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Capitol Hill Campus • 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle (206) 461-3240 • www.jfsseattle.org OF GREATER SEATTLE friday, january 24, 2014 n www.jtnews.net n JTNews inside 3 stories you may have missed inside this issue Every weekday at 3 p.m., JTNews sends out an email with stories from near and far about what’s happening in our Jewish world. Here are some stories you may have missed Rabbi’s Turn 5 over the past week: Rabbi Shmuel Brody loves a good story. He likes to let it envelop him, and to help him see the wholeness of • Changing their waze God and the world. • Lessons from Llewyn • Bending arcs, changing norms The king is dead. Long live the king. 5 • Taking marriage on the road Two writers have two very different opinions about the legacy of Ariel Sharon, Israel’s former prime minister Want to be in the know? Sign up for the 3 O’Clock News by visiting our website at who died on January 11. www.jtnews.net, scroll down, and give us your name and email address. Find all of these articles on our website. A question of ethics 6 Make that many questions of ethics, as the hundreds of Jews, Christians and Muslims who descended on Seattle earlier this month had plenty to discuss.

The UW’s statement 6 Remember when Last week, the University of Washington officially condemned any attempts to create academic boycotts against Israel or any other entity.

The long walk home 7 After five years and nearly $5 million, the Eastside Torah Center finally made the move to its new home.

The Best of Everything 10 Our annual reader’s choice survey was more popular than ever this year. See who won! Our local heroes 12

The Sephardic revolution 15 What makes Sephardic Judaism different? A Shabbaton early next month will approach that question from both the past and the present.

Northwest Jewish Family Abba Knows Best 18 What makes us Jews in the Northwest different from our brethren in New York or Florida? For one thing, we’re far too polite. Columnist Ed Harris counts the ways while he fights for a table at a Boca restaurant.

Where the jobs aren’t 24 From JTNews, January 20, 2006. The future of jobs in America isn’t as bright as we all may hope, says former labor leader Andy Stern, and Our assistant editor at the time, Josh Rosenstein, took some time off from work he believes it’s time for us to acknowledge that fact. to go to New Orleans to help with rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina. Even months after the hurricane, many basic services had yet to be restored to poorer MORE areas, Josh noted, while some volunteers expressed frustration when asked to per- Community Calendar 4 form menial, unnecessary tasks that provided questionable help for people who Crossword 8 weren’t in such dire straits. M.O.T.: On the air and on your wrist 9 The Arts 17 What’s Your JQ?: The savagery of the Seahawks 22 JTNews is the Voice of Jewish Washington. Our The Shouk Classifieds 22 mission is to meet the interests of our Jewish community through fair and accurate coverage of local, national and international news, opinion and JT information. We seek to expose our readers to di- Coming up verse viewpoints and vibrant debate on many fronts, news including the news and events in Israel. We strive Reach us directly at 206-441-4553 + ext. Feb. 7 to contribute to the continued growth of our local Publisher & Editor *Joel Magalnick 233 Wedding Celebrations Associate Editor Emily K. Alhadeff 240 Jewish community as we carry out our mission. Online Editor Dikla Tuchman 240 Sales Manager Lynn Feldhammer 264 2041 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121 Account Executive David Stahl [email protected] Classifieds Manager Rebecca Minsky 238 • 206-441-4553 www.jtnews.net Art Director Susan Beardsley 239

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Rabbi Shmuel Brody Ashreichem Yisrael Every once in a while, Seat- So perfect of a vehicle is know there is a God who created, who great person does it, expands your percep- tle gets a visit from Old Jeru- it that God Himself chose it cares, who is involved, and they may tion of that very thing. I thought I knew salem. An elderly fellow with as a medium of His message. extrapolate it to their lives where God about prayer from reading about it. Then I a white beard, a full smile, and In two ways does the Torah may seem silent. When they are gathered met a man of prayer. I met prayer. a strained walk, “Uncle Chaim communicate the Divine will around your table on that majestic night, Rav Nachman of Breslov said the from Yerushalayim” is how he to us, mitzvot and stories. see them forge a connection with past and whole world tells stories to put people to is known. His sweetness and Mitzvot instruct, stories dem- imbibe it for their future. sleep, I will tell stories to wake them up. simplicity endears him to us onstrate. Mitzvot tell what is We are told to tell what happened at The story has the power to awaken. To all. And he likes to tell stories. to be done. Stories show how Sinai not only to our children, but to our arouse. To spark. To ignite. To cause to Sitting in Seward Park, Uncle they are to be done. Mitzvot grandchildren. Describe the awesome ren- blossom. Chaim has transported us to are communicated directly. dezvous, when God united with a people Most of all, we have to become stories. places as far as Baranovitch, Stories teach by inference. and left them with a way back through Sitting in the company of tellers who car- as cold as Lechovitch, and as intense as the Mitzvot tell us what we are to do. Stories a book. As they sit upon the lap of their ried their stories, were changed by them, inner room of his rabbi. Truthfully, Uncle tell us how we are to be. grandparent, stories sharing, eyes absorb- were alive from them, I became. When we Chaim has become a story. It got me think- Torah is neither a book of history nor a ing, share with them also this. teach, students and children understand. ing about stories… book of laws. It is a book of communication Remember days of old, we are told. But when they see, they can become. Hear There is something exceptional to the of the Divine will, through two mediums. “Ask your father and he will relate it to God’s story. Tell His story. Tell your story. story. Whenever it appears it invites me We mine the mitzvot in study, to derive you, your elders and they will tell you.” Be a story. Become. inside, I accept. It grabs my attention. It how they are to be done, teasing the depth Tell your children stories of long and short stills my roving mind. I am quickly lost out of the written word. We mine the sto- ago — family stories, personal stories to Rabbi Shmuel Brody is the rabbi of within it and live within its reality. But, ries in study, to derive an understanding root them in tradition, for “tradition”? No, Congregation Ashreichem Yisrael (The Kehilla) more than I enter it, it enters me. And of proper character. for a living, vibrant, meaningful legacy. in Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood, where that’s what makes it so right for convey- We are told to tell stories. Tell your There is something more to the story. he can often be heard sharing stories of ing a message. Couched within the lure children what happened in Egypt. Tell it We need to hear stories, for stories expand meaning. To drop in for a story telling evening, and authenticity of the story, I am ready graphically, say the sages, as if you were the man. Hearing about a great person do contact the rabbi at [email protected]. to receive its teaching. there. From the story your children will the very thing you did, but in the way a Or visit online at www.ashreichemyisrael.com. How Ariel Sharon joined the Ariel Sharon: A depreciation

Israeli mainstream Rabbi Anson Laytner Special to JTNews It has been said in many recent articles ousting of the PLO from Beirut. During Dan Schueftan JTA World News Service that the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel this action, the Phalangist Maronite Chris- (JTA) — Ariel Sharon turned into a Sharon, who died Jan. 11 after being in a tian militia took advantage of Israel’s pres- statesman late in his political career. Two coma for many years, was either loved or ence to massacre Palestinian refugees in developments made this possible: First, loathed. I, however, am clear in my feel- Sabra and Shatila. Between 800 and 3,000 Sharon learned the hard way what he ings: I come not to praise Israel’s Caesar, people were killed. needed to do to become an effective leader but to bury him. Subsequently, the Israeli Kahan Com- of the Jewish state, and second, Israeli polit- Although Sharon was a brilliant mili- mission, appointed to investigate the inci- ical circumstances became favorable to the tary leader, he was also known as a maver- dent, found that Israeli military personnel kind of leadership he could uniquely offer. ick, as when in the 1973 Yom Kippur war had failed to take serious steps to stop the Following the 1982 Lebanon War, he defied his superiors’ orders, crossed massacre it knew was in progress, and many Israelis viewed Sharon as an irre- Miriam Alster/FLASH90 the Suez Canal, and isolated the Egyptian that Sharon bore personal responsibility sponsible radical who could not be trusted Israeli President Shimon Peres pays his respects forces in the Sinai Peninsula. His quick “for ignoring the danger of bloodshed and with the country’s fate. Meanwhile, in at the coffin holding former Israeli Prime Minister thinking helped turn the tide of that war revenge.” He was forced to resign. Washington, he was notorious for advo- Ariel Sharon, laid outside the Knesset. in its most challenging time. Israeli settlers and their supporters cating provocative measures and prevent- But on two other occasions his military lionized him when he built infrastructure ing other Israeli leaders from pursuing gic imperative of establishing unshakable instincts were just plain criminal. and helped West Bank settlements sprout, more conciliatory policies. His inflamma- trust with the American administration In 1953, Sharon was a young colonel often cutting legal corners to make this tory opposition to the Oslo process in the and people. who led “Unit 101” in retaliatory cross- happen. But, following the Egyptian-Israeli 1990s only reinforced these perceptions. But it was not only Sharon who border raids into Jordan. That October, peace treaty, Sharon not only removed Toward the turn of the millennium, changed. Sharon could not have moved his unit attacked the West Bank town of settlers from Yamit in the Sinai, but also Sharon realized he could no longer afford from the far end of the right wing to the Qibya, then a part of Jordan. The attack decided the settlement had to be bulldozed, these liabilities if he wanted to lead Israel. center of the mainstream consensus had killed 69 Palestinian villagers, many of thus magnifying the trauma of the with- He had learned from his traumatic politi- Israelis not undergone their own dramatic them women and children, and destroyed drawal and hardening the hearts of many cal failure in the Lebanon War. This expe- political transformation on the eve of his 45 houses, a school, and a mosque. Israelis against future withdrawals. rience demonstrated the importance of premiership. In the 1982 war in Lebanon, Defense More than 30 years later, Sharon shocked making sure his policies and conduct After the Palestinian rejection of Minister Sharon exceeded Prime Minister the nation by unilaterally withdrawing the reflected the preferences of the Israeli Begin’s mandate and launched a full-scale mainstream. It also showed the strate- XXPage 20 invasion of that country, leading to the XXPage 21

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The scientific study of ethics and religion UW comes out against

Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent academic boycotts It might sound like one Crane, 41, grew up in joel magalnick JTNews Editor of those familiar jokes — a North Seattle and attended In a statement released by the University of Washington’s president, Michael K. rabbi, a priest and an imam Temple Beth Am with his Young, and its provost, Ana Mari Cauce, the UW has joined with more than 180 meet in heaven or are in a family, who still lives here. universities across the U.S. in opposing any proposed boycott of Israeli academic sinking boat, and so on, but Today, he is the Scholar institutions. The announcement comes on the heels of a boycott voted upon by the when three religion ethics in Bioethics and Jewish American Studies Association in December, and discussion of a boycott at the con- groups — one Christian, Thought in the Center for ference of the Modern Language Association earlier this month. one Jewish, and one Muslim Ethics at the Emory Center Young and Cauce stated they support the statement by the Association of Ameri- — got together in a down- for Ethics in Atlanta and can Universities, which reads: town Seattle hotel for their an assistant professor in the Any such boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic freedom, annual conference, it was School of Medicine and the which is a fundamental principle of AAU universities and of American higher edu- seriously academic. Department of Religion at cation in general. Academic freedom is the freedom of university faculty responsi- In early January, hun- Courtesy Jonathan Crane Emory University. bly to produce and disseminate knowledge through research, teaching, and service, dreds of religion ethics and Jonathan Crane, president of the Crane authored “Narra- without undue constraint. It is a principle that should not be abridged by political bioethics professors and Society of Jewish Ethics, tives and Jewish Bioethics” considerations. American colleges and universities, as well as like institutions else- professional clergy from returned to his hometown of (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) where, must stand as the first line of defense against attacks on academic freedom. The Society of Christian Seattle this month for a and was a co-editor of “The “We believe such a boycott of academic institutions and their faculties has no Ethics, The Society for the conference that brought in Oxford Handbook of Jewish place in higher education institutions founded on the premise of the free exchange Study of Muslim Ethics, and ethicists from around the world. Ethics and Morality” (Oxford of ideas,” they said in their statement. “We are proud to align with the position The Society of Jewish Ethics University Press, 2012). enunciated by the AAU to oppose in any way any constriction of the free flow and shared their latest research on issues that Along with several sessions about exchange of ideas among the world’s scholars, teachers, scientists and intellectuals.” face our multi-faith society today. Jewish bioethics and new ways of inter- Rabbi Oren Hayon, executive director of Hillel at the University of Washington, “We’re a ‘heimish’ group,” SJE’s 2012 preting old texts like the Mishnah and told supporters in an email that “the release of this statement brings great pride to president Jonathan Crane told JTNews. Jewish law, Crane is also proud of the all of us who have worked steadily against the calls for anti-Israel boycotts, divesti- “There are fathers, pastors, professional unique and diverse topics tackled by the ture and sanctions here at UW and throughout the larger community,” he wrote. chaplains, MDs, and lawyers who are three groups. “The constriction of academic or intellectual expression on campus will never bring members of the society and who are “There are issues that certain com- about the coexistence, peace and mutual understanding that all of us work and hope immersed in bioethics, religion, and in munities or individuals might dismiss as for each day.” ethical deliberation all the time — in our lives, work and communities.” XXPage 23

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Eastside Torah Center dedicates new home

Dikla Tuchman JTNews Correspondent On Sun., Jan. 12, the Eastside Torah dechai Farkash described his search for foot room shared with many other offices, the new center’s expanded space allows Center said goodbye to its small, too- the original location of Chabad’s Eastside but was available for rent, which I thought, for more programming and includes an crowded space on 156th Ave. NE in Bel- facility in 2002. at that time, would feed my budget. My outside playground and approximately 50 levue and hello to its newly built facility “I was driving around with one of the budget was zero.” parking spaces. More parking is also avail- at 16199 Northup Way, just a half mile up senior Chabad rabbis of Seattle, Rabbi The ceremony continued with the able at the church next door. the road. Kafka, looking for different places and removal of the synagogue’s Torahs from In addition to offices and a beit The dedication of the new East- somehow, as we are standing by the light the old ark and a procession along Nor- midrash, a space for learning, the syna- side Torah Center had been a long time at Northup and 156th, we saw a sign for thup Way to the new center. A ribbon- gogue now houses the Eastside Jewish coming, following five years of planning, rent at the corner window,” Rabbi Farkash cutting ceremony welcomed members Public Library and has classrooms and a build-out and fundraising to the tune of said, indicating to the crowd of people into the new building and the Torahs were large recreation room with couches and $4.5 million. standing around the bima. “We went placed into their new aron kodesh. Ping-Pong tables for the Torah Center’s At the Sunday ceremony, Rabbi Mor- upstairs and it was a small, 900-square- With more than 500 involved families, CTeen Club.

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Clockwise from top: Rabbi Mordechai Farkash places the Torah inside the ark for the first time. Boys in the ETC’s Hebrew school lead the half-mile procession to the new synagogue. Members of all ages joined in the long procession. Supporters gather inside the new space to cut the ribbon and enter the sanctuary. Rabbi Farkash prepares to leave his old synagogue space.

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One hundred years of Solve with a Partner by Mike Selinker interest-free loans

Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews This is a year of milestone birthdays: much,” he said. “If we had special loans The University of Washington’s Stroum dedicated to that, we could raise the limits Center for Jewish Studies is celebrating and people could avail themselves more.” its 40th, JTNews its 90th, and the Caro- The board is all-volunteer, with the line Kline Galland Home its 100th. But exception of one member who gets paid here’s one you might not know about: The for handling the association’s administra- Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater tive details. The board is currently consid- Seattle is also turning 100. Since July 1914, the HFLA has been if you go distributing interest-free loans to Jewish The Hebrew Free Loan Association’s community members, typically for busi- annual fundraising brunch and cen- ness and education purposes. Loans up to tennial celebration will take place $5,000 are offered without interest, based Sun., Feb. 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 on Exodus 22:25: “If you lend money to p.m. at the Summit at First Hill, 1200 My people, to the poor among you, you are University St., Seattle. Rabbi Bernie not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not Fox, head of school at Northwest charge him interest.” They’ll be marking Yeshiva High School, will speak. the occasion with a brunch on February 2. Contact 206-722-1936 or Albert Feldman, a past board president, [email protected] to RSVP, or joined the organization in 1975. visit www.hfla-seattle.com. “At the time, there were still many original immigrants around that had per- sonally benefited,” he said. “Times have changed a bit.” Ecclesiastes 4-9 notes, “Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up.” Many thorny problems are easier The HFLA collects donations from the to solve when you have a partner. This crossword, for example. The long across entries give an community and distributes the funds to obliquely clued process of committing to share the challenges you might face as an individual. approved applicants. Originally, the loans helped immigrants starting businesses, ACROSS DOWN like pushcarts. 1 You plug an axe into it 1 Pal, to Jean-Claude 4 Lash 2 Treasure hunter’s prop “Back then banks would not trust 8 Gentlemen 3 Phrase said before a request for Grey immigrants,” said Feldman. “Originally, it 12 Sound made by pygmies? Poupon was helping mainly new immigrants to set 13 Ice cream shop treat 4 “___ is a Jew?” (oft-debated question) 14 Star Trek: The Next Generation role 5 Corned beef offering up some little business with a few hundred 15 Unifying statement of what someone with a 6 Scandinavian retailer with a store in Renton dollars. Nowadays our constituency has glass might say? 7 Red Sox pitcher Jake changed considerably.” 18 It’s made up of G, A, T, and C 8 Short-tailed weasel 19 With 25-Across, unifying statement of what 9 Its Supreme Leader is Ali Khamenei With credit available to just about a good name might do? 10 Hispanic blue-green Muppet everyone, the demand for small loans — 21 Ingredient in some shaving creams 11 The Big Bang Theory, for one despite being interest-free — has waned. 23 So far 13 Whirlpool site 24 Hook up a tug 16 Amount of acceleration that prevents you According to Feldman, the loans more fre- 25 See 19-Across from shooting into space or being crushed quently go to single parents and students University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division 30 Seahawks outing to the earth paying for education. Jennie Friedman, founder and first president of 17 Peg made by Callaway 31 Pro ___ the Hebrew Ladies Free Loan Association, c. 32 Interjection from a sailor 20 Barnyard female “In that way we are helping people who 33 Place for a keeper 21 Museum display in many cases do desperately need it,” 1915. Originally a separate association started 35 Unifying statement of what an aggrieved 22 Tells a whopper Feldman said. in 1913, the women’s association gave $5 and 26 Private Practice actor Diggs party might say? $10 loans, mostly for food and clothing around 40 Word of approval 27 Cries of surprise The first Hebrew Free Loan Society 41 Rejection from Putin 28 Debtors’ letters opened in New York in 1892, and spawned the holidays. In 1921 the two groups merged. 42 Creature in The Hobbit: The Desolation of 29 Making a fly, perhaps similar, independent organizations across Smaug 30 Creature on the Serengeti 44 Fencer’s implement 33 Detective Odafin Tutuola, on Law & Order: the country. Remarkably, they’ve continued ering angel cosigners, and allowing HFLA 47 With 54-Across, unifying statement of what SVU to operate with an extremely low default rate. to be a primary loan source, rather than a an inspiring speech might do? 34 ___ bene According to current board president last resort. 49 Dodge truck 36 CBS symbol 50 German connector 37 Science Guy Bill Jeff Puterman, the HFLA gave out 12 loans “Why shouldn’t they come to us first?” 53 2600, in 26 B.C. 38 You might get one on your first day of last year. Loan eligibility requires appli- Puterman asked. 54 See 47-Across college cants to be members of the Jewish com- Each of these measures has to be 58 ___ Number Four (2011 teen sci-fi film) 39 Stepped 59 Unifying statement of what a French queen 43 Atlanta-based public health agcy. munity, genuinely in need of the loan, weighed carefully, as lending money is might say? 44 Blunder unable to receive conventional loans, and risky business. But rarely, says Puterman, 63 Fallon’s soon-to-be-predecessor 45 Tapas bar dish receiving an income to repay the loan. do they have to go after anyone. Some- 64 Part-timers 46 People like 63-Across 65 ___-mex 48 Car financing firm that, after a federal They must also have at least one guarantor. times the money is returned years later. 66 “Whenever you can” bailout, became Ally Financial Puterman would like to see the orga- “For the most part, our clients are very 67 Nose raiser 50 Words spoken before a high-five nization better serve the community. The honest,” said Feldman. “Our losses, if any, 68 Sense of self-importance 51 Highest, as a degree 52 Paleo and South Beach, for two HFLA is considering raising the loan are very minimal. Sometimes we have 55 Active Italian stratovolcano amounts to a possible $7,500 or $10,000 received a loan several years after they 56 Reversal of 57-Down for business and education. thought it had gone bad. We’re keeping 57 Pixar fish 58 Unspecific pronoun “For a lot of people, [$5,000] is not very it on a human level, let’s put it that way.” 60 NYPD callout 61 Frathouse purchase 62 Outside: Prefix Answers on page 23 The 3 O'Clock News © 2014 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling. fresh friday, january 24, 2014 n www.jtnews.net n JTNews m.o.t.: member of the tribe 9

Taking stories to the air and taking jewelry to Hollywood

Diana Brement JTNews Columnist Once in a while, even through the exhibit space the community. Tamar, a Mercer Island a reporter likes to be in the L’Ermitage hotel (see native and UW alumna, knew Luminita 1interviewed, confesses celebrity photos at www. casually through JDS. Their friendship KIRO radio human interest luminitajewelrybydesign. developed when they ran into each other reporter Rachel Belle, whose com). Plus, Cosmopoli- traveling home from a Hawaiian vacation “Ring My Belle with Rachel tan Magazine picked Lumi- about four years ago. Belle” airs weekdays during nita bracelets for its Golden “We talked the whole time,” Tamar the Ron and Don Show — for Globes Swag giveaway. remembers. which she is also an on-air “Our Twitter account In 2011 Luminita had put up a website personality — and as a one- is [still] going crazy,” says gallery, but hadn’t sold much, and Tamar hour weekend show. (Find Tamar (@LuminitaJewelry). Courtesy Luminita Jewelry by Design was looking for a new work opportunity. her at www.mynorthwest. M.O.T. Luminita, who weaves Tamar Boden, left, and Luminita Gruia, right, Last April Tamar went to Luminita’s to com) Member of each beaded piece by hand show off Luminita’s jewelry with Jim O’Heir, buy a gift and by the time she left, a part- Rachel, 34, remembers most nights in front of the known as Jerry (or Larry) on NBC’s “Parks and nership was born. playing disc jockey as a kid the Tribe television, was familiar with Recreation.” Luminita’s signature line is “Candied,” growing up in Pleasanton, many of the stars and says, rows of tiny square beads woven on eight Calif., and went to California State Uni- “we didn’t expect them to be so nice.” term job opportunity. strands of silk with an innovative magnetic versity at Chico thinking she would make A native of Romania, Luminita trained “We thought we’d be here for just a clasp. Offered in shiny and matte beads, movies. An internship at the local news as a chemical engineer and came to New little while because of the weather,” Lumi- they have a pleasing smooth but textured station changed her mind. York in 2000 as a consultant. She met and nita recalls, “but then we just fell in love feel. Matte beads sell better around Seattle, “I was able to get on the air right married her Romanian-Israeli husband with the JDS [Jewish Day School] commu- while the shiny styles are more popular in away,” she recalls, finding herself drawn and had two sons, which got her inter- nity...and coffee.” She has made jewelry Southern California and the East Coast. A to “snarky” news people with their “dark ested in education. Returning to school since childhood, she says. Her mother was hamsa bracelet with black beads has sold sense of humor.” After producing a morn- for a second BA and a master’s in math, a macramé artist and her grandmother an well locally. Luminita continues to expand ing news show in Sacramento, which science and technology, she taught at Bay- expert needle worker. and a list of West Coast retailers carrying required her to get up at 1 a.m., she side High School for a few years before the Both women are parents and very her pieces is on her website. became a news reporter at Seattle’s KIRO family came to Seattle in 2006 for a short- active volunteers at the school and in radio in 2005. Rachel took a break in 2009 to do stand-up comedy and teach English in Japan, then returned to KIRO in 2010 to Hasson, Laible her current job. & Co. p.s. “My dad is from Israel and my mom is from Brooklyn, so I feel like I’m Super- Dennis B. Goldstein Jew,” Rachel says of her upbringing. She’s & Associates very open about being Jewish on-air and Accounting Services on Facebook. This hasn’t brought any Bookkeeping • Tax problems Certified Public Accountants negative repercussions that she can see. 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The results are in: JTNews’ Best of Everything winners

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews We asked, you responded. And Save Room for Dessert of responses for each. So Jewish Family Service respond you did, in record numbers! With Best Bakery: Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle and Seattle Hebrew Academy, please stand up our annual reader’s choice poll, we’ve got and Capitol Hill. and take a bow. There must be something magic the skinny on the best of the best of Jewish Best Chocolatier: Theo Chocolate. in the air at the top of Capitol Hill. Washington. We slimmed down and Best Ice Cream, Gelato or FroYo: Molly Moon Best Youth Organization: NCSY. re­arranged this year’s survey, and we’ll for ice cream, Menchie’s for frozen yogurt. Both Best Place to Volunteer: Jewish Family Service. slim down our comments as well. So with- are now open in University Village, about 20 Best Counseling Services: Jewish Family Service. out further ado: steps from each other, if you want to do a final Best Congregation: The upstart Minyan Ohr showdown. Chadash in Seward Park takes the torch from Dining Out Best Cupcakes: Cupcake Royale. A special men- many worthy veterans. Best Smoked Fish: Goldberg’s Famous Deli. tion for the new Capitol Hill Best Jewish Supplemental cookie bakery Hello Robin, School: Temple Beth Am. Dikla Tuchman launched by local MOT Robin Best Adult Education Pro- Wehl Martin. She doesn’t gram: “Wendy Marcus, music Best Mobile Lunch Truck: Marination Mobile actually make cupcakes, but director at Temple Beth Am, wins, but special mention to Napkin Friends, she got votes regardless. went out on a limb to start which had only been open for a week when a Yiddish language learning the survey closed. But c’mon: Sandwiches group — her own time, mate- made from latkes. Of course they get spe- Simcha Time! Best Place for a Bar or Bat rials, etc.,” wrote one respon- cial mention! Joel Magalnick Mitzvah Party or Wedding dent. “She saved my life in Reception: Camp Kalsman retirement!” Best Bagel: Einstein’s Brothers (the only kosher Middle Eastern dips and sauces online at Best Local Party Band or Courtesy Camp Solomon Schecter kosher location in the chain, at University www.gogarbanzo.com, or look online for shops that DJ: DJ Nick Barrat “was able Best Jewish Camp: Camp Solo- Out in the Community Village, clearly pushed them over the edge). sell them. to turn what could have been mon Schechter. Best Place to Hang Out and Eltana Bagels took a close second. Best Sunday Brunch: Portage Bay Café. a very dull and cold event for Meet Other Fun Jews: Stroum Best Sushi: Musashi in Wallingford for the good my son since other vendors Jewish Community Center. Best Challah: Grateful Bread in Seattle’s Wedg- but cheap experience; Nishino in Madison Valley fell through, and was able to Best (or Worst) Political Antic wood neighborhood. for the less cheap but very good experience. pull a miracle,” according to was also the Most Important Best Pizza: Island Crust Café on Mercer Island. Best Fine Dining Experience: Canlis. one of our respondents. “He Political Issue of 2013: You Best Middle Eastern: The Garbanzo Broth- Best Romantic Dinner: Canlis. saved the party and made loved it. You hated it. But Obam- ers aren’t a restaurant. They aren’t brothers, Best Happy Hour: Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse my son the happiest person. acare, a.k.a. the Affordable either, but we’ll let that slide. You can order their Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant: Island Crust Café. In our eyes he is our hero.” Care Act won this, thermome- Bucharest Drinking Team ters down. gets a nod because their Best Local Jewish News Item name rocks. of 2013: The massive turnover Best Place to Buy an in organizational leadership. VOTED BEST OF JEWISH Engagement Ring: Ben WASHINGTON Bridge Jeweler. Culture Pop 2013 Best Event Photographer: Micol Bayer Best Jewish-Themed or Israeli Meryl Alcabes. Best Ketubah Artist: Micol Bayer. Film of 2013: “Fill the Void,” Best Florist: Dennis Warshal. Rama Burshtein’s heartfelt, Best Caterer: Leah’s Catering. emotional film about an ultra-Orthodox Israeli Best Wedding Cake Baker: Leah’s Catering. woman whose journey toward marriage comes with a life-changing decision. Our Community Best Jewish Actor/Comedian of 2013: Jon Stewart Best Local Jewish Organization, School or Best Jewish Band/Musician/Singer-Song- Agency: Like we noted above, we had a record writer: Whether in Israel or at Sasquatch, we’ll number of responses this year. But for this all- claim Nissim as our own homegrown hip hop important category we had a tie. Not a let’s- grandmaster. fudge-the-numbers-just-a-teensy-bit kind of tie, but a real, honest-to-goodness same number XXPage 13

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Best Local Jewish Heroes Rather than have us write about them, to listen, to understand each other on a difficult “Not only does he prepare fantastic best Jewish high school in the North- we thought we’d let our readers tell their — often conflict-ravaged topic. Rob Jacobs is food for Sephardic Bikur Holim family west. He doesn’t back down in the stories: all about fairness, listening, convening commu- events, he always does special things face of adversity…. He is a hero in • Local educator Beth Huppin, “for her devotion nity to make it stronger, more inclusive and more for the children, and devotes a lot of my book.” to her students, young and old.” tolerant. He’s not about a political or ideological time to make Sephardic Adventure • Zach Carstensen, director of gov- • Cantor David Serkin-Poole of Temple B’nai agenda other than strengthening and support- Camp a great place for youth. When- ernment relations and public affairs Torah, “champion of the disabled, fighter for civil ing the Jewish community.” ever possible he involves kids in pre- for the Jewish Federation of Greater rights, biggest heart in Seattle.” • Hen Mazzig, who came to Seattle from Israel paring for these events…. He does not Seattle, for his “activism and social • The Union for Reform Judaism as a six-month liaison for Stand- rest on his laurels. He is constantly in justice.” Camp Kalsman’s David Berkman WithUs Northwest and never left: motion, multi-tasking to keep up with • Coach Jed Davis of Northwest “is an amazing Jewish camp direc- “Standing up for Israel wherever the calendar of simchas.” Joel Magalnick Yeshiva High School: “The first coach tor and he’s teaching Jewish values and whenever needed.” • On Ari Hoffman, co-director of the Zach Carstensen: to get a Jewish girls’ team to the state and morals to the leaders in our com- • “Dorothy Kahn. She is the youth youth group NCSY. “I talk to him about championship. He has also fought a munity!” adviser for Temple Beth Am, as well everything and really know he has my best inter- lot of anti-Semitism in high school athletics.” • On Rob Jacobs, executive director as running our very large madrich ests in mind. He’s more than just a director for us, • Josh Gortler, former CEO of the Caroline Kline of the Northwest office of Israel advo- [counselor] program. Always does he’s a mentor. I really think that if I hadn’t met Galland Center nursing and senior living facility, cacy organization StandWithUs, by his an excellent job, cares about all the him or gotten involved with NCSY two years ago I and now president of the Kline Galland Founda- wife, Elizabeth Davis. “It’s tough to be kids in the program. Always tries to would have never switched to NYHS.” tion. “I can’t say enough about Kline Galland and the conscience of the community and make a spot for everyone so they can • Rabbi Bernie Fox, head of school at North- Josh’s leadership.” to be the one person who’s out there Joel Magalnick be in the program.” west Yeshiva High School. “Despite all the finan- • Larry Broder, who recently retired as executive trying to bring people together to talk, Hen Mazzig • Local chef and caterer Eli Varon. cial challenges that Jewish day schools face, director of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, “because he Rabbi Fox has been able to keep the NYHS as the gave 20 years of wonderful, selfless service to

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our largest congregation.” from trouble.” • Zach Duitch, program director for the Stroum decide to donate their kidneys.” • Ken Weinberg, who retired from Jewish Family • Rabbi Moshe Kletenik: “18 years of service Jewish Community Center: “He’s a mensch. Always • Community member Margot Kravette, who Service last year after 35 years with the organi- as BCMH rabbi. World-renowned Torah scholar. puts his community and organization first and he offers support to Jewish patients at the Fred zation, more than 20 of those years as its leader, Continues to serve Seattle as av beit din of the doesn’t get enough recognition for his efforts. The Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, “for her “for his love and devotion to JFS.” Seattle Vaad.” J would not do as well as they do without him.” work with very ill Jews who come to town.” • Rabbi Will Berkovitz, who succeeded Wein- • Rivy Poupko Kletenik, head of school at Seat- • Community member Lea Hanan. “She donated • Community member Patty Fleischmann “for berg as CEO at JFS, for “living his passion and tle Hebrew Academy and JTNews columnist: a kidney to her father a few years ago but didn’t the work she is doing at Stolen Youth.” values every day.” “From adult women’s Talmud classes to chil- stop there. She is an active kidney donation • Community member and artist Phil Flash: • Rabbi Oren Hayon, executive director of Hillel dren’s well-rounded education, she digs deep advocate who helps promote kidney donation. “Always giving of himself, never asking for any- at the University of Washington. “He rescued me into tradition and connects with everyone.” She has been instrumental in helping many folks thing in return — a genuinely gentle soul.”

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Courtesy Tana Senn As the state’s legislative session got underway on Jan. 13, two of our Jewish legislators, Sen. David Frockt (D–46th) and new legislator Rep. Tana Senn (D–41st) began their work.

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The future of the past if you go “Bridging Tradition and Modernity” Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews will take place Feb. 7–9 at Congre- When you hear the word “Sephardic,” When he began to move the SEC in this gation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Bran- what comes to mind? Bourekas? A distant new direction, Bouskila contacted Zohar don St., and Sephardic Bikur Holim, Mediterranean land? Swarthy Jews eating because of his contributions to Sephardic 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Visit piles of rice on Passover? and halachic scholarship. bridgingtradition.wordpress.com Sephardic Judaism is a somewhat mys- Zohar’s books, articles, and course for schedule information. The Shab- terious concept to Jews around the United topics deal with the development of hal- bat dinner at Sephardic Bikur Holim States, especially outside the communal achah, Sephardic culture, and Jewish soci- costs $18 adults/$12 children. RSVP pockets like Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and ology. He takes a hard-line stance against to [email protected]. here in Seattle. A broad term comprising the trends gripping the Orthodox world, once-vibrant communities from Spain, such as its move to the right and insularity. which is to create a balance.” North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and “The model of the ideal Jew is a person It would seem, with the December suc- the Middle East, the Sephardic identity is well-versed both in Torah and in gen- cess of the first International Ladino Day commonly distilled to its ethnic ingredi- eral knowledge,” he said. “If in order to and the growth of the Sephardic Studies ents, like food, music, and ritual customs. Courtesy Sephardic Educational Center be a Jew I have to stop being a human Program at the UW, there’s something of a But the further we time travel from the Professor Zvi Zohar. being, shut myself off as much as possi- Sephardic renaissance going on in Seattle. immigrant story through the American ble, and basically create an in-group and “Is it a Sephardic revival?” Behar Jewish experience, the more those ethnic halachah from a Sephardic perspective, the out-group morality, and so on — is this muses. “What I think it is, is really an components fade into sentimental keep- Pew Research Center’s Survey of Amer- worth living? Is that for what the Torah opportunity to assemble a group of Sep- sakes from the Old Country. After all the ican Jews, and more. The weekend will was given?” hardic scholars and present them to the bourekas have been eaten, the question conclude with a screening of “The Vision- The point of Judaism, Zohar said, is Seattle community, which is known as a remains: What is Sephardic Judaism? ary: The Life of Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai to set an example for the world. Hence center of Sephardic Judaism, and create an This is at the core of “Bridging Tra- Uziel” at the Majestic Bay Theater, which “Bridging Tradition and Modernity,” the opportunity for people to be exposed to a dition and Modernity,” an upcoming will include a discussion featuring Univer- Shabbaton’s theme. unique Sephardic perspective.” Shabbaton at Seattle’s two Sephardic syna- sity of Washington Prof. Devin Naar, who “Reconciling modernity with halachah Bouskila and Zohar have stronger gogues, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and directs the Sephardic Studies Program of is a classic Sephardic approach,” said intentions, however. Sephardic Bikur Holim. the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, and David Behar, a president of Ezra Bessa- “What I’ve been calling the Sephardic “Sephardic Judaism is less about where Neil Sheff, chair of the SEC. roth and one of the event’s organizers. “In option is a Jewish option,” said Zohar. “It you’re born and what you eat,” said Rabbi According to Bouskila, Sephardic iden- our world today, it seems it’s characterized should be relevant for all Jews. It’s not an Daniel Bouskila, the director of the Sep- tity needs to shift from ethnic to ideolog- by polarization and extremes. It’s time to ethnic issue.” hardic Educational Center (SEC) in Los ical. Since taking the helm of the SEC in reintroduce and refocus on the classic Sep- Come for the bourekas, they say, and Angeles and Jerusalem, and “much more 2010, he has created initiatives to train hardic approach to Judaism and to life, stay for the revolution. about rediscovering a completely different rabbis in socially conscious leadership and mercer island focus way of approaching halachah [Jewish law] classical Sephardic sources, something and Jewish life and Jewish communal life.” most are not steeped in. “[Sephardim] Bouskila will be joined by Professor were not in yeshivot, like in the Ashkenazi Zvi Zohar of Bar Ilan University and the world,” he explained. “They were in the Shalom Hartman Institute at the Shabba- street, so to speak. Most of their responses ton February 7-9. The two will talk about deal with social issues.” mercer island focus Live your passion at Aljoya Mercer Island

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northwest jewish family Reflections on the rat race

Ed Harris JTNews Columnist What if I never moved from New Jersey to Seattle with my In Seattle, I typically had one or two Jewish colleagues across an entire office. Recently, wife and then-infant daughter over 20 years ago? How might at Bed, Bath and Beyond, while attempting to find a knife set for my son-in-law, the store life have been different if we remained in the New York area? clerk helping me asked if I was shopping for a birthday present. I replied that the knives This thought occurred over winter break on a trip to Boca Raton were indeed intended as a present, but for Hanukkah, and asked if she had ever heard of it. with my youngest son for a visit with my parents. Boca, after “No,” she said. all, is effectively a sixth borough of New York, simply one with That kind of incident doesn’t happen in New York. warmer weather and a higher concentration of Jews. Like the Did I mention pushy yet? Jews in both Seattle and Boca go out for Chinese food on other five, it retains a special character that reflects the New Christmas. Here, we wait to be seated in an orderly fashion until our table is ready. In York Jewish mentality. How does this way of life differ from the Boca, at the kosher Chinese restaurant, the assembled mass of people on line resembled Emerald City? Let me count the ways. a rugby scrum. Abba Knows Best Seattle is relatively uncrowded and stunningly beautiful. As I forced my way to the front like a salmon frantically fighting upstream, a harried We are surrounded by snow-capped mountains and majestic woman holding the small yellow legal pad that contained the official waiting list ignored wilderness — an outdoor paradise. The New Jersey of my youth featured summers with my plea to put our name down. Instead, she scurried about the dining room scouting for oppressive humidity and swarms of mosquitos, followed by winters of freezing, miserable empty tables, while a ravenous horde of impatient diners demanded to know where their sleet and ice. Nature existed to be defeated, not embraced. This is even more so in Florida, entrées were. As I stood by the cash register surrounded by a pulsating throb of hungry where for six months of the year elderly Jews race, if that verb is appropriate for people Jews, a matronly woman elbowed her way ahead of me, chased after the hostess and said, with slow and deliberate gaits, from air-conditioned homes to air-conditioned cars to air- “We’re next; we’ve been waiting.” conditioned restaurants, and then after dinner repeat the sequence in reverse. Out of practice from more than two decades of sedate, well-mannered life in Seattle, I New York is Jewish in the same manner as Israel. You don’t need to join a synagogue to stood mutely by as she shoved her way past me. If only I had been there a month instead feel part of a broader community when most of your neighbors are fellow Jews. At the start of a week, my long-dormant New York chutzpah would have emerged and allowed me of my career in Manhattan as an investment banker, Jews comprised the majority of any to fight to defend my turf. At the top of my game, nobody would have cut a restaurant line conference room I happened to find myself in, even more so if the meeting included lawyers. on me, but life in Seattle had softened me in ways New York would never have allowed. This pushiness could also be observed in parking lots. Darwin didn’t have to go to the Galapagos Islands and study the various types of native finches to draw conclusions about natural selection. He could have just as easily set up shop at any Boca strip mall, notebook in hand, and watched survival of the fittest reflected in the fierce competition to pounce on the closest parking space, another favored Florida pastime. And so a week flew by, one which included, for my poor, suffering carnivorous youngest

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WWabba Page 18 when one considers the sacrifice required. Which leaves only one remaining question: When can we go back to Boca for another visit? son surrounded by a family of vegetarians, meals out every night in kosher restaurants, where he feasted on corned beef and pastrami, steak, orange beef, sweet-and-sour chicken, and, Ed Harris, the author of “Fifty Shades of Schwarz” and several other books, was born in for the one meal we ate at home, prepared chicken schnitzel from the kosher supermarket. the Bronx and lives in Bellevue with his family. His long-suffering wife bears silent testimony No, you cannot find a restaurant in Seattle that serves kosher New York-style corned beef to the saying that behind every successful man is a surprised woman. and pastrami sandwiches, and perhaps the stunning beauty of Mt. Rainier is cold comfort

WWsharon mainstream Page 5 Most of the Oslo-supporting moderate left After crushing Palestinian terror- maintaining our security. moved to the middle, and Sharon moved ism (2002-2004) and establishing a rela- Sharon steered Israel away from simple- proposals for statehood on almost all the from the right to a position where he could tionship of intimate trust with President minded solutions and toward frustrating West Bank, Gaza and Arab East Jerusalem, speak for this mainstream. Bush, Sharon carried out the 2005 uni- compromises, at the expense of the pursuit and after the savage war of terror launched I had the opportunity to see him change lateral disengagement from Gaza. When of a perfect “peace.” Speculation about what by Yasser Arafat against Israeli civilians firsthand. When I met with Sharon in Sharon realized he no longer had the sup- he might have done if not for his stroke in the second intifada, mainstream Israeli 1999, I predicted that if he assumed the port of the Likud, the party he founded in is likely to only reflect what the specula- opinion realized that this Palestinian lead- supreme responsibility of leading Israel, the 1970s and led to victory in 2001, he tor seeks to project onto a respected leader. ership could not be a partner for a historic he would end up building a defensive bar- formed Kadima to reflect the new main- But we can evaluate what Israel lost when compromise with the Jewish State. Most rier, accepting a potential Palestinian state, stream that he both represented and par- Sharon went into a coma: A charismatic Israelis wanted a leader who would crush and dismantling some of the settlements tially molded. statesman who came to the premiership Palestinian terrorism but who would also he had fathered. At the time, he dismissed In disengaging from Gaza, Sharon long after he had committed his worst mis- not incorporate the West Bank and Gaza my predictions. But within four years, he showed that Palestinian irresponsibility takes, who learned the appropriate lessons into Israel, would not abandon the quest began his dramatic transformation. and unwillingness to recognize a Jewish and who came up with a balanced response for regional alliances and accommoda- When Sharon was running for prime state would not stop him from doing what to his country’s complex challenges. tions, and would certainly not endanger minister, his feet were still firmly planted was necessary from a Zionist perspective. the all-important partnership with the on the right. But his head soon turned Although more rockets and terrorism fol- Dan Schueftan is director of the National United States. toward different and broader horizons. lowed withdrawal, Israel has ultimately Security Studies Center at the University of The Israeli political system shifted from Sharon explained that what one sees from benefited from his decision. Israeli society Haifa and a Goldman visiting professor at the polarized pattern of the 1980s and the perspective of prime minister, one is much stronger without Gaza than with. Georgetown University. 1990s to one with a robust political center. cannot see from any other vantage point. And a strong Israeli society is crucial to Kehilla | Our Community Find out how you can be part of Kehilla Call 206-774-2264 or email [email protected]

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WWsharon depreciation Page 5 would ensue in Gaza following Israel’s Israelis are skeptical of attempting further of the wrong-headed settlement move- pullout. And indeed, Israelis — and Jews endeavors along these lines? ment, and as the initiator of the failed uni- Israeli presence from Gaza and evicting everywhere — were horrified as Palestin- So while many laud Sharon for his mil- lateral “peace” option. Still: “May he rest almost 10,000 Jewish inhabitants from their ian mobs celebrated the Israeli pull-back itary victories, for providing housing for in peace, and may his family be comforted homes. Once again Israelis were trauma- by burning synagogues and farms, even Jews from the former Soviet Union, for among the other mourners of Zion and tized by the images of Israeli soldiers fight- when they might have been used to their driving the PLO from Beirut, for champi- Jerusalem.” ing Israeli civilians during the evacuation. own advantage. Sharon further exacer- oning Jewish settlement in the West Bank Sharon rationalized this move through bated prospects for future withdrawals by or, contrariwise, for blazing a trail in terms Rabbi Anson Laytner is program manager of his belief that Israel had no viable nego- not keeping his promise to provide new of withdrawal from occupied territories, I the Interreligious Initiative at Seattle tiating partner; however, by unilaterally housing for the evicted settlers in Israel can only see Sharon as the enabler of mas- University’s School of Theology and Ministry. withdrawing, he all but guaranteed chaos proper. Is it any wonder that so many sacres of Palestinians, as one of the fathers

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To tame that savage beast: The Seahawks fan

Rivy Poupko Kletenik JTNews Columnist Dear Rivy, Second, far be it for me to deny the city caused by hustling over large balls Igrot Moshe. “And I believe it is permit- I have had enough. Even if that a number of the trap- from which many evils may arise which ted, because…one may work in a field that I’m the only person in Seat- pings of this football endeavor God forbid; we command and forbid, on entails some risk.” However, the danger tle who was hoping we didn’t border on the, shall we say, behalf of the King, on pain of imprison- threshold acceptable to Feinstein was only get into the Super Bowl, so more base of human instincts ment, such game to be used in the city in “one in a thousand.” This does not address be it. I refuse to get swept up and inclinations. And yes, at the future.” those who in fact are not earning a living by this base, pagan, vile, vac- first glance there seems little Don’t hold your breath — I don’t see in their hours devoted to this diversion uous and raucous endeavor. to justify its widespread devo- this sort of proclamation coming from our but, rather, being a spectator and who may It is revolting. The violence, tion among those who are newly elected mayor anytime soon. actually be doing the opposite by wasting the drinking, people behav- presumed to be spiritually dis- Indeed, thank you, Wikipedia, in 1608 time and resources. Though interesting, ing like primitive brutes posed. However, there might the pastime of “football” was disparaged it’s not entirely pertinent. decked out like bizarre crea- What’s Your be something here of a more by none other than Shakespeare in the We might draw on strong rabbinic tures, painted and even tat- JQ? complex nature, demand- play “King Lear”: “Nor tripped neither, disapproval for participating in the the- tooed in Seahawks colors ing, if you will, a bit of a close you base football player” (Act I, Scene aters, arenas and gymnasiums of foreign and emblems — it’s insane. It seems to exploratory elucidation and exegesis. 4), and in “A Comedy of Errors” (Act II, cultures anachronistically mentioned in be opposite of everything pious, rever- Football does seem to bring out the Scene 1): our tradition, which concern our ances- ent — or Jewish! Yet I hear synagogue savage. Unlike the more delicate sport Am I so round with you as you with tors’ assimilation in ancient Egypt and attendees, Jewish communal leaders, of baseball, for which my mighty fervor me, then later decried more appropriately in teachers and even rabbis professing their presents as spiritual, the poetry of players That like a football you do spurn me the time of the Hasmonean revolt against devotion to this inane mindless amuse- endeavoring to get “home,” rising to the thus? Hellenism, and later during the Roman ment. Please, please back me up on this personal challenge of having to “step up to You spurn me hence, and he will occupation of Judea. A more enlightening — please declare football treif! the plate,” football seems decidedly mun- spurn me hither: — though esoteric — passage that might dane with the point being to “tackle” the If I last in this service, you must case shed some welcome light on our conver- Ouch. Treif might be a bit harsh. That opponent and score a “touchdown.” Not me in leather. sation is found in Samuel II, Chapter 2. said, I hear you. Take comfort — surely very uplifting, is it? Indeed, the effort to Jews have also sought to explore the Here the opposing camps — teams — of you realize you are not the only person discourage, nay, eradicate the pastime is benefits or drawbacks of the sports- Saul devotees and David fans come to con- with these societally deemed unwelcome not confined to the sphere of religion nor minded. Micah Stein cites a responsa tend with each other in this very disturb- sentiments. You most assuredly will find the domain of politics. of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, in “Jewish ing messy scene. like-minded detractors in cafés, museums Early in the life of football, King Ideas Daily” two years ago, concerning And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the and theaters at sacred game times. I have Edward II was so concerned by the rowdi- whether a Jew may be a professional foot- servants of David, went out; and they actually observed this exceptional phe- ness of the sport in London that on April ball player. “I was asked if it is permit- met together by the pool of Gibeon, nomenon on occasion myself. 13, 1314 he issued a proclamation banning ted to earn a living playing sports…as and sat down, the one on the one side So first, my friend, you are not alone. it: “Forasmuch as there is great noise in there is an element of danger,” he wrote in of the pool, and the other on the other

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side of the pool. And Abner said to very sore that day; and Abner was language and spectacle of the battlefield. icans into the viewing of two teams from Joab: ‘Let the young men, I pray thee, beaten, and the men of Israel, before This time-honored combination is very different cities with fans battling out for arise and play before us.’ And Joab the servants of David…Then Abner much alive and well in our arenas, screens dominance, so be it. If it mitigates some bit said: ‘Let them arise.’ Then they arose called to Joab, and said: ‘Shall the and newspaper sports sections. of our innate bloodthirsty, battle-hungry and passed over by number: twelve sword devour forever? Knowest thou Though our most profoundly voiced nature, then bring it on! Go Hawks! for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the not that it will be bitterness in the end? aspirations and desires are for peace and son of Saul, and twelve of the servants What is this seeming sport/battle/war tranquility, there seems to be something Rivy Poupko Kletenik is an internationally of David. And they caught everyone scene? In what way does it inform our of the human condition that longs for, renowned educator and Head of School at the his fellow by the head, and thrust his conversation around football? I think desires, even demands a warfare and bat- Seattle Hebrew Academy. If you have a question sword in his fellow’s side; so they fell everything. This Biblical scene combines tlefield of some sort. And if, my friend, that that’s been tickling your brain, send Rivy an down together…And the battle was the language and spectacle of sport and the predisposition translates for most Amer- e-mail at [email protected].

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WWethics Page 6 easily the majority at the conference, also stepped outside the lines of traditional non-issues altogether,” Crane said, “but Christian topics. It’s About that we are committed to wrestling with Dwight Friesen from The Seattle School because we are academics and there is of Psychology and Theology presented an openness to engage in a wide range of “The Pope Tweets: The Ethical Interplay of issues.” Our Liturgical and Digital Lives.” Whether the topic was the “Distribu- “As technology sinks more and more Community tion of Healthcare,” or the ethical treat- deeply into our lives,” wrote Friesen, ment of transgender and intersex patients “Christians are finding that even the spiri- in waiting rooms, or the question of tual can be wired. Our speakers will exam- whether the state should regulate the ine the ways liturgical and technological Jewish ritual of metzitzah b’peh, where a practices work — sometimes together, circumciser orally suctions away the blood sometimes in opposition — to shape from the wound of a circumcised baby Christians.” boy, the SJE offered it. Although no SCE or SSME represen- Other research papers reexamined tative responded to requests for comment the Jewish ethic of nonviolence, a look at from JTNews, Dr. Allen Verhey, SCE pres- whether the female voice in Jewish ethi- ident and professor of Christian ethics cal literature represents “sin or pleasure,” at the Duke Divinity School praised the and the “risks and benefits of Jewish sexual range of papers and topics his group chose ethics.” to explore in his welcome message. SJE scholars also investigated the polit- “I expect the papers…will prompt Since 1926, The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has ical and the scientific. important conversations about different strengthened the bonds of community through service. “Three papers,” said Crane, “the social particular traditions and their contempo- history of Judaism and racism, the law in rary relevance,” Verhey wrote. You enable us to support organizations that the U.S. where Jews invoked race-protection Islamic scholars also explored the clas- lift people up — locally, in Israel and overseas. laws when there was damage done to a syn- sical subjects such as theology, law, med- agogue, and the last paper looking at claims ical ethics and social ethics by offering Join us in fulfilling shared hopes for a better future. of Jewishness through DNA, were a fasci- sessions such as “Tradition and Religious nating investigation of the complicated rela- Imagination in Muslim Theology” and tionship between Jews, Judaism, notions of “Forging an Egalitarian Theology: Advo- race, law, and social construction.” cating for Minimum Age of Marriage in The nearly 600 members from the SCE, Light of Muhammad’s Marriage to Aisha.” THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. OF GREATER SEATTLE THE POWER OF COMMUNITY206.443.5400. EVENTS REVIEWS BLOGS FORUMS www.jewishinseattle.org NEWS JEW-ISH.COM MORE 24 community news JTNews n www.jtnews.netn friday, january 24, 2014

Where the next jobs won’t come from

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews Earlier this month, Andy Stern, the old days of the 20th century. We have a Kids today growing up are seeing their ative destruction” like this, is that some- former president of the Service Employees different economy and we need to act on older brothers or their aunts or uncles thing else has risen to be the job focus in International Union, came through Seat- it. struggling in this economy. All these the private sector of our country. I don’t tle to talk about jobs and our country’s The second thing is we’re fractur- things will come together in 20 years and see where that is. A lot of people say that it economic future. On the heels of the inau- ing the employee-employer relation- we really have to build policies for that was healthcare. I know a lot about health- guration of socialist city councilmember ship. Whether it’s bloggers, or temporary time and not wait for the market to solve care. I don’t think that’s where it’s going to Kshama Sawant and the narrow passage adjuncts, freelancers, consultants, 30 to 40 our problems. be happening. of a $15 minimum wage in SeaTac, Stern percent of Americans don’t have a full- I would hope the country would pro- believes this country is on the cusp of a time employer. It’ll go over 50 percent JT: What made you recognize there’s a mote a discussion of if this is happening, major economic shift. JTNews spoke with by the end of the decade, so this whole problem? are we really going to pay people not to him prior to his talk at Town Hall Seattle. world that’s built around employers and AS: Being around people my age who have work? No, probably not. But is taking care employees and jobs is all fracturing. college-graduate, 20-year-old kids, watch- of your children something we want to JTNews: What are the big changes you The third thing is we are going to ing whether they went to an Ivy League pay people to do? Maybe it is. As longev- see on the horizon? have a tsunami of technology that we’ve School, or they went to a four-year col- ity goes on and on, and we can’t afford to Andy Stern: There are probably four not really seen, and a massive amount lege, or didn’t finish college, everyone is institutionalize people in nursing homes, things that are going to change: First, we of change. You’re starting to see it now, having trouble finding a job. Or if they can we pay family members or say that have actually arrived at a new economy. people can sort of sense it, obviously in find a job, finding a job that has any sig- if you want to get an American dividend, We now have become very conscious that certain industries like newspapers or tele- nificant future. you have a responsibility to do certain probably 20 years ago the wage growth communications. We’re now going to see Everywhere you go, hearing people talk things that in the past the government began to decouple from the job produc- it in healthcare and transportation and about the difficulty that kids are having paid for? tivity, and now, this century, decoupled places we once thought were immune finding jobs. It’s listening to what’s going I think there are lots of things that can from growth. from technological advancement. on in the world and saying, “Something’s solve this problem, and so it may be just We can now get GDP growth and pro- The last thing is that kids today don’t off.” redefining what work is or what we pay ductivity growth with wageless growth see work in the same lens that certainly for in this country, but there needs to be and jobless growth, which is what we’re I did in my generation, where work was JT: Looking five to 10 years into the a new generation of people who are living experiencing. Since the recession, we’ve your need, your purpose, income, and future, how will you be able to prognos- this new economy to begin to design the gotten back to the same GDP and have social setting. There’s so many other ways ticate how things are going? policies. grown beyond it, but we have 8 to 9 mil- that people have social relationships now AS: One thing that I cannot answer, that lion less people doing the same amount of besides work, and work is not producing is totally, academically correct, is that in Find a longer version of this interview online work. We are not going back to the good the level of income that it once did. other periods where there’s been “cre- at www.jtnews.net.

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