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as the wildfires burn Israel comes to our aid STORY ON PAGE 14 Kids maKe peace page 6 a day of Jewish music page 18 israel: an introduction page 20 MICKEY NOAM ALON august 22, 2014 n 26 av 5774 n volume 90, no. 18 n www.jewishsound.org 2 JTNews n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 September Family Calendar Introducing Visit blog.jfsseattle.org and subscribe. FOR ADULTS AGE 60+ FOR THE COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE! Endless Opportunities Kosher Food Bank A community-wide program offered m Wednesday, September 3 Contact Jane Deer-Hileman, (206) 861-3155 in partnership with Temple B’nai Torah & 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. or [email protected]. Temple De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are open Contact Jana Prothman Lissiak, Family Mentors for to the public and are at 10:30 a.m. unless (206) 861-3174 or [email protected]. Resettled Refugees otherwise noted. 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Capitol Hill Campus • 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle (206) 461-3240 • jfsseattle.org OF GREATER SEATTLE FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2014 n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n JTNews INSIDE 3 all in a week’s news INSIDE THIS ISSUE Combat babies A new start 5 Since the beginning of Operation Protective Edge, the number of women seeking Rabbi Jason Levine of Temple Beth Am notes that with the turnover in so many of our Jewish leaders sperm donations from men who have served in combat has spiked, reports over the past couple years, he’s excited about the opportunity for unity and a bright future. Rambam Medical Clinic in Haifa. Of the 60 women who have requested insemination treatment, about half have requested combat background, putting it up there with height Kids make peace 6 and intelligence. Dina Amnipour, the sperm bank’s director, suggests that the military While war has been raging in Gaza, two dozen kids from Jerusalem joined 11 kids from the Seattle operation has added a dimension to what women see as the ideal man. area to begin the long process of learning how to make peace. Source: The Times of Israel The unsigned letter 7 No Hebrew allowed The letter written by Seattle City Councilwoman condemning Israel’s actions in Gaza went unsigned by A Satmar Orthodox synagogue in the Hasidic village of Kiryas Joel in Monroe, the rest of her colleagues. N.Y. has banned the use of spoken modern Hebrew. A sign at the entrance reads that it is “forbidden to speak in our synagogue in the language of the heretics, the impure Fall reads 9 ‘Hebrew.’” The main language in Kiryas Joel is Yiddish. The sign is in Hebrew. As the nights grow longer and the heat begins to dissipate, we’ve got some great reads for curling up Source: Heeb Magazine with a mug of hot tea. Tricycle backpedals Northwest Jewish Family The Tricycle Theatre in London, which sparked accusations of anti-Semitism Talking to kids about Gaza 12 after refusing to host the UK Jewish Film Festival due to it being funded by the As kids start heading back to school, there will likely be talk about the war this summer. Here are Israeli Embassy, ended its boycott and will accept unlimited funding from the embassy. some tips to help them understand the situation. After realizing its major Jewish supporters would pull their funding and even boycott the theater itself, the Tricycle reversed its decision and will host the film festival in years to Israel comes to our aid 14 come. Source: The Jerusalem Post As the wildfires in Eastern Washington wound down, a team of Israelis came to the area to help with the cleanup. Ice bucket challenge splashes Israel A cure for Ebola? 16 MK Dov Lipman of the Knesset’s Yesh Atid party poured a bucket of ice water A researcher at Ben Gurion University of the Negev has been examining the blood of survivors of the on himself as part of the viral Ice Bucket Challenge raising money for ALS. The Ebola outbreak in the hopes of finding a cure. challenge as been taken by such notables as Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates, Steve Ballmer, and Macklemore, and has raised over $15 million for the incurable neurodegenerative disease. Make music, not war 18 Participants accept the challenge and then challenge three others, who have 24 hours to Move over, Bumbershoot! This Labor Day weekend the musical fun is going to be at Seward Park, for pour water on themselves or donate to charity. Lipman challenged three other Yesh Atid an all-day, all-Jewish music event. members. 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