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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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friday, november 25, 2011 . www.jtnews.net . jtnws opinion

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

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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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December 9Hanukkah Greetings

December 23

Whats a Jew to do?

Build and decorate your

tzedakah box today, and

share the joy of tzedakah with

your whole family this Hanukkah. Call

us for an extra copy, or download

extra copies of The Tzedakah Book

at www.jtnews.net, and read about

how you can bring tzedakah to

your Hanukkah celebration.

ps: Send us pictures o you and

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publish three in our frst issue o December.

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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

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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.

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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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Ruth Messinger, president of americn Jewish World Service, during visit to Hillel t the University

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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

tribe

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courTeSy SHaron kaufMan-oSBorn

Shron Kufmn-Osborn

hs been n dviser for

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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.

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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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development and und-raising activities,

including the Community Campaign and

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A native o Vancouver, B.C., David

understands the Northwest and looks

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impressed with the variety o Jewishorganizations we have in the Greater

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Over 70 enthusiastic volunteers gathered

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Calls were made to community members

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and across the

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an area I care about, were common

reactions.

This was a truly community-wide e-

ort, said Celie Brown, 2012 CommunityCampaign Chair. The support rom our

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consideration, rom 65 organizations,

representing requests or over $15 mil-

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We are gratiied that so many

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as a central point or community

support, said Richard Fruchter,

President and CEO. Our dedicated

volunteer teams will be working hard

to evaluate each proposal over the

next several months. Our communitys

generous support to the 2012

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my experience with the secular world.

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gram. Tese riends are now my teachers

she says. BYFI is in every way a pricele

experience.

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.

While it is clear what the orah expects

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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The gift of giving.Getting started: This Hanukkah, give a copy of The Tzedakah Bookto your

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organizations that inspire them.

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your familys budget, from coins to paper.

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Jewish Family Service

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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

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I think that the lms we watched are

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Proessor Noam Pianko, chair o the

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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

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I think dierent mediums o educ

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or a lot o students I think thats one o thdraws or the class.

Lustig said one o the interestin

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has been opened to the public, commu

nity members have come to some o th

screenings.

It became very much like i yo

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Wednesday night, even i you weren

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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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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

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