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A Pyrrhic Victory Was the Price of Turning Back Israel Divestment at the UW Too High? ine de n ca g d in e t s a o r f b e l jtnews w e the voice of r c jewish i transcript t i n y g r o o u t s r s c ’ o y t m i m n 90u JT NEWS jewish washington A Pyrrhic Victory Was the price of turning back Israel divestment at the UW too high? reflections on page 6. tales of a jewish naval pilot page 5 a rabbi retires — kind of page 11 mmmm… grilled cheese page 14 “FABRITius and Pyrrhus” BY FERDINAND BOL, 1656 PHOTO CREDIT MAY 30, 2014 n 1 SIVAN 5774 n VOLUME 90, NO. 12 n www.jewishsound.org 2 JTNews n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014 June Family Calendar When life presents challenges, our licensed therapists can help. Call us to learn more (206) 861-3152. FOR PARENTS & FAMILIES FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR ADULTS AGE 60+ Start Summer with Kindness: AA Meetings at JFS Endless Opportunities A Shavuot Family m Tuesdays, 7:00 p.m. A community-wide program offered Volunteering Event Contact (206) 461-3240 or in partnership with Temple B’nai Torah & [email protected]. Temple De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are open to the public and are at 10:30 a.m. unless Taking Care of You: otherwise noted. Powerful Tools for Caregivers An Afternoon With the m Friday, June 6 Seattle Symphony 1:00 – 2:30 p.m. m Sunday, June 1 Contact John, (206) 727-6231 or 12:30 – 4:00 p.m. [email protected]. The Life of a Mariners Baseball Kosher Food Bank Broadcaster: Dave Sims m Wednesday, June 11 m 5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12 Contact Jana Prothman, (206) 861-3174 or Women Composers: [email protected]. 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It’s a SNAP Two-thirds of people 50+ who are eligible for SNAP benefits (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) don’t sign up. Are you one of them? For assistance signing up, contact Emma Johnston, (206) 726-3635 or [email protected]. Capitol Hill Campus • 1601 16th Avenue, Seattle (206) 461-3240 • www.jfsseattle.org OF GREATER SEATTLE FRIDAY, MAY 30, 2014 n WWW.JEWISHSOUND.ORG n JTNews INSIDE 3 STORIES YOU MAY HAVE MISSED INSIDE THIS ISSUE Every weekday at 3 p.m., we send out an email with stories from near and far about Transitions 5 what’s happening in our Jewish world. Here are some stories you may have missed over Rabbi Jessica Marshall reflects on the many different kinds of transitions we have in our lives, and how we the past week: can best make it through difficult times. • Belgium in mourning • Smooth (creamy) criminals An airman looks back 5 • Why is Greece the most anti-Semitic country in Europe? With Memorial Day having just passed, what was possibly the only Jewish naval pilot during the Vietnam Want to be in the know? Sign up for the 3 O’Clock News by visiting our website at War looks back on his military career. www.jewishsound.org, scrolling down, and entering your name and email address. Find all of these articles on our website, The Jewish Sound. What we lost 6 Though the beating back of an Israel divestment effort at the University of Washington appears to be an overwhelming victory, one of the leaders of that effort questions whether we destroyed the town so we could save it. A report on the defeated divestment measure 7 REMEMBER WHEN A look at how UW students led the charge to keep the divestment measure from making headway. A new gun responsibility organization 9 Launching itself in the offices of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, a new organization in favor of gun responsibility paid homage to the shooting that took place there nearly eight years ago. A rabbi readies for retirement 11 Rabbi Jim Mirel can be found nearly anywhere there’s a Jewish event, and though he plans to retire from his pulpit after 29 years, he won’t disappear from the scene anytime soon. The traveling cheese truck 14 If you’ve got a hankering for some grilled cheese, chances are if you look out the window you’ll find Greg Wagner’s new food truck rolling by. And speaking of food… 15 Food writer and chef Adeena Sussman came to Seattle earlier this month to talk about the wonders of From the Jewish Transcript, May 29, 1938. Israeli foods — while she cooked them. This group of German men had just made it to Holland after leaving “the dictator-wrecked careers they had in the land of their Northwest Jewish Family section birth, which they will probably never see again.” They had come to Two left feet 16 a training center before embarking to Palestine, South America, or Our columnist Ed Harris will do just about anything for his kids — including embarrass himself in a dance Australia, “anywhere they can breathe free air and, by their honest competition. sweat, build new lives for themselves.” An arrest for abuse 19 A volunteer at a local synagogue has been arrested for inappropriate contact with a minor. The sweet lessons of Torah 20 Internationally known Torah scholar Avivah Zornberg came to Seattle to teach and to try to mend broken fences. JTNews is the Voice of Jewish Washington. 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[email protected] Kari Haas at [email protected] Learn Torah and eat a delicious meal. Open to Saul Rivkin presents a PowerPoint presentation SATURDAY 14 JUNE Candlelighting times grades 6-12. Separate tracks for middle school on ovarian cancer, and in particular how it relates 8:25 a.m.–2:30 p.m. — Shabbat Lunch Fea- May 30 ..................................8:39 p.m. and high school ages. At Sephardic Bikur Holim, to Ashkenazi Jewish women. At Herzl-Ner Tamid turing Rabbi Lazer Brody June 6 ...................................8:45 p.m. 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Susan Jensen at 206-722-5500 or June 13 .................................8:50 p.m. Mercer Island. [email protected] June 20 .................................8:53 p.m.
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