mainly rom a ederal grant, though th
state put some money in as well. Keepin
people at home removes a nancial burde
or amilies, but it also helps the state.
I you can help someone who is ill o
disabled and who qualies, say, or a nur
ing home bed, i you can help them sta
at home or another 60, 90, 180 days, th
savings or the state are signicant, Arm
strong said. Tats why the legislatu
actually expanded this program.
JFS is one o 10 agencies throughout th
state providing these services, which bega
nationwide a decade ago. JFSs service ar
or this program is King County, and
will assist anyone in that area, though it
doing special outreach to elderly Russia
speakers, elderly Arican-Americans
Tats been an underserved populatio
in some respects, Armstrong said th
elderly gay and lesbian community base
mostly near JFSs headquarters on Capit
Hill, and the Jewish community.
According to the National Fami
Caregivers Association, an organizatio
that provides resources and advocat
or this population, approximately 65 mi
lion Americans serve in the capacity
caregiver. Since 1994, the association h
actually designated the week o Tank
giving to recognize amily caregivers, an
Congress and the president have issue
proclamations o appreciation every ye
since.
Just over 20 amilies have signed u
thus ar or the program, but the agenc
hopes to bring in many more to tak
advantage o these much-needed service
We look orward to people accessin
this grant aggressively, said Ken Wein
berg, JFSs CEO. We want people t
come. Lets use this money and make
case to the government to do more.
eric Ward/creaTive coMMo
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eMily k. alhadeff assistt editor, JTnwsCan oreign aid really help Arica?
How can the U.S. move toward a just
domestic agenda? And why are these
Jewish questions?
Armed with an innovative vision and
a grant rom the Legacy Heritage JewishStudies project under the Association or
Jewish Studies, the Stroum Jewish Studies
Program at the University o Washington
is holding a series o talks addressing the
relationship between global human rights
issues and Jewish values.
Te series, I I Am Only For Mysel,
What Am I? Judaism Conronts Human
Injustice, brings UW proessors and
renowned Jewish activists together in con-
versation. Te rst talk, on December 1,
eatures American Jewish World Service
president Ruth Messinger and interna-
tional studies proessor Dan Chirot.
Te vision is that Jewish studies has
historically provided an important value
in the community, said Noam Pianko,
assistant proessor o Jewish Studies and
the departmental chair. At the same time,
its increasingly clear to me we want to be
relevant to a broader portion o the com-
munity, to expand what kind o topics
were looking at.
Pianko applied or and received
$25,000 rom the Association or Jewish
Studies or his program idea, Commu-
nity Building 2.0: Visions o Justice in
the Jewish radition. In addition to the
speaker series, Pianko is building a blog
and a social media presence. Accord-
ing to the grant summary provided by
the AJS, Community Building 2.0 is a
response to new, tech-savvy styles o inter-
personal communication. Te blog serves
to support innovative programming and
provide a space or learning about and dis-
cussing Jewish topics.
Tere is a need to create a new kind
o public program or Jewish studies,
Pianko said, and to do it in a way that
would be relevant to a younger generation,
to a generation that is interested in under-
standing why Judaism is meaningul.
Te topic o the December 1 talk isCan Foreign Aid Really Help Arica?
Messinger, whose organization supports
more than 150 projects in 16 Arican
countries, and Chirot, an expert in Ari-
can aairs, will help shed light on the com-
plexity o this topic.
Notions o justice and social action
are important or young adults in Seat-
tle, Pianko said. By bringing activists and
scholars together, he hopes to provide a
chance to get beyond some o the head-
lines and think more deeply.
For instance, he said, I think one issue
has to do with the complexity o trying to
help a government when its not clear
how much aid is going into the cause.
What are the reasons were giving aid?
Are we giving aid equitably? he asked.Pianko also wants to take the conver-
sation out o the lecture hall. Te event
will take place at a more intimate venue in
South Lake Union. Hed like the group to
be able to sit in a circle, as opposed to the
traditional podiumaudience setup, and
or the speakers to converse with the help
o a moderator.
Te idea is to make it more o a con-
versation than a rontal lecture, he said.
Te ollowing three lectures also bring
to the proverbial table highly regarded
Jewish activists. In January, ormer CE
o Jewish Funds or Justice Simon Gre
will interact with Proessor David Domk
o the UWs Department o Communic
tions on the topic o Can America Mov
oward a Just Domestic Agenda?;
February Hazon executive director Nig
Savage will present alongside political sc
ence proessor Karen Lion on What
Religions Place in Food Politics?; an
in April, Ken Weinberg, CEO o Jewi
Family Service, and Proessor Marc
Meyers, o the School o Social Work, th
Evans School o Public Aairs and dire
tor o the West Coast Poverty Center, w
discuss What Would it ake to End Po
erty in Seattle?
Te program, true to its mission
serve its students, is going to where th
are: Teir social media eeds. So Piank
has posted an Arica quiz on Faceboo
Other plans or the remaining lectures a
in the works. He hopes the quiz will gen
erate interest in the program and reach o
to potential participants.
For most olks Aricas this big place
he said.
With next weeks program, he hopes
make it that much smaller.
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of Wshington in 2009. Messinger will kick off the Jewish Studies Progrms If I am Only For Myself,
Wht am I? Judism Confronts Humn Injustice lecture series on Dec. 1.
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Joel Magalnickeditor, JTnwsI theres anything that Itamar Marcus,
the director o Palestinian Media Watch,
can say has changed over the past three to
our years, its the large-scale growth o the
intense rhetoric to delegitimize Israel and
gloriy terrorists. What hes hearing, hesaid, is similar to the lead-up to the second
intifada that began in 2000.
Where not long ago there would be an
occasional sports event or V show dedi-
cated to someone who had been involved
in terror attacks, today there are two
weekly programs where they visit the
home o terrorists who are sitting in jail,
Marcus said. Tey could be serving 35 lie
sentences or killing 35 people in suicide
bombings and direct planning, and these
people are honored and gloried and said
to be heroes.
PMW has spent the past 15 years ana-
lyzing Palestinian media, most o which
is government run, and by extension Pal-
estinian society itsel. Marcus made his
second visit to Seattle last week as a guest
o the StandWithUs Israel advocacy orga-
nization.
While he has uncovered instance upon
instance o high-level Palestinian ocials
saying one thing to the world in English
while saying dierent, more incendiary
statements to their citizens in Arabic, the
rise o the glorication has him more con-
cerned.
Its so pervasive and so successul, a
poll was done not too long ago asking Pal-
estinians to give positive or negative rat-
ings, Marcus said. Palestinian president
Mahmoud Abbas got a 55 percent positive
vote. But the highest ranking in the coun-
try, at 75 percent, went to Dalal Mughrabi,
who was responsible or a suicide attack
in 1978 that killed 37 Israelis. Tis past
summer, two summer camps were named
or her, as was a high school class. Fatah
started reerring to all the sorority sisters
in all universities o the Fatah as sisters o
Dalal, Marcus said.
In addition, on what would have been
her 50th birthday this year, Abbas spon-
sored a big celebration as well as a V
show about her.
In September, as the Palestinian
Authority began its quest or recognition
o statehood at the United Nations, Pal-
estinian leaders held a march in Ramal-
lah to the UN oces with the ormal letter
o request to speak beore the Security
Council.
Tey picked one person to hand over
this letter to the UN. Te person they
picked was Latia Abu Hmeid, Marcus
said. Why was she picked? She has our
sons in Israeli jails, one o whom is sitting
seven lie sentences or seven murders,
another one ve lie sentences, another
one three, another one two.
Tis was the person that the Pale
tinian Authority elt represents them o
statehood?
Marcus said he is not opposed to a Pa
estinian state, but given what he continue
to hear, he eels that the rhetoric cominrom the highest levels, be it the terror glo
rication or assertions that Israel perorm
Nazi-like experiments on its prisoners,
not conducive to a lasting peace.
Its keeping violence on the back
burner, its keeping the anger there, it
keeping the glorication there, he said
We dont believe a peace treaty will su
vive, and the polls indicate it wont su
vive.
However, a poll rom May o this yea
by the Near East Consulting Center, cite
on the PMW website, stated that 72 per
cent o Palestinians support an agreemen
with Israel.
And while she wouldnt necessarily di
pute PMWs ndings, Rabbi Beth Singe
o emple Beth Am in Seattle visite
Ramallah earlier this year and said wh
she saw isnt wholesale hatred.
I sense that its always more compl
cated than that, Singer said.
With Palestinian police orces havin
been trained by American and Israe
orces, and businesses, at least in Rama
lah, being built looking toward a utur
that serves both peoples, theres more tha
just rhetoric on peoples minds.
Tose people that we met who ar
employers and are busy training Palestin
ian workers or their enterprises, it doesn
really wash that thats what they wer
basing everything on, Singer said.
Regardless, PMW has begun taking i
ndings to members o dierent coun
tries parliaments. Using what he calle
endless documentation, this month th
organization has been preparing docu
mentation or Te Netherlands oreig
minister, with more than 50 examples
the minister o prisoners, Abbas, Prim
minister Salaam Fayyad, among other top
level ocials promoting the glorication
We expect the oreign minister w
not be able to ignore this documentatio
because its being brought to him by h
own MPs and everything we give them
dated, Marcus said.
He has also presented his inding
to about 10 other parliaments as well a
the U.S. Congress. I things are going t
change, he said, it must come by way o
oreign unding.
I tell these members o parliament,
youre unding the Palestinian Author
ity, you have the moral obligation to us
that leverage to demand peace education
he said. Its time we didnt give mone
generally to the PA, we give it or speci
projects.
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advisin Jewish students t Whitmn Coee aso: a Bronfmn feow refects on the experience
diana bReMent JTnws columist
1About two months ago
my amily and I vis-
ited Whitman College
in Walla Walla. We arrivedFriday aernoon and headed
to the student union to buy
challah rom Challah For
Hunger (which we wrote
about in April) beore our
tour. Later, we joined about
30 students in the spiri-
tual activities room or the
Fridays at Five Shabbat gathering o the
Shalom Hillel group.
Sharon Kauman-Osborn, rom the
colleges counseling sta, is the groups
long-time aculty adviser. She and her
husband, im Kauman-Osborn (were
known as SKO and KO, she says),
moved to Walla Walla in the late 1970s
when he began teaching political theory at
Whitman. Tey planned to stay only a ew
years, but gradually ell in love with the
place, staying and raising their sons Jacob
and obin there.
Initially Sharon, who has an MSW
rom the University o Wisconsin, worked
part-time at the college. Tere was little
Jewish activity on campus and the local
Congregation Beth Israel (one o the
states oldest) had a small,
mostly elderly population.
We really didnt do much
or a while, she says.In 1992, some students
approached her about start-
ing an ocial Jewish group.
Despite not having a strong
Jewish education she says,
Im a great organizerand
I elt strongly there should be
something there.
Te group was originally
called Shalom, but in 2001
they aliated with the national organiza-
tion Hillel, combining names.
oday there are over 120 students on
the Hillel listserve. Te admissions oce
estimates the student body at about 8 per-
cent Jewish with Jewish student enroll-
ment increasing. Tis years entering class
had 35 Jewish students. Sharon says more
students now come rom Caliornia and
areas with larger Jewish populations.
Some students do become active at
Beth Israel, too, where monthly services
are held. Jacob Kauman-Osborns Bar
Mitzvah in 2001 was the rst there in 10
years and the next one aer that was his
brothers three years later.
In addition to
Fridays at Five,
Shalom Hil le l
hosts a Passoverseder, and the
schools coordi-
nator o religious
and spiritual lie
hosts an annual
Shabbat dinner.
One o the
things we do every
year , Sharon
adds, is to bring
a Holocaust survi-
vor to Whitman.
It is a very popu-
lar event and one
that as the daugh-
ter o a Holocaust survivor, I am deeply
committed to.
2Our readers are most likely amil-
iar with the Bronman Founda-
tions Birthright Israel trips or
young people. Te oundation also spon-
sors the Bronman Youth Fellowships in
Israel, bringing 26 high school students
to Israel or six weeks the summer beore
their senior year, all expenses paid. Te el-
lows American kids rom wide rangin
Jewish backgrounds, Orthodox to agno
tic are joined or part o the time by 2
Israeli students.Seattleite Anya udisco went this yea
attracted by the opportunity to explo
Jewish diversity.
I couldnt be a true Jewish leader
representative o the Jewish people with
out having ventured beyond Reor
Judaism or Reorm Jews, wrote the Roo
evelt High School senior in a recent pap
assigned by the program.
Bronmanim as they are known, con
tinue to meet, read and reect on the
experiences during the year ollowing th
program.
You have to be willing to read, writ
think and talk, says Anya.
In Israel, the emple Beth Am you
group president says she had to or
opinions pretty quickly regarding thin
she hadnt known much about, noting th
she knew less than her peers about Isra
traditional Judaism and even just cu
rent events.
As a public school student, Anya ee
she brought a dierent perspective
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courTeSy SHaron kaufMan-oSBorn
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Isres y community: Open, diverse nd thrivin
eMily k. alhadeff assistt editor, JTnwsWhen I think about Israel, said Irit
Zviely, I dont think, generally speaking,
there is any place the LGB community
cannot live.
Zviely is the director o Hoshen, Isra-
els lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgenderinormation and education center. Zviely
and another representative, Daled Dotan,
spent three days talking with Jewish and
non-Jewish community members earlier
this month.
Te events, hosted by StandWithUs
Northwest, Hillel at the University o
Washingtons Jconnect and Kolenu pro-
grams, Congregation Beth Shalom and
the Consulate General o Israel, sought to
address the victories, struggles and general
reality o gay lie in Israel.
Zviely and Dotan told JNews about
the relatively high quality o LGB lie
in Israel. While they admit that el Aviv
is the most comortable city to be openly
gay with about 10 percent o its pop-
ulation identiying as such most parts
o Israel are accepting. Zviely hersel lives
in the relatively religious community o
Raanana.
Hoshen has three ocal points: Educa-
tion through dialogue and personal sto-
ries; events, like conerences or educators
and medical proessionals; and research.
Its programs include an LGB civic stud-
ies program through Israels Ministry o
Education, a kindergarten teachers pro-
gram, academic studies, and advocacy
work with the military.
We tell our own personal stories, said
Zviely. We believe that once you tell yourown story, the story that comes out o the
heart, it would meet another heart.
Zviely and Dotan say theyve seen
major improvements in acceptance over
the years. Whereas a ew years ago they
had to track down school counselors
and convince them o the importance o
LGB education, now the schools are call-
ing them.
I dont want to paint a too pink pic-
ture, though, because there are bad things
and you can see them, Dotan said. In the
religious school system, its much harder,
and the religious communities its much
harder and the Palestinian communities
its much harder, and you can see that. But
you compare that to other countries in
our region, and to other countries as well,
Im quite proud o where we are, where we
stand, and what weve achieved.
With Israel being recognized, however
quietly, as a sae place to be LGB, Hoshen
has provided protection or gay and les-
bian Palestinians and members o sur-
rounding Arab communities.
Like in the religious community, as
the population gets more conservative
and more religious, Dotan said, you
hear many more stories about Palestin-
ian LGBs that get thrown out o their
homes, get persecuted, or murdered or
other kinds o horric stories.Hoshens approach to outreach is
arguably more grassroots than political.
Legislation is not our issue as an orga-
nization, said Zviely. Whenever [there
are] laws that need to be passed, our job
is to bring the human story behind the
issue.
Whereas gay marriage is a hot-but-
ton issue or Americans, Zviely points out
that the Israeli LGB community itsel
does not agree that this is the most criti-
cal issue on its agenda. For one, common-
law marriages grant the same rights to all
unwed couples as married couples. Zviely
and Dotan acknowledge that marriage in
Israel, which is managed by the religious
courts, is ar too complicated or too many
people to be considered an issue o just the
LGB community.
Tere are much, much more impor-
tant issues or us, more important ghts
or us, such as adoption, and surrogacy,
and rights or pension and health care,
said Dotan.
And they are making strides. Zviely
recalled a law that required unmarried
women whether gay or straight, sing
or common law to receive psychiatr
screenings beore articial insemination
Why do you think you need to give u
permission to be mothers or check i we
t mothers, and other women in the enticountry you dont ask? Zviely said o th
argument a lesbian couple took to Israel
Supreme Court. I you want to ask, as
everyone.
Te law was overturned.
Contrary to what one might expec
homophobia and opposition to LGB
rights in Israel do not necessarily all o
party lines.
Homophobia can come rom the rel
gious person and the secular person, sa
Zviely. When she went to court to adop
her non-biological child, she expected th
judge to shoot down her request.
I thought, Oh my God, hes religiou
He will never allow this, she said. But h
approved the adoption.
Sometimes you get recognition ro
an unexpected person, and sometim
youre totally shocked that a total
modern man or woman can say horrib
things, she said.
Zviely, with a larger delegation rom
Israels LGB community, plans to retur
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ater Divine intervention. Avimelech
challenges Abraham, What have you
seen that you did such a thing? (Bereshit
20:10).
Malbim, in his commentary, explains
that Avimelech argues that the land o
Plishtim is a civilized society with laws
and mores. How can Abraham think theywould kill him to take his wie? Abraham
responds, Only the ear o God is not in
this place; and they will slay me because o
my wie (Bereshit 20:11).
Abrahams response was that Avimel-
ech was correct his was a civilized
society with a legal system. Yet, when con-
ronted with a moral dilemma, this alone
cannot be relied upon. People tend to
rationalize and do what is easy or what
they desire. Fear o God can help one pre-vail and make the right choice, although it
may be dicult. Tis too is no guarantee
that one will do what is right.
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o us should we nd ourselves in circum-
stances such as those aced by the ocials
at Penn State, it is not at all certain that
we will make the right decision when we
ace complex dilemmas. So oen in lie we
conront situations that are punctuated by
a shalshelet. We are challenged by choices.We are conicted between doing what is
appropriate albeit dicult and wh
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guided by orah, the eternal and immut
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Let us hope that when tested we will ha
the wisdom and strength o character
make the right choice.
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The gift of giving.Getting started: This Hanukkah, give a copy of The Tzedakah Bookto your
children, along with envelopes, stamps, and gelt they will contribute to the
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inormation.
fRidays
9:3010:30 .m. SJcc Tt Shbbt
Stroum JCC11 .m.12 p.m. Tts Wm Shbbt
Temple Bnai Torah
12:303:30 p.m. B gup
Stroum JCC
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satuRdays
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Temple Bnai Torah
9:45 .m. BcMH yuth Svs
BCMH
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Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
1:152:15 p.m. Mt Mtzvt
Congregation Beth Shalom
5 p.m. Th rmhs dh Hshm,
Pt m th a t Mt
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BCongregation Herzl-Ner Tamid
10:15 .m. Su Th Stu
Congregation Beth Shalom
11 .m. 12 p.m. Hbw ss: B
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css B t Bss
Congregation Beth Shalom
7:3010:30 p.m. Ha is d
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Mondays
10 .m.2 p.m. Jcc Ss gup
Stroum JCC
12:30 p.m. c th Su
Chabad o the Central Cascades
6:158:30 p.m. B Bb Hm
Jewish Family Service
7 p.m. cSa M nht csss
Congregation Shevet Achim
78 p.m. csh cus Hbw
Seattle Kollel
78 p.m. e yv esh
Congregation Shaarei Teflah Lubavitch
7:458:45 p.m. Wm o
Congregation Shaarei Teflah Lubavitch
8:30 p.m. Tmu Hbw
Eastside Torah Center
810 p.m. Wms is
d css
The Seattle Kollel
8:30 p.m. Tmu, yshv-St
Eastside Torah Center
tuesdays
11 .m.12 p.m. Mmm M
Pm
Chabad o the Central Cascades
12 p.m. Th Wm
Eastside Torah Center
7 p.m. ahs amus Mts
Jewish Family Service
7 p.m. T ct
BCMH
7 p.m. Hbw (a Bt) lv 1
Congregation Beth Shalom
7 p.m. Hbw (Bb) lv 2
Congregation Beth Shalom
7 p.m. Su Hbw: amh
Congregation Beth Shalom
7 p.m. itmt Hbw
Congregation Herzl-Ner Tamid
79 p.m. Th Jwsh Ju
Seattle Kollel
79:15 p.m. lv Jusm: Th Bss
Congregation Beth Shalom
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ts nw rtshp
Stroum JCC
7:30 p.m. W ru Tb
kbbh css
Eastside Torah Center
7:30 p.m. Th T
Chabad o Central Cascades
Wednesdays
7 p.m. B is d
auts wth rh m
Congregation Beth Shalom
79 p.m. T lu M
Shs
BCMH
7:30 p.m. Pshs Hshvuh
Eastside Torah Center
thuRsdays
10 .m.2 p.m. Jcc Ss gup
Stroum JCC
6:507:50 p.m. itut t Hbw
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation
7 p.m. Ju T ct
BCMH
810 p.m. T lu Hh Shs
BCMH
7:30-9 p.m. Bth Shm Bt Msh
Congregation Beth Shalom
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lm. Every other Wednesday night, the
Stroum Jewish Studies Program at the Uni-
versity o Washington oers an Israeli lmclass, and it has been opened to the public.
It [gives] students an opportunity to
see eature lms, which we didnt have
time or during the lecture course, said
Proessor Naomi Sokolo, who teaches the
course. I think students love to see lms.
Te class was rst oered in the winter
2011 quarter as a two-credit supplement
to a larger lecture course, Israel: Dynamic
Society and Global Flashpoint, which
ocuses on historical decisions, political
issues, and current events in Israel.
Orlie Golan, a junior in the class, said
it was interesting or her as an Israeli to
compare her experiences in Israel with
those o the Israelis in the movies.
I think that the lms we watched are
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Proessor Noam Pianko, chair o the
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I think Israel has a good record o pro-
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course] oers a way or students to engage
Israel the way Israelis engage Israel, and lm
provides a more nuanced way o appreciat-
ing the complexity o lie in Israel.
Jake Lustig, a UW senior and ormer
Israel programming intern or Hillel at the
UW, said that as part o his internship, he
used Facebook to advertise to his riends
about the class. Te lms are screened at
Hillel.
Within a ew days o being online, the
course had 40 to 50 students sign up.
Lustig believes the structure o the
class was an important reason students
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I think dierent mediums o educ
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these conicts, but to be able to sit ther
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or a lot o students I think thats one o thdraws or the class.
Lustig said one o the interestin
aspects o the class was that because
has been opened to the public, commu
nity members have come to some o th
screenings.
It became very much like i yo
werent doing anything every oth
Wednesday night, even i you weren
in the class, you could go to Hillel to se
a good lm and have a good discussio
about it, Lustig said.
Sara Lucas, director o undergradua
engagement at Hillel, said she is excite
that the class is taking place at Hill
because it gives students the opportuni
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governments proper role. Should it protect
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eRic heRschthal n.y. Jwish WkNEW YORK (N.Y. Jewish Week)
Tat Te Protocols of the Elders of Zion ,
the notorious anti-Semitic tract about a
Jewish conspiracy to control the world,
still has currency in parts o the world
today was no deterrent or Umberto Eco.I there was anyone who could get away
with a novel about the orged documents
creation, it was Eco. A towering member
o Italys intellectual elite, he is a man as
amed or his works on philosophy as he is
or his best-selling novels.
But why, given the sensitivity, create a
whole book around such a vicious piece o
bigotry? Simple, Eco said in an interview
rom Italy: Im always ascinated by stu-
pidity and credulity.
He added, I you sort through the
Internet, you nd [conspiracies] all the
time. Not only about Jews, but that the
win owers were not taken down by bin
Laden or al Qaeda, or instance. Conspir-
acies are a way or people to say, Its not my
ault. Teres someone else to blame.
A lapsed Catholic, Eco, 79, knew he
was wading in perilous waters. Beore he
even published the book, he showed a
manuscript to Jewish riends, and even the
chie rabbi o Rome. Most gave him their
approval, especially since the main charac-
ter, Simone Simonini, the one who orges
Te Protocols, is so clearly repellent.
But once the novel titled Te Prague
Cemetery and available in an English
translation in the United States this week
came out in Italy, Romes chie rabbi
publicly questioned the books conclusion.
In a conversation
with Eco published
in a national maga-
zine, the rabbi said:
At the end the
reader asks: theseJews, do they or dont
they want to over-
throw society and
rule the world?
A literary scholar
reviewing the book
in another Italian
paper was more
blunt: It cant be
deniedthat the
continuous descrip-
tion o Jewish vil-
lainy brings about
a whi o ambigu-
ity, certainly not
intended by Eco but
permeating every page o the book.
he criticism has ailed to impugn
Ecos integrity. But it has put him on the
deensive. His response comes down to
this: He made Simonini as repugnant a
villain as possible to make clear that no
sensible person, not least he, could have
sympathy or such a man. And anyway,
a less sophisticated reader can nd much
worse things on the Internet, all o them
ree and more accessible than a $27 novel.
Perhaps to preempt criticism in Amer-
ica, Ecos U.S. publisher, Houghton Mi-
lin Harcourt, had a back-cover blurb
written by the Jewish critic Cynthia
Ozick, known or
her biting rebukes
o anti-Semitism.
And in an email to
Te Jewish Week,
Bruce Nichols,Harcourts senior
v ice pr e s ide nt
publisher, oered
his own deense
o Eco.
A n y r e a -
sonable r e ade r
every reason-
able reader will
understand imme-
diately that Eco is
no proponent o
anti-Semitic con-
spiracy theories,
Nich ols wr ote .
he book por-
trays this kind o thinking as delusional
and paranoid. he narrator, who ulti-
mately cras Te Protocols, is the most
hateul narrator in literature.
Still, Eco said, Probably, i I were a
rabbi, Id have the same concerns. He
went on, But i ther