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strengthening $ global 321,060 jewry $290,645 BUILDING JEWISH helping our local COMMUNITY community in need Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews committee. “We really opened up the process this year to be able to fund ini- Depending upon which agency you talk to, the end of the Jewish tiatives that we believe are important, such as camping, and supplementary Federation of Greater Seattle’s 2012 Community Campaign is either and synagogue school funding, and organizations that we haven’t histori- the best of times or the worst of times. The campaign is expected to cally had a relationship with, but are actually doing good work in the com- close at $4.9 million — on par with last year’s campaign but lower than munity.” the 2011 Fiscal Year — but the way the Federation allocates its money Besides requiring requests that focused on specific projects, the Planning has changed significantly between this year and last. and Allocations committee gave enthusiastic consideration to collaborative Given the past years’ economic conditions, “I think staying even programs. What was labeled the “joint-camp proposal,” for example, gives in the campaign is a success,” said Richard Fruchter, the Federation’s $58,370 to help bring first-timers to one of five summer camps. president and CEO. Though the Federation had raised money for need-based camp scholar- Fruchter said the implementation of its new fundraising and alloca- ships in the past, “this is an identity builder that’s really important for the tions model likely affected the campaigns growth this year, but donor community, and we ought to be funding it through the community cam- education should help to increase the campaign in the future. paign,” Fruchter said. The new model is two-fold: Donors can choose between either In all, the Federation gave a $156,000 increase to local agencies over giving to specific areas such as early childhood, building Jewish iden- 2012 as well as $40,000 to contingency and emergency funds that had gone tity, and helping older adults, or to a general unrestricted fund, as they unfunded for several years. had done in the past; then committees from each area assess grant pro- In its first time opening the process to synagogues, a $7,000 grant to Con- posals that resulted in 48 agencies — 20 of which had never received gregation Beth Hatikvah in Bremerton will allow the Reform congregation Federation campaign funding in the past — receiving grants for spe- to expand its small education program beyond the 7th grade as well as create cific projects or programs. Allocations in the past went toward orga- a curriculum for its membership of mostly military families that often come nizations’ bottom lines with no requirements about how the money to the area with little or no Jewish background. should be used. Rabbi Sarah Newmark said the grant plants the seeds for a program “The Federation’s mandate is looking at the community as a whole,” said Jack Almo, chair of the Federation’s Planning and Allocations XXPage 6 www.facebook.com/jtnews professionalwashington.com @jew_ish • @jewishdotcom • @jewishcal connecting our local Jewish community 2 opinion JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 8, 2012

President Obama’s ‘Polish death camps’ mistake is common

Michael Berenbaum JTA World News Service LOS ANGELES (JTA) — President of state, not of the Nazi Party. So there by the Soviet Union. So Soviet — not Rus- except when we specify that they are Nazi Obama made a simple and very basic mis- was no Nazi occupation, no Nazi army, no sian — occupation was the rule in Eastern terms. take when he spoke of Polish death camps Nazi laws. There was German occupation, Poland for 22 months. Thereafter, Ger- The Poles are properly sensitive to the during the presentation of a posthumous a German army — the Wehrmacht — and many occupied these lands until the Soviet common mistake of speaking of Polish Medal of Freedom to Jan Karski, a Polish German laws. These were instruments of Union reentered these territories in its death camps. They have labored hard in resistance fighter who was among the first the state. march to victory in 1944 and 1945. the post-Communist era to correct this to report German atrocities in his country. These mistakes are all too common For clarity’s sake, we should specify mistake and to change common usage. The president spoke during the May 29 even in articles written by scholars and that Poland itself was divided. Some West- Their efforts deserve our support. Simply ceremony of how the Polish underground historians. For example, the Encyclopedia ern areas were annexed to the Reich, some put, they are truthful. “smuggled [Karski] into the Warsaw of the Holocaust commonly refers to Nazi were occupied by the Reich — the General The president’s speech writers ill served Ghetto and a Polish death camp to see for occupation. Its editor is a distinguished Government. him and ill served the late Jan Karski, himself.” scholar. In the areas incorporated into the the man so deserving of the Presiden- The next day, after objections from the That which was undertaken by the Reich, all existing Polish institutions were tial Medal of Freedom. They should have Polish government, a spokesman for the Nazi Party to realize its ideology can be dissolved and new administrative units known better or verified these matters. U.S. National Security Council said the properly referred to as Nazi. Hence the were established. In the occupied but non- The president’s mistake is entirely forgiv- president “misspoke” and meant “Nazi death camps were Nazi in origin, con- incorporated territories, not all Polish able. I can cite many distinguished schol- death camps in Poland.” ception and operation, but they were sit- institutions were dissolved. ars who have made the very same mistake. There were death camps and they were uated in German-occupied Poland, an One other common mistake: Many His correction is equally proper. It situated in Poland — deliberately so — area known as the General Government write of the Jews who “perished” in the might go a long way toward ensuring that but there were no Polish death camps. The (except for Auschwitz, which was situated Holocaust. Jews did not perish in the this mistake is not repeated. most accurate way to refer to these camps in Upper Silesia, and Chlemno, located in Holocaust. They were murdered, annihi- is “Nazi death camps in German-occupied the Warthegau). lated. Michael Berenbaum is director of the Sigi Poland.” Another caution: Between September Extermination is a Nazi term; some- Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Let me tell you why: Poland was occu- 1939 and June 1941, Western Poland was thing that is done to vermin and rats, not Religious Implications of the Holocaust at the pied by Germany. Occupation was an act occupied by Germany and Eastern Poland to people. We should not use Nazi terms, American Jewish University. In Print June 22. online right now. www.professionalwashington.com

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Lena Friedman Special to JTNews My God and the God of my When I first read my parashah, the part people with AIDS, and she made me aware of the Torah we read today, I saw words of stories from very recent years where father like leprosy, and discussion of people with people with AIDS were treated very badly boils and all kinds of skin diseases, and the while we all tried to figure out what to do, Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum Herzl–Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation Torah told the story of how these people and about how much injury was done by When I was in my early saying to me? He was reassur- were to be dealt with and treated. And the us to these AIDS-stricken people. 20s, I went through a period ing me that everything was first thing I thought was, “Yuck”! This made me think beyond sickness of several years when I set going to be all right. But then I thought more seriously, and — it made me think of things I see in my Judaism aside. I was raised “Look at Moses,” he was I could tell that the Jewish people were own life, at my own school. People who with the best Jewish upbring- telling me. “Can you imagine really struggling with what to do — how are different in their own way. People ing you can imagine: My a more meaningful and suc- to deal with people with illness. On one who wear braces like I did, people who father was a Conservative cessful life than his? Yet, as a hand, these people had diseases that would are tall, people who are small, people who rabbi, our family was shomer young man, Moses had pro- spread by contact, and because there was think more quickly than others, or at least Shabbat and our home was found doubts about himself no medicine available, the disease would seem to. People who set high school run- kosher, and I attended a and his mission in life. If even be fatal to all if caught. But on the other ning records, and people who have trouble Jewish day school through Moses had his moments of hand, the Jews were still plainly strug- walking at all. People who dress differ- high school. Yet for several years, I exper- uncertainty, the rest of us are entitled to our gling. After all, it would have been easy ently. People whose religion is different. imented with living as if I’d had none of own period of confusion. It worked out for to simply banish these people and forget Or maybe they have no religion at all. this Jewish influence. This period of my Moses. It will work out for you, too.” about them altogether. But that is not what To me, the world is anything but a uni- life coincided with a lot of personal soul Of course, there was more. The words they decided. That is not what happened. form place. Anything but a single color. searching on my part. I was unsure of my “v’lo l’chinam shelachticha” were the Instead, difficult choices were made: Or a single shape. Or size. direction, especially what career I wanted words Rashi imagined God speaking to Choices about where one can safely live, To me, the world is one big rainbow to pursue. Even after I entered rabbini- Moses. Now my father was speaking them what one should wear to cover the infected filled with all sorts of people, healthy and cal school, I was far from clear on what I to me. He was telling me he had not sent area, and what treatments one should unhealthy, and with all sorts of challenges would do when I completed my training. me into this world in vain. I had a purpose, receive, even if there were no doctors, so before them! And the important thing, as Shortly after I entered rabbinical my life had a meaning. I hadn’t found it the people could go on with their lives the Torah teaches, is to treat everyone with school, my father gave me a copy of yet, but in time I would. with as much meaning and dignity as pos- dignity, fairness, respect, compassion, and Elie Wiesel’s “Messengers of God.” The Looking back over the years, I’m still sible. the truth that we are all in this together. inscription my father addressed to me on amazed by how deeply affecting a mes- It was then I realized what this part of It is as if we are all inside one big the inside cover has often come back as an sage my father was able to convey to me the Torah is really all about! It is about Noah’s ark, floating down the river, and example of the power of words of Torah in words he did not compose. He let me recognizing the justice that is due to those our fates are tied by how we treat each to impact us in a very personal way. The know he had faith in me. He dignified my who are infected with disease, and the other. My fate is tied with that person who inscription began with the words of Moses own confusion by anchoring it in the his- need to remember that they are a part of has AIDS just as her fate is tied with mine. to God. When God sent Moses to rescue tory of our people. He showed me that the us. We are all in this together. As Rabbi And on this ark there is no room for bully- the Jewish people from slavery, the first lessons of our Jewish path could speak to Simcha Weintraub states: “Our genera- ing. Instead, we all work together, and we reaction of our people was excitement. the most personal issues of our own lives. tion, as those before and after us, will be laugh, and we love. But then Pharoah increased the already- Not least of all, my father was respond- judged by how we listen to those who are crushing burden on the Jewish slaves and ing to my questions about Judaism itself. sick and how we care for them. In the end, Lena Friedman is a student at the Northwest anticipation quickly turned to despair and Years of Jewish learning had given both there is no them. There is only us.” School. She wrote this dvar Torah for the anger. The Jewish people complained to my father and me a language of commu- I talked to my mom, since my father occasion of her becoming a Bat Mitzvah at Moses that it would have been better if nication: The language of Torah. If we can found this story from the Torah kind of Temple Beth Am on April 27, 2012. God had never sent him in the first place. learn to speak it, this language can con- gross. My mom is a doctor who treats Their lives were even more miserable nect us intimately to Jewish history, yet at because of his interference. the same time it can enable us to express When the Jewish people cried out to something absolutely personal. The words Moses, Moses in turn cried out to God: my father wrote to me were meant for me “Lama harei’ota la’am ha’zeh. Lama zeh and me alone. No one but my father would shlachtani?” “Why have you brought suffer- have used those words the way he did. Yet ing on this people? Why did you send me?” in speaking to my heart in Rashi’s words, These were the opening words of my my father was reminding me of how much father’s inscription, followed by God’s we are connected to each other, and how somewhat cryptic response, “Vayomer our lives can mean so much more if we Adonai…ani Adonai” “And God said…I can find in them an echo of the lives that am the Lord,” and then Rashi’s interpreta- came before us. tion: “V’lo l’chinam shelachticha” “And I There was a time I believed that to be have not sent you in vain.” myself, I had to define myself in contrast My father was a gifted writer. He knew to my family, my community and my her- a thing or two about words. Yet, my father itage. With three simple words, my father chose to speak to me in a deeply personal showed me that the deeper our connec- way in words that were not his own. They tions to others, the richer are our tools for were words of Torah. What was my father self-expression. Karen Coval/JDS Between now and December, members of the Jewish Day School Middle School Mitzvah WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! Our guide to writing a Team will assemble and distribute 750 bags of food and snacks to give out to people in letter to the editor can be found at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/letters_guidelines.html, need. Sixth graders Rachel Coskey and Talia Chivo wait in the school’s parking lot to but please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. The deadline for the next issue is distribute bags to parents so they can hand out the bags when they see someone on the June 12. Future deadlines may be found online. street asking for food. Two hundred bags have been delivered so far.

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Ladino Lesson inside this issue By Isaac Azose Meals on wheels 7 Hazon’s cross-country environmental bike ride, which brings attention to sustainable food sources this La alguenga tierna, rompe al hueso. year, departs from Seattle June 10. A tender tongue breaks bones. A kind appeal works wonders — more than harsh words. Today, you are a man. Or a woman. 10 The JTNews pays tribute to 2012’s day school and Hebrew school graduates

Israel to your health: Climbing the ranks 16 Israeli universities churn out cutting-edge science and tech programs, climbing up the ranks of the world’s best schools.

Some little-known Israeli trivia Lifting the nuclear curtain 17 Who owns the land upon which the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, sits? Want Armed with a cache of declassified documents, an Israel nuclear weapons expert wants you to know the a hint? It’s not the Israeli government. The answer, according to Michael Oren, truth. Israel’s ambassador to the United States, is Israel’s largest non-governmental landowner, the Russian Orthodox church. Oren spoke to a crowd of more than Sweet Misery 20 1,000 on Wed., June 6, after JTNews went to press. We will offer full coverage of Nationwide panic over Trader Joe’s kosher chocolate chips reaches Seattle. Be afraid. Be very afraid. his visit in our June 22 edition. More MOT: An endangered Yakima art gallery gets new life 9 Crossword 9 The Arts 13 Community calendar 21 The Shouk Classifieds 22 Lifecycles 23 Jewish on Earth: Changing the military-industrial complex 24 Remember when From the Jewish Transcript, June 7, 1979. Things certainly have changed in 33 years. At an event in which he was hon- ored for his service, former Senator Henry Jackson said that Israel should not accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank. Today, 10 under the Netanyahu government has set as a matter of policy the goal of a two-state solution. forty

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WWallocations Page 1 “You do not cut the social service “They’re creating change and being Hayon, Hillel’s executive director. agency that deals with the most vulnerable empowered for the work they’re doing He said he found it curious that Hillel that will enable them to hire an educa- people in our society during the worst eco- through Jewish learning,” Borodin said. had received $92, 425 for its Jconnect young tion director and integrate Jewish learning nomic crisis since the 1930s,” he said. “That’s going to carry them forward into adults program but only $10,000 for under- more fully into the synagogue. Though JFS did raise $1 million at its [becoming] leaders on campus [and] into graduate services, its bread and butter. For older adult services, Jeff Cohen, annual luncheon last month, that money, their lives.” “If we’re not delivering Jewish content CEO of the Caroline Kline Galland and plus another $200,000 it needs to raise before Hillel at the University of Washing- for college students, we don’t need to be Affiliates nursing and assisted living cen- June 30, is slated for the current fiscal year. ton saw a total reduction of $22,676 in the here,” Hayon said. But “if it means that ters, said his organization’s $45,000 grant Almo noted that the Federation’s man- three grants it received. But that money we’re not throwing the kinds of events or will help the agency launch a service that date is to look at the community as a still will need to be made up in its budget. feeding them the kinds of food or offering takes healthcare outside of the confines of whole, which meant spreading the avail- “Like everyone else in this economy the same kinds of decorations as before, its facilities. able funds beyond the same organizations these days, it means economizing, down- I’m confident that they’ll walk away from “It’s allowing us to apply for seed that had been funded for decades. sizing and sort of being thrifty about the money for a new home-health agency “With looking at helping our commu- way we do business,” said Rabbi Oren XXPage 18 that will allow Kline Galland to send in nity in need, they did receive the lion’s licensed nurses and therapists into peo- share of the funding,” Almo said of JFS. federation grants by Program/Project Title FY 2013 ple’s homes,” Cohen said. “They’re our primary agency in that area.” grant BUILDING JEWISH COMMUNITY The home-based program can eventu- He noted as well that the Federation n Adult Education ally be funded by Medicare, but qualifying also uses its resources to advocate for agen- Herzl-Ner Tamid / Torahthon $5,000 adult Education Totals $5,000 agencies must be up and running before cies, including JFS, in Olympia. n Building Jewish Identity they can be certified. JFS will be a partner in a new Jewish Birthright/Taglit / Birthright Israel $10,000 Hillel at UW / Passover $20,000 “This [grant] will help to defray some of supplementary high school program called Jewish Family Service / Family Life Education & Endless Opportunities and Shaarei Tikvah $97,290 those startup costs,” Cohen said. “In future Livnot, administered by congregations JTNews Media / Community Outreach Free Distribution Initiative $22,700 stroum Jewish Community Center / Jewish Community Holiday Celebrations $48,645 years we’re planning that the program will Beth Shalom and Herzl–Ner Tamid. It washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center / Yom Hashoah Community Commemorations $5,000 fund itself.” launches next school year with the help of washington State Jewish Historical Society / Instant Replay: Featuring Washington Jews in Sports $5,000 Building Jewish Identity Totals $208,635 The Kline Galland received $11,997 a $35,000 grant. n Young Adults: Aged 18–35 last year in unrestricted funds, just over a “While this is a project that has been chabad at UW / Shabbat and Holiday Celebrations $5,000 Hillel at UW / Jconnect Seattle $92,425 quarter of the grant it received this year. piloted by two congregations, our vision Hillel at UW / Undergraduate Shabbat and Holidays $10,000 While Cohen expressed enthusiasm about of it was not one that belonged to congre- Young Adults Totals $107,425 BUILDING JEWISH COMMUNITY TOTALS $321,060 his agency’s grant, Jewish Family Service, gations, but is open to all teens in the city,” EXPERIENCING JUDAISM historically the Federation’s single larg- said Rabbi Jill Borodin of Congregation n Early Childhood PJ Library $119,760 est beneficiary, expressed disappointment. Beth Shalom. stroum Jewish Community Center / New Family Outreach $90,480 “We received a 28 percent cut from last The synagogues are joining with JFS seattle Jewish Community School / Leveraging Our Community Campus $15,000 Early Childhood Totals $225,240 year’s allocation to this year’s allocation. and the social-action organization Repair n Formal Jewish Education That is a very significant cut,” said Ken the World to create leadership courses Beth Hatikvah / Yesodot Hazakim $7,000 Education Services / Encouraging Excellence Through Collaboration $97,290 Weinberg, JFS’s CEO. That equals a reduc- for the teens within various social service Joint Day School Application / Tuition Assistance Program tion of $121,860. agencies around the region. (Participating schools: Jewish Day School, Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder, Northwest Yeshiva High School, seattle Hebrew Academy, Seattle Jewish Community School, Torah Day School) $291,870 Kavana Cooperative / Educational Array $5,000 Kol HaNeshamah / Out of the Box $8,000 Livnot Project $35,000 Formal Jewish Education Totals $444,160 n Teen Experiences Anti-Defamation League / Confronting Anti-Semitism / Empowering Jewish Teens $5,000 BBYO Evergreen / Seattle BBYO $9,000 community Need-Based Teen Israel Program Scholarships $20,000 Jewish Day School, Seattle Hebrew Academy / 8th Grade Israel Trips $15,000 Joint Teen Israel Incentives (Participating agencies: Alexander Muss High School in Israel, BBYO, Camp Solomon Schechter, Nesiya, north American Federation of Temple Youth, NCSY, United Synagogue Youth, Young Judaea) $48,645 seattle NCSY / Torah High $9,000 Teen Experiences Total $106,645 n Jewish Camping community Need-Based Summer Camp Scholarships $48,645 Joint Camp Proposal / Inter-Camp First-Time Camper Incentive (Participating camps: Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Camp Kol Rena, Camp Solomon Schechter, sephardic Adventure Camp, Stroum Jewish Community Center Summer Camp, URJ Camp Kalsman) $58,370 stroum Jewish Community Center / Overnight Camp Initiative $18,400 stroum Jewish Community Center / Summer Camp $67,080 Jewish Camping Totals $192,495 EXPERIENCING JUDAISM TOTALS $968,540 STRENGTHENING GLOBAL JEWRY n Human Need Overseas Joint Distribution Committee / Caring for Impoverished Children in Ukraine $48,788 Human Need Overseas Total $48,788 n sErvices to the Elderly Joint Distribution Committee / Providing Vital Relief for Impoverished Elderly in the Former Soviet Union $48,788 3/($6(-2,186,1+2125,1*28592/817((56 Services to the Elderly Totals $48,788 n Human Need in Israel $77+(-(:,6+)('(5$7,21¶6$118$/0((7,1* development Fund for Kiryat Malachi / Kiryat Malachi Emergency Clinic $7,000 leket Israel / Nutritional Support for Vulnerable Populations in the Kiryat Malachi & Hof Ashkelon Region $22,000 sELAH / Direct Emergency Aid to Immigrants in Crisis $25,000 7 + 8 5 6 ' $ < - 8 1 (   tiPS / TIPS Partnership with Kiryat Malachi & Hof Ashkelon Region $105,944 YEDID / Kiryat Malachi Citizens Rights Center $17,500 Human Need in Israel Totals $177,444 6($77/($6,$1$57086(806($77/($6,$1$57086(80 n Jewish Federations of North America Unrestricted Allocation $503,309 STRENGTHENING GLOBAL JEWRY TOTALS $778,329 $1'5($ 0,&+$(/',&.67(,1&+$,56$1'5($ 0,&,&+$+$(/ ',&.6. 7(7(,1,1 &+$,56 HELPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY in need n older Adults Kline Galland / Home-Health Agency $45,000 older Adults Totals $45,000 5(*,67(521/,1(55(**,677 ( 5 2 11/, 1 ( n stabilizing Lives in Crisis Jewish Family Service / Emergency Services and Food Bank $97,290 :::::-(:,6+,16($77/(25*$118$/0((7,1*: :-(- ::,6++ , 1 6 ($$777 /(( 22 5 *$ 11188$//0(((7,11* Jewish Family Service / Project DVORA $72,960 2525&$//& $$//     stabilizing Lives in Crisis Totals $170,250 n Mental Health Eastern European Counseling Center / Mental Health Treatment $5,000 Friendship Circle / Sunday Circle $21,750 Jewish Family Service / Alternatives to Addiction $48,645 Mental Health Total $75,395 HELPING OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TOTALS $290,645 TOTAL ALLOCATIONS $2,358,573 friday, june 8, 2012 . www.jtnews.net . 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If Chains oiled, legs stretched: Jewish you cross-country bike ride rolls from Seattle go: The Hazon Cross-USA ride Dikla Tuchman JTNews Correspondent and the Seattle day ride begin at Why wouldn’t a Jewish cross-country then down to Chicago, across southern Bastyr University, 14500 Juanita bike ride launch from Seattle? The region Ohio, with a stop in Pittsburgh before roll- Dr. NE, Kenmore on Sun., June ranks number two among major Amer- ing into Washington, D.C. on Aug. 16. 10 at 9 a.m. The day ride ends at ican cities in which people commute to Twenty riders will leave from Bastyr Tolt McDonald Park and camp- work by bike. The percentage of people University, 11 of them to make the full ground in Carnation. $50/adult, who use bicycles as their primary mode trek. The rest, as many as 45 in total, will $25/19 and under. Visit www. of getting to work in Seattle increased 22 do half the ride or legs between cities. The hazon.org to register. Prior to percent between 2009 and 2010, accord- cyclists will cover an average of 70 miles the Sunday ride, Hazon will host ing to the annual American Communi- per day, but take Shabbat off. Two trucks a Saturday evening dinner and ties Survey conducted by the U.S. Census. with gear and food will follow the riders, Havdalah event at Bastyr Promoting cycling as a major means of but in the spirit of Hazon’s focus on sus- University at 7:15 p.m. RSVP at transportation is “a huge part of what this tainable agriculture, they will of course ow.ly/blPXO. ride is about and the organization,” said stop for fresh produce from local farms Wendy Levine, ride director of the Hazon and farmers markets. Jewish environmental organization’s In addition to the cross-country ride, day ride. Aronson is no stranger to long Cross-USA bike ride, which launches June Hazon will also sponsor a Seattle one-day bike rides: Her first cross-country ride in 10 in Kenmore. ride to promote the launch on June 10. 2004 with the American Lung Association Hazon creates programs to establish This ride will be fully supported with sus- started here. entry points for Jews of all backgrounds Courtesy Hazon tainable food thanks to a $5,000 grant pro- “I fell in love with [the city] and ended who are concerned about the environ- Two riders from one of Hazon’s regional rides in vided by the Jewish Federation of Greater up moving here,” Aronson said. “I think ment. The organization runs its programs 2010. Seattle. it speaks to the Seattle Jewish community primarily out of New York, San Francisco “The one-day ride is a really great and it’s such a big opportunity.” and Israel and focuses on aspects of sus- care about their environment and sustain- opportunity to introduce Hazon to the She will ride with the cross-country tainable living, such as transportation ability,” Levine said. “The theme of our community. This will get the ideas going group for the first three days. and food education. While most of the ride is sustainable food sources around and give the exposure and is the first Although the goal had been to sign up bike rides it sponsors take place only in the country, and Seattle is very conscious step in having regional bike rides in the 50 riders for the Seattle day ride, Aronson these regions, for the first time since 2000 about the sustainable food system.” future,” Levine said. said it was difficult to get people to commit Hazon decided to bring its cross-country The full ride will last 10 weeks. The Jessica Aronson of Seattle has been to participating, mostly because it had a biking expedition back to Seattle. route will take riders through Spokane, working locally with Levine on market- “Seattle is very well known for how they across Montana and into the Twin Cities, ing and promotion for the Seattle one- XXPage 23

QFC supports Boys and Girls Clubs

QFC is proud to support the Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington as our checkstand charity for the month of June. The Boys and Girls Clubs have 102 Clubs and another 100 outreach sites throughout Washington that serve over 147,000 youth annually. This includes 13 Clubs in King County and 13 Clubs in Snohomish County. The Boys and Girls Clubs have been serving the youth of Western Washington for over 63 years. These Clubs are often among the only safe and supervised places many young people from age 6 to 18 can go after school or during the summer. Youths who take part in Boys and Girls Club activities typically stay involved in the Clubs for an average of 5.2 years at an average of 4 days a week. Among Club alumni who participated in a comprehensive survey several years ago, their Club experiences provided numerous positive benefits. It helped many stay in school and graduate from high school and many others to pursue college degrees. It helped many with their self-confidence, personal ethics, self-esteem, leadership skills, ability to develop goals and aspirations, and community involvement. The Boys and Girls Clubs have a set of core programs to promote youth development. Those core programs fall into the following categories: n Character and Leadership Development n Education and Career Development n Health and Life Skills n The Arts n Sports, Fitness and Recreation n Technology In particular, Clubs are focusing on impacting children in three key areas. The attended by over 250 youth from across the state. Attendees were exposed to a variety first is academic success; teaching kids to see themselves as learners with the goals of technology related skills and opportunities. These included meeting professionals of reducing drop-out rates and helping them improve their grades. A second area from different technology companies to learn about career possibilities and learning is character and citizenship. The Clubs’ goals are to reduce juvenile crime rates, about digital arts, robotics, social media and environmental sustainability. encourage community service and help kids become more engaged with their peers In 2012 the Boys and Girls Clubs will be focusing on increasing the frequency of and adults. The third area is healthy lifestyles. This includes fostering a positive self- participation of the teens it serves and enhancing its services to them. During June, image, teaching healthy behaviors and reducing drug use and obesity. we invite you to make a donation at any QFC check stand or designate your bag reuse In the fall of 2011 Boys and Girls Clubs of Washington hosted its first ever credit go toward the great work that they make possible. Thank you for your support! TechFest. It was a daylong event held on Microsoft’s Redmond Campus that was

For questions or more information, please contact Ken Banks at 425-462-2205 or [email protected]. 8 JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 8, 2012

New Philanthropy Model Yields Impressive Results Federation Announces Allocations Last fall, the Jewish Federation of Experiencing Judaism (28%) support- The Jewish Federation of Greater Seat- locations Committee, the new model Greater Seattle took a big gamble on ing programs for families with children tle is pleased to announce grants to 48 enabled the Federation to begin work- how it raises funds and makes grants. birth to grade 12; then Strengthening organizations this year, including 20 ing with new partners and created stra- Responding to a changing Jewish com- Global Jewry (23%); and finally Build- grantees who are receiving Federation tegic alliances among agencies which munity in which choice and account- ing Jewish Community (9%), which Community Campaign funding for the have never collaborated before, to ability are paramount to philanthropic focuses on college students and adult first time. Through its new philanthropy move our community forward. “While decision-making, Federation donors education programs. model, donors to the Jewish Federa- we could not fund every proposal this were invited to make their gifts via 18 “Our community has spoken and tion’s annual Community Campaign year, our leadership was energized Impact Areas and Priority Areas. they told us that they appreciated can designate their gifts to specific by the forward-thinking initiatives The results for the 2012 Community being able to choose how their impact or priority areas. Reflecting the presented which will help our Jewish Campaign are in and the Federa- Federation gift impacts our Jewish community’s priorities, grants to local community flourish,” he said. tion received nearly 1,000 directed community,” explained Celie Brown, organizations advancing Jewish life “Our focus is advancing the quality of gifts, representing 27.5% of the total Chair of the 2012 Community Cam- in Western Washington increased by Jewish life by working together with number of gifts made to the campaign. paign. “We are buoyed by this enthu- $156,000. highly effective organizations operat- Among donors who directed their gifts, siastic response and we look forward “In response to our changing com- ing in Seattle, in Israel and across the Helping Our Community in Need was to having the new model strengthen munity, one that is increasingly diverse globe,” added Federation president the most prevalent choice (40% of all our fundraising efforts during the and geographically dispersed than and CEO Richard Fruchter. “Through designated gifts). This was followed by 2013 campaign.” ever before we opened our grant our grants to Jewish Family Service, process to all Jewish organizations in Kline Galland, the Stroum Jewish Western Washington and in Israel, Community Center and Hillel UW, plus Partner Spotlight: The Friendship Circle serving our partnership communities of Jewish schools, camps and synagogues Kiryat Malachi and the Hof Ashkelon in our area, and our overseas partners For the first time, the Jewish Federation of music, arts, Kung Fu and social activi- Region,” said Jack Almo, chair of the such as the American Jewish Joint Dis- Greater Seattle is making a Community ties. Participants attend workshops at Federation’s Planning and Allocations tribution Committee and Jewish Agency Campaign grant to The Friendship Circle The Friendship Circle’s facility on Mercer Committee. “We’re delighted that, for Israel, we are helping strengthen of Washington, an organization serving Island; there are many programs they of- thanks to the generosity of our Jewish Jewish life and creating a community families who have children with special fer throughout the year – Sunday Circle, community, we’re able to support orga- that cares about one another locally needs by providing them with a range of Holiday Programs, sib-workshops, Teen nizations that are doing excellent work and around the world.” social and educational experiences. Scene, MVP and Summer camp. for and fostering Jewish peoplehood.” View our Community Partner list at “The Federation’s new philanthropy those children with more severe needs, According to Dan Lowen, vice chair www.JewishInSeattle.org/ model included a Mental Health Priority they enjoy a teen Friend each week at of the Federation’s Planning and Al- CommunityPartners Area enabling the funding of initiatives their home, called Friends@Home. All that help people with a diverse set of programs are offered free of charge. special needs,” explained Sarah Boden, “Every member of our community Federation’s incoming Vice Chair of Plan- deserves to share the joys of friendship Thank You for Making Our Community Better ning & Allocations. “When we learned of and love, and through our 96 teen the great work provided by The Friend- volunteers we turn this aspiration into “The one who causes others to do good ship Circle, we were excited to fund a reality,” said Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky, is even greater than the doer.” proposal that will help this agency serve executive director of The Friendship —Talmud, Bava Batra its population and grow.” Circle. “We thank the Federation for Dear Friends, The Friendship Circle matches over 75 partnering with us and enabling us to children with special needs, including grow this rewarding program in the On behalf of the Board and staff of the are building a community of which we developmental, neurological, social and year to come.” Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, can be proud. physical disabilities with teen volunteers This Spotlight is the first in a series of I would like to thank the thousands of My thanks also go out to the hundreds around shared activities that include play, articles that will feature the work of both individuals who made our community of volunteers who dedicated thousands new and traditional Federation partners stronger through your support of the of hours on behalf of our community. to show how Federation support is 2012 Community Campaign. Your gift Indeed, whether it is raising tzedakah, being invested in the Jewish community. helps people in need locally and world- 2012 AnnuAl Meeting serving on boards and committees or wide, strengthens our Jewish communi- Honoring Our Volunteers interacting directly with the people who ty, advocates for justice, builds support need our help, the spirit of volunteerism June 21 at 5:30pm for Israel and so much more. is at the heart of what makes our com- Light kosher dinner reception Teen Israel Scholarship The 2012 Community Campaign was munity strong. Seattle Asian Art Museum Applications Due July 25 the inaugural year of the Federation’s at Volunteer Park new philanthropic model. Whether you 1400 E Prospect Street gave an unrestricted gift or directed More info at Sincerely, Seattle, WA 98112 your support, we appreciate your car- www.JewishInSeattle.org/ ing. We would like to call out the hun- Richard Fruchter Registration: $36 or $72 IsraelScholarships dreds of donors who gave this year for President & CEO JewishInSeattle.org/AnnualMeeting the first time! Together, all of our donors Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle friday, june 8, 2012 . www.jtnews.net . JTNews m.o.t: member of the tribe 9

Yakima’s one-woman arts This Week’s Wisdom booster • An influential Know Your Students physician • The moneyman with by Andrew Marc Greene heart and his wife, the actress

Diana Brement JTNews Columnist She was born and raised on the wet side, but Gary S. Kaplan, M.D., 1Seattle native Josey chairman and CEO Fast is now enjoying life on 2of Seattle’s Virginia the dry side of the Cascade Mason Medical Center, was curtain as the owner of the ranked No. 2 in Modern Phy- only commercial art gallery in sician and Modern Healthcare the Yakima Valley. magazine’s annual listing of The Franklin High and the “50 Most Influential Phy- Western Washington Univer- sician Executives.” sity grad first headed east in This is Gary’s seventh time 2005, living for a while in La Grande, Ore. tribe on the list and he placed After deciding that was too far away 12th last year. More than from her grown daughter and other family, 17,000 reader votes were cast she moved to eastern Washington for a for 2012’s 2,700 nominations. The votes short-term opportunity to do marketing counted toward half of the final outcome, for the arts community in Tieton, Wash., with the magazine’s editors providing the known as “Mighty Tieton,” remaining input. as well as a bookkeeping post Gary was singled out for and other odd jobs. his use of the Toyota pro- “I never had a retail busi- duction system to reduce ness,” she told me, but she costs and improve quality. had run her own business in The magazine noted a “shift Pirkei Avot, a section of the Talmud that translates to “Ethics of the Fathers,” describes four types Seattle as a freelance assis- in culture and re-engineer- of students: one who absorbs everything, one who takes it in at one end and lets it out the other, tant and organizer. When ing of core practices” under one who rejects the wine and retains the dregs, and one who rejects the coarse meal and retains the fine flour. Only by knowing who you are teaching can you know how to teach. she learned last fall that his leadership. the owner of Oak Hollow The University of Michi- Custom Frames and Gal- gan alumnus has been chair- ACROSS DOWN 1 They can be opened, rolled, or shielded 1 “Come in!” lery in Yakima’s West Valley man and CEO of Virginia 5 We Bought a ___ 2 Google competitor neighborhood was retir- Mason since 2000. He is a 8 Milkshake accoutrement 3 Makes equal ing, Josey jumped on what Courtesy Josey Fast University of Washington 13 Blue-skinned Avatar race 4 Princess Leia, to Luke Skywalker Josey Fast, the owner of the only 14 Spend a night with the stars? 5 They’re off the wall “turned out to be a really, clinical professor who gives 15 Drive away 6 Texter’s jaw-drop really good opportunity.” art gallery in Yakima. a lot of time to service orga- 16 With 60-Across, 9-Down, and 24-Down, 7 Crude grp.? Josey has kept Oak Hol- nizations in his field. He was the four types of students described in the 8 Toss into the junk heap introduction 9 See 16-Across low’s business model of custom framing, recently elected chair of the board of the 18 Drive away 10 Enthralled fine crafts and art gallery intact, which has Institute for Healthcare Improvement. 19 Long time 11 On a yachting trip pleased local artists and the community. 20 “___ live and breathe!” 12 Source of water or wishes 21 Potentially at risk for tsunami damage 14 Trigonometric function She exhibits a new artist every month and, 23 Nuns’ prayer aids 17 Halfway house resident, perhaps “I’m booked all the way through the middle 26 Make a choice 22 “My bad!” of 2014 with shows.” You can learn about 27 Like a direct flight 24 See 16-Across 29 Tabula ___ 25 @ in Israel, or the pastry whose shape current shows and read Josey’s blog at 33 Caress lovingly inspired that name www.oakhollowframes.blogspot.com. 36 Uses Photoshop to change the size of, say 28 “___ the ramparts we watched...” The work is fun and “challenges every- 38 Furious 30 M*A*S*H actor Alan 39 Ben-___ 31 Move like water through a cave wall thing I like to do,” she says, including busi- 40 ___-hole 32 “___ sow, so shall...” ness details, problem solving, “the creative 41 Brought together 33 Ingredients in a cookie named for Newton, part” of cutting mats and frames and, most 43 Hors d’oeuvre MA 44 Plumlike fruit used to flavor gin 34 Word with vaccine or hygiene of all, “not sitting behind a desk.” Josey 45 Carry out 35 Post-WWII alliance cuts every mat and frame, and hangs every 47 Luke Skywalker, to Darth Vader 37 Mayenne manor show herself. 49 Like a novelist’s aspirations 39 Place under a spell 53 Comeback 42 1996 Tony winner for Best Musical “People accuse me of being artistic,” 57 Showing up at the ER late? 43 Swerve right in front of she says dryly. 58 Role for Keanu 46 Orchard beverages When not at the store (Tuesday Courtesy George Cox 59 Owning a sizable amount of land 48 A barista may take yours Carolyn and George Cox. 60 See 16-Across 50 Year-long record through Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.), 63 Push out of the way 51 Sweet Home Alabama actress Witherspoon she walks her dog in the orchards near her 64 Football field material 52 What egg-white omelets lack house, gardens, and takes advantage of the 65 Soak up some sun 53 Speak despite laryngitis 66 Clout 54 Comeback area’s cultural offerings, including sym- Registered Rep, a print and digital 67 Downton Abbey network 55 Body part that may be furrowed phony and theater. magazine for retail finance invest- 68 Pub offerings 56 It often precedes www “It’s beautiful, it’s peaceful,” she says. ment professionals, nominated 61 Center 3 62 LeBron’s league Josey has found a synagogue home at broker George T. Cox of Morgan Stan- Yakima’s Reform Temple Shalom, which ley Smith Barney’s Seattle office as one of meets Friday evenings, some Saturdays, its top ten “Advisors with Heart” this year. and holidays in an old house in town. A George is the founder of the Alexan- Answers on page 13 student rabbi visits once a month and cur- der Hamilton Friends Association. He was © 2012 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. rently the congregation is served by Molly All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb. Plotnik, who grew up in the Seattle area. XXPage 14 10 2012 graduates JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 8, 2012 Mazel Tov 2012 Graduates We proudly congratulate Temple Beth Am the JDS Class of 2012 and share their academic choices for next year:

Courtesy Temple Beth Am Temple Beth Am’s graduating seniors, from front to back, left to right: Rabbi Beth Singer, Alexandra MacKay, Anya Tudisco, Megan Warshaw, Madeline Berkman, Rabbi Jonathan Singer. Max Wasser, Evan Futran, Ben Kahle, Youth Director Dorothy Kahn. (Jamie Pearl not pictured) Rabbi Allison Flash, Patrick Westgaard, Amy Fair. Rabbi Janine Schloss, Jacob Stashower, Ben Sabath, Jesse Stout. Amanda Baruch Lotan Mizrahi Not pictured: Lauren Fishman, Elayne Flicker, Jessica deRoulet, Sophia Goodfriend, Alexander Kaufman, Sammamish High School Skyline High School Joshua Rubenstein, Andrew Uhrich, Louis Weissman, William Westgaard. Evan Brown Jamie Pearl Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences Rebecca Brown Sophie Rittenberg Temple Beth Am Covenant Renewal University Prep Ingraham High School Benjamin Cape Zach Robin The Bush School Eastside Preparatory School Noa Dunn Sophie Rosenkranz Mercer Island High School The Northwest School Audrey Immel Lauren Steiner Redmond High School Issaquah High School Jake Lewine Michaela Strange Besant Hill (Ojai, CA) Sammamish High School Lia Lewine Madeline Weinstein Stevenson School (Pebble Beach, CA) Mt. Si High School Alexander Lustig Eastside Preparatory School

JDS is accepting applications for our Preschool program and limited openings in Kindergarten–8th Grade classrooms. Contact us at [email protected] and ask about Discovery Grants available for new families.

Leo V. Santiago Photography Temple Beth Am’s covenant renewal class, from front to back, left to right: Rabbi Jonathan Singer, Sophia Twersky, Allison Fishman, Lilia Cohen, Mara Shuster, Tess Jurcik, 15749 NE 4th Street n Bellevue, WA 98008 Rabbi Beth Singer. Aaron Alter, Nate Yasuda, Ben Faigin, Jackson Fair, Ira Fleming, Adam Gruenbaum, and Ben Ramsey. n www.jds.org 425-460-0200 Jonathan Frankel, Micah Nacht, Hannah Heyrich, Kit Hipple, Eli Etzioni, Dylan McClain, Vlad Spektor. Noah Weinstein, Ari Cooper, Matan Bilavsky, Ella Hansen. Jacob Rosenthal, Isaac Rubenstein, Aidan Maifeld, Max Konsker, Jeremy Meyer. friday, june 8, 2012 . www.jtnews.net . JTNews 2012 graduates 11 Jewish Day School Northwest Yeshiva High School

Courtesy NYHS The graduating class of Northwest Yeshiva High School, in alphabetical order: Reid Marcus Alberstone, Nicholas Brett Alkan, Avraham Moshe Amon, Joshua David Appelbaum, Milana Y. Davydova, Molly Rose Dubow, Joshua Sanford Gladstein, Benjamin Frederick Golden, Ilana Beverly Greenberg, Benjamin Joseph Greene, Jacob Soloman Hanan, Sarah Michelle Lizer, Jennifer Mendoza, Devon Raymond Nikfard, Andrew Isaac Orenstein, Julia Rena Owen, Makena Flory Owens, Dena Raizel Phillips, Racquelle S. Ramirez, Zecharia Ethan Shayne, Naomi Rose Steinberg, Suzannah Ariella Steinberg. Yuen Lui The 8th-grade graduating class of the Jewish Day School, in alphabetical order: Amanda Baruch, Evan Brown, Rebecca Brown, Benjamin Cape, Noa Dunn, Audrey Immel, Jake Lewine, Lia Lewine, Alexander Lustig, Lotan Mizrahi, Jamie Pearl, Sophie Rittenberg, Zach Robin, Sophie Rosenkranz, Lauren Steiner, Michaela Strange, Madeline Weinstein.

Menachem Mendel Hebrew High The Hebrew High graduating class, from left to right: Seattle Cheder Jacob Bock, Nadav Ashkenazi, Alex Sanchez-Stern, Aliza Mossman, Maddie Peha, Justyn Jacobs, Joey Rudee, Nathan Steifal, Ari Dahukey, Kayla Mogil, Nathan Hemphill. In front: Jonathan Newman, left, and Aviv Caspi. Amy Hilzman-Paquette

Nina Krasnow Congratulations Join Us on 6.13.12! The graduating 8th-grade class at the Menachem Northwest Yeshiva High School Sephardic Bikur Holim Mendel Seattle Cheder, from left to right: Rochel 7:30pm Allen, Nava Levine, Dassi Bogomilsky. Graduating Class of 2012

The Class of 2012 college, university and Israel program acceptances: American University Fashion Institute of Technology Seattle University University of Denver Western Washington University Bar Ilan University Goucher College Stern College University of Miami Yeshiva University Binghampton College Lander College Stern College, Honors Prog. University of North Dakota Yeshivat Reishit Yerushalayim Brandeis University Midreshet HaRova Syracuse University University of Oregon Yeshivat Sha’arei Mevaseret Zion Nina Krasnow Chapman University Midreshet Moriah Tulane University University of Washington Yeshivat Yesodai HaTorah The senior graduating class from the Menachem Derech Etz Chayim Rutgers University University of British Columbia Mendel Seattle Cheder, from left to right: Inbal Washington State University Levin, Sarale Farkash, Naomi Kavka, Natalie Krasnow and Perel Marasow. Congratulations to NYHS Alumni graduating this year: Daniela Aaron 2007 Yair Cohenca 2008 Abe Leavitt 2007 Shoshana Rosenbaum 2007 Karl Sobel 2008 XXPage 12 Stern College U. of Washington Yeshiva University Brandeis University U. of Maryland Sy Syms School of Business Daniella Barber 2008 Moshe Fox 2003 Michal Salmon 2008 Esther (Cohen) Varon 2007 U. of Maryland Georgia Tech (Ph.D.) Drew Lovy 2003 Cornell University Stern College Albert Einstein College of Medicine Jordan Behar 2008 Adam Goldberg 2008 Rabbi Matt Schneeweis 2002 Sarah Voss 2008 U. of Maryland Wheaton College Mushky Notik 2008 Yeshiva University Azrieli U. of Washington U. of Washington School of Nursing Graduate School of Jewish Gabe Cahn 2008 Daniele Goldberg 2008 Education Solomon Waldbaum 2008 Whitman College Smith College Gavriela (Golden) Nomanim 2007 U. of Washington UCLA Jodi Schwartz 2008 Mercedes Cohen 2008 Gavriella Golden 2007 U. of Washington Rachel Weinstein 2008 Stern College UCLA Yael Nov 2007 Brandeis University U. of Washington Aviva Shayne 2007 Stern College

06.04.12 - Graphics by Edison Leonen www.nyhs.net If we missed you, please contact [email protected]. 12 2012 graduates JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 8, 2012 Seattle Hebrew Academy Seattle Jewish Community School

Gabrielle Azose The Seattle Jewish Community School’s 5th-grade graduating class. Bottom, from left to right: Jacob, Micah, Sol, Yacov. Top, from left to right: Thea, Amalya, Jack, Max Abraham.

Nina Krasnow The 8th grade graduating class from Seattle Hebrew Academy. Front row from left to right: Esther A. Goldberg, Gabriella Joelle Naggar, Roxanna Sikavi, Nora Temple De Hirsch Sinai Yagolnitser. Back row from left to right: Akiva Jacob Greenberg, Raphael Shlomo Alcabés, Eli The Temple De Hirsch Sinai graduates from the joint high school Alexander Brawerman. program with Temple B’nai Torah. From left to right: Rabbi Alan Cook, Rabbi Daniel Weiner, Robby Soble, Ashley Bobman, Rabbi Aaron Meyers, Rabbi Daniel Septimus. Not Pictured: Michael Edmond, Melissa Kipersztok, Joshua Esfeld, Kara Glass, Ben Eggers, Ethan Gottlieb. Courtesy Temple De Hirsch Sinai

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Israel’s nukes: Declassified

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent In his new book, “Israel and the Bomb,” 30 years. believes it’s time for Israel to depart from way that a country manages its relation- writer, historian, and one of the world’s Cohen spoke at Town Hall Seat- its “bargain” with the United States, ship with the bomb is sourced in the rea- foremost voices on nuclear weapons and tle in late May against the backdrop of which, he writes, hinges on secrecy, opac- sons it originally sought to have it. Israel’s, Israel, Dr. Avner Cohen, reveals the con- the NATO Chicago Summit that was ity, and ambiguity. he noted, were and are deterrence. tents of newly declassified historical mem- underway which dealt, in part, with talks “The issue for me is above all domestic, “In many ways, the pursuit of the bomb oranda and transcripts from some of the between the international community moral, and democratic,” he told JTNews. was a translation into concrete terms of highest-level conversations between world and Iran regarding the acceptable level of “Much of this book is an effort to inter- Israel’s fundamental vow of ‘never again,’” leaders and Israel during the creation and enrichment for its nuclear program. pret — to decode if you will — the fun- Cohen said. “Israel must make it clear that the escalation of Israel’s nuclear program, Alumni and members of the Mon- damentals of the Israeli bargain with the another Holocaust could not happen again including correspondence between Prime terey Institute Board of Governors spon- bomb, from its early seeds to the time in Israel. The bargain is as much about Minister Golda Meir and U.S. President sored the Town Hall Seattle event, “Israel’s when it was codified as a secret policy,” Israel’s national identity as it is about strat- Richard Nixon, and between President Worst-Kept Secret,” as well as a pre-event Cohen said at the Town Hall event. “Over egy. It’s about something which is more John F. Kennedy and Israeli Prime Min- reception at the Sorrento Hotel, “The time, it has become rooted in deeper soci- than just policy. It’s a holistic concept and isters David Ben- Nuclear Challenge of etal attitudes, something with psychologi- it incorporates politics, both domestic and Gurion and Levi Iran: A Global Per- cal depth, following the political deal that international law, society, culture, dis- Eshkol. spective,” that fea- was made between Prime Minister Golda course, and national psychology.” Cohen, a senior tured Cohen and Meir and U.S. President Richard Nixon Complicating this all-encompass- fellow and professor Jon Wolfsthal, the in 1969.” ing relationship within Israel toward the of nonproliferation deputy director of Cohen pointed to the deal Meir struck bomb is its stance toward Iran and that studies at the Mon- the James Martin with Nixon, which bartered tacit U.S. sup- nation’s nuclear ambitions. terey Institute of Center for Nonpro- port for Israel’s budding nuclear program Cohen believes Iran’s intentions are International Stud- liferation Studies in exchange for the promise of keeping it just as ambiguous and opaque as the ies at Middlebury and former special below the political radar. Israeli nuclear strategy, but that Iran wants College in Mon- adviser for nuclear “The deal was made in a one-on-one to enrich uranium to the maximum level terey, Calif., spent Janis Siegel security to Vice Pres- conversation between Golda Meir and to appear bomb-ready. eight years read- Avner Cohen, senior fellow and professor of ident Joseph Biden. Nixon,” Cohen said, “where essentially “If you look at Iran through an Israeli ing through thou- Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Shedding light on she told him, apparently, that Israel has lens,” Cohen said, “you see another sands of documents Institute of International Studies at Middlebury the political and the the bomb. He accepted it, was even sym- Israel. That is to say, you see a country from many different College in California. psychological rea- pathetic, and the issue was to keep it low that is determined to get the bomb, but sources for his book, sons that led to Isra- profile. So, non-acknowledgement, invis- it is not clear that Iran wants to build a including the David Ben-Gurion Center el’s current level of secrecy about its ibility, no tests, no declarations, and, of nuclear arsenal. Iran wanted to promote and the Weizmann Institute Archives in nuclear weapons program, Cohen advo- course, no use, not only no military use, its advanced status by having both sides of Israel and the U.S. National Library and cates for the abandonment of Israel’s but also no political use, in return for nuclear energy. They are trying to push as the Dwight D. 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Continuing along the cutting edge of high tech and medicine

Janis Siegel JTNews Columnist It’s difficult to overesti- “It may be that Professor The Hebrew University also ranked remove the ethical objections some have mate the global impact that Shechtman is the last scien- 22 out of 100 in CWCU’s 2011 Academic with using embryonic stem cells. Using a the new partnership between tist to be awarded the Nobel Ranking of World Universities in mathe- patient’s own skin stem cells also signifi- the Technion-Israel Institute Prize for research conducted matics. Tel Aviv University came in 32nd. cantly lowers the probability of the body of Technology and Cornell by one person working alone In the CWCU’s list of the top 500 rejecting them. University, CornellNYC Tech, in one laboratory,” said Lavie, universities in the world, The Hebrew In April 2012, Maty Tzukerman, a will have on the future of referencing Technion profes- University of Jerusalem ranked 57; the senior research scientist also at the Tech- research and new technology. sor Dan Schechtman’s 2011 Technion-Israel Insti- nion Rappaport Fac- But last month, on May 22, win in chemistry. “Nowadays, tute of Technology, Tel ulty of Medicine and Mayor Michael Bloomberg achieving significant scien- Aviv University, and Research Institute and announced that Google, Inc. health tific and engineering break- the Weizmann Insti- the Rambam Medi- is giving these collaborative, world-class throughs requires tremendous tute of Science ranked cal Center, found that institutions the use of 22,000 square feet knowledge that the single sci- in the 102-150 range; cancer cells grow and of its office space for free, so that classes entist does not possess.” and Bar-Ilan University replicate themselves can begin in September 2012. The “gift” Lavie’s hope is that large technology along with Ben-Gurion more quickly when will be in effect for a maximum of five and companies will add satellites near the University of the Negev exposed to human cells a half years starting July 1, which should campus, and a high-tech startup culture are listed in the 301- than they do in a Petri be enough time for Cornell University to will begin to surround the center, “just as 400 slot. dish or mouse model. complete the campus construction. Even- such companies and extensions histori- And the cutting- This research could lead tually, the campus will be expanded to cally developed near the Technion,” he edge research continues to the development of 58,000 square feet. said. “Our innovative venture will build to make news. new methods for con- Professor Craig Gotsman of the Tech- a bridge of friendship and cooperation Just this past month, trolling the growth of nion will serve as the founding director of between New York and Haifa.” Lior Gepstein, profes- cancer. Tzukerman the Technion-Cornell Innovation Insti- These bridges and partnerships may sor of medicine in car- hopes it may lead to tute there and will partner with Cornell in increase as the academic profiles of several diology and physiology cancer treatments that its operation, when it opens in 2017. Israeli research institutions have risen in at the Sohnis Research would render the killer During a meeting at the Technion with the last decade, making impressive show- Laboratory for Cardiac disease to be a chronic a visiting New York City Council member ings in lists like the 2011 Academic Rank- Electrophysiology and Regenerative Med- condition, like HIV-AIDS, that is manage- in February, the Technion’s president, ing of World Universities conducted by icine at the Technion and Rambam Med- able and treatable. The research was pub- Professor Peretz Lavie, explained that the the Center for World-Class Universities. ical Center, successfully harvested skin lished in the current advanced online issue new “hub” educational approach will be According to last year’s list of the top stem cells from a patient with heart fail- of the journal Stem Cells. a curriculum that operates across several 100 schools in computer science, the Weiz- ure and manipulated them into healthy disciplines and targeted at tech companies mann Institute of Science came in at 11, heart muscle cells. One day in the future, Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance located in New York City. and the Technion-Israel Institute of Tech- researchers may be able to introduce journalist Janis Siegel has covered A few of these include tech giants like nology ranked at 15. Also on the list was healthy heart cells into the heart of a international health research for SELF Tumblr, Facebook, Foursquare, Twitter, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem at 26, sick patient to regenerate healthy tissue. magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Bitly and YouTube. and Tel Aviv University, coming in at 28. This method of using skin cells would Cancer Research Center. senior living

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Israeli gov’t decision to fund Reform, Conservative rabbis sets precedent for equality with Orthodox

Ben Sales JTA World News ANALYSIS But it’s a victory more of principle than those of their Orthodox counterparts. ceremonies such as marriage or divorce. NEW YORK (JTA) — Last week’s major practical changes — at least, so far. For now, the decision applies only Rather than being funded by the nation’s announcement that the Israeli govern- The Israeli attorney general’s office said to Israel’s regional councils — large dis- Religious Services Ministry, they will ment for the first time will pay the salaries Tuesday that Reform and Conservative tricts of rural communities — but not receive their salaries from the Ministry of of some non-Orthodox rabbis represents a rabbis in some parts of Israel will be rec- Israeli cities. And the non-Orthodox Culture and Sport. major victory for the Reform and Conser- ognized as “rabbis of non-Orthodox com- rabbis, unlike their Orthodox colleagues, vative movements. munities” and will receive wages equal to will have no authority over Jewish law or XXPage 22

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The sweet misery of Chocolate Chip-gate

Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews Life is bittersweet for kosher consum- her supply will meet her baking needs G., “in the last two weeks roughly 100 bags its chocolate-chip challah. ers in Seattle. through the High Holidays. a day” have been sold, with two days top- “We’ve been looking all year to find On May 9, the kosher certification Kosher chocolate lovers rely on the ping out at 300 bags. At the time of this a good substitute, because we want fair- agency OK announced that Trader Joe’s Trader Joe’s brand because they can use writing, 10 cases remained. trade chocolate in all of our challah,” said chocolate chips, which it had previously the morsels for desserts served after meat Though the petitioners on Change.org Beiser, who has helped spearhead a cam- certified parve, or acceptable for a milk or meals. (Most kashrut observers need to wait include advocates for vegan and lactose-free paign to promote fair-trade, slavery-free meat meal, would now be certified dairy. six hours after a meat meal before consum- products, Josh said that concerns and com- chocolate among Jews in Seattle. More Kosher certifications frequently ing dairy.) According to an plaints mainly come from than half of the world’s chocolate produc- undergo reevaluation, but outcry swept ambiguous statement by the kosher consumers. “We get tion involves child slavery. the country. A protest page emerged on OK, the parve-dairy switch phone calls all the time,” he A 10-ounce bag of Sunspire chips Facebook, a petition called “Trader Joe’s: results from a “change in said, in particular from a local retails at $5.89 per bag — a far cry from Keep the Chocolate Chips Pareve!” on the level of monitoring at Jewish retirement facility. Trader Joe’s $2.29 for 12 ounces. By Change.org has received almost 6,000 sig- the facility.” The koshering “I have been showing up buying in bulk, Beiser said Hillel will be natures, and on May 23 the news made the organization says it is work- at Trader Joe’s since we heard paying $4.42 per bag. cover of the Wall Street Journal. ing with the manufacturer the news, requesting what- But he downplayed the price jump. Seattle was not immune. Kosher- to remedy the situation. The Joel Magalnick ever parve chips they are will- “Now there will be Challah for Justice with observant Jews flocked to area Trader Joe’s recipe for the chips has not Somehow we were able to get ing to part with,” said Esther even more justice in it.” stores to stockpile what’s left of the parve changed. our hands on a bag of the still- Friend, administrator at The Executives at Trader Joe’s have not dis- chocolate chips, buying dozens of bags at “At this point there isn’t parve chocolate chips from Summit at First Hill, via closed to store-bound staff if they’ll over- a time. enough information to eval- Trader Joe’s. email. “Our residents are big turn their decision to switch the chips’ Francine Birk, who runs a cottage uate what happened,” said fans of our outrageous choc- kashrut status. kosher baking business in Seward Park, Rabbi Moshe Kletenik of Bikur Cholim olate chip cookies during our 3 p.m. daily “Right now it is completely out of our bought 153 bags on just one run and has Machzikay Hadath and the Va’ad HaRa- cookie hour.” hands,” Josh, Trader Joe’s manager, said. ventured out to Capitol Hill, Ballard and banim of Greater Seattle, the local kosher- The assisted living facility’s baker pro- If they don’t, said Friend, “it’s a great Tacoma locations of the grocery store. ing agency. “In the interim, we have to take duces six-dozen cookies a day, she said. niche market and someone, somewhere, “The Trader Joe’s chocolate chips melt the word of the kosher supervising agency.” Others are willing to switch brands, will capitalize on the void — you can be well. They make great ganache. It tastes a Normally, the Trader Joe’s branch on though not without a price. Robert Beiser, sure we will track them down.” certain way. It melts a certain way,” said Capitol Hill goes through a case of choc- Repair the World director at Hillel at the Until then, the rush will continue while Birk. “I’m going to have to work around olate chips, 48 bags’ worth, every two University of Washington, said the weekly supplies last. that unless they change it back.” Further- or three days, with holiday sales spik- Challah for Justice program will switch “People are dealing in chocolate chips more, she said, other brands are just “not ing around one case a day. According to from Trader Joe’s to Sunspire chocolate now,” said Birk. “It’s so Charlie and the noshable” in the same way. She estimates a manager who identified himself as Josh chips, which are parve and fair trade, for Chocolate Factory.”

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WWisraeli rabbis Page 17 change would affect virtually all Conserva- of the Masorti movement’s annual budget David Lissy, executive director of the tive and Reform congregations. of approximately $4.5 million now comes Masorti Foundation in New York, pointed Even though the decision will not affect The announcement followed out-of- from the Diaspora. to two recent surveys of Israeli Jews show- most Israeli Reform and Conservative court negotiations over a 2005 petition by “The only way for a Masorti rabbi to act ing increased awareness of and identifi- Jews because the vast majority of them live the Israel Movement for Reform and Pro- as a Masorti rabbi was to be able to raise cation with non-Orthodox movements. in large metropolitan areas such as Jerusa- gressive Judaism and Rabbi Miri Gold, a enough funds from donations and dues to One, a recent report by the Israel Democ- lem and metro Tel Aviv, the decision nev- Reform rabbi from Kibbutz Gezer in cen- make a living,” Hess said. “We know that racy Institute and the Avi Chai founda- ertheless opens a door toward full equality tral Israel. Gold had petitioned the state to there are more communities that want to tion, showed that 30 percent of Israeli Jews with the Orthodox, non-Orthodox Israeli fund the Gezer Reform community just as reach out and have us.” had attended a Conservative or Reform leaders said. it funds Orthodox communities and their For years the government has held service. “The importance of the decision is that leaders. the position that non-Orthodox rabbis “More and more people feel that they it sets the model for the relations between Initially, the government has agreed deserve these rights: A 2008 government would like to take responsibility for their the non-Orthodox movements and the to fund 15 non-Orthodox rabbis in the memorandum to the court in Gold’s case Jewish identity,” Hess said. “They under- government,” said Rabbi Gilad Kariv, regional council areas. But the funding said that “a town with a non-Orthodox stand that there is more than one way to the executive director of Israel’s Reform could increase as more Conservative and community that is interested in cultural be Jewish.” movement. Reform congregations are established. and communal activities deserves funding Outside Israel, the Rabbinical Assem- The Reform movement also has a peti- Yizhar Hess, the executive director of from the state.” bly of the U.S. Jewish Conservative tion in court to give Reform rabbis in cities Israel’s Conservative movement, known The attorney general’s office used that movement and the World Union for Pro- the same rights of those in regional coun- as Masorti, said there is a more important memorandum as a basis for its decision, gressive Judaism were among those that cil areas. According to Kariv, the May issue than the initial number of commu- but by defining non-Orthodox activities lauded the decision. 29 decision only gives full-service syna- nities receiving financial support: Con- as “cultural and communal,” it shifted “This is a historic day for Israelis and gogues with at least 50 affiliated families servative and Reform Jews in these areas responsibility for overseeing the activi- Jews around the world,” said Rabbi Julie in regional council areas eligibility for the no longer will have to donate privately ties to the Ministry of Culture and Sport Schonfeld, executive vice president of the funding. to support their rabbis while also paying — meaning that Reform and Conservative Rabbinical Assembly. “In order for Juda- “There’s no reason to adopt this in the taxes to support the Orthodox-dominated rabbis still do not have state-recognized ism to grow and thrive in Israel, it is nec- regional councils and not in the cities, and Rabbinate. authority over Jewish law. essary that the government recognize its the government knows it,” he said. This, he hopes, will allow more Conser- But Kariv, Hess and their American obligation to provide equal funding to var- It’s not clear when the Israeli courts vative congregations to form and reduce counterparts believe that last week’s deci- ious Jewish religious streams and expres- will decide on the Reform movement’s the Israeli movement’s dependence on sion could pave the way to increased legiti- sions that flower in the Jewish state.” petition, but if the petition is accepted, the donations from America. Three-quarters macy for their movements in Israel.

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Birth Bat Mitzvah Caleb Bryan Plotnik Esther Rose Litwack-Lang Amy and David Plotnik of Shoreline are pleased to Esther will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on June 9, announce the birth of their son, Caleb Bryan, on May 10, 2012, at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. 2012 at Swedish Hospital in Edmonds. Caleb weighed 8 Esther is the daughter of John Lang and Laurie lbs., 3 oz. and measured 20 inches. Litwack of North Bend and the sister of Naomi. Her Caleb is the brother of Noah. His grandparents are grandparents are Emanuel and Jane Litwack of Robin and Darryll Plotnik of Redmond, Julie Cook of Montreal, Quebec, and Fred and Glafre Lang of North Baltimore, Md. and the late Bryan Cook. Caleb’s Bend. great-grandparents are Donna Plotnik of Hemet, Calif. Esther is a 7th grader at Twin Falls Middle School in and Robert Krueger of Newcastle. North Bend. She enjoys wrestling, Judo, Ultimate Caleb’s middle name is for his mother Amy’s father, Frisbee and cooking. Her mitzvah project was to collect Bryan Cook. donations for Baking for a Cure, which raises money for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Stephen L. Kessler 1939–2012 Bat Mitzvah The world lost a kind and caring man on May 9, 2012 Hanna Rose Krasnowsky when Steve Kessler passed on after living with MDS for 10 Hanna will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on June 16, 2012, years, followed by leukemia for one year. Born in NYC in at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. 1939, he was the only child of Al and Anne Kessler, who Hanna is the daughter of Paul Krasnowsky of Mercer predeceased him. He was a highly regarded investment Island and Lori Krasnowsky of Bellevue. Her grandparents management professional who earned the trust and are Jane Rosenbaum of Portland, Ore. and the late Fred respect of his clients for more than four decades. Steve Rosenbaum and the late Bernie and Kay Krasnowsky. will be remembered for his cordial demeanor, warm smile Hanna is a 7th grader at Issaquah Middle School. She and friendly greetings. enjoys dance, art, drama and spending time with friends. A humble and ethical man, he loved to read, tell a good For her mitzvah project, Hanna raised money for a special joke, engage in stimulating conversation, attend cultural team-building structure for the camp her grandfather arts events and travel the world with the love of his life, Carolyn. He participated in and proudly founded 42 years ago, Camp Rosenbaum, for underprivi- supported numerous Jewish, community and professional causes. He was past president of leged children. Seattle B’nai B’rith Men and a member of Herzl-Ner Tamid for over 45 years. Steve treasured his family, his greatest source of joy in life. He was a devoted husband for 49 years to Carolyn, proud father of Randy (Jennifer) and Lynore (Roland) and adoring Papa to grandchildren Avi, Eliana, Corrie, Samantha, Alexandra, TasiAna and KamoLynn. He is also lovingly remembered by a large, closely knit extended family. His legacy lives on through his family members and he Bat Mitzvah How do I submit a will be in their hearts forever. Donations in Steve’s memory to Puget Sound Blood Center Keara Allison Jerome Berlin Lifecycle announcement? (psbc.org/gifts), Jewish Family Service (jfsseattle.org) or charity of choice. The family extends Keara will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah Send lifecycle notices to: its gratitude to Steve’s oncology teams over the years for their care and support. on June 16, 2012. The Berlin-Ben- JTNews/Lifecycles, 2041 Third Ave., civengo family, members of Bet Alef Seattle, WA 98121 Meditative Synagogue, will hold the E-mail to: [email protected] ceremony at the Seattle Children’s Phone 206-441-4553 for assistance. WWcalendar Page 21 Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., at 10:15 Theater in Seattle. Submissions for the June 22, 2012 a.m. and noon. RSVP required; prepay by June Keara is the daughter of Meredith issue are due by June 12. 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There was a year to begin graduate studies at Bastyr exercise, have fun, and get to know people $200 entry for the day ride,” said Aron- University. in her community. son, which has since been removed as a “I told Wendy I was going to be going “I see biking as a powerful way of build- requirement to sign up. to Bastyr in Seattle and she said, ‘Oh, that’s ing connection and community,” she said. “With regards to the people who are where the bike ride is going to start!’” “You really end up building friendships participating, it seems like a very diverse Khuner-Haber said. She said she looks for- out of biking together every day.” group, very pluralistic,” Aronson said. ward to reuniting some of her colleagues Renna Khuner-Haber of Seattle plans from Hazon programs who will be riding 24 jewish on earth JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 8, 2012

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Martin Westerman JTNews Columnist With sabers rattling in pared. But by 1960, President satellites, renewable energy and interna- question is how cultures manage to stop Persia for nearly 3,000 years, Eisenhower was warning that tional security. The MIC permeates our violent activity by de-escalating violent the latest Iran flare-up looks the MIC’s enormous influ- culture, language, media, fashion, designs, energy, managing it, and/or diverting it boringly familiar. Jews have ence threatened to endanger manufacturing and research. It endan- elsewhere. More broadly, defusing us-ver- spent most of history around our liberties and democratic gers us through fossil fuel consumption sus-them attitudes reduces the need for warring empires: Starting processes. Only “an alert and pollution, wars, laws and by promot- military force. with Passover and the escape and knowledgeable citizenry” ing a culture of fear that encourages jingo- In “What’s the Economy For, Anyway?” from Egypt, it’s where our could compel the MIC to istic attitudes. John DeGraaf and David Batker assert that “You tried to kill us, we sur- serve America’s “peaceful The world’s most prosperous econo- it’s time for our society to invest less in our vived, let’s eat!” holidays come methods and goals.” mies have always fielded the biggest mil- military-industrial complex, and more in from. The prophets’ visions of Today, we spend 53 per- itaries and imposed their worldviews by our human resources and infrastructure. a better world haven’t stopped earth cent of our federal budget on force. Dominant empires believe that Basically, we need to provide the great- anyone from making war or creating cul- the MIC, choosing to spend might makes right, and create us-versus- est good, for the greatest number, over the tures that glorify it. But maybe we can less on other essentials like them situations to reaffirm that the “us” is longest run. A starting point is to measure learn something new if we view the cur- education and health care. The MIC pro- more powerful. America’s wealth in other ways than dollar rent scenario with fresh eyes. vides massive employment, operates from Rutgers University Professor Robin output, like with the Happiness Index, World War II made the United States thousands of U.S. and overseas facilities, Fox asserts that we waste too much time Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare, a warrior empire. We created a military- and delivers production capacity and rev- asking what causes violence, when “it is or Genuine Progress Indicator. Whereas industrial complex to mobilize for the enues for national-level projects, includ- as much a part of the human life process bad outputs are added to good in the GDP war and to never again be caught unpre- ing the Internet, interstate highways, as digesting or reproducing.” The real — for example, the Gulf oil spill contrib- uted more to the GDP in cleanup and legal payments than just delivering the oil would have — in the alternative indi- cators, bads are subtracted from goods to yield a net measure of wealth and health. Another approach is to subsidize and empower the goods. Rather than military service being the only “full credit” way to serve our country, we should be able to a family of world-class performers, serve in many areas, like trades, health on stage at maserati of seattle. care, teaching, and helping to defuse inter- national conflicts. People like University of Massachu- setts professor emeritus Ervin Staub and Tikkun magazine founder Michael Lerner encourage dialogue and other practices to humanize opposing groups, overcome fear, create trust, and promote inclusive, rather than destructive, viewpoints and actions. That’s where we alert and knowl- edgeable citizens come in. To change the might-makes-right attitude, honor the humanity of others and ourselves, and strengthen our society, we must demand that our leaders make federal investments as massive as those in the military-indus- trial complex in domestic infrastructure, research and development and employ- ment, and — with adversarial countries — cultural exchanges, sports, open com- munication, and mutual, unrestricted travel. It doesn’t mean we let down our guard. But it does mean we work toward Hosea’s THE MASERATI GRANTURISMO, GRANTURISMO CONVERTIBLE & QUATTROPORTE. vision: “I will break the bow and the

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