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Seattle-area Jewish organizations awarded security grants

Emily K. AlhAdEff assistant editor, Jtnews
On August 29 five Jewish organizations from King and Pierce Counties were awarded Nonprofit Security Grants from the Department of Homeland Security. Chabad of Pierce County, Northwest Yeshiva High School, Temple Beth El in Tacoma, Temple Bnai Torah and Temple De Hirsch Sinai each received grants to improve their security systems. Only two other local organizations, Pacific Lutheran College and Pierce College, received funds. The Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which was instituted by Congress in 2005, awards funds to nonprofit organizations like community centers, places of worship, hospitals and schools that are deemed at-risk for targeting by terrorists or other radical extremists. This year the granting organization had $18,962,000 to mete out across the country. Homeland Security identifies 11 tier-one and 20 tier-two urban areas inside of which nonprofit organizations may apply for up to $75,000 in funding for target-hardening equipment. The Seattle metro area, which extends from Snohomish to Pierce County, falls into a tier-two urban area. The Jewish Federations of North America and the Orthodox Union were involved in the push to establish the grant program. According to a Jewish Federations of North America press release, this year more than 80 percent of the awards went to Jewish organizations. The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle aids synagogues and Jewish organizations in the application process. Homeland Security measures eligibility using the criteria of identification and substantiation (such as police reports), prior threats of attacks, the symbolic value of the site, the role of the organization in recovering from or responding to attacks, and results of risk assessments. After Mumbai, were somewhat concerned on a general level, said Rabbi Shneur Zalman Heber of the Chabad of Pierce County, located in Tacoma. The Chabad just broke ground on a synagogue, which is due for completion April 2012. Its important after the Federation shooting that the government recognizes the need for our protection, he added. Larry Broder, executive director of Temple De Hirsch Sinai, echoed this sentiment. You receive the occasional call. Weve had suspicious packages that merit calling the authorities, he said. Anytime theres a threat to any one Jewish institution in the Seattle area, other organizations need to consider that as a potential. You dont know if it is a single instance or coordinated.
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If you look at Mumbai, he added, that was all planned out. Each of the Jewish organizations received the full amount of $75,000, except for Beth El, which received $2,350. This is Temple De Hirschs third round of receiving a security grant. According to Sierra Wardell, the Emergency Operations Center Program Coordinator for the Washington Military Department, 18 organizations applied for funding this year, 13 of which were Jewish organizations. Grants were determined by how well organizations demonstrated their risk for attack as well as their need for tar-
get-hardening equipment, such as cameras, monitoring, physical access control, card key access, window glazing and lighting. Everyone who receives the money is very deserving, said Wardell. With organizations becoming more secure, members of the organizations can also rest assured, she said. Not only are they hardening their security, added Wardell, theyre becoming more aware of how to handle situations, too. Wardell said that grantees may opt for trainings in addition. Those [first] two grants enabled us to do a number of things on our Seattle campus, including video cameras with the recordability, fencing and gates, access
control, and what they call target hardening efforts, said Broder. This year, the temple plans to complete the security projects started in the past and to train staff on their new roles as administrators of the technology. Were having to adapt our staffing behaviors accordingly. It should come as no surprise that the Northwest Yeshiva High School on Mercer Island received the full amount of funding. Last fall, just before Yom Kippur, vandals spray-painted anti-Semitic graffiti on the walls. In the spring, an 85-yearold man was shoved to the ground in an attempted robbery in the parking lot. Patrick Young, NYHSs business manager, explained that the funds would be
put toward expanding security camera coverage and installing high-impact, shatter-resistant windows. According to Young, police advised them, The more cameras you can get, the better. All of the perpetrators of last years crimes were positively identified on camera and brought to justice. Increasing the security of Jewish organizations not only keeps the Jewish community safer, but it also has potential for securing the community-at-large from general threats. As for the parking-lot robber, It turned out this individual had committed several other crimes on the island, said Young.
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One of the privileges of synagogue membership is that, in addition to vibrant services and life-long Jewish study, the synagogue is a place members often turn to with personal problems. In any given week, congregants sit with me and talk about their relationships, mental illness, struggles with depression, unemployment, anti-Semitism and bias against Israel in their childrens classrooms, impending divorce, their childrens learning disabilities and emotional challenges, spousal abuse, painful grief, and many other issues. I am a rabbi, not a social worker or therapist. Yet, I believe that Judaism offers spiritual and religious tools for confronting lifes challenges. Jewish practices such as daily prayer, heightened sense of appreciation for all of Gods creation, performance of mitzvot and awareness that each one of us is a vessel that carries the divine spark of God within us all have the power to transform us and our perceptions of the vicissitudes of life. I know this is true because, in addition to being a rabbi, I am a regular person. I have a sister who is schizophrenic. My brotherin-laws bipolar brother, whom I met once 18 years ago, keeps trying to sue me for $20 million. Recently, my beloved mentor, Rabbi Jack Stern, died and I continue to grieve his loss. I so deeply want to call him on the phone one more time! Daily prayer, performance of mitzvot, and intense gratitude for all the good things in my life get me through a lot of internal tzuris. The synagogue provides a surprising amount of support of all kinds to an astonishing number of people. Upon reflection about how our very small staff helps so many hundreds of people, I have come to realize that we can only be as effective as we are because of some vital partnerships with other Seattle Jewish organizations and individuals. At the risk of not mentioning a worthy partner, I want to highlight three community-based institutions that have helped us immeasurably at Beth Am to help our congregants. One of our most unsung heroes is Gary Friedman of Jewish Prisoner Services International. When I first arrived in Seattle, I had the privilege of serving at Temple De Hirsch Sinai for two years before joining my husband, Rabbi Jonathan Singer, at Temple Beth Am. From my experience at both synagogues, you would be shocked
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to know the number of times in a year that a synagogue must weigh safety and Jewish values as recently released convicted felons seek to find a synagogue community. You might be even more surprised to know that yes, sometimes our own members do land in jail. Gary Friedman has been a constant source of support, a knowledgeable man who also balances the Jewish value of welcoming guests and strangers with keeping everyone in the community safe. I call him with increasing frequency. He visits Jewish prisoners and guides us when we are contacted by some pretty unsettling characters. Michelle Lifton, head of Project DVORA in particular and Jewish Family Service in general, has been an invaluable partner. There was life in Seattle before Michelle Lifton and life in Seattle after Michelle Lifton. Now that we have her, I cant imagine doing my work without her. She provides comprehensive resources to Jewish women (and men) in Seattle who are survivors of domestic abuse. We now all know that there is more domestic violence in the Jewish community than we realized. Amidst her availability to every rabbi in the Puget Sound, one-on-one counseling services, and the numerous Project DVORA programs, she and her team provide incalculably valuable resources that strengthen our community. I have yet to meet a JFS program that has not augmented our work at Beth Am and so many other synagogues in the region. We refer our congregants regularly to JFS emergency services, counseling services, elder services and an array of other helpful programs that they provide. Finally, in this time of great concern for the corrosive effects of hard-core antiZionism that goes beyond helpful criticism of Israeli policies, we are continually aided by Rob Jacobs and StandWithUs Northwest. While we are also grateful to AIPAC, J Street, Rabbis for Human Rights, and other strong voices for peace, Rob is on my speed dial for advice in dealing with situations when the local rhetoric crosses a line into hatred. Rob is always available to walk us through reasonable responses to hard issues. He is open to a variety of perspectives left, right and center and is amazing with students dealing with virulent anti-Zionism in the classroom.
As an occasional-to-frequent pro-Israel advocate in the JTNews letters section my first letter on Israel and the conflict was in 1999, the year I made my first teaching trip to Israel; my most recent followed my seventh teaching Israel teaching trip this May it would be easy, but morally and ethically wrong to agree with letter writer Michael Behars desire for JTNews editors to muzzle our Jewish press by only publishing letters and opinion columns that support Israel (No more criticism, Aug. 19). I write that even though Diaspora apologists for Prime Minister Netanyahu and the settlers write letters published in these pages that promote an anti-Israel agenda via advocacy of positions that leading Israeli military and intelligence figures reject. Thats what a free and open press is all about, however dangerous the ideas and opinions. These anti-Israel positions, which show up regularly in the JTNews opinion pages, include knee-jerk support for military solutions to the political conflict; advocacy for maintaining West Bank settlements, and support for recently approved new Jewish housing in Arab East Jerusalem. While these letter writers threaten and delegitimize Israels very existence, I hope to continue seeing them here, however ugly and misguided. A free and open press in American Jewish communities is just as important as an open press in Israel and a free press anywhere. Sadly, the existence of a free and open press is threatened in far more countries than those that have a free press. Journalists worldwide are targeted for abduction or killings, and many are maimed and murdered for writing about issues of concern, for exposing military, corporate and governmental corruption and investigating wrongdoing in every region and country on earth. Others are maimed and killed while covering wars, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Israels wars with its neighbors. Let the JTNews editors do their thing. Akiva Kenny segan seattle
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In a letter on August 19, Michael Behar asked, Would it be too much to expect that Washingtons sole Jewish newspaper serve as an unapologetic advocate of the Jewish State? The answer to that question is, Yes, it is far too much to expect, and in fact since there is only one Jewish newspaper in the state, it is all the more important that such a newspaper should be a forum where every shade of Jewish attitude toward the Jewish State is given a voice. To paraphrase: If not there, where? Goldie Gendler silverman seattle
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I most recently attended an elaborate and impressive Bat Mitzvah. That prompted my daughter to ask about my Bar Mitzvah almost 70 years ago in Minot, North Dakota. At its height during the early 40s the congregation numbered about 40 families. This year a devastating flood, the worst in 130 years, destroyed over 4,000 homes, including the area where most Jewish families lived during the height of the community. The beautiful synagogue was sold within the last five years. Fortunately, the cemetery was not destroyed with the flood. My daughter asked about the services, the attendees, gifts, etc. While I received the usual gifts for the times, such as pens, shirts, books, war bonds, and so forth, I only recall two gifts: A bible from the rabbi and a pair of Fruit of the Loom shorts from a poor family who operated a small store. Humorous? Perhaps, but I recall that the family came from a small town, Killdeer, whose claim to fame was that it was the site of the only Indian battle during the Indian Wars in what was to become North Dakota. Times were hard, and the facts became embedded in my memory. With little to give, they still shared in the community. I feel good that the gesture was not forgotten. A few years ago I spoke to a remaining member, and he remarked that the son of that poor family is now a successful businessman back east who came to Minot to reminisce. I am proud that life has been fortunate for him, rising from that struggling era. I am most pleased. Jerry shulkin Mercer island
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Its a real problem. A Mitt Romney fund-raiser on the potential donors who have turned away from Romney in favor of the Jewish candidate, Michele Bachmann. Bachmann is Lutheran. From the New York Post, Aug. 30. For more Romney problems, see page 4.
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WASHINGTON (JTA/WASHINGTON JEWISH WEEK) Texas Gov. Rick Perrys surge to the front of the GOP presidential pack has Jewish Republicans reckoning with a field that suddenly looks much different than it did just a few weeks ago. According to the latest Gallup poll, 29 percent of likely Republican voters favor Perry, with 17 percent supporting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, the previous front-runner. Romney, seen as the business-friendly favorite of establishment Republicans, has been popular with Jewish donors to the GOP. But while Perrys harder-edged conservatism and religion-tinged rhetoric may make him a tougher sell to centrists, prominent Jewish GOPers say hell have little trouble courting Republican Jews who are hungry for a victory in 2012. I think its safe to say that everyone, Jews included, was surprised to see Perry eclipse Romney, said Tevi Troy, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and a former liaison to the Jewish community in George W. Bushs White House. But, he added, I have not seen evidence that Republican Jews are uncomfortable with Perry. Everyone will of course have their preferences in the primaries, but GOP Jews are in ABO mode they will support Anyone But Obama come November of 2012. Republican Jews dont have to be enamored with Perry in order to vote for him, says Noam Neusner, a former Bush speechwriter who succeeded Troy as the White Houses Jewish liaison. If hes the nominee, Republican Jews will support him, Neusner said. They may not be enthusiastic about him, but theyre not enthusiastic about Romney, either. Mark Lezell, a lawyer, Republican fundraiser and Romney supporter from Rockville, Md., called the Perry surge unexpected, but he still believes that the smart bet remains with Romney. In the Jewish community right now, the money is overwhelmingly with Romney, Lezell said. At this point I feel very good about Romney getting the nomination. Republican candidates such as U.S. Reps. Ron Paul of Texas and Michele Bachmann of Minnesota are still doing reasonably well in the polls the Gallup survey pegged their support at 13 percent and 10 percent, respectively and they have helped push the tenor of the campaign to the right, observers say. But the race appears to be narrowing with Perrys entry. This race is between Romney and Perry and the other candidates are filler for campaign reporters, said one Jewish political strategist who requested anonymity. Both Perry and Romney are seen by Jewish Republicans as strongly pro-Israel, as is the rest of the Republican field, with the notable exception of Paul. Youve got a bunch of pro-Israel people and then Ron Paul, Troy said. Theyre all out elbowing each other to say, Im the pro-Israel guy. more time talking about issues that might be more confrontational to certain voters, said Dan Schnur, a Californiabased political strategist who served as the communications director for Arizona Sen. John McCain during the 2000 GOPpresidential primaries. Perry, on the other hand, has adopted a range of conservative social stances, and puts his faith front and center. That type of rhetoric, Schnur said, might make it more difficult for [Perry] to attract the Jewish voter even someone who agrees Perry doesnt duplicate either Romney or Bachmanns support, he overlaps with them both, Schnur said. Hes the most Tea Party candidate the establishment can deal with and the most establishment candidate the Tea Party can handle. Schnur said that in order for Perry to maintain his current edge, he will have to prove himself in debates and fundraising, and the day-to-day challenges on the campaign trail. Perry has sparked controversy on the campaign trail, notably warning the Federal Reserves chairman, Ben Bernanke, not to print more money before the presidential elections because doing so would be almost treasonous and treated pretty ugly down in Texas. While hailing Perrys pro-Israel bona fides, The Washington Posts Rubin wrote that the Texas governor has a way to go in demonstrating gravitas and command of a range of critical policy issues. Hes going to need to spruce up his rhetoric and elevate his tone. And David Frum, a former Bush speechwriter and outspoken internal conservative movement critic, warned that Perrys criticisms of Social Security and Medicare could reverse this election from a referendum on President Obamas record to a referendum on Rick Perrys intentions. Perry, however, has earned plaudits from one surprising corner of the Jewish world: Kinky Friedman, a country singer, mystery writer and self-proclaimed Jewish cowboy who lost to Perry in the 2006 Texas gubernatorial election. In an Aug. 24 Daily Beast article titled Kinky for Perry, Friedman labeled Perry a mensch and praised him as the nutsand-bolts kind of guy you want in the White House. So would I support Rick Perry for president? Hell, yes! Friedman wrote. As the last nail that hasnt been hammered down in this country, I agree with Rick that there are already too damn many laws, taxes, regulations, panels, committees, and bureaucrats. Friedman later reportedly clarified in a radio interview that his article was not meant as an endorsement of Perry.
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Jennifer Rubin, a conservative Washington Post blogger, approvingly noted that Perry mentioned Israel in his campaigns kickoff speech, criticizing President Obamas policies toward the Jewish state. Romney, for his part, has built a reputation as a candidate who eschews the type of religious appeals that make Jewish voters of all political stripes uncomfortable, several Jewish Republicans noted. He doesnt appear to frighten people in the Jewish community, Troy noted, adding that Romney is defined in the Jewish community, and in a positive way. Romneys focus on the economy, jobs and national security appeals to conservative Jews and potential swing voters, Jewish Republicans said. The strategy makes him potentially a more comforting alternative to a swing voter than a candidate who spends
with him on economic matters or issues relating to Israel and the Middle East. Troy, however, suggested that Perry is getting a bad rap. I think Perry-phobia exists in many places, and the Jewish community is one of those places, Troy said. A lot of people say to me, Im afraid of this Perry guy, but I dont think theres any basis for it. Perrys supporters point to his record as governor. Perry has more than a decade of executive governing experience more than even Romney, noted Steve Papermaster, a Jewish Perry devotee from Texas. Up until today, until right now, hes dealing with the current economy, not just the economy of four, six or eight years ago, said Papermaster, who was appointed in 2001 by President Bush to the Presidents Council of Advisors in Science and Technology. Romney has got experience as a governor, but its a bit dated to be honest. Perry also appeals to broad segments of the Republican electorate, Schnur said.
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At a rally of 800 two-state solution supporters, J Street claims its going where no other Jewish organization wants to go.
Der emes ken arumgeyn a naketer, dem sheker darf men bakleydn.
The truth can go uncovered; its a lie you have to clothe.
Living history
A sapling from the fallen tree outside Anne Franks hiding place comes to Seattle for planting.
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A mission to serve
Leah Jaffee stops at nothing to save kosher cooking and to make it more delicious.
Seattle Jewish Chorale audition call

Seattle Jewish Chorale is seeking experienced choral singers for all voice parts for the 2011-2012 season (September-June). Time commitment: Weekly Wednesday evening rehearsals, monthly sectional rehearsals, and 6-8 performances during the season. Opportunities are available for small ensemble and solo work within the larger group. Applicants must have music-reading skills; sight-reading ability preferred; familiarity with Jewish languages a plus. Auditions/open rehearsals will be held Sept. 7, 14, and 21. Seattle Jewish Chorale is a 32-member SATB choir, under the direction of Mary Pat Graham. Repertoire includes songs in Hebrew, English, Yiddish and Ladino, and incorporates many styles and genres within the Jewish choral tradition. The chorale presents two major concerts annually, at Hanukkah and in late spring, as well as community events and outreach performances. Contact jewishchorale@live.com or 206-708-7518 to schedule an audition and for open rehearsal details.
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Wedgewoods Orthodox Emanuel Congregation allows women to lead services and read Torah but stops short at calling itself egalitarian.
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J Streeters tell senators they support two states

JoEl mAgAlnicK editor, Jtnews
When Rainer Waldman Adkins handed two small boxes, each containing about 800 postcards expressing support for a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, to representatives of both of Washington States senators on Aug. 23, he said they had one simple message: Weve got your back. The purpose, Adkins told JTNews, was to demonstrate that theres considerable grassroots support in Americas Jewish community and other people who care about the future of Israel. The presentation of the postcards, held at the front of the federal building in downtown Seattle, drew about 20 supporters but was part of a nationwide J Street event that saw the presentation of more than 40,000 postcards to members of Congress. Though J Street is known for its liberal views, Adkins said the postcard campaign drew more than the organizations supporters. They represent a wide diversity of people within the Jewish community and within the general community, he said. Many of the signers were people participating in the heart of the Jewish community, and were very pleased with that. Michael Richmond of Seattle attended the presentation because he said J Street is the only organization he has seen that is predecessors. Letting them know theres broad support from citizens validates those positions, Brod said. We do these things to let them know that constituents have their backs, she said. The dog days of late August might seem the wrong time to get an elected officials attention, but Adkins said the timing was set for two reasons: The first was that during a recess the elected officials would more likely be in their home states, and the second was because the Palestinian Authority is expected to request formal recognition of statehood from the United Nations on Sept. 20, and we believe that its really important that there be a boost provided to the United States government to promote alternatives to that avenue, he said. Before that request is granted, Adkins said, there should be meaningful negotiations between the two parties that would lay a groundwork to statehood. If the Palestinians go to the General Assembly, its not going to create major changes on the ground, he said. The status quo still will be the same, really, in terms of the day-to-day lives of Israelis and Palestinians. Jay Heyman, a rabbi from the Bay Area who recently retired to West Seattle, told
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Stephen Yim, left, of Sen. Maria Cantwells office, and ryan Mace, center, of Sen. Patty Murrays office, listen to a speech by J Street Seattle chair rainer Waldman adkins, right, before adkins presents each with a box of postcards from 800 supporters of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
strongly pushing for a two-state solution. Nobody else, he said, is taking a stand. They dont come out strong enough for it, often enough for it, and they dont push the president and Congress for it, he said. Brooke Brod has been working with J Street since its inception more than three
years ago, and does so because I want [Israel] to remain both a democratic and Jewish state, she said. I dont see how its possible otherwise. She acknowledged that both Sens. Patty Murray (D) and Maria Cantwell (D) have come out in favor of two states, as have President Obama and his recent

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Sapling from the anne Frank house to be planted in 2013

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In 2006, the diseased, 150-year-old chestnut tree outside of the secret annex where Anne Frank hid during World War II was set to be cut down. In preparation for its death, saplings from the tree were promised to different sites around the world to carry the tree and its message to new communities. Despite strong pushback from the trees supporters and a series of legal battles which ensued that saved the tree and resulted in the construction of a support structure to keep it from falling, Seattle was chosen as one of the recipients. Kennedy and Maureen McNeil, director of education at the Anne Frank Center USA in New York, who recently visited Seattle, both wish for the sapling Seattle will receive to do the same for this community. In our proposal for the tree we talked about the shooting that happened here in 2006 and then the outpouring of support that occurred afterwards, said Kennedy. But the tree wasnt really a memorial, the tree was really to remember what can happen when all of these groups come together to support each other. And we hopefor all the communities of Seattle to see that we can respect each others differences and how powerful that can be. All 11 saplings to be planted in the U.S. are currently under quarantine, as required by the U.S. government to ensure no diseases will be brought to America. However, the quarantine will end at the end of 2012, and when spring weather begins, the trees can be planted. According to McNeil, Seattles sapling will most likely be planted in the spring of 2013 near the Asian Art Museum in Volunteer Park. Were planning on doing a large ceremony that will be open to the community, said Kennedy. Well just make a wonderful celebration of it. The design for the site of the tree is still underway. One idea is that well open it up as a contest to submit ideas for the actual planning of what the site will look like, said Kennedy. We hope for something organic with stonessomething very natural. The Holocaust Center has partnered with Seattle Parks and Recreation, which will be maintaining the tree, to ensure its long and healthy life. In addition to becoming a part of Volunteer Park, the Holocaust Center will use the tree as a way to continue informing the community about Anne Franks story. They will team up with the Anne Frank Center USA, which, according to Kennedy, is a powerhouse of educational materials. Many community organizations will be invited to the ceremony to symbolize and facilitate community respect, including Densho, an organization that collects oral histories from Japanese-Americans placed in internment camps during World War II, the Wing Luke Museum, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, the Bosnian community and the gay and lesbian community. Anne Frank relied on the tree outside her window to assure her that the world was still good, a sentiment that still resonates today, McNeil said. I think that [the tree] will be really linking a lot of contemporary American issues with historical issues in Anne Franks life and time, said McNeil.
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Harry and Leora Bloom take a break among boxes of donated food at last years JFS Community Food Sort. Food Drive 2011 runs from September 29 to October 22 and the Food Sort takes place on October 9.
If You Have Hope, Anything is Possible
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the tree that anne Frank could see from her hiding place stood for 150 years before it was felled by a storm last year.
However, on August 23, 2010, a windy day in Amsterdam, the tree fell, taking its support structure with it. No one was injured, and no buildings were damaged. Now, with the original tree gone, the saplings sent around the world, including 11 to the U.S., are all the more important to the trees supporters. Theres just a really wonderful feeling about having something from Amsterdam, said Ilana Cone Kennedy, director of education at the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center, something that represents this positive idea of hope in our community. From July 1942 to August 1944, when Anne Frank and her family were in hiding, Anne used the tree as a sign of hope and happiness until the Frank family was discovered. Anne mentioned the tree in her worldfamous diary three times. From my favorite spot on the floor I look up at the blue sky and the bare chestnut tree, on whose branches little raindrops shine, appearing like silver, and at the seagulls and other birds as they glide on the wind. As long as this exists, I thought, and I may live to see it, this sunshine, the cloudless skies, while this lasts I cannot be unhappy, she wrote.
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Cooking up a dying art: Leah Jaffee makes it all, and kosher

JAniS SiEgEl Jtnews Correspondent
When Seattle entrepreneur Leah Jaffee takes on a project, she goes big. As an international textile buyer and designer for Nordstrom in the 70s, she won awards. When she converted to Judaism through the Reform movement in 1992, it wasnt long before she switched to Orthodoxy. And now, after 13 years of catering some of the best kosher food in Seattle, Jaffee is debuting her new, interactive, 14-page kosher food website, www.leahcookskosher.com, where she instructs members on the basics of preparing everything Jewish, from Ashkenazi babkas to Sephardic bourekas, and all of it using the finest kosher ingredients. In an interview with the JTNews about her newest business venture, Jaffee unapologetically declared, I am intent on being the worldwide authority on kosher cooking. She is a self-described Filipino-Chinese-Spanish convert who is highly regarded in the Seattle area for cooking traditional Sephardic and Ashkenazi foods. Many in the Jewish community likely became familiar with Jaffees kosher food in 1999 when she opened several businesses in the Ravenna shopping area on N 65th Street in Seattle. The subsequent incarnations, Leahs Catering, Leahs Deli, and Leahs Bakery and Catering, stayed in different locations on the same block through 2008. After I converted, there was nothing to eat that was decent, laughed Jaffee, who took a time-out from her food prep in the kitchen at the University of Washington Hillel dining hall to reminisce about her life, Jewish tradition, and her dream of community-building. Jaffee has leased the kitchen there since 2009. What Ive learned over the last 10 years is that no one knows how to make make keeping kosher easier. Membership, which is free, also gives visitors access to a growing virtual kosher pantry of products that Jaffee is building on her site. Guests can see the brand and packaging and find live links to the manufacturers website. Kosher foodies can learn exactly where Gidon to buy any product Leah Jaffee has taken her catering business online. listed there. There are also food tips and menu suganything anymore, she said. We have to gestions for people with food allergies and go back almost two generations to the only intolerances, as well vegetarian and gluwomen who are left who know how to go ten-free recipes. into the kitchen and make anything. I sort of feel like Im on a mission, to Leahs food is not only kosher on the tell you the truth, because it is a dying art, religious level. In 2011, Leahs Catersaid Jaffee. A lot of people dont know ing was the first kosher food business how to cook. Its take out, its deli counter, in Washington to receive the seal of its fast food. Im going to nail all the tradiapproval from a new social justice kosher tional stuff, Sephardic, Ashkenazic, Medirestaurant certification system certificaterranean, and Israeli. Im going to show tion called Tav HaYosher. you how to make it all. A kosher business that displays the Born and raised in Seattle, Jaffee gradTav HaYosher seal is deemed compliant uated from the now-defunct Custom with local, state, and federal labor laws Apparel and Design program at Seattle which require that an employer pay a fair Central Community College. Trained as wage including overtime compensation, a couture seamstress, she designed bridal give employees standardized and periodic gowns and mens tailored suits for sevbreaks, allow for adequate time off, and eral local manufacturers, including Norprovide safe working conditions. dstrom. Jaffes new online venture incorporates In the 70s, she put herself through the many of the community values she honed prestigious Parsons School of Fashion in her brick-and-mortar storefronts. in New York and was later recruited by In addition to her blog, recipes, and a sportswear company in Salt Lake City. photos of food preparation, members can It was there that Jaffee met and married upload their own recipes and pictures, her first husband and had her first baby make friends, view other peoples recigirl, Rebekah, who is now 28. She spent pes, and add comments. Jaffee wants to the next 20 years as a buyer, trainer, and designer at the downtown Seattle Nordstrom before leaving corporate life. In 1992, she converted to Judaism, began studying at the Chabad House, and married her second husband, University of Washington professor of Jewish Studies, Martin Jaffe. They have a daughter, Aviva, who is 16. The couple is now divorced. In 1998, Jaffee started catering. I was still designing, she said. In one half of my basement was my design studio, and I put in a commercial [kosher] kitchen on the other side of my basement. I started doing fundraisers for Rabbi [Sholom Ber] Levitin. We did a series of ethnic nights, a Thai night, an Italian night, and a French night. We packed Chabad House. Already, there have been over 10,000 hits on the Jaffes new mega-site from locations around the globe, including Malaysia, Israel, and Canada. Members are voting in polls, creating their own Cooks Profiles, and communicating with each other. Jaffee says that her vision, though global, is really a simple one. Im actually trying to teach and I want to form a community.
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the gathered supporters that he feared an ongoing, unsustainable stalemate. We will not stand by idly whilethe occupation continues indefinitely, he said. Polls have consistently shown that a majority of American Jews supports a twostate solution, Adkins added, and the best avenue of action is to press the U.S. government to continue supporting that goal. Richmonds concerns were much more internal: He said he sees a civil war within the Jewish community, and they need to present a united front when it comes to Israels future. When the time comes that Israel needs all the supporters it can get, we wont be able to get our act together, Richmond said. Thats the thing that scares me most of all.
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According to the JTA, the UK Zionist Federation has suggested that the wax sculpture of Hitler on display at Madame Tussauds should be made to look more vulnerable. I have no problem with Adolf Hitler being displayed, Stefan Kerner, the federations director of public affairs, told the Evening Standard. However, we want to display him in a more vulnerable position or situation. Or he could be placed in a way that people cant take photographs beside him. Despite warnings from the guards, visitors still photograph themselves next to the dictator making the Seig Heil salute. So far, no one has suggested simply melting him down.
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Women receive a permanent spot on Emanuels bima

JoEl mAgAlnicK editor, Jtnews
When Emanuel Congregation began a trial run nearly two years ago of allowing women to come to the bima, its members and leaders didnt know how things would turn out. But the test results increased participation, a handful of new members, more visitors were positive enough that this small Orthodox shul in Seattles Wedgwood neighborhood decided to make the change permanent. Our thinking was, it seemed to be a successful experiment a lot people felt this was the right thing to do, said Jay Wang, Emanuels president. In most Orthodox synagogues, the leading of prayers and reading of Torah is restricted to men. With the new arrangement, women can lead services and read from the Torah. Its called a partnership minyan, or quorum of 10 to conduct a prayer service, based upon a nine-year-old egalitarian movement from Israel called Shira Chadasha. Emanuel doesnt follow the movement exactly because its small size makes creating a minyan of 10 men and 10 women difficult, if not impossible. Also, Wang pointed out, were not exactly completely egalitarian. Thats because there is a stricture that says men must lead the Amidah prayer, so women are allowed only to participate. The decision to allow women to lead services, even as a trial, was carefully deliberated by Emanuels board, and they moved to make it permanent only after they saw the effects were overwhelmingly positive. The permanent arrangement went into effect earlier this year. When JTNews spoke with Wang in early 2010, one of the reasons the congregation had moved forward with this plan was to attempt to bring in new people to a synagogue with a decidedly older member base. Emanuel had been in danger of closing its doors entirely. Were not in the same situation, Wang said. Were moving in a positive direction. The growth has been small, but it has included a few families with children as well as some who liked the idea of the more egalitarian model. Weve got a number of people who are interested in the whole concept of being able to participate who have joined, he said. There has been one other, unintended benefit as well. Not only are we holding our older members, Wang said, they are actually coming to services more often. Wang said that because the synagogue is small, and because the recitations are done as a congregation, it is more accessible to people who are less familiar with or have not been to Orthodox services for some time. Also, because there is no rabbi the cantor, Boaz Pnini, is Emanuels only paid staff member Emanuel offers ample opportunity to lead services. Anybody who wants to, who knows how, you can lead services if you show us you can, Wang said. And if they cant, he added, there are plenty of people willing to help them learn. You do not need to feel that youre an outsider and youll never learn how to do this, he said.
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Ask an ordinary Jewish American what Judaisms core values are, and invariably tikkun olam will come up. Tikkun olam translated and appropriated by an American cultural context as repairing the world, that is, helping those less fortunate, preserving the environment, giving tzedakah and so on is a defining feature of modern American Judaism. Without philanthropy and service projects devoted to both Jews and non-Jews, American Judaism would be an entirely different species. In this spirit, this summer 14 American young professionals from Seattle and around the East Coast joined the American-Jewish Joint Distribution Committee
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(JDC) on a service mission to Khabarovsk, Russia. First and foremost we strongly believe that North American Jews need a greater understanding of whats happening in the Jewish world, said Sarah Eisenman, the JDCs Director of Next Generation and Service Initiatives. Its a much more globalized world. We need to think about what that means. But understanding the global Jewish world and what it needs took some uncomfortable steps out of the American paradigm. For one, the concept of giving in the Former Soviet Union is a different animal. So is the concept of Jewish identity. Which
Visitors to a JDC homecare recipient look at paperwork asserting his status as a Holocaust survivor. Survivors receive money from the Claims Conference.
poses some problems for Americans who enter the scene with their own, subconsciously ingrained, concepts of volunteerism and Jewish identity. Thats the hard thing about service trips, said Josh Furman, director of the University of Washington Hillels young adult Jconnect program. Youre going there with the framework from home. So when Eisenman and the JDC imagined giving North American Jews a bigger picture of the global Jewish world, perhaps they gave us more than they bargained for. Asher Ostrin, Director of JDCs Former Soviet Union Department, articulated that Jewish communities in the Former Soviet
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Union are communities in formation. Community development is not a science, he said. Its not math, like two-plus-two is four. There are dilemmas. For instance, If you have a fathers whos alcoholic, and a son whos needy, he asked, Do you cut them off? Interestingly, this was one of the central questions the North American young professionals were faced with. On a humid gray morning the group split into three subgroups and set out to meet recipients of JDCs homecare aid. The groups met with elderly Holocaust survivors who poignantly shared their stories of trauma and their gratitude for assistance from the Jewish communities. Others, though, had a different story. The at-risk family we visited was supposed to be a boy 7 years old who had chronic asthma and bronchitis, said Joanne (Jhanna) Rossignol, 28, from Seattle. When we went into the home we found that the boy had no room of his own. He slept clearly on the couch. But the boy was missing and the dad was missing. Rossignol and her group were told by family members that the father had taken the boy shopping on his day off, despite the pre-planned visit from the JDC. Just the way that they said it and the way that they looked, it was obvious that that wasnt the real story, said Rossignol, who speaks Russian. It was also very sad because you could tell that every adult in that family smoked. Obviously thats going to make his situation worse. Rossignol recounts what happened next, after the translator stopped translating. The boys grandfather proceeded to argue with Boris Boguslavsky, JDC Representative for Siberia and the Russian Far East, about the amount of money they received. Four-hundred-fifty rubles was not enough per month, he said. He wanted the Americans to know this. You could tell it was very uncomfortable for Boris to be in that position, Rossignol continued. But when we got outside he started to vent a little bit. These are some of the problems that JDC has. Some people use the system just because theyre Jewish and they know they can get the assistance so they dont actually care, or theyre not actually grateful for what theyre getting. Every minute of every day in these programs, there are dilemmas that come up, said Ostrin. We cant be paralyzed by empathy. On the other hand, we have to apply empathy or we become automatons.
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In the group discussion that ensued after the home visits, Boguslavsky and Khabarovsk Hesed Center Director Vadim Katsman helped unpack the experience. They will beat up a child five times a week. But with sports camp, they beat him up twice a week. Is that an accomplishment? Our specialists say yes, said Boguslavsky through a translator. All of this is really complicated, said Katsman, also through a translator. It hurts to look at it. Any time its regarding tzedaka, if someone says they need it, they need it, countered Furman. Or if theyre lying, theyre desperate enough to need it. Furman and his group entered a different troubling situation that day: A family of eight women living in squalor. Their refrigerator door hung open; their cabinets were empty. The group returned speechless. Back in the reflection circle, one group member tried to explain the impact the womens house had on her. I dont know if theres an emotion to describe it, she said. The JDC-FSU experts tried to temper the outrage. The Chinese say: Dont give a fish, teach them how to fish, said Boguslavsky. We dont know what to do in that situation. We give them offers to work, Katsman said. They never come. Theyre so used to taking, taking, taking, continued Boguslavsky. They dont want to give back. Were facing a
really serious professional dilemma here. The solutions are not easy, either. Should they impose rules or institute agreements for reciprocation to the Jewish community in return for their services? We havent used [involvement] as a parameter for eligi-
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above: a boy rides his bike past a building on the outskirts of Khabarovsk. Left: Inside the home of a JDC homecare recipient.
bility because there are so many people that are coming from nothing, said Ostrin. We hope it will be stimulus for later on. Some of them didnt seem to have a desire to go to help build a Jewish community and they were just there to receive assistance, said Rossignol. And for me, as a former nonprofit worker, thats how
it is for everything. When you arent making your basic needs, thinking about things like building community and being involved in the community and being active in a religious organization its not on peoples priority list. As for Furman, he trusts that people have the best interests. Im really not the one to judge the people in the commu-
nity because I am so removed from cultural nuances. There are cultural differences; theres no way around it, Ostrin said. Up until 1991 the society [that the Former Soviet Union] was built on had a different ethical anchor. With the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, a sort of values vacuum was created. The things Americans might consider appalling, like old women taking government handouts while their sons drive Lexuses, are not necessarily considered hypocritical. When I say the word tzedaka, you know its a Jewish value, Ostrin continued. But, Were looking at societies that are in formation. They dont always meet our standards. The whole notion we take for granted [is] the fact that Jews are particularly generous. Jewish philanthropy is legendary in America. Its not just a difference between America and Russia, he added. As Americans, we have to learn to be open to those differences and deal with it. I think [Americans would] rather everyone be able to convince somebody rationally the importance of giving, but were not dealing with a culture that has this [mentality], said Rossignol. Without a sense of charity built into the culture, guilt might be necessary. If you play it their way for one generation, generations after that will probably be more
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with High Holy Day Services led by our inspirational clergy team! Senior Rabbi James Mirel Associate Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg Cantor David Serkin-Poole
Selichot Service, Saturday, September 24 (Jointly Conducted with Temple De Hirsch Sinai) Service at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle 8:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. 8:30 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 12:30 p.m. 3:15 p.m. 4:00 p.m. 4:15 p.m. 5:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m. Contemporary Service Traditional Service
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Traditional Service Youth Service (1-5 grade) Teen Service (6-12 grade) Contemporary Service Childrens & Family Service Shaarei Tikvah Service at TDHS, Seattle Tashlich at Phantom Lake
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as one restaurant celebrates a milestone, another winds down
diAnA bREmEnt Jtnews Columnist
We started Purple about 10 years ago 10 years ago exactly, Larry Kurofsky told me a few weeks ago about the well-known restaurant with branches in Seattle, Kirkland, Bellevue and Woodinville. After graduate school, Larry and his wife Tabitha started a restaurant together in Las Vegas. After selling it, they considered moving back to L.A., where Larry is from, but made a vacation stop in Seattle. Of course, they really liked it, got an apartment in Bellevue and did a little research. That resulted in the first Purple in Woodinville. Diners familiar with the current venues large restaurants with big furniture and grand architecture may be surprised to learn that the original was a nine-table neighborhood place where Tabitha waited tables and Larry worked the bar. It was really fun and a great community says Larry. Purple is part of Larrys Heavy Restaurant Group, which includes Barrio on Capitol Hill and Lot #3 in Bellevue. An event space will open in the fall.
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The company has been visible in the Jewish community, too. In addition to carrying wine from Israel at Purple, they have hosted a few J-Pro events, been an AJC Seattle Jewish Film Festival sponsor, and were named best wine bar by this newspaper last year. Larry is not a chef, as many assume. My role is conceptual, he says, adding that if he cooked in front of our chefs, they would laugh. He and Tabitha who have two kids, Ethan, 12, and Olivia, 10 enjoy trying other restaurants and named Walrus and Carpenter in Ballard and Lecosho in downtown Seattle as two current favorites. They enjoy travel and hope there will a trip to Italy in their future. There is nothing like the restaurant biz to keep you busier than you want to be, but Larry says he tries to maintain a workand home-life equilibrium. I try to balance my time, and be as hands-on as I can, at work, he says, and credits a good staff and management team for helping things run smoothly.
While he loves the Northwest, Larry sometimes misses the California sun and the large extended family that he grew up celebrating the holidays with. But its been great being up here for 10 years and having the growth that weve had, he says. I feel really fortunate, he adds. Its a lot of fun, its a people business.
While one local restaurant institution grows, another says goodbye as Karen Binder retires from the Madison Park Caf. The restaurant, which started as a breakfast and lunch place before taking on fine evening dining, has been part of locals lives for 32 years. Its been a really good life, says Karen. Ive been really lucky to have such variety. I bake, I cook, I sweep the courtyard, and both her children have grown up at the caf. The chronology of my life has been marked by time at the caf, and years catering local simchas, she says. That chronology takes her on a new road as she travels to Hawaii to greet her first grandchild, due next month, courtesy daughter Sarah Medwell Redican.
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Karen Binder is winding down the Madison Park Caf after 32 years.
Sarah taught at the Seattle Jewish Community School for four years. Students knew her as Morah Meddy and they all
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THE JTNEWS ANNUAL HIgH HOLIDAy SERVICES gUIDE

Compiled by Madeleine Lowe, JTNews intern The dates for High Holidays this year are: Selichot: Saturday, September 24 n Rosh Hashanah: Begins the evening of Wednesday, September 28 through Friday, September 30 Kol Nidre: Friday, October 7 n Yom Kippur: Saturday, October 8
CONSERVATIVE
Congregation Beth Shalom
Held at 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle Contact Marjie Cogan at 206-524-0075, marjiecogan@bethshalomseattle.org or www.bethshalomseattle.org Selichot: 9:15 p.m.12 a.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:307:15 p.m. (Prospective member open house at 6 p.m.) Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 8:30 a.m.1:15 p.m. Young Family Service (pre-school): 9:4510:45 a.m. Family Service (grades K-4): 11 a.m.12:15 p.m. Childrens Programming: 11 a.m.1:15 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Main Service: 8:30 a.m.1:15 p.m. Young Family Service (pre-school): 9:4510:45 a.m. Family Service (grades K-4): 11 a.m.12:15 p.m. Childrens Programming: 11 a.m.1:15 p.m. Kol Nidre: Main Service: 6:108:45 p.m. Family Service (grades K-4): 78:30 p.m. Childrens Programming: 6:458:45 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 9 a.m.3 p.m. Young Family Services (preschool): 9:4510:45 a.m. Family Service (grades K-4): 11 a.m.12:15 p.m. Childrens Programming: 11 a.m.1:15 p.m. Neilah: 67:20 p.m. Havdalah/Maariv: 7:207:30 p.m. Cost: $200 (includes all services). Discount available before September 9. Beth Shalom is a welcoming, inclusive, and participatory community. High Holiday services and programs provide enriching experiences for all ages.
Stroum JCC: 8:45 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 8:30 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. Yom Kippur: Herzl-Ner Tamid: 9:40 a.m. Stroum JCC: 10 a.m. Yizkor:12:45 p.m. Mincha: 5 p.m. Neilah/Maariv: 6:10 p.m. Havdalah and Final Tekiah: 7:19 p.m. Cost: $100 per person per holiday, or $180 for both holidays for adults, $36 per child (ages 13-23) for both holidays Herzl-Ner Tamid offers both traditional participatory services at their main sanctuary and a smaller, more intimate experience with lots of ruach at the SJCC, along with terrific childrens programming, including their exciting new young family experience co-sponsored by the Stroum JCC and PJ Library.
Congregation Eitz Or
MEDITATIVE/RECONSTRUCTIONIST/ RENEWAL
Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
Held at Unity of Bellevue, 16330 NE 4th St., Bellevue Contact Shellie Oakley at 206-527-9399 or info@betalef.org, www.betalef.org Selichot: Opening to Forgiveness: 810 p.m. (No ticket needed) Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10:30 a.m., followed by community potluck lunch, open to all Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Letting Go Into the One We Are: 10:30 a.m. LChaim (12-Step) Meeting: 1:45 p.m. Family Service: 1:45 p.m. Healing Meditation: 2:45 p.m. Yizkor/Memorial Service: 4:45 p.m. Neilah/Concluding Service: 6 p.m. Break-Fast: 7 p.m. Cost: Adults: all services $200; single service $70. No one turned away if unable to pay full amount. Using traditional liturgy and melodies as a foundation, plus meditation and Kabbalah, Rabbi Olivier BenHaim leads congregants to new relevance and meaning of the High Holidays.
Held at University Unitarian Church, 6556 35th Ave. NE, Seattle Contact Ellen Jablow at 206-467-2617 or info@eitzor.org, www.eitzor.org Selichot: check www.eitzor.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 79:30 p.m. (Registration from 6:15 p.m.) Rosh Hashanah day: Main Service: 10 a.m.1 p.m. Vegetarian Potluck Lunch: 12 p.m. Tashlich at Green Lake behind Bathhouse Theatre: 45:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:309 p.m. (Registration from 5:45 p.m.) Yom Kippur: Main Service: 10 a.m.1:30 p.m. Healing/Yizkor/Neilah/Havdalah: 3:306:30 p.m. Vegetarian Potluck Break-Fast: 78:30 p.m. Cost: Non-nembers per service: Adult $80 $120; youth (1118) $18$24; low-income $15$30. Cost: Members: Adult single service $50; adult all services $130; youth single service $15; youth all services $50; low-income single service $15$30. High Holy Day services at Seattles Jewish Renewal synagogue offer a deeply spiritual, holistic approach for progressive Jews.
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BCMH Capitol Hill Minyan
Held at 1501 17th Ave., Seattle (blue awning, west side of building) Contact Rabbi Ben Aaronson at 206-659-SHUL (7485) or capitolhillminyan@gmail.com, www.capitolhillminyan.com Selichot: 11 p.m. (BCMH Seward Park Campus) Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Service: 8:30 a.m. Sermon: 11 a.m. Shofar: 11:15 a.m. Mincha: 6:25 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Service: 8:30 a.m. Sermon: 11 a.m. Shofar: 11:15 a.m. Mincha: 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:20 p.m. Yom Kippur: Service: 8:30 a.m. Sermon: 11:15 a.m. Yizkor: 11:30 a.m. Mincha: 5:05 p.m. Break-Fast: 7:30 p.m. The Capitol Hill Minyan offers traditional Orthodox services and a warm environment in the center of Seattle.
Kadima Reconstructionist Community
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation
Held at Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island and the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island (Rosh Hashanah Day 1 and Yom Kippur only) Contact Leslie Reibman at 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or leslie@h-nt.org, h-nt.org Selichot: Programming: 8:45 p.m. Services: 11 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Herzl-Ner Tamid: 8:15 a.m.
Held at Prospect Church, 1919 E Prospect St., Seattle Contact Kathy Gallagher at 206-547-3914 or office@kadima.org, www.kadima.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 10 a.m. Childrens Programming: 1011 a.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 10 a.m. Childrens Programming: 1011 a.m. Yizkor: 5 p.m. Neilah: 6 p.m. Break-Fast: 7 p.m. Cost: Free Community-led, interactive services. Kadimas machzor includes traditional prayers and modern poetic interpretations. Inaugural High Holidays with Kadimas Womens Torah.
Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation (BCMH)
Held at 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle Contact Dee Wilson at 206-721-0970 or office@bcmhseattle.org, www.bcmhseattle.org Selichot: 11 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: Candle Lighting: 6:37 p.m. Mincha: 6:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Shacharis: 7:45 a.m. Torah Reading: 9:40 a.m. Sermon: 10:15 a.m. Shofar Blowing: 10:40 a.m. Musaf: 11 a.m. Mincha: 6:25 p.m. (Followed by Tashlich) Candle Lighting for second day: 7:38 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Shacharis: 7:45 a.m. Torah Reading: 9:40 a.m. Sermon: 10:15 a.m. Shofar Blowing: 10:40 a.m. Musaf: 11 a.m.
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Mincha: 6:30 p.m. Candle Lighting for Shabbos Shuva: 6:33 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6:20 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharis: 8 a.m. Torah Reading: 10:45 a.m. Sermon: 11:30 p.m. Yizkor: 12 p.m. Musaf: 12:15 p.m. Mincha: 5:05 p.m. Neilah: 6:15 p.m. Fast Concludes: 7:20 p.m. Cost for services: Non-member adult $225; non-member children (Age 1317) $50; non-member student $75.
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth

Held at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle Contact 206-722-5500 or office@ezrabessaroth.net Rosh Hashanah eve: Mincha: 6 p.m. (Followed by Arvit) Candle Lighting: 6:37 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Shacharit: 8 a.m. Sermon/Shofar: 10:30 a.m. Mincha/Tashlich: 6 p.m. (Followed by Arvit) Candle Lighting: 7:39 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Shacharit: 8 a.m. Sermon/Shofar: 10:30 a.m. Mincha/Kabbalat Shabbat: 6 p.m. Candle Lighting: 6:33 p.m. Kol Nidre: Mincha/Hatarat Nedarim: 2:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. (Followed by Arvit) Candle Lighting: 6:19 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharit: 8 a.m. Sermon: 12 p.m. Presidents Message: 5 p.m. Neilah 6 p.m. (Followed by Arvit) Fast Ends: 7:21 p.m. Cost: Visiting adult relatives of EB members $100; $30 for under 18. Non-members $200 per seat. This price allows you to attend one or all of the 5772 holiday services.
Kol Nidre/Maariv: 6:25 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Yizkor: 11:30 a.m. Mincha/Neilah/Maariv: 4:45 p.m. Cost: No tickets required, non-member contributions appreciated Traditional Orthodox services led by Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld and Cantor Ari Goldwag from Israel.
Emanuel Congregation
Chabad House
Held at 4541 19th Ave. NE, Seattle Contact Rabbi Yechezkel Rapoport or Rabbi Elie Estrin at 206-387-3919 or 206-523-1359 or rabbi@evreyinseattle.org or chabaduw@earthlink.net, www.JewishUW.com, www.evreyinseattle.org Rosh Hashanah eve: Mincha/Maariv: 6:30 p.m., followed by light meal Rosh Hashanah day 1: Shacharis: 10 a.m., followed by kiddush lunch and Mincha and Tashlich Maariv: 7:38 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Shacharis: 10 a.m., followed by kiddush lunch and Mincha Kabbalat Shabbat/Maariv: 6:33 p.m. Shabbat haGadol: Shacharis: 10 a.m. (Followed by kiddush lunch and Mincha) Kol Nidre: Mincha/Kol Nidre/Maariv: 6:19 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharis: 9 a.m. Mincha/Neilah/Maariv: 5 p.m. (Followed by break-fast) Cost: Free Classic traditional services with plenty of songs, spirit, speed and explanations/ instructions in English and Russian.
Held at 3412 NE 65th St., Seattle Contact Jay Wang at 206-633-1762 or wangjay@aol.com, emanuelcongregation.org Selichot: 10:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. Yom Kippur: 9:30 a.m. (Includes Yizkor. Ends with Havdalah after sundown.) Cost: Free Services follow Ashkenazic Orthodox liturgy led by Chazan Boaz Pnini. As they are a partnership congregation, women participate in services.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: Childrens Service: 9 a.m. Main Service: 10:30 a.m. (child care provided please call to register followed by a brunch at the temple) Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Childrens service: 9 a.m. Main Service: 10:30 a.m. (child care provided) Afternoon study and meditation programs: 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Service: 3 p.m. Yizkor/Neilah Service: 5:15 p.m. Break-Fast Potluck: 6:30 p.m. Cost: Donations requested: $85 per day or night service, $285 for all four services; no donation required for under age 30 but call/ email to let them know you are coming. Rosh Hashanah services led by Rabbi David Fine. Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur services led by Rabbi Mark Glickman.
Kol HaNeshamah
Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch

Held at 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle Contact 206-527-1411 or info@chabadofseattle.org Rosh Hashanah eve: Shacharis/Hataros Nedarim: 7 a.m. Mincha/Maariv: 6:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Shacharis: 9 a.m. Mincha: 5:30 p.m., followed by Tashlich Maariv: 7:38 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Shacharis: 9 a.m. Kabbalat Shabbat/Mincha/Maariv: 6:33 p.m. Shabbat haGadol: Shacharis: 9 a.m. Mincha: 6 p.m., followed by Rabbi Levitins Shabbos haHagol Drasha. Kol Nidre: Mincha: 3:45 p.m. Kol Nidre/Maariv: 6:19 p.m. Yom Kippur: Shacharis: 9 a.m. Mincha/Neilah/Maariv: 5 p.m.
Chabad of the Central Cascades
Held at 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Contact Diana Black at 206-723-3028 Rosh Hashanah eve: Selihot: 5 a.m. Mincha/Arvit: 6:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 8 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 8 a.m. Kol Nidre: Mincha: 3:30 p.m. Noche de Kippur Service/Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: 7:30 a.m. Cost: Free. Please call to reserve your seat. Services are conducted in the traditional Sephardic custom in the style familiar to those of Turkish ancestry, occasionally utilizing the Ladino language in the liturgy.
Held at Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 Eighth Ave., Seattle Contact 206-935-1590 or www.kol-haneshamah.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9 a.m.1:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 610 p.m. Yom Kippur: 9 a.m.7 p.m. Cost: Free Kol HaNeshamah attracts many unaffiliated community members, averaging about 300 people per service.
Temple Beth Or
Held at 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd., Issaquah Contact www.chabadissaquah.com, 425-427-1654, or info@chabadissaquah.com Rosh Hashanah eve: Evening Services: 6:30 p.m. Candle Lighting: 6:36 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Morning Services: 9:30 a.m. Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m. Tashlich Service: 6:30 p.m. Evening Services: 7:30 p.m. Light Candles after: 7:38 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Services: 9:30 a.m. Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m. Light Candles before: 6:32 p.m. Evening Services: 7:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: Candle Lighting: 6:18 p.m. Fast Begins at: 6:36 p.m. Kol Nidre Services: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Services: 9:30 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Afternoon Service: 5:30 p.m. Neilah Closing Service: 6:30 p.m. Fast ends at: 7:20 p.m. Followed by light dinner by Seth and Sandy Basker Cost: Free. Advance reservations suggested.
REFORM
Bet Chaverim Community Synagogue of South King County
Held at 25701 14th Pl. S, Des Moines Contact 206-577-0403 or info@betchaverim.org, www.betchaverim.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m. (Tashlich Service follows) Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 10 a.m. Healing Service: 3 p.m. Yizkor: 4 p.m. Concluding service: 4:45 p.m. Cost: Suggested $50 donation per family per holiday Friendly congregation with rabbi, cantorial soloist, and spiritually moving music welcomes non-members to its Reform Judaism services.
Congregation Shevet Achim
Held at Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island Contact Greg Berretta at 206-275-1539 or info@shevetachim.com, www.shevetachim.com Selichot: 11 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Sounding of Shofar: 10:45 a.m. Mincha, followed by Tashlich: 6:25 p.m. Maariv: 7:40 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Shacharit: 8:30 a.m. Sounding of Shofar: 10:45 a.m. Mincha and Kabbalat Shabbat Shuvah: 6:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: Selichot Services: 6:30 a.m. Shacharit: 7 a.m. Mincha: 3 p.m.
Held at 3215 Lombard Ave., Everett Contact Terri Schweigert at 425-259-7125 or office@templebethor.org, www.templebethor.org Selichot: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 pm Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 10 a.m. Childrens Programming: 2:30 p.m. Tashlich: 3:45 p.m. at Everett public boat launch Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 10 a.m. Text Study: 1 p.m. Childrens Programming: 3 p.m. Yizkor and Neilah: 46:30 p.m. Cost: $200 for all services. Only Erev Rosh Hashanah and Rosh Hashanah Day, $125. Only Kol Nidre and Yom Kippur Day, $125. They are a welcoming, participatory Reform congregation led by Rabbi Jessica Marshall. Cantorial Soloist Celia Cohen joins the temple for High Holy Day services.
Temple Bnai Torah
Congregation Kol Ami
Held at Bear Creek Methodist Church, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Contact Anthony Goldin at 425-844-1604 or admin@kolaminw.org, www.kolaminw.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. (Oneg following)
Held at Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue Contact 425-603-9677 Selichot: Jointly conducted with Temple De Hirsch Sinai. Service at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle at 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: Contemporary Service: 5 p.m. Traditional Service: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Traditional Service: 9 a.m. Youth Service (1-5 grade): 9 a.m. Teen Service (6-12 grade): 9 a.m. Contemporary Service: 12:30 p.m. Childrens and Family Service: 3:15 p.m. Shaarei Tikvah Service at TDHS, Seattle: 4 p.m. Tashlich at Phantom Lake: 4:15 p.m.
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the Jewish federation of Greater Seattle works to ensure a vibrant Jewish community that is connected locally, in israel and worldwide. the role of the Jewish federation of Greater Seattle is to support and stimulate innovative and impactful programs that address community needs and drive collaboration among a diverse set of stakeholders, resulting in a dynamic community offering vibrant expressions of Jewish life. how: Visit www.JewishinSeattle.org/donatenow to make your gift today, or call 206-443-5400. You can choose to designate your gift to the Sustaining our community fund, supporting a broad range of programs throughout the community. or, you are now able to select one or more of the impact and priority areas shown below that reflect your personal passions. what is it you care most about? the Jewish federation is your place to give tzedakah and make a difference for the future of our Jewish community.
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2012 Community Celebration and Campaign Kickoff

McCaw Hall/Seattle Center 5-8:15 pm
Special Recognition: Herb & Lucy Pruzan, Dedicated Community Leaders
Add your voice to the many who will be singing along with us at the 2012 Community Celebration and Campaign Kickoff. Join the party to celebrate your Jewish community and launch the new face of the Federation.
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Kol Nidre: Contemporary Service: 5 p.m. Traditional Service: 8 p.m. Yom Kippur: Traditional Service: 9 a.m. Youth Service (1-5 grade): 9 a.m. Teen Service (6-12 grade): 9 a.m. Contemporary Service: 12:30 p.m. Yom Kippur Study Sessions: 1 p.m. Childrens and Family Service: 3:15 p.m. Mincha Service: 4 p.m. Yizkor: 5 p.m. Neilah Concluding Service: 6 p.m. Congregational Break-Fast: 7 p.m.
Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Held at 1441 16th Ave., Seattle and 3850 156th Ave. SE, Bellevue Contact Wendy Dessenberger at 206-3238486 or wdessenberger@tdhs-nw.org, www.tdhs-nw.org Selichot: Joint service with Temple Bnai Torah at Seattle campus: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m., both campuses Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m., both campuses Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m., both campuses Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Yizkor and Neilah: 3 p.m., both campuses Cost: Non-member tickets available at $65 per service per person or all four services for $225 per person. Family services on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur at 1:30 p.m. at Seattle and Bellevue campuses free and open to the public.
Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:30 p.m. Jconnect and Undergrad Dinner: 7:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Traditional Egalitarian Service: 9:30 a.m. Liberal Service: 10 a.m. Apple and honey receptions will follow each service. Kol Nidre: Traditional Egalitarian Service: 6:15 p.m. Liberal Service: 7:15 p.m. Yom Kippur: Traditional Egalitarian Service: 10 a.m. Liberal Service: 11 a.m. Yizkor (Memorial Service): 1 p.m. Yom Kippur Afternoon Activities: 2:30 p.m. Mincha (afternoon service): 5:15 p.m. Learning: 6:15 p.m. Neilah (concluding service): 7 p.m. Break-Fast Meal: 8 p.m. Guests are invited to bring a shofar and join them for shofar blowing. Hillel UW offers both traditional egalitarian and liberal services led by Rabbi Oren J. Hayon, Greenstein Family Executive Director, Rabbi Jacob Fine, and Rabbi Stuart Light. All services will include opportunities for prayer, singing, study and reflection. Cost: Reservations required. Student reservations are always free, Jconnect and community reservations are by donation.
Held at Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle Contact Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org, www.jfsseattle.org Rosh Hashanah day 1: 46 p.m. Cost: Free Non-denominational service and celebration for persons of all abilities, Kosher dietary laws observed. Advance registration encouraged.
Services led by Rabbi Mark Glickman, Rabbi David Fine and Cantorial Soloist Laura Cannon.
Paths to Awakening
Congregation Tikvah Chadashah
Held at a members home in Seattle call for more information Contact Jack Fackerell at 206-355-1414 or ctc@tikvahchadashah.org, www.tikvahchadashah.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m. Kol Nidre: 8 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 10:30 a.m. Yizkor: 4:30 p.m. Neilah: 6 p.m. Cost: Free Congregation Tikvah Chadashah is Puget Sounds GLBTQ Chavurah. Services are lay-led in an informal atmosphere. All are welcome.
Held at Alderbrook Resort, Hood Canal Contact Ruth Neuwald Falcon at RabbiTedFalcon@gmail.com, www.rabbitedfalcon.com Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning worship: 10:30 a.m., break at 1 p.m. Healing: 2 p.m., break at 3:30 p.m. Concluding worship: 4:30 p.m. Break-Fast: 7 p.m. Closing session: Sun., Oct. 9, 10 a.m.12 p.m. Cost: Program fee $170 (includes Break-Fast meal on Saturday); Friday and Saturday accommodations (double or single occupancy) $231 in shared two-bedroom cabin or $351 for lodge room (limited space remaining). A non-traditional, spiritually focused Yom Kippur weekend retreat with Rabbi Ted Falcon, Stephen Merritt, Marcie Howard and Jenny Heutmaker.
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Congregation Beth Israel
Held at: Leopold Ballroom, 1224 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham unless otherwise noted Contact Mary Somerville at 360-733-8890 or bishul@aol.com, www.bethisraelbellingham.org Selichot: Study session: 8 p.m. Havdalah/Selichot at Beth Israel Synagogue, 2200 Broadway, Bellingham: 9 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. Family Service: 2:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Service at Beth Israel: 9:30 a.m. Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. Family Service: 1:30 p.m. Restorative Prayer and Healing Service: 3 p.m. Afternoon Service, Yizkor and Neilah: 4 p.m. (Break-Fast meal will follow) Cost (does not apply to Selichot service): All non-member guests may purchase tickets at a cost of $180 per person (adult). Services led by Rabbi Cindy Enger and Cantor Sharona Feller, with music from Beth Israels adult and youth vocal ensembles. Advance reservations required, even for complimentary tickets.
The Kavana Cooperative
Temple Beth Am
Held at Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle Contact Kara Hardman at 206-525-0915 or temple@templebetham.org, www.templebetham.org Selichot: 8 p.m. Dessert: 8:30 p.m. Havdalah followed by program: 9:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 8:30 and 11:45 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Services: 8:30 and 11:45 a.m. Healing Service: 11:30 a.m. Teen Service: 11:45 a.m. Childrens Service: 2:45 p.m. (6 years and younger, no tickets needed) Afternoon Yizkor, concluding: 3:45 p.m. Break-Fast: 7 p.m. Cost: Non-members $225 for all services; $65 for a single service; $60 students, all services; $30 student, single service; $90 seniors, all services; $40 seniors, single service. Temple Beth Am gathers as a community to celebrate creation, and to find renewal and redemption during this holy and inspiring season.
Held in Queen Anne, please contact for address Contact Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum or Liz Thompson at info@kavana.org, kavana.org Please contact for service times. Rosh Hashanah eve: Services and dinner Rosh Hashanah day 1: Full array of services, including family programming, shofar service, and Tashlich Rosh Hashanah day 2: Services Kol Nidre: Memorial candle-lighting and cello: 6 p.m. Services: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning: Services, Family Programming, Yizkor Afternoon: Gentle yoga, Book of Jonah study/ discussion Evening: Neilah (closing) service and final shofar blast 7:19 p.m. Cost: $180 per person for non-partners, $18 per person for Kavana partners. Deeply rooted in tradition (Hebrew liturgy) and user-friendly (with space for individual meditation, personal reflection, and community discussion). Please visit their website for specific times and more information about services, and auxiliary High Holiday programming.
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Congregation Beth Hatikvah
Held at 1410 11th St., Bremerton Contact Petra Masellas at 360-373-9844 or cbhcommunication@gmail.com, www.beth-hatikvah.org Selichot: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 9:30 a.m. (Tashlich service and dairy potluck to follow) Youth service: 9:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9:30 a.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. (followed by Yizkor) Afternoon Service and Neilah: 4:30 p.m. Break-Fast: 6:30 p.m. (dairy potluck) Cost: $75 recommended donation per person for non-members. All services are led by Rabbi Sarah Newmark and cantorial soloist Emily Katcher.
Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound
Congregation Kol Shalom
STUDENTS/MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL/ LgBTQ/SPECIAL NEEDS/SENIORS/ HUMANISTIC

Hillel Foundation at the University of Washington/ Jconnect Seattle
Held at Karen Mayers Gamoran Family Center for Jewish Life, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle Contact Silver at 206-527-1997 or www.hilleluw.org/highholidays
Contact for Seattle location Contact 206-528-1944 or info@secularjewishcircle.org, www.secularjewishcircle.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7-9 p.m. Kol Nidre: 7-9 p.m. Cost: Call or email for details. Join Secular Jewish Circle at their non-theistic Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre events.
Shaarei Tikvah: Gates of Hope A Celebration of Rosh Hashanah for People of All Abilities
Co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service, the Seattle Association for Jews with Disabilities, Temple Bnai Torah, and Temple De Hirsch Sinai
Held at Congregation Kol Shalom, 9010 Miller Rd., Bainbridge Island Contact Martha Hathaway at 206-842-9010 or admin@kolshalom.net, www.kolshalom.net Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Childrens Service: 9 a.m. Morning Service: 10 a.m. (Tashlich immediately following) Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Childrens Service: 9 a.m. Morning Service: 10 a.m. Study Session: 2 p.m. Yitzkor: 5 p.m. (followed by Neilah, Havdalah, and community Break-Fast) Cost: Tickets included with membership; visiting family of members $75 per person, $150 per family; $250 per person for nonmembers/general public.
OLyMPIA
Chabad Jewish Discovery Center
Held at The Chabad Jewish Discovery Center, 1611 Legion Way SE, Olympia (Rosh Hashanah); The Phoenix Inn, 415 Capitol Way N, Olympia (Yom Kippur) Contact Rabbi Cheski Edelman at 360-584-4306 or info@jewisholympia.com, www.JewishOlympia.com Selichot: 10 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 9 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Services: 9 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Afternoon Service: 4:30 p.m.
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Neilah Closing Service: 6 p.m. Fast Ends at: 7:24 p.m. (Followed by light refreshments) Join them for an easy-to-follow service in a warm and friendly atmosphere. Traditional services using Hebrew-English prayer books, with commentary and explanations provided by the rabbi during the service. No background or affiliation necessary.
Congregation Bnai Torah
Held at 3437 Libby Rd. NE, Olympia Contact Rabbi Jaron Matlow at 360-951-8899 or jmatlow@yahoo.com, www.bnai-torah-olympia.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 9 a.m. Evening Service: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: 9 a.m. Kol Nidre: Mincha: 5:30 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 9:30 a.m. Mincha: 4:30 p.m. Neilah: 5:15 p.m. Cost: Free This is a traditional, egalitarian service using the Silverman Machzor. They are a small crowd but have great energy.
Rosh Hashanah day 1: Childrens Service: 9:30 a.m. Torah Service: 10 a.m. Noon Break: Brown bag lunch/beverages provided Tashlich Services: 1 p.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Group Discussion: 34 p.m. Memorial and Concluding Services: 4 p.m. (followed by Break-Fast dairy potluck) Cost: Recommended $100, no one will be turned away due to inability to pay. All are welcome to join them in services led by student rabbi Miriam Farber and cantorial soloist Susan Windham.
Temple Beth El
Temple Beth Shalom
PORT TOWNSEND
Bet Shira
Held at St. Pauls Episcopal Church, Jefferson and Tyler, Uptown Port Townsend Contact Barry Lerich at 360-379-3042 or betshira@yahoo.com, www.betshira.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Yizkor: 4:30 p.m. Closing: 5:30 p.m. (closing followed by dairy/ vegetarian potluck Break-Fast) Cost: Free All services are conducted by lay leaders and generally follow Reform/Conservative guidelines.
Held at 1322 E 30th, Spokane Contact Rabbi Michael Goldstein at mgoldstein@spokanetbs.org, www.spokanetbs.org Selichot: Refreshments: 10:30 p.m. Selichot Service: 11:15 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Morning Service: 8 a.m. Youth Service, Gan Rachel3rd: 10:30 a.m. Youth Service, 4th7th Grades: 11:30 a.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Service: 8 a.m. Erev Shabbat Service: 5:45 p.m. Evening Service: 6:45 p.m. Kol Nidre: Yom Kippur Evening Service/Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 9 a.m. Youth Service, Gan Rachel3rd: 10:30 a.m. Youth Service, 4th7th Grades: 11:30 a.m. Yizkor: 1:15 p.m. Holy Day Discussion: 4:30 p.m. Mincha and Neilah: 5 p.m. Havdalah/Shofar/Break-Fast: 7 p.m.
Held at 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma Contact Rebecca Farley at 253-564-7101 or info@templebethel18.org, www.templebethel18.org Selichot: Program: 7:30 p.m. Selichot Service: 9:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah eve: Family Service: 5 p.m. Tot Service: 6 p.m. Main Service: 8 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Family Service: 9 a.m. Morning Service: 10:30 a.m. Tashlich Service at Owen Beach: 1:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Kol Nidre: Family Service: 5 p.m. Tot Service: 6 p.m. Main Service: 8 p.m. Yom Kippur: Family Service: 9 a.m. Morning Service: 10:30 a.m. Study Session: 1:30 p.m. Afternoon Service: 3 p.m. Yizkor/Neilah Services: 4:30 p.m. Cost: $300 for individual or $500 for family; free if current members of another synagogue, with a letter of reciprocity from that synagogue.
Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. Shofar Blowing: 11:30 a.m. Kol Nidre: 6:15 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. Childrens program: 11 a.m.1 p.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: 11:30 a.m. Mincha/NeilahClosing Service: 5:15 p.m. Final Shofar Blowing/Break-Fast: 7:22 p.m. Cost: No cost, reservations appreciated
WALLA WALLA
Congregation Beth Israel
Held at Congregation Beth Israel, 1202 E Alder St., Walla Walla Contact Jennifer Winchell at winchelljennifer@yahoo.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m., followed by oneg Rosh Hashanah day: 10 a.m., followed by oneg Tashlich ceremony: 3 p.m., Lakum Dukum, Whitman Campus Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning service, 10 a.m. Other services and events to be announced. If you find yourself in Walla Walla for the High Holy Days, please join them for services.
TRI-CITIES
Congregation Beth Sholom
Held at 312 Thayer Dr., Richland Contact Tikva Glantz at 509-627-0697 or info@richland.uscjhost.net, richland.uscjhost.net Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Main Service: 9:30 a.m. Childrens Service: 10 a.m. Tashlich: 5 p.m. at Lee Blvd. and Columbia River at Howard Amon Park Evening Service: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Main Service: 9:30 a.m. Dairy Potluck and Shabbat Services (call or email for details): 6 p.m. Kol Nidre: 6 p.m. Yom Kippur: Main Service: 9:30 a.m. Childrens Service: 10 a.m. Yizkor: 11 a.m. Ask the Rabbi: 4 p.m. Concluding Services: 5:15 p.m. Community Break-the-fast: 7 p.m. Cost: Free Rabbi Jack Izakson (formerly of Temple Beth Shalom, Spokane) will lead High Holiday services. Mid-Columbia Jews and visitors welcome.
WHIDBEy ISLAND
Whidbey Island Jewish Community
Held at The Whidbey Institute at Chinook Contact Ruth Neuwald Falcon at RabbiTedFalcon@gmail.com, www.rabbitedfalcon.com, wijc.wordpress.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10:30 a.m. Cost: Program fee $85 (includes lunch on Thursday); limited overnight spaces available for an additional $89. A non-traditional, meditative celebration of the universal, spiritual energies of Rosh Hashanah. Led by Rabbi Ted Falcon, with Stephen Merritt.
TACOMA
Chabad of Pierce County
Held at the Professional Development Center Auditorium (Adjacent to Skyline Elementary School), 6501 N 23rd St., Tacoma Contact Rabbi Zalman Heber at 253-565-8770 or rabbi@ChabadPierceCounty.com, www.ChabadPierceCounty.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Morning Service: 9 a.m. Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m. Tashlich Service at Titlow Beach: 4:30 p.m. Evening Services: 7 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 2: Morning Service: 9 a.m. Shofar Sounding: 11:30 a.m. Evening Services: 7 p.m. Kol Nidre: 7 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning Service: 10 a.m. Yizkor Memorial Service: 12 p.m. Minchah and Neilah Closing Service: 5 p.m. Fast Ends at: 7:21 p.m. (Followed by a BreakFast meal) Cost: Free Hebrew/English prayer books, warm and friendly atmosphere, no background or affiliation necessary, traditional and contemporary services, special childrens program. Advance reservations are suggested.
Whidbey Island Jewish Community
PULLMAN
Jewish Community of the Palouse, Washington State University Hillel
Held at Unitarian Universalist Church, 420 E 2nd St., Moscow, Idaho Contact Myron Schreck at 208-882-0971 or schreck2020@msn.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 6:45 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Call for times Kol Nidre: 6:45 p.m. Yom Kippur: Morning service: Call for times Concluding Service: 5 p.m. (with a Yizkor service) Final Shofar blast: 6:30 p.m. (followed by a potluck Break-Fast.) Cost: Free
Held at the Freeland Park Boat Launch on Holmes Harbor Contact Susan Bennett, wijc.wordpress.com Rosh Hashanah day 2: Tashlich: 5 p.m. Mincha: 7:19 p.m. Bread will be provided.
yAKIMA
Temple Shalom
Held at 1517 Browne Ave. Yakima Contact Paula Glazer Vornbrock at 509-966-1261 or yakimatemple@gmail.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: 10 a.m. (Tashlich service will follow) Kol Nidre: 7:30 p.m. Yom Kippur: 10 a.m., resuming at 4 p.m. Cost: Free High Holy Day services will be led by Student Rabbi Molly Plotnik using the Reform machzor.
VANCOUVER, WA
Chabad of Clark County
Held at the Chabad Jewish Center, 9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320, Vancouver Contact Rabbi Shmulik Greenberg at 360993-5222 or info@JewishClarkCounty.com, www.JewishClarkCounty.com Rosh Hashanah eve: 6 p.m. Rosh Hashanah day 1: Morning Service: 9:30 a.m. Shofar Blowing: 11:30 a.m. Educational Childrens Program: 11:30 a.m. Family Service, Tashlich Waterfront Services and Rosh Hashanah food tasting: 5:30 p.m.
SPOKANE
Congregation Emanu-El
Held at Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 West Fort Wright Dr., Spokane Contact 509-835-5050 or info@spokaneemanu-el.org, spokaneemanu-el.org Rosh Hashanah eve: 7:30 p.m. (Oneg to follow)
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Op-Ed: Parents can help raise Jewish children even once theyre away at college
hERShEy novAcK Jta World news service
ST. LOUIS (JTA) American Jews are known for the emphasis they place on academic success. Jewish professors populate Americas universities, and, respectively, Jewish doctors, lawyers and politicians help fill the nations hospitals, law firms and legislatures. At the core of this success are generations of American Jewish parents who have encouraged their children to focus, work hard and succeed from kindergarten through college and graduate school. College in particular is a formative time for students Jewish identities. In a widely publicized essay written in 1968 for the journal Judaism, Rabbi Yitz Greenberg wrote, By and large, college is a disaster area for Judaism, Jewish loyalty, and Jewish identity. More recently, in a 2006 study for the Avi Chai Foundation, Brandeis University researchers found that, In the soup of the college experience, Jewish students are making religious choices, and these are often decisions to do less, not more. Similar sentiments can be expressed about college students connections to Israel, though that is another matter. No magic bullet exists to quickly and cheaply reverse this phenomenon. But parents can play a vital role in helping students their children maintain a connection to Judaism by setting an example of Jewish involvement and by partnering with the agencies that bring Jewish life directly to young people. A Jewish parents relationship with a child is so sacred that it is codified in the Ten Commandments, requiring children to respect their mothers and fathers. But just as it is the childrens duty to respect their parents, so, too, is it the parents responsibility to raise their children. Jewish education works best when it reinforces deep, rooted values established by parents. Ideally, parents should begin educating their children at birth; however, they can begin at any age, and even after the children are off at college. In todays hyperconnected world, students studying at schools across the country are just a phone call or a video chat away. Using technology, parents can model Jewish living from home while still allowing their children the space to grow up. Before children head off to college, parents often engage their children in various coming-of-age discussions. Parents must have a similar conversation about Jewish values and observances a discussion in which they articulate expectations and hopes that too often are left unsaid. Of course, such a conversation carries more weight when parents walk the walk by serving as role models of Jewish living. Parents can also support their college students by sending them care packages associated with Jewish holidays and themes. Some synagogues already do this, but when these gifts come from home, they carry that much more intergenerational meaning and educational value. Universities have evolved to become more inclusive in the services they offer to students whether from a psychological or career counselor, a resident adviser or even a campus rabbi. Instead of only supervising a universitys kosher food or facilitating prayer services, campus Jewish groups have broadened their reach to serve as much of the Jewish student community as possible. Far from being a place of refuge for a few committed Jewish students, these organizations have developed programs to reach out to all those seeking meaning in their Judaism. The challenge is to reach all Jewish students not just those who are already inclined to participate. The goal must be to show Jews of all stripes and backgrounds that within Judaisms incredible depth and breadth is something more than just something, even that could interest them. If parents want their children to have a close connection with Jewish life on campus, they should connect with the campus Jewish mentors who are there 24/7 for students. Just as parents support their childrens secular education, it is imperative that parents also support their childrens Jewish education at college by providing financial support to Jewish organizations there. This will also help to create a culture of Jewish involvement from the home to the campus. These ideas, when delivered to young people with a bit of space and a lot of love, can resonate during college and long after.
Rabbi Hershey Novack is the director of the Chabad on Campus - Rohr Center for Jewish Life at Washington University in St. Louis.
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sunday 11 september short stories Live: The Jewish imagination, part 2 performance After last years success comes round two of the Jewish literary imagination. This years lineup includes Bernard Malamuds The Angel Levine, about main character Manischewitzs interactions with Angel Levine, a Jewish black man/angel who teaches him about brotherhood and colorblindness; Isaac Bashevis Singers Getzel the Monkey, which exemplifies the writers recurring theme of the rift between old and new worlds; and Nathan Englanders stunning breakout, For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. Each of these legendary writers brings a distinct Yiddishkeit voice to the stage that pulls from old-world folklore and new-world challenges. Christine Sumption directs Seattle actors David Silverman, Anthony Fuller, Julie Briskman and Chris Ensweiler. At Town Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $13, $10 for Town Hall members, students and seniors in advance, and $15/$13 at the door. Order through Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006. ACT members can reserve through ACTPass and Charter Membership by calling 206-292-7676. For more information visit townhallseattle.org. september 14 at 7 p.m. Are comics the most Jewish medium? Talk American-Israeli comic artist Miriam Libicki will speak about the graphic novels deep roots in Jewish tradition. Jewish artists in particular have used comics as a channel for personal expression, from Art Spiegelmans Maus graphic novels to Will Eisners Contract with God. Libicki, the creator of Jobnik!, Towards a Hot Jew, ceasefire, fierce ease, and Jewish Memoir Goes Pow! Zap! Oy!, will discuss comic books, their challenge to the prohibition against graven images, and their role in fostering Jewish artistic traditions. At the Peretz Centre for Secular Jewish Culture, 6184 Ash St., Vancouver, BC. For more information contact Jewish Museum & Archives of BC at info@jewishmuseum.ca or call 604-257-5199.
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september 16 Chasing Madoff film opening Produced by the Cohen Media Group, Chasing Madoff follows Harry Markopolos and his investigative team for 10 years as they try to crack historys biggest Ponzi scheme. Subtitled Unfortunately, based on a true story, this docu-thriller recounts a decade of pieced-together clues collected on white-collar criminals that eventually led to Madoff. Too bad no one listened to Markopolos, which is how he went on to write a book, No One Would Listen, upon which the film is based. At Landmark Varsity Theatre. For more information visit www.landmarktheatres.com or cohenmedia.net.
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september 18 at 7:30 p.m. hirsh Goodman: The future of israel Talk Hirsh Goodman, Israeli journalist, security expert and author of The Anatomy of Israels Survival, will give a strategic state of the nation. Goodman will address the inaccuracy of the question, Will Israel survive? He has no doubt Israel will survive rather, he asks, What kind of Israel will that be? At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $5 and available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door starting at 6 p.m. For more information visit townhallseattle.org or call 206-652-4255.
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september 19 at 7 p.m. ilan papp and Mark rosenblum: palestine at the United nations potentially inflammatory discussion Ilan Papp, an Israeli new historian, one-state-solution advocate and author of The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, along with Mark Rosenblum, founder of Americans for Peace Now, will give a talk on Confronting the Israel-Palestine Question: Elusive Answers, Enduring Hope. Presented by the Episcopal Bishops Committee on Israel/Palestine. At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $15 and available through Brown Paper Tickets or at the door starting at 6 p.m., which is when the book signing begins. For more information visit townhallseattle.org or call 206-652-4255.
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Watching the block in Seward Park

mARtin JAffEE Jtnews Columnist
In case you dont know, Seward Park has been in the midst of a crime wave. You wont read about it in the Seattle Times because, unless youve been affected by it, its hardly news. But consider this information from the Seattle Police Department: In the 30 day period before and after Memorial Day, there were 19 reports of household thefts involving breaking and entering. And perhaps as many reports of car prowling. Things have slowed down a bit since then, but reported incidents occur often enough to make everyone jittery. In fact ,the two most recent break-in attempts occurred after midnight, with families asleep in their homes a disturbing departure from the earlier midday robberies with no one at home. Some readers may remember a column I wrote about this problem a few years ago. So the bad news is that the problem is still with us. Maybe its getting worse. Its hard to tell. But, thank God, there is also something good to report, as well. First of all, despite initial concerns (exacerbated by the swastika incident of autumn 2009), Jewish homes are not being targeted. Judging from reliable information, the plague of thefts is, like a natural disaster, blind to religion and race. So the problem is real, but at least its not about us. Which brings me to the second piece of good news. That is, quite simply, this time there is a unified neighborhood response. It includes about 100 households representing all members of our ethnically and religiously diverse community. Some ambitious folks have managed to organize, under the guidance of the SPD, the Graham Hill Neighborhood Block Watch. It has now joined many other Seattle neighborhoods in promoting some simple security-minded steps to make the neighborhood as a whole less bad-guy friendly, as well as a web-based communications network that promises homeowners much more peace of mind when we leave our homes unattended for work or lengthier summer vacations. Heres an example of how it works. One morning at work, my wife Charla received a call from our alarm company. Our system had registered a breach of some sort that might indicate a break-in. I immediately notified our Block Watchs Yahoo group of the information. By the time I arrived home from my U-district office an hour after the alarm, four neighbors had beaten me (and the SPD!) and were awaiting my arrival. It turns out, happily I guess, that one of our three cats (probably the fat white one) had triggered the alarm. But at least these cat burglars were not making off with our laptops, flatscreen, or kiddush cups! While the problem hasnt gone away and probably wont the difference now is that homeowners feel empowered to protect each other. Instead of sitting around like a bunch of Seward Park geese awaiting the neighborhood coyote, we can support each other in a way that really counts. Just last night a neighbor called to tell me that she noticed the light on in my car. Is everything okay? she asked. There was no foul play, but at least it spared me a dead battery in the morning! Sure, its a great feeling to know that our neighbors are aware of our own comings and goings and willing to go out of their way when they see something unusual. But, as far as Im concerned, the biggest pleasure is taking pride in how our own Orthodox Jewish community has taken a prominent role among the Block Watchs organizers and facilitators. A Jewish home served as the venue for the groups very first organizational meeting, and the BCMH synagogue has hosted two large follow-up meetings of up to 70 neighbors. For many folks, these meetings constituted a first opportunity to encounter neighbors of other faiths and races over questions of common concern beyond the needs of simple courtesy. You could see this at our August 2 block party this year, synchronized with the national Night Out. Falling during the much-dreaded first Nine Days of Av a time during which the participation of Jews in frivolous public events is severely discouraged I was concerned that observant Jews would stay away and convey an impression of disinterest in the larger community. Not so! A kosher table, prepared by observant Jewish neighbors, joined the other tables laden with food and drink, lining South Morgan Street in front of BCMH. Although the mayor never made his promised appearance, his absence was more than compensated for by BCMHs jovial president, pressing the flesh and jawboning with the neighbors as if contemplating another term! The street was
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By Eric Miller, QFC Public Affairs Specialist QFCs Check Stand Charity of the Month Program raises funds for local non-profit organizations and also is designed to help educate our customers and the community about the great work that is being done right here in Western Washington. This summer, our customers have really shown their support by raising almost $15,000 for the Boys and Girls Clubs in June, over $24,000 for the USO in July and by making significant donations to Seattle Childrens Hospital in August. Beginning September 4th, QFC is partnering with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) as our Check Stand Charity of the Month. LLS is the worlds largest voluntary health agency dedicated to blood cancer. It funds lifesaving blood cancer research around the world and provides free information and support services. With Light the Night Walks coming up in Anchorage, Seattle and South Sound, this is the perfect opportunity to provide more information about the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and how you can help donate to their mission when you visit your neighborhood QFC. Blood cancers are diseases of the blood, bone marrow, and/or lymphatic systems. They include leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and myeloma. Leukemia is the most common cancer among children and young adults under 20. In fact, The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society was founded in New York City in 1949 by Rudolph and Antoinette de Villiers after the death of their son Robert from leukemia. Today, with the help of major fundraising campaigns, including Team in Training, the worlds largest endurance sports training program, and Light the Night Walk, LLS has awarded more than $750 million in research funding since the first funding in 1954. This September, QFC will offer several ways you can help support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society:
n We have $1, $5, and $10 Scan cards at each check stand. Simply hand a card
n We have coin boxes at each check stand. n We offer a 3-cent credit to customers for every bag they bring in to reuse
while shopping in our stores. Customers may choose to keep this 3 cent credit and have it applied to their bill, or they may designate it for donation by QFC on their behalf. In 2010, we raised and donated over $45,000 through this program, 3 cents at a time! QFC is proud to support the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, and we hope that you will join us in that support this September! Thank you!
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Eric Miller is the Public Affairs Specialist for QFC. He can be reached at eric.miller@qfci.com or 425-990-6182.
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Jewish on earth
Act Your Age

by Andrew Marc Greene
This Weeks Wisdom
the people of sustainable impact: take two

mARtin wEStERmAn Jtnews Columnist
In summer of 2006, I asked a highly placed Israeli source this question: Whats with Olmert? New Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was botching the Lebanon war, relations with the territories and his Kadima partys coalition, as well as facing criminal indictment. The sources resigned reply: We work with what weve got. That reply sounded both realistic and defeatist. Realistically, in any given situation, we each do the best we can with what weve got. And if we believe this is the best we can do, then it follows that were always at our best. Which is where I found the hapless Olmert. We can also defeatedly whine about results, saying, This is all weve got to work with. What did you expect? In other words, we deserve to end up like this, we didnt achieve anything, and its not any one persons fault especially not mine. In this, we see more than a difference between glass-half-empty vs. glass-halffull folks. We see the difference between humans who will be able to get themselves out of serious political and environmental trouble, and humans who wont. People are now making wars all over the world. High-profit technologies, such as genetically modified foods, nanotechnology and laser uranium enrichment are being advanced without regard for their consequences. Politicians and their supporters are screaming at each other rather than conversing. And human-created gases and pollutants have re-ordered our planets seasons and cycles in ways weve never seen before. This new form of earth is what weve got to work with now. And I believe our only way forward is to dedicate ourselves to tikkun olam healing the earth, and those who live on it. Theres no better time to embrace healing than now, as our children return from idealistic weeks at summer camps. Lets reinforce their idealism, and assure them of a peaceful future on a healthy planet not use fatalistic excuses to betray their expectations and trust. The strategy is straightforward. As Bill McKibben notes in his book, Eaarth, well have to live differently now on this different planet. Fortunately, weve already begun shrinking fossil fuel use and meat production, and boosting resource efficiency, alternative energy and organic farming. We must continue these actions, but you may be surprised at how familiar these steps already sound: 1. Plan car trips to combine errands with commutes, and use high-MPG vehicles. 2. Use the car less. Instead, share one, ride the bus, walk or bike. 3. Use earth-friendly cleaners at home, work, school and camp. 4. Only use and buy Energy Star or better electronics, appliances, heaters and air conditioners. 5. Conserve water with low-flow faucets, toilets, and appliances, and metered landscape irrigation. 6. Use low-wattage lighting. 7. Use a clothesline for drying. 8. Share more through Zeitgeist (www. zeitgeist-movement.org), the Venus Project (www.thevenusproject.com), Neighborrow (beta.neighborrow.com) and other alternative economic structures. 9. Grow your own organic vegetables and fruits, without fossil fuel garden or landscape chemicals. 10. Support local agriculture, through CSAs (community supported agriculture), farmers markets, natural foods supermarkets, and slow food activities. 11. Support your local economy: get your mortgage and other loans from community banks or credit unions, join cooperative enterprises, shop locally, and volunteer in your community. 12. Remodel and build green. If you shop at chain stores, buy from ones that sell healthful products. For example, Trader Joes sources all its products from non-GMO ingredients; Safeway and Kroger are pricing organic products competitively against conventional products; Pharmaca (www.pharmaca.com) provides a healthy pharmacy alternative; and membership-based Costco and REI are always responsive to member input. A world without burning fossil fuels is healthier, quieter, and smells fresher
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The command Act your age! is widely viewed as a negative one, as if age is just a number. That may be true, but the book Pirkei Avot has good advice as to what you should try to accomplish by the time you reach certain years of life. For example, the book says you should start your studies by age 10. The bold entries show what you might strive to achieve at each of the successive decades.
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Candlelighting times september 2 ........................7:31 p.m. september 9 ........................7:17 p.m. september 16 ......................7:03 p.m. september 23 ..................... 6:48 p.m. SAtuRdAy
Takes place in the newly opened Kesher garden. RSVP required. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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1111:30 a.m. tot shabbat

Irit Eliav at iriteliav@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075, ext. 2503 or bethshalomseattle.org Children ages 03 (and their parents) are invited to a fun Shabbat morning tot-friendly service on the first Shabbat of the month. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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79 p.m. First night of Hebrew High

Amy Hilzman-Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org A variety of courses are offered, including Hebrew language, culinary arts, Krav Maga, as well as SAT prep, drivers ed and more. Free. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 78:30 p.m. Keeping Judaism alive
Michael Wardlow at MichaelW@JewishInSeattle.org or 206-443-5400 Share an evening of Torah learning and discussion with Rabbi Sholom Ber Levitin from Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch, who will discuss how to keep Judaism alive for young adults once they leave high school or college and begin creating their own homes. At a private residence; call for location. 1011:30 a.m. taming transition times
Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0829 or www.sjcc.org Join longtime parent educator and early childhood education instructor Vicki Smolke in this timely discussion during the first few days of the new school year. Discuss transitions and routines for parents and children. $10. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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10:30 a.m.12 p.m. pJ library song and story time

Amy Hilzman-Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org or www.facebook.com/pjlibraryseattle Music, singing and storytelling with the PJ Library and Jeff Stombaugh. Come for the songs and story and stay for activities and playgroup fun. Free. At Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 8th Ave. NE, Seattle. 6:309:30 p.m. southern Fried and sanctified
Giti Fredman at gitifredman@gmail.com or 206-935-4035 or on.fb.me/oHB44F Sanctify Shabbat and join a rockin Kabbalat Shabbat service and southern fried chicken. At West Seattle Torah Learning Center, Seattle. Call for address. 7:309 p.m. nishmat shabbat
Shellie Oakley at info@betalef.org or 206-577-2391 or www.betalef.org Bet Alef teachers share their passion for meditation, mystical chant and the deeper transformational messages of Jewish tradition. Silent and guided Jewish meditations, ecstatic chanting and dancing, and Judaisms non-dual spiritual teachings are offered throughout the evening. $10 donation. At Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th Ave. W, Seattle.
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6:308 p.m. sJCC annual meeting

MWirth@sjcc.org or 206-388-1998 or www.sjcc.org
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510 p.m. parents night out

Josh Johnson at JoshJ@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Parents can hit the town while the kids spend a fun evening at the SJCC. Kids make new friends and see all old ones, and enjoy open swim time, dinner, dessert, and an evening movie. $25$45. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 8 p.m.12 a.m. nCsy puyallup Fair trip
Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com or seattlencsy.com As part of Seattle NCSYs kickoff weekend, there will be a Saturday night trip to the Puyallup Fair. A bus will take teens to the fair and return at the end of the night. Leaving from and returning to Sephardic Bikur
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9:3011 a.m. pathways through the oral torah: an introduction to the talmud and midrash
Mimi Porad at 206-315-7399 All forms of Judaism today, including Reform, are based on the Talmud and Midrash. In this literature are laws and discussions on such topics as conversion, capital punishment, ethics and human nature. Study some major topics and learn how they became part of todays Judaism. Ten-week class. $160/members, $190/non-members. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle. 7 p.m. 10th anniversary Commemoration of 9/11
Andrea Sievert at info@chabadofseattle.org or 206-527-1411 or www.chabadofseattle.org Chabad of Washington State invites the community to an event that commemorates 9/11 through reflection and prayer. At Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch, 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle. 710 p.m. nCsy alki Kickoff Barbecue
Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com or seattlencsy.com Join Seattle NCSY for the final event of the kickoff weekend with a fully kosher barbecue. At Alki Beach, West Seattle. 10:3011:30 a.m. prenatal yoga Workshop
Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0829 or www.sjcc.org Expectant mothers in any trimester are encouraged to join. Prenatal yoga nurtures you and your baby during the physical and mental journey of pregnancy. More information online. Free. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 11 a.m.12:30 p.m. repentance: undoing mistakes and repairing relationships
Mimi Porad at mimi@tdhs-nw.org or 206-315-7420 or tdhs-nw.org Doing repentance (teshuvah) during the upcoming Rosh HashanahYom Kippur period involves more than prayer and is a prerequisite for forgiveness. This can be difficult to do, especially when we must ask forgiveness from those we have wronged. This five-week series runs through Oct. 9. $80/ members, $95/non-members. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle Conference Room, 1520 E Union Ave., Seattle.
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59 p.m. aJC seattle annual meeting

Becki Chandler at chandlerb@ajc.org or 206-622-6315 or www.ajcseattle.org RSVP Required. $18. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
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11 a.m.12 p.m. the pJ library story time at mockingbird Books

Amy Hilzman-Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org or www.facebook.com/pjlibraryseattle Join the PJ Library for music, storytelling and learning Hebrew through ASL with Betsy Dischel from Musikal Magik and a certified Signing Time Academy teacher. Free. At Mockingbird Books, 7220 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle.
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79:30 p.m. local interfaith relations: the Choice for Cooperation or isolation?
Phil Gerson at 425-890-8685 Guest speaker Rabbi Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights, along with a panel of Jewish and Muslim leaders, will discuss Mideast peacemaking efforts over the years, the prospects for peace, and ways the local interfaith community can work together. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
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9:3011 a.m. pathways through the oral torah: an introduction to the talmud and midrash
Mimi Porad at 206-315-7399 At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle. 10 a.m. 3 p.m. 13th annual Golf tournament
Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org Join the Seattle Kollel for a fun morning of golf. No need to play well to have a great time at this annual event. Price includes green fees, prizes and snacks. Golf carts available for an additional charge. $60/ adults, $30/students. At Foster Golf Links, 13500 Interurban Ave., Tukwila.
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Interfaith Israel/Palestine: Event The Choice for Peace or Isolation?

Local Interfaith Relations: The Choice for Cooperation or Isolation? September 15 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Temple Bnai Torah Guest Speaker: Rabbi Arik Ascherman of Rabbis for Human Rights,
an Israeli Human Rights Organization Participants: Rabbi James Mirel, Temple Bnai Torah Interfaith Event: Implications for our Jamal Rahman, Interfaith Community Church Jeff Sidiqui, American Muslims of the Puget Sound local community Mark Rosenblum, Center for Ethnic & Racial Tolerance
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had their Bar and Bat Mitzvahs last year. I had the busiest year of my life, Karen quips. Entrenched in the Jewish community, she estimates shes catered probably over 1,000 Bnai Mitzvah receptions. Karens son Jake, a recent USC grad, was among a group of young L.A. entrepreneurs featured recently in Forbes magazine. Her kids are the first great thing Ive ever done, she says. The second great thing is the restaurant. The active Congregation Beth Shalom member caters that synagogues annual breakfast fundraiser. She was a sponsor of the Seattle Jewish Film Festival from its inception, and if you attended the recent multi-congregation Homeless to Renter (H2R) fundraiser, you might have tasted her smoked salmon appetizer. Shes taught cooking classes for Jconnect and participated in the Hillel-Washington State Jewish Historical Societys recent kugel throwdown with her sweet noodle kugel from my Hungarian mother-in-law. In the meantime, Bnai Mitzvah parents, dont panic. Karen will still offer catering and is reachable through e-mail (madisonparkcafe@aol.com) and, for a while, at the restaurant phone number, 206-324-2626. Karen is thrilled that after some remodeling, the restaurant will reopen as Caf Parco under the ownership of Celinda Norton, formerly of 94 Stewart in downtown Seattle.
Welcome back, kids! Its the first day of school at the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle.
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packed with families straight and gay, black, brown and white, Jewish and gentile enjoying each other, united in gratitude to each other for the simple fact of neighborliness. Since becoming part of the Graham Hill Neighborhood Block Watch network, Ive learned a lot about the meaning of being part of a community that transcends and encompasses my own narrower Jewish world. Perhaps the most meaningful lesson came from a woman
who had been a stranger until just a few weeks ago. We had been chatting politely at the block party when I off-handedly asked what made her choose Seward Park as her home. Her answer silenced me: Ive always hoped that, were I needed, I would have the courage to stand by the Jewish people in a crisis. So I wanted to live in a neighborhood where that might be possible. May she never get her wish! But one things for sure that neighbor is no longer simply the gentile backdrop of this adventure, and wanted to see where the world would take me. One evening in Perth, we had dinner with Daves warm and loving family. His British grandmother Bette told me she had met her husband Leonard in Jerusalem in 1946. Leonard was in the British military, and they traveled the world together. She was an adventurous lady filled with energy, and as a youngster she was an avid dancer. I listened, mesmerized. Her world forever changed on Feb 28, 1967 when she was severely injured in a terrorist bomb attack in Aden, Yemen. The bomb exploded during a cocktail party. The two women talking to Bette were killed. Her injuries were severe, but she survived and was left as a paraplegic, paralyzed from the waist down. The incident shattered the Ellis family. Her youngest son, David, was sent to England to be looked after by Bettes sister. Leonard suffered from extreme guilt because he had left Bette alone at the party when he was called away to work. They eventually divorced, and she found herself a single parent to three children. Leonard went on to have three nervous breakdowns and died at age 62 from cancer. In my search for beauty in the world, I had come face to face with terrorism 40-plus years later and the effects it had on a family. My heart once again ripped to shreds over how one act, one moment in time, can shatter and splinter a person,
a life lived in the surrounding cocoon of daily Jewish observance. By inserting herself in my world however awkwardly she invited me to share her own. I can only hope that she feels as enriched by our neighborliness as I am by hers.
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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Ill never forget September 11, he responded. My mother died in my arms at the hospital and then my brother and I heard the news. I couldnt help but think, as I was watching the world falling apart, his world was also falling to pieces thousands of miles away. Soon after, Grant was sent to fight the war in Afghanistan. I covered the story for two years and my usual happy, sunny disposition disappeared. Covering funerals and sad stories on a daily basis took its toll. I needed a change, and wanted to focus on the good in the world. I read books by the Dalai Lama and every positive person I could find. But the book that made the most sense to me was the Australia and New Zealand guidebook. So I did the math, dug into my savings account and booked myself a flight. In my quest to find a new perspective of life, I climbed glaciers, went whitewater rafting, hiked mountains, and scared myself half to death by getting talked into skydiving in New Zealand. Dave, the friend I made who convinced me to step out of that plane, and I bonded immediately after jumping from 12,000 feet above the earth in Queenstown, New Zealand. So when he invited me to spend time with him and his girlfriend in Perth, Australia, I accepted. I had no plans on
and a family, forever. The story stuck with me, and I recently emailed Daves father Alex about the ongoing pain. Yes, the impacts may go on for years and in many cases are difficult to cope with, he wrote, whereas the public interest tends to be more about the event and the immediate impacts. In many ways, there are almost forgotten victims of such attacks. Mum was a very strong person and led a very active life considering the extent of her injuries. Her story is certainly one of strength and hope but there is no doubt that many other victims have not fared as well. He also told me that Bette had died three years earlier. The date is very easy for us to remember, as it was 11 Sept. 2008. Wiping away tears, I shook my head in disbelief. I couldnt help but wonder about the timing. So while 10 years have passed since Sept 11, 2001, for many, it is as if it happened yesterday, and for even more people, the scars of terrorism will be there for generations. I dont know if I believe that things happen for a reason, but I do know that giving them reason is all most people can accomplish. Perhaps take a moment out of your day, remember the victims of terrorism, and try to do something to try to make the world a better place.
Masada Siegel can be reached at Fungirlcorrespondent@gmail.com
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10 a.m. 4 p.m. Hadassah mah Jongg tournament

Judi Leader at 360-301-5039 or http://bit.ly/nk9nFd West Sound Hadassahs third annual Mah Jongg tournament. Visit the Seattle Hadassah chapter website or contact Judi to register. At Silverdale Beach Hotel, 3073 NW Bucklin Hill Rd., Silverdale. 10 a.m.12:30 p.m. repentance: undoing mistakes and repairing relationships
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At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Seattle Conference Room, 1520 E Union Ave., Seattle. 13 p.m. Zumbathon
Lisa Kutzke at LisaK@sjcc.org or 206-388-1987 or www.sjcc.org Dance, have fun, and groove to the music. Come to a Zumbathon to benefit the American Heart Association. Show support by wearing red. Get a great workout while giving to a great cause. Complimentary snacks and beverages provided. Suggested donation $15. At Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 3:305:45 p.m. standWithus northwest
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Northwest.RSVP@StandWithUs.com or 206-801-0902 Enjoy complimentary Israeli wines, mimosas, other beverages and light appetizers. $54. At McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St., Seattle. 59 p.m. Jewish Federation Community Campaign Kickoff
Wendy Dore at events@jewishinseattle.org or 206-443-5400 or www.jewishinseattle.org The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle is pleased to announce the Community Campaign Kickoff, starring
Yeshiva Universitys The Maccabeats. Registration costs $54. At McCaw Hall, 321 Mercer St, Seattle.
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J.D. Green at JDG@sjcc.org or 206-388-1989 or www.sjcc.org An interactive workshop to help participants feel their best every day. Everyone, including busy moms, athletes, and office workers trying to avoid the three oclock slump, can learn how to make small changes to make a world of difference in their energy. $10. At Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Dentists
Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS Richard Calvo, DDS 206-246-1424 Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry Designing beautiful smiles 207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle
Financial Services
Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC Roy A. Hamrick, CFA 206-441-9911 rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com www.hamrickinvestment.com Professional portfolio management services for individuals, foundations and nonprofit organizations.
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Abolofia Insurance Agency Bob Abolofia, Agent 425-641-7682 F 425-988-0280 babolofia@yahoo.com Independent agent representing Pemco since 1979
Photographers
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Matzoh Momma Catering Catering with a personal touch 206-324-mAmA Serving the community for over 25 years. Full service catering and event planning for all your Life Cycle events. miriam and Pip meyerson
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Michael Spektor, D.D.S. 425-643-3746 info@spektordental.com www.spektordental.com Specializing in periodontics, dental implants, and cosmetic gum therapy. Bellevue
Eastside Insurance Services Chuck Rubin, agent 425-271-3101 F 425-277-3711 4508 NE 4th, #B, Renton Tom Brody, agent 425-646-3932 F 425-646-8750 www.e-z-insurance.com 2227 112th Ave. NE, Bellevue We represent Pemco, Safeco, Hartford & Progressive
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charitable, she continued. Id really like to see how the United States was 8090 years ago. Did people freely give money? Or did people have to give money because of social pressures? Were we always free from that mentality too? Back to Eisenman at the JDC. The whole purpose of participating in a Jewish service program we want your demographic to be grappling with these questions and to understand the sheer complexity of the Jewish community around the world. In that case, the mission was a success. But service program doesnt quite ring accurate. In large part, the group left feeling as though it had contributed only a little and received a lot of fodder for thought. I think were very comforted to see these pictures [of impoverished Jews]
and to want to give money, said Furman. Those are the photos that drive fundraisers. But when we enter their homes, when were the ones taking the pictures, are we idealizing them as poor? In general, he said, its easy for people to idealize certain things like hunger and homelessness. Up close, its awkward. Do you want them to emily K. alHadeFF represent this idea? a little girl takes a break in the playground of Khabarovsks Jewish Furman invoked preschool. the preschool was created 12 years ago with the help of the Yehuda Amichais Seattle Jewish community. stoppage kept at least 220,000 tons of aircraft and airport vehicle carbon emissions out of Americas skies, and gave George W. Bush the dubious honor of doing more for the environment those few days than in his eight years of presidency. Other positive notes: Americas clean economy now employs more people than the steel, fossil fuel or biotech industries 2.7 million according to a new Brookings Institution-Battelle report. Organic farming has grown more than 600 percent since 1990 to six million cultivated acres, according to the USDA and accounts for 1 percent of U.S. agriculture. The organic livestock sectors have grown even faster. We know what weve got, now. And even if we talk a fatalistic game, weve
poem, Tourists, to express what he got out of the program. Amichai writes, A group of tourists was standing around their guide and I became their target marker. You see that man with the baskets? Just right of his head theres an arch from the Roman period. Just right of his head. But hes moving, hes moving! How do you guarantee that its not just about you going there? Asked Furman. We have to ask ourselves, were we really in that country? [Or] the way that countrys defined? What are these people feeling? What are they doing? Its about seeing their struggles in a very real way, he said, and bringing that home.
This is the third in a series by Emily K. Alhadeff about Jewish life in the farthest reaches of Russia.
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which may initially feel odd to Americas city-dwelling majority. Recall the quiet days after 9/11, when U.S. commercial aircraft were grounded and few vehicles drove the roads. We could hear the wind, rustling tree leaves, birds, conversations and other human activities. The flight
never been the kinds of people who were willing to let circumstances dictate the outcomes for us without a fight. So, lets show up at our best, and work with it.
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Meghan Elizabeth Bright and Joseph Elliot Silver will be married on September 4, 2011, at Court in the Square in Seattle. Rabbi Will Berkovitz will officiate. Meghan is the daughter of Penny and John Bright of Bainbridge Island. Her grandparents are the late Mary and Howard Morrison and the late John and Hattie Bright. Meghan graduated from Bainbridge Island High School, the University of Washington and the University of Washington Law School. She works as an attorney at Mayer Brown. Joseph is the son of Beverley and Michael Silver of Bellevue. His grandparents are Johanna Moss of La Jolla, Calif., and the late Malcolm Moss, Esther Silver of Omaha, Neb., and the late Norman Silver. Joseph graduated from Newport High School, the University of Washington and Columbia University Business School. He works as an associate for Imprint Capital. Meghan and Joseph reside in New York, N.Y.
Bar Mitzvah
Ari Ben Levin

Ari will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on September 3, 2011, at Congregation Beth Shalom in Seattle. Ari is the son of Robert Levin and Deirdre Glynn Levin of Seattle and brother of Tali. His grandparents are Allan and Beverly Levin of Detroit, the late Elaine Levin, Mildred Glynn of London, Ont., and the late John Joseph Glynn. Ari will be a 7th-grader at University Prep. He enjoys playing Select soccer and the saxophone, and attending Camp Solomon Schechter. Aris family invites the community to the kiddush luncheon following services.
Bat Mitzvah
Emily Claire Gordon

Emily will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on September 3, 2011, at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Bellevue. Emily is the daughter of Nancy and Matt Gordon of Mercer Island and the sister of Josh. Her grandparents are Ed and Jeanne Diner of Denver, Colo., and Hillard and Florence Gordon of Summit, N.J. Emily will be a 7th-grader at Islander Middle School. She enjoys competitive cheer, hanging out with friends and shopping. A portion of Emilys Bat Mitzvah funds will go to the Academy for Precision Learning, founded by her parents in honor of her brother, Josh.
Craig Naon June 13, 1962August 18, 2011

Craig Naon passed away Thursday, August 18, 2011. He is survived by his loving partner and best friend Joel Davis and his beloved dog Maggie. His is also survived by his mother, Sandy Naon, his brothers Dave Naon (Kathy), and Jeff Naon (Lori) and his nephews, Zach, Ben and Jack Naon, and his niece Harper Naon. He was preceded in death by his father Jack Naon. Craig made his home in Palm Springs, but spent the last few years working in Vancouver, BC for the Washington Corp. Craig was loved by many and will be greatly missed. Donations may be made to the Desert AIDS Foundation, 1695 N. Sunrise Way, Palm Springs, Calif. 92262. A celebration of his life is being planned.
Bat Mitzvah
Valerie Gayle Kearns

Valerie will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on September 10, 2011, at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Bellevue. Valerie is the daughter of Emmi and Matthew Kearns of Kirkland and the sister of Marty. Her grandparents are Bob and Bunny Rogers of Mercer Island, Alma Kearns of Seattle, and the late Marvin Kearns. Valerie will be a 7th-grader at Rose Hill Junior High. She enjoys singing, drama, playing volleyball and attending Camp Kalsman. For her mitzvah project, she gathered supplies for MEOW Cat Rescue with her Girl Scout troop. She will donate a portion of her gifts to the Seattle Humane Society, where she adopted her own dog and cat.
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Several things run through your mind at the end of a great adventure seeking beauty in the world, especially when you have quit your job, run out of money and arent certain where in the world you are headed next. But a philosophical discusof wandering around Australia and New Zealand. He was en route to Wales. Everything happens for a reason, Grant said. How can you be so sure? I asked. I know it, he replied. Ive seen it head as we spoke especially September 11, 2001. I vividly remember 9/11: I was working for CNN on Lou Dobbss show Moneyline as a field producer. I had just started and I was excited financial news was perfect for me, I thought at the time, ing about it brings tears. In disbelief, I watched smoke pour out of the enormous gash in one of the World Trade Centers. Soon after, the building started to fall in front of me. There are people in that building and
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every day of my life, and its just how the world works. How can you believe it? I wondered. How do you know that things happen for a reason? Maybe things happen and we give them a reason, not the other way around. A million thoughts swirled in my
being generally low drama. I distinctly remember a conversation with my father in late August 2001. I can do this, I said. The markets go up and down, there are no blood and guts in these news stories. Weeks later, September 11 happened. Right in front of my eyes. Still today, writ-
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