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The governor was an anti-Semite Page 5 Love among the generations Page 13 Foreground Photos: Meryl Alcabes Where to pray for the holidays Page 18 Background Photo: Emily K. Alhadeff september 5, 2014 n 10 elul 5774 n volume 90, no. 19 n www.jewishsound.org 2 M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe JTNews n www.jewishsound.org n friday, september 5, 2014 Fellowship and education

Diana Brement JTNews Columnist Naomi Weiss Newman doesn’t like Naomi and Jon even toured technological advancements, belonged to a large synagogue, and attended to play favorites, but the consum- the school on their honey- including in robotics. Israel’s a high school with a significant Jewish pop- 1mate volunteer for so many Jewish moon. Iron Dome defense system was ulation. organizations in the Seattle area admits to The June 15 ceremony developed at the school, “sad, but “I was always a soft spot for Technion, the Israel Insti- “was amazing,” Naomi true,” notes Naomi. “Sad that we involved in the tute of Technology. says, “more than I even need it, but outstanding that...it Jewish commu- Fifteen expected.” Each fellow has saved so many lives.” nity,” she notes. years ago, she stood as his or her accom- And “always liked was the driving plishments were recited. Debra Siroka had freshly school, learning force behind Some extra excitement was arrived in the area when about education. the formation added because “we needed Shlomo Shoham 2I spoke to her in early My love of Juda- of Technion’s to be on a plane on the Professor Peretz Lavie, President August — moving to Issaquah ism and my love Courtesy TBT Northwest 16th so I could be back on of the Technion-Israel Institute of from the Midwest to become the of education fit Debra Siroka, Temple B’nai chapter. Now the 17th for my father’s Technology, confers an honorary new director of lifelong learn- in this field.” Torah’s new director of they, in turn, 100th birthday,” she says. fellowship on Naomi Weiss ing at Temple B’nai Torah in Thus, it “sort of lifelong learning. have granted Technion exempli- Newman during the awards Bellevue. With her two teenage made sense” to become a Jewish educator. her an honor- fies Israel, historic and ceremony at the Technion’s Haifa children at camp, she and her The trajectory wasn’t completely straight. M.O.T. ary fellowship. modern, says Naomi, who campus on June 15. husband had already made time She entered college as a musical theater Member of She traveled to is also a graduate of their to go hiking a couple of times. major, transferred a few times for different Israel in June leadership development program (a “boiled She hopes to have time soon to explore Seat- reasons, and then went to Israel for a year. the Tribe with husband down MBA,” she says). “I could not be tle’s arts offerings, too. Jon and twin prouder,” she continues, of its medical and Debra grew up in suburban Minneapolis, XXPage 10 girls to be one of 10 people from around the world who received fellowships “for contributions to Technion and for the betterment of the organization,” she explains. Among the honorees was Alan Dershowitz. Top Five Reasons to Attend Kickoff Technion’s and Israel’s histories are inex- tricably linked, says Naomi, who has been 1 You’ll come away energized by your impact on the community. president of the Northwest chapter for five years. Founded in Haifa in 1912, the school, its students and graduates were instrumen- 2 You’ll be able to kibbitz with your friends. tal in building the infrastructure of the future Jewish state. The fellowship brings Naomi 3 You’ll have a great kosher meal with community movers and shakers. “full circle, because my father served in the Haganah,” she says. “He was there when [Israel] became a state.” Her mother, a con- 4 Your bubbe will be proud of you. centration camp survivor, met her dad just after the war. 5 You’ll leave thinking, “I didn’t know the Federation did that!” With her interest generated by her late mother’s multiple sclerosis, Naomi sought to support both Israel and neurology Sunday, September 14, 2014 • Sheraton Seattle research relating to the disease. Technion is THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. Co-Chairs: Melissa & Zane Brown “responsible for patents and breakthrough OF GREATER SEATTLE THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. treatments,” she says, particularly “melding Register at jewishinseattle.org/kickoff or by calling (206) 774-2246 technology and neuro research together.” Wishing you a Happy and Healthy Rosh Hashanah! Check out our expanded organic selection.

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Spanish clothing chain Zara had to clear some of its shelves worldwide late last month, Rabbi’s Turn: Coming together during a crisis 5 including in Israel, after receiving strong criticism for marketing a shirt with black and Rabbi Harry Zeitlin writes that in times such as the explosive summer just passed, we as Jews need white stripes with a six-pointed yellow star on the chest. Though the star had the word to be mindful of our wholeness. Sheriff running across it, the effect looked much more like the uniform Jews in Nazi con- centration camp were forced to wear. The intended effect, according to the chain, “was The governor was an anti-Semite 5 meant to resemble a shirt from ‘classic American Westerns.’” The company immediately A chance finding in one of our state’s libraries shows that John R. Rogers, whose legacy includes apologized, though it said the design would be “exterminated” in its Hebrew version. setting the course for our children’s education today, was a virulent anti-Semite. What to do about this Source: Bloomberg News revelation?

The University of Illinois rescinded a job offer to a professor fors tweets criticizing Israel’s Protesters block traffic, not much else 6 actions in Gaza. Shortly after three Israeli boys were kidnapped and killed in June, Steven A much-publicized effort to block dock workers from unloading a cargo ship from Israel at ports in both Salaita, who was set to begin a tenured position, tweeted “You may be too refined to say it, Tacoma and Seattle resulted in a small traffic backup, but workers unloaded the ship on schedule. but I’m not: I wish all the (expletive) West Bank settlers would go missing.” His supporters have said the university violated his freedom of speech and academic freedom, which SHA’s new principal and curriculum 7 allows professors to teach or post controversial views without fear of losing their jobs. A new principal at the Seattle Hebrew Academy is helping to implement the school’s plan to integrate Others have said his posts crossed a line and that academic freedom didn’t apply because its Judaic and general studies. he had not yet started the job. Source: Haaretz The sun comes out for Jewish music 8 Though rain threatened, the skies cleared up for an afternoon of Jewish music that drew in concert- Israel held its first annual redhead conference on August 28, an event initiated and orga- goers from across the community and the Northwest. nized by Ofri Moshe, a 9-year-old girl who was inspired after hearing about the famous conference for redheads in the Netherlands. While nearly a thousand people registered Setting trends from Seattle 10 for the conference on Facebook, the limit was 200. It was held at Kibbutz Gezer – “gezer” The American Jewish Committee’s new regional director hopes to help set the tone for advocacy for means “carrot.” the agency worldwide. Source: Haaretz Kosher hogs 11 Phil Robertson of the hit A&E series “Duck Dynasty,” who was suspended earlier this Seattle’s local Jewish motorcycle club made its annual pilgrimage to Seward Park for a barbecue with year for making homophobic comments in a magazine article, is now on a mission to con- Jews with disabilities, stopping in at the Kline Galland on the way. vert Jews to Christianity. On Nov. 1, Robertson and his son will take part in an event in Dallas titled “A Tale of Two Ducks,” with tickets ranging from $100 to $10,000. The event Northwest Jewish Seniors Section is organized by the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute, an organization that aims to “bring Talking love 13 Jewish people into a personal relationship of faith with Yeshua the Messiah, knowing their On the holiday of Tu B’Av, the Jewish day of love, young couples and senior couples came together to acceptance will eventually mean life from the dead.” talk about relationships. Source: Tablet Magazine — Boris Kurbanov The presidential peace wind-down 15 Given the conflagration of world tensions and the waning days of his presidency, is President Obama giving up on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process? Correction In the article about the Kids4Peace camp (“In a summer of war, a group of kids works But if he’d listened 16 toward peace,” Aug. 22), Sarah Rose Shuer’s name was misspelled and her home city was Local professor Joel Migdal’s recently released book may have had some prescriptive ideas for noted as Redmond, not Kirkland. JTNews regrets the error. making that peace occur.

Preparing for the High Holidays 18 With the High Holidays nearly upon us, if you’re looking for a place to pray we’ve got services across the state.

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#JFSsort • jfsseattle.org friday, september 5, 2014 n www.jewishsound.org n JTNews opinion 5 the rabbi’s turn 5775 minus one: No limits The governor was an anti-Semite

Rabbi Harry Zeitlin Congregation Beth Ha’Ari Russell Lidman Special to JTNews You don’t need a rabbi to ably look out for their constit- Governor John R. Rogers offered is ‘Europe wants our let you know which way the uencies, they rarely leave their enjoys a prominent place Gold.’ And because Europe — wind blows — the world is in own neighborhoods to join the in this state. Schools are or the Jewish Money Lords of crisis. Massacres in Syria and larger Jewish community in named after him in Seattle, the world — can thus interfere Iraq and Nigeria and Mali, social issues. Spokane, Olympia and else- in American trade and take regional wars between Russia There is little, if any, daylight where around the state. His from the American laborer and Ukraine, renewed race between the concepts of “olam statue is located in Sylvester his opportunity to labor and riots in the United States, haba/Mashiach” and “a just Park in downtown Olym- reduce the value of Ameri- much of the world economy world”; they’re different socio- pia, in front of the Office of can property is reason enough stuck in the doldrums, and a logical labels for the same ideal. the Superintendent of Public for the establishment of an collapsing EU. And Israel’s almost con- This goal, in terms of our human contri- Instruction building. American system, not depen- stant battle for survival against terrorists, bution to it, is beyond any single-pronged Governor John R. Rogers dent upon the Jews of either this time calling themselves Hamas. approach. We both need to create a just was a noted Washington History London or New York.” With so many urgent crises, this is no society and also to bring an abstract and State populist. He was the John R. Rogers, Washington This quote is mild com- time to don blinders and willfully refuse intangible holiness, “kedushah,” to the state’s third governor, serv- State governor from 1897 pared to his expression of hos- to see our challenges, our abilities, and world. Additionally, this highest level of ing from 1897 through his to 1901. tility elsewhere in this same our duties. human evolution, at least as it specifically death in 1901. Carved in his volume. God created an astonishingly com- applies to the Jewish people, requires that statue in Olympia’s Sylvester Park is this “At the present time the people of plex world as well as astonishingly com- each of us (or, at least, a critical mass of us) quote: “I would make it impossible for the the United States confront a world-wide plex and capable creatures to partner with reaches it individually. covetous and avaricious to utterly impov- and world-long evil of far greater mag- Him. Human beings are created “B’tzelem “Kol Yisrael arevim zeh l’zeh” (Talmud erish the poor. The rich can take care of nitude that chattel slavery was — the pri- Elohim” (in God’s image), so if God is Shavuot 39a), the fate of all Jews, is inter- themselves.” His legacy is the “Barefoot vate monopoly of money.… [I]ts sleek “Kol Yachol” (capable of all, omnipo- twined, is embedded into the fundamen- School Boy Act.” This was the basis of the and prosperous agents stand high in every tent), we have no business placing artifi- tal structure of reality. In other words, state’s funding of public education, reliev- community, occupying — as of yore — cial limits on ourselves. (Of course, we are none of us gets there until we all get there ing localities of a burden many could not the highest seats in our synagogues. That “b’tzelem,” in the image of and not actu- together — “Leave no Jew behind,” as it support. Its aim was to guarantee funding vague, yet potent force, ‘good society,’ is ally God; but while we are limited, most of were. for an adequate education for children in controlled by it, legislation has listened us, both individually and institutionally, One of the greatest challenges facing even the state’s poorest areas. To this day, painfully for its lightest whisper, the bar, inflate these limits and then retract them our people today is that those of us who this act is cited by advocates when they the bench and pulpit have become…mere to the point that we become ineffectual.) focus on Torah and mitzvot too often dis- express concern about the state’s declin- minions, registering Mammon’s decree.” Ultimately, we will never “absolutely miss Jews whose focus is “a just society,” ing level of funding of public education. Does John R. Rogers deserve a prom- know” why we were created or even why and those Jews dismiss the ones whose The populists anticipated the “Occupy” inent place in Olympia’s Sylvester Park? the universe was created, but our Torah main focus is traditional “Torah and mitz- movement by over a century, with their Does his revolting anti-Semitism of over does inform us that, relative to “olam,” vot” observance. Additionally, we cannot focus on the impacts on the typical Amer- 120 years ago negate the importance of the universe, our job is to “partner” with (and never have been able to) dismiss or ican farmer and worker of Wall Street his legislative accomplishment? Surely the Creator to bring Creation to its full- take for granted the survival of Israel and and of other domestic and foreign “rich” he deserves some acknowledgment for est. All mankind is mandated to be kind of the Jewish People (which are identi- people. his legislative achievements, which have to all living creatures, to seek justice and cal). Those who focus on the political, mil- John R. Rogers focused his attention on had a significant impact on state fund- to live morally — these are the seven itary and diplomatic approaches to this a particular group that in his view brought ing of public education. However, Gover- Noahide mitzvot which bring one to the cannot ignore the other two priorities, and about the first U.S. great depression of the nor Rogers’ anti-Semitism in my view has threshold of humanness and civilization. those focusing on halachic or social issues 1890s: Jews. been too long overlooked. As Jews we’re also given the unique “tool” cannot turn away from Israel, especially Here was the cause of the economic Look at the Rogers biography on Wiki- of Torah, which contains the additional when she is under attack. While each of distress, in his 1892 book “The Irrepress- pedia as an example. There is no mention 606 mitzvot, completing the 613, which, us will migrate to our strength, we need ible Conflict.” of him as an anti-Semite. Go back to the we’re taught, perform the essential spiri- to incorporate the other considerations as “As I write, a daily paper of today lies first biography of the state’s governors, tual functions (beyond merely “causing well into our efforts. on the desk. At the head of one the col- “Governors of Washington: Territorial no harm”) that fully develop our world The genius of Judaism is that it reveals umns I see a big ‘scare head’ which reads and State,” written by University of Wash- and ourselves. reality as infinitely dimensional, and it in startling letters MORE GOLD MAY ington professor Edmond Meany in 1915, The mandate of what has come to be gives us tools to work with all this beauti- GO. Thus the people who deal in money and no mention of Rogers’s anti-Semitism called “social justice” is just as incum- ful complexity. are warned from Europe that the money appears there. bent on the entire Jewish people as is our Talmud, rather than merely generating market is to be made closer and tighter. What to do about the essentially unac- engagement with Torah and mitzvot, and The Rules (halachah) or relating folk-cul- Gold is shipped to Europe and the ability knowledged anti-Semitism of one of the while each of us must specialize, none of ture (aggadatah), trains us in techniques of our people to buy and sell, or exchange seeming heroes of our state’s early years? us can opt out of any of it. Contempo- to experience, analyze and process both labor and the products of labor is to be I have been mulling this over for a couple rarily, you rarely see a serious, mature empirically and intuitively, directly and still further reduced by making all money emphasis on mitzvah observance (which by inference, associatively, individually, scarcer and harder to get. The excuse XXPage 15 includes studying the mitzvot and their collectively, as well as in other parame- underlying logic, and not merely blind ters, all at the same time. As we refine our compliance or blind opposition) in pro- individual practice and experience of our WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! You may submit your gressive Jewish communities and institu- Jewish tradition, we both see the world as letters to [email protected]. Please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. Letters tions. increasingly rich and ourselves as increas- guidelines can be found at www.jewishsound.org/letters-guidelines. The deadline for the next Likewise, while many Orthodox com- ingly capable. issue is September 9. Future deadlines may be found online. munities, committed to traditional Torah The opinions of our columnists and advertisers do not necessarily reflect the views of JTNews study and mitzvah observance, commend- XXPage 6 or the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

“In the morning they learn about Greeks — how great the Greeks are. In the afternoon they learn about Hanukkah and how horrible the Greeks are. Well, which one is it?” — Rivy Poupko Kletenik, head of school at Seattle Hebrew Academy, about the school’s new combined curriculum. 6 Community news JTNews n www.jewishsound.org n friday, september 5, 2014

Port protesters block nothing but traffic

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent Chanting “Long live Palestine” and “It’s a “Free, Free, Palestine” underscored by a cowardly mobile sound system playing a booming tactic,” said pro-Palestinian political mixtape, nearly David, “and 150 marchers came to Terminal 18 at the it hurt mer- Spokane Street Fishing Area in Seattle on chants, August 25 to stop longshoremen from exporters, reporting for their shifts and unloading truck drivers, the ZIM Chicago, an international Israeli gas station vessel that had been delayed, but not owners, and thwarted, from delivering its cargo to the warehouse Port of Oakland in California the previ- workers.” ous week. Protesters “The ports, the police, the city, the tried to block Janis siegel mayor, and the governor’s office — the Chicago A line of cars attempting to travel to Harbor Island awaits the protesters to clear the street. nobody supported the action,” Andy when it arrived David, Israel’s consul general for the at the Port of Tacoma on Aug. 23, but usual,” Nada Elia, one of the organizers of 2003 protest in Gaza, came to Seattle to Pacific Northwest in San Francisco, told workers bypassed the crowd and unloaded Block the Boat told JTNews. Elia said the support Block the Boat. JTNews. “They are hurting a lot of Ameri- it from another location, surprising the crowd was a coalition of pro-Palestinian Corrie said their pro-Palestinian move- cans and merchants.” protesters. groups, including Jewish Voice for Peace, ment would like to enlist more support According to David, two ships arrived In Seattle on Aug. 25, Block the Boat and national boycott, divest, and sanction from the unions. on the day of the “Block the Boat” protest only succeeded in blocking the public supporters in Seattle. “We want to prevent “I think there needs to be an expense to in Oakland. One was unloaded. However, roadway adjacent to the terminal, imped- the workers from coming to their shift. Israel,” he said. “Just like in South Africa, the Israeli ship wasn’t until day four of the ing cargo-filled trucks and mothers with We are in solidarity with Gaza because it this has gone too far. The U.S. and Israel delay and there was damage to furniture, their kids from driving through. is under an illegal blockade and cannot use are becoming more isolated.” coffee, chemicals, and other cargo, he said. Protesters also blocked the three vehi- its ports.” One protester was arrested and was He lays the blame squarely at the feet cle entrances to the dock, restrained by a Elia said she had hoped to galvanize a bailed out later that evening. of that city’s local International Longshore formidable and mobile Seattle police pres- showing of 300 activists — the number she Jonathan Sword, 39, of Seattle, said he and Warehouse Union. ence that followed the moving crowd on said the group tallied in Tacoma two days rejects the use of anti-Semitic and anti- “The ILWU was cooperating with the bikes, in cars and in SUVs. before, but a Block the Boat press release police overtones often found in these protesters, and there’s enough proof of “Workers reported for work and all of reported the number to be closer to 150. kinds of protests, but agrees with their that,” David said. “The local branch issued the cargo that was going to be handled was Ed Mast, another protest organizer and political aims. a statement saying it was not safe for the handled,” Peter McGraw, the support and an activist in the Seattle Mideast Aware- “It’s complicated, but I don’t think workers to go past the line. They were real estate supervisor for the Port of Seat- ness Campaign, the organization respon- Israel is going to do this much longer,” offered to be bused in, but they refused. tle told JTNews. “They arrived and left on sible for placing ads on billboards and said Sword. “It can’t go on like this.” When they were unloading, they took schedule.” Metro buses that call for the U.S. to pull its Though blatantly anti-Semitic signs lunch breaks and didn’t come back.” McGraw said that port police were not aid to Israel, kept the protesters moving had been spotted at protests at Westlake David said the Teamster’s Union involved in this action and that no Port of and motivated as they faced down police Plaza in downtown Seattle throughout issued its own press release condemning Seattle property was trespassed. along their path and at their destinations. the summer, the Block the Boat website the protest. “In cases like this, we work with our “Any delay works because it’s about stated explicitly that no such signs would Local and national leaders fear that partner law enforcement agencies and sending the message,” said Mast, who also be tolerated at these protests and none future disruption at the Port would result that includes the Seattle Police Depart- said he believed the action by the crowd appeared. in job losses and devastation for small ment,” he said. accomplished its goals. businesses already experiencing financial Still, organizers claimed victory. Craig and Cindy Corrie of Olympia, hardship. “Our goal is to prevent business as the parents of Rachel Corrie, who died in a

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Thinking strategically, SHA hires principal to move school forward

Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews This fall the Seattle Hebrew Academy brain are talking to each other.” to anything when the job with SHA came terms of what I was looking for and what welcomes Rabbi Daniel Loew to its fac- As principal, Loew will be the “central around. He said they’ve been warmly wel- SHA was looking for,” he said. “This just ulty as principal, a new position created address” for all teachers in the K-8 pro- comed into the community and feel privi- seemed to be the place where God wanted to bridge the school’s Judaic and general gram. leged to be here. us.” studies. “As a Modern Orthodox school, the “Things just sort of fell into place in Loew comes to the Modern Ortho- Torah informs our lives, and faithfulness dox, dual-curriculum, early childhood-8th to our tradition is absolutely paramount,” grade day school from the Hebrew High said Loew. “At the same time, that leaves Obama administration calls on Israel School of New England, where he had been so much opportunity and room for learn- head of school since 2005. ing other disciplines.” to reverse land appropriation Loew’s appointment follows SHA’s new “This is big news,” said Kletenik. “I strategic plan, which seeks to achieve aca- don’t know of other schools that have this WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Obama and convert it to state land. demic excellence, optimize enrollment, structure.” administration formally called on Israel to Centrist ministers in Prime Minister create a more sustainable financial model, Jewish day schools across the country reverse its appropriation of West Bank land Benjamin Netanyahu’s government have and to expand the school’s role in the struggle with the financial burden placed for settlement building, saying it was coun- opposed the appropriation, saying it would Modern Orthodox community. on families, retaining teachers who could terproductive to peace efforts. damage peace efforts. “We are very determined to be the earn more in the public school system, “We are deeply concerned about the dec- “Yesterday’s announcement, which epicenter of Modern Orthodoxy,” SHA and keeping educational standards top- laration of a large area as ‘state land’ to be wasn’t brought to the Cabinet, regarding head of school Rivy Poupko Kletenik told notch. SHA’s strategic plan seems to be used for expanded settlement building,” said 900 acres of land for building in Gush Etzion JTNews. “We want to see ourselves having tackling this trifecta of issues by improving the statement Tuesday from Jen Psaki, the harms the State of Israel,” Finance Minister a role in the community at large.” the financial model, educational approach, State Department spokeswoman. Yair Lapid said Monday while addressing a One aspect of achieving this goal is to and community relationships. “We have long made clear our opposi- conference organized by Calcalist, an Israeli better bridge “Torah u’madah,” or Jewish “People will recognize the value of this tion to continued settlement activity,” Psaki business publication. studies and general studies. education and continue to invest in it,” said said. “We call on the Government of Israel to “We are after a military operation and “The more that we can do to bring the Kletenik. reverse this decision.” facing a complex diplomatic reality,” said two departments closer together, the more Raising the quality of the education at While U.S. governments have expressed Lapid, referring to the aftermath of Isra- learning will happen in the classroom,” his previous institution is something Loew concern about settlement activity in the past, el’s most recent conflict with Hamas in the Kletenik said. “What has been troubling feels proud of. direct and public calls for Israel’s government Gaza Strip. “Maintaining the support of the me for several years is the separation of “The faculty in the classrooms [is] the to reverse a decision are rare. world was already challenging, so why was departments. In the morning they learn front line,” said Loew. “I’ve been really The Israel Defense Forces Civil Admin- it so urgent to create another crisis with the about Greeks — how great the Greeks are. pleased to work with the faculty at SHA. istration on Sunday said it would appropri- United States and the world?” In the afternoon they learn about Hanuk- They seem really passionate and dedicated ate nearly 1,000 acres in the Gush Etzion bloc —JTA World News Service kah and how horrible the Greeks are. Well, and professional. That’s really where the which one is it?” success of the school lies: To empower the Students end up compartmentalizing faculty to do what they do best.” their brains the same way their days are Loew and his wife, Chanie, moved here NUCLEAR IRAN: compartmentalized, Kletenik said. from Hartford, Conn. with their five chil- “We don’t want that for our kids,” she dren — four boys in 9th grade and under, continued. “We need a synthesized self. and a 3-year-old girl. Feeling it was time BEYOND the B MB We need someone whose two parts of their for a change, Loew says they were open With the rise of Hamas in Gaza, ISIS in Iraq, a civil war in Syria, join others to hear from Michael Singh, an expert on Iran, as he discusses these regional threats under the shadow of Iran’s nuclear program.

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A scattered community Refuse on Principle by Mike Selinker united by SPARK

Dikla Tuchman JTNews Correspondent

Moshav performs for a relaxed audience at Seward Park. Emily K. Alhadeff

On Sunday, August 31, South Seattle’s Festival organizer Adam Simon said they newly formed Eruv Cooperative hosted were hoping for 200 to 500 attendees, and SPARK, an outdoor Jewish music festival he was pleased to report the festival saw in Seward Park. about 450 attendees, with a range of ages Hundreds of community members and Jewish backgrounds. “It is always easier to fi ght for one’s principles than to live up to them,” psychotherapist Alfred and Jewish music appreciators piled into Games, bouncy houses, hamster balls, Adler wrote, It’s fairly easy to do something you want to do that matches your beliefs, but giving Seward Park Amphitheater to enjoy art- face painting, arts and crafts, and ice up something you want because your beliefs forbid it is another matter entirely. Here are fi ve ists like singer-songwriter Ari Lesser, local examples of some impressively principled refusals. Seattle-based recording artist Nissim, and headlining popular Israeli-American rock ACROSS DOWN band, Moshav. 1 Its motto is “Because freedom can’t protect 1 Actor Vigoda itself” 2 Whitefi sh With the holiday weekend and threat 5 Owned 3 “I am the ___!” (Judge Dredd) of rain on Sunday, SPARK organizers were 8 Thing on the radar 4 Employment unsure what the turnout would look like. 12 Trumpet 5 Family of Reagan’s fi rst Secretary of State 14 Miami county 6 How Henri says 67-Across 15 Hand, in Jalisco 7 Got a plane ready at McMurdo Station, 16 He gave up the British throne so he could probably marry Wallis Simpson 8 College QB, perhaps 18 The Andy Griffi th Show character 9 Opulent position 19 He refused an Oscar because he thought the 10 Starting Academy was corrupt 11 Passé term for a female author 21 Invisible 13 Stuck like a cat, perhaps Dikla Tuchman 24 Birdhouse substance 14 Device that lets you view shows airing at the 25 Medieval interjection same time 26 Manhattan sch. 17 Disneyland duck 27 Apply gently 20 Workers 29 Prime time soap that had a 21-year hiatus 21 German connector between seasons 22 Bill the Science Guy 31 Side of a ledger 23 What a YouTube celebrity wants more of 33 Conservative pol Trent 28 ___ II Men 36 Illegal moves 30 Laze around 37 He stepped away from a World Series start 32 Actress Reid because it was on Yom Kippur 34 Boxing result 40 Time-saving computer command 35 Singer Amos 42 Longtime Seahawks QB Jim 38 All-Star shortstop Garciaparra 43 Apple named for a Japanese mountain 39 No longer together 46 Star Wars director J.J. 40 Paving material made from tar and broken 48 Dictator Amin stones 50 Type of rodent 41 Skill 51 DX/V 44 Canner’s creation 52 Super-long time 45 Gemstone ending 55 “Sure, that’s fi ne” 47 Compromise 57 He declined a knighthood because he 49 Some furniture stores disliked snobbery 53 “Architecture is the art ___ to waste space” 60 Regimen (Philip Johnson) 61 They refused to play segregated stadiums in 54 Golfer Cheyenne Woods, to Tiger the South 56 Program components 65 Razor brand 58 State of Paris 66 “Livin’ La Vida ___” 59 Org. that left Seattle in 2008 67 “Ciao!” 62 Permit 68 Classic puzzle game 63 Facial feature 69 Sheep’s mom 64 Used 63-Downs 70 Obsess about a slight

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Looking for an engaging synagogue?

Sara Simon

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New AJC director wants change to start in Seattle

Dan Aznoff JTNews Correspondent The recently named regional director of issues that include the rise of anti-Semitism the regional AJC board. Steiner said she a position to become a leader in the fight the American Jewish Committee in Seattle in Europe, terrorism, and the possibility of was motivated to extend an offer to Pinks- to protect and support Jewish interests in will need cooperation from the Chamber a nuclear Iran, as well as advocacy for Israel. feld during her initial interview. Asia, in Europe and in Israel,” she said. of Commerce and the tourism bureau to “These are the same atrocities of the “The AJC board wanted to distance our- Before accepting her new role as regional implement the changes she hopes to bring Middle Ages repeating themselves right selves from the Jewish Film Festival and get director for the AJC, Pinksfeld served as to the advocacy organization. now in Europe,” she said. “The only thing back to our mission of advocacy for Israel the leadership management director for Texas native Lila Pinksfeld took on the experts can all agree on is that education and Jews around the world,” Steiner said. AIPAC in Houston and Seattle. She was the leadership role in the is our best weapon against “Lila is the right person to respond to the responsible for educating the communi- regional office in late July after ignorance.” shifting threats against Jews around the ties about the lobbying process and how it a nationwide search to replace Her plan to secure the world.” impacts the U.S.-Israel relationship. Wendy Rosen, who left late safety of Israeli citizens and The board president witnessed the In the three years between her two last year. Pinksfeld’s goal is Jews around the world begins renewed mistrust of Jews all across Europe assignments for AIPAC, the NYU graduate to make Seattle an example of with opening an interfaith during a recent trip to Paris and Belgium. lived on a kibbutz in Northern Israel, where cooperation to diplomats and dialog with members of the According to an update released by the AJC she assisted the resource development government officials. Christian and Muslim com- in August, the organization has bolstered department at Kinneret College to intro- “We need to increase the munities. its presence in European cities to monitor duce itself to the English speaking world. knowledge of what’s hap- “The regional offices the situation as it develops. Pinksfeld’s development experience pening locally and nation- cannot turn on a dime, but Steiner added that the AJC has also began at the Hillel at Tulane University in ally,” said Pinksfeld. “That will we can make a good start established an office in Kiev to respond to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She require support and collabora- Lila Pinksfeld right here in Seattle as an both Jewish and humanitarian needs in the participated in the first birthright trip to tion from leaders in the busi- example of what is possible,” Ukraine. Israel in 2000, which inspired her to earn ness community who understand the issues said Pinksfeld. “We want Seattle to become Pinksfeld explained that the AJC needs her undergraduate degree in Middle East- and know the truth.” a shining example to political and religious to develop partnerships between parlia- ern studies and a master’s in history from Pinksfeld described the nationwide AJC leaders of the walls that can be torn down ments in Europe and government officials Haifa University. organization and the Seattle chapter as through communications and education.” in the U.S. to support the critical needs of Lila’s husband was a member of the IDF being in a state of transition. She explained The ambitious goals laid out by Pinks- Jews. when they met while waiting together at a the organization has been an advocate for feld made her the obvious choice to fill “The geographic position of Seattle and bus station. The couple has two young chil- civil rights and immigration issues since the executive director position in Seattle, the base of industry in our community — dren, ages 3 and 6, and belongs to Congre- 1906, but has needed to readjust its focus on according to Carlyn Steiner, president of high-tech, aerospace — puts our region in gation Beth Shalom in Seattle.

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Back in the U.S., she arrived at the Univer- tor of congregational learning at Temple She sees “nothing but opportunity” ton State (NAMI-WA) which improves sity of Cincinnati where, she says, “I liter- Beth-El in South Bend, Ind. She is also at B’nai Torah, which has experienced the quality of life for all those affected by ally threw down my transcript in front of the educational consultant for the Amer- numerous staff changes recently, calling it mental illness through advocacy, educa- the registrar and said, ‘Find me the quick- ican Jewish Archives, which maintains “the central location for all things education and support. NAMI supports 22 affil- est way out.’” the largest collection of primary doc- tional in the suburban Bellevue area.” iates in the state. She also tells us that she The registrar’s response: Judaic stud- uments on American Jewish history and former state representative Laura ies. After completing that degree, Debra (www.americanjewisharchives.org). Short takes: Lauren Simonds, Ruderman have joined the board of also earned a M.Ed. at the University of She takes source materials from the former executive director of the the American Association of University Cincinnati. archives and develops curriculum outlines 3local chapter of National Council Women (AAUW) — Laura with AAUW Debra served as director of Jewish for teachers. of Jewish Women, reports she is now the Redmond/Kirkland, and Lauren on the learning at Temple Beth-El in Hillsbor- “It’s a fabulous website,” she says, and executive director of the National Asso- state board as the public policy co-chair. ough, N.J. for 10 years and then direc- “I’m kind of a history nerd.” ciation on Mental Illness for Washing-

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Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews You might expect to sponsor for Seattle Area Jews Tribe it was like this camara- see a line of motorcycles with Disabilities, a program derie,” said Coe. “It’s special parked outside a dive bar, of Jewish Family Service. This because we’re all Jews, and we but lined up outside a was the first time they had vis- all ride motorcycles. It’s pretty Jewish nursing facility — ited Kline Galland as a group. cool.” you might do a double take. The idea came from two Tribe According to the Jewish That was the scene on members who have parents Motorcycle Alliance, “The the sunny Sunday morn- living there. common thread is our religion; ing of August 24, when the Tribe, Seattle’s Rosie Coe, the only female rider that day, however membership or admit- Jewish motorcycle club, pulled up to the visited with her mother, Perla Schneider. tance to our member clubs is Kline Galland Home. “Mom, were you afraid when I started not dictated by faith or brand About 14 members of the Tribe spent riding motorcycles?” Coe asked her mother. of motorcycle: riders of any two hours chatting with elderly residents “I thought you were in good hands,” denomination or brand of bike over coffee and donuts before riding down Schneider responded, referring to Coe’s are welcome.” Clubs around the to Seward Park for the annual picnic they fiancé, Bruce Lobree, who got her into the country go by names like Chai hobby. Riders, Hillel’s Angels, Shalom Lobree’s leather riding vest n’ Chrome, and the Rebbe’s is covered in patches. One is a Riders. yellow star with “never again” The group consists of all written across it. Another is a types of Jews, from the very Star of David that says “proud involved to the unaffiliated. Jewish biker.” And of course, in “Some people say we’re an the center of his back is his own eating club with a riding habit,” club’s patch, a Star of David in said Myles Kahn, a rider and flames, above it a Torah scroll the vice president of Temple De unfurled that reads “The Tribe.” Hirsch Sinai. “We all get along “When I heard about the and we all have a common background.” Jeff Kay, the unofficial Photos by Emily K. Alhadeff Russ Katz, Realtor leader, looks like a tough guy, Windermere Real Estate/Wall St. Inc. but he has a soft spot for organizing Jewish Jews together around a shared interest,” he 206-284-7327 (Direct) community. said. “This is one of them.” www.russellkatz.com “I’m a very firm believer in bringing

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Pay attention: A simple discovery Enjoying our tool for ADHD Janis Siegel JTNews Columnist Israeli researchers from Tel the microsaccade rate were fully present? Aviv University, the Univer- normalized to the control level, sity of Haifa and the Gold- regardless of the time interval schleger Eye Research Institute within trials. We suggest that Help us preserve our past! at Sheba Medical Center, Tel ADHD subjects fail to main- Hashomer, found what they’ve tain sufficient levels of arousal called a “foolproof” method during a simple and prolonged of diagnosing children with task, which limits their ability Attention Deficit Hyperactiv- to dynamically allocate atten- ity Disorder. Given ADHD’s tion while anticipating visual uncodified set of symptoms, its stimuli. This impairment nor- unknown causes, and the many israel: malizes with medication and side effects of the metham- To Your its oculomotor quantification phetamine-based drugs used Health could potentially be used for to treat children who are diag- differential diagnosis.” nosed with it, according to the National According to the U.S. Centers for Disease We’ve currently got about 20 of our 90 years Institutes of Health, it would be more than Control and Prevention, 11 percent of chil- of Jewish Transcript newspapers archived worthwhile for parents to direct their atten- dren between 4 and 17 years old were diag- online, and we want to keep going. tion to the results of this newly published nosed with ADHD in 2011. That’s nearly 6 study, which simply observes a sufferer’s million children in 2014 population figures. micro-sized eye movements. However, the U.S. National Institute of But we need your help! Although the study, published by Dr. Drug Abuse has expressed concerns about Moshe Fried from TAU’s Sackler Faculty of serious concurrent side effects and long- Medicine in the May 2014 issue of the jour- term effects in the brains of those taking To complete the process, it’s up to you to make our nal “Vision Research,” recommended using methamphetamines. The drugs can also Jewish community’s story accessible to all. these drugs for the treatment of ADHD change the function of the brain and the because its study reaffirmed they work. The body of users, the agency said. Through your donation to the Jewish Transcript reduction of misdiagnosed children who Because it increases the brain’s output of Archiving Project you will: won’t be exposed to amphetamines and dopamine, the “feel good” neurotransmit- stimulants like Adderall, and methylpheni- ter, users “crash” when stopping it and want • Make content currently accessible only to people date, the generic name for Ritalin and Con- to feel good again, eventually wanting more who can visit our public library available to any- certa, could be significant. due to damaged dopamine neurons. Even one with an Internet connection “We had two objectives going into this small doses can cause sleeplessness, loss of • Allow searches for chronicles of family and our research,” Fried said in a university state- appetite, higher blood pressure, and a faster ancestors that can’t be found elsewhere ment. “The first was to provide a new diag- heartbeat, while users can also become more nostic tool for ADHD, and the second was to aggressive and irritable. • Preserve our community’s history from crumbling, test whether ADHD medication really works Researchers have also discovered that yellowing newsprint that was intended to last — and we found that it does.” three years after stopping the drug, dopa- weeks, not decades. A simple and inexpensive 22-minute mine neurons were still damaged. To date, it interval exercise can accurately diagnose the is not known if they recover. disorder. A 2008 study published in “Child and “This test is affordable and accessible,” Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North said Fried, “rendering it a practical and fool- America” cites evidence that treating pre- proof tool for medical professionals. Eye schoolers would curb the onset of ADHD To donate, mail your check to: movements tracked in this test are involun- earlier, but admitted that the long-term The Jewish Transcript Archive Project tary, so they constitute a sound physiological effects of treating children that young are c/o JTNews marker of ADHD.” unknown. Researchers recorded eye and eyelid And a large 2014 study, the Premar- 2041 Third Ave. movements, known as oculomotor move- ket Safety and Efficacy Studies for ADHD Seattle, WA 98121 ments, in two groups of 22 ADHD-diag- Medications in Children, which looked at nosed patients. One group was given Ritalin 32 clinical trials to recommend or reject the Or call Lynn at 206-774-2264 to donate and the other received no medication. approval of 20 new ADHD drugs before the using your credit card. Along with a third control group of 22 drugs were marketed, expressed pessimism. non-ADHD subjects, they all took the Vari- That study evaluated the number of par- ables of Attention Test, where each was mea- ticipants in the trials and documented the Find our current archives online at sured against a known standard involuntary subjects’ length of exposure in the ADHD http://jtn.stparchive.com eye movement rate to show which attention- drug trials before the drugs could be pre- related mechanisms are affected by ADHD scribed. and to compare with the other groups. “It is unclear to what extent the long- Researchers found that the average small, term safety and efficacy of ADHD drugs involuntary, twitchy movements, called mic- have been evaluated prior to their market rosaccades, and the blink rates were higher authorization,” concluded the study. in the ADHD groups. They also increased over the 22-minute period in both the med- Longtime JTNews correspondent and icated and the unmedicated groups, but in freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered We can’t do it without you! much quicker increments in the unmedi- international health research for SELF cated group. magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. 100 percent of proceeds will be devoted to the archiving project. Donations are not tax-deductible. “With medication,” wrote Fried in the study report, “the level and time course of wes th t r

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By Erin Pike By Anne Boher Love has been on my mind. Recently, Emily Ziskind, director of life enrichment at The Summit at First Exactly one year ago I was in Israel, falling in love with its natural beauty Hill, asked my husband Leslie and me if we’d like to join a group of young people and powerful spiritual energy. It was no accident that I left the States single, from Hillel’s Jconnect who wanted to visit and mingle with senior couples in cel- and returned ready for love. I knew after that trip (my first time, on Birthright) ebration of the Jewish holiday that honors love: Tu b’Av. The couples from the that my heart had grown. I could feel it stretch throughout the 10-day journey, older and younger generations would come together and share information that expanding uncomfortably, growing pains in the slow heat of a desert. The trip, would hopefully strengthen the marriages of the young couples just starting out. though brief, had challenged me. It forced me to truly understand how there are We had previously been invited to join with them and a group of Holocaust parts of people, parts of a place, that are flawed and imperfect and yet I could still survivors for lunch, and based on that lovely occasion we eagerly accepted the experience love within the crevices of those imperfections. invitation. Of course, I knew that concept already. I just had not lived it yet. So I We were surprised to find more than 10 Summit senior couples joined by an stepped off the plane at Sea-Tac and into my first serious relationship. He was equal number of young couples. At first the scene resembled a high school dance, the only partner I had been with where our friendship felt as promising as our with the “juniors” at one end of the room and the “seniors” at the other! Emily mutual attraction for one another. I understood that to be the best kind of love quickly took charge and asked everyone to introduce themselves, starting with possible: Two pals with an inside joke, sharing grins across the table. the younger group. The seniors were asked how long we had been married, how “I love you,” I said one day. we met, and whether we had any advice for marital happiness — perhaps with Then another day not long after that, there was a knock on my front door. an interesting anecdote. The young couples had similar stories, except instead of “I’m moving on,” he said. blind dating, they found each other on computers!

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s WWcapacity for love Page 13 r Living life fully includes expressing and receiving love fully. As the residents s enio Jewish of The Summit shared their insights on Tu B’Av, love for your partner, love for After he walked away, I felt vacant, I felt nothing. I wanted to weep but your people, and love for your community are all integral to sustaining a healthy found it difficult. I was frozen in a state of confusion and shock. But as summer heart well into your golden years. approached, my heart began to thaw, and I could finally feel and love again. I had an incredible summer, full of healing. So when I heard that Jconnect WWBridge across generations Page 13 was hosting a Tu B’Av event, where young couples would join older couples at Bill Schmidt, a The Summit on First Hill to discuss love, I couldn’t wait to partake. Summit resident, advised As I sipped a glass of wine in the library of the Summit, I found myself oddly a couple who had been nervous. There were couples in the room that had been together 23 years, 45 together five years to take years, even 65 years. It was like being in a room full of great works of art, and the leap into marriage, feeling worried that I wouldn’t have time to take them all in. A microphone was saying, “What are you passed around the circle of individuals, many Summit residents touted half-jok- waiting for?” ing advice like the importance of “Yes, dear!” and “Never buy anything on credit!” Schick and Frieda But as young couples began to mingle and converse one on one with the Feinberg, a Summit older couples, serious conversations emerged about the nature of togetherness couple, shared that their (“Kids don’t give it enough time… you gotta work at it”) and the critical sense love had eventually pro- Summit residents George and Anne Hirschhorn of community (“What a comfortable feeling to be with your own people [at the duced 51 grandchildren! meet with Jconnectors Alexandra Doctor and Summit] in this stage of life”). Soon, many of the topics had progressed from Leslie and I had a chance Nicholas Doctor. relationships and marriage to broader themes of Jewish identity and culture. to talk about our exciting Emily Ziskind One resident spoke to members of Jconnect about living in Israel, and his frus- married life, which began with an earthquake during the wedding ceremony, and tration regarding the conflicts between denominations within Judaism. a forest fire that delayed our honeymoon! A few couples also shared stories of serious world events affecting their lives: After the icebreaker, Emily asked the young couples to break into groups Major earthquakes, evacuations, war, traveling by boat and the luck of being in with the senior couples of their choosing. Soon the room reverberated with laugh- the right one. With their clarity and perspective, I had to wonder — how much ter and animated conversation. We felt lucky to have been chosen by a delight- is our ability to love strengthened by hardship? Is it possible that many of my ful couple. The young lady recently qualified as a psychiatrist and now works at Jewish peers and I have encountered difficulty in love because there is a lack of the VA hospital. The young man just started medical school and they now have a cultural urgency in our generation? young child. The young lady hopes to persuade her grandmother to move to Seat- I am reminded of a friend’s observation from a Shabbat service. It was her tle and maybe move into The Summit! We had a lot in common and were captured first time in a synagogue and she remarked on how interesting it was that we by their charm and intelligence. took time in an otherwise joyous celebration to honor relatives and community We all shared refreshments and all too soon it was time to say goodbye. After- members who were no longer with us. The tradition — celebrating life while also wards we seniors expressed our pleasure at meeting such an attractive and atten- acknowledging death — resonated with her. It was the sense that our lives do not tive group of young people. We hope we have a chance to visit with them again! exist forever, but while we’re alive we must live fully. Kline Galland Center Family of Services

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In lame-duck period, Obama administration retreats from peace endeavors Ron Kampeas JTA World News Service Analysis Hamas in the Gaza Strip over the summer. ties decide they seriously want to discuss and energy fighting ISIS over the last 10 WASHINGTON (JTA) — Does the Alan Solow, a past chairman of the peace. But Schanzer said it was about time months as we had investing in the peace prospect of President Obama’s lame-duck Conference of Presidents of Major Amer- for the Obama administration to let go of process,” he said, referring to the jihad- period, coupled with the multiple foreign ican Jewish Organizations and a major its ambitions for a resolution to the Israeli- ist group in Iraq and Syria that the Obama crises he is facing, diminish his quest for fundraiser for Obama’s election cam- Palestinian conflict. administration has only in recent weeks Israeli-Palestinian peace? paigns, said it doesn’t make sense to “Imagine if we had spent the same time directly engaged. Little on the immediate diplomatic pursue a peace that the sides are not ready horizon signals an intensive U.S. interest to embrace. WWthe governor Page 5 Populists. But Rogers’s anti-Semitism was in advancing the peace process. “They recognize they want to spend hardly benign. Imagine yourself as a Jewish There have been no announcements of their time productively,” Solow said on of years after first coming upon Rogers’s person during that time, hearing or reading high-level meetings between Obama and Tuesday. “Where they sense a further screed in the Washington State Library. I such vile language coming from a man who the Palestinian and Israeli leaders at the investment of time will not yield progress, have talked it over with friends from my would shortly be the governor of the state? U.N. General Assembly, which begins this there are plenty of other problems they careers in academics and government. Libels such as those disseminated by year on Sept. 16. There have been no leaks, can turn to that may yield progress.” One option I put to them is to do noth- Rogers have a long history and a long life. as there have been in the past, that Obama Statements from officials suggest that ing, leaving the statue and Rogers’s rep- While Governor Rogers was in many ways would be making any major statements on the Obama administration is more inter- utation untouched. A second option is a product of his times, that is hardly a the peace process at the G.A. ested in managing rather than resolving to push for a second plaque on his statue reason to ignore his hostility to the Jewish John Kerry, the peripatetic U.S. secre- the conflict. in downtown Olympia, providing a more people and his bizarre linking of Jews and tary of state who lost count of his visits Jen Psaki, Kerry’s spokeswoman, said complete picture of this populist. A third the crisis of the 1890s. to the region until the collapse in April of that a meeting Kerry planned to have in option is to push for removal of this statue Let me pose two questions to you: Is peace talks between Israel and the Pales- Washington with Saeb Erekat, the top Pal- to a less prominent spot, inside the office there a time limit on holding a public figure tinian Authority, has no plans to return estinian peace negotiator, would focus on building of the Superintendent of Public in this state responsible for his anti-Semi- anytime soon. the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas. Instruction, for example. tism? What should be done about Rogers’s Rather, Kerry and Obama are focused She did not mention the peace process. What was the result of my informal poll? statue or the schools named after him? on an expanding range of issues, includ- “They’ll talk about a range of issues, Whether Jew or non-Jew, most favor doing ing escalations in Russia’s conflict with there’s an ongoing cease-fire discussion nothing. No one knows whether Governor Russell Lidman is a retired professor in public Ukraine, pushing back against Islamist and a range of longer-term issues,” she said. Rogers truly was an anti-Semite. 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Local prof tackles the shifting sands of the Middle East

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews Interested in knowing more about or 100 years ago. U.S. policy makers what the changes in the fight to a central plank of American domes- why there’s a war against Hamas in Gaza? Where Migdal takes a different tack, region actually were, what they added up tic and foreign policy and one of the pil- Where ISIS came from and how it came however, is in his perspective: Rather than to, or how to construct sensible, effective lars of strategy in the Middle East. The about? Why there’s such an anti-West- portraying the United States as the white policies in response to them.” campaign against terror…should be seen ern bias throughout the Middle East? You knight that comes in to save the day after Coming into the 21st century, Migdal as a chronic law-enforcement problem, could get a lot of that information from every skirmish, coup d’etat or civil war, has particular enmity toward the George one with international dimensions, but it spending hours on end following link after he digs deep to explain how even some of W. Bush administration, saying that Bush should not be upgraded to an all-out war.” link on various websites, but what you’ll our most celebrated leaders over the past “missed the totality of the transforma- Such goals, he writes, are unattainable and learn will likely be biased, fear-mongering century couldn’t get their heads out from tion that had overtaken the Middle East.” “erode confidence in government and push propaganda. between their legs to figure out what was Rather than using other powers to build out more attainable aims.” Or you could going on: “In short, diplomacy was fraught strong coalitions and to help defray costs, While the book ends on a hopeful note, it pick up “Shift- with uncertainty and danger. Clear strate- Bush’s go-it-alone strategy dearly cost was published before the summer, when all ing Sands: The gic aims did not lead either to clear tactics America both economically and in its hell broke loose across the region, so to get to United States or a clear-cut set of policies…. Pursuing a world standing. that place of optimism may take more time in the Middle coherent strategy turned out to be messy Migdal is not so easy on the Obama than even Migdal, who more or less predicts East” (Colum- business.” administration, either, writing that though the rise of these new terror groups by aim if bia University Part of the problem was the way our the president had brought in big names with not by name, may have believed. Press, 2014) leaders at any given time put the Middle vast diplomatic experience, “what was still Given his connection to Israel and the by Prof. Joel East situation into their own context: missing from this mix of archers and arrows amount of time he has spent there, Migdal Migdal of Through the frame of the Cold War, trying was a clear target. There was no compre- gives more attention to the Jewish State the Uni- to use the oligarchies and dictatorships as hensive understanding of how the various than another author writing a similar book versity of pieces in the deadly chess game between the hotspots, wars and other challenges that the may have done. This doesn’t take away Washington’s Jackson School of U.S. and the Soviet Union, for example, or United States faced in the area intersected from the importance of the overall foreign International Studies. As Migdal, who is as an imperial power that made no bones with one another, so that a coherent region- policy lesson, but it makes me wonder he fairly well known within our Jewish com- about its decision to invade Iraq in 2003. wide policy could be devised.” fell into the same trap as rest of the world munity, notes in his foreword, this book Even with so much access to informa- Instead, Migdal calls to “move away when it comes to the attention paid to the is based on lectures he gave on other cam- tion, getting a grasp on the region has not from Bush’s and Obama’s elevation of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. puses titled “The Making of the Twenty- been easy. “For U.S. officials, recognizing First Century.” Its focus, however, goes and understanding the Middle East’s cen- back to the early part of the 20th, mostly tral dynamics, especially in a region that We care because the jumbled mess that constitutes was so fundamentally transformed, were every day, today’s Middle East is the direct result of major challenges,” Migdal writes about decisions — we can call them bad, but isn’t changes in the region in the 1970s and in every way hindsight always 20/20? — made 30 or 50 beyond. “It was not immediately clear to Experienced senior care for Free In-Home Consultation, call In-home personal care for children, adults and seniors total peace of mind 425.828.4500 with physical limitations or chronic conditions. www.VisitingAngels.com/Kirkland Serving the Eastside and North Seattle Communities

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Sephardic Bikur Holim (Orthodox) email [email protected] Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation Islands 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle Join Rabbi Avrohom and Rooksie David and 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Diana Black at 206-723-3028 the TLC family for inspiring, explanatory, and 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or [email protected] Chavurat Shir Hayam Services are conducted in the traditional interactive High Holiday services. Come for it all Erev Rosh Hashanah: 6-7 p.m. Bainbridge Island Orthodox Sephardic rite. or just pop in for a traditional holiday experience Rosh Hashanah Day One: 8:15 a.m. 206-842-8453 Please call to reserve a seat. that will leave you on a “high” for the rest of the Tashlich after service at 1:15 p.m. Chavurat Shir Hayam on Bainbridge Island Rosh Hashanah Day One: Tefila at 8 a.m. year. Free. Mincha/Maariv at 6 p.m. welcomes back Reb Stephanie Tivona Reith. Shofar at 10:30 a.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah: Services at 6:50 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Day Two: 8:30 a.m. Egalitarian community participation with music Rosh Hashanah Day Two: Tefila at 8 a.m. followed by dinner. Family service (1st-5th grade) at 11 a.m. and meditation as part of the davening. All are Shofar at 10:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah Day One: 8:45 a.m. Torah and Erev Yom Kippur: 6-7:30 p.m. Family service welcome. No tickets necessary. Call for location. Erev Yom Kippur: 6:30 p.m. shofar at 10:30 a.m. Evening services at 7:45 (1st-5th grade) 6:30-7:15 p.m. Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7-9 p.m. Services followed Yom Kippur: Tefila at 8 a.m. Ne’ilah at 6 p.m. p.m. followed by dinner. Yom Kippur: 9:40 a.m. Yizkor at approximately by dessert potluck. Rosh Hashanah Day Two: 8:45 a.m. Torah and 12:45 p.m. Mincha at 4:30 p.m. Ne’ilah/Maariv Rosh Hashanah Day: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Temple Beth Am (Reform) shofar at 10:30 a.m. at 6 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle Erev Yom Kippur: 6:35 p.m. Yom Kippur: Services followed by break-the-fast Alexis Kort at 206-525-0915 or Yom Kippur: 8:45 a.m. Yizkor at 10:30 a.m. South King County potluck. [email protected] or templebetham.org Ne’ilah at 6 p.m. Fast ends at 7:28 p.m. Gather with the community to celebrate our Light break-fast provided. Bet Chaverim: Community Synagogue of Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) own inner potential for renewal and the miracle South King County (Reform) 9010 Miller Rd., Bainbridge Island of life. $65. Mercer Island 25701 14th Pl. S., Des Moines Janice Hill at 206-842-9010 or admin@ Erev Rosh Hashanah: 6:30-8 p.m. 206-577-0403 or [email protected] or kolshalom.net or www.kolshalom.net Rosh Hashanah Day: 8:30-11 a.m. Young family Congregation Shevet Achim www.betchaverim.org $250 for all services. service 3-3:45 p.m. Lively and musical service (Traditional Orthodox) Services led by Rabbi Rick Harkavy and cantorial Led by Rabbi Paul Strasko and cantorial soloist for families with children 6 and under. Tashlich 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island soloist Neil Weinstein. Visitors welcome. $50- Laura Mullins-Cannon. at Matthews Beach at 4:30 p.m. BYO shofar and 206-275-1539 or [email protected] or $75 donation per family per holiday is suggested. Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7-9 p.m. Service followed crumbs. www.shevetachim.com Erev Rosh Hashanah: 7-9 p.m. by a dessert potluck. Erev Yom Kippur: 6:30-8 p.m. The call of the You do not need to be a member of Shevet Achim Rosh Hashanah Day: 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah Day: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m. majestic evening prayer beckons our longings to attend services. Free. Tashlich at nearby park. Children’s service at 9:30 a.m. Childcare by and prayers to combine in a powerful expression Erev Rosh Hashanah: 6:50-8 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: 7 p.m. reservation. Followed by Tashlich at Point of hope. Rosh Hashanah Day One: Shacharit at 8:30 a.m., Yom Kippur: 10 a.m. Healing service at 3 p.m. White Pier. Yom Kippur: 8:30 a.m. Young family service Mincha/Tashlich/Maariv at 6 p.m. Yizkor at 4 p.m. Concluding service at 4:45 p.m. Erev Yom Kippur: 7-10 p.m. 3-3:45 p.m. Teens-only service (7th grade and Rosh Hashanah Day Two: Shacharit at 8:30 a.m. Shofar and break-fast at 5:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: 10:30 a.m. Children’s service at up) at 11:45 a.m. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat at 6:30 p.m. 9:30 a.m. Afternoon includes yoga session, Erev Yom Kippur: 6:30-9 p.m. discussion group, and Torah study with West Seattle Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) Yom Kippur: Shacharit at 8:30 a.m., Rabbi Strasko before Mincha. To RSVP and for address call 206-369-1215 or Mincha/Ne’ilah/Maariv at 5 p.m.

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Michael Natkin JTNews Columnist Rosh Hashanah is right tree. They are a French variety, tender.) around the corner, and what but Italian plums would be just Stir the yogurt with the slivovitz and hon- could be more appropriate for as good. What you want is one ey. To serve, fold two warm crepes into the New Year than a dessert of the varieties that has a loose quarters and overlap on a plate. Put 2 featuring honey as well as egg- (free) pit and is rather dense so Tbs. of the yogurt on top of the crepes, rich crepes? You can even sub- it can cook without the juices and put 3 half plums on top of the yogurt. stitute apples for the plums if running everywhere. Drizzle with additional honey and serve. you’d like to add another tra- Enjoy, and shana tova! ditional element. Julia Child’s Crepes Crepes with Roasted Yields about 12 crepes I first made this for a PBS MICHAEL NATKIN event celebrating Julia Child’s Plums, Yogurt and I don’t want to reproduce Julia’s recipe 100th birthday. When they Jewish and Honey in the entirety, but here are the ingredi- If you can’t get the batter to spread even- asked me to contribute a Veggie Serves 6 ents, and my synopsis of the method. ly, you need to either (1) work on your tilt- recipe, I knew right away I 12 crepes (one recipe from 1 cup cold water ing and swirling (2) thin out the batter a bit wanted to do something with “Mastering the Art of French 1 cup cold milk or (3) lower the heat. Expect it to take a crepes. I only have two cookbooks from my Cooking, Volume 1,” see below) 4 eggs few crepes to really dial it in. mom. “Mastering the Art of French Cook- 9 Italian plums 1/2 tsp. salt Cook until lightly browned on one side, ing” is one of them, and I read it cover to 2 Tbs. unsalted butter, melted 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour about 1 minute or a bit more, then flip cover many times when I was just starting 2 leaves fresh sage, rubbed and thinly sliced (I use 9 ounces and don’t sift) and cook for just about 30 seconds on out in the kitchen. 3/4 cup thick Greek yogurt 4 Tbs. melted butter the other side. I usually perform the flip Of all the recipes in the book, I come 2 Tbs. slivovitz (plum brandy), or plain brandy, Combine all ingredients in the blender. by lifting the edge with a silicone spatula back to the crepes most often. It’s a simple or 1 tsp. vanilla extract Blend on high speed for 1 minute, scrap- and then using my fingers to rapidly turn thing: You put all of the batter ingredients 2 Tbs. honey plus more for drizzling ing down the sides if needed. Refrigerate it over. I have asbestos fingers, though, so in a blender, give them a good spin, let it sit Pinch of salt for 2 hours. (I’ve been known to omit the only try it this way if you feel comfortable in the refrigerator for a couple of hours, and Preheat oven to 450º. Line a baking refrigeration. The point of this step is to al- that you won’t hurt yourself. Otherwise, then make the crepes. Sure, it takes a bit of sheet with parchment or a silpat. Cut the low the flour to hydrate, but it makes quite use two spatulas. practice to get the knack of forming a nice, plums in half, and remove the pits. In a acceptable crepes if used immediately.) Local food writer and chef Michael Natkin’s thin circle, finding the right heat level, and medium bowl, toss the plums with the Place a 12” non-stick skillet over medium cookbook “Herbivoracious, A Flavor Revolution flipping them, but after one batch you’ll melted butter and sage, and place the to medium-high heat with a tiny bit of but- with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian have a skill you can use to please friends plums on the baking sheet. Roast for 10 ter. When preheated, pour in 1/4 cup of Recipes,” was a finalist in 2013 for a James and family for the rest of your life. I’ve got minutes. Pluck off most of the sage. (For the batter while tilting and swirling the Beard award. The recipes are based on his food some tips for you in the recipe. apples, use three apples, peeled, cored skillet in all directions for a few seconds blog, herbivoracious.com. The plums I use are from my neighbor’s and sliced into eighths, and roast until to produce a generally circular, thin crepe. ROSH HASHANAH GREETINGS Rosh Hashanah is right around the corner! Check 1 artwork 1 selection and ORDER TODAY & SAVE 1a 1 message. Send your New Year's wishes to family and friends with a ___ L’Shana Tova personalized greeting in our Rosh Hashanah issue. Order your Rosh Hashanah greeting by September 4 and receive a 5% discount. ___ A Good & Sweet Year! Complete this simple 1-2-3 form, clip and return this ad with your check or credit card number to: ___ New Year’s Greetings! JTNEWS • 2041 Third Avenue • Seattle, WA 98121 ___ Happy New Year! 2 Call or email Katy for more information or to charge your greeting to your credit card: ___ L’Shana Tova (in Hebrew) 206-774-2238 or [email protected] ___ SAME AS LAST YEAR Print your short message and/or names here:

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Merle D. Cohn Anniversary February 9, 1919–August 16, 2014 In celebration of seven years Merle D. Cohn, 95, a longtime Mercer Island resident and of legal domestic partnerships prominent Seattle attorney, passed away on August 16, 2014, in Washington State, five surrounded by his family. couples who were members of Raised in Seattle, Merle attended Garfield High School and Congregation Tikvah the University of Washington, where he earned his BA in Chadashah, the local LGBT political science and his JD at the University of Washington congregation, reunited in School of Law. He practiced law in Seattle for over 50 years Whistler, B.C. on Aug. 3 to and truly loved his profession. celebrate the occasion. Four of Merle will be remembered for his remarkable business the couples — Will Mason and acumen and legal mind, his clarity of thought, his calm and Mark Kestin, Barbara Stein and quiet wisdom as well as his philanthropic leadership in B’nai Karen Borell, Flora Ostrow and B’rith, the Stroum Jewish Community Center, and on the Betsy Gilbert, and Norm Schwab and Joe Burks — have since married after same-sex marriage national board of the Anti-Defamation League. During World War II, Merle flew in the Air Force and became legal in the state. One couple, Roy Hamrick and Stephen Carstens, retained their his service ignited a lifelong love of travel. With his wife Lorraine, he traveled to more than 30 domestic-partnership status. According to Roy Hamrick, the group of 10 “went hiking, had a fine countries, never missing a chance to sail or collect indigenous art. dinner, and toasted our great love for one another!” Merle leaves behind his devoted wife Lorraine, who will forever miss the love of her life. He is also survived by his two daughters, Cathi Kerwick (Alan) and Julie Friedman (Steve), two granddaughters, Kelly Kerwick (Dan) and Ali Friedman (Agustin), his grandson, Ben Friedman, and Richard (Dick) Galanti great grandson, Oliver. Merle was preceded in death by his father, Lou Cohn, his mother, Tillie April 21, 1927–August 4, 2014 Cohn, and his three sisters, Sally Ann Maltin, Rhoda Mae Kolberg, and Dorothy Cohn Linderman. Dick Galanti was born April 21, 1927 and passed away on Services were held at the chapel at the Herzl Memorial Park Cemetery in Shoreline on August 4, 2014 at the age of 87. He was born to Matilda and August 19, 2014. Behor (Bill) Galanti of Seattle. He was preceded in death by his wife Jeanette and siblings Katherine Akrish and Albert Galanti. He is survived by his sisters Mary Franklin of Chicago and Sali August of Seattle. He will be missed by his loving children, Margaret Alexander Lewis Michael (Sheilah) Galanti from Englewood, N.J., Michele (Nick) Feb. 3, 1923—Aug. 10, 2014 Keller and Cindy (Bob) Abramowitz from Mercer Island, and Margaret Alexander Lewis died Aug. 10, 2014, at home in Palm Desert, Calif. She was 91. She Debbie Galanti of Seattle. He will also be missed by his was born in Seattle on Feb. 3, 1923, to Helen and Mauré Alexander. Margaret attended Lowell grandchildren, Norman (Ayelet) Galanti, Yoseph (Regine) Galanti, Grade School and graduated Broadway High School in 1940. In 1944, she earned a bachelor’s and Yaffa (Ari) Ash, all of New York; Bradley and Carly Burns, degree in English literature and creative writing from the University of Washington. Brittany Abramowitz, Caitlin, Michael and Courtney Keller, all of Those years, during World War II, shaped Margaret and her generation. She met women and Mercer Island; Adam, Adina, and Ilana Polack of Seattle; his great-grandchildren Matan, Jonah, men then who became her lifelong friends. She married her sweetheart, William “Bill” Lewis, in David, Sarah and Emma Galanti, all of New York, and JD Ash of Englewood, N.J. her junior year. Billy and Margie, as college friends called them, had met as teenagers through Dick attended Garfield High School and was in the Navy during World War II. He was born Zadick mutual family friends. and called Zado by his friends. When he was 18 he legally changed his name to Richard. He On Sept. 9, 1943, Bill, a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade, was able to get a brief leave before married the love of his life, Jeanette Eskenazi, in 1952. They enjoyed 46 blissful years of marriage. shipping overseas, and they held an impromptu ceremony at her parents’ home. She borrowed a They loved to travel and had many lifelong friends. He was very active in his synagogue, Ezra satin wedding gown and pinned it so it fit her slender frame. He wore his white Navy dress Bessaroth. He attended weekly services with his childhood friends and sang in the choir on the uniform. They honeymooned for a few days in Bremerton. holidays. He volunteered at the Kline Galland Home every week for 25 years. While in college, Margaret worked as a scriptwriter for Seattle’s KJR radio. She also began He opened Shorefood Foods, a small grocery store on Mercer Island, in the early 1950s with Sol work at the United States Office of War Information, a job she kept after graduating and relin- Israel. Shortly after, they opened Pine Street Foods in downtown Seattle. Despite working quished in 1945. When Bill was discharged from the service, they moved to Lynden, Wash., Bill’s sometimes seven days a week, Dick had a passion for entertaining at his home. His love for home. His father Sol published the weekly Lynden Tribune. Bill and his brother, Julian, became gardening and swimming made his backyard a gathering spot for friends and family. He had a zest co-publishers in 1954 after Sol died. for life and will be remembered for always having a smile on his face and a kind word to say. In lieu As Bill settled into the family newspaper, Margaret began making a home. They had three of flowers, donations can be made to the Kline Galland Home or a charity of your choice. daughters, Marilyn, Barbara and Patti. Over the years Margaret wrote wedding stories and features for The Tribune, including a travel column, a recipe column, and real estate articles. She was a devoted friend to many, who returned their loyalty and love. She and Bill hosted dinner parties, holiday meals, cocktail parties, barbecues, luncheons, play readings and, How do I submit occasionally, big costume parties. She belonged to a longstanding Lynden garden club, a bridge a Lifecycle club, and the Whatcom County Orthopedic Guild. She volunteered as a model and commentator for March of Dimes’ designer fashion show-fundraisers in Bellingham, served on Lynden’s library Announcement? board, and was a Whatcom Community College trustee. Margaret was a strong supporter of women’s rights. She led two Campfire USA groups and organized activities for her children and Email: [email protected] their friends. CALL: 206-441-4553 Margaret and Bill moved to Sudden Valley, near Bellingham, in 1988 after Bill retired from The Tribune. They moved permanently to Palm Desert, Calif. in 2010. There, Margaret participated in Submissions for the a garden club and the Palm Desert Press Women. Twenty-five years ago, she and Bill, devoted September 19, 2014 issue Husky fans, founded the annual UW Chow Down to Washington. The small alumni picnic in Palm Whatever the anticipated size of are due by September 9. Desert grew into a three-day fundraising event, and the UW alumni association honored Margaret your estate, your planned gift this year at the event. ensures that Jewish Family Service Download lifecycles forms Bill died in 2011. Margaret continued living at home thanks to four extraordinary people who is always here to meet the needs of at jewishsound.org/ cared for her with heart and soul: Richard Scrima, Angie de la Torre, and Rosa and Cesar Cordero. our community. lifecycles-forms/. Margaret is survived by: Daughters Marilyn Lewis of Port Townsend, Barbara (Joe) Morrison of Los Angeles and Patti (Neal) Lemlein of Los Angeles; grandchildren Vasily Lewis, Alexandra To learn more, contact: Please submit images in jpg Lemlein, Ryan Lemlein and Maggie Morrison; step-grandchildren Pia Morrison Delphais, Joe Shelly C. Shapiro, J.D. format, 400 KB or larger. Morrison II, and Jonathan Morrison; sister Grace Millman and niece Heidi Millman. Director of Legacy Giving Margaret adored children; remembrances may be made to a charity of your choice that (206) 861-8785 Thank you! benefits children. [email protected]