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Why are Israelis being arrested Breaking down

in Washington State?
Joel Magalnick
Editor, JTNews
Those attractive Israelis you may see at the mall, hawk-
ing colorful beauty and hair products from the Dead Sea,
may not be as innocuous as they seem.
Many are in the U.S. illegally, working in violation of
their tourist visas, and the Department of Homeland Secu-
rity has taken notice. In early December, 12 Israelis were
rounded up in Kennewick, in Eastern Washington; one,
Yuval Oran, remains in detention and has been charged
with harboring illegal aliens while the other 11, including
Oran’s sister, have posted bond and are expected to tes-
tify against him. A few, citing financial hardship, will be
able to return home once they provide video depositions,
according to court documents obtained by JTNews.
“They’ve turned the workers into witnesses,” said
Chaplain Gary Friedman, executive director of Seattle-
based Jewish Prisoner Services International, which has
been providing services to the Israelis while in custody.
Around the same time, a smaller number of Israelis in the
Seattle/Tacoma area were also arrested by federal agents.
They are being held at the U.S. Immigration and Cus-
toms Enforcement’s Northwest Detention Center near
Tacoma, and will face a judge at the immigration court
who will decide if they should be deported.
Lorie Dankers, a public affairs representative at the
regional ICE office confirmed that “some individuals have
been taken into custody,” but did not release their names.
The Israelis who manage these mall kiosks — most are
here legally as dual citizens or resident aliens — say they
are running franchise businesses. However, Friedman
believes they are a network of con men who entice young
Israelis fresh out of the army or school with the promise
of making a lot of money in a short amount of time — and
minimal consequences if they’re caught.
“Some of these guys are really bad, some of them are
just bad, there might be a handful of them who are decent
people,” Friedman said, “but by and large they’re con men.”
The consequences, as the arrested Israelis are finding
out, are not as minimal as advertised.
“If a person was ordered removed, which is a depor-
tation order, there’s a 10-year ban from returning to the
United States legally, with very, very few exceptions,”
Dankers said. Should anyone arrested choose to leave the
country voluntarily, the penalty can be much lighter, but
every case is different, Dankers cautioned.
The Israelis working at the kiosks know what they’re
getting themselves into, and the situation is far from any-
thing resembling human trafficking, Friedman said. The
ringleaders who bring them in rent comfortable apart-
ments and supply computers and cars. They have the free-
dom to move around and — most importantly — can leave
whenever they wish.
The problem, Friedman said, is that they don’t want to.
“They can make in three months here what they can
make in three years in Israel,” Friedman said the orga-
nizer of one such group told him.
“It’s real easy for them to recruit these people,” Fried-
man said. “The ones that got arrested in Kennewick, most
of them were from one moshav…. They’ll see all the money
[others are] wiring back, [and ask], ‘How do I get in on
this?’ — and it is a lot of money.”
He said that in addition to employing illegal workers,
some have been implicated in drug dealing and credit
card fraud.
Friedman spoke to one of the kiosk managers earlier
this month as they cleared out a Tukwila apartment that
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the Im Tirtzu
report on New
Israel Fund
Ron Kampeas
JTA World News Service
ANALYSIS
NEW YORK (JTA) — For years, the New Israel Fund has
been battling with critics who accuse it of funding groups
working to delegitimize the Jewish State.
A new report from the Israeli grass-roots student group
Im Tirtzu appeared to raise the stakes, however, as part of
a campaign to blame NIF for the Goldstone report on the
2009 Gaza War.
In a controversial ad appearing in Israeli newspapers fea-
turing a caricature of NIF President Naomi Chazan sport-
ing a horn, Im Tirtzu stated, “Fact! Without the New Israel
Fund, there could be no Goldstone Report, and Israel would
not be facing international accusations of war crimes.”
In fact, according to Im Tirtzu’s own study, 16 NIF-affili-
ated groups comprise just 14 percent of all the sources for the
Goldstone report. Another analysis in the Im Tirtzu report
alleges that 92 percent of all Israel-based negative reporting
in the Goldstone report comes from the NIF groups.
Some reporting has confused the two figures, and
incorrectly casts Im Tirtzu as blaming the NIF for 92 per-
cent of the entire Goldstone report.
Im Tirtzu co-founder Ronen Shoval is careful to correct
the mistaken impression in interviews, but says the overall
take-away is correct — the Israeli-based reporting is much
more damaging than that coming from other sources.
“When Hamas accuses Israel of war crimes, you
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The vital center and Modern Orthodoxy

Orthodox Judaism of today is moving in many different directions — which is bad for Orthodox Judaism

Shmuel Hain
JTA World News Service
NEW YORK (JTA)  — Another month,
another round of recriminations in the
Modern Orthodox community.
Two months ago it was a breakaway
rabbinic organization established, in
part, to promote decentralized conver-
sion standards. Last month it was a public
forum on homosexuality in the Orthodox
community.
The latest controversy centers on the
decision by two rabbis to bestow the title
of rabba, a feminized version of rabbi, on
a woman previously ordained with the
title of Maharat.
Public pronouncements followed by
denouncements that generate name-call-
ing and more rhetoric: Chilul Hashem (des-
ecration of God’s name). Conservative.
Post-Orthodox. Fundamentalist. Haredi.
Beyond the pale. Off the reservation.
Many are making the argument that
the time has come to state the inevita-
ble or to admit that which already has
occurred: There is no longer a cohesive,
singular Modern Orthodoxy. Separate
rabbinical schools and separate rabbinic
organizations, the argument goes, reflect
the reality of a community divided.
Some on the right wing of Modern
Orthodoxy would be pleased with such
a split. Armed with the “truth” of our
tradition and rabbinic authority, they
would declare triumphantly that the left’s
assault on Orthodoxy was now over as the
left wing would now “officially” be rele-
gated to “Conservative Judaism” status.
Some on the left also would be validated,
as they would finally have “conclusive
proof” that the “shift to the right” and its
“delegitimizing” have created the need
for new institutions that uphold the “true”
values of Modern Orthodoxy as opposed
to the “Haredi-lite” monolithic positions
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I was on my way to a meeting at JFS.
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The many different ways to understand Torah better help us to find God
Rabbi Jaron
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whatever way we can. If you are curious
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out more about an alternative to one of
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got the “spark of Judaism” about 15 years
ago. There are myriad Jews in our com-
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and it is our job to bring them together.
Our tradition teaches that all Jewish
souls, whether embodied or unborn,
stood together at Sinai for the receipt of
Torah. So it is very important for us to
revisit Sinai in each generation.
T h is  Shabbat  we w i l l be read-
i ng  para shat Mi shpat im, a rg uably
one of the most important sections
in Sefer Shemot, The Book of Exodus. This
parashah  includes many laws dealing
with how to treat people. Hillel, the great
Talmudic sage, pointed out that how we
treat others is Torah, and the rest is com-
mentary which we should go and learn.
Thus our parashah can be seen as getting
to the very heart of Torah.
While there are many fascinating and
surprising things in our parashah, I
would like to explore a very strange thing
happens toward the end. To put it into
perspec t ive, we must sk ip a head
to  Shemot  (33:20) where God says to
Moses: “You cannot see my face because
a person cannot see me and live.” Yet, in
today’s  parashah, we see, (24:9ff) “Moses
and Aaron, Nadav and Avihu and seventy
of the elders of Israel went up (the moun-
tain); and they saw the God of Israel, and
under His feet was the appearance of
something built of sapphire, and it was like
the essence of the purity of the Heavens.”
So, how do we understand this? God
has said that no one can see God and live,
yet here, Moses, Aaron and his sons, and
the 70 elders of Israel actually did see God?
Most of the commentaries say this was a
vision of prophecy. Rashi, the great medi-
eval commentator, takes it head-on. He
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of the right wing of the movement.
However, the big losers in the schism
sweepstakes are, or would be, all of
Modern Orthodoxy’s adherents, from left
to right. The many challenges and oppor-
tunities confronting our rich and diverse
community are being ignored or over-
looked due to the continual internecine
battles. An official split only would exacer-
bate the problem, with each side claiming
to be the true Modern Orthodoxy while
projecting itself as the victim of attacks
and blaming the other side for the schism.
Moreover, it is unclear whether a bifurca-
tion blame game would produce the soci-
ological outcome of two totally separate
camps, as many Modern Orthodox Jews
defy neat categorization and labels.
Rather than expending all of our time
and energy on divisive debates about who
is Orthodox and on deciding the extreme
“team” to which we belong or identify, we
must shift our focus to the center and to
substance. Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein
once said that “It is of centrism’s very
essence to shy away from simplistic and
one-sided approaches, of its very fabric
to strive to encompass and encounter
reality in its complexity and, with that
encounter, to seek the unity which tran-
scends the diversity.”
Let’s take the current storm in which
the core issue is being drowned out amid
the cacophony of controversy. Instead of
one side pushing the envelope further on
female rabbis by unilaterally announcing
another name for female clergy through a
news release, and the other side reacting
by calling such a move beyond the pale of
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said they deserved death, but God did not
want to destroy the festive mood, so they
all died later on in other incidents. We cer-
tainly see the record of their later deaths,
starting with Nadav and Avihu with their
strange sacrifice and ending with Moses
himself at the end of Deuteronomy.
The number 70, in biblical studies,
represents an approximation of a large
number. We had a large number of elders
go up with Moses, Aaron and his sons.
The number 70, in Jewish tradition, has
another meaning as well: The Midrash
(Bamidbar Rabbah 13:15/16) states the
Torah has 70 faces. This is interpreted
to mean that there are myriad ways of
understanding Torah. If we apply this
meaning to our 70 elders, the result is
that in each generation we have myriad
Jewish leaders, all with different ways of
understanding things.
This is the heart of pluralistic Juda-
ism — that we have many Jewish tradi-
tions. Some of those traditions are well
defined, others less so. The job of a plural-
istic rabbi is to reach out to those Jews not
being served by the boundaries we find
in our modern Jewish denominations.
For instance, I have felt through my jour-
ney that I am a Conservative Jew. But at
the same time, I am not comfortable with
everything the Conservative movement
stands for. This ultimately led me to the
academy. I am quite sure many out there
would feel the same way I do.
I should point out however, that dissat-
isfaction with a movement is a small part
of why Jews are alienated. Many people,
some of whom I know very closely, have
Orthodoxy and/or scornfully snickering
at the title, should we not be discussing
how to create halachically and commu-
nally accepted positions for female schol-
ars to serve as role models and spiritual,
pastoral and educational resources in
some of our shuls and communities?
In the past few years, several Modern
Orthodox rabbis and their communi-
ties have hired qualified women to serve
in these substantive capacities, recog-
nizing all that these individuals have to
offer their members. A consensus exists
among these rabbis and their communi-
ties that employing women in these roles
is beneficial and halachically desirable,
even as each rabbi and community has
chosen a different job description and
title. We bemoan the dearth of educa-
tors and leaders and, especially, female
role models in Modern Orthodoxy; let’s
encourage our best and brightest to enter
these fields and assure them that they
will have our support and our respect.
Ultimately, Modern Orthodoxy will be
much better served by promoting sub-
stantive and individualized roles for
women across the broad spectrum rather
than allowing the extreme camps to set
the communal agenda.
Only by setting aside the cycle of label-
ing and attacks, and engaging in mean-
ingful dialogue with one another will we
be able to address this, and other press-
ing matters, as a mature community. If
we collectively propose models and ideas
that take into account the variegated
and complex social and halachic reali-
ties of our individual and collective com-
munities (that is a lot of ifs, I realize), we
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asked me the question, “Where is God
now?” We had all the trials of the Middle
Ages, only to then suffer the Holocaust
as well as September 11, Darfur, and on
and on. How could a just God allow these
things to happen? Why didn’t God “put
His foot down” and stop these people
from doing their horrible acts?
I think it is clear that God does not
look like the man behind the curtain in
The Wizard of Oz. I don’t believe in that
God; I believe in the God that has given
us freedom of choice. It is our responsi-
bility to act decisively when we see some-
thing wrong going on. How many of us
walk past a homeless person on the street,
uncomfortably shifting our eyes to avoid
making contact, instead of giving him a
dollar? When we do, we miss the oppor-
tunity to see God. But when we stop and
hand the person a little money and greet
that person with a smile, we have made
God appear.
So, let’s make God appear for us. Let’s
reach out to disaffected Jews, and take
action when people are being hurt or
oppressed. Only when we all do this will
God appear for us. One tradition teaches
that if every Jew would just keep one
Shabbat together, Mashiach would come.
I think we need to look at this differently.
So my blessing is that we get new glasses
that allow us to see and correct the ills
being done to society, and to bring in the
disaffected Jews. Only then will we re-
join Moses, Aaron and the rest, seeing
God through the sapphire.
will promote enhanced commitment to
Modern Orthodox Judaism and its values,
as well as foster unity.
Long ago, W. B. Yeats had an apoca-
lyptic vision — a vision that captures the
current climate of Modern Orthodoxy in
America:
Things fall apart; the centre cannot
hold;
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the
world,
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and
everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is
drowned;
The best lack all conviction, while the
worst
Are full of passionate intensity.
Our challenge, to paraphrase the great
American historian Arthur M. Schle-
singer, Jr., is to make sure the vital center
holds and grows, as the best hope for our
future lies in the widening and deepen-
ing of the center of Modern Orthodoxy.
We cannot afford to continue letting loose
the blood-dimmed tide. Our best, not just
our most extreme, must display a sense of
conviction with passionate intensity.
Rabbi Shmuel Hain, spiritual leader of
Young Israel Ohab Zedek in Riverdale,
N.Y., also serves as the rosh beit midrash
of Yeshiva University’s graduate program
in biblical and Talmudic interpretation for
women. He is the conference chair of
Orthodox Forum 2010: The Next
Generation of Modern Orthodoxy, to be
held at Yeshiva University in March.
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The incongruent situation

Visit from Orthodox gay rabbi sparks dialogue, debate
Morris Malakoff
JTNews Correspondent
Incongruent situations make for inter-
esting conversations. They are the basis
of everything from humorous wit to deep
philosophical debate.
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Con-
gregation’s “Scholar-in-Residence” pro-
gram presented the community with an
incongruent situation that, depending
upon one’s point of view, was inappro-
priate, enlightening, or even odd, among
any number of other reactions. But there
was no doubt the scholar was a source of
lively debate and may have shined light
on the differences between Seattle’s Con-
servative and Orthodox communities —
or at least their leaders.
Over the last weekend of January,
HNT presented Rabbi Steven Greenberg,
an Orthodox rabbi who is also an openly
gay man.
Rabbi Greenberg presented a variety
of programs to the community over four
days. But the centerpiece was a program,
held after services on Jan. 30, titled “Gay-
ness and God.”
The Columbus, Ohio native who was
raised in a Conservative home, enter-
tained and engaged his audience of more
than 100 people assembled for his talk.
He presented a graphic and innovative
interpretation of the sexual prohibitions
set down in Leviticus.
While the presentation could be con-
sidered titillating, HNT senior rabbi Jay
Rosenbaum said there is much more
depth to Rabbi Greenberg.
“His being an Orthodox rabbi who is
gay is intriguing,” Rosenbaum said. “But
I think he brought more than that to us.
He brings a message of inclusiveness and
he challenges stereotypes, particularly
Jewish stereotypes. There is great value
in that.”
Even in the greater Seattle commu-
nity, with a large gay population, there is
no doubt that in certain settings homo-
sexuality can be a sensitive and decisive
issue.
Rosenbaum said that for the HNT con-
gregation, that was not the case.
“We are an accepting community and
it was not an issue for our members,” he
said. “I heard no objections and saw no
one walk out on the rabbi.”
Asked about the frank and graphic
nature of Greenberg’s presentation, par-
ticularly within the walls of the syna-
gogue, Rosenbaum said that it may have
surprised a few people, “but I didn’t hear
anyone sucking in their breath.”
He said it is appropriate to speak any-
where about issues that are part of a dis-
cussion of exclusion in the community.
“You cannot overstate that value and
worth of a discussion that is more than
just the abstract ideas involved,” he said.
“Personal contact will
always break down bar-
riers and stereotypes.”
On a personal level,
Rosenbaum noted that
Rabbi Greenberg is a
“fabulous teacher” and
one who presents a view
on human relations in
general that is relevant
a nd g ives lin kage to
Jewish texts.
Rosenbaum said he
experienced one other
positive note for him
from Rabbi Greenberg’s Rabbi Steven Greenberg
time at HNT.
“We heard from many members of the
broader gay community, thanking us for
doing this,” he said. “Many had no idea
where we stood on our relationship with
the gay community. They say it gives affir- teachings and practices that he does not
mation and makes them feel valued.”
Rabbi Greenberg said he feels that
Judaism does change with society and
the times, albeit slowly.
“The younger members of our com-
munity are more accepting than the older
generations,” he said. “That is true in
Jewish communities as well.”
While Rabbi Greenberg was in Seat-
tle, he spoke before the Community High
School of Jewish Studies as well as met
with members of Bashert, the Jewish Fed-
eration of Greater Seattle’s gay/lesbian/
bisex ua l/t ra nsgender
affinity group.
He a lso met w it h
Rabbi Moshe Kletenik
at the Orthodox Bikur
Chol i m-Mach zi kay
Hadath.
Rabbi Kletenik said
he could not comment
directly on what Rabbi
Gre enber g h ad s a id
dur ing his residenc y
at HNT or at his other
eng a gement s, a s he
had not heard the pre-
sentations. But he did
point out that while the
Orthodox community is sensitive to var-
ious constituent communities and their
individual members, his work revolves
around thousands of years of accepted
see as having the fluidity that Greenberg
visualizes.
“We care deeply about and have com-
passion for every member of our commu-
nity and are sensitive to their struggles
and challenges,” Rabbi Kletenik said.
“On the other hand, we have a tradition to
uphold that has guided our people mean-
ingfully for thousands of years. There is
an expectation that an Orthodox rabbi
teach and uphold Jewish law. While one
can be sensitive to challenges, we cannot
legitimize behavior that is prohibited.”

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‘Go Red For Women’
By Kristin Maas, QFC Public Affairs Director

February is American Heart Month and Although some cardiovascular

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I was shocked to discover that breast cancer
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And although breast cancer tragically claims more
than 40,000 lives per year — with early detection
and treatment, the survival rate is nearly 98%.
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death combined. Each year, more than 870,000
people in the U.S. die of cardiovascular disease;
450,000 of those are women. 1 in 3 adult women
in the U.S. currently suffers from some form of
cardiovascular disease and a staggering 64%
of women who died suddenly of heart disease
had no previous symptoms…none. And heart
disease doesn’t just affect older people; it is the
#1 killer of women over the age of 25.
diseases are caused by genetics,
there are many precautions we
can take to protect our hearts.
n Don’t smoke. Smokers’
risk of developing heart
disease is 2 to 4 times that
of nonsmokers.
n Know your numbers. Keep your blood
pressure and cholesterol in a healthy range.
n Get active. Incorporate physical activity As with men, women’s most common heart
into your daily routine. attack symptom is chest pain or discomfort.
n Watch your weight. Cardiovascular disease But women are somewhat more likely than
is more likely to develop in those with men to experience some of the other common
excessive body fat, especially at the waist. symptoms, particularly shortness of breath,
n Add more color to your plate. Eat more nausea/vomiting, and back or jaw pain.
fruits and vegetables daily.
Call 911 immediately when you notice one
Know the warning signs of heart attack. or more of these signs. Even if you’re not sure
n Chest discomfort, in the center of the chest it’s a heart attack, have it checked out. Minutes
that lasts for more than a few minutes, or matter! Don’t wait more than five minutes to
that goes away and comes back. call 9-1-1. Fast action can save lives — maybe
n Discomfort in other areas of the upper your own.
body. Symptoms can include pain or
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neck, jaw, or stomach. take a personal risk assessment quiz at www.
n Shortness of breath with or without chest GoRedForWomen.org.
discomfort.
n Other signs may include breaking out in a *Statistics and other cardiovascular disease information
provided by the American Heart Association.
cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

Kristin Maas is the Director of Public Affairs for QFC. She can be reached at kristin.maas@qfci.com or 425-990-6182.
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community news

United, but on a smaller level

Small gathering of Pro-Israel Christian group raises money, awareness of Jews and Jewish State

Janis Siegel Jewish community and the State of Israel

JTNews Correspondent
The last time Christians United for
Israel, one of the largest grassroots pro-
Israel political membership organiza-
tions in the country, came to Washington
State in 2007, its signature event in Ever-
ett raised $20,000 from a crowd of more
than 800 attendees.
Last month, CUFI held a meeting at
a South Seattle neighborhood congrega-
tion known as Seattle Church, attract-
ing 40 of the faithful as CUFI attempts to
redouble its efforts in the region.
CUFI, founded in 2006 by the Texas-
based, fifth-generation San Antonio
preacher Pastor John Hagee, is now back
on track in Washington State, gathering
members, signatures, financial dona-
tions, political support, and ultimately
lobbying members of Congress in Wash-
ington, D.C. to continue protecting
Israel.
“We’re getting some momentum again
in the State of Washington,” said Randy
Neal, CUFI’s western regional director.
“There are people here who’ve come from
160 miles tonight, from Quincy, Stan-
wood, Poulsbo, and Bellingham.”
Neal didn’t plan his visit to the Seattle
Church on this year’s 60th anniversary
of the liberation of the Auschwitz Con-
centration Camp, Jan. 27, but the evening
program followed a theme of part histor-
ical seminar, part Christian sermon. The
Christians United for Israel Western regional director Randy Neal speaks to the group
of 40 or so attendees at its Jan. 27 gathering at Seattle Church.
central message was simple: No more
silence.
A PowerPoint presentation included
news reels of Hitler’s speeches as he rose
to power in the 1930s, archival film of
starved and emaciated prisoners dis-
covered wasting away in concentration
camps, and video of Iranian Pres. Mah-
moud Ahmadinejad’s promise of Septem-
ber 2005 to annihilate the State of Israel
and wipe it off the map — images all too
familiar to the Jewish people.
The Christian audience was brought to
tears more than once.
“We need to change these trends so
Janis Siegel
that these things don’t happen again,”
Neal told the crowd.
His own voice cracked, tearing up sev-
eral times while recounting the often-
horrific fate of Jew ish communities
throughout the centuries around the
world.
“We drew our curtains, closed and
turned out the porch lights, turned up the
radio, and pretended we weren’t home,”
said Neal, “and that’s a harsh reality.”
Before he proceeded, Neal cautioned
the group against any notion that CUFI’s
agenda was to convert Jews.
“Our commitment to stand with the
is not contingent upon us agreeing theo-
logically,” he said. This is one of the cen-
tral tenets of CUFI that is reiterated
unanimously by its leadership.
CUFI’s former state director, Pastor
Jason Williams, stepped down from the
post for personal reasons, according to
Neal. His replacement, Pastor Jim Wagner
of Mt. Vernon is the new state director.
Currently, CUFI employs 26 state
directors and 90 city directors through-
out the U.S. It is also organizing stu-
dent groups on college campuses across
the country to challenge what it sees as
a rising anti-Semitic tone marketed by
political groups on campus under the
guise of “anti-Zionism.”
“Under the auspices of academic free-
dom and political dialogue,” said Neal,
“the walls on hate speech laws have been
drop-kicked. A student’s grades can even
be affected if they demonstrate a pro-
Israel sentiment.”
CUFI has 175 student members to
date and it is working to increase its col-
lege chapters. CUFI’s main goal is to sup-
port Jewish students on campuses across
the country as they attend schools that
increasingly give voice to arguably hate-
ful rhetoric. One of its core activities is a
Holocaust and Holy Land campaign held
annually at the University of California at
Irvine in May.
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In the spirit of Purim, Annual Dinner
Celebrating with Joy & Generosity
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February 28th
6:15 p.m.
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Honoring
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On January 31, more than 400 women, including 75 first-
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Family Service Food Bank.
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became clear as the charismatic Alina took the stage, sharing
her incredible story.
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privilege due to her father’s status as an Olympic hopeful skier.
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community news

Helping the helpers

Seattle group that works with injured Israeli soldiers expands to their wives and mothers

Janis Siegel
JTNews Correspondent
The Seattle-based organization Hope
for Heroism, a group that helps injured
Israeli soldiers help to heal each other
through camaraderie, rehabilitation, and
workshops, has launched its first-ever,
week-long retreat in Seattle for the moth-
ers and wives of these soldiers.
For seven days in February, a group
of eight Israeli women, ages 28 to 59,
shopped at t he Pike Street Market,
attended a performance of South Pacific
at the 5th Avenue Theatre, and lived the
Seattle scene.
These partners and parents of severely
wounded Israeli soldiers, many of them
from the elite militar y unit, Duvde-
van, were pampered and chauffeured
from Mercer Island to Fox Island for a
brief respite from their usual 51-week-a-
year responsibilities in Israel — loving,
encouraging, and caring for their suffer-
ing loved ones.
Although they are devoted caretakers,
studies show again and again that those
who attend to the ill also need to take care
of themselves.
“The wound of the husband is on the out-
side, and the wound of the woman is on the
inside,” said Techiya Levine, who cofounded
Hope for Heroism in Seattle with her hus-
band, Rabbi Chaim Levine three years ago.
“There’s a woman behind the soldier, who
is suffering right along with him, to some
degree, more and in different ways.”
HFH is a program within LivingJu-
daism, a Seattle organization that offers
several community-based programs for
Jewish learning and enrichment.
It’s an extension of an idea that was
originally developed by a group of Israeli
The wives and mothers of injured soldiers, from left to right: Elana Ben Shushan,
Michal Greenshtein, Orit Ganoyan, Galya Mizrachi, Ifat Cohen, and Techiya Levine of
LivingJudaism in Seattle.
soldiers that brings soldiers to Seattle for
workshops, counseling, and friendship.
“It’s grown so quickly and so pro-
foundly,” said Rabbi Levine. “Its complete
purpose is, from the moment they’re
injured, to help disabled combat soldiers
return to a contributive life in Israel, and
to help them emotionally, financially,
legally, and medically.”
To date, Hope for Heroism has helped
90 critically wounded soldiers, surpass-
ing their goal of helping 65 soldiers out
of the average of 140 that are injured in
Israeli battles each year.
“The host families generously open their
homes,” said Techiya Levine. “The finan-
cial support for the program is provided
by private donations, mainly from people
here in Seattle. We have some supporters
in various cities all over the country, as well
as some in London and Toronto.”
Janis Siegel
These women are with their sons and
husbands constantly, meeting their daily
needs, and helping them psychologically
battle the profound doubts and fears that
linger long after their physical rehabilita-
tion has healed their body.
It’s a time, said Techiya Levine, for
these women to share, to heal, take a
break, and get connected to the Seattle
Jewish community and each other.
Elana Ben Shushan, a 28-year-old
newlywed from Jerusalem who helped
the Levines organize the women’s trip,
said her husband was injured by a gre-
nade two years ago, before they met.
“After a year of being boyfriend and girl-
friend, he asked me to marry him,” said
Ben Shushan about their meeting in Israel.
“Three weeks before our wedding, he
freaked out about his injury and about being
a husband, and a father. He wasn’t sure he
could handle it. He broke off the engage-
ment three weeks before the wedding.”
Upon returning from a HFH trip to
Seattle, Ben Shushan said her would-be
husband came back a changed man.
“He realized that he doesn’t have to
be scared and that even though he was
injured he can do everything,” she said.
“That’s when I came to Seattle and lis-
tened to some of the workshops he heard
here. We were here together and that’s
when he asked me to marry him again.”
Sarah Preiss’s oldest son, Guy, lost his
legs after a 70-pound bomb exploded
beneath his Jeep in 2002 while searching
for hidden explosives. Preiss, a 59-year-
old teacher, said that event changed her
life forever.
Preiss, whose husband died one year
after her son’s injury, eventually left her
home in Southern Israel and moved to the
Tel Aviv area to join her other two sons.
“The problems are not physical or med-
ical, because he is now driving a car, driv-
ing a Jeep, and driving a motorcycle,” said
Preiss. “ It is in the mind — what they saw,
what they have been through. [HFH] gives
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the synagogue chronicles

Synagogue chronicles: Emanuel Congregation

Orthodox congregation looks to the future — with egalitarian services

Leyna Krow female, find the

Assistant Editor, JTNews
Editor’s note: The Synagogue Chronicles
is a new feature that will discuss the issues
our local congregations face, one by one,
from exciting programs to fluctuating
membership to community building.
Last month, Emanuel Congregation,
Seattle’s Northend modern Orthodox
sy nagogue, began doing something
that many consider to be, frankly, rather
unorthodox.
After almost a year’s worth of delib-
eration, the congregation has decided
to begin offering egalitarian services in
which women will be (almost) equal par-
ticipants to men.
“I see this as something really good
and something that will help keep Eman-
uel alive and vibrant,” said congregation
president Jay Wang.
According to Emanuel Congregation’s
Web site, women will be allowed to “lead
Kabbalat Shabbat, P’sukei D’zimrah, the
Shacharit Torah service, and to read from
the Torah, chant Haftarah, and receive
aliyot to the Torah.”
They will not be allowed to lead the
shacharit or musaf prayers.
The egalitarian services aren’t a full-
time arrangement for Emanuel Con-
gregat ion, nor are t hey necessarily
permanent. For the duration of 2010, the
synagogue will offer one egalitarian ser-
vice per month. At the end of the year, the
congregation will assess the effectiveness
of the experiment and decide whether
they want to continue.
A l low i ng women to complete a
minyan is a weekly, regular initiative that
will continue independently from the
monthly service, however.
How will Emanuel Congregation deter-
mine if the egalitarian services ought to
become a permanent fixture for the shul?
Whether congregants, both male and
services meaning- If you go:
ful and engaging is
the primary litmus Emanuel Congregation is located at
test. But Eman- 3412 NE 65th St., Seattle. For
uel leadership also service times and information,
hopes this change contact 206-525-1055 or visit
will attract new and www.emanuelcongregation.org.
younger members
to the tiny congre-
gation. Congregation Emanuel. Wang admit-
The shul’s first ted that not everyone is onboard with the
ega l it a r ia n ser- idea of the egalitarian services and he
vice, which took believes there is a chance several mem-
place at the end Joel Magalnick bers may leave the synagogue as a result.
of Ja nua r y, was Congregation Emanuel almost hides among the apartment “There are a few people, people we
the first time in buildings and dry cleaners on NE 65th St. love dearly, who were not in favor of this,”
several weeks the Wang acknowledged. “But we couldn’t
congregation had enough members pres- He’s not alone in this belief. Eman- wait any longer.”
ent for a minyan. uel has taken its model for egalitarian Emanuel board member Joel Roth-
“We had a higher turnout than normal, services from Kehillat Shira Hadasha, a schild put his reason for supporting the
both men and women,” Wang said. “People synagogue in Jerusalem, which in 2002 change succinctly:
are really pumped for this, I think.” became the first shul in Israel to openly “I didn’t see any other way for the shul
Wang stressed that he does not want embrace feminism alongside halachah. to survive beyond the generation of the
the change to be seen as a political move Today, 13 egalitarian Orthodox syn- founders,” he said.
on the congregation’s part, but rather agogues in Israel are based on Shir Rothschild, 31, has been a member of
as an opportunity for more people to be Hadasha as are a handful in the U.S., pri- the synagogue for three years. He and his
able to engage fully with their faith and marily on the East Coast. Emanuel is the girlfriend are Emanuel’s youngest con-
traditions. first in the Pacific Northwest. gregants.
“One of the things we are trying to The ways egalitarian synagogues bal- If a crop of new members aren’t
keep — even if we end up going com- ance their commitment to both equality brought in within the next couple of
pletely egalitarian — is the heimish atmo- and Orthodoxy varies. Some synagogues years, Emanuel Congregation may be
sphere,” Wang said, referring to the require 20 participants for a minyan forced to close. But will egalitarian ser-
Yiddish term of being welcoming. “We made up of 10 men and 10 women. Wang vices be enough to attract young blood?
want a true balance. This isn’t about pol- said that will not be the case for Eman- “There’s definitely an ‘If you build it,
itics or making a point. We are there to uel Congregation’s egalitarian services, they will come’ outlook here,” Rothschild
pray and to be a Jewish community.” however. said. “On the other hand, ever since the
Although allowing women to read “If you’re an adult Jew and you’re rumor started that this might be happen-
from the Torah, help lead services, and there, you count,” he said. ing, I’ve had people asking me, ‘Is it true?
count for a minyan remain uncommon Indeed, Emanuel Congregation can’t When’s the first service?’”
practices in the Orthodox world, Wang, afford to be choosy. The congregation Rothschild added that he knows a
after having done extensive reading and currently has just 51 members, the major- number of individuals in the Seattle area
research on the matter, feels they are ity of whom are well past retirement age, who prefer the Orthodox liturgy, but
halachically sound. and many have difficulty making it to Sat- are put off by Orthodox Judaism’s tradi-
“It’s not all cut and dry,” Wang said. urday services with any regularity. tional subjugation of women. These folks,
“But if you go back to the Torah, there’s “I’m 64 and I’m one of the younger he hopes, will be prime candidates for
nothing that says women can’t do these people,” Wang said. Emanuel membership.
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shrug,” he says. “When Israeli groups do

A chronicle of our recent scandals
Martin Jaffee
JTNews Columnist
First they exposed the hypocrisy of the
born-again televangelists. But I wasn’t an
Evangelical Protestant, so when the likes
of Jimmy Swaggart and Tammy Faye and
Jim Bakker were held up for public humil-
iation, I smirked and said nothing. Then
they exposed an epidemic of pedophilia
among Catholic priests. But I wasn’t a
Catholic, so when prominent Archbish-
ops — ferchrissakes! — were shown to
have been abusers and enablers, I said
nothing. When they then exposed the
seamy affairs of Republican and Demo-
cratic moralists displaying their public
Christianity as some sort of credential, I
said “a plague on both your houses” and
turned the page of the paper.
But then they nabbed Gov. Spitzer;
and then they blew Bernie Madoff’s
cover; and then they busted Rubash-
kin. And then they stung Jersey’s Haredi
kidney shadchan. And this past Decem-
ber, they fingered Rabbi Leib Tropper.
As you may recall, he is the founder of
the “Eternal Jewish Family,” an organi-
zation specializing in the conversion of
non-Jewish spouses of intermarried Jews.
A halachic strict constructionist, his hard
line on conversion criteria is allegedly
softened, on occasion, for select female
candidates in return for certain favors.
You can hear one of his telephone-coun-
seling sessions on YouTube and follow the
posts on the blog Failedmessiah.com if
you want to make up your own mind.
And, if all this were not enough, we
read in The Forward of Jan. 15, 2010, of
a Rubashkin in-law facing charges of
molesting children in, of all places, the
mikvah!
Now what is there for anyone to say,
but: Feh!
None of us, I suppose, is so naïve any-
more as to assume that Jews are exempt
from the moral flaws that afflict human-
ity as a whole. Anyone who pays any
attention at all to Yom Kippur’s Al Het is
well-instructed in the perversity of the
human heart in its Jewish incarnation.
But lately, it seems, we are having our
noses rubbed into the exposed perver-
sity of people who, before their exposure,
were held up as symbols of Jewish spiri-
tual achievement in America.
It’s not a question of a shande far di
goyim. There will always be Gentiles
who seize upon any excuse to malign
Jews. Even if all of us were righteous and
learned and steeped in Torah and good
deeds, some would hate us just because
we exist in “defiance of the laws of his-
tory.” For these people, the exposure of
the Jewish dimension of any scandal
simply confirms a larger worldview. And
I’m not interested in that problem just
this minute.
My concern about the drumbeat of
scandals that have recently been exposed
in the Jewish world is not “What will Gen-
tiles think,” but, “What will Jews think?”
As a Jew who circulates in the orbit of
Orthodoxy, I fear the consequences for
my community of the unmasking of pub-
licly acclaimed “Torah personalities” as
sexual predators, exploiters of the eco-
nomically vulnerable, and traffickers
in illegal drugs and contraband vital
organs.
How should we respond when Jews
who publicly hold themselves to the
“higher standard of Torah” exploit that
standard to conceal ongoing and long-
standing private desecrations of all that
Torah stands for?
Anger and profound disappointment
are appropriate. But not surprise. After
all, the suspicion that ostentatious piety
might provide hypocrisy with a refuge is
a theme of rabbinic ethical thought from
the times of the early Tannaim until the
Mussar movement of more recent times.
Jews often resent the New Testament’s
depiction of Pharisaic piety as hypocriti-
cal self-display. But, in fact, the anti-Phar-
isaic rant of say, the author of the Gospel
of Matthew, has a very kosher genealogy.
Look no further than the Mishna’s Trac-
tate Sotah, which numbers “the self-flag-
ellations of the Pharisees” among its list
of behaviors that “destroy the world” (M.
Sotah 3:4, cited in Bavli Sotah 20a and
with Rashi’s explanation at 22b).
It is easy, in the face of recent scandals
involving Orthodox leaders, to retreat to
cynicism and despair. But for those of
us who long ago concluded that “Jewish
secularism” is a dead-end recipe for the
perpetuation of a meaningful Jewish
peoplehood, what’s there to say in the
face of the scandals involving the very
stream of Judaism that supplies so many
of our Orthodox Torah educators?
The trust between Orthodox rabbinic
leadership and its laity has been pro-
foundly tested by recent events. The sit-
uation is not beyond solution, but any
solution must come from a concerted
effort of Orthodox rabbinic leadership to
“own” the scandalous behavior of a small,
but visible, minority with frank honesty.
It is too facile to denounce fraud and
sexual coercion as “violations of the
Torah.” Is that any news? The real issue is:
What’s going on in the culture of frumkeit
that tolerates such behavior and provides
it with an encouraging environment?
Denial and shifting responsibility to the
“corrupt influence of society” or, worse
yet, “the anti-Semitic press,” will con-
vince no one.
Jews who place their trust in rab-
binic leadership for authentic guidance
in the life of Torah and commandments,
are entitled to nothing less than a public
accounting from responsible rabbis.
Purim is in two weeks. Can Pesach be
far behind? A perfect time for a little com-
munal biur hametz!
Martin S. Jaffee currently holds the
Samuel & Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish
Studies at the University of Washington.
His award-winning columns for JTNews
have recently been published in book
form as The End of Jewish Radar:
Snapshots of a Post-Ethnic American
Judaism by iUniverse press.
it, you stop and look.”
Shoval said the groups’ status as indig-
enous Israeli human rights groups com-
pounded their sin of cooperation with
the Goldstone commission, the body cre-
ated by the U.N. Human Rights Council to
investigate allegations of war crimes.
“The whole relevancy of the Goldstone
report is that it gets its legitimacy from
Israeli groups that accuse Israel of com-
mitting war crimes,” Shoval said in an
interview. “People give money because of
its friendly name, the New Israel Fund.”
Im Tirtzu acknowledges that the 16
NGOs named in its report are a small por-
tion of the more than 300 groups funded
by the NIF, many of them having to do
with building infrastructure, assisting
immigrants, and defending the rights of
women, the disabled and religious and
ethnic minorities.
The NIF and its affiliated groups have
pointed out what they say are errors of
fact in the Im Tirtzu report.
Im Tirtzu, for instance, claims that
“hardly a word was heard from the orga-
nizations” when Sderot, the Israeli town
near the Gaza Strip, was aff licted by
rocket fire in the years before the Gaza
war. In fact, Shatil, an infrastructure-
building group and the NIF’s flagship
in Israel, runs a number of projects in
Sderot, as do other NIF affiliates.
Shatil ran a public forum in Sderot in
the war’s immediate aftermath to make
heard the concerns of its residents.
Shoval dismisses this as beside the
point, saying, “Check the Goldstone
report for a single mention of Sderot from
an NIF group and get back to me.”
What is striking about the Im Tirtzu
report is where it essentially agrees with
its targets: In entry after entry, under a
subsection called “Main activity against
IDF policy,” Im Tirtzu lists petitions to the
Supreme Court against army actions.
For the groups listed, these petitions
are a matter of pride; the Public Com-
mittee Against Torture, for instance, ini-
tiated a petition that resulted in 1999 in
the Supreme Court banning torture. The
Israeli Foreign Ministry and other pro-
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generations

Weekends with friends

Sometimes it’s nice to sit and curl up with a good book

Masada Siegel
and Stefanie Zweig
JTNews Columnists
Generations is a series of across-the-
ocean e-mail conversations between
70-something author Stefanie Zweig and
30-something writer Masada Siegel.
From: Masada Siegel
To: Stefanie Zweig
Sun, Aug 17, 2008 at 4:31 p.m.
Subject: Your book
Hey, Stefanie!
I’ve been having the most lovely week-
end, and guess who I have been spending
it with? You! I just started reading your
book, Somewhere in Germany. My mom
always says books are her friends, and
she’s always sad to finish a good one. So
I’m excited, because I have your books
and am able to ask you questions.
What’s even more hilarious is that my
mom absolutely loves the author Stephan
Zweig, and you talk about him in your
book. As my mom has a special affinity
for him, I try to find all of his books for her
in English. He’s most definitely a friend to
her, and he truly is an exceptional writer.
Anyway, we were chatting in the pool
yesterday, and I mentioned to my mom
that she has to read your book (especially
because of the Stephan Zweig reference).
She looks at me and says, “I was in the
middle of reading the book, had a book-
Masada Siegel
Some friends in tuxedoes that Masada
made during a trip to South Africa.
mark in it and all, and it disappeared one
day.”
Yup. I am to blame about the disap-
pearing part. :)
So it’s really special, because I feel I
am getting to know you and I hear your
voice... I especially like it when I read
parts of the book, and see references to
penguins, for example, because you and I
have had conversations about penguins.
I see the part of you being so mother-
ing to your brother. He’s absolutely ador-
able — it makes me just want to hug him!
I am sure his grandson will be so happy to
have such a great image of him. It’s awful
to miss out on having grandparents, as
I never met the ones on my Dad’s side.
I told my Dad one day I wish I had met
his parents; he turned to me and said he
wished he had them there when he grew
up as well.
I’m off to the pool — and so excited
about the American swimmers: Michael
Phelps, Jason Lezac, Dara Torres, all
amazing, and they add to national pride.
We need it here in the States. I got so much
grief about being an American by most of
the Europeans I traveled with in South
Africa that I am happy for something pos-
itive and wonderful.
Have a fantastic morning. I will be vis-
iting with you here in the U.S. later this
evening — lucky me!
Big Hugs,
Masada
p.s. If you want to go to Africa, let’s call
up Lufthansa. I am good to travel with —
and will go with you! Let me know!
From: Stefanie Zweig
To: Masada Siegel
Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:54 a.m.
Subject: Thanks
Dear Masada,
Thank you for your good long letter,
and I am very happy that you are enjoy-
ing Somewhere in Germany. If it were only
better translated. You see, I am a very
critical person, but I was not any kind of
editor, but a critic, too. Mainly for the the-
atre, but I also did literature. Stefan (with
f, not ph, like me) Zweig was most popu-
lar in his days and is still read. He com-
mitted suicide in Brazil because he could
not get over the loss of Europe. And that
although he was among the happy few
of the renowned authors who managed
to emigrate in time. Brazil received him
with great hospitality.
I am afraid I shall never see Africa
again. I would never do this to Wolfgang,
who would die a thousand deaths here
whilst I am away. That is the price of love.
But if we don’t pay it and only live our own
lives, there is no happiness.
There is a tendency to abuse America
here, too, but that is only done by young
people. We old ones remember what
America did for Germany after the war,
and without the food the USA sent us,
we would all have starved. My aunt then
living in New York sent us parcels, and I
shall remember the joy of American pud-
ding to the end of my days.
And those wonderful panties — seven
of them with the day of the week embroi-
dered in each. I was 16 then and had never
seen anything like it. Many regards to
your parents and a hug to you.
Stefanie

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BBYO leader honored

Also: Exploring anti-Semitism and mental health
Diana Brement
JTNews
Columnist
Matt Lemchen, BBYO program direc-
tor for the Evergreen region of Washing-
ton, Oregon and Northwest Canada, was
recently awarded the International BBYO
Arnie Weiner Award for Professional
Excellence in Furthering the Principles
of AZA and BBG, BBYO’s young men’s and
young women’s divisions.
The award is particularly significant as
Matt was nominated and chosen by BBYO
youth leaders from across North Amer-
ica. Matt has worked for the organization
for five years.
“Matt is so deserving of this award,”
said Nadia Hecker O-Brien, an Evergreen
region teen participant. “He knows the
line between being the teens’ friends and
being in charge. He is fun loving and is
always positive even when the situation
might not be. He is a great guy, and gives
so much to BBYO, so it is wonderful that
he is getting something in return.”
BBYO — B’nai B’rith Youth Organi-
zation — has been around more than 85
years. Local chapters are teen-led, allow-
ing kids to experience the democratic
process while developing lifelong leader-
ship skills and Jewish values.
In an e-mail, Matt reflected that “it’s
easy to get caught up by all of the differ-
ent variables involved in working with an
organization like BBYO. This award helps
me to refocus on what this work is really
about; providing real life leadership
opportunities, cultivating Jewish iden-
tity, and making a real positive impact on
the teens who represent the future of our
Jewish communities.”
Along with many other local com-
munit y leaders, Matt has a particu-
lar interest in attracting unaffiliated
teens to this pluralistic organization.
He’s working with other organizations
to “attract more teens and provide more
meaningful Jew ish experiences like
J-Serve,” a day of service in the Seattle
area coordinated by the Jewish Federa-
tion. (It’s on April 25 this year. For infor-
mation contact Amy Hilzman-Paquette
at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org.)
On March 22, Evergreen BBYO will
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their regular Monday evening meeting.
Alumni are invited to rejoin their chap-
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BBYO members.
For information on the open house,
or about BBYO, get in touch with Matt at
mlemchen@bbyo.org or 206-232-7115,
ext. 241.
•••
Dr. Dan Rosen, clinical psycholo-
gist and professor at Bastyr University, is
doing a survey on anti-Semitism, part of
a long-standing interest in studying Jews
and Jewish issues.
“We’re still actively collecting data,”
Dan told me, so he’s not drawing any con-
clusions, but he explained how his spe-
Photo courtesy Dan Rosen
Dr. Dan Rosen
cialty in multicultural psychology led to
an interest in studying American Jews.
“I’m committed to supporting the opti-
mal health” of the Jewish community, he
explains.
With the number of Jews who helped
develop the modern field of psychology,
and the huge number of Jewish psychol-
ogists, you’d think Jews would be over-
studied, but that’s not the case.
“There’s a whole list of reasons…why
Jews don’t study Jews,” Dan says, includ-
ing assumptions that we’re part of white
dominant culture (not really), or we’re
averse to “drawing attention to our-
selves.”
He adds, “there are some needs that
Jews have in the context of psychotherapy
that might not fit in the needs of the gen-
eral population… All of this research…is
in order to better support clinicians and
health professionals in being able to serve
American Jews.”
Some of those needs might surround
religious or cultural identity, which often
fluctuates, he says.
If you take the survey (please do!) at
w w w.surveymonkey.com/s/FY Y V YXJ,
you’ll see that Dan and his academic
partner Lewis Z. Schlosser, Ph.D., at
Seton Hall, are trying to parse out a rela-
tionship between both experience and
perception of anti-Semitism and psycho-
logical well-being.
The seed for this study came out of a
previous study of Dan’s which showed
that “we might be more connected or less
connected with Jewish identity at differ-
ent parts of our lives.”
That study also raised the issue of the
relevance of the Holocaust to survivors
as well as their children and grandchil-
dren, and a sense of rootlessness, of being
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arts & entertainment

Israel, A to Z
Fifteenth Seattle Jewish Film Fest focuses on Israel and the use of film to engage in dialogue

Joel Magalnick
Editor, JTNews If you go:

When the review committee for the
Seattle Jewish Film Festival watched
Ajami in October, they knew immediately
it should be the cornerstone of this year’s
event to broach the not-always-pleasant
sides of Israeli life and culture.
“This [film] is a complex kind of dia-
logue between cultures and ethnicities
in a democracy that is struggling — 50,
60 years later — to deal with the sort of
unseemly sides of itself, as well as the
beauty of it,” said festival director Pamela
Lavitt.
So when the film was, as Lavitt put
it, the “breakaway winner at the Israel
Oscars,” and then, on Feb. 2, announced
as a nominee for this year’s Academy
Awards for best foreign film, festival orga-
nizers knew they had something impor-
tant on their hands.
“We’re thrilled, we feel like this is the
linchpin of a dialogue,” she said. “It’s one
of the strongest films we’ve ever shown.”
Lav itt described Ajami as Steven
Soderbergh’s drug drama Traffic meets
Crash, Paul Haggis’s 2004 film about a day
in the seamy underside of Los Angeles.
Many of Ajami’s characters are played by
non-professional actors, and the direc-
tors, one Israeli and the other Palestin-
ian, took eight years to see their film to
completion.
Ajami is the third Israeli film in a row
to receive a nomination, and the main
attraction for this year’s festival, which
runs from March 11–21. It plays the eve-
ning of March 13, less than a week after
the Oscar winners are announced. Lavitt
hopes to bring the directors to Seattle to
help lead the dialogue she hopes the film
will start — they’ll be in the U.S. for the
ceremony anyway, she noted.
What makes the Academy’s nomina-
tion more significant is the festival’s focus
this year on films both from and about
Israel. But don’t expect a parade of patri-
otic films featuring smiling kibbutzniks
or tourists deep in prayer at the West-
ern Wall.
Where Ajami is the ‘A’ in what Lavitt
called “Israel, A to Z,” the ‘Z’ comes in
the form of the much quieter Zeruva-
bel, the first Ethiopian feature film to
come from Israel. It is just as jarring, even
if it does live in Ajami’s shadow. Both
An arrest shows the seamy underside of Jaffa’s Ajami neighborhood in the Academy-
Award nominated Ajami.
films attracted the attention of the fes-
tival committee because of their ability
to spark dialogue, Lavitt said, which is
an important component of the mission
of the festival’s parent organization, the
American Jewish Committee.
Rounding out the Israel selections are
Jaffa, a tragic love story centered on the
beach city adjacent to Tel Aviv that has
long been a nexus of Jews, Muslims and
Christians. The urban grit and feel of Tel
Aviv against the “bucolic, camel-driven”
Jaffa, as Lavitt described it, play parts as
much as the film’s actors.
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt
With the Nazis is a documentary about
the man who faced up to Adolf Eichmann
and saved thousands of Jews, only to be
labeled a traitor in his adopted coun-
try of Israel and ultimately assassinated.
Director Gaylen Ross will appear to dis-
cuss the film.
Another documentary, Voices of El-
Sayed, explores the largest deaf commu-
nity in the world: A Bedouin village in the
Negev Desert. The plot thickens when the
father of one child decides to have him
fitted with a cochlear implant and the
ensuing community resistance.
The festival closes with A Matter of
Size, a comedy about an overweight
Israeli working in a Japanese restaurant
who finds his calling as — you guessed it
— a sumo wrestler.
The past year on the film festival cir-
Kino Films
cuit has seen plenty of controversy sur-
rounding Israel, but it’s unlikely that
controversy will make it to SJFF. At the
Toronto International Film Festival, a
filmmaker objected to the focus on Tel
Aviv — Israel had hoped to use the festi-
val as a public relations vehicle — which
drew highly publicized attention, in the
form of both support and ire, from many
Hollywood actors.
Then, at the San Francisco Jewish Film
Festival, the screening of Rachel, a film
about Evergreen College student Rachel
Corrie who died under an Israeli bulldozer
while protesting for Palestinian rights,
resulted in a controversy in that city and
others over what should be considered
appropriate for a Jewish film festival.
A measure before the area’s Jewish
Federation board of directors, supported
by community members upset about
the screening and a talk afterward by
Rachel’s mother Cindy Corrie, would
have “[prohibited] support of events and
groups that ‘defame’ Israel or partner
with those who call for boycotts, divest-
ment or sanctions (BDS) against Israel,”
according to j., the Jewish newsweekly
of the Bay Area. The measure was voted
down, but not without acrimony.
Beyond her hopes that Seattle’s festival
will bring local Jews together rather than
divide, Lavitt said she rejected Rachel
first and foremost on quality, which she
said was too incendiary and unwilling
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival runs
from March 11–21 at Cinerama and
the SIFF Cinema. Details and festival
information can be found at
www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org.
Tickets can be purchased online, in
person at the SIFF box office, 321
Mercer St., Seattle, or by calling
206-324-9996.
to see more than one side of the story.
Unlike the stage play My Name is Rachel
Corrie, in which Corrie’s character opens
with her head under a sheet and shining
a flashlight on her journal, “this film…
begins with the body of Rachel Corrie in a
morgue,” Lavitt said. “No dialogue could
get your head past that.”
Ot her festival highlights include
Rafting to Bombay, which examines the
relationship between Jews and India’s
historic city from the 1940s through the
mid-’00s. The 2008 attack at the Chabad
House in Mumbai will be discussed at
a panel that features Dr. Maina Singh,
the wife of India’s former ambassador to
Israel and a professor at American Uni-
versity, and Nissim Rubin, the AJC’s
director of Indian-Jewish relations.
Also expected to attend is Scott Gold-
stein, director of Where I Stand: The Hank
Greenspun Story, a chronicle of the life
of the late Las Vegas newspaper editor
who knocked heads with the mob and
ran guns for the Hagana in the nascent
Jewish State. Greenspun was, as Lavitt
put it, “the last of the real give ’em hell
journalists.” The documentary features
Anthony Hopkins as narrator.
Fans of Fiddler on the Roof will rejoice
with a presentation — not of the famous
1971 version that featured Chaim Topol
— but of the original, a restored copy
released in 1939 as Tevye.
“This is the shtetl version,” Lavitt said,
“with all its warts and complexities.”
The film starred the biggest Yiddish
actor of the day, Maurice Schwartz, and
was shot in the U.S. while halfway across
the world, the real shtetls were facing the
beginning of the end.
“It really is a snapshot,” Lavitt said.

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Saturday, February 13, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Tuesday, February 16 at 7 p.m.

Search for Meaning: Pacific Northwest Spirituality Book Festival
Author readings
Nearly 50 regional and national authors who focus on spirituality, including non-fiction,
fiction and selections in young adult and children’s literature will give a number of talks
throughout the day. Speakers include Kathleen Schmitt Elias, Lesley Hazleton, and Rabbi
Anson Laytner. At the Pigott Building, Seattle University campus. Free, but donations will
be collected to assist Haiti relief efforts.
The Dybbuk
Dramatic reading
The Ravenna Kibbutz will host a dramatic reading of the 1914 Yiddish play The Dybbuk,
which tells the story of Leyele, a young bride forced into an arranged marriage and the
chaos that ensues when she is possessed by a malicious male spirit. At Ravenna Kibbutz
House Bet, 6316 23rd Ave. NE, Seattle.

The arts february 13–24

Thursday, February 18 Thursday, February 18–Sunday, February 21
at noon Seattle Pops: A Tribute to Steven Sondheim
Praying With Lior Pops
Film 206-215-4747
This month, the JCC’s Film Club will host Seattle Symphony’s principal pops conductor Marvin Hamlisch pays
a screening of the 2007 documentary, homage to musical theater master Stephen Sondheim in a program
Praying with Lior, which follows a boy with that features selections from most beloved works. Award–winning
Down Syndrome as he enthusiastically vocalists and seasoned Sondheim performers Liz Callaway, Patti
studies for his Bar Mitzvah. Coffee and Cohenour, Carol Swarbrick, Allen Fitzpatrick and Brandon O’Neill
bagels provided. Free. RSVP to Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269. At the Stroum JCC, will join Hamlisch and Seattle Symphony on stage for five perfor-
3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. mances in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya
Hall, Third and Union, Seattle. Tickets are available from $17 to $87.
Visit www.seattlesymphony.org for tickets and showtimes.
Saturday, February 20
at 8 p.m. Sunday,
Benefit concert for Jewish education in February 21
Seattle at 7 p.m.
Music The Ashkenazy
Eitan Katz and his band will perform a Collective
benefit concert for Jewish education in Music
Seattle with proceeds going to Seattle Temple B’nai Torah
Hebrew Academy, Torah Day School, presents a concert
Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder, the by the Ashkenazy
Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle, Collective, a trio of
Seattle Jewish Community School, and jazz-based instru-
Northwest Yeshiva High School. Cost is mentalists who
$15 for adults, $5 for students. At Congre- perform music from
gation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., around the world,
Seattle. including klezmer
and Yiddish melodies. Free and open to the public. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th
St., Bellevue.

February 24, March 3 and March 10, 12:30-2 p.m.

Temple Beth Am welcomes Vive la différence!
Lecture series

Anat Hoffman The Stroum Jewish Community Center presents a series of three lectures on French classical
music. Instructor Steven Lowe will examine the work of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Jean-Philippe
SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE Rameau, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel and others. $35 for SJCC members,
$45 for non-members. To register, contact Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269. At the
Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Friday-Sunday, February 19-21

Temple Beth Am welcomes Anat Hoffman,

dynamic leader of the Israel Religious
Action Center, as our Scholar-in-Residence.
Anat is internationally recognized as
a leading voice for social justice in the
Promised Land. Anat is a founding member
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Friday 12
■■5:30-7 p.m. – Jconnect Grad School Happy
Hour
Rachel Feller at feller6@u.washington.edu
Happy hour for graduate and professional
students and their friends. At the District
Lounge, 4507 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle.
■■6-8 p.m. – Southern Jews and Civil
Rights
Devlin Donnelly at 206-323-8486 or
Seattle Rock Shabbat led by Rabbi Daniel
Septimus. Includes dinner and a lecture providing
an overview of the history of black-Jewish
relations in the civil rights-era South. At Temple
De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave. E, Seattle.
Sunday 14
■■11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Contemporary Music in
Israel
Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269
Naomi Sokoloff, professor of Hebrew from
the department of Near Eastern Languages
and Civilization at the University of Wash-
ington, gives a talk on Israeli popular music
and anthems. RSVP requested. At the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
■■11 a.m.-1 p.m. – HFLA Annual Brunch
Judie Sherr at 206-722-1936 or
Annual brunch and officer installation meeting
for the Hebrew Free Loan Association. At The
Summit at First Hill, 1200 University St.
Seattle.
Tuesday 16
■■9 a.m.-1 p.m. – “55 Alive” Driver Safety
Course
Herb Kotkins at 425-653-5958
The first in a two-session AARP course on driver
safety for motorists ages 50 and up. At the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Wednesday 17
■■7-9 p.m. – Death and Dying Workshop
Emily Harris-Shears at 206-861-8784 or
familylife@jfsseattle.org
Jewish Family Service presents a series of four
death, including comforting the bereaved,
burials, and mourning rituals. Cost is $36 per
person for all four sessions. Scholarships
available. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1530
E Pike St., Seattle.
Thursday 18
■■11 a.m. – Wii Golf
Play golf on the Nintendo Wii. At the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
■■7:30 p.m. – What Tools Can End the Israeli
Occupation?
UW Jewish studies chair Gad Barzlai and
senior lecturer on politics and government at
Ben Gurion University Neve Gordon discuss
the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. At Prospect
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UCC, 1919 E Prospect St., Seattle.
■■8 p.m. – Pub night
A night out for drinks with the Ravenna Kibbutz.
At Third Place Pub, 6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle.
Friday 19
■■6:15 p.m. – Anat Hoffman, Scholar-in-
Residence
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org
Shabbat services with Anat Hoffman, leader
of the Israel Religious Action Center. At Temple
Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
Saturday 20
■■12:30 p.m. – Lunch with Scholar-in-Resi-
dence Anat Hoffman
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
temple@templebetham.org
Lunch and program “Women of the Wall: A
Feminist View of Contemporary Israeli
Society.” RSVP requested. At Temple Beth
Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
■■6:30 p.m. – Havdalah and Informal
Dialogue
206-547-3914 or office@kadima.org
Naim Ateek returns to Kadima to discuss the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Location provided
upon RSVP.
■■7:30 p.m. – Is Reform Judaism Gaining a
Place in Israel?
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org
Anat Hoffman, Scholar-in-Residence, leads a
discussion called “Is Reform Judaism Gaining
a Place in Israel?” At Temple Beth Am, 2632
NE 80th St., Seattle.
Sunday 21
■■10 a.m. – “Opposition Politician” with
Anat Hoffman
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org
Scholar-in-Residence Anat Hoffman offers an
“Israeli Politics 101” talk and entertains
questions about Israel’s security. At Temple
Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
■■4 p.m. – The Conflict and Beyond
206-547-3914 or info@kadima.org
Mark Braverman and Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg
discuss “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict,
Jewish Spirituality, Tradition and Psychology.”
Co-sponsored by Kadima Reconstructionist
Community. At UW Hillel, 4745 17th Ave.
NE, Seattle.
Monday 22
■■12 p.m. – Feasting, Fasting and Faith
Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269
Educator Barbara Binder Kadden presents a
lecture exploring the relationship between
food and faith with an emphasis on the Purim
story. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way,
Mercer Island.
■■ 6:30 p.m. – Enhancing Intimate Relationships
Two-session workshop for individuals and
couples to learn strategies for strengthening
their relationships through Jewish values and
practices. $18 for both sessions. At Jewish
Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.
Tuesday 23
■■9 a.m.-1 p.m. – “55 Alive” Driver Safety
Course
Herb Kotkins at 425-653-5958
The second in a two-session AARP course on
driver safety for motorists ages 50 and up. At
the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer
Island.
■■7 p.m. – Hamentasch Bake
www.chabadbellevue.org
Rochie Farkash provides instruction on how
to make hamentaschen. $10. Location
provided upon RSVP.
Wednesday 24
■■10:30 a.m. – Legal Issues of the Elderly
Attorney Barbara West speaks about legal issues
of significance to seniors, including estate
planning, Medicaid planning, and the financial
abuse and exploitation of seniors. At the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Thursday 25
■■12:30 p.m. – Wii Baseball
Play baseball on the Nintendo Wii. At the Stroum
JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Friday 26
■■6 p.m. – Purim Party
Kristine Ganes at 206-528-1944 or
info@secularjewishcircle.org or
www.secularjewishcircle.org
Shabbat potluck and a Purim party with the
Secular Jewish Circle. Location provided upon
RSVP.
Saturday 27
■■6:30-11 p.m. – Erev Purim Celebration
Carol Benedick at 206-524-0075 or
carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or
www.bethshalomseattle.org
Purim celebration at Congregation Beth
Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
■■7 p.m. – Purim at Temple Beth Am
Megillah reading and spiel. At Temple Beth
Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
■■7 p.m. – BCMH Purim Seuda
julie@bcmhseattle.org
Obstacle course and moon bounce, Purim
video, costume contest, raffle with prizes, and
a festive meal. At Bikur Cholim-Machzikay
Hadath Volotin Social Hall, 5145 S Morgan
St., Seattle.
■■7:15 p.m. – Red, White and Blue Purim
USA Extravaganza
Patriotic-themed costume contest and dance
party. $5 per person. At the Eastside Torah
Center, 1837 156th Ave. NE #303, Bellevue.
■■8 p.m. – Circus Purim
Josh at joshf@hilleluw.org
Jconnect and The Tribe at Temple De Hirsch
Sinai host a circus-themed Purim party. All
proceeds from this event will go toward Haiti
earthquake relief. At Emerald City Trapeze,
2702 6th Ave. S, Seattle.
Sunday 28
■■11 a.m.– Purim Brunch
Marjie Cogan at 206-524-0075 or
marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org
Brunch with entertainment for adults and kids.
$15 per adult, $5 per child 4–12 yrs. old, free
for children 3 and under. Member discount
available. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800
35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
■■12 p.m. – SJCC Purim Carnival and Camp
Registration
Zach Duitch at 206-232-7115, ext. 243 or
zachd@sjcc.org
Purim carnival for families and an opportunity
to sign up for summer camp programs. At the
Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer
Island.
■■12 p.m. – Purim Carnival
Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org
Purim carnival for children. At Temple Beth
Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
■■4 p.m. – Purim in Issaquah
425-985-7639 or
www.chabadissaquah.com/purim
Purim celebration for kids and families. At
Blakely Hall, 2550 NE Park Dr., Issaquah.
■■5 p.m. – SJCS Gala 2010
206-522-5212 at dbutler@seattlejcs.org
Annual fundraising event for the Seattle Jewish
Community School. At SJCS, 12351 8th Ave.
NE, Seattle.
M.O.T. t Page 12
“a relatively nomadic people.” Then, of
course, there are all the modern ills not
unique to Jews. “We’re not immune” from
mental health issues, he says.
Dan has been a bit of a nomad him-
self until settling in Seattle two years ago
with his wife, Kate Koester. He grew up
in Omaha, did undergraduate and grad-
uate studies in Pennsylvania, Minnesota
and Arizona before finishing his training
at Harvard Medical School and Boston
Medical Center. He and Kate love Seattle
and have joined the Kavana Cooperative.
Recently he co-led a six-week experien-
tial workshop for them, exploring Jewish
identity in a psychological framework
with Noam Pianko of the University of
Washington’s Jewish Studies depart-
ment, “one of the best experiences I’ve
had as a member,” he says.
I told Dan the survey made me think
of the scene in the film Annie Hall, when
Woody A llen is hav ing dinner w ith
Annie’s WASPy family and he morphs
into a Chassidic Jew. Dan laughed and
said there is a psychological concept of
“healthy paranoia,” but we have to be
careful it doesn’t tip the scale and “inter-
fere with one’s ability to enjoy…life.”
In addition to teaching and academic
studies, Dan has a private practice in Fre-
mont. You can learn more about his work
at www.drdanrosen.com, or call him at
206-251-8530.

W h E R E To Wo R S h i p
GREATER SEATTLE K’hal Ateres Zekainim (Orthodox) 206/722-1464 bREmERTon TAcomA
Chabad House (Traditional) 206/527-1411 at Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. S Congregation Beth Hatikvah 360/373-9884 Chabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County
4541 19th Ave. NE Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Orthodox) 11th and Veneta 1889 N Hawthorne Dr. 253/565-8770
Bet Alef (Meditative Reform) 206/527-9399 6500 52nd Ave. S 206/723-3028 EVERETT / EdmondS Temple Beth El (Reform) 253/564-7101
16330 NE 4th St., Bellevue (in Unity Church) The Summit at First Hill (Orthodox) Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County 5975 S. 12th St.
Congregation Kol Ami (Reform) 425/844-1604 1200 University St. 206/652-4444 2225 100th Ave. W, Edmonds 425/967-3036 TRi ciTiES
16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Temple Beth Am (Reform) 206/525-0915 Temple Beth Or (Reform) 425/259-7125 Congregation Beth Sholom (Conservative)
Cong. Beis Menachem (Traditional Hassidic) 2632 NE 80th St. 3215 Lombard St., Everett 312 Thayer Drive, Richland 509/375-4740
1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue 425/957-7860 Temple B’nai Torah (Reform) 425/603-9677 FoRT LEWiS VAncouVER
Congregation Beth Shalom (Conservative) 15727 NE 4th, Bellevue Jewish Chapel 253/967-6590 Chabad-Lubavitch of Clark County
6800 35th Ave. NE 206/524-0075 Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Reform) Liggett Avenue & 12th 9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320 360/993-5222
Cong. Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath Seattle, 1441 16th Ave. 206/323-8486 iSSAquAh E-mail: Rabbi@ChabadClarkCounty.com
(Orthodox) Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE 425/454-5085 Chabad of the Central Cascades (Hassidic Traditional) www.chabadclarkcounty.com
5145 S Morgan 206/721-0970 SOuTH KING COuNTy 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd. 425/427-1654 Congregation Kol Ami 360/574-5169
Capitol Hill Minyan-BCMH (Orthodox) Bet Chaverim (Reform) 206/577-0403 oLympiA Service times and location can be found at
1501 17th Ave. E 206/721-0970 25701 14th Place S, Des Moines Chabad Jewish Discovery Center www.jewishvancouverusa.org
Congregation Eitz Or (Jewish Renewal) WEST SEATTLE 1611 Legion Way SE 360/584-4306 VAShon iSLAnd
6556 35th Ave. NE 206/467-2617 Kol HaNeshamah (Reform) 206/935-1590 Congregation B’nai Torah (Conservative) Havurat Ee Shalom 206/567-1608
Cong. Ezra Bessaroth (Sephardic Orthodox) Alki UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St. 3437 Libby Rd. 360/943-7354 15401 Westside Highway
5217 S. Brandon Street 206/722-5500 Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) Temple Beth Hatfiloh (Reconstructionist) P O Box 89, Vashon Island, WA 98070
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch 5121 SW Olga St. 206/938-4852 201 8th Ave. SE 360/754-8519 WALLA WALLA
(Orthodox/Hassidic) poRT AnGELES And SEquim Congregation Beth Israel 509/522-2511
6250 43rd Ave. NE 206/527-1411 WAShinGTon STATE Congregation B’nai Shalom 360/452-2471 E-mail: nsleavitt@hotmail.com
Congregation Shevet Achim (Orthodox) AbERdEEn poRT ToWnSEnd WEnATchEE
5017 90th Ave. SE (at NW Yeshiva HS) Temple Beth Israel 360/533-5755 Congregation Bet Shira 360/379-3042 Greater Wenatchee Jewish Community
Mercer Island 206/275-1539 1819 Sumner at Martin puLLmAn, WA And moScoW, id 509/662-3333 or 206/782-1044
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah AnAcoRTES Jewish Community of the Palouse WhidbEy iSLAnd
(Gay/Lesbian) 206/355-1414 Anacortes Jewish Community 360/293-4123 509/334-7868 or 208/882-1280 Jewish Community of Whidbey Island
Emanuel Congregation (Modern Orthodox) bAinbRidGE iSLAnd SpokAnE 360/331-2190
3412 NE 65th Street 206/525-1055 Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) Congregation Emanu-El (Reform) yAkimA
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation 9010 Miller Road NE 206/855-0885 P O Box 30234, Spokane 99223 509/835-5050 Temple Shalom (Reform) 509/453-8988
(Conservative) 206/232-8555 Chavurat Shir Hayam 206/842-8453 www.spokaneemanu-el.org 1517 Browne Ave.
3700 E. Mercer Way, Mercer Island bELLinGhAm Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative) yakimatemple@gmail.com
Hillel (Multi-denominational) Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County 1322 E. 30th Ave. 509/747-3304
4745 17th Ave. NE 206/527-1997 820 Newell St. 360/393-3845
Kadima (Reconstructionist) 206/547-3914 Congregation Beth Israel (Reform)
12353 NE 8th, Seattle 2200 Broadway 360/733-8890
Kavana Cooperative kavanaseattle@gmail.com
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Bar Mitzvah
Justin Coskey

Justin will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on February 20, 2010 at

Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle.
Justin is the son of Gail and Kevin Coskey of Seattle and the
brother of Rachel. His grandparents are Marion Blumberg of Seattle,
the late Charles Blumberg, Eleanor Coskey of Encino, Calif., and
the late Richard Coskey.
Justin is in the 7th grade at the Jewish Day School of Metro-
politan Seattle. His hobbies include reading, acting, basketball, travel, creative writing,
attending Camp Solomon Schechter, and being with family and friends. For his mitzvah
project, Justin organized a community dinner in January to raise funds for MAZON: A
Jewish Response to Hunger.

B”H

In mid-January Summit at First Hill staff Remy Canlas, left, Elsa Olivas Cuevas,
center, and Alice Fider turned the building’s library into a space for performing
tikkun olam. The three put the proceeds, totaling more than $1,400, from the
building’s regularly scheduled flea market toward Haitian relief efforts. Fider, the
retirement residence concierge desk manager, organized the event.
Irwin Shayne
March 16, 1916–February 7, 2010
(23 Shevat 5770)
Born Irwin (Yitzchak Ben David ve Malka)
Schoenholtz. He lived in Chicago, Illinois until 1999 when
he moved to Seattle, where he passed away peacefully
after a brief illness. Irwin’s father, David, was from Lodz,
Poland and was a renowned Yiddish actor whose career
ended with the onset of the Great Depression. His mother,
Regina, came from Chernowitz, Rumania. Not being able to
go to college due to the Depression, even though he was a
In Remembrance
Monday, February 8 — 24th of Shevat marks the 10th yartzeit (passing)
of our beloved friend, Mr. Stanford Poll, o.b.m. He was on Alaska Air Flight 261.
We remember Stanford and all of the others who perished on that flight. Our
thoughts and prayers are with his immediate family, his beloved wife, Gaby; his
children, Jason, Shaina and Sasha.
Stanford “Simcha” Poll was a very close, personal friend and supporter of
all the myriad of activities of Chabad Lubavitch in the Pacific Northwest.
Stan, we love you and miss you.
From your beloved friends,
Rabbi & Mrs. Sholom Ber & Chanie Levitin
Rabbi & Mrs. Yechezkel & Devorah Kornfeld
Rabbi & Mrs. Avrohom & Shprintze Kavka
Special Kaddish and the learning of Mishnayos was observed at
Congregation Shaarei Tefillah Lubavitch this past Monday, the 24th of Shevat.

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Hamantaschen for Haiti
As a celebration of Purim and
to help in the Haitian relief effort,
Leah’s Catering and the Stroum
Jewish Community Center have teamed
up to offer Hamantaschen for Haiti.
The effort will donate 100 percent of
the profits from pastry sales to benefit the
Chabad House of the Dominican Repub-
lic in its Haitian relief effort. Pre-orders
will be available and can be picked up at
either SJCC location in Seattle’s North-
end or on Mercer Island. The haman-
taschen will also be available at both
locations starting Feb. 15. Sales will con-
clude at the JCC Purim party, which will
be held on Sun., Feb. 28 from noon to 3
p.m. For orders, contact Adena Riemer
at 206-527-3360 or ariemer@earthlink.
net. For more information about the
carnival or site pick-up, contact Kath-
erine Lloyd at 206-388-1997 or katheri-
nel@sjcc.org. Information on Chabad of
the Dominican Republic can be found at
www.chabadominican.com.
“55 Alive” driver safety
course
The Stroum Jewish Commu-
nity Center will host a two-session
AARP course on driver safety for
motorists ages 50 and up. The class will
focus on defensive, accident-free driv-
ing. Those who complete the class will
be eligible for auto insurance discounts.
For more information or to register, con-
tact Herb Kotkins at 425-653-5958. Feb.
16 and 23, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. At the SJCC, 3801
E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
“What Tools Can End the
Israeli Occupation?”
Neve Gordon, a professor at
Ben Gurion University in Israel,
and Gad Barzilai, chair of the
Jewish Studies department at the Uni-
versity of Washington, will debate the
best way to bring Israel’s conflict with
the Palestinians to an end. Gordon
will argue that sanctions ought to be
brought against Israel, which Barzilai
believes would be a step backward in
finding a peaceful resolution. For more
information, contact 206-547-3914 or
info@kadima.org. Thurs., Feb. 18 at 7:30
p.m. at the Prospect UCC, 1919 E Prospect
St., Seattle.
Scholar-in-residence
Temple Beth Am w ill host
A nat Hoffman, leader of t he
Israel Religious Action Center, as
its scholar-in-residence from the week-
end of Feb. 19-21. She will give talks on
Israeli politics, the growth in popularity
of the Reform movement in Israel, and
feminist perceptions of Israeli society.
For exact times and costs of each event,
contact Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915 or
rsvp@templebetham.org. At Temple Beth
Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.
“Feasting, Fasting and
Faith”
E duc ator Ba rba ra Bi nder
Kadden will present a lecture
about Purim for adults. This event
will explore the relationship between
food and faith, the role that food has
played in Judaism, and the significance
of fasting in Jewish tradition as well as
some “X-rated” information about the
kings, queens, and evildoers of the Purim
story. For more information, contact Roni
Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269. Mon.,
Feb. 22 at 12 p.m. at the Stroum JCC, 3801
E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.  rachels@jewishinseattle.org by March
Circus Purim
On Sat., Feb. 27, Jconnect and
The Tribe at Temple De Hirsch
Sinai will host a circus-themed
Purim party at Emerald City Trapeze,
2702 6th Ave. S, Seattle. This event will
feature trapeze and aerial performances,
music by DJ Piha, and drinks provided
by the Baltic Room. All proceeds will go
toward Haiti earthquake relief. There
will be a Megillah reading at 8 p.m. with
music and entertainment beginning at
9:30 p.m. For more information, contact
Josh at joshf@hilleluw.org.
Yom HaZicharon project
to honor Israel’s fallen
T he Jew ish Federat ion of
Greater Seattle is creating a trav-
eling ar t ex hibit ion for Yom 
HaZicharon to  honor the memory of
Israel’s fallen heroes. If you have lost a
loved one in military service to Israel or
in an act of terrorism, you can contrib-
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Investigating a dark history

Exhibit on 1936 Games provides Olympic counterpoint.

Basya Laye “Celebrate the Possible.” Dawes.”

The Jewish Independent
(Vancouver, BC)
In the rush to celebrate the upcoming
Olympics, local residents, Jewish com-
munity members and tourists alike are
being offered an opportunity to explore
and learn from a particularly dark era in
the Games’ history. Coinciding with the
2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic
Games, the Vancouver Holocaust Educa-
tion Centre is presenting two new exhib-
its: “More Than Just Games: Canada and
the 1936 Olympics” and “Framing Bodies:
Sport and Spectacle in Nazi Germany.”
More Than Just Games will present an
overview of the 1936 Winter and Summer
Games in Germany, which have become
known as the “Hitler Olympics.” VHEC
promotional materials state that the
exhibit “will look at the use of propaganda
during those Games, offering insight into
the Nazis’ anti-Semitic and exclusion-
ary policies, Canada’s involvement in
the international boycott debate and the
experiences of individual athletes.” Both
exhibits feature newly commissioned
academic research about Canada’s par-
ticipation and archival materials, pro-
viding a contrasting historicity against
the backdrop of Vancouver’s 2010 motto,
Dr. Richard Menkis, associate profes- Both “Luftspring
sor of classical, Near Eastern and reli- and Dawes wou ld
gious studies at the University of British have been ser i-
Columbia, and Dr. Harold Troper of the ous contend-
Ontario Institute for Studies in Educa- ers for meda ls at
tion at the University of Toronto, were t he Ga mes,” t hey
commissioned by VHEC to research and explained.
write More Than Just Games. In an inter- T he professor s
view with the Independent, the professors also investigated the
provided context around the 1936 Games Jewish community’s
and clarified the genesis of Nazi Germa- response at the time.
ny’s successful bid to host both Games “The ‘organized’
that year. Jewish communit y
“Germany was awarded the Games — mostly Canadian
before the Nazis came to power,” said Jew ish Cong ress
Menkis and Troper. “At first, Hitler had — t r ied to mobi-
little interest in the Olympics, seeing lize public opinion
them as a disgusting example of cos- against participating
mopolitanism. He was, however, con- in the Olympics. This
vinced by his minister of propaganda Courtesy Swedish Ice Hockey Historical was not their only
that they could be a wonderful propa- and Statistical Society boycott movement
ganda ploy at the international level, as Rudi Ball scores the first goal for Berliner SC in the Spengler — t he y mou nte d
well as a ‘lesson’ in the racial superior- Cup tournament against Cambridge University in Davos, a campaign for an
ity of the Aryans (because he expected Switzerland on Dec. 31, 1931. Berliner SC won the game 4–1, economic boycott of
German athletes to excel) directed at the but lost the Spengler Cup final against Oxford University. German goods.”
German people. He especially wanted The exhibit will
the Summer Games to be a spectacle, and expressed opposition and/or partici- highlight the left’s opposition to the
had a direct hand in deciding on the look pated in boycotts in protest of Nazi poli- Games. Menkis and Troper stressed the
of the Olympic stadium.” cies, specifically highlighting the cases significance of this protest and the con-
Menkis and Troper also bring atten- of “boxers Sammy Luftspring and ‘Baby’
tion to t he indiv idual at hletes t hat Yack, as well as the high jumper Eva u Page 27

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Vancouver Museum t Page 26
versation it generated in the media. “The
left also supported a boycott of the games.
They reacted with horror at the complete
repression of the left in Nazi Germany.
You can see the fury of Canadian com-
munists and socialists in the newspapers
of the time. Some of the editorial cartoons
are in the exhibit, as well as editorial car-
toons from the Jewish press.”
The professors emphasized that boy-
cotts did have some effect at the time
and they stressed the importance of not
keeping silent in the face of a repressive
regime: “Without the boycott campaign,
Nazi Germany would have had a com-
pletely ‘free ride’ in the Canadian press,”
they wrote via e-mail. “That is, the Nazis
would have had even more success than
they had in creating the illusion that it
was just another regime that wanted to
cooperate with the family of nations.”
Both Menkis and Troper hope that
visitors to the exhibits will leave with an
expanded historical view of the Olympics
and be able to critically consider the mes-
sages disseminated vis-à-vis 2010.
“We can appreciate the incredibly
hard work of athletes to prepare for the
Games, and understand their wish to
excel and to represent their countries.
What is much harder to take are the ways
that Olympic officials in Canada turned
a blind eye to the protests in Canada
and made their decision to participate
behind closed doors, and the ways in
which Olympic officials chose to ignore
IF you go:
“More Than Just Games: Canada &
the 1936 Olympics” and “Framing
Bodies:
Sport & Spectacle in Nazi Germany”
run through June 2010 at the
Vancouver Holocaust Education
Center, 50–950 W 41st Ave., in
Vancouver, BC. For more
information, visit vhec.org, e-mail
info@vhec.org or call 604-264-0499.
the signs of complete violations of politi-
cal and human rights taking place in Ger-
many. It would be nice to think that there
is greater transparency in making these
decisions now, and that Olympic offi-
cials can see through deception and act
accordingly.”
In the process of conducting the
research for the exhibit, Menkis and
Troper were especially enthusiastic about
one find in particular. “One of the won-
derful discoveries of this research was
the reporting of Matthew Halton for the
Toronto Star. He was based in London
in the 1930s and visited Berlin twice in
1933, and attended both the Winter and
Summer Olympics. He spotted the brutal-
ity of the Nazi regime early on and, when
the Nazis ‘toned down’ the anti-Semi-
tism just before the Winter and Summer
Games, he would have none of it, know-
ing that the Nazis were only suspending
the brutality, and not ending it.”
The companion exhibit, “Framing
Bodies: Sport and Spectacle in Nazi Ger-
many,” explores the relationship between
athletics, politics and visual culture
during the 1936 Games.
A quick perusal of the archives on
the International Olympic Committee’s
Web site (olympic.org) indicates that a
“teaching moment” is a necessary addi-
tion to the historiography of this chap-
ter in Olympic lore. On the “More About”
link on the 1936 Summer Games Web
page, the IOC highlights Jesse Owens, an
African-American track-and-field ath-
lete who won several gold medals in that
year’s Summer Olympics. It reads: “The
Berlin Games are best remembered for
Adolf Hitler’s failed attempt to use them
to prove his theories of Aryan racial
superiority. As it turned out, the most
popular hero of the Games was the Afri-
can-American sprinter and long jumper
Jesse Owens, who won four gold medals
in the 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay and long
jump.” The Web page continues: “The
1936 Games were the first to be broad-
cast on television. Twenty-five television
viewing rooms were set up in the Greater
Berlin area, allowing the locals to follow
the Games free of charge.”
No mention of Nazis or of controversy
of any kind appears on the IOC’s 1936
Winter Games Web page.
Basya Laye is assistant editor of the
Jewish Independent newspaper where
this article originally ran, Oct. 9, 2009.
Soldiers’ wives t Page 7
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Arrested Israelis t Page 1
had been vacated by about 15 Israelis. The fact that so
many of these Israelis left so quickly means the attention
from DHS is having an effect.
“What that tells me is that they’re responding to the
crackdown by getting their people out of here,” Fried-
man said.
Gideon Lustig, Israel’s deputy consul gen-
eral to the Pacific Northwest, said he wouldn’t
classify the Israelis’ arrests as a problem, but
admitted that “we are concerned about the
growing number of Israelis working illegally in
Washington State.”
Once the Israelis are arrested, they are
held and released on bond, and then generally
ordered deported. If they waive their right to
appeal, then the American and Israeli authori-
ties coordinate on obtaining travel documents,
and within four to six weeks they’re escorted
onto a flight home.
“We try to expedite that, absolutely, because
these people are being detained at taxpayers’
expense,” said Dankers of Immigration and
Customs Enforcement.
An article in Israel’s Yediot Achronot news-
paper, with a photo of the Seattle skyline An Israeli working at a kiosk at a Seattle-area mall helps a customer
splashed across the page, reported on the with hair treatment.
arrests in Kennewick and Seattle, cautioning
others against doing the same.
Similar arrests have also been made recently in Texas, families will call from Israel,” Friedman said. “They’ll
the article said.
Lustig said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been
working with authorities in the state, but has refrained
from attempts to impose any influence on behalf of the
detainees.
“These people are responsible for their actions, and we actions reflect on the Jewish community.
have been working closely with the Washington authori-
ties, who are very cooperative and communicative with
us,” Lustig said. “We are trying to communicate these
issues back to people in Israel so they would know what
might be the consequences of their doing this, but we are
not getting legally involved, as this is the law of the state.”
The ministry has, mainly through Jewish Prisoner
Services, been working to provide kosher food and shel-
ter to the released detainees. Given Friedman’s small
budget, it’s all he is able to handle despite pleas from their
families in Israel who would want JPSI to post bond, pay
attorneys’ fees, or purchase airline tickets.
“We don’t have the money. But what happens is…these
expect that the Jewish community here, via me, is going
to bail their kids out…. It really is stressing our resources,
which are really limited.”
But worse than the financial toll these Israeli workers
are taking, Friedman said he worries about the way their
“Obviously the immigration authorities are not think-
ing very highly of Israelis these days, and I hate to see that
because it reflects on Jews and Israel,” Friedman said.
“Not just Israelis, but Jews in general.”
Letters
The lexicon
I read what Rivy Poupko Kletenik wrote about how “our
tradition urges us to innovate in prayer and create a bless-
ing unique to our own experiences” (What’s Your JQ?, Jan.
29). I suppose doing so is a good way to “sing unto the Lord
a new song.” I wondered what I might add to our lexicon.
For years I thought about the unique qualities of
Hebrew. I read somewhere that perhaps the most impor-
tant achievement of the state of Israel was the revival of
Hebrew. I’ve heard of linguists who argue that ancient
Hebrew (proto-Semitic) was the original human language
from which all other languages descended.
I know it seems a bit of a stretch, but how else can one
explain words from seemingly unrelated languages sound-
ing so similar to Hebrew? For instance, one has to wonder
why the Polynesian word “kahuna” sounds like the
Hebrew “cohen” (“witch doctor” and “high priest” respec-
tively). The consonants are the same. Likewise, the word
“taboo” seems to correspond to the Hebrew “toeba,” with
a very similar meaning. How does one explain the simi-
larity between the German word for love, “leib” and the
Hebrew word for heart, “lev?” Could pre-Babel Hebrew
really be the semantic land bridge?
One linguistics puzzle is particularly daunting: If the
connection between the human ear and our sense of bal-
ance is a “modern” medical discovery, why does ancient
Hebrew have the same root for both words? The words are
“ozen” for ear and “izun” for balance. Is there a Hebrew
scholar out there who can help me figure out whether one
or both of these words are biblical in origin or just modern
Hebrew?
By the way, my personal innovation in prayer expresses
my gratitude for understanding afforded by the miracle
of language (and good grammar), and in particular, I am
grateful that I know Hebrew.
Mordecai Goldstein
Everett

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