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Seattle Hebrew Academy first grader Aliza gets rushed by classmate Esti during a soccer-style game at the schools field day at Volunteer Park on June 3. Though the outdoor games are generally held on Lag BOmer, because the holiday fell on a Sunday this year the activities were delayed by a couple weeks just in time for the weather to finally cooperate.
The moral victories of the legislative session

Emily K. AlhAdEff assistant editor, JTnews
To the bitter end, this years legislative session was a nail-biter, with Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle and a number of Jewish cultural and social service organizations holding their breath. We are cautiously optimistic, Lisa Schultz Golden, JFSs chief development officer, told JTNews a day before the month-long special session ended on May 25 as the organization awaited word on whether its $9 million building-expansion project would receive state funding. Now, said Schultz Golden, were over the moon. With the approval of the states Building Communities capital projects fund, JFS will receive $2.3 million, enabling it to continue building. Were feeling great, she said. Theres great news in the budget for us. But theres not great news for some of our clients. Overall, this years legislative session ended with cuts that slammed K-12 education, public colleges and universities, and health care for lowincome adults, the disabled and seniors. But Jewish community organizations with programs that faced the chopping block made it through relatively unscathed. For that reason, Schultz Golden noted, it is all the more important for the building expansion to continue. We can expect those people to turn to JFS more and more, she said.
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Theyre going to be able to handle many more clients and low-income people in a far more effective way, far more efficiently, said Zach Carstensen, the director of government affairs at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, who lobbies in Olympia on behalf of the Jewish community. Rep. Reuven Carlyle (D-36th), who was instrumental in pushing the capital budget through, expressed his enthusiasm over the session results at least regarding JFS. Its a tremendously positive and wonderful reflection on the ability of the Jewish legislators to build a coalition among all legislators to see the unique role that JFS plays in the community, he said. All of us, whether Jewish or not, saw at the core in an era of severe budget cuts the state has a compelling public obligation to create the infrastructure of service. And thats why JFS was funded. Gov. Christine Gregoires original budget had eliminated many services for low-income citizens and immigrants and refugees, both services provided by JFS. Legislators and social services lobbyists such as Carstensen were able to convince the two chambers to soften the blow by about half. She zeroed out a lot of stuff, Carstensen said. All those programs are not zeroed out now. From zero to 50 percent, thats an achievement. Shane Rock, director of refugee and immigrant services at JFS said he is happy that things did not turn out for the worst. The actual impact of [the budget cuts] is a 27 percent reduction from our currentyear contract, Rock said. However, an internal discussion is taking place at DHS to possibly move funds over from Temporary Assistance to Needy Families. Worst case is a 27 percent cut, best case is same as what we were, he said. Freshman Rep. David Frockt (D-46th) worked this session to pass legislation on shifting the burden of proof from women in cases of domestic violence, providing after-school childcare, banning environmentally harmful sealants and offering options for homeowners facing foreclosure. He said he stood behind the JFS funding after observing their work firsthand. Youve got to have institutions like JFS to step it up and provide more services, he said. Despite his legislative victories, however, his overall sentiment was more glum. We did what we had to do, he said. We didnt have many options. There were no revenue options that were viable. Its been a very challenging session. We had very difficult budget decisions, said Rep. Marcie Maxwell (D41st). I think we worked very hard to consider our values for our people and our local communities, and the state we live in. Maxwell, who focuses on education and economic development, also supported the continuation of funding for the endangered 4Culture, King Countys
public arts and heritage agency. Lisa Kranseler, director of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society, and Dee Simon, co-director of the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, both expressed relief with the decision. I didnt know how we were actually going to do everything we do without the funding, Kranseler said. Our members support us, but they also support...all kinds of organizations. Without 4Culture, WSJHS would have had to pare down programming or staff, Kranseler said, and we dont have any staff to cut. For an organization like ours, that 4Culture funds heritage projects is critical, said the Holocaust Centers Simon. Were delighted we can continue to apply for funding. WSHERC will be able to move forward with projects that include the registration of artifacts in a software system for teachers to research the Holocaust online. Jeff Cohen, CEO of the Caroline Kline Galland Center and Associates, had a tempered enthusiasm following the session. This is relatively good news, he said. Due to its large size, the Kline Galland Jewish nursing facility is responsible for only $1 per bed per day of a new $11 bed tax enacted to backfill cuts to Medicaid and nursing staff which means Kline Galland will need to absorb about $40,000. Without the tax exemption, Kline Galland would have had to make up for around $600,000. Cohen said he is more concerned about how to handle rising operating costs with a static budget. Nursing home costs amount to about $300 per patient per day. For residents who receive Medicaid, the state offers only $180. What they pay us is not equal to what we spend, Cohen said. This funding discrepancy is compounded by the cut. Given a state operating budget that in essence does not raise new money to make up for the more-than-$5 billion shortfall in revenues means that all legislators had to cut to balance the budget. We live in a time of seriousness and reflection of the role of public services and the level of taxes that were willing to pay. And there are profoundly painful implications in these cuts, Rep. Carlyle said. No one will be spared some effect. The moral and spiritual challenge is to educate the public about the need for reflection and courageous honesty of our willingness to pay for essential public services. The decision to fund JFS, he said, was one of the great moral victories of the session. The Federations Carstensen tried to be optimistic about the future given what was retained in this all-cuts budget. From where we started to where were at right now, there is reason to be hopeful and theres a reason to think, as we come out of this recession, as we rebound, that were going to be able to restore what was lost, he said.
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Upping the ante: Why im doubling down on the teen years

lynn SchuStErmAn JTa World news Service
TULSA, Okla. (JTA) For Jen, it all started in the 8th grade with an invitation from a friend to a BBYO Shabbat dinner. Jen had grown up in a non-Jewish area of Virginia, and the invitation was one of few opportunities she had to experience the warmth and familiarity of Jewish traditions in the company of peers. What happened in the years afterward highlights the critical importance of the teen years in solidifying the future of the Jewish community. Deep involvement in her local BBYO chapter led to regional and national leadership trainings for Jen and, ultimately, a year deferring college to serve as the youth organizations international teen president. Once on campus, Jen became involved in Israel advocacy with Hillel and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and she spent a year studying at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. After graduating in 2005, she came to work for the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, becoming the steward of countless Jewish engagement efforts. Today she is the COO of Moishe House, an organization that annually reaches tens of thousands of young Jewish adults around the world. In short, Jen Kraus Rosen has spent her professional life paying forward the investment made in her by our community by helping thousands of young adults find a meaningful place in the Jewish community. In her personal life, too, she is a convener and connector, often bringing together various groups of friends for her own Shabbat dinners. While Jen is certainly exceptional, we are fortunate that she is not the exception. Recent research on Jewish teen experiences makes clear that investing in Jews during their teenage years pays significant dividends toward ensuring their involvement in Jewish life well into adulthood. A new study commissioned by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation shows, among other things, that the BBYO experience results in young adults who, like Jen, are more inclined to remain involved in Jewish life, hold leadership roles in their community, invest time and money in Jewish causes, develop a strong Jewish network, and give their children a Jewish education. Moreover, the study reveals that these individuals directly credit involvement in BBYO for their growth on these fronts. Recent studies from the Foundation for Jewish Camp and Moving Traditions support similar underlying findings: That effectively designed Jewish teen experiences successfully reach and engage youth, helping them feel pride in their Jewish identity, encouraging them to contribute to Jewish life and even ensuring a greater resiliency against the pressures that are commonplace in the teen years. It is clear that fun, meaningful, affordable Jewish experiences have a deep and significant impact on teens. It is clear that they are vital to ensuring our teens stay engaged with our community and develop the necessary skills to lead it. It is clear that it is time for us to elevate our investment in the teen years when individuals begin exploring their identity, defining their values and shaping who they will become as adults as a priority on our communal agenda. Think about it: An estimated 75 percent of teenage Jews celebrate a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Fresh from their entry into Jewish adulthood and with a desire to seek meaning in their lives, they are ripe and ready to begin the next phase of their Jewish journeys. And yet it is at this particular moment, when Judaism has so much to offer and when teens need our guidance most, that far too many are turning away from involvement in Jewish experiences. In fact, it is estimated that by the time they reach their last two years of high school, only half at best continue to be involved in Jewish life. We have researched, discussed and lamented at length about why this is happening. We need to stop focusing on what we are doing wrong and instead invest our human and financial resources in replicating and expanding what we are doing right. Projects that promote peer-to-peer recruiting and put the teens in charge of the programming offer affordable and scalable models. It is up to us to ensure that the programs that work best with teens have the resources they need to grow and deepen their impact. That is why I am doubling down on our foundations investment in BBYO, and why we hope others will commit to joining us in supporting work in the teen space. This is the best way we can ensure that the post-Bnai Mitzvah years become an on-ramp to, rather than an exit route from, further and sustained engagement in Jewish experiences. We can create pluralistic, inclusive environments where even the least affiliated will feel safe exploring Jewish life. And, ultimately, we can change the trajectory of teen engagement in the Jewish community for generations to come.
Lynn Schusterman is chairwoman of the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation.
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Mr. Wilkes response to my recent letter begins with an oleaginous politeness, thanking me for my thoughtful letter, and then goes on to totally (and I do mean, totally) distort what I wrote and what I believe (Providing cover, Letters, May 27). To remind readers, I wrote to protest his claim that President Obama is weak. I have no idea why, in this letter, Mr. Wilkes brings up stoning women in foreign countries? Or why he brings up the bombing in Spain as a response to my comment that everywhere I went in northern Spain last September, people were very complimentary of President Obama. Im sure in my rhetoric class in college I learned the name of this type of argument where you bring up totally unrelated points, accuse your opponent of making them, and then go on to argue against them. Ive forgotten the name of such an attack but my sense of logic holds. Mr. Wilkes, get a grip. Carole Glickfeld seattle
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The coming Palestinian winter

WEndy roSEn Special to JTnews
The Arab Spring that has already toppled autocracies in Tunisia and Egypt and threatens to do likewise to others, raises hope for a transition to democracy in North Africa and the Middle East. But the process could be pushed disastrously off track by the Palestinian plan for a unilateral declaration of independence of a state encompassing Gaza and the West Bank, to be followed in September by a UN General Assembly resolution recognizing that state. The resolution is sure to be backed by a large majority, including all the Arab and Muslim states. Leaving aside the legal questions it raises, the likely disastrous consequences on the ground, and the precedent it sets for other irredentist movements elsewhere, the initiative itself casts grave doubt on the prospects for democracy in the Arab world. One would expect emerging forces of Arab democracy to feel an affinity with the sole existing democracy in the region, the State of Israel, and at the very least to lower the decibel of anti-Israel rhetoric. Surely the Palestinians seek to build their new state on a foundation of democracy, with Israel as face-to-face negotiating partner and ally. After all, Israel was the only nation that, time after time, sought to bequeath the Palestinians a state, most notably in 1947, when it accepted the United Nations partition of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states, and in 2000 01, when the Israeli government agreed, at Camp David, to evacuate land it had gained in a defensive war so a Palestinian state might be set up there. On both occasions Israels offers were rebuffed, the first time by an invasion of Arab armies and the second by Yasir Arafats last-minute refusal to accept a state. That pattern is now repeating itself. The Palestinian Authority has refused to negotiate peace with Israel and has instead entered into an alliance with Hamas, which rules Gaza with an iron fist; tramples on the freedom of religion, speech and assembly essential to any true democracy; fires rockets across the border at Israeli civilians; denounced the killing of Osama bin Laden; and is classified as a terrorist organization by the U.S. and the EU. It is this unified PA-Hamas front that is about to declare an independent Palestine and take its cause to the UN. Hamass charter not only rejects a Jewish state in the Middle East, but even calls for the murder of Jews. As President Obama said, Palestinian leaders will not achieve peace or prosperity if Hamas insists on a path of terror and rejection. While some claim to hear vague suggestions that Hamas may now be willing to accept a long-term truce with Israel, the opposite seems to be closer to the truth: The PA is moving in the direction of Hamass rejectionism. On May 16, Mahmoud Abbas, who heads the presumably moderate PA, in a New York Times op-ed called for a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem not in the hoped-for unilaterally declared state of Palestine, but in Israel proper. Flooding Israel with thousands of Palestinians would put an end to Israel as a Jewish state and create two Palestinian states, the antithesis of President Obamas call for two states for two peoples. And neither Abbas nor Hamas is willing to
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Weiners downfall a reminder of perils of Jewish pride

NEW YORK (JTA) He was supposed to be one of Congress rising stars, a Jewish boy from Brooklyn with great ambition and promise. A truculent Democrat with a penchant for media attention, Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.) was an unabashed liberal on domestic affairs and a hard-liner on foreign policy, particularly Israel. Like his predecessor in his U.S. House of Representatives seat, Sen. Charles Schumer, Weiner had larger ambitions in his case, mayor of New York City. But then came his shamefaced news conference Monday, when the 46-year-old congressman, who was married last year, admitted to lying about sending a lewd photo to a woman he met on the Internet. It was the culmination of a week of dissembling since the conservative blog biggovernment.com had posted the photo. In all, Weiner confessed to carrying on inappropriate online relationships with six women. He said he would not get a divorce from his new wife Huma Abedin, an aide to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton who is Muslim and announced this week that she is pregnant nor would he resign. In the Jewish community, which long had regarded him with pride, Weiners spectacularly public downfall was a reminder of the perils of associating a particular persons successes or failures with his Jewishness. Weiners perennial prefixes Jewish congressman, from New York, staunch supporter of Israel clearly identified him in the public mind, said Susan
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Weidman Schneider, editor in chief of the feminist Jewish magazine Lilith. Just as Italian Americans worry about blanket generalizations with The Sopranos or The Godfather, Jews sigh reflexively when there is a Jew whose bad judgment and bad behavior are in the spotlight, Weidman Schneider said. Only this isnt fiction, she said. Theres a foolishness to Weiners attempted coverup, no pun intended, thats as embarrassing and cringe-inducing as the acts themselves. When the Son of Sam turns out to be David Berkowitz or the greatest Ponzi scheme ever is perpetrated by Bernie Madoff or a humiliated pol-
Weiners political identity has long been intertwined with his Jewishness. He has been celebrated by the pro-settlement Zionist Organization of America for his positions on the West Bank, and Weiner routinely introduces a bill that would deny assistance to Saudi Arabia, even though that wealthy country does not receive U.S. assistance beyond a small program that trains Saudi army officers in democracy. ZOA President Morton Klein said the Weiner scandal represents a terrible loss for the pro-Israel community. As long as Anthony Weiner remains in Congress, his position on Israel
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itician is named Eliot Spitzer or Anthony Weiner, Democratic political consultant Steve Rabinowitz said, you can almost hear it as a community: Why did he it have to be our guy?
will be among the best, Klein said. The only issue now is whether his influence will have diminished and whether his credibility will have diminished. Robert Wexler, a Democrat and former
Jewish congressman from Florida, said regaining voters trust will have to be a top priority for Weiner. Up until last week, Anthony was an excellent congressman and a fine public servant, said Wexler, who now runs the Washington-based S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace. The bottom line is that hes a good and decent person that made some grave errors. With sincere and honest repentance and a reminder of the Jewish value of seeing the other person in the image of God, theres a way for Weiner to put the scandal behind him, said Orthodox feminist activist Blu Greenberg. Judaism appreciates forgiveness, and Weiner has the chance to atone by making changes to his life and way of thinking, Greenberg told JTA. He doesnt necessarily have to be a condemned man the rest of his life, she said. If others are big enough to forgive him, then his life isnt over. Hes not an ax-murderer. Hes a very foolish man in power lacking a sense of appreciation for what he had. But whether Weiner can recover to the degree where the American Jewish community will proudly count him again among its ranks is a tougher question. He provided a negative example for our children, said Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism. We appropriately feel outrage for that.
JTA Washington Bureau Chief Ron Kampeas contributed to this report.
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Fostering empathy
Any parent with small children knows how frustrating it can be when your kid doesnt listen. The Stroum Jewish Community Center recently gave a talk on setting aside the frustration to understand the childs point of view.
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Seattle jewish republicans start a coalition
Having often kept their sympathies silent for fear of being snubbed, a new local chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition is bringing Jewish Republicans out of the closet.
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New Israel Fund law fellow Ruth Carmi came to Seattle last month to talk to local attorneys about the work shes doing on behalf of minorities in Israel.
The chorales finale
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As the third season of the Seattle Jewish Chorale winds down, their last show will be a biggie. Plus, theyve got grand plans for the future.
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On June 22, two local educators will be awarded the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Professional Award in memory of a woman who dedicated her life to the Jewish community. Read about the honor in their own words.
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High schoolers, middle schoolers and elementary schoolers have hit milestones at our local Jewish academies. Heres to their sendoff!
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Defending circumcision
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A bill expected to go before San Francisco voters this November would criminalize circumcision, whether its for religious purposes or not. A broad coalition of religious and medical professionals have lined up against the measure.
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Local historian Deb Freedman gives a history of how cemeteries and burial societies took root in the Northwest just prior to a talk shell give on the subject next week.
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Lifes big lessons: How to positively communicate with small children

JAniS SiEgEl JTnews correspondent
The 20 or so moms and dads who came to the final lecture of the parenting series at the Stroum Jewish Community Center kvelled when asked about their children. They are sensitive, said one parent. They are kind, loving, curious, helpful, tender, extremely active, great big brothers, courageous, cheerful, strong-willed, firecrackers, silly, athletic, and loving, said the rest, smiling from ear to ear. But when those same loving bundles of joy dont want to leave the park, tie their shoes, or put down a toy, things can change very quickly, said Emily Shapiro, education coordinator for the Infants, Ones and Twos program at the SJCCs early childhood school. Thats when modeling, one of the techniques parents came to learn from the Fostering Empathy in Young Children talk, can transform chaos into communication, and help kids identify their feelings first. I need to put my frustrations aside and help them come back before I deal with my emotions, Shapiro told the intimate, end-of-the-school-year group made up of parents of varying ages who were trying to glean as many coping skills as they could. When a child is falling apart, or a child is pushing another child, we like to think that theres a reason your child is doing that, Shapiro said. Its important for us to help them identify what theyre doing and why theyre doing it.
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An infant and her mom work on better understanding each others needs at the Stroum JCCs Parenting Center.
In these high-stress moments, she said, parents can actually help children build an emotional vocabulary. Maybe your child knocked down the vase and youre really feeling angry with them, Shapiro said. Put that aside for a moment and help them get through this difficult situation. Then deal with [your] frustration. The SJCC school is one of only two pilot programs in the U.S. that uses a
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Seattles Jewish Republicans start a coalition

JoEl mAgAlnicK editor, JTnews
That the first gathering of the Seattle chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition took place just two days after President Obamas speech at the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington, D.C. was fortuitous. President Obama started talking about his ideas about the State of Israel and suggesting that Israel shrink back to indefensible borders, said Dan Sytman, co-founder of the Seattle RJC chapter. It really has helped bring attention to what were doing because the level of dissatisfaction among Jews about the president is very significant. The event drew 63 people and recognition that this minority within a minority, as Sytman put it, should be legitimately concerned about the direction the president is taking with his Middle East policy. Sytman and co-founder Elana Katyal started the Seattle chapter, the newest of about 40 around the country, to create a place for Jewish Republicans, who Sytman said often hide their beliefs because it can be difficult on business and relationships. As a 501(c)3 nonprofit, the RJC doesnt raise funds or campaign for specific candidates, but they will invite Republican candidates to speak at events and create opportunities to educate members on their platforms. Emanuel and Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz began a media blitz in past weeks that denies a split between Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Also, the coURTeSy RJc SeaTTle Republican Jewish Coalition inaugural event speaker Reagan Dunn, a King White House on County Councilmember, left, with RJC co-founders Elana Katyal, center, its website posted a lengthy defense and Dan Sytman. of the presidents record on Israel a move JTA WashWere mostly a group that organizes ington bureau chief Ron Kampeas called people so they can learn how to be more unusual. These actions appear to be an engaged in politics in general, Sytman effort to fend off many Israel supporters said. angst regarding Obamas statements on a Though Sytman said he would welcome two-state solution. the opportunity to have civil dialogues Israel and Obama were the main topic with left-leaning organizations, doing so of conversation at the Seattle RJC inaucould go against the grain of the organizagural event, Sytman said. King County tions history. Advertisements run at elecCouncilmember Reagan Dunn addressed tion times in JTNews and in other Jewish the audience, and organizers expect future press over the past decade that have been speakers to include Rep. Cathy McMorris critical of Democratic candidates or their Rodgers (RSpokane) and state Attorney records have frequently drawn anger and General Rob McKenna. Sytman works as protests. However, the JTA World News media-relations manager for McKenna. service reported this week that Jewish The national RJC, which is supported officials such as Chicago Mayor Rahm by its chapters, will hold a gala on June 12 in Beverly Hills that will feature former House speaker and current presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. They have excellent connections with all of these national figures, said Sytman of the national RJC. The majority of Republican presidential candidates will speak at RJC events throughout the year. Though events for the new chapter will generally be open to anyone in the community, there are membership opportunities that would allow members to attend special engagements. Sytman said he also hopes to be able to educate anyone interested in running for office about the ins and outs of successful campaigning. Though the state has had plenty of Jewish representation from legislative officials to Supreme Court Justice to territorial governor (in 1870), only one John Miller in the first legislative district has been a member of the GOP. He left office in 1993. It would be nice to have a Jewish Republican run for office in the state of Washington, Sytman said. Ultimately, the Seattle RJC wants to let its potential supporters know that they are
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QFC proudly supports the Boys & Girls Club

By Eric Miller, QFC Public Affairs Specialist Being able to provide the proper foundation and support for our children is extremely important. Our young people are our future workers, voters, community members and neighbors. We owe it to them to provide resources and programs that develop their abilities. This is why QFC is so proud to partner with the Washington State Association of the Boys & Girls Club as our check stand charity for June. Their mission is to inspire and enable all young people, especially those who need it most, to realize their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens. Every child has the potential to BE GREAT! From nutrition programs that help keep kids healthy to educational initiatives that enhance school performance to character building efforts that instill the importance of community service, Boys & Girls Clubs help to prepare the next generation for success. Boys & Girls Clubs in Washington operate 151 sites in 17 counties which serve more than 78,600 members annually. They are open after school and during the summer to provide children and teens with a safe place to go where they can connect with caring adults. Professional staff and volunteers use a combination of locally developed programs and those developed and tested nationally by Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the following Core Program Areas: n The Arts n Character & Leadership Development n Education & Career Development n Health & Life Skills n Sports, Fitness & Recreation A very enlightening survey was conducted by the Boys & Girls Clubs of America back in 2007. They commissioned Harris Interactive to assess the impact the Clubs had on their members lives. Alumni reported that Boys & Girls Clubs had both an immediate and long-lasting impact: n 57% of alumni said the Club saved their life! n Overall, 91% of alumni are satisfied with their adult life. n 92% of alumni believe helping others is a priority of theirs.
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Helping children in Nepal Also: Former Federation campaign director now advises investments
In 1975 at age 16, and a student at Nathan Hale High School in Seattle, Rob Rose spent eight months in Calcutta, India as a Rotary exchange student. That formative experienceopened up my perspective, my world view, Rob says. It also laid the foundation for his current avocation, helping disabled kids in Nepal through The Rose International Fund for Children. It gelled in my mind that I really had an obligationto give back to those who dont havebasic needs met, Rob says. While hed always been an active community volunteer, in 1997 he read a Seattle Times travel article about the Nepalese Youth Foundation and its founder, Olga Murray. Inspired, he called Murray to volunteer as a photographer his profession. It turned out they did need someone to document their work, so Rob took his oldest son, then 11, first back to Calcutta and then to Nepal. One very cold night he had an epiphany: I thought, if I just direct my life in a way thats focused on helping other people, I can really leave a footprint and have an impact, he says. Already a Rotary Club member, Rob knew grants were available for projects overseas. Olga introduced him to a Nepalese Rotarian and they started doing proj-
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ects with Rotary and Rotary International. That partnership expanded to Rotary clubs all over Nepal continues today with grants growing close to $1 million. Theres even a disabilities-awareness campaign designed to prod Nepalese into shedding their prejudice against the physically handicapped, often regarded as cursed or having bad Karma. Projects have included fixing a drainage problem at an orphanage or teaching disabled people to manufacture wheelchairs. Around 2003I thought I wanted to have my own non-profit, Rob recalls. He was collecting donations for TRIFC and wanted to be a legitimate charity, and I didnt want to monopolize my own Rotary Clubs funding. (Thanks to his success, more and more club members were submitting projects.) TRIFC got 501(c)3 status in 2006. While he continues to work on the Rotary projects, the macro, TRIFC focuses on the micro. Their best-known project is providing waterproof backpacks full of supplies for blind children, including a Braille watch and ruler, a folding cane and books. TRIFC has expanded into projects at a variety of institutions, and you can read more at their website, www.trifc.org.
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Rob Rose, center, and gina Rose, to the left, with some of their many young friends with disabilities in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Rob travels to Nepal about once a year, sometimes with his wife, Gina, and makes a point of visiting children theyre helping, many of whom, he says, are in need of attention. Back home, he continues to run the family business, Brandt Photographers, the oldest continuously operating business in Bellevue. The studio has moved to his home and his mom, Arlene, still helps out a few hours a week. He belongs to Temple Bnai Torah where fundraising efforts have helped purchase Braille books for Nepalese kids.
asking for, he says. Born in Israel, David was raised in L.A. after age 5. He got much of his religious training attending Chabad camps in California, and while not affiliated with any particular synagogue, Im tied to the Jewish people, he says. Im an advocate for the state of Israel, I give philanthropically to Jewish causes, including, of
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If the name David Shuster rings a bell for readers, its probably because David ran the Federation campaign for a couple of years ending in 2006. In fact, he left the Federation three months before the tragic shooting there in March that year. I was a colleague with all the people who were thereI heard about it on television as the shooting was unfolding he recalls, I went straight to Harborview. Pam Waechter, who was killed in the attack, had worked alongside David as assistant campaign director, and took over his job when he left. She was very, very vital, to the work of the Federation, he says. Before working at the Federation, David was the major gifts relationship manager for United Way of King County. He left the Federation for private-sector work, first at Charles Schwab and now hes started a new position as managing director for investment advisory services at IMS Capital Management. He notes some similarities between his work in the two sectors where hes asked to build relationships, establish credibility, and to make a cogent argument for what youre
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course, the Federation. Wrestling with God is what defines his Judaism you wont be surprised to learn that he has an undergraduate degree in philosophy from Antioch (and an MBA from City University). Married for eight years, he has two small children who basically occupy his free time.
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mArtin JAffEE JTnews columnist
My late father, Abe Jaffee, never uttered the choice words that grace the headline of this column. But he would have loved it if he had. They are, rather, the product of a clever marketer of baseball caps, looking for customers with a taste for irony. I know. I bought the cap around four years ago and wear it religiously, (that is, over my yarmulke) from Pesach till the end of Sukkot, after the spring rains and before the winter rains, when we are permitted only the modest request for dew (as if it makes a difference in Seattle). Even though Abe Jaffee (better known as Abenyu, Abele, or plain Abie) was not the author of these words, he might as well have been. I chose the cap, after all, because it was the kind of thing hed have said with a wry, ironic grin. That is my way, some 23 years after his death, of hanging on to him. I look at the cap and I can hear his self-congratulatory chortle at coming up with yet another vitz that deftly probes the inconsistencies and illogicalities of human nature. In fact, in recent years Ive taken to quoting some of my dads one-liners, and the most apparently absurd the better. His granddaughter Aviva (whom he never, alas, met) sagely points out: They sound ridiculous until you think about them! Would you expect anything else from a man who delighted in announcing, I love humanity! Its people I cant stand! In order to appreciate the fullness of Abe Jaffees wit, you have to realize the physical plant that generated the whole production. Standing perhaps five-foot-three, barrel chested with school-girlthin legs, and delicate, dainty size-7 feet, he resembled nothing so much as a miniature hybrid of William Bendix (TVs Riley) and Jackie Gleasons Ralph Kramden. At least thats how I thought of him until his true archetype took on cultural flesh and bones in the form of Carroll OConnors Archie Bunker. Dads smallness was in fact the source of his strength and his humor. He learned, as a boy growing up in Manhattans Lower East Side, how to deflect a beating with a joke, as well as how to stand up for himself when he needed to. Thats the message I got, when as a perennial short kid in seventh grade, I complained to Dad about being stunted. His reply was perfect: Youre never too short as long as your feet reach the ground. Which I translate, perhaps less colorfully, as: If you respect yourself youll gain the respect of others. Later, as a 20-year-old, Id complain about Dads driving (after all, he did have glaucoma!): Dad, youre all over the road! He dismissed me as follows: Dont worry. I take my half of the road out of the middle! Which means, of course: When youve been on the road for 50 years, you little pisher, you can give me driving advice. During the decade we now call the 60s there was, of course, a good deal of tension in our house. I used to think it was tough then to be a kid. Now, I realize how much tougher it was to be my father. Dads eldest son (me) would come home from college filled with scarcely grasped ideas but plenty of slogans: God is Dead! Power to the People! We want the world and we want it... NOW! The boy would feel discomfited by the exploitative prosperity he enjoyed by virtue of Dads hard labor; he was filled with dismissive disdain for the white picket fence mentality that, incidentally, supported what Dad called the lifestyle to which you deny youd like to become accustomed. Could he possibly have passed up the opportunity to dismiss all this hot air as the callow rantings of a shallow ingrate? Is it any wonder that hed shut me down with the backhanded swipe Listen to the rebel without a clause! Not a chance! You see, by now, why I love my cap with its acerbic motto! I start wearing it during the sefirah period that witnesses both his yahrzeit and that of my mom. Somehow it restores me to an earlier place; a better one in which I can still hear the down-home wisdom of my father and the voice of my mother. Ill leave you with one characteristic story. Dad ran his small refrigeration business out of a beat-up van. One of his favorite employees was Big Bob Oglesbee, a 350-pound Alabaman whod never met a Jew until he was hired by Dad. Bob still may have thought of Flatbush as Jewtown, but he adored Abie. One day, on their way to a job, Dad and Big Bob were T-boned at an intersection by a guy running a stop sign. It was pretty bad. The van was turned on its side and its two passengers were suspended by their seatbelts, bleeding from cut glass, and surrounded by seeping canisters of Freon gas. As the ambulance siren approached, Dad leaned over to Big Bob. Here is what he said: Bob, why dont you take the rest of the day off.
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.
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All things being equal: A fight for everyones rights

Growing up in Israels version of the suburbs, Ruth Carmi didnt have a lot of exposure to ethnic diversity or economic or religious divides. Yet she always knew she wanted to attend law school. I always had that need to help others, Carmi said. When she moved to Jerusalem to attend the Hebrew University, however, the differences between the people just walking down the street came as a shock. Its very tense, Carmi told JTNews. Coming from such a protected environment, I especially felt it. She attended two legal clinics while in law school, one on human trafficking and the other on violence against women. She had also volunteered at an abused womens shelter during her army service. The experience affected her. While going to law school I was that weird girl who that would take only human rights courses, she said. I always thought that legal aid can make a world of difference. Carmi, 29, is currently a law fellow for the New Israel Funds Israel-U.S. Civil Liberties Law Program. She visited Seatshe has been promoting the civil rights of Israeli Arabs through IRAC, the Israel Reform Action Center, the Reform movements Israel-based political arm. In Israel in particular, where the religious authority holds a lot of power, Carmi sees inequities that might not otherwise be obvious. At the end of the day, if youre talking about the separation between state and religion and saying, What does this have to do with Palestinian rights? she said, a lot of the things weve seen resource allocation and how money is distributed its emergingthat there is no separation and then these parties are discriminated against. Carmi sees connections between any oppressed group, because the people doing the oppressing have the same need for dominance. A place where have violence against women is a place where you end up having segregation, she said. The issue of segregation in Israel is familiar to anyone who was involved in
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mArtin WEStErmAn JTnews columnist
The primary emphasis of Western religions is to repeatedly celebrate events that occurred in one place the Land of Canaan (a.k.a. The Land of Milk and Honey, Judea and Samaria, Roman Palestina). That focus on one locale provides a counterintuitive lesson for our now-globalized world: Everything is still local. Its where we live, work, politic, make policy, educate ourselves, shop, gather, sleep, and practice our religions. Yes, much of what we do today is linked to, or depends on, regional, national and international connections, which bring us food, water, materials and financing. But those distant links also brought us economic meltdown; boosted gas, energy, water, food and materials prices; failed to keep America financially solvent; and favor international war-making over domestic health. So how can we insulate ourselves against these negative circumstances? One way is to shift our reliance away from distant connections and toward more regional and local ones. Local today is a bigger, more far-reaching animal than it was 3,000 years ago in rural Canaan and the Greek city-states. Todays population is vastly larger, and risks killing itself off within the next two centuries. So theres no better time to take fresh looks at our resources and how to best use them. Weve got several advantages going for us: The principles of self-sufficiency, and the characters of people are surprisingly similar to those of our ancestors. Thanks to new urban economic research, urban homesteading initiatives such as City Sense (www.iaac.net), carbon neutrality and food security, and environment-based protocols such as Cradle to Cradle and The Natural Step, were better than ever at quantifying, analyzing and changing how urban people and their economic systems function. We know that: Every dollar spent at locally owned enterprises generates at least three times more local economic benefit than dollars spent at absentee-owned businesses (www.amiba.net/multiplier_effect.html). Half the worlds population now lives in cities. As an urban area grows, its self-sufficiency potential increases. People have been studying, acting on, and making policy around urban planning since the Greeks first built cities. If we start viewing cities as systems, and design them to follow bio-regional ecologies like nature, we can make them surprisingly self-sufficient. My approach is to borrow and build on principles from Cradle to Cradle: 1. Make waste = food. To a large extent, we can grow and supply our own food through urban gardening, hydroponics and green spaces and farmlands near urban and within suburban areas. Then, like all other species on Earth, we eliminate the concept of waste, and think instead in terms of food, and renewing it through food and landscape composting. 2. Use current solar income. Fossil fuels embody ancient, finite solar income, drawn from long-decomposed plants and animals, and no city that requires energy from distant sources will ever be self-reliant. Geothermal, wind, active and passive solar, macro- and micro-hydro, compost methane, bio-fuels, and actual horsepower provide energy through current solar income. Theyre sustainable and (except for the horse) inexhaustible. 3. Use current water income, such as rainwater, well and river water, drawn at less than recharge rates, rather than water from expensive, far-away sources.
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Michele Yanow at jewishchorale@live.com or 206-708-7518 Seattle Jewish Chorale presents its annual season finale of choral music representing the breadth and depth of Jewish experience. At Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle.
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Tacomas Deb Freedman will share tips for doing genealogy research in cemeteries, including cemetery etiquette. Learn about photographing headstones, accessing mortuary records and obituaries, making virtual visits to cemeteries and deciphering Hebrew names and dates. Free for Jewish Genealogy Society members, $5 for nonmembers. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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5:30 p.m. 17th annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner

rsvp@nordicmuseum.org or 206-789-5707, ext. 10 The dinner will honor the Swedish diplomat and humanitarian whose actions saved thousands of lives during World War II. Guest speaker Hubert G. Locke. Dinner plus lecture tickets: $50/members, $60/nonmembers. Co-sponsored by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. $45/members, $50/ nonmembers. At Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle.
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7:309:30 p.m. from Tibet to Sinai: The Journey of a clairvoyant

www.chabadissaquah.com Tyger Khan, a descendant of the Baal Shem Tov and natural-born clairvoyant and clairaudient will lead an interactive talk about how everyone can hone his inherent intuition, which can can lead to empowerment in daily life. At Chabad of the Central Cascades, 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd., Issaquah. 811 p.m. young adult USy Reunion
Leslie at leslie@h-nt.org Attention all USY alumni: Come see old friends and celebrate with the organization that brought everyone together at USYs 60th birthday party. First drink is on USY. $8/$10 at the door. At Amber, 214 1st Ave., Seattle.
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6 p.m. WSJHS presents: Top cholent

Lori Weinberg Ceyhun at assistant@wsjhs.org The traditional stew made for the Shabbat midday meal is so much more than a stew. Come and learn, taste, and choose the best. Make cholent that is traditional, Sephardic, vegetarian, nouveau. Space limited; register by email. $8/members; $10/nonmembers. At BCMH, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
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7:30 p.m. carved in Stone: Tips for cemetery Research

Beverly Blum at www.jgsws.org
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6:308:30 p.m. israel Matters: putting the pieces Together

Temple office at shellygoldman@comcast.net or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Come and get your questions answered and enjoy an Israeli dinner with speaker Nevet Basker. RSVP required. $8. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue. 7:30 p.m. nyHS graduation
Michelle Haston at 206-327-9387 At Sephardic Bikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
15 JunE
24 p.m. family Movie Screening

Roni Antebi at ronia@sjcc.org or 206-388-0832 or www.sjcc.org Movie for the entire family. $5/kids, $10/adults. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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5:308 p.m. Jewish federation 2011 annual Meeting
Wendy Dore at events@jewishinseattle.org or 206-443-5400 or www.jewishinseattle.org This years chairs, Joe and Judy Schocken, planned a special evening to honor board and community leadership, including outgoing board chair Ron Leibsohn. At Urban Enotica, 4130 First Ave. S, Seattle.
68 p.m. pride Shabbat 2011

Emily Harris-Shears at familylife@jfsseattle.org or www.jconnectseattle.org A celebration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning Jews, friends, allies and families. An ASL interpreter will be available for the evening. Free and open to the community. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle. 79 p.m. Thank god its Shabbat chappy Hour and Services
Orly Feldman at ofeldman@templebnaitorah.org Nosh and schmooze with other Jews and toast the start of the weekend. Chappy hour starts at 7 and the service begins at 8. Melt away the stress of the week with a little Shabbat! At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
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1011:30 a.m. How to prosper in a Recession

Randy Kessler at randy.kessler@comcast.net or 425-829-9500 or www.shevetachim.com/ events.php Rabbi Lazer Brody presents an inspiring talk on emunah, or faith, and how it applies to us as Jews during economically challenging times. The entire community is invited. Light brunch served. At Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
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9:30 a.m.1:30 p.m. camp SeeD

Mrs. Shaindel Bresler at campseedseattle@yahoo.com or 206-779-4373 or seattlekollel.org Children have the opportunity to engage in an array of activities and sports that encourage their talents, skills and creativity. Campers build meaningful and lasting friendships and learn about their heritage and its values to begin to appreciate their unique role in Judaism. For ages 212. Before-care available 8:309:30 a.m. for $35. No camp July 4. $110 per week. At the Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island. 1:303:30 p.m. camp SeeD Sports camp
Mrs. Shaindel Bresler at campseedseattle@yahoo.com or 206-779-4373 or seattlekollel.org For ages 212. No camp July 4. $75 per week. At the Community Center at Mercer View, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island. 11 a.m. 5 p.m. Morris J. alhadeff Memorial golf Tournament and Joanie alhadeff Memorial Bridge and Mah Jongg challenge
Marcie Wirth at MWirth@sjcc.org or 206388-1998 or www.sjcc.org The Morris J. Alhadeff Golf Tournament and the Joanie Alhadeff Memorial Bridge and Mah Jongg Challenge are a Stroum JCC tradition. The entire community is invited to participate. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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June 9-12 Barbra streisand songbook symphony The Seattle Pops series will conclude its season with the Barbra Streisand Songbook, featuring some of her most memorable songs as Dont Rain on My Parade and The Way We Were. Multi-Grammy-Emmy-Tony-Oscar-Golden Globe award winner Marvin Hamlisch conducts the Seattle Symphony, with critically acclaimed vocalist Julie Budd taking center stage. Performances take place June 9 at 7:30 p.m., June 10 at 8 p.m., June 11 at 2 and 8 p.m. and June 12 at 2 p.m. in the S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium at Benaroya Hall. Tickets are available from $17 to $91 at www.seattlesymphony.org. Jew Fest sunday, June 12 at noon Celebrate being Jewish in the courtyard of Temple Beth Am with a big afternoon of music, art, crafts, food and community. Browse the work of local artists and craftspeople, enjoy magician GG Green and musical entertainment by Josh Niehaus, Ben Gown, KlezKids, KidsChorus, Shawns Kugel and the Marianna band, with a knish in one hand and a falafel in the other. Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. Contact Wendy Marcus at 206-5250915 or wendy@templebetham.org. Free.
saturday June 11 at 5 p.m. Being Ana: A Memoir of Anorexia Nervosa Author event Seattle-based writer Shani Raviv will talk about her self-published memoir, Being Ana: A Memoir of Anorexia Nervosa. Being Ana recounts the authors life in an all-female South African family, in the Israel Defense Forces, and through battles with alcohol, drugs, anorexia and cutting, up through a spiritual epiphany, marriage and motherhood. Ravivs story was a Book of the Year in the Memoir and Womens Issues categories for Foreward Reviews, and won a Next Generation Indie Book Award in the category of memoir. At the Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Ave., Seattle. For more information call 206-624-6600.
thursday, June 16 at 7:30 p.m. and saturday, June 18 at 8 p.m. Gerard schwarzs Farewell Concerts Concert Maestro Gerard Schwarz will end his career with Seattle Symphony on a high note with his two passions: The music of Gustav Mahler and of American composers. Schwarz will conduct Mahlers Symphony No. 2, Resurrection, Philip Glasss Harmonium Mountain and Franz Schuberts Overture to Rosamunde, D. 644. Schwarz began his first season in 1983 with Mahlers music, completing a 26-year full circle. On Saturday night the Schubert selection will be replaced by remarks to honor Schwarz. S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Benaroya Hall, Third Ave. and Union St. For more information and tickets, call 206-215-4747 or 866-833-4747 or visit www.seattlesymphony.org. Tickets cost between $17 and $150.
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June 19 at 3 p.m. and June 26 at 3 p.m. Best of Fest The AJC Seattle Jewish Film Festival and the Stroum Jewish Community Center present two encore films. Jews in Baseball (June 19) is about the historical and cultural contributions of Jewish major leaguers. It won the Audience Choice Award at this years festival. The animated film A Jewish Girl in Shanghai (June 26) tells the story of Rina and her brother, who flee Austria for China during World War II. Both films are all ages. A Jewish Girl in Shanghai is in Mandarin with subtitles. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. For more information call Roni at 206-3880832 or email ronia@sjcc.org. Tickets are $8, $5 for children under 13, and available through www.sjcc.org.
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When Michele Yanow and Mary Pat Graham heard Kol Dodi, the MetroWest Jewish Community Chorale of New Jersey perform Not in Our Town, we said, We have to sing this song, said Yanow, founder and executive director of the Seattle Jewish Chorale. The piece by songwriter Fred Small, originally commissioned by Seattle Mens Choir, is based on the reaction of residents of Billings, Mont. after the Ku Klux Klan threw a brick through the window of a Jewish family. In response, many of the towns citizens put pictures of menorahs in their windows to stand up against the bigotry. A version of Not in Our Town will be the centerpiece of Seattle Jewish Chorales season finale, LChaim: Songs for Life, on June 12 at Town Hall Seattle. Its such a powerful story, and the music tells it so beautifully, Yanow said. All the choir members have commented as we rehearsed that they get emotional singing it. I get verklempt just reading the lyrics. Chorale member Michael Mendelow, who sang in mens choruses at the height of the AIDS crisis, said singing this piece brought back memories of the cantatas from that time. We had to learn to keep the emotion below the throat to sing properly, he said. Its a very moving piece. The piece will feature Baritone soloist Jacob Herbert. Mendelow, who joined the chorale this season, will have a solo as well, in a new version of the Msheberach prayer made popular by Jewish singer Debbie Fried-
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man, who died in January. Though the Msheberach will be different, Friedman fans can rest assured that she will be represented, as will many genres of Jewish music that pertain to various parts of the life cycle, from lullabies to love songs to a set of what we call campfire songs, Yanow said, with recognizable tunes from camp and youth groups. Were going to invite the audience to sing along with us. Though more mature choral groups often have specific themes to their shows, at this point in our growth and in the growth of Seattleites getting to know about us, were still really trying to keep the program very broad and very eclectic, Yanow said. This finale will be no different, with a little something for everyone. The music
will be sung in Yiddish, Hebrew, Ladino and English. There will be some folk music, some jazz, some Israeli tunes, and even some Jewish American standards. Thats part of our mission, to show people the whole breadth and depth of Jewish experience and Jewish life, both sacred and cultural, Yanow said. The music is Jewish, but having performed at senior homes, shopping centers and of course Town Hall, the audience is inevitably a mix of the entire population, so the chorale is in many ways an ambassador to Judaism. That means education and context are required. To fill that role, Jewish music expert and JTNews writer Gigi Yellen will narrate. A lot of her commentary is going to contextualize things that were doing for people who are less familiar with the texts
or the languages, Yanow said. As the chorale rolls up the red carpet on its third season, the organization is embarking on a growth plan. The board has been working with consultants who are helping them to create a new strategic plan, trying to take us into the next three, five, 10 years and really take the chorale to the next level as an organization and make sure its sustainable, Yanow said. That includes expanding the board to people who love music, but dont necessarily sing and increasing their outreach both in and out of the Jewish community as well as their fundraising and marketing efforts. And, of course, theres the plan to build the chorales artistic future: With different levels of musicianship you have to figure out how to bring the group along together so that everybody can keep growing artistically, Yanow said. Eventually, she said, we want to be able to produce a CD. All that stuff is going into the plan. But first they have to finish their current season. And theyre going to go out with a bang.
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Two women making a difference in our community

Every year since 2007, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle has given out the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Professional Award, which recognizes one of the many outstanding professionals who works to better Jewish life in our area. The award is named for Waechter, who died in the shooting at the Federations offices five years ago, but during her lifetime was well known for her professional and volunteer contributions to the greater Seattle Jewish community. This year, two women will be presented with the award at the Federations annual meeting on June 22. Learn about their impact in their own words.
Amee Sherer teaches 3rd grade Judaic studies at the Seattle Jewish Community School. Since returning from spending a year in Israel three years ago, she has used well-known philanthropy expert Danny Siegels model with her students on the best practices for giving tzedakah and how to make the most of charitable giving. amazing staff. We all work really hard together. Im just a representative here for the center. I have all these ideas and visions of things Id like the Holocaust Center to do and to be and places for it to go. I feel really proud when I see some of those things happening. An upcoming project were working on its still in progress is a new DVD for classrooms for studying the Holocaust and it will focus on local Holocaust survivor stories. It looks at the Holocaust but also recognizes that other genocides have taken place since then and continue to take place. Id love to see us do more programs maybe sponsor a trip somewhere again. Maybe to Poland or even to Rwanda or someplace else, that focuses on genocide. Id love to see the Holocaust Center, too, round out and incorporate more concepts of genocide within the [frame of] the Holocaust. I knew Pam growing up. She was the president of our temple and knew my parents, and she was always someone I think many of us looked up to and admired. I hope shed be like, Oh, I knew Ilana when she was 6, and I hope shed be proud to see what shes contributed to the community and how shes affected so many of us.

Its not about the amount, its about whats done with it. My memories of Pam were that she was an incredibly warm and gracious person. She always knew everybodys name, and she had great attention to detail, was really able to allow people to have their own creative energy. Those were great signs of what a classroom teacher does. Those are the qualities I remember most about her. I hope that she would be pleased. I hope that she would be happy that her good energy that she put out into the world comes back around. Ilana Cone Kennedy is the director of education for the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, which provides materials and support for Holocaust education to teachers around the state. Since coming to the Holocaust Center eight years ago, the number and diversity of offerings has expanded exponentially and the list of teachers interested in teaching the subject has quadrupled.
My first reaction was that its really wonderful to have a classroom teacher be given this honor. Its all of us together, so I feel like Im accepting the award on behalf of all the wonderful teachers in our community. I was able to be on the committee with my sister and several other fabulous educators to run the Repair the World conference, which will hopefully become a national model on how we bring all types of Jews together to do social action projects, and understand how it comes back to the text and how we teach. Its a lot of what I do with my teaching: Coordinate our all-school tzedakah efforts. We think about research and we think about overhead and how we best want to use tzedakah and try to figure out how we help people in our community, and in Israel and the rest of the world. Its really a learning and teaching process, and the kids have a lot of opportunity to offer their insights and do the things theyre passionate about, or things that touched their families.
I feel like this award is really for the Holocaust Center. Everything that I do I couldnt do without the support of Dee and Laurie and Janna, this
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the civil rights movement of the 1960s in the U.S.: IRAC was instrumental in persuading Israels Supreme Court earlier this year that bus companies cannot force segregation of women and men. The bus drivers cannot tell women they must go to the back, Carmi said. Not only is it illegal, but its demeaning, its humiliating and its against the basic law of human dignity, which is an important statement by the Supreme Court. Though the court decision and the years leading up to it created separations between many ultra-Orthodox communities and the rest of Israels citizens, Carmi said she has received calls from members of those communities, oftentimes in whispers, to express their appreciation for the ban. They would say, We just wanted to thank you for voicing something that were not allowed to say in our society and for fighting segregation, which became so horrible, and we couldnt do anything about it because we would be ostracized, Carmi said. Now they are assured because they know someone else is fighting that battle. Though she said she believes the decision was right, she also admitted some doubts. Sometimes you feel like youre maybe imposing your views on somebody else, but knowing that we are actually helping
people in that society they dont want the segregation was so meaningful, she said. During her fellowship in the other Washington, which has included an internship working with the American Civil Liberties Union, Carmi said she hopes to take back many of the tools and techniques that she learns from the ACLU to her home country to improve life there. They can use so many private law firms to engage in civil rights, which is a problem in Israel, and its a huge resource, she said. Also, Ive seen them using class actions, which we dont do very often, so I have a lot of legal ideas to implement. When she returns to Israel, Carmi would like to be able to do for Israeli society what in some cases she has been unable to do for herself: Civil marriage, for example. I had a Reform wedding and it was not formally recognized by the state, and I had to go to Cyprus since I wouldnt get married in a rabbinical court, she said. Given the elevated enmity in public discourse and charges that the organizations Carmi works with are attempting to dilute Israels Jewish character, regardless of whether those charges are true she says she is energized to fight. There are a lot of challenges, but I couldnt have it any other way, she said. I can sit at home and bicker about anything I find wrong, or I can do something about it.
This year the Washington State Jewish Historical Society is all about food, and to get the community involved the organization got together with Hillel at the University of Washington to hold the great Kugel Throwdown. About 50 audience members tasted 15 kugels, then sent the top five to a panel of judges. The winner, beating out chefs and caterers alike, was local radiologist marc Jacobson. marc is holding a picture of his late Aunt Chickie, who passed down the winning recipe and to whom the award was dedicated.
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commit to an end to the conflict with Israel even if their demands are met. Surely Israelis are justified in suspecting that the Palestinian leaderships current stance is aimed at the ultimate elimination of Israel. Democratic peace theorists often argue that no democratic state has ever made war on another. Those nations that support a unilateral declaration of indepen-
dence in the General Assembly will be effectively trying to elevate to statehood an entity that has declared a long-term war of annihilation on a democratic memberstate the only one in the Middle East. In doing so they will help bury the democratic promise of the Arab Spring.
Wendy Rosen is regional director of the Seattle chapter of the American Jewish Committee.
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4. Incorporate mobility: Cities must incorporate seamless mobility that enables residents and visitors to get where they need to go, and do the commerce that keeps the city healthy. 5. Support the local economy: Get loans from community banks or credit unions, buy products made locally, from local materials; create cooperatively owned professional sports teams; join and/or support a local cooperative enterprise, such as community-supported agriculture, a food store, other buying and manufacturing co-ops such as the sustainable fuel co-op that offers its members bumper stickers that read, War not required to fill this tank. 6. Celebrate diversity. Every city exists in an ecological niche, where natures diversity provides models and materials to inspire and inform design solutions. We tend to use one-size-fits-all designs, because theyre cheaper in the short run. Instead, designs should draw on local energy and material
flows, fit within the local landscape, efficiently use energy and water, and create positive effects on nature. At this point, with current economics and sensibilities, it would be difficult for any city to achieve full self-reliance. Too many items lie outside of its control, so a city must strike a balance between the relative wealth of its local resources, what products and materials it must import to function, and what financing it needs to conduct commerce. So while we cant live as self-reliantly as our agrarian Israelite ancestors in Canaan (and outside of camping trips, wouldnt want to), we clearly can move our balance points further toward self-reliance than we may have thought. As Emerson said, All my great ideas have been stolen by the ancients.
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Northwest yeshiva High Schools graduating class. Front row, from left to right: Shmuel Treiger, Ellie Silesky, Sarah Rossen, Rena genauer, Ashley Cohen, Jamie Schwartz, Sarah Varon, Juliana gamel and Raphael Kintzer Rear row, left to right: Avi Behar, Josh Voss, Ben Spear, Elie Aboulafia, AJ DeLeon, Jakie Fein, and Joey Becker.
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The 8th grade graduating class from Seattle Hebrew Academy. Top row, from left to right: Jeremy David Voss, Noah Joseph greisman, Tzur Katriel Chen-Tzion Shupack, Noah E. Zimberoff, Albert Kevin Hanan, Noam Posner. middle Row: Aryel Tucker, Ruth Boldor. Bottom Row: Brittany Braunstein, gabrielle Hannah Benisti, Rosie Sally maimon, Esther Reina Almo, marilyn gladstein, Adina Leora genauer, and Naama Dahan.
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I live in West Seattle I moved from Puerto Rico Im an artist My parents work for Microsoft I am going on the SHA 8th Grade Israel trip! I walk to school My grandfather went to SHA I am Ashkenazic I donate food to the JFS Food Bank I read Rashi Script I live on Mercer Island My Mom teaches at SHA I ride the bus to school Im a twin I have gone to SHA for over 10 years My Father is from Switzerland I live in Redmond I am third generation SHA I play guitar I am Sephardic I play league soccer I study Talmud My Mom is a doctor I am on a Chess Team My teacher went to SHA when she was a kid I play piano I raised money for Childrens Hospital I cut my hair for Locks of Love I bike home after school I am on the Track Team I love my school!
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The menachem mendel Seattle Cheders girls high school graduates, from left to right: Tziba Levin, Frayde Trachtman and Chaya Ehven.
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The graduating 5th grade class from Seattle Jewish Community School. From left to right, front row: Ruby Simon, Shira Lyss-Loren, Juliana Sherer middle row: Jake Klein, Asaph Brumer, marcus mesnik-greene, Sarah Katz Back row: Sam Ashkenazy, isaac Davydov, gabriel Rosenbloom, gabriel Levy
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and shares their plans for next year:
Domi Edson
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Sara Adelson
University Prep
Noam Kurland
Undecided
Elyse Behar
Robert Franco
Juliette Levy
Northwest Yeshiva High School
Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences
Miriam Brukhis Justin Coskey

Undecided
Danielle Frank
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Harrison Reines
Roosevelt High School
Redmond High School
Jordan Gonchar Yoni Kintzer Aliya Korch

Northwest Yeshiva High School Nathan Hale High School
Richelle Willner-Martin Michael Yashar

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Northwest Yeshiva High School
Jacob Davydov
Nathan Hale High School
JDS is proud of all of its graduates

Here are college choices for our JDS Class of 2007:
Hofstra University Pitzer College Scripps College University of Albany University of Arizona University of California Santa Barbara University of Michigan Bar Ilan University (Israel) Bellevue College Bentley University Brandeis University California Polytech State University Duke University George Washington University Hobart & William Smith Colleges University of Oregon University of Washington University of Western Oregon University of Southern California Washington State University Western Washington University Willamette University
JDS students graduate with a strong commitment to Israel. Were pleased that more than 20% of our 2007 graduates plan to spend a year in Israel prior to their first year of college.
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SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) In November, San Franciscans will vote on a ballot measure that would outlaw circumcision on boys under the age of 18. Although experts say it is highly unlikely the measure will pass very few ballot propositions pass in the state, much less one this controversial the mere fact that it reached the ballot, and in such a major city, has caused much concern for Jews and their allies. Opponents of the bill see it as a violation of the Constitutions protection of religious rights and an infringement on physicians ability to practice medicine. More than that, however, the measure is being seen as a frontal attack on a central tenet of Judaism. The stakes are very high, said Nathan Diament, director of the Orthodox Unions Institute for Public Affairs. Circumcision is a fundamental aspect of Jewish ritual practice and Jewish identity. While we certainly hope the prospect of its being enacted is remote, the precedent it would set and the message it would send would be terrible, not just in the United States but around the world. We dont just want it defeated, he said, we want it defeated resoundly. Anti-circumcision activists have been around for decades, particularly on the West Coast. They range from the Bay Area Intactivists, a loosely organized group that protests outside medical conferences in and around San Francisco, to MGM Bill (MGM stands for male genital mutilation), a San Diego-based advocacy group that has prepared anti-circumcision legislation for 46 states. MGM has managed to find a legislative sponsor in only one state: Massachusetts, last year. The bill didnt even make it out of committee. Matthew Hess, who founded MGM Bill in 2003 and spearheads its legislative efforts, says he is trying to protect boys from what he considers a barbaric mutilation of their bodies. He became an activist in his mid 20s, he says, when he decided that his own circumcision as an infant resulted in diminished sexual sensitivity as an adult. Freedom of religion stops at another persons body, he told JTA. Last fall, MGM Bill changed its tactics, deciding to bypass the U.S. Congress and go straight to voters. The group gathered more than 12,000 signatures in San Francisco, enough to have the measure placed on the Nov. 8 ballot. If it passes, anyone who circumcises a boy under the age of 18 within city limits faces a $1,000 fine and up to one year in jail. The only exception would be for compelling and immediate medical need. A similar effort underway in Santa Monica, Calif., was cancelled this week by its main backer, Jena Troutman, due to what she called its perceived attack on religious freedom. It shouldnt have been about religion in the first place, Troutman told the L.A. Jewish Journal. Ninety-five percent of people arent doing it for religious reasons, and with everyone from The New York Times to Glenn Beck focusing on the religious issue, its closing Americans down to the conversation. Hess says no other cities are being targeted for now. The Jewish community responded immediately and loudly to the San Francisco ballot initiative, with denunciations from across the nation. The American Jewish Committee called it a direct assault on Jewish religious practice that was unprecedented in American Jewish life. The Orthodox Union said the measure is likely illegal and is patently discriminatory against Jews and Muslims. Locally, the San Francisco Jewish Community Relations Council organized a wide-ranging coalition of religious, medical, legal and political leaders to oppose the ballot measure. It was the first time that the Jewish community organized a formal counter effort because it was the first time that such a measure has made it to the ballot, according to Abby Porth, the JCRCs associate director and the force behind the Committee for Parental Choice and Religious Freedom. The newly formed committee, which also includes Muslim and Christian leaders, is still organizing its legal strategy; Porth declined to provide details. Muslims also practice ritual circumcision on boys, although it can take place at any time before puberty. The fight against the San Francisco ballot measure has brought a number of Muslim organizations into the JCRC-led coalition, including the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Bay Area director Zahra Billoo notes that CAIR rarely finds itself on the same political side as groups such as the Orthodox Union. Its the assault on religious freedoms that brings the two together, Billoo said. The civil rights of Jews and Muslims are being impacted, she told JTA. We dont agree on all things all the time, but we do find common cause in many areas. An attack on one religion is an attack on all religions. Proponents and opponents of a ban on circumcision argue over the health benefits and legal aspects of the practice. To say it has no medical benefit and so should be outlawed is completely untrue, said Dr. Mark Glasser, a retired Bay Area ob-gyn who estimates that he performed hundreds of circumcisions during his 35 years in practice. Glasser notes that the World Health Organization supports circumcision as a preventative measure against HIV transmission, and several Centers for Disease Control studies show the same result. The American Academy of Pediatrics is neutral, as is the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. But Glasser says those positions have not been revisited since the most recent AIDS studies. The unfortunate part is that people laugh they say the San Francisco crazies are at it again. But this is no laughing matter, he said. Circumcision is very low-risk and has tremendous benefits, including life-saving benefits. Joel Paul, professor of constitutional law and associate dean of the University of California Hastings School of Law, says the law likely would not survive a court challenge which could come even before the Nov. 8 ballot. The proposed measure appears to violate the First Amendment protection of the free exercise of religion, and entangles the state in religious matters by putting the state in the position of judging whether a certain religious practice is permissible. Moreover, putting such a matter to a popular vote contravenes the Constitutions many protections of the rights of individuals and minorities. This proposition would let the majority decide religious practice for a religious group, Paul told JTA. Its not part of our politics. No one should have to go into an election and be asked to defend their religion. Hess argues, on the other hand, that the law is on his side. Noting that female genital mutilation is illegal in this country, he says boys should get equal protection under the law, no matter the religious
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Cemeteries are an early legacy of the Northwests Jews

In most pioneer communities, the first minister came before the first church. Services might have been held in a school or a tent until a church was built, with a little cemetery eventually founded next to it. Jews on the frontier generally did things in a different order, as they did in our area. The first Jew might have been a wandering peddler its difficult to document. Then merchants came. As a town grew and more Jewish merchants arrived they would form a benevolent society pooling their money to borrow when disaster hit. And their first concrete achievement was often a cemetery. As the town continued to grow, men would bring wives and children, so they needed a school and a burial place. They may have been willing to set aside their strict daily religious practices, but their beliefs required a separate Jewish burial, which meant quite early on a Jewish cemetery. As the pioneer Jews in the community grew more numerous, High Holidays services would be held in a rented hall. Then there may have been some problem with the facility, or Jews in a rival town may have started to raise money for a synagogue. These Jews would agree that by the following year theyd have their own building.
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curriculum called the Roots of Empathy program, developed by Canadian educator Mary Gordon. At its core, Roots of Empathy incorporates classroom visits from a parent and an infant. Using guided observations, facilitators helps children become familiar with loving behavior while they also learn to understand their own reactions, thoughts, and feelings. Empathy is a huge part of this school, Dana Weiner, the SJCCs senior director of family education and outreach told JTNews. The whole goal is to support families and their parenting, help them bond with their kids, and understand child development.
One technique, Emotions Through a Lens, asks students to use colors, a plant, or other objects to imagine life from its perspective and talk about it. Educators at the ECS say they also use storytelling, where an adult develops a scenario, either from family, friends or fantasy characters that kids can relate to and empathize with. We give them some tools to embrace when kids have strong feelings, Weiner said. These kids are pretty sophisticated in terms of understanding what theyre feeling and articulating them. Another strategy used in the school includes developing what social neuroscience researchers call mirror neurons in children. Triggered by the hormone oxytosin, the researchers say these hormones a Republican, Sytman said. All things being equal, Republicans tend to be much more dependable on support of Israel and other issues that I think we are interested in.
can help children learn to deeply intuit anothers feelings. Then, parents and teachers can ask the leading questions. Why is someone crying? asked Shannon Cruzen, presenter and pedagogical coordinator for the early childhood school. A child can develop empathy just watching a baby, or the attachment between a mother and a baby. Cruzen advises parents to help their child identify and encourage him to explain his feelings. After a child opens up and expresses himself, a hug lets the child know he can always go to an adult to find help and feel better, she added. Other lectures in the centers yearlong parenting series sold out to capacity crowds. In February, a showing of the documentary Race to Nowhere had 270
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Roberta Corets December 26, 1932 May 9, 2011
Roberta Corets, age 78, of Bellevue, passed away with her family by her side on Monday, May 9, 2011, after a brief illness. Roberta is survived by her husband of 53 years, Ellis; daughters Elaine, Eva (Josh Beloff), Marilyn (Adam Mihlstin) and Linda (Bryan Staats); and grandchildren Reid and Madison Beloff, Brooke Mihlstin, and Max and Taye Staats. Funeral services were held on May 11, 2011, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation with burial at Herzl Memorial Park. Roberta was born December 26, 1932, in the Bronx, N.Y., to Mildred and Louis Tepper. Bobbie, as she was known to family and long-time friends, was a talented visual artist and professionally trained textile designer. She was a graduate of High School of Music & Art (now LaGuardia High School) and Pratt Institute in N.Y. Ellis and Bobbie married on Thanksgiving Day, 1957, and moved to Bellevue in 1962. Bobbie was a dedicated wife, mother, grandmother and friend who excelled at cooking, bowling and solving crossword puzzles. While bagels, lox and cream cheese are Sunday brunch standards for many families, Bobbie added her own special touch by making the lox herself. It took many years for at least one of her daughters to realize that not all Jewish moms make their own lox from scratch. Bobbie participated in league bowling for over 30 years at Sun Villa Lanes, where she bowled a personal best of 274 just six years ago. She was adept at solving the daily crossword puzzle and maintained an extensive reference library to expand her vocabulary and general knowledge. Ellis and Bobbie were proud co-founders of Congregation Ner Tamid. Bobbie provided the artwork for all of the Ner Tamid publications from the flame logo on the monthly newsletter to event programs and invitations. She was also an active volunteer for Herzl-Ner Tamid Sisterhood, Womens American ORT, Hadassah and most recently, City of Hope. In 1996, Bobbie was the recipient of the Esther Eggleston Outstanding Service Award from Womens American ORT. Her artistic abilities were apparent in all of her endeavors, especially ORTs annual holiday gift-wrapping fundraisers, where she wrapped gifts with flare, managed the volunteer schedule, and always filled in when help was needed. In the days before computerpublishing software, Bobbie spent countless hours at the kitchen table with her friend Phyllis Cohen zl, and a trusty typewriter, paper and glue sticks, assembling ORTs monthly bulletin. Bobbie was a humble and unassuming artist whose intricate drawings exemplified great technique and precision. Her artistic talent and lovely handwriting graced invitations for family simchas and collaborative projects with Ellis, yet Bobbies proudest accomplishments were her beloved children and grandchildren. Her legacy is her family with all of her descendants living in close proximity and committed to each other daily a testament to her hard work raising a family. The family thanks the compassionate and dedicated team at Overlake Hospital Critical Care Unit. Donations in Robertas memory may be made to City of Hope, Seattle Chapter, 1309 114th Ave. SE, Ste 201, Bellevue, WA 98004 (http://www.cityofhope.com/giving/how-to-help/Pages/ default.aspx), or Overlake Hospital Foundation, Critical Care, 1035 116th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98004 (https://www.overlakehospital.org/support-overlake/donations-form.aspx).
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Daniel Sarles celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on June 4, 2011, at Temple Beth Am in Seattle. Daniel is the son of Judy Bonicelli, Neil R. Sarles and Michele Meola of Seattle and the brother of Samuel and Aaron. His grandparents are Sherwood and Annette Sarles of Florida, and the late Bruno and Dahlia Bonicelli. Daniel is a 7th grader at Eckstein Middle School. He enjoys basketball, friends, music, attending Camp Kalsman and playing cards. His mitzvah project is volunteering at Teen Feed in the University District.
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remember a few of the forgotten: Louis Soulal, age 3 months, died 1894. His French parents were in Tacoma for a jewelry trade show, and then returned to Europe. Sadie Shapeero, mother of 7, died 1900. Her children were sent to the Hebrew Orphans Asylum in San Francisco. Michael Schutzman, 25, died in 1922. A newspaper journalist from New York, he drowned while attempting to ride a raft down the Columbia River. Jennie Rammelsberg, widow of Julius Rammelsberg, died in 1944. She had supported herself by selling homemade noodles door-to-door.
Deb Freedman, a member of Temple Beth El in Tacoma, is retired from a 20-year career as a youth services specialist for the Tacoma Public Library. She is a charter member of the Jewish Genealogical Society of Washington State and a member of the board of the Home of Peace Cemetery Association. This article originally appeared on the website SoundlyJewish.org.
Northwest yeshiva High School senior Elie Aboulafia closed out his season and high school career on may 25 by taking second place at the 1B/2B state golf championship in Tacomas meadow Park golf Club. Although past NyHS golf players have reached the state tournament, Elie has qualified for state in all four years of high school, with two top-10 finishes. He has also has been awarded All SeaTac League each year, and helped the NyHS golf team win the SeaTac Sportsmanship Award in 2009 and 11. NyHS senior Ben Spear and sophomore Caleb Angel also reached this years state tournament.
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