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Rabbis Turn
Rabbi Shmuel Brody loves a good story. He likes to let it envelop him, and to help him see the wholeness of God and the world.
The king is dead. Long live the king.
Two writers have two very different opinions about the legacy of Ariel Sharon, Israels former prime minister who died on January 11.
A question of ethics
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.
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Last week, the University of Washington ofcially condemned any attempts to create academic boycotts against Israel or any other entity.
The long walk home

After ve years and nearly $5 million, the Eastside Torah Center nally made the move to its new home.
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The Best of Everything

Our annual readers choice survey was more popular than ever this year. See who won!
Our local heroes The Sephardic revolution
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
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What makes us Jews in the Northwest different from our brethren in New York or Florida? For one thing, were far too polite. Columnist Ed Harris counts the ways while he ghts for a table at a Boca restaurant.
Where the jobs arent

From JTNews, January 20, 2006. Our assistant editor at the time, Josh Rosenstein, took some time off from work 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 areas, Josh noted, while some volunteers expressed frustration when asked to perform menial, unnecessary tasks that provided questionable help for people who werent in such dire straits.
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For a complete listing of events, or to add your event to the JTNews calendar, visit calendar.jtnews.net. Calendar events must be submitted no later than 10 days before publication. 1011:30 a.m. Family Shabbat Morning
Kate Speizer at kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org or 206-315-7429 or tdhs-nw.org Brief prayer service (with guitar) and snack, a project or story, and free play. No membership or experience required. Free. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St., Seattle. 1 p.m. Jewish Spiritual and Neural Pathways: Daily Practices to Nurture the Soul and the Brain
info@eitzor.org Torah study about how spiritual practice can improve brain function, and how the brain assists or resists living a spiritually connected life. With Congregation Eitz Or, 6556 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 56 p.m. Jewish Tween Extreme Limo Scavenger Hunt
Mark Rosenberg at MarkR@sjcc.org or 206388-0830 or sjcc.org Hop in a limo for a scavenger hunt around Seattle. Leave from the J and meet at Island Crust Caf at the end of the night for pizza and sodas. $25. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 56:45 p.m. SJCC Float-On-In Pool Party
Andrea Selix at AndreaS@sjcc.org or 206-388-0821 or sjcc.org The pool will be open to families and friends. Bring your oaties or enjoy inatable pool toys for kids of all ages. Dinner included. SJCC members $8, kids $5, guests $12. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7:309 p.m. Tu BShevat Seder
Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Drink wine and eat several kinds of fruits and nuts in celebration of the connection to the land of Israel. Adults only. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.
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8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. With My Own Eyes: Holocaust, Genocide, Today
Ilana Cone Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or 206-774-2201 In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Keynote by Dr. Robert Ericksen, author of Complicity in the Holocaust: Churches and Universities. Lunch and clock hours included. $20. Pre-registration required. At Museum of Flight, 9404 East Marginal Way S, Seattle. 5 p.m. Shabbaton with Rabbi Daniel Lapin
Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org Between Mincha and Kabbalas Shabbos: Never Have to Cross the Street: Why HaShem Prefers Equity Financing Over Debt. At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
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Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org Shabbos morning sermon (around 10:20 a.m.): With Pesach on the Horizon Who Knows Six? I Know Six! But Do You Really? At 4:50 p.m. after Mincha: Hebrew Humor and Language Levity at Sephardic Bikur Holim over seudah shlishit. At BCMH, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
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10 a.m.1 p.m. Connections 2014
Shayna Rosen at shaynar@jewishinseattle.org or 206-774-2219 or www.jewishinseattle.org The Jewish Federations largest womens event of the year. Emceed by Jamie Peha and honoring Patty Fleischmann, Whitney Stern, Esther Friend, and Adisa Ayaso Tassma. At the Fairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University St., Seattle. 3:305 p.m. Post-Biblical Jewish History Lecture Series
Stacy Schill at admin@kolaminw.org or 206-498-1066 Bob Herschkowitz will talk about the Enlightenment, the emancipation in the West, Judaism redened, and anti-Semitism. At Congregation Kol Ami, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville. 36 p.m. Challah baking workshop
Masha Shtern at masha.shtern@seattle.gov or class.seattle.gov/ parks/Activities/ActivitiesAdvSearch.asp Learn the entire process: Mixing, kneading, rising, baking and several braiding techniques. Make a dip and take your own loaf home, fresh out of the oven. The community center kitchens are not kosher, but the recipe is parve and you can bring your challah home to bake. Pita-baking classes also available. $27. At Rainier Beach Community Center, 4600 38th Ave. S, Seattle. 5:308 p.m. Reach for the Stars: Torah Day Schools Annual Gala
Torah Day School at ofce@tdsseattle.org or 206-722-1200 or bit.ly/TDSannualdinner Torah Day Schools annual gala, honoring Yossi and Sarah Babani. Cocktails at 5:30 p.m. with dinner at 6:30. At Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle.
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Melissa Brooks at melissabrooks25@gmail.com A theatrical adaptation of Jewish history in Washington State between 1880 and 1920, performed by Book-It Repertory Theatre. Free. At Bet Chaverim, 25701 14th Pl. S, Des Moines. 79 p.m. Keller Family Lecture Series
Janet Rasmus at jrasmus@tdhs-nw.org or 206-323-8486 or tdhs-nw.org Naomi Schaefer Riley discusses her book Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage is Transforming America and the impact of interfaith marriage on America today. A light dessert reception will follow. Books available for purchase. Free. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave, Seattle.
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Leonid Orlov at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-8784 or jfsseattle.org Major life changes experienced by aging parents often coincide with depression, mental illness or substance abuse. Learn how to recognize these behaviors and help your parents nd the support they need. $13 in advance; $18 at door; scholarships available. At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.
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THE RABBIS TURN
Become a story
RABBI SHMUEL BRODY Ashreichem Yisrael
Every once in a while, Seattle gets a visit from Old Jerusalem. An elderly fellow with a white beard, a full smile, and a strained walk, Uncle Chaim from Yerushalayim is how he is known. His sweetness and simplicity endears him to us all. And he likes to tell stories. Sitting in Seward Park, Uncle Chaim has transported us to places as far as Baranovitch, as cold as Lechovitch, and as intense as the inner room of his rabbi. Truthfully, Uncle Chaim has become a story. It got me thinking about stories There is something exceptional to the story. Whenever it appears it invites me inside, I accept. It grabs my attention. It stills my roving mind. I am quickly lost within it and live within its reality. But, more than I enter it, it enters me. And thats what makes it so right for conveying a message. Couched within the lure and authenticity of the story, I am ready to receive its teaching. So perfect of a vehicle is it that God Himself chose it as a medium of His message. In two ways does the Torah communicate the Divine will to us, mitzvot and stories. Mitzvot instruct, stories demonstrate. Mitzvot tell what is to be done. Stories show how they are to be done. Mitzvot are communicated directly. Stories teach by inference. Mitzvot tell us what we are to do. Stories tell us how we are to be. Torah is neither a book of history nor a book of laws. It is a book of communication of the Divine will, through two mediums. We mine the mitzvot in study, to derive how they are to be done, teasing the depth out of the written word. We mine the stories in study, to derive an understanding of proper character. We are told to tell stories. Tell your children what happened in Egypt. Tell it graphically, say the sages, as if you were there. From the story your children will know there is a God who created, who cares, who is involved, and they may extrapolate it to their lives where God may seem silent. When they are gathered around your table on that majestic night, see them forge a connection with past and imbibe it for their future. We are told to tell what happened at Sinai not only to our children, but to our grandchildren. Describe the awesome rendezvous, when God united with a people and left them with a way back through a book. As they sit upon the lap of their grandparent, stories sharing, eyes absorbing, share with them also this. Remember days of old, we are told. Ask your father and he will relate it to you, your elders and they will tell you. Tell your children stories of long and short ago family stories, personal stories to root them in tradition, for tradition? No, for a living, vibrant, meaningful legacy. There is something more to the story. We need to hear stories, for stories expand the man. Hearing about a great person do the very thing you did, but in the way a great person does it, expands your perception of that very thing. I thought I knew about prayer from reading about it. Then I met a man of prayer. I met prayer. Rav Nachman of Breslov said the whole world tells stories to put people to sleep, I will tell stories to wake them up. The story has the power to awaken. To arouse. To spark. To ignite. To cause to blossom. Most of all, we have to become stories. Sitting in the company of tellers who carried their stories, were changed by them, were alive from them, I became. When we teach, students and children understand. But when they see, they can become. Hear Gods story. Tell His story. Tell your story. Be a story. Become.
Rabbi Shmuel Brody is the rabbi of Congregation Ashreichem Yisrael (The Kehilla) in Seattles Seward Park neighborhood, where he can often be heard sharing stories of meaning. To drop in for a story telling evening, contact the rabbi at shmuelcbrody@gmail.com. Or visit online at www.ashreichemyisrael.com.
How Ariel Sharon joined the Israeli mainstream

DAN SCHUEfTAN JTA World News Service
(JTA) Ariel Sharon turned into a statesman late in his political career. Two developments made this possible: First, Sharon learned the hard way what he needed to do to become an effective leader of the Jewish state, and second, Israeli political circumstances became favorable to the kind of leadership he could uniquely offer. Following the 1982 Lebanon War, many Israelis viewed Sharon as an irresponsible radical who could not be trusted with the countrys fate. Meanwhile, in Washington, he was notorious for advocating provocative measures and preventing other Israeli leaders from pursuing more conciliatory policies. His inflammatory opposition to the Oslo process in the 1990s only reinforced these perceptions. Toward the turn of the millennium, Sharon realized he could no longer afford these liabilities if he wanted to lead Israel. He had learned from his traumatic political failure in the Lebanon War. This experience demonstrated the importance of making sure his policies and conduct reflected the preferences of the Israeli mainstream. It also showed the strate-
Ariel Sharon: A depreciation

RABBI ANsON LAYTNER Special to JTNews
It has been said in many recent articles that the late Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, who died Jan. 11 after being in a coma for many years, was either loved or loathed. I, however, am clear in my feelings: I come not to praise Israels Caesar, but to bury him. Although Sharon was a brilliant military leader, he was also known as a maverick, as when in the 1973 Yom Kippur war he defied his superiors orders, crossed the Suez Canal, and isolated the Egyptian forces in the Sinai Peninsula. His quick thinking helped turn the tide of that war in its most challenging time. But on two other occasions his military instincts were just plain criminal. In 1953, Sharon was a young colonel who led Unit 101 in retaliatory crossborder raids into Jordan. That October, his unit attacked the West Bank town of Qibya, then a part of Jordan. The attack killed 69 Palestinian villagers, many of them women and children, and destroyed 45 houses, a school, and a mosque. In the 1982 war in Lebanon, Defense Minister Sharon exceeded Prime Minister Begins mandate and launched a full-scale invasion of that country, leading to the ousting of the PLO from Beirut. During this action, the Phalangist Maronite Christian militia took advantage of Israels presence to massacre Palestinian refugees in Sabra and Shatila. Between 800 and 3,000 people were killed. Subsequently, the Israeli Kahan Commission, appointed to investigate the incident, found that Israeli military personnel had failed to take serious steps to stop the massacre it knew was in progress, and that Sharon bore personal responsibility for ignoring the danger of bloodshed and revenge. He was forced to resign. Israeli settlers and their supporters lionized him when he built infrastructure and helped West Bank settlements sprout, often cutting legal corners to make this happen. But, following the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty, Sharon not only removed settlers from Yamit in the Sinai, but also decided the settlement had to be bulldozed, thus magnifying the trauma of the withdrawal and hardening the hearts of many Israelis against future withdrawals. More than 30 years later, Sharon shocked the nation by unilaterally withdrawing the
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Israeli President Shimon Peres pays his respects at the cofn holding former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, laid outside the Knesset.
gic imperative of establishing unshakable trust with the American administration and people. But it was not only Sharon who changed. Sharon could not have moved from the far end of the right wing to the center of the mainstream consensus had Israelis not undergone their own dramatic political transformation on the eve of his premiership. After the Palestinian rejection of
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The scientific study of ethics and religion

JANIs SIEGEL JTNews Correspondent
Crane, 41, grew up in It might sound like one North Seattle and attended of those familiar jokes a Temple Beth Am with his rabbi, a priest and an imam family, who still lives here. meet in heaven or are in a Today, he is the Scholar sinking boat, and so on, but in Bioethics and Jewish when three religion ethics Thought in the Center for groups one Christian, Ethics at the Emory Center one Jewish, and one Muslim for Ethics in Atlanta and got together in a downan assistant professor in the town Seattle hotel for their School of Medicine and the annual conference, it was Department of Religion at seriously academic. Emory University. In early January, hunCOURTESY JONATHAN CRANE Crane authored Narradreds of religion ethics and Jonathan Crane, president of the bioethics professors and Society of Jewish Ethics, tives and Jewish Bioethics professional clergy from returned to his hometown of (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013) The Society of Christian S e a t t l e t h i s m o n t h f o r a and was a co-editor of The Ethics, The Society for the conference that brought in Oxford Handbook of Jewish Study of Muslim Ethics, and ethicists from around the world. Ethics and Morality (Oxford University Press, 2012). The Society of Jewish Ethics Along with several sessions about shared their latest research on issues that Jewish bioethics and new ways of interface our multi-faith society today. preting old texts like the Mishnah and Were a heimish group, SJEs 2012 Jewish law, Crane is also proud of the president Jonathan Crane told JTNews. unique and diverse topics tackled by the There are fathers, pastors, professional three groups. chaplains, MDs, and lawyers who are There are issues that certain commembers of the society and who are munities or individuals might dismiss as immersed in bioethics, religion, and in ethical deliberation all the time in our lives, work and communities. XXPAGE 23
UW comes out against academic boycotts

jOEL MAGALNICK JTNews Editor
In a statement released by the University of Washingtons president, Michael K. Young, and its provost, Ana Mari Cauce, the UW has joined with more than 180 universities across the U.S. in opposing any proposed boycott of Israeli academic institutions. The announcement comes on the heels of a boycott voted upon by the American Studies Association in December, and discussion of a boycott at the conference of the Modern Language Association earlier this month. Young and Cauce stated they support the statement by the Association of American Universities, which reads: Any such boycott of academic institutions directly violates academic freedom, which is a fundamental principle of AAU universities and of American higher education in general. Academic freedom is the freedom of university faculty responsibly to produce and disseminate knowledge through research, teaching, and service, without undue constraint. It is a principle that should not be abridged by political considerations. American colleges and universities, as well as like institutions elsewhere, must stand as the first line of defense against attacks on academic freedom. We believe such a boycott of academic institutions and their faculties has no place in higher education institutions founded on the premise of the free exchange of ideas, they said in their statement. We are proud to align with the position enunciated by the AAU to oppose in any way any constriction of the free flow and exchange of ideas among the worlds scholars, teachers, scientists and intellectuals. Rabbi Oren Hayon, executive director of Hillel at the University of Washington, told supporters in an email that the release of this statement brings great pride to all of us who have worked steadily against the calls for anti-Israel boycotts, divestiture and sanctions here at UW and throughout the larger community, he wrote. The constriction of academic or intellectual expression on campus will never bring about the coexistence, peace and mutual understanding that all of us work and hope for each day.
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Eastside Torah Center dedicates new home

DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews Correspondent
On Sun., Jan. 12, the Eastside Torah Center said goodbye to its small, toocrowded space on 156th Ave. NE in Bellevue and hello to its newly built facility at 16199 Northup Way, just a half mile up the road. The dedication of the new East side Torah Center had been a long time coming, following five years of planning, build-out and fundraising to the tune of $4.5 million. At the Sunday ceremony, Rabbi Mordechai Farkash described his search for the original location of Chabads Eastside facility in 2002. I was driving around with one of the senior Chabad rabbis of Seattle, Rabbi Kafka, looking for different places and somehow, as we are standing by the light at Northup and 156th, we saw a sign for rent at the corner window, Rabbi Farkash said, indicating to the crowd of people standing around the bima. We went upstairs and it was a small, 900-squarefoot room shared with many other offices, but was available for rent, which I thought, at that time, would feed my budget. My budget was zero. The ceremony continued with the removal of the synagogues Torahs from the old ark and a procession along Northup Way to the new center. A ribboncutting ceremony welcomed members into the new building and the Torahs were placed into their new aron kodesh. With more than 500 involved families, the new centers expanded space allows for more programming and includes an outside playground and approximately 50 parking spaces. More parking is also available at the church next door. In addition to offices and a beit midrash, a space for learning, the synagogue now houses the Eastside Jewish Public Library and has classrooms and a large recreation room with couches and Ping-Pong tables for the Torah Centers CTeen Club.
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Clockwise from top: Rabbi Mordechai Farkash places the Torah inside the ark for the rst time. Boys in the ETCs 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 interest-free loans

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This is a year of milestone birthdays: The University of Washingtons Stroum Center for Jewish Studies is celebrating its 40th, JTNews its 90th, and the Caroline Kline Galland Home its 100th. But heres one you might not know about: The Hebrew Free Loan Association of Greater Seattle is also turning 100. Since July 1914, the HFLA has been distributing interest-free loans to Jewish community members, typically for business and education purposes. Loans up to $5,000 are offered without interest, based on Exodus 22:25: If you lend money to My people, to the poor among you, you are not to act as a creditor to him; you shall not charge him interest. Theyll be marking the occasion with a brunch on February 2. Albert Feldman, a past board president, joined the organization in 1975. At the time, there were still many original immigrants around that had personally benefited, he said. Times have changed a bit. The HFLA collects donations from the community and distributes the funds to approved applicants. Originally, the loans helped immigrants starting businesses, like pushcarts. Back then banks would not trust immigrants, said Feldman. Originally, it was helping mainly new immigrants to set up some little business with a few hundred dollars. Nowadays our constituency has changed considerably. With credit available to just about everyone, the demand for small loans despite being interest-free has waned. According to Feldman, the loans more frequently go to single parents and students paying for education. In that way we are helping people who in many cases do desperately need it, Feldman said. The first Hebrew Free Loan Society opened in New York in 1892, and spawned similar, independent organizations across the country. Remarkably, theyve continued to operate with an extremely low default rate. According to current board president Jeff Puterman, the HFLA gave out 12 loans last year. Loan eligibility requires applicants to be members of the Jewish community, genuinely in need of the loan, unable to receive conventional loans, and receiving an income to repay the loan. They must also have at least one guarantor. Puterman would like to see the organization better serve the community. The HFLA is considering raising the loan amounts to a possible $7,500 or $10,000 for business and education. For a lot of people, [$5,000] is not very much, he said. If we had special loans dedicated to that, we could raise the limits and people could avail themselves more. The board is all-volunteer, with the exception of one member who gets paid for handling the associations administrative details. The board is currently consid-
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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 to solve when you have a partner. This crossword, for example. The long across entries give an obliquely clued process of committing to share the challenges you might face as an individual.
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ering angel cosigners, and allowing HFLA to be a primary loan source, rather than a last resort. Why shouldnt they come to us first? Puterman asked. Each of these measures has to be weighed carefully, as lending money is risky business. But rarely, says Puterman, do they have to go after anyone. Sometimes the money is returned years later. For the most part, our clients are very honest, said Feldman. Our losses, if any, are very minimal. Sometimes we have received a loan several years after they thought it had gone bad. Were keeping it on a human level, lets put it that way.
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JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNews
We asked, you responded. And respond you did, in record numbers! With our annual readers choice poll, weve got the skinny on the best of the best of Jewish Washington. We slimmed down and re arranged this years survey, and well slim down our comments as well. So without further ado:
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Best Mobile Lunch Truck: Marination Mobile wins, but special mention to Napkin Friends, which had only been open for a week when the survey closed. But cmon: Sandwiches made from latkes. Of course they get special mention! kosher Middle Eastern dips and sauces online at www.gogarbanzo.com, or look online for shops that sell them. Best Sunday Brunch: Portage Bay Caf. Best Sushi: Musashi in Wallingford for the good but cheap experience; Nishino in Madison Valley for the less cheap but very good experience. Best Fine Dining Experience: Canlis. Best Romantic Dinner: Canlis. Best Happy Hour: Ruths Chris Steakhouse Best Kid-Friendly Restaurant: Island Crust Caf.
Best Bakery: Bakery Nouveau in West Seattle and Capitol Hill. Best Chocolatier: Theo Chocolate. Best Ice Cream, Gelato or FroYo: Molly Moon for ice cream, Menchies for frozen yogurt. Both are now open in University Village, about 20 steps from each other, if you want to do a nal showdown. Best Cupcakes: Cupcake Royale. A special mention for the new Capitol Hill cookie bakery Hello Robin, launched by local MOT Robin Wehl Martin. She doesnt actually make cupcakes, but she got votes regardless.
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Best Bagel: Einsteins Brothers (the only kosher location in the chain, at University Village, clearly pushed them over the edge). Eltana Bagels took a close second. Best Challah: Grateful Bread in Seattles Wedgwood neighborhood. Best Pizza: Island Crust Caf on Mercer Island. Best Middle Eastern: The Garbanzo Brothers arent a restaurant. They arent brothers, either, but well let that slide. You can order their
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Best Place for a Bar or Bat Mitzvah Party or Wedding Reception: Camp Kalsman Best Local Party Band or COURTESY CAMP SOLOMON SCHECTER DJ: DJ Nick Barrat was able Best Jewish Camp: Camp SoloOUT IN THE CoMMUNITY to turn what could have been mon Schechter. Best Place to Hang Out and a very dull and cold event for Meet Other Fun Jews: Stroum my son since other vendors Jewish Community Center. fell through, and was able to Best (or Worst) Political Antic pull a miracle, according to was also the Most Important one of our respondents. He Political Issue of 2013: You saved the party and made loved it. You hated it. But Obammy son the happiest person. acare, a.k.a. the Affordable In our eyes he is our hero. Care Act won this, thermomeBucharest 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. Engagement Ring: Ben Bridge Jeweler. CULTUrE Pop Best Event Photographer: MICOL BAYER Best Jewish-Themed or Israeli Meryl Alcabes. Film of 2013: Fill the Void, Best Ketubah Artist: Micol Bayer. Best Florist: Dennis Warshal. Rama Burshteins heartfelt, Best Caterer: Leahs Catering. emotional lm about an ultra-Orthodox Israeli Best Wedding Cake Baker: Leahs Catering. woman whose journey toward marriage comes with a life-changing decision. Best Jewish Actor/Comedian of 2013: Jon Stewart OUr CoMMUNITY Best Jewish Band/Musician/Singer-SongBest Local Jewish Organization, School or writer: Whether in Israel or at Sasquatch, well Agency: Like we noted above, we had a record claim Nissim as our own homegrown hip hop number of responses this year. But for this allgrandmaster. important category we had a tie. Not a letsfudge-the-numbers-just-a-teensy-bit kind of tie, but a real, honest-to-goodness same number XXPAGE 13
of responses for each. So Jewish Family Service and Seattle Hebrew Academy, please stand up and take a bow. There must be something magic in the air at the top of Capitol Hill. Best Youth Organization: NCSY. Best Place to Volunteer: Jewish Family Service. Best Counseling Services: Jewish Family Service. Best Congregation: The upstart Minyan Ohr Chadash in Seward Park takes the torch from many worthy veterans. Best Jewish Supplemental School: Temple Beth Am. Best Adult Education Program: Wendy Marcus, music director at Temple Beth Am, went out on a limb to start a Yiddish language learning group her own time, materials, etc., wrote one respondent. She saved my life in retirement!
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to listen, to understand each other on a difcult Rather than have us write about them, often conict-ravaged topic. Rob Jacobs is we thought wed let our readers tell their all about fairness, listening, convening commustories: nity to make it stronger, more inclusive and more Local educator Beth Huppin, for her devotion tolerant. Hes not about a political or ideological to her students, young and old. agenda other than strengthening and support Cantor David Serkin-Poole of Temple Bnai ing the Jewish community. Torah, champion of the disabled, ghter for civil Hen Mazzig, who came to Seattle from Israel rights, biggest heart in Seattle. as a six-month liaison for Stand The Union for Reform Judaism WithUs Northwest and never left: Camp Kalsmans David Berkman Standing up for Israel wherever is an amazing Jewish camp direcand whenever needed. tor and hes teaching Jewish values Dorothy Kahn. She is the youth and morals to the leaders in our comadviser for Temple Beth Am, as well munity! as running our very large madrich On Rob Jacobs, executive director [counselor] program. Always does of the Northwest ofce of Israel advoan excellent job, cares about all the cacy organization StandWithUs, by his kids in the program. Always tries to wife, Elizabeth Davis. Its tough to be make a spot for everyone so they can the conscience of the community and be in the program. to be the one person whos out there JOEL MAgALNICK Local chef and caterer Eli Varon. trying to bring people together to talk, Hen Mazzig best Jewish high school in the NorthNot only does he prepare fantastic west. He doesnt back down in the food for Sephardic Bikur Holim family face of adversity. He is a hero in events, he always does special things my book. for the children, and devotes a lot of Zach Carstensen, director of govtime to make Sephardic Adventure ernment relations and public affairs Camp a great place for youth. Whenfor the Jewish Federation of Greater ever possible he involves kids in preSeattle, for his activism and social paring for these events. He does not justice. rest on his laurels. He is constantly in Coach Jed Davis of Northwest motion, multi-tasking to keep up with Yeshiva High School: The rst coach the calendar of simchas. JOEL MAgALNICK to get a Jewish girls team to the state On Ari Hoffman, co-director of the Zach Carstensen: championship. He has also fought a youth group NCSY. I talk to him about lot of anti-Semitism in high school athletics. everything and really know he has my best interJosh Gortler, former CEO of the Caroline Kline ests in mind. Hes more than just a director for us, Galland Center nursing and senior living facility, hes a mentor. I really think that if I hadnt met and now president of the Kline Galland Foundahim or gotten involved with NCSY two years ago I tion. I cant say enough about Kline Galland and would have never switched to NYHS. Joshs leadership. Rabbi Bernie Fox, head of school at North Larry Broder, who recently retired as executive west Yeshiva High School. Despite all the nandirector of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, because he cial challenges that Jewish day schools face, gave 20 years of wonderful, seless service to Rabbi Fox has been able to keep the NYHS as the
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from trouble. Rabbi Moshe Kletenik : 18 years of service as BCMH rabbi. World-renowned Torah scholar. Continues to serve Seattle as av beit din of the Seattle Vaad. Rivy Poupko Kletenik, head of school at Seattle Hebrew Academy and JTNews columnist: From adult womens Talmud classes to childrens well-rounded education, she digs deep into tradition and connects with everyone.
Zach Duitch, program director for the Stroum Jewish Community Center: Hes a mensch. Always puts his community and organization rst and he doesnt get enough recognition for his efforts. The J would not do as well as they do without him. Community member Lea Hanan. She donated a kidney to her father a few years ago but didnt stop there. She is an active kidney donation advocate who helps promote kidney donation. She has been instrumental in helping many folks
decide to donate their kidneys. Community member Margot Kravette, who offers support to Jewish patients at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, for her work with very ill Jews who come to town. Community member Patty Fleischmann for the work she is doing at Stolen Youth. Community member and artist Phil Flash : Always giving of himself, never asking for anything in return a genuinely gentle soul. Dr. William Shaul at Group Health in South Seattle. Best Dentist: Dr. Larry Adatto in Wedgwood. Best Optometrist/ Opthalmologist/ Optician: Dr. Sheldon Cowen, whose ophthalmology practice is up on First Hill. Best Lawyer: Joshua Moultray in
Best Local Sports Team: Um, Seahawks anyone? But honorable mention to the Northwest Yeshiva High School 613s.
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When you hear the word Sephardic, what comes to mind? Bourekas? A distant Mediterranean land? Swarthy Jews eating piles of rice on Passover? Sephardic Judaism is a somewhat mysterious concept to Jews around the United States, especially outside the communal pockets like Los Angeles, Brooklyn, and here in Seattle. A broad term comprising once-vibrant communities from Spain, North Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the Middle East, the Sephardic identity is commonly distilled to its ethnic ingredients, like food, music, and ritual customs. But the further we time travel from the immigrant story through the American Jewish experience, the more those ethnic components fade into sentimental keepsakes from the Old Country. After all the bourekas have been eaten, the question remains: What is Sephardic Judaism? This is at the core of Bridging Tradition and Modernity, an upcoming Shabbaton at Seattles two Sephardic synagogues, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth and Sephardic Bikur Holim. Sephardic Judaism is less about where youre born and what you eat, said Rabbi Daniel Bouskila, the director of the Sephardic Educational Center (SEC) in Los Angeles and Jerusalem, and much more about rediscovering a completely different way of approaching halachah [Jewish law] and Jewish life and Jewish communal life. Bouskila will be joined by Professor Zvi Zohar of Bar Ilan University and the Shalom Hartman Institute at the Shabbaton February 7-9. The two will talk about When he began to move the SEC in this new direction, Bouskila contacted Zohar because of his contributions to Sephardic and halachic scholarship. Zohars books, articles, and course topics deal with the development of halachah, Sephardic culture, and Jewish sociology. He takes a hard-line stance against the trends gripping the Orthodox world, such as its move to the right and insularity. The model of the ideal Jew is a person well-versed both in Torah and in general knowledge, he said. If in order to be a Jew I have to stop being a human being, shut myself off as much as possible, and basically create an in-group and out-group morality, and so on is this worth living? Is that for what the Torah was given? The point of Judaism, Zohar said, is to set an example for the world. Hence Bridging Tradition and Modernity, the Shabbatons theme. Reconciling modernity with halachah is a classic Sephardic approach, said David Behar, a president of Ezra Bessaroth and one of the events organizers. In our world today, it seems its characterized by polarization and extremes. Its time to reintroduce and refocus on the classic Sephardic approach to Judaism and to life,
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halachah from a Sephardic perspective, the Pew Research Centers Survey of American Jews, and more. The weekend will conclude with a screening of The Visionary: The Life of Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel at the Majestic Bay Theater, which will include a discussion featuring University of Washington Prof. Devin Naar, who directs the Sephardic Studies Program of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies, and Neil Sheff, chair of the SEC. According to Bouskila, Sephardic identity needs to shift from ethnic to ideological. Since taking the helm of the SEC in 2010, he has created initiatives to train rabbis in socially conscious leadership and classical Sephardic sources, something most are not steeped in. [Sephardim] were not in yeshivot, like in the Ashkenazi world, he explained. They were in the street, so to speak. Most of their responses deal with social issues.
which is to create a balance. It would seem, with the December success of the first International Ladino Day and the growth of the Sephardic Studies Program at the UW, theres something of a Sephardic renaissance going on in Seattle. Is it a Sephardic revival? Behar muses. What I think it is, is really an opportunity to assemble a group of Sephardic scholars and present them to the Seattle community, which is known as a center of Sephardic Judaism, and create an opportunity for people to be exposed to a unique Sephardic perspective. Bouskila and Zohar have stronger intentions, however. What Ive been calling the Sephardic option is a Jewish option, said Zohar. It should be relevant for all Jews. Its not an ethnic issue. Come for the bourekas, they say, and stay for the revolution.
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Rebecca Levy at rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or www.h-nt.org Honoring Nadine Strauss, executive director, for 25 years of service. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 3:305 p.m. Post-Biblical Jewish History Lecture Series
Stacy Schill at admin@kolaminw.org or 206-498-1066 Bob Herschkowitz will talk about czarist oppression, Socialism and the Jews, Zionism and immigration to America. At Congregation Kol Ami, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville.
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Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Explore how you can have a Jewish journey as a non-believer. Discuss in a safe environment. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 6:308 p.m. Family Shabbat Dinner
Diana Black at rsvpsbh@gmail.com or 206-723-3028 Friday night dinner featuring Prof. Zvi Zohar on Pure Olive Oil-Forever? A Sephardic Perspective on Continuity and Change in Halachah. Include Friday night dinner in the subject line when RSVPing by email. $18 adult, $12 kids 6-13. At Sephardic Bikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Sephardic Education Center Shabbaton
Susan Jensen at ofce@ezrabessaroth.net or 206-722-5500 or www.ezrabessaroth.net Morning sermon by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila on Rav Yitzchak Nissim: The Somewhat Forgotten Sephardic Chief Rabbi. At 12:45 p.m.: Lecture by Prof. Zvi Zohar on Continuity Crisis and the Pew Report: Creative Options from Sephardic Sources. Minha at 4:30 followed by Sephardic Halachah: Past, Presentand Future? Free. At Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle. 8:2011 p.m. The Q Trivia Night
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Leonid Orlov at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-8784 or goo.gl/0XC2Ka A four-part series on Jewish traditions and practical preparations for end of life. Online advance registration required. $12 session, $36 for the series. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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Ken Di Raimondo at Di@sjcc.org or 206-388-0826 or sjcc.org Individuals and families invited to hike at Hyak Sno-Park. Meet in the parking lot closest to the trail. Snowshoe rental included in the price; participants responsible for other necessary gear. Ages 10-plus. SJCC members $30, guests $45. 9:30 a.m.1 p.m. The Visionary: The Life of Rabbi Ben Zion Meir Hai Uziel
Daniel Alhadeff, daniel.alhadeff@gmail.com Film screening. Doors open at 9:30 a.m., viewing at 10 a.m. with book signing featuring Prof. Zvi Zohar, Rabbi Daniel Bouskila and Devin Naar, moderated by Sephardic Educational Center chairman Neil Sheff to follow. RSVP requested. Free. At Majestic Bay Theater, 2044 NW Market St., Seattle. 59 p.m. MMSC LampLighter Annual Dinner
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Saturday, February 8 at 8 p.m. A Stage is Born Grand Opening The Stroum Jewish Community Center celebrates the grand opening of its renovated auditorium with a lineup of stellar performances. See actor Chad Kimball (Memphis), cellist Julian Schwartz, tango dancers Gabriela Condrea and Timothy Shaw, swing/waltz dancers Ari Levitt and Jodi Fleischman, and a preview performance of Book-It Repertory Theatres Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay. The evening will be emceed by KIRO radio host Rachel Belle of Ring My Belle with accompanist Ian Eisendrath of 5th Avenue Theatre. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. $36 per person. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.sjcc.org.
Monday, February 10 at 7 p.m. Mixing Musics: The Sacred Songs of Istanbul Jews Lecture-demonstration Former University of Washington Cole Fellow and National Jewish Book Award winner Dr. Maureen Jackson will speak about her book, Mixing Musics: Turkish Jewry and the Urban Landscape of a Sacred Song, and the linked histories of Istanbul, its Jewish community, and historical-musical traces of multi-religious music making in Ottoman and Turkish society. Ethnomusicologist and oud master Dr. Munir Beken will complement the program with a musical touch. At the Ethnic Cultural Theatre, 3940 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle. Free. For more information contact Lauren Spokane at laurenjs@uw.edu or 206-543-0138 or stroumjewishstudies.org/events. Register online.
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Reections on the rat race

Ed Harris JTNews Columnist What if I never moved from New Jersey to Seattle with my wife and then-infant daughter over 20 years ago? How might life have been different if we remained in the New York area? This thought occurred over winter break on a trip to Boca Raton with my youngest son for a visit with my parents. Boca, after all, is effectively a sixth borough of New York, simply one with warmer weather and a higher concentration of Jews. Like the other ve, it retains a special character that reects the New York Jewish mentality. How does this way of life differ from the Emerald City? Let me count the ways. Seattle is relatively uncrowded and stunningly beautiful. Abba Knows Best We are surrounded by snow-capped mountains and majestic wilderness an outdoor paradise. The New Jersey of my youth featured summers with oppressive humidity and swarms of mosquitos, followed by winters of freezing, miserable sleet and ice. Nature existed to be defeated, not embraced. This is even more so in Florida, where for six months of the year elderly Jews race, if that verb is appropriate for people with slow and deliberate gaits, from air-conditioned homes to air-conditioned cars to airconditioned restaurants, and then after dinner repeat the sequence in reverse. New York is Jewish in the same manner as Israel. You dont need to join a synagogue to feel part of a broader community when most of your neighbors are fellow Jews. At the start of my career in Manhattan as an investment banker, Jews comprised the majority of any conference room I happened to nd myself in, even more so if the meeting included lawyers. In Seattle, I typically had one or two Jewish colleagues across an entire ofce. Recently, at Bed, Bath and Beyond, while attempting to nd a knife set for my son-in-law, the store clerk helping me asked if I was shopping for a birthday present. I replied that the knives were indeed intended as a present, but for Hanukkah, and asked if she had ever heard of it. No, she said. That kind of incident doesnt happen in New York. Did I mention pushy yet? Jews in both Seattle and Boca go out for Chinese food on Christmas. Here, we wait to be seated in an orderly fashion until our table is ready. In Boca, at the kosher Chinese restaurant, the assembled mass of people on line resembled a rugby scrum. As I forced my way to the front like a salmon frantically ghting upstream, a harried woman holding the small yellow legal pad that contained the ofcial waiting list ignored my plea to put our name down. Instead, she scurried about the dining room scouting for empty tables, while a ravenous horde of impatient diners demanded to know where their entres were. As I stood by the cash register surrounded by a pulsating throb of hungry Jews, a matronly woman elbowed her way ahead of me, chased after the hostess and said, Were next; weve been waiting. Out of practice from more than two decades of sedate, well-mannered life in Seattle, I stood mutely by as she shoved her way past me. If only I had been there a month instead of a week, my long-dormant New York chutzpah would have emerged and allowed me to ght to defend my turf. At the top of my game, nobody would have cut a restaurant line 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 didnt have to go to the Galapagos Islands and study the various types of native nches 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 ttest reected in the erce competition to pounce on the closest parking space, another favored Florida pastime. And so a week ew by, one which included, for my poor, suffering carnivorous youngest XXPAGE 20
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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, for the one meal we ate at home, prepared chicken schnitzel from the kosher supermarket. No, you cannot nd a restaurant in Seattle that serves kosher New York-style corned beef and pastrami sandwiches, and perhaps the stunning beauty of Mt. Rainier is cold comfort
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proposals for statehood on almost all the West Bank, Gaza and Arab East Jerusalem, and after the savage war of terror launched by Yasser Arafat against Israeli civilians in the second intifada, mainstream Israeli opinion realized that this Palestinian leadership could not be a partner for a historic compromise with the Jewish State. Most Israelis wanted a leader who would crush Palestinian terrorism but who would also not incorporate the West Bank and Gaza into Israel, would not abandon the quest for regional alliances and accommodations, and would certainly not endanger the all-important partnership with the United States. The Israeli political system shifted from the polarized pattern of the 1980s and 1990s to one with a robust political center.
Most of the Oslo-supporting moderate left moved to the middle, and Sharon moved from the right to a position where he could speak for this mainstream. I had the opportunity to see him change firsthand. When I met with Sharon in 1999, I predicted that if he assumed the supreme responsibility of leading Israel, he would end up building a defensive barrier, accepting a potential Palestinian state, and dismantling some of the settlements he had fathered. At the time, he dismissed my predictions. But within four years, he began his dramatic transformation. When Sharon was running for prime minister, his feet were still firmly planted on the right. But his head soon turned toward different and broader horizons. Sharon explained that what one sees from the perspective of prime minister, one cannot see from any other vantage point.
After crushing Palestinian terror ism (2002-2004) and establishing a relationship of intimate trust with President Bush, Sharon carried out the 2005 unilateral disengagement from Gaza. When Sharon realized he no longer had the support of the Likud, the party he founded in the 1970s and led to victory in 2001, he formed Kadima to reflect the new mainstream that he both represented and partially molded. In disengaging from Gaza, Sharon showed that Palestinian irresponsibility and unwillingness to recognize a Jewish state would not stop him from doing what was necessary from a Zionist perspective. Although more rockets and terrorism followed withdrawal, Israel has ultimately benefited from his decision. Israeli society is much stronger without Gaza than with. And a strong Israeli society is crucial to
maintaining our security. Sharon steered Israel away from simpleminded solutions and toward frustrating compromises, at the expense of the pursuit of a perfect peace. Speculation about what he might have done if not for his stroke is likely to only reflect what the speculator seeks to project onto a respected leader. But we can evaluate what Israel lost when Sharon went into a coma: A charismatic statesman who came to the premiership long after he had committed his worst mistakes, who learned the appropriate lessons and who came up with a balanced response to his countrys complex challenges.
Dan Schueftan is director of the National Security Studies Center at the University of Haifa and a Goldman visiting professor at Georgetown University.
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Israeli presence from Gaza and evicting almost 10,000 Jewish inhabitants from their homes. Once again Israelis were traumatized by the images of Israeli soldiers fighting Israeli civilians during the evacuation. Sharon rationalized this move through his belief that Israel had no viable negotiating partner; however, by unilaterally withdrawing, he all but guaranteed chaos
would ensue in Gaza following Israels pullout. And indeed, Israelis and Jews everywhere were horrified as Palestinian mobs celebrated the Israeli pull-back by burning synagogues and farms, even when they might have been used to their own advantage. Sharon further exacerbated prospects for future withdrawals by not keeping his promise to provide new housing for the evicted settlers in Israel proper. Is it any wonder that so many
Israelis are skeptical of attempting further endeavors along these lines? So while many laud Sharon for his military victories, for providing housing for Jews from the former Soviet Union, for driving the PLO from Beirut, for championing Jewish settlement in the West Bank or, contrariwise, for blazing a trail in terms of withdrawal from occupied territories, I can only see Sharon as the enabler of massacres of Palestinians, as one of the fathers
of the wrong-headed settlement movement, and as the initiator of the failed unilateral peace option. Still: May he rest in peace, and may his family be comforted among the other mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
Rabbi Anson Laytner is program manager of the Interreligious Initiative at Seattle Universitys School of Theology and Ministry.
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To tame that savage beast: The Seahawks fan

RIVY POUpKO KLETENIK JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, I have had enough. Even if Im the only person in Seattle who was hoping we didnt get into the Super Bowl, so be it. I refuse to get swept up by this base, pagan, vile, vacuous and raucous endeavor. It is revolting. The violence, the drinking, people behaving like primitive brutes decked out like bizarre crea- Whats tures, painted and even tatJQ? tooed in Seahawks colors and emblems its insane. It seems to be opposite of everything pious, reverent or Jewish! Yet I hear synagogue attendees, Jewish communal leaders, teachers and even rabbis professing their devotion to this inane mindless amusement. Please, please back me up on this please declare football treif! Ouch. Treif might be a bit harsh. That said, I hear you. Take comfort surely you realize you are not the only person with these societally deemed unwelcome sentiments. You most assuredly will find like-minded detractors in cafs, museums and theaters at sacred game times. I have actually observed this exceptional phenomenon on occasion myself. So first, my friend, you are not alone. Second, far be it for me to deny that a number of the trappings of this football endeavor border on the, shall we say, more base of human instincts and inclinations. And yes, at first glance there seems little to justify its widespread devotion among those who are presumed to be spiritually disposed. However, there might Your be something here of a more complex nature, demand ing, if you will, a bit of a close exploratory elucidation and exegesis. Football does seem to bring out the savage. Unlike the more delicate sport of baseball, for which my mighty fervor presents as spiritual, the poetry of players endeavoring to get home, rising to the personal challenge of having to step up to the plate, football seems decidedly mundane with the point being to tackle the opponent and score a touchdown. Not very uplifting, is it? Indeed, the effort to discourage, nay, eradicate the pastime is not confined to the sphere of religion nor the domain of politics. Early in the life of football, King Edward II was so concerned by the rowdiness of the sport in London that on April 13, 1314 he issued a proclamation banning it: Forasmuch as there is great noise in the city caused by hustling over large balls from which many evils may arise which God forbid; we command and forbid, on behalf of the King, on pain of imprisonment, such game to be used in the city in the future. Dont hold your breath I dont see this sort of proclamation coming from our newly elected mayor anytime soon. Indeed, thank you, Wikipedia, in 1608 the pastime of football was disparaged by none other than Shakespeare in the play King Lear: Nor tripped neither, you base football player (Act I, Scene 4), and in A Comedy of Errors (Act II, Scene 1): Am I so round with you as you with me, That like a football you do spurn me thus? You spurn me hence, and he will spurn me hither: If I last in this service, you must case me in leather. Jews have also sought to explore the benefits or drawbacks of the sportsminded. Micah Stein cites a responsa of Rabbi Moshe Feinstein, in Jewish Ideas Daily two years ago, concerning whether a Jew may be a professional football player. I was asked if it is permitted to earn a living playing sportsas there is an element of danger, he wrote in Igrot Moshe. And I believe it is permitted, becauseone may work in a field that entails some risk. However, the danger threshold acceptable to Feinstein was only one in a thousand. This does not address those who in fact are not earning a living in their hours devoted to this diversion but, rather, being a spectator and who may actually be doing the opposite by wasting time and resources. Though interesting, its not entirely pertinent. We might draw on strong rabbinic disapproval for participating in the theaters, arenas and gymnasiums of foreign cultures anachronistically mentioned in our tradition, which concern our ancestors assimilation in ancient Egypt and then later decried more appropriately in the time of the Hasmonean revolt against Hellenism, and later during the Roman occupation of Judea. A more enlightening though esoteric passage that might shed some welcome light on our conversation is found in Samuel II, Chapter 2. Here the opposing camps teams of Saul devotees and David fans come to contend with each other in this very disturbing messy scene. And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out; and they met together by the pool of Gibeon, and sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other
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side of the pool. And Abner said to Joab: Let the young men, I pray thee, arise and play before us. And Joab said: Let them arise. Then they arose and passed over by number: twelve for Benjamin, and for Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David. And they caught everyone his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellows side; so they fell down togetherAnd the battle was
very sore that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of DavidThen Abner called to Joab, and said: Shall the sword devour forever? Knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the end? What is this seeming sport/battle/war scene? In what way does it inform our conversation around football? I think everything. This Biblical scene combines the language and spectacle of sport and the
language and spectacle of the battlefield. This time-honored combination is very much alive and well in our arenas, screens and newspaper sports sections. Though our most profoundly voiced aspirations and desires are for peace and tranquility, there seems to be something of the human condition that longs for, desires, even demands a warfare and battlefield of some sort. And if, my friend, that predisposition translates for most Amer-
icans into the viewing of two teams from different cities with fans battling out for dominance, so be it. If it mitigates some bit of our innate bloodthirsty, battle-hungry nature, then bring it on! Go Hawks!
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JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNews
Earlier this month, Andy Stern, the former president of the Service Employees International Union, came through Seattle to talk about jobs and our countrys economic future. On the heels of the inauguration of socialist city councilmember Kshama Sawant and the narrow passage of a $15 minimum wage in SeaTac, Stern believes this country is on the cusp of a major economic shift. JTNews spoke with him prior to his talk at Town Hall Seattle. JTNews: What are the big changes you see on the horizon? Andy Stern: There are probably four things that are going to change: First, we have actually arrived at a new economy. We now have become very conscious that probably 20 years ago the wage growth began to decouple from the job productivity, and now, this century, decoupled from growth. We can now get GDP growth and productivity growth with wageless growth and jobless growth, which is what were experiencing. Since the recession, weve gotten back to the same GDP and have grown beyond it, but we have 8 to 9 million less people doing the same amount of work. We are not going back to the good old days of the 20th century. We have a different economy and we need to act on it. The second thing is were fracturing the employee-employer relationship. Whether its bloggers, or temporary adjuncts, freelancers, consultants, 30 to 40 percent of Americans dont have a fulltime employer. Itll go over 50 percent by the end of the decade, so this whole world thats built around employers and employees and jobs is all fracturing. The third thing is we are going to have a tsunami of technology that weve not really seen, and a massive amount of change. Youre starting to see it now, people can sort of sense it, obviously in certain industries like newspapers or telecommunications. Were now going to see it in healthcare and transportation and places we once thought were immune from technological advancement. The last thing is that kids today dont see work in the same lens that certainly I did in my generation, where work was your need, your purpose, income, and social setting. Theres so many other ways that people have social relationships now besides work, and work is not producing the level of income that it once did. Kids today growing up are seeing their older brothers or their aunts or uncles struggling in this economy. All these things will come together in 20 years and we really have to build policies for that time and not wait for the market to solve our problems. JT: What made you recognize theres a problem? AS: Being around people my age who have college-graduate, 20-year-old kids, watching whether they went to an Ivy League School, or they went to a four-year college, or didnt finish college, everyone is having trouble finding a job. Or if they find a job, finding a job that has any significant future. Everywhere you go, hearing people talk about the difficulty that kids are having finding jobs. Its listening to whats going on in the world and saying, Somethings off. JT: Looking five to 10 years into the future, how will you be able to prognosticate how things are going? AS: One thing that I cannot answer, that is totally, academically correct, is that in other periods where theres been creative destruction like this, is that something else has risen to be the job focus in the private sector of our country. I dont see where that is. A lot of people say that it was healthcare. I know a lot about healthcare. I dont think thats where its going to be happening. I would hope the country would promote a discussion of if this is happening, are we really going to pay people not to work? No, probably not. But is taking care of your children something we want to pay people to do? Maybe it is. As longevity goes on and on, and we cant afford to institutionalize people in nursing homes, can we pay family members or say that if you want to get an American dividend, you have a responsibility to do certain things that in the past the government paid for? I think there are lots of things that can solve this problem, and so it may be just redefining what work is or what we pay for in this country, but there needs to be a new generation of people who are living this new economy to begin to design the policies.
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