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MARCH 13, 2015 n 22 ADAR 5775 n VOLUME 91, NO. 6 n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG Previously published as JTNews Heading ‘home’ to Spain One family’s history in Seattle, and its preparations to return to the country of their roots. Page 10 Community seder listings A list of seders around the state to celebrate Passover. Page 17 More film festival reviews Get ready as the Seattle Jewish Film Festival launches this weekend. Page 24 Get Ready for Passover Preparations begin on page 11 2 M.O.T.: MEMBER OF THE TRIBE The Jewish Sound n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 Two local cookbook authors have new books By Diana Brement, JewishSound Columnist “Just look on the cover,” tries to meet the publisher’s stan- They’re no relation at all, tion by treatment phases. was Rachel Almeleh’s dards. but their common last “Say you’re going to see a 1response when I asked “It was a labor of love,” 2name led to neighboring friend [who is] going through what her favorite recipe was in in every sense, she says, even lockers at Bastyr University in radiation,” Susan says. “You look her just-published cookbook, “A requiring her to learn how to Kenmore, which is how they met. up radiation and it lists all the Legacy of Sephardic, Mediterra- create an index in Microsoft Throw in a dash of growing up in recipes that have nutrients that nean, and American Recipes.” Word — not as easy as it sounds. New York and Susan Price Gins help when you are going through There, a plate of lightly Rachel says her recipes are and Dr. Lisa Price soon became radiation.” browned bourekas, plump with simple and incorporate “a lot friends. Now they have published Recipes use readily avail- potatoes and two kinds of cheese, of tips...from my aunts and my “Cooking Through Cancer Treat- able ingredients (with online tempt the reader and the cook. cousins.” ment to Recovery: Easy, Flavorful resources for those living out- As the title reveals, this is M.O.T.: Member Released this month, the Recipes to Prevent and Decrease COURTESY SUSAN GINS side urban areas) and are delib- Rachel’s tribute to her triplet her- of the Tribe book has sold well through the Side Effects at Every Stage of Susan Price Gins, co-author erately simple to avoid putting itages. Her parents were raised Ezra Bessaroth ladies’ auxiliary Conventional Therapy” (Demos of “Cooking Through Cancer “any additional burden on some- on the Isle of Rhodes, came to the U.S. with and their recent Purim bake sale. Rachel is Health). Treatment to Recovery.” one who is going through...treat- Italian passports, and met and the secretary of that “busy group.” “Dr. Price had been seeing ment,” Susan says. married here. Growing up in a And Purim means Passover is not cancer patients for quite a while, and they Dishes are anti-inflammatory, free of multi-lingual household, it seems far behind, so I also had to ask always asked her about what they should gluten, soy, sugar and dairy. Susan cooked natural that Rachel became a about the author’s favorite Pass- eat,” says Susan. them all and says everyone who has sampled Spanish and French teacher. over recipe, which is “megina,” a Studying at Bastyr, Lisa to become a them has been happy with the taste. At age 12, when her mother matzoh meat pie. naturopathic doctor and Susan a nutrition- Each recipe has a health tip and a nutri- died, Rachel and her sister took Rachel’s website is www. ist, “we’d worked on projects before,” says tion fact. “Sesame Noodles,” for example, over cooking for the household, sephardicdelicacies.com, where Susan. includes the fact that tahini (sesame paste) is so this book is a tribute, too, to she’ll start blogging after Pesach. When Lisa wanted to write a book to help rich in calcium and copper, great for bones her aunties and cousins who She’ll make another book pre- patients “eat in a way that supported them and cartilage. taught her traditional Sephardic sentation at the May 5 general while they went through treatment,” she Susan grew up on Long Island, N.Y., and and other recipes. COURTESY RACHEL ALMELEH meeting of the Renton South asked Susan for help. arrived in Seattle just after the eruption of Mt. Rachel used LifeRich Pub- Cookbook author Rachel King Retired Teachers — she’s They found an agent and publisher St. Helens in 1980. She remembers walking lishing, the self-publishing arm Almeleh. co-president of that group, as quickly, which helped a lot. out on the lawn and having her shoes cov- of Reader’s Digest, to bring out well. The book is also available on “We felt like we were going with the flow,” ered with dust. Before returning to school at her book. Under their guidance, Rachel Amazon.com. Susan says. age 47 she was a custom fabric artist known did almost all the work on the book herself, Though there are other cancer cook- including the photography, which took two books, theirs is distinguished by its organiza- X PAGE 8 2 15 SCHOLAR IN RESIDENCE featuring Rabbi Irwin Kula Friday, March 27 - Saturday, March 28 Re-imagining American Jewish Life: What’s changing in American Jewish life today and how should we respond? How can we shift our way of thinking so that our anxieties are transformed into new opportunities that better meet our reality? Learn more and register at: h-nt.org/SIR Generously sponsored by the Dean & Gwenn Polik Donor Advised Fund of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and by the Alfred and Tillie Shemanski Foundation FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2015 n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n The Jewish Sound ALL IN A WEEK’S NEWS INSIDE THIS ISSUE 3 ■ Arab-Israeli victim of ISIS Rabbi’s Turn: The real you 5 Islamic State has executed a young man it believes was trying to infiltrate the terrorist Rabbi Mark Spiro tells you to use the upcoming Passover holiday to ask yourself who you are, and if organization as an Israeli spy. In a video released Tuesday, Muhammad Musallam, a 19- you’re the person you want to be. year-old from East Jerusalem, is shot several times after explaining that he was a spy for Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. No confirmation has been given either way, though Challenging the ‘J Street Challenge’ 5 the teen’s parents say he was not a spy. Rabbi Anson Laytner watched a film critical of the left-leaning pro-Israel organization J Street, and was —JTA disappointed with what he saw. ■ No place for hate Anti-Semitism is a growing problem on college campuses in the U.S., according to a Fighting boycotts on campus and in the community 6 new report from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Trin- Prof. Ken Stein of Emory University spoke around Seattle this week on how students learn about Israel on ity College. Their survey, which polled 1,157 Jewish students on 55 campuses about their campus, and what can be done to create honest education. campus experience, found that 54 percent of students experienced some form of anti- Semitism on campus during the first six months of the 2013-2014 academic year. Ten years on the open road 7 —Haaretz The Tribe Jewish motorcycle club will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year. ■ Frat row From temporary to permanent 9 The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Arizona is on an interim sus- Rabbi David Lipper planned to serve Temple B’nai Torah for a year while it searched for its new rabbi. It pension and is facing possible expulsion after a report that 15 of its members attacked turns out he was the right man for the job. members of a Jewish frat. Fifteen students are being investigated after they allegedly “forced entry into the off-campus residence of UA students, yelling discriminatory com- Heading ‘home’ to Spain 10 ments at the UA students and physically assaulting them,” according to a letter from the The Chiprut family has a history in Spain that goes back more than a millennium. Now some of its mem- school’s dean of students. Police said the attack is not being investigated as a hate crime. bers are preparing to return “home.” The first in a two-part series. —Inside Higher Ed Prepping for #Seder2015 11 ■ Late night in Israel Hey Millennials, what are you doing for Passover? If you’re sick of the tried and true, there’s a little some- On the heels of Chelsea Handler’s visit to Israel, another well-known late-night host thing new being launched on the Interwebs this year to get you better involved. will make his way to the Holy Land in June. Jay Leno will host the award ceremony for the second annual Genesis Prize. The $1 million award will be handed to actor Michael The seder for kids 12 Douglas in recognition of his “passion” for his Jewish heritage and Israel. Leno describes Let’s face it. So many kids think spending hours at a table telling obscure stories is, at best, a recipe for himself as a big supporter of Israel. boredom. Looking back, writer Edmon Rodman wants to let them know they’re not alone. —The Jerusalem Post Seder placemat fun! 14–15 ■ Not so sweet Here’s an activity to keep those kids from complaining — a placemat with the order of the seder for A German Coca-Cola TV spot recounting the inception of Fanta during World War coloring! II to celebrate the soft drink’s 75th anniversary was pulled after the ad suggested Nazi Germany was the “good old times.” A Coca-Cola spokesperson apologized for the video Looking for a seder? 17 and said that the video’s goal was to “evoke positive childhood memories.” Every year we post a listing of all of our community’s seders for anyone looking for a place to celebrate.