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From October 25, 1925.Moses Janton, writing rom Spokane, told o the
good li e o Jews in his city, their ne character, andhow well they assimilate without a single instance oanti-Semitism.
Crystal clear?According to a newly released World War II U.S. Military intelligence dossier, Hitler
was a hypochondriac who took more than 74 medications and was a regular user o crystalmeth. Te 47-page report claims Hitler took the drug be ore his nal meeting with Italiandictator Benito Mussolini in1943, when he ranted non-stop or two hours.
Source: Haaretz
This sukkah took .0045 secondsGoogle built two sukkahs in the companys New York office, complete with an advanced
video con erencing system, lava lamps, exercise balls, Lego-building stations and a live-cam showing others in sukkahs. Sukkahs were also erected in Google offices in Pittsburgh,Boston, Argentina, Dublin and its headquarters in Mountain View, Cali .
Source: Te Jewish Week
Conflict in the kitchenMany in Pittsburghs Jewish community are upset with Conict Kitchen, a restaurant
that rotates dishes culturally unique to nations in conict with the United States. Terestaurant recently offered hummus, baba ghanoush, salata gazawiya, and musakhan, thenational dish o Palestine. Community Relations Council head Gregg Roman noted, Pal-estine is not in conict with the U.S., adding, Te restaurant is stirring up conict or thesake o trying to be relevant.
Source: Te Jerusalem Post
Fascism in fashionIts hard to know what Sears was thinking when it launched a swastika ring as part o its
mens punk rock style. According to the description, the chunky silver ring with a blackswastika selling or $138.90 on Amazon.com was not or any Neo Nazi or any Nazi impli-cation and going to make you look beauti ul at your next dinner date. Te ring is nolonger listed or sale online.
Boris Kurbanov
Rabbis Turn: A home of peace 5Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg writes about how her new pulpit, which shares space with a church, servea gateway to peace and interfaith relations.
Sophies discovery of the ordinary 6
A simple grafto scrawled on a wall in Tel Aviv set the stage for understanding why its better to something instead of against it.
Genetic screening comes to Seattle 7 A program to be held next month invites all Jewish or interfaith couples looking to have childrenscreened for a multitude of genetic diseases.
A high school diploma nally! 10Henry Friedman survived the Holocaust, made a good living for himself and his family, and has bleader in our community. But it took until this month for him to get his high school diploma.
Have money, will invest 11 An Israeli venture capital company with local connections comes to the Northwest to invest.
A Centennial Celebration for Kline Galland A look at the past 100 years 12From a small farmhouse with seven inmates to a multi-million dollar operation that serves thousands of local seniors, the Kline Gallands story is one of perspiration, aspiration and innovation.The historic timeline 14
A look at the next 100 years 17 As the Kline Galland enters its next century, expect its growth to be not in bricks and mortar, but iservices that touch seniors wherever they may be.
Bar and Bat Mitzvah Celebrations 18
Painting the Bible 21Based on program started on the East Coast, a new class will teach Torah and midrash through art
Jews on the Ballot: Zimmerman for judge 23Jon Zimmerman has long represented immigrants, refugees, and the poor, the very people he expewill come before him should he win his election for a seat on Seattles Municipal Court.
MORELetters 5M.O.T.: Helping with nances and sleep 8Israel: To Your Health: Religion cures suicide 9Crossword 10The Arts 22Lifecycles 27Professional Services/Classieds 26
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Candlelighting times October 17 ............................5:58 p.m.
October 24 ............................5:45 p.m.October 31 ............................5:34 p.m.November 7 ..........................4:23 p.m.
SUNDAY 19 OCTOBER9:3010:30 a.m. Journey of Judaism:An In-Depth Survey of Jewish Life and Lore
425-603-9677 or [email protected] templebnaitorah.orgJoin Rabbi David Lipper on the nearly 6,000-year
journey of the Jewish people. For all levels. $140(includes three books). Sundays through February.
At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St.,Bellevue.1011:30 a.m. Jewish Perspectives on Talk- ing with Your Children and Friends about Guns
Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 [email protected] or www.jfsseattle.orgLearn developmentally appropriate informationand engage in practical scenarios. Free. AtTemple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.10:30 a.m.12 p.m. An Ancient Languagein a Contemporary Accent: A Course in He- brew and its History
425-603-9677 or [email protected] templebnaitorah.orgLearn the Hebrew alphabet and basic prayers, andlook at the fascinating history of the language.Instructor: Rona Frank. Sundays throughDecember 14. $85. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727NE Fourth St., Bellevue.35 p.m. Gerard Schwarz on The All-StarOrchestra
206-232-7115 or [email protected] or
www.sjcc.orgMaestro Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphonysconductor laureate, discusses his new project andpublic-television series, The All-Star Orchestra.$12-$18. At the Stroum Jewish CommunityCenter, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.59 p.m. AIPAC Membership Gala
206-624-5152 or [email protected] www.aipac.orgThe largest pro-Israel gathering in WashingtonState, featurig David Horovitz of the Times ofIsrael. RSVP for more information.
TUESDAY 21 OCTOBER5:308:30 p.m. Evening of Recognition:Celebrating the Lay Leadership of SeattlesJewish Day Schools
Samis Foundation at 206-957-8752 [email protected] and celebrate the boards of SeattlesJewish day schools Networking, inspiration andeducation. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E MercerWay, Mercer Island.
WEDNESDAY 22 OCTOBER5:307:30 p.m. 100th Anniversary Celebra- tion of the Kline Galland Ce nter and Afliates
www.rsvpbook.com/kg100yearsKosher picnic supper with wine, beer and cider.Keynote speaker Tom Leavitt and honoringBecky Benaroya with the Caroline Danz Lifetime
Achievement Award. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai,1441 16th Ave., Seattle.79 p.m. The Church and World Religions:The Interfaith Future of Vatican II
www.seattleu.edu/stm/vaticanII Vatican IIs Nostra Aetate revolutionized theCatholic Churchs view of other religions. ALutheran, Catholic, Muslim, Jew, Hindu andBuddhist will evaluate Nostra Aetates perspectiveand share their view on the current state ofinterfaith relations. At Seattle University, Campion
Hall. Free tickets required.79 p.m. NYHS Open House for ProspectiveStudents and Families
Melissa Rivkin at or [email protected] the faculty, students and alumni and learnwhy an NYHS education will give you an advantagefor life. Free. At Northwest Yeshiva High School,
5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
THURSDAY 23 OCTOBER4:30-6:30 p.m. Diaspora Jews and Israel:Challenges of Competing Loyalties
[email protected] or jewishstudies.washington.edu/eventProf. Morton Weinfeld of McGill Universitywill examine how Jews have been negotiatingcompeting ties between a former homelandand a newer host society since the 1800s. Withkosher reception honoring Prof. Paul Burstein onhis retirement. At Kane Hall, Walker Ames Room,University of Washington.6:308:30 p.m. The Shabbos ProjectChallah Bake
bit.ly/1rXw8CbPreparing for Shabbat starts with freshly bakedchallah. Live demo by chef Leah Jaffee. Withrefreshments and drinks. Age 16-plus. Registeronline. $18. At 415 Westlake Ave., Seattle.7:30-8:30 p.m. Peter Beinart on IsraeliDemocracy and the Ethical Responsibilitiesof Jewish Power
bit.ly/1vsiGKnPolitical commentator Peter Beinart will addressprospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace andincreasing divides in the aftermath of thissummers conict. At Hillel UW, 4745 17th Ave.NE, Seattle.
FRIDAY 24 OCTOBER58 p.m. NYHS Student-Teacher ShabbatDinners
Malka Popper at 206-232-5272, ext. 516 [email protected] or www.nyhs.orgNYHS students and teachers have Shabbatdinner together, uniting Jews all over the world.Free. Contact for location details.5:45 p.m. The Shabbos Project
Daniel Cohen at 425-698-9907 [email protected] orwww.theshabbosproject.orgThe Seattle Jewish community participatesin the International Shabbos Project fromsundown to stars out. At individual homes.Register for details.6:30-8 p.m. Secular Jewish Circle Community Shabbat Potluck and Program
206-528-1944 [email protected] author Jane Isenberg discusses herresearch on Jewish Seattle for her novel TheBones and the Book, with community dialogueabout Seattle Jewish history. Childcareprovided. Doors open at 6 p.m. $10. Contactfor location details.
SATURDAY 25 OCTOBER8 a.m.3 p.m. Parenting Class: BringingBaby Home
206-232-7115 or [email protected] orwww.sjcc.orgParents learn how to gain relationship satisfactionand create healthy social, emotional, andintellectual development for their children.
Instructor: Anne Masin, MA, LMHC, child mhealth specialist. Continues Sunday, 8 a.mp.m. Stroum JCC members $170, guests $19
At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Isla
SUNDAY 26 OCTOBER13 p.m. Medicare 101
Leonid Orlov at 206-861-8784 [email protected] An overview of the different parts of Medicwhat they cover and how they work. Wdiscussion of how you can receive your beneSpeaker is not connected with the fedeMedicare program. Free. At Jewish FamService, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.17 p.m. Super Sunday
Emily Meltzer at 206-443-5400 [email protected] orwww.jewishinseattle.orgWith a simple phone call, send more kidsJewish camp, provide vital services for peoplneed, enrich the lives of J ews of all ages locallyIsrael and overseas, and more. At Hillel UW, 417th Ave. NE, Seattle.3 p.m. Secular Jewish Circle JewishStudies Group Neal Starkman leads a discussion about RReichls book, Tender at the Bone. F
At the Summit at Firs t Hill, 1200 Unive rsitySeattle.7:309 p.m. BDS, Israel and Us:The Delegitimization Campaign
206-723-3028 orwww.BroaderView.org/NevetDiscussion with Nevet Basker, an independconsultant, public speaker, educator and poladviser specializing in modern-day Israel andIsraeli-Palestinian conict. Free. At SephaBikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
TUESDAY 28 OCTOBER610 p.m. Hadassah Strong With Israel
[email protected] orwww.hadassah.org/seattleGuest speaker Dr. Asher Salmon, depdirector general for Hadassah MedOrganization. Honoring Libby Weiss, N
Amer ican media desk , IDF spokespersNorthwest native. At the Bellevue Westin, Bellevue Way NE.6:309 p.m. Positive Discipline: Parentingwith Condence
Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 [email protected] or www.jfsseattle.oFacilitated by Sarina Behar Natkin. Cstrategies including: Using routines effectivcreating a wheel of choice, strengthenproblem-solving skills, nding solutions toge$25 per session. At JFS, 1601 16th Ave., Seat
WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER12 p.m. Tenth Annual Voices forHumanity Luncheon
Karen Chachkes at 206-774-2201 [email protected] the past year of Holocaust human rights education. Exhibit space opat 10:30 a.m. Suggested donation $180. At TWestin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Ave., Seattle.
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The poetry would jump out and clobber me between the eyes.
Artist Nancy Current, on how Biblical passages led her to create a class on creating art based on Midrash. See the story on page 21.
SATURDAY 1 NOVEMBER711 p.m. Jewish Tween Extreme:Haunted Havdalah
206-232-7115 or [email protected] orwww.sjcc.orgHaunted corn maze at Stocker Farms inSnohomish. Bonre Havdalah, giant hamsterwheels, and a jumping castle. Co-sponsored bySJCC, NCSY, and BBYO. $20. Meet at the StroumJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
SUNDAY 2 NOVEMBER23:30 p.m. Jewish Meditation for theWhole Family
Leonid Orlov at 206-861-8784 [email protected]
Adults learn the benets of meditation as a familyexperience, while kids do a creative project,followed by joint meditation. Led by Rabbi OlivierBenHaim of Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue.
Appropriate for children 4 and up. Free. At JFS,1601 16th Ave., Seattle.
24 p.m. Washington State JewishHistorical Society Annual Meeting and StanTobin Lecture
Lisa Kranseler at 206-774-2277 [email protected] speaker Kathie Friedman, assocprofessor in the Henry M. Jackson SchooInternational Studies at the UW, and specialiimmigration and refugee studies. WSJHS boinstallation. $10 suggested donation. At HUW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.35:30 p.m. Jewish Parenting: The EarlyYears Partners to Parents
Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 [email protected] or www.jfsseattle.oNurture your relationship and create a carsupportive home for baby. Sundays, Nov. 2 anBabes in arms welcome. Babysitting availabladvance notice. $100 per couple for two sessio
At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattl59 p.m. Gala Dinner in Honor of HazzanIsaac Azose
206-722-5500 or ezrabessaroth.netCocktails and dinner in honor of Hazzan emeIsaac Azose. At Congregation Ezra Bessa5217 S Brandon St., Seattle.
A Sukkat Shalom: One house,two faiths, sheltered in peaceRABBI YOHANNA KINBERGCongregation Kol Ami
For my house shall be calleda house of prayer for all people. Isaiah 56:7
For the past 15 years, Con-gregation Kol Ami in Woodin- ville has shared space with theBear Creek United MethodistChurch (BCUM) at one timeout o nancial necessity orboth congregations, now out oa true desire to share a spiritualhome with another community. Kol Ami ismy new congregation. I just started to servethis small Re orm congregation this pastsummer afer having served emple Bnai
orah in Bellevue or over a decade. I madethe trip north, less than 10 miles, but what Ihave entered into is a completely new para-digm or how growing urban and suburbanJewish communities can survive and thrivein the 21st century.
You Pray in a Church?We do not pray in a church. We pray,
learn, celebrate, mourn and build commu-nity within a building that is a holy and spir-itual place. Te building has everything asmall Jewish community could hope or ahuge kitchen, tons o parking, a youth roomwith a ping-pong table and so a, a preschoolroom, a beauti ul sanctuary, and a gardenand re pit outside. Sometimes this buildingis used exclusively or Bear Creek worshipand programming, like on Sunday morn-ings. Sometimes the building is used exclu-sively or Jewish program and services likeon Friday or Shabbat evenings and Sundayafernoons or religious school. Most o thetime the building is used by both groups
or meetings and classes, pastoral counsel-ing, and opportunities to use the kitchento help those in need. Te sanctuary trans-
orms easily rom Christian spiritual spaceto Jewish spiritual space with the use o built-in hanging tapestries that go up and downas needed and a portable ark and ner tamid.Our building, this spiritual home used bytwo aiths, is a true sukkat shalom a shel-ter o peace.
A Shelter for AllAt this season we build temporary struc-
tures outside our homes to remember thepeace and shelter provided to our peopleas they wandered the dangerous, compli-cated and unpredictable path ahead o themtoward the Promised Land. Our sukkot areopen. Guests are welcome. We eel the truepresence o shalom, peace, not because theroo or the wall will keep us sa e but becauseo the love, warmth and riendship we expe-rience inside. Tis has been my experiencein my short time as the rabbi o Congrega-
tion Kol Ami and my short timeas spiritual space-mates withBCUM. Te relationship is inten-tional. Both congregations knowand understand that by comingtogether to share resources and tosupport each other we are creatingtikkun we are repairing some-thing that has been broken in ourworld. We are living in mutualsupport, not in conict with each
other. Our world needs much more o this.Te end goal is that the entire world is asukkat shalom, that all o us live under thepeace o the Divine Presence. Sharing asacred space eels like an important step inthat direction.
Practical & ProgressiveWe are not the only community that has
made the conscious decision to co-housewith other aith traditions. In Virginia, aRe orm congregation shares its space witha Muslim community that required extraspace during its Ramadan observances. InGermany, a recent crowd- unded designcompetition or one building to houseJewish, Christian and Muslim congrega-tions, Te House o One, is expected to bebuilt by 2018. All over America, small- andmedium-sized congregations have housedthemselves in progressive churches to gettheir start.
Some, like Kol Ami, have decided thatthis relationship goes beyond the need orspace. It has come to serve a much largerneed: ikkun olam, making our world asa er and more peace ul place or all.
When Jewish communities share spaceand build strong alliances with other aithcommunities, we are doing the very impor-tant work o ensuring that we have strongallies around us. Being increasingly inter-dependent on our non-Jewish riends andneighbors is one way we can help diminishthe rising anti-Semitism all over the world.When our lives are intimately tied to thosearound us, and they know us and love us,we are sa er rom the hatred o those whodo not know us and do not love us. We needallies in and among aith communities. Weneed righteous Christians, Muslims, Bud-dhists, Sikhs, Bahai, and the many otherdiverse aith communities who represent themajority in this nation to be in coalition withus against orces that seek to insult, damageand destroy our ancient community.
They Paved Paradiseand Put Up aSynagogue Parking Lot
And then o course, as we celebrate theharvest at this season and honor the many
OTHER JEWISH VALUESYou published an op-ed written by Ms. Gown and Mr. Bridge (Fighting extremism and toler-
ance in Israel and Seattle, Oct. 3), which urged action concerning the problem of gender-seg-regated bomb shelters in Israel during the Gaza action. In fact, based on my research, they werereferring to one outrageous incident in Ashdod that the Israeli rabbinical courts (and Im surethe entire population) immediately denounced and ordered removed. In other words, an outlier
group in one city did an unconscionable act that was denounced by all in Israel, and yet our ownpeople need to highlight it as symptomatic of a discrimination problem, and encourage actionto protect, as they said, liberal values. Two thoughts. One, we have enough exaggeration fromthe media detrimental to Israel without our own nding the proverbial needle in the haystackto denounce ourselves; and two, you would think that their liberal values would include a littleresearch, and not portray a universally censured isolated event as symptomatic of a larger prob-lem. The truth is a Jewish value.
Gregory R. Roer, Seattle
gifs we receive rom the earth, let us remem-ber and take responsibility or our impact.One o the things that makes me most proudo our decision to co-house with another
aith tradition is that we have signicantlyreduced our imprint on this planet.
Our shared space is used in the most effi-cient manner possible. We have one largeparking lot and one medium-sized buildingthat not only serves two aith communities,but is also used as a counseling center, orAA meetings, exercise classes, Cub Scoutsgroups, and a secular preschool open to all.Te parking lot is also used as a park-and-ride location. he beauti ul thing aboutsacred spaces is that they can be made holyin many different ways.
Maybe someday our community willoutgrow BCUM. Maybe someday we will allon hard times (God orbid) and need extra
support. Like our ancestors who wanderedthe desert looking or the Promised Land, wdont know what the uture will bring. Butknow that with the partnership and love oour Christian brothers and sisters at BearCreek, we will always know what it eel lto live in a sukkat shalom, a shelter o peac
My hope and prayer or the entire peoplIsrael at this season o our joy is that we strito create space in our lives and communitieto reach out and connect with good people o
aith in our world. We have one planet, onhouse, and it is always enveloped in the wingo the Shechina Gods protective anpeace ul presence. We can make this spirtual reality mani est itsel in our world eaand every day by connecting and buildininterdependent relationships with our ellowhuman beings. Only good can come rommaking everywhere we go a sukkat shalom.
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A transformative, yet ordinary, messageEUGENE LIPITZ Special to JTNews
When my daughter Sophie went toIsrael, one moment or her seemed a pro-
oundly trans ormational experience. Itwasnt seeing the Western Wall or the huge variety o Jewish people so different rom
her own experience. It wasnt even goingto a venture capital meeting with her atherto learn about the incredible ideas andactions coming rom Israelis to make thisa better planet. It was seeing some scrawledgraffiti on a wall in the old port o el Aviv.It read, Am Yisrael chai. She asked Israeli
riends what this meant.Oh, its just some punks making a
mess.Yes, she persisted, but what does it
mean?Well, it sort o means, Israel lives or
Israel is li e.My riend told her this as i a undamen-
tal belie in ones own country by youngpeople were the most ordinary occurrence.
Sophie knew otherwise. Her own riendsare almost always predictably against theirown countrys actions, nearly always takethe other side in a conict between theirown country and another especiallyso when one party is perceived as weak.
his response began a long journeyor her philosophically, ethically and as
a human being. I think she ultimatelydecided it was better, stronger, happier,
and more effective to be or something thanagainst it.
Earlier this year, several Jewish organi-zations sponsored a discussion o the boy-cott, divest and sanction campaign, a
campaign that is against something, thatsomething being Israel. BDS seeks thedestruction o Israel and is indifferent tothe aw ul ate o its inhabitants should thatoccur. Norman Finkelstein, a pro oundlyanti-Zionist thinker and activist, calls BDSintellectually dishonest because, while theytry to rame their campaign as de ending justice or Palestinians, it is clear that theirpolicies seek the destruction o Israel.
Te hatred is so transparent that moston the lef and right both at a large, recent,local community co-sponsored by suchdiverse organizations as J Street, New IsraelFund, Federation and AIPAC said thatBDS did not have a place at our commu-nity table. Nearly concurrently, an over-whelming vote at the UW student senateto reject divestment o Israel as a recom-mended policy o student government andan even stronger action taken by WesternWashington University and the Universityo Oregon within states considered verycritical o Israel, emphasized that BDS isoutside our communitys values.
It did not signal that criticism o Israelis illegitimate hardly. Te debate here
o Israeli governmental policy may notapproach the ervor within Israel itsel , butthere are many viewpoints, ew o which gounexpressed and rightly so.
Nevertheless, it is easy to imagine view-
points that have no place in our com-munity. Indeed, the revival o the bloodlibel recently seen (and the event evenpraised by certain city council members) inweekly demonstrations in downtown Seat-tle sadly make it unnecessary to use onesimagination. Te darkness is here in our
air city.Te Jewish community that is part o the
greater community must there ore decide:Does any group that seeks the destructiono the State o Israel and the almost cer-tain death or expulsion o many millionso our Jewish brother and sisters who callIsrael home, belong as part o our dialogue,our values?
I not, then be on the lookout orattempts in the uture to rehabilitate BDSsreputation in our community. While thereare some who are angered that their riendsand congregants who are BDS supportersnow may eel like outsiders, it is right to sayto them that we can love the sinner and hatethe sin words o hate ul ratricide willnot be tolerated.
I think this community recently rea -rmed what even the hoodlums o el Aviv
know: Israel is li e. I am proud to be pao the community that has so stridentlproclaimed that simple, beauti ul principl
Eugene Lipitz is a member of Temple Beth Am
and a parent of students at Seattle JewishCommunity School.
COURTESY S
Monday, Oct. 13 was a busy day at SeattleHebrew Academy, when students from thepreschool, as pictured here, through 8thgrade built and celebrated the holiday ofSukkot with lulav shaking, lling bags ofgrains for Jewish Family Service, and manylearning programs.
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Honoring Libby Weiss, IDF Spokesman
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Transgured Night Concert to commemorate the 76 th Anniversary of Kristallnacht
Sunday, November 9, 4:00 p.m.Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall
MOR commemorates the 76th anniversary of Kristallnacht with the worldpremiere of Spectrum Dance Theater choreographer Donald Byrds newdances for Arnold Schoenbergs mystical and romantic masterpieceVerklaerteNacht. Youll also discover the music and lives of Dutch composers under Naoccupation, and marvel at a lively medley of songs from cabaret shows stagedby inmates in Terezn.
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Celebrating 16 Fabulous Years
Watch Leah demonstrate makingchallah dough and braids! The Seattle Shabbat ProjectCommunity Challah BakeThursday, October 23 rd6:30-8:30 p.m.Register online @ http://seattlechallahbake.eventzilla.net/415 Westlake Event Venue in South Lake Union
Community screening seeks to weed out genetic diseasesEMILY K. ALHADEFFAssociate Editor, JTNews
For the rst three months o his li e,Sophie-Shi ra Golds son, Isaac, had badreux. Ten at our months, he was diag-nosed with low muscle tone, hypotonia. At
the end o April this year, Gold got an offi-cial diagnosis or her in ant: Canavan Dis-ease, a genetic disorder known to affect theAshkenazi Jewish population. Te diseaseis progressive and atal, and one in about40 Ashkenazi Jews is a carrier.
I was very heartbroken and cried ortwo weeks straight, Gold told J News via email. Afer the two weeks o being ingrie , I was determined to nd the moralsupport or mysel and my amily.
Along with attending her rst Canavanundraiser this year, Gold is spreading the
word about the importance o genetic test-ing, particularly about Seattles rst com-munity screening on November 16 at Hillelat the University o Washington.
Te screening consists o a brie coun-seling session and simple blood test, at thelow cost o $25 with insurance. (Individu-als without insurance coverage may con-tact the organizers or options.) Everyone
considering children between the ages o18 and 50 is encouraged to attend, includ-ing inter aith couples, Jews o Sephardicand Persian descent, and individuals with
as ew as just one Jewish grandparent.
According to publicity materials, onein our Ashkenazi Jews carry at least oneo 19 Jewish genetic diseases, and one othree Sephardic and Persian Jews carry atleast one o eight.
Te genetic testing lab Progenity is con-ducting the screening, and Dr. Orly Stein-berg, an OB/GYN in Mill Creek, serves as
the labs medical liaison to sign off on thetests.
Out in Mill Creek there arent thatmany Jews, but you start asking people,
[and theyll say], Oh yeah, my grandmawas Jewish, said Steinberg. Tats wherewe need to be as physicians in terms o
screening. I they have even one grandpaent they could be a carrier. I theyre postive, then you end up testing the spouse.
Neither Gold nor her partner have
ully Jewish genetic heritage, but bo
If you go: You and Your Genes, a Seattlecommunity screening for theprevention of Jewish geneticdiseases, takes place Sun., Nov. 16from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hillel at theUniversity of Washington, 4745 17thAve. NE, Seattle. To register for atime slot and get more importantdetails, visit bit.ly/1pcBbeD.
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Helping people survive and helping people sleepDIANA BREMENT JTNews Columnist
1 Steve Schwartz initiallyemailed me to say hesa Member o the ribe
who has ound himsel livingand working with plenty o
different tribes. He might bere erring to moving around alot in the Midwest as a childbe ore his amily settled in Syr-acuse, N.Y., but he might alsomean his work as co- ounderand director o external rela-tions or the nonprot UpayaSocial Ventures.
Not all your neighbors aregoing to be just like you, andthats a good thing, is the message he got
rom his dad, who is rom Ohio, and his
mom, who spent the majorityo her childhood in northernMississippi. Tat advice hashad a lot to do with the coursemy li e took.
Steve and his wi e Jaren met as graduate students atBoston University, wherethey were getting mastersdegrees in international rela-tions. Tey wound up work-ing in New York, Steve inpublic relations or privateequity and hedge unds andJaren at UNICEF headquar-ters. When Jaren was advised
to get some international experience, shesigned up or the Peace Corps. Unbe-
knownst to her, though,Steve had just bought anengagement ring. And sothe newly engaged couplewas off to West A rica.
It was a great oppor-tunity to expand hori-zons, says Steve oworking in a small townin Benin, where he servedas a business adviser tolocal armers and trades-men. Having trainedwhen Benin was a Com-
munist country under Soviet inuence,they didnt have a sense o how to turn[their work] into a true business.
He also got his rst micronance expe-rience there with a group o women who
started a savings and loan association. Itstarted as a hobby...a un thing that hap-pened every uesday morning, he says,and turned into a viable operation.
Steve then went to do public affairswork or the non-prot Unitus (which hassince olded), where he met Sachi Shenoyand Sriram Gutta . Tey were workingon something called the Ultra Poor Initia-tive, a program that truly understood thenuance o poverty, says Steve.
India has 400 million ultra-poor cit-izens, people too poor to be eligible ormicronance. Mostly unskilled, they workprimarily as day laborers in constructionor agriculture.
When Unitus closed its doors, Sachiapproached Steve about starting a neworganization with Sriram that would ocuson helping the ultra-poor. With teams inSeattle and India, Upaya has built six busi-nesses that are collectively employing 1,200people in northern India...one o the poor-est areas in the world, through its LifUPProject, says Steve.
One o their most success ul venturesis amul Plates, which employs over 500
people in the Northeast state o AssamA network o a iliated groups in ttribal region makes disposable plates anbowls rom palm leaves (see more at wwwupayasv.org). Caterers at Benaroya o
McCaw Halls ofen use plates like thesewhich are compostable and chemical reyet hold hot liquid or hours.
When hes not working and Stevhas long days necessitated by the time di
erence between here and India he anJaren are pretty avid sailors who keep boat at Portage Bay. Tey try to get out onLake Washington as much as possible andhope to train their seven-month-old New-
oundland puppy to go out on the boatoo. (I youre wondering, the dog alreadweighs 100 pounds on his way to abou175 and the owners drive a small sedan
2 People continually struggle wittheir energy their brains and theirsleep, saysSondra Kornblatt .
We last spoke when she published heRest ul Insomnia book (M.O. ., Marc12, 2010). Now shes lef her day job in corporate communications at Group Healthto pursue this passion ull time. I wanteto work on work I liked, she says, and wither two kids in college she had more tim
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COURTESY STEVE SCHWARTZ
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ISRAEL:To YourHealth
Want to prevent suicide? Try some ofthat good, old-time religion
JANIS SIEGEL, JTNews CorrespondentAs Jews worldwide welcome
the New Year with prayers to beentered in the eternal Book
o Li e, Israeli scientists at elAviv University ound that reli-gious observance in the lives oteens may play a signicant rolein preventing suicide in thosewho are depressed.
In a rst-o -its-kind 2014research study by the Sack-ler School o Medicine and theClalit Health Services GehaMental Health Center, the teamis now the only group to date,according to Drs. Ben Amit and Gal Shoval,to study suicide in Jewish adolescents ages14 to 17.
Published in late June in the journalEuropean Psychiatry, AU doctors oundthat adolescent religious involvement low-ered suicidal behavior, including suicideattempts, by 45 percent, as compared to theirnon-religious peers.
Te researchers associated the signi-cantly higher numbers with the Jewish pro-hibition against suicide and its emphasis oncommunity involvement.
We have no data regarding past diag-noses, amily history or psychiatric treat-ment, nor substance use, Amit told J Newswhen asked i the study screened or thesecommon risk actors or adolescent sui-cide. It is an important limitation which wediscussed. However, we did assess currentdepression.
September was Mental Health and Sui-cide Prevention Month in the U.S. Pro-
essionals want to increase education bymaking the concern over mental health asimportant as physical health. Tey also wantto caution that mental health and mental ill-nesses are conditions that may not be gener-ally understood by the public.
In the U.S., suicide takes nearly 30,000lives a year. Tat is just over 1 percent odeaths, according to the National Alliance oMental Illness.
However, NAMI reported, over 90 per-cent o all suicides in the United States hadbeen diagnosed with mental illness. Many,it said, reported drug use, previous mentalhealth therapy, mental illness or depression,or a amily history o mental illness or suicide.
But religious practices, according the theAU study, are shown to be a deterrent in
suicide worldwide. Tis might be a actor inIsraels history o suicide.
Israels suicide rateis consistentlyamong the lowest in the developed world,wrote Amit in the study.
For many o these teens, suicide issimply about losing hope, Shoval told AUstaff. We know rom working with suicidesurvivors that even when they were 99 per-cent sure they were going to kill themselves,they still sought help.
In this research, the team recruited 620Jewish subjects distilled rom the original
subject group o 957 multi-reli-gious 14- to 17-year-old adoles-cents interviewed in the 2010
Israeli Survey o Mental HealthAmong Adolescents study romthe Israeli Health Ministry.
Te 620 teens were inter- viewed separately, but at thesame time as their motherswere interviewed, in the sub- jects homes. All reported theirreligious status as Jewish.
Due to low ultra-Orthodoxparticipation in the originalstudy, this group was included
in the religious category. One other group,the non-religious category, was identied orthe study. In the two groups, 373 identied asreligious and 247 identied as non-religious.
Te subjects were evaluated or sel -injurious thoughts and behaviors anddepression using standardized surveyresearch tools.
In addition to not considering the rangeo mental health diagnoses in the studysurvey, however, it also did not ask subjectsabout previous suicidal ideation and suicideattempts, which are strongly associated withcompleted suicide.
In the U.S., the National Alliance oMental Illness reported that nearly 1 millionAmericans are treated or suicidal thoughts,behaviors or attempts at suicide, and thatthey are the most common psychiatric emer-gency requiring immediate intervention.
AU researchers also admitted to sev-eral other areas in the study that were notaddressed, such as not having a breakout ormale and emale responses, a small samplesize, and having no articulated denition orreligious or non-religious.
Te team ound, however, that Israeliyouth did not identi y depression to bestrongly associated with suicidal thoughts,whereas previous studies showed that amajority o Christian adolescents did.
Still, Amit concurs that communityinvolvement and religious organizationsmay play a signicant role in decreasing thesuicide risk.
Religiosity may exert its effect directly,by suggesting an alternative way out o dis-tress or by the religious objection to suicide,or by increased social support by religiouscommunity and establishments, concludedAmit.
Tis study is the rst o many more, hehopes, that will conrm religions protec-tive mental health effect on adolescent youth.
Religiousness and spirituality are associ-ated with a warm interpersonal style, grati-tude, compassion and emphasis on positiverelationships with others, he said.
Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered internationalhealth research for SELF magazine andcampaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer ResearchCenter.
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Go Home Again by Mike Selinker
2014 Eltana Inc. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc.
Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling. Crosswords of Wisdom, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Answers on page 27
Regardless of your trials, you can indeed go home again. The Israelites returned after exile inEgypt, despite the difculty of getting out and getting home. This process is called repatriation,and it is often the right thing to do after years abroad. This grid contains ve people who, for verydifferent reasons and with very different results, returned to the lands of their birth.
ACROSS1 Zip-a-Dee-Doo-___4 Command to Fido8 Command to Silver12 Employment13 Faux-Asian phrase evoking enlightenment14 J-pop singers, often16 He left France for England in 1940
and returned in 194420 Latin hymn of praise21 Outdated sufx for verbs22 Ending that makes a noun23 She left Australia for England in 1997
and returned in 200626 Genre familiar to Wes Anderson
and David E. Kelley28 Toodle-___ (farewells)29 Insult30 Board, as a ship33 Singer Scaggs36 CGI extra in a 2014 sequel37 He left China for the US in 2002
and returned in 201139 Dictator Amin40 Leave It band41 Erased42 What exfoliants cleanse43 Fleischer who live-tweeted the 9/11
events 13 years later
44 Easing up47 He left Russia for Switzerland in 1900and returned in 1917
52 Per53 Tennis star54 Bygone Seattle squad57 He left the US for France in 1921
and returned in 192860 Home up high61 Disney doggie62 Tagg Romneys mom63 Rec rooms64 Acronym for an MIT grads
educational elds, perhaps65 New wave band with the line
all crossword puzzles well I just shun
DOWN1 Outow site2 1992 Sportsman of the Year Arthur3 Nuts4 Honor, militarily5 Decorated in a particular style6 Jerk7 Alpine call8 Real-time lm of 19529 Acclaimed 2013 Polish lm about a nun10 Teens, say11 Stans partner15 Where a coin goes17 Stacks of paper18 Greek letter19 Treebeard, for one24 I swear25 The Viet ___26 June commemoration27 Like some bananas31 British record consortium32 Like some waves33 Brazilian, for example34 The All-Father, in mythology35 Panache37 Slavic form of George38 Works for Studio Ghibli, say42 Noted bassist43 Stick
45 Next to46 Name like Jane Doe47 Nickname for Orange Is the New Black
antagonist Yvonne Parker48 Croft of video games49 Aficted with pimples50 I in the Rhineland51 Has ones head spin55 Macklemore and Ryan Lewiss ___ Hold Us56 Harmonize58 Preachers proscription59 Dojo item
DAN AZNOFF
Henry Friedman shows off his high schooldiploma at the ofces of the Kent School District.
86-year-old Holocaust survivorhonored with high school diplomaDAN AZNOFF JTNews Correspondent
Its never too late to nish high school.Henry Friedman had barely become ateenager when he was orced to hide in theconnes o a cramped armhouse attic. oescape the Nazi reign o terror, the youngFriedman spent 18 silent months nearthe border between Ukraine and Polandwith his parents and a ormer teacher ina space he remembers as no larger than aqueen-sized bed. Te oursome survivedon scraps o ood smuggled to them bythe daughter o the armer who ownedthe barn.
Seventy years later, he can still recallwitnessing riends and neighbors beingshipped off to per orm orced labor inconcentration camps. He can recall theheart-wrenching details o smugglinghimsel out o the barn one night to burythe body o his newborn sister. Tat trag-edy, however, was ollowed by a story-book li e o prosperity in America, andFriedman has shared that story in a sel -published book titled Im No Hero, aswell as with students across WashingtonState or more than 20 years.
When Kent School District officialslearned that their requent guest hadalways regretted not earning his highschool diploma, the school board voted topresent him with an honorary degree. PatGallagher, Friedmans long-time riendand a teacher and administrator in theKent school system, coordinated the cer-emony.
In addition to receiving his diploma onOct. 8, the octogenarian served as com-mencement speaker or the all gradua-tion ceremonies held at the district offices.
My dream o becoming a lawyer dis-appeared overnight in 1941 when the Ger-mans put barbed wire to surround thetown o Brody to create a Jewish ghetto,Friedman told the our other students in
his graduating class and the small crowdthat gathered at the school district officeI somebody had told me that someda
I would be in America, I would have tolthat person, Just give me a ull stomabe ore I am killed.
Friedman was hospitalized or malnutrition and dehydration afer Russian sol-diers liberated him rom the barn. Teteenager was one o ewer than 100 Je
rom a population o 10,000 in Brody survive the war.
He eventually made his way across thAtlantic to Boston and boarded a trainin 1949 or his new home in Seattle. Lethan two years later, he was drafed and
ought as an American soldier in KoreBut Friedman has always regretted nocompleting his ormal education.
When I was going through the gradu-ation o my children rom high school college and my grandchildren, I alway
elt a little emptiness, he said.Following the intimate ceremony
Friedman explained how determination and his religion helped him survivehis captivity above the barn. He said hwas motivated by the strength o Jewthroughout history who had been perse-cuted purely because o their aith.
Friedmans high school graduationcomes three years afer he was called tothe orah to become a Bar Mitzvah at thage o 83. In his li e as an American, played an instrumental part in the cre-ation o the U.S. Holocaust MemoriMuseum in Washington, D.C., and is oneo the ounders o the Washington Holcaust Education Resource Center.
he center s new building andmuseum, the Henry and Sandra FriedmanHolocaust Center or Humanity, is set topen early next year in downtown SeattleIn addition to being his riend, Gallagheserves on the Holocaust Center boardwith Friedman. Gallagher said Friedmanhas been an inspiration since they rsmet 20 years ago.
Its impossible or me not to cregardless o how many times Ive heahis story, Gallagher said. Henry habeen generous with his time or numeroucauses, but Ive seen rst-hand the impachis words have on the middle school andhigh school students he visits each year.
Te story o his connement was especially poignant to 19-year-old MandMcGowin, who heard Friedman speak toher class last year at Kent Mountain ViewAcademy.
I su er rom ourettes syndroand could not imagine being orced tlay completely still or day afer day, saMcGowin, who attended the graduationwith her amily. I would have been dicovered and killed or sure. Mr. Friedman is a precious gif who has come intomy li e. I am grate ul and inspired by hevery day.
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Israeli company seeks to bring venture dollars to NorthwestJANIS SIEGELJTNews Correspondent
It takes one to know one, goes the pop-ular saying.
Tis year, it took CEO Jon MedvedsJerusalem-based global venture capitalequity crowd unding plat orm and startup,
OurCrowd, to launch its rst startup IPOon the NASDAQ, ReWalk Robotics, andthe rst company o its kind ever to do it,according to Medved.
OurCrowd allows any accredited inves-tor with as little as $10,000 to invest incompanies like ReWalk or any o the 52companies it currently supports. o date,it has raised $75 million.
Tis offering marks the rst time anequity crowd unding plat orm has accom-panied a company over the ull cycle,
rom venture unding through to an IPOon a major U.S. exchange, said Medved,who lives in Jerusalem, in the OurCrowdannouncement. Moreover, it is truly grat-i ying to invest in success ul companiesthat dramatically change peoples lives orthe better.
Israels ReWalk has developed motor-ized legs run by a patented tilt-sensorsystem and an onboard computer that
unctions as a walking aid or paraplegicsand people with spinal cord injuries.
ReWalk was incubated at the ech-nion Institute o echnology and was oneo the innovations viewed by President
Obama during his trip to Israel last year.But i you missed the opportunity to
hit it big this time dont worry. Tereare hundreds more startups discovered byOurCrowd, which analyzes more than 200
per month and invests its own money intothe chosen ones.Te big story here is the democrati-
zation o nance, OurCrowd vice presi-dent o the Americas Audrey Jacobs toldJ News during a visit to the Northwest inmid-October. What equity crowd undingis doing is aggregating capital and allow-ing individual investors whove never hadaccess be ore to early-stage tech companiesto have access.
hree hundred o the largest globalmultinational corporations have now setup research and development centers inIsrael, Jacobs said.
Even Apple recently opened its rstduty- ree retail location in Israel atBen-Gurion airport, according to theAlgemeiner.com news site.
OurCrowd allows accredited investorsto invest up to $1 million and take whatcould be the nancial ride o a li etime. Outo the array o startups it evaluates, Our-Crowd selects roughly 2 percent o themand generally adds $1 million o its ownmoney along with some o the largest cor-porate investors in the world.
We have 6,000 accredited inves-tors who are registered in our plat-
orm rom 54 countries, said Jacobs.I was able to hire a team in NewYork, open an office in Chicago, and
hire a team or Latin America.OurCrowd partners are con-stantly trolling the technology land-scape around the world and romevery sector in Israel, said Jacobs, butthey are particularly ocused on theuniversities and the military there
or new and innovative technologieswith commercial potential.
According to its own igures,50 percent o OurCrowds capi-tal comes rom the U.S., 10 percent
rom Israel, and the other 40 percentrom investors throughout the globe.
Australia is very strong, saidJacobs. South A rica, Eastern andWestern Europe, were growing sig-ni icantly in South America, andwere doing a lot o co-investing withAsian investors.
Jacobs was in Seattle looking toexpand OurCrowds reach into whatshe called a very important startupecosystem.
With the help o Medveds deep andwide connections in the Northwest,particularly rom his brother, nationally
syndicated radio talk show host MichaeMedved, several technologies here could b
COURTESY ARGO MEDICAL TECH
A man demonstrates the ReWalk apparatus funded byOurCrowd.
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A Book-It Repertory Theatreproduction highlighting nine decades of the
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For 100 years,Kline Galland has served ourcommunitys elders with the
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Providing Interest free lendingwith dignity since 1914.www.hfa-seattle.com
1927 / 1929 / 1930: Following years of failed negotiations with the City of Seattle and local courts over proposed construction,the validity of the zoning law goes t o the U.S. Supreme Court, which enters a judgment against the city ordering it to issue a buildingpermit. The new Caroline Kline Galland Home for the Aged is dedicated, with capacity increased to 25.
1956: Mission changes fromcustodial care to providing abroader concept of services thatincludes comprehensive socialwork, 24-hour professional nursingcare, and psychiatric consultations.
1967: Philanthropist and community leader Sol Esfeld leads landmark$1.1 million capital campaign to build a modern, state-of-the-art facil-ity with a resident capacity of 70. Maximum capacity of new facility isreached within just ve months from opening (instead of the antici-pated two years).
The board of advisors expands to 15 members with appointees fromall local synagogues, Jewish Family & Child Service (todays JFS), theFederated Jewish Fund (todays Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle)and four members at large.
1966: Representativesfrom Social Security meetwith residents to explain thebenets under the newlycreated Medicare program.
1976: Esfeld leads $3 millioncampaign for a 70-bed additionthat doubles the homescapacity in response tothe three-year wait list.
2006: The Kline Galland Center Foundation, with Joshua H. Gortler as president, is created tohelp secure the nancial future of the Caroline Kline Galland Home and evolving health care services.
Jeff Cohen appointed chief executive ofcer.
Special thanks to Dick Roseassistance with building this
2009: Kline Galland receives a certicate of needfrom the state to initiate hospice, the rst Jewishservice of its kind in the Pacic Northwest.
2013: In addition to launching
palliative care, Kline Gallandcommences its Medicare-certiedhome health agency, which servescommunity members throughoutKing County. Kline Galland Community-Based Services consolidates palliativecare, hospice, home health andhome care under one umbrella.
2009: Second short-termrehabilitation unit opens,expanding capacity to 65beds, which makes KlineGalland the largest rehabunit in Washington State.
2001: The Summitat First Hill, a seniorretirement andassisted-livingcommunity forup to 150 residents,opens on FirstHill just east of downtown Seattle.
2000: The Caroline Kline Galland Home signs agreementwith Group Health to set aside beds for transitional care,which allows for short rehabilitative stays.
1992: Under the leadership of Raymond Galante and Arva Gray,a $20 million community capitolcampaign is brought tosuccessful conclusion.
1985: Kline Galland initiates Kosher Meals-on-Wheels,an innovative senior nutrition program. By 2013, providesover 900 meals monthly in response to the evolvingculturally relevant needs of seniors.
1983: Arva Graybecomes the rstwoman President of theKline Galland Center.
1980: Responding to the emergingsocialization needs of community elderlyand the respite requirements of theirfamilies, the Polack Adult Day Centeropens as an endowment program of theMorris Polack Family.
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the Kline Galland Trust from the Kline Galla
Foundation, which is sthrough community con
Over 2,000 people aserved each year as ThKline Galland Center
to evolve its services ito the quality-of-lifeand quality-of-care
of todays senio
WHERETHERESA WILL,THERESA WAY.
1905 1907
1914
05: Caroline Kline Galland, wife of Bonham Galland, writes her last willtestament establishing a Jewish home for the aged.
14: Final deed signed to buy the Wildwood property in Sewardk (purchase price, $22,500). Extensive remodeling begins; homens shortly thereafter with maximum capacity of seven.
07: Over $1.4 million bequest, $34 million in4 dollars, is established under the trusteeshipeattle Trust & Savings Bank and an advisory
rd with officers from Temple De Hirsch andLadiesHebrew Benevolent Society (todaysish Family Service).
From Seven to 2,000100 YEARS of THE KLINE GALLAND
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LeadingAge Washington's CEO
Deb Murphy and its Board of
Directors Chair Larry Foss,
congratulate Caroline Kline Galland
on celebrating and serving their
community for 100 years.
Over this century of caring,Kline Galland has touched the
lives of multiple generations of
older adults and truly made an
impressionable difference in the
Jewish community and beyond.
Few can claim such accolade,
we are proud to stand beside you!
Temple De Hirsch Sinai has been proud to supportKline Galland for the past 100 years.
We look forward to the next 100 years.
For more informa on about Temple De Hirsch Sinai,visit us at tdhs-nw.org or call us at 206-323-8486.
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Applications are available for Fiscal Year2016 Community Campaign grants from theJewish Federation of Greater Seattle.
Grant applications are due on Thursday,November 20, 2014. Grants will be
July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016.
Every year, the Jewish Federation awardsapproximately $2.5 million in CommunityCampaign grants for serving the Jewish
community in Seattle, Israel and worldwide.Grants are awarded to programs andprojects in four Impact Areas: BuildingJewish Community: Post Grade 12,Experiencing Judaism: Birth to Grade 12,Helping Our Local Community in Need, andStrengthening Global Jewry.
Each impact area has three or four Priority Areas. On grant applications, organizationsare asked to select which Priority Area best
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Ukraine Assistance Fund reopened
matches their program or project.
The applications review process isdriven by careful deliberation to ensure
the intentions of the Federationsgenerous donors and help the communityachieve its potential. Through Campaigngrants, the Jewish Federation fostersengagement, innovation and advocacyfor our community.
The Federations Planning and AllocationsCommittee works with subcommitteesfor each Impact Area to evaluate andscore grant applications. After reviewand correspondence with the applyingorganizations, the subcommittees sendrecommendations to the full committee.Upon approval by the Federations Board
announced in the late spring of 2015.
process, please visit jewishinseattle.org/ campaign-grants.
COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS
The Jewish Federations of North Americahas reopened its Ukraine AssistanceFund in light of the countrys volatilesituation and the continuing need toassist displaced Jews and Jews who haveremained behind in eastern Ukraines
The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattlesupports international partner agencies,including the Jewish Agency for Israel and
the American Jewish Joint DistributionCommittee, which are on the groundin Ukraine distributing food, medicine,housing assistance and other essentials,and are helping refugees in the countryto maintain connections to Jewish life.
For more information and a link to theUkraine Assistance Fund donationsite, please visit jewishinseattle.org/ ukraineupdate.
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Kline Galland at 100: Setting the direction for its second century JOEL MAGALNICKEditor, JTNews
Te day I walked into the Summit atFirst Hill to chat with Jeff Cohen, CEOo the Kline Galland and Affiliates Jewishsenior service organization, the atmo-sphere was nothing like the image o the
dank, inrm li e I had o the Kline Gal-lands rst days in an old armhouse inSeward Park. Te lobby bustled with res-idents, their visitors, and the occasionalcaregiver. As I sat with Cohen in the con-
erence room, we could hear in the back-ground two special guests: Members o theSeattle Opera who had come in that afer-noon to give a per ormance.
I thats the reality o the ew hundredwho live in the Summits 12-story tower,or a ew miles south at the Kline Gallandnursing acility in Seward Park, the realexpansion over the past decade or theJewish seniors organization has been notin physical structures, but in services rang-ing rom home care to pain managementto dying with dignity.
Its what Cohen and outgoing boardpresident Mark Kane call the continuumo care, and its what will keep Kline Gal-land relevant in the coming decades.
Being in a position to provide the levelo care to the elderly at all stages, romindependent living to hospice, or ull-scaled nursing, is wonder ul that all othat can happen in a Jewish environment,
Kane said.As the Kline Galland celebrates its
100th anniversary, Cohen sees his orga-nization as one thats on the vanguard ohelping seniors as they age, whether its on
his tur or theirs.Were trying to meet the commu-nitys needs in a different way not somuch with bricks and mortar, but withprograms that people want and need, andalso that the government is guiding pro- viders to provide, Cohen told J News. o survive in this very dynamic health-care environment, you need to change,and luckily weve had a board thats verysupportive and open and amenable to pro- viding change that the community wantsand needs.
Tis care or seniors across the spec-trum has resulted in an increase o serviceson multiple ronts in the past eight years: A doubling of the number of beds inthe transitional care unit, which providesshort-term rehabilitation or post-oper-ative seniors, making it the largest in thestate. Establishment of a palliative care unit,a home-based service that provides painmanagement care or the chronically ill. Creation of the only Jewish hospice ser - vice in the Northwest, offered in either othe Kline Gallands acilities or off-site.
A home-health agency that providesnursing care to make sure the quality ol-lows the patient home, Cohen said, whichapplies to about 95 percent o the patientsdischarged.
Expansion of the home-care program,where nurses aides help patients athome with bathing, dressing, medicationreminders and more.
All o these programs, Cohen said, grewrom the operating budget and are now
sel -sustaining.With the arrival o the Affordable Care
Act, known more amiliarly as Obamacare,Cohen said Kline Galland had already beenworking to build up what the act embraces:Giving appropriate care at the appropri-ate level or the appropriate cost, he said.
In particular, Cohen re erred to hos-pital readmissions, even i the readmis-sion has nothing to do with the originalailment.
Te hospitals going to be penalized,Cohen said. So the hospitals are really
ocused on partnering with places thatcould help prevent those readmissions andgive really good care afer they dischargethe patient.
Tese programs save hospitals and thestate or ederal government money, whichkeeps Kline Galland in the loop to con-tinue to provide its services. But with the
creation o these services came a changin mission: Kline Galland no longer serve just the Jewish community.
For one thing, its the law, accordingto Cohen. I you take Medicaid and Medcare dollars, you have to serve everybody.For another, to be able to scale these ser- vices, the Jewish community here is jusnot big enough to justi y the cost structure
[It] is wonder ul or us to be in thposition to provide those services with aJewish touch to the greater community,Kane said.
Te irony, however, is that with peoplecoming in or weeks instead o yeawere serving signicantly more o thJewish community than we ever havbe ore, Cohen said.
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If you go:A celebration of Kline Gallands 100thanniversary takes place Wed., Oct. 22
at 5:30 p.m. at Temple De Hirsch Sinai,1441 16th Ave., Seattle, and will honorlongtime benefactor Becky Benaroya.Registration costs $25. Contact 206-652-4444 or visit www.klinegalland.orgto RSVP.
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Painting the TorahEMILY K. ALHADEFFAssociate Editor, JTNews
How do you see orah?Tats the question Nancy Current and
Jeremy Alk will be asking upon the launcho their new class, Te Genesis o Creativ-ity: Using Visual Midrash to Capture the
Jewish Imagination.Its not exactly a new question. Bibli-cally inspired art is millennia old, and hascome to orm the popular imagination owhat Creation, the Flood, Jacobs ladder,the prophets, and even God look like.
But visual midrash and artist beitmidrash are airly new terms that re erto nding new artistic Biblical interpreta-tions, inspired by the collection o rabbinic
commentaries on the Bible. Originatingout o the Skirball Center in Manhattan,classes are concentrated in New York andNew Jersey, with one in Chicago. Inspiredto start a similar program out west, Cur-rent, a Seattle-based mixed-media artist,went to the East Coast to research thesmall but growing artistic movement.
It started by going to synagogue everyweek, said Current, who attends Eman-
uel Congregation in Seattles Wedgwoodneighborhood. Te poetry would jumpout and clobber me between the eyes.
She points to Psalm 97, which reads,Te Lord is King, the world will rejoice,
numerous islands will be glad.Numerous islands will be glad? sherecalls thinking. Whats that? I had this pic-ture in my head o joy ul islands.
Te inspiration led to a series o color-ul works on antique glass and LED panels.
Tat got her started on a whole new area oartistic exploration.
I dont know what happened, shesaid. It was a revelation.
Current then started exploring theCairo Genizah and grafing reproductionso ragments onto glass.
Tat got me so excited, she said. AllI could see was how things got transmit-ted, ldor vador [ rom generation to gen-eration].
Te class, which will take place at Con-gregation Beth Shalom, will consist o anartist beit midrash, where participants willstudy midrashic commentaries on Gen-esis. Students will create their interpre-tive works using whatever medium theychoose between classes.
You sit around sometimes and think,What is this thing about Jews and art?said Alk, an experienced Jewish educatorwith Congregation Beth Shalom who willbe leading the text study.
From ubal Cain to Bezalel, Teres alot in orah that talks about art, he said,not to mention the literary quality o thelanguage and the incorporation o art into
all aspects o Jewish li e.You can cover your challah with a
napkin, or you can cover it with a beauti-ul piece o cloth, he added. Tat makes
Jewish li e so interesting and beauti ul.
Alk plans to start with the Cain andAbel story, leading to Jacobs ladder andJosephs coat o many colors, amongothers rom Genesis. he beauty omidrash is expanding the text and playingwith a storys possibilities.
How was the tree in the Garden oEden eaten? Why was it eaten that way?
o give a background, they speculate orthey say, Tis is how it happened. Temidrashim give wider views o that event,Alk said. In the orah text theres a loto stuff about doing things in a particu-lar order. Art comes rom putting chaosinto order.
Alk said he expects painters to show uto the class, but all orms o art are welcom
Its just text study and making art, andyou can just do what you want, said Current
But its more than just exploring arand text.
Tere are a lot o people trying to ndnew ways to connect to their Judaism,said Alk. Its just ascinating.
If you go:The Genesis of Creativity begins Wed.,Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. at Congregation BethShalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.Class is limited to 15; please registerin advance. Price is $160 for membersand $240 for non-members. Classes areheld Wednesdays through December
10. For more information and to regis-ter visit www.bethshalomseattle.orgor contact Nancy Current [email protected].
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happened to be carriers o Canavan. Goldand her three siblings are unaffected, asis her older daughter, who has a differ-ent ather.
I both parents are carriers o the sameabnormal gene, their child has a 25 percentchance o being affected.
While the ramications o both parentscarrying the same abnormal gene can bedevastating, the chances o testing positiveas a carrier are low, said Steinberg, and therate o genetic diseases has decreased as aresult o a push to screen the Jewish com-munity. Steinberg imagines the day whenindividuals will be able to advertise onJDate which, i any, diseases they carry, toavoid dating the carriers o the same con-dition.
Just like people have the conversationabout S Ds, she said, Teyre dating:Tey should be talking about their carrierstatus. I people are open about it then itsnot stigmatized.
Afer the testing, which takes 30-40
minutes, participants will receive results inour to six weeks. Tose whose tests show
up with no abnormalities receive a letter;those who do have abnormalities will becalled and set up with a counselor.
Discovering that you and your partnerare carriers o the same abnormality is notthe end o the world.
According to Debby Hirshman, theJewish community outreach representa-
tive or Progenity who helped to organizethe Seattle screening, You have manyoptions to have healthy babies, such asin vitro ertilization that tests the embryosbe ore implantation.
I I was already screened or Cana- van, it would not prevent me rom havingIsaac, said Gold. But, she adds, I hopemy story will help everyone to becomeaware o how important genetic screen-ing is to make the best choices about plan-ning a amily and becoming aware o raregenetic diseases like Canavan.
For more information, or if youre a doctorwho would like to get involved, contact DebbyHirshman at [email protected].
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