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Led by: Elana Kanter Planner Time to feast...... S13 Co-Sponsored by: Valley of the Sun JCC, JCA Women’s Philanthropy, Easy celebrations...... S14 The Women’s Jewish Learning Center, Brandeis National Committee, & Hadassah Valley of the Sun Holiday reads ...... S15 Filling the cups...... S16 Using a newly compiled, cutting edge , the Women’s Seder will offer Advertiser listings...... S17 new explainations of ancient rituals. creative ways to make your Seder come alive, and provide powerful insights to the meaning of Passover assover begins at sundown on March 25, so it’s time to start on your holiday preparations. RSVP Required In this Jewish News Passover Planner, you’ll Sponsoring Members: $36 NM: $40 | Code: AESED Pfind great recipes that celebrate the diversity of holiday foods, plus suggestions for new wines to add to your seder table and great children’s books to help the next generation understand the importance of Pesach. Also, in www.vosjcc.org | 480.483.7121 ext. 1230 To Register case you don’t want to do all the cooking for your family 12701 N. Scottsdale Rd., Ste. 203, Scottsdale AZ 85254 • 480.483.7121 and guests, we offer a list of restaurants and markets that offer take-out and dine-in Passover food. We wish you a happy and healthy Passover. Next year in Jerusalem! Fabulous Passover Dinner Creating New Traditions at Eddie’s House March 25th & 26th, 5pm to close Jennifer Goldberg

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Helen nash Chicken Salad with JTA News & Features Radicchio and Pine Nuts or the many who feel overwhelmed by Passover Salad: because of the demands of cooking without leaven, 1 small red onion, very thinly sliced a word or two: That should not be an obstacle. 6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts FAfter all, on this most celebrated of Jewish holidays, 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil, for greasing the chicken we are allowed to eat fish, meat, poultry, , nuts, Kosher salt fruits, most Freshly ground black pepper vegetables and 1 head radicchio, shredded fresh herbs. 1 to 2 bunches arugula, leaves torn if they are large All of the recipes 1/2 cup loosely packed flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped featured here are nutritious, attrac- Sweet and Sour Dressing: tive, flavorful and 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil easy to prepare. 1/2 cup pine nuts They emphasize 1/2 cup raisins or currants fresh, seasonal 2 Tbsp. Marsala wine ingredients, 2 Tbsp. balsamic vinegar Chicken Salad with Radicchio and Pine Nuts fewer complicated Photos courtesy of JTA techniques, and 1. Place the onion slices in a small bowl and cover stylish, elegant with cold water. Let stand for 30 minutes. water back to a boil and drain. Core the tomatoes dishes. What more Drain and pat dry. Place in a large serving and slip off the skin. Cut the tomatoes in half would you want bowl. widthwise and squeeze gently to remove the for Passover? 2. Pat the chicken dry with paper towels and seeds. (Some seeds will remain.) Cut the tomatoes The seder meals, grease with oil. Season lightly with salt and in quarters. pepper. when we recount 5. Thickly slice the remaining 5 garlic cloves and 3. Place each chicken breast in the center of a spread them in the prepared baking pan along story, piece of cling wrap and wrap it so that it is are the most with the tomatoes, potatoes, olives, the rest of the completely covered. Place the packages in a thyme leaves, and the remaining 2 tablespoons important events of the holiday. Most people, like myself, steamer, cover and steam over high heat for favor their own traditional menu. Each year, I repeat of oil. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Roast about 9 minutes. The inside of the chicken the vegetables, uncovered, for 20 minutes, or until the seder menu as a way to hold on to cherished family should still be pale pink. Turn off the heat and traditions. almost tender. let stand for 1 minute. 6. Place the chicken breasts on top of the vegetables The recipes are from the new cookbook “Helen Nash’s 4. Remove the chicken and cool, still wrapped. and bake, uncovered, for 5 minutes. Turn them New Kosher Cuisine” (Overlook Press, $35 hardcover). When cool, unwrap the chicken and cut it on over, spoon on some pan juices and bake for the diagonal into thin strips. Place in the bowl another 5 minutes, or until the chicken is slightly with the . pink on the inside. Cover with foil for 1 minute. Beet Soup 5. To make the dressing, heat the oil in a saucepan. Add the pine nuts and raisins and sauté over low heat until the pine nuts are Chocolate Squares 1 1/4 pounds beets, plus 1 lightly golden. Remove from the heat and add 1 Tbsp. unsalted margarine, for greasing the pan small beet for garnish the Marsala and vinegar. 1/2 pound blanched almonds 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 6. Add the radicchio, arugula and parsley to the 6 ounces good-quality imported semisweet chocolate, 1 small red onion, sliced chicken and onions; toss with the dressing. broken into small pieces 2 garlic cloves, sliced Season to taste with salt and pepper. 8 large whites (see note) 1 McIntosh apple, peeled 1 cup sugar and sliced Chicken with Potatoes and Olives 4 1/2 cups vegetable broth 5 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil 1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-by- 2 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar 2-inch baking pan with wax paper and grease the 1 Tbsp. dark brown sugar 9 garlic cloves Kosher salt paper with the margarine. Kosher salt 2. Chop the almonds in a food processor, in two 1/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice Freshly ground black pepper batches, until medium-fine. Transfer to a bowl. Leaves from 10 thyme sprigs Chop the chocolate in the processor until fine, and 1. Peel and slice the Freshly ground black pepper combine with the almonds. beets (see note below). 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts (about 6 ounces each) 3. Place the egg whites in the bowl of an electric 2. Heat the oil in a 5 plum tomatoes stand mixer. Using the balloon whisk attachment, medium saucepan. 1 pound Yukon gold potatoes, unpeeled, quartered beat at high speed until foamy. Gradually add the Add the onion, garlic Beet Soup 1/2 cup pitted black olives, quartered sugar and beat until stiff. and apple, and sauté 4. With a large rubber spatula, gently fold the for 5 minutes. 1. Heat the oven to 450 degrees. With 1 table- chocolate-almond mixture into the egg whites, 3. Add the beets and broth. Bring to a boil over high heat. spoon of the oil, grease a glass, ceramic or making a motion like a figure 8 with the spatula. Lower the heat and cook, covered, for about 30 minutes, enamel-lined baking pan that can hold all the Do not overmix. until the beets are tender. Cool a little. vegetables in a single layer. 5. Bake on the middle shelf of the oven for 25 to 30 4. While the soup is cooking, wrap the reserved beet tightly 2. Coarsely chop 4 of the garlic cloves on a cutting minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center in foil. Bake in a toaster oven at 400 degrees for 30 board. Sprinkle with 1/2 teaspoon salt and, comes out almost dry. minutes, or until just tender when pierced with the tip of using a knife, crush them into a paste. Place 6. Cool on a wire rack. Invert onto a cutting board a paring knife. Cool, slip off the skin, and grate. the paste in a small bowl and combine it with and peel off the paper. Cut into 1 1/2-inch squares. 5. Pur ee the soup in a blender until very smooth. Season to the lemon juice, 2 tablespoons of the oil, half of To freeze the squares, place them side by side taste with the vinegar, sugar, salt and pepper. the thyme leaves and pepper to taste. in an airtight plastic container with wax paper 6. To serve, garnish with the grated beet; makes 6 servings. 3. Pat dry the chicken breasts with paper towels between the layers. and season lightly on both sides with salt and Note: I always wear thin plastic gloves when I work pepper. Coat the chicken with the mixture and Note: It is easier to separate the eggs straight with beets, as this avoids staining my fingers with beet set aside. from the refrigerator, when they are cold. Make juice, which can be hard to remove. 4. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Drop the sure the whites have come to room temperature tomatoes into the boiling water; bring the before beating. S14 – Passover Planner/JEWISH NEWS OF GREATER PHOENIX – March 8, 2013 Easy celebrations Local restaurants and markets offer Passover fare

Jennifer Goldberg holiday dinner Monday, March 25 by Monday, March 18. Call the market Special Sections Editor Chompie’s, a Valley staple for and Tuesday, March 26. The menu to have the order form emailed to you. nearly 35 years, has you covered for includes classics like matzah ball his Passover, feel free to liberate Passover. There’s the Passover-to-go soup and brisket plus unique choices Scott’s Generations yourself from the kitchen. Res- menu, which offers traditional (serves like onion-encrusted salmon with 5555 N. Seventh St., Suite 108, taurants and markets around four) and deluxe (serves eight) fam- quinoa and a salad. Cost Phoenix theT Valley offer take-out dishes and ily dinners plus an extensive list of is $45 per person for adults and $20 602-277-5662 meals and, in some cases, in-house appetizers, soups, side dishes, entrees per person for children under 12, and www.scottsgenerations.com holiday feasts — no cooking or clean- and flourless . Also, the includes , unlimited matzah up required. Here are a few places to restaurant’s Scottsdale, Chandler and and the use of a seder plate. Scott’s Generations will offer Passover find great food for Passover. Paradise Valley Mall locations will be meals to go this year for an easy solu- offering a full Passover dinner — a Imperial Market & Deli tion to the seder. For $22 per person, AJ’s Fine Foods four-course meal plus matzah, charo- 737 E. Glendale Ave., Phoenix you get chicken, brisket or a combina- 11 Valley locations set and wine or grape juice — Monday, 602-285-6999 tion, plus appetizer, soup, vegetable and www.ajsfinefoods.com March 25, and Tuesday, March 26, for www.imperialkosher.com . The offer is available through- $30 per adult and $15 per child ages out the entire holiday. The gourmet grocery chain will 10 and under. Imperial Market & Deli will sell provide Passover entrees a la carte kosher-for-Passover items Segal’s Oasis Grill to go, including chicken, Eddie’s House including salads, entrees and side 4818 N. Seventh St., Phoenix brisket and salmon, on 7042 E. Indian dishes. Orders must be made by 602-285-1515 Monday, March 25. Cost School Road, Monday, March 18. In addition, the www.segalsonestop.com starts at $15 per person; Scotts­dale restaurant will be open and serving orders for 6 people or 480-946-1622 kosher-for-Passover meals March 28, For a kosher-for-Passover feast, look more should be placed by www.eddies- 29 and 31. to the holiday menu at Segal’s Oasis Friday, March 22. Indi- houseaz.com Grill. Segal’s is offering Passover meal vidual AJ’s locations may Scottsdale Kosher Market items to go in family packages that also offer holiday side Do Passover 10211 N. Scottsdale Road serve 10 people. Entrees include bris- dishes such as charoset the gourmet 480-315-8333 ket, turkey breast and roasted chicken, and matzah ball soup. way at Eddie’s www.scottsdalekoshermarket.com while side dishes include matzah ball Chompie’s will be serving up its House. Chef soup, potato , and housemade Chompie’s matzah ball soup for Passover. Eddie Matney Scottsdale Kosher Market will have gefilte fish. Entrees range from $76- Four Valley locations Photo by Becky Globokar will serve a kosher-for-Passover dishes available $170; sides start at $20. Orders must www.chompies.com four-course for pickup. Orders must be submitted be placed by Monday, March 18.

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Penny Schwartz year like it’s new helps us to feel that it’s what for young readers, recently announced by the JTA News & Features WE went through.” Association of Jewish Libraries, is “The Door: Edelson’s lively illustrations of the seder A Passover Tale” (Holiday House, $17 hardcover). ears ago, Nancy Steiner night depict a contemporary religiously obser- The Old World-style story was written by Linda set out to make her vant family with a modern aesthetic. Young Leopold Strauss family seder a bit more girls and boys, whose heads are covered and illustrated with entertainingY for her own with kippot, are shown participating fully in richly detailed colored young kids. She wrote a poem the seder’s activities. A fuzzy yellow duck- woodcuts by Alexi that became very popular ling tags along for the festival. Natchev. among family and friends. “Lotsa Matzah” (Kar-Ben, $6), a The endearing, “On This Night: The Steps of board book written by Tilda Balsley and lighthearted tale is the Seder in Rhyme” (Hachai illustrated by Akemi Gutierrez, sets the set in Poland (and Publishing, $11 hardcover), beat with lighthearted rhymes about sometimes Russia). Steiner’s first published matzah, Moses and the hunt for the The grown-ups in children’s book, is an updated afikomen. One double-page spread offers the Galinsky and version of that poem with large format, brightly some tempting ways to Lippa families start a colored illustrations by Wendy enjoy eating matzah foolish argument over Edelson that will appeal to — with “syrup on fried hens and geese that religiously observant families. . Matzah , divides their town. Along with “Lotsa Matzah,” it’s piled high. With Passover approaching, the children of one of two new Passover books for “So shout it out! Hurray the two families plot a reunion, inspired by the youngest children to enliven for matzah! It’s Passover the hope that comes with Elijah’s presence the beloved holiday. and we’ll eat lotsa.” during the holiday. “On This Night” features lively Gutierrez’s cartoonlike “Who can resist a folk tale about star- rhymes that follow the 14 steps illustrations will delight crossed lovers with a Jewish twist and a Nancy of the seder, with each section kids with lots of smiling happy ending?” writes Aimee Lurie, chair of Steiner identified by its Hebrew name. faces and a madcap hunt the Sydney Taylor Awards Committee. In a phone interview with JTA for the afikomen. The front The book stands out for its “lovely woodcut from her home in Los Angeles, Steiner says she cover boasts a towering illustrations, creative problem solving and hopes the rhymes not only entertain but also reveal stack of matzah crackers with jam and a friendly positive Jewish message of loving your neighbor,” the heart of the holiday and the meaning behind dog eager to share in the festivities. writes Lurie, librarian at the Agnon Jewish Day the seder. The book will appeal especially to those ages 1-4. School in Cleveland. “It all adds up to a story Part of the verse reads: “Telling the story each This year’s winner of the Sydney Taylor Award children will want to hear more than once.” xquisitely prepared E DINNERS from AJ’s Bistro

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he Jewish Community Associa- tion has taken steps to bring T Pardes Jewish Day School onto the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus, and executives of both the association and the day school express optimism about the plan, while stress- ing that many details remain to be worked out. Passover hosts? Sweet fun The broad outlines of the situa- Emma and Josh Freireich celebrate Purim at tion, given to Jewish News by Stuart the East Valley Jewish Day School. For more Wachs, the association’s CEO and president, involve the transfer of If all the details are worked out, Pardes Jewish Day School would Purim photos, visit our slide show at facebook. ownership of the former Jess Schwartz move into this building in 2014. The photo was taken in 2004. com/JewishAZ. Photo courtesy of Emily Zappa Academy building to the community Photo by Jennifer Goldberg campus’ limited liability corporation (an arm of the association), improvements to the the 2014-2015 school year,” said Jill Kessler, head of building and a capital campaign to fund them, sale of school at Pardes, which is currently located in north- Kimberly Kur joins Pardes’ current campus, and the possibility of rezon- east Phoenix. She said that it was the association that ing or finding another means to increase the school’s approached Pardes officials about the potential move. capacity on the campus in Scottsdale. When merger talks with the Jess Schwartz school association staff The Jess Schwartz Academy closed at the end of the failed to produce a merger several years ago, Kessler LEISAH WOLDOFF 2010-11 academic year, and the building at 12753 N. said, “We just went on happily here, but the opportu- Managing Editor Scottsdale Road has been leased by the academy to nity (the association offered) to be on a Jewish campus Lexis Preparatory School since then. fter an extensive national search for a vice “We’re working very hard to be able to relocate for See ‘Bid’ on Page 20 president-chief development officer, the Jewish A Community Association of Greater Phoenix has hired Kimberly Kur, a Valley resident who has served several years as a volunteer in the local Jew- How about a subscription to Jewish News? ish community. “We had some great final candidates, all with excep- JTO offers $2,500 grants to draw tional backgrounds,” said Stuart Wachs, association president and CEO, in an associa- tion release announcing Kur’s hire. new families to Jewish day schools The search was conducted with assistance from the Jewish Federa- SALVATOrE CAPuTO new families into Jewish day school,” said Dan Postal, tions of North America. Assistant Managing Editor the JTO’s president, “and that’s what we’re really “Kim’s extensive background as a hoping to (accomplish) with that program.” fundraising professional, lawyer and he Jewish Tuition Organization has launched The grants are available for the first child in a fam- Jewish communal volunteer, along the “Discover Days School Grant,” an experi- ily who enrolls in one of the seven JTO schools, and all with her tremendous relationships T mental program that offers $2,500 tuition students entering kindergarten or transferring from a Kimberly in the Phoenix community, make grants to encourage new families to try the Valley’s public or charter school to a Jewish day school for the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix Kur her an ideal fit for this position.” Jewish day schools, JTO officials told Jewish News. first time are eligible, according to criteria provided Kur comes to her new role with “We set aside $70,000 to encourage people who by Linda Zell, the JTO’s executive director. 12 years of experience at the Arizona Community might not otherwise have considered day school to Applications for the grants must be made through Foundation (ACF), where she began as vice president apply for a $2,500 grant, with the potential that if the JTO’s regular scholarship program, which for professional services and advanced to the posi- they stay for a second year, they would receive another involves completing an information form through the tion of lead senior philanthropic adviser. During her $2,500 grant,” said Judy Schaffert, the immediate Tuition Aid Data Service (TADS), Zell wrote. Applica- employment at ACF, she developed and managed the past president of the JTO, who headed the effort to tions submitted to the JTO after today (March 1) for develop the program. Call 602-870-9470 today to order your gift subscription. See ‘Kur’ on Page 2 “We’re excited about trying to help the schools bring See ‘JTO’ on Page 14