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Paula and Klaus Stern, longtime members of the now-defunct Jewish Club of Washington, at their home in Seattle with a framed note from author Elie Weisel. Stern had sent fellow Holocaust survivor Wiesel Remember, Forgive, Forget, a poem he composed in 1983 in commemoration ofthe 40th anniversary of the Warsaw uprising. Klaus was the soul of the club, said Walt Oppenheimer, the clubs last president.
Mission complete: Clubs disbanding marks the passing of a generation

Charlene Kahn JTNews Correspondent
A once-vibrant part of Seattle Jewish history has drawn to a close. The Jewish Club of Washington, organized by Holocaust-era German Jewish refugees over 70 years ago, held its final meeting April 24 at The Summit at First Hill retirement community. At its high point, more than 400 members belonged to the immigrant-assistance and social organization. In recent years, numbers dropped to 25, according to club president Walter Oppenheimer, a refugee himself who arrived in Seattle with his family in 1940. The clubs final bulletin invited members to the last meeting because, as it said, after 72 years the club will cease to exist. Ten members voted to give the [remaining] funds to three organizations, Oppenheimer, 88, told JTNews. The recipient organizations are Jewish Family Services Polack Food Bank, the Kline Galland Center Foundation and the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center. Formed by German Jewish refugees and survivors of the Holocaust to aid one another, the Jewish Club of Washington served as an essential network for these new immigrants, easing the adjustment of adapting to their new lives.
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What does the end of the world look like?

Martin WesterMan JTNews Columnist
If the world as we knew it were going to end, what would you tell your loved ones? Religious fundamentalists might find the End of Days prospect comforting: Foretold in holy books, it promises a better scenario than earthbound toil and woe. But if youre not part of that zealous few, you might not want to sit this one out especially since you can do something to slow, stop or reverse the end. Survival action is part of Jewish DNA. The Torah commands it: I have put before you life and death, blessing and curse therefore choose life (Deut. 30:19) and, we assume, blessing. Jews have survived for 3,500 years by standing up to tyranny and injustice, and by escaping from them to fight another day. So when everyone from Al Gore and Hunter Lovins to Leonardo DiCaprio and Alicia Gravitz says we need to mobilize on the scale of World War II to turn this tide, we might expect to see most Jews at the forefront. Basically, humanity faces a nexus of dangers that threaten to end life on Earth: Exploding human population that consumes natural resources faster than they can be replaced. Global climate changes due to carbon and greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and decimation of the resources the earth needs to absorb and process them. Glacier melt that erases world water supplies for drinking and agriculture. Ocean acidification increasing carbonic acid and decreasing pH as oceans overabsorb carbon result in dissolving reefs and killing sea life. Hydrogen sulfide blooms as masses of fresh water enter the ocean from melting glaciers, ocean currents and oxygenation stop, allowing hydrogen sulfide-emitting bacteria to grow, and move us toward suffocating mass extinction as has occurred six times over the past 20 million years. Could things get worse? Of course: As environmental activists mobilize, vocal minorities, politicians and think tanks call these dangers hoaxes, or parts of natural cycles that humans cant control. Meanwhile, quiet American majorities do little or nothing, claiming theyre too confused to act, or its inconvenient or bad for business even though we possess the technologies to arrest, or even reverse these developing dangers worldwide. Curiously, all five dangers arise from a single cause: Emissions from burning fossil fuels. Prior to initiating the coal-fired Industrial Revolution, human population on earth barely topped half a billion. In 1700, humans tallied 610 million; but by 1850, theyd doubled to 1.2 billion thanks to improvements in science, medicine and sanitation. Adding industrialized production of food, water, clothing and shelter made radical differences in our health, longevity and numbers. Also, until a few decades ago, seasons, animal migration patterns and natural cycles repeated dependably, almost like clockwork. Today, more than 7 billion people inhabit this planet, and most of us refuse to believe an end could be coming. Its not that were optimistic. Its just how we deal with bad news. At physical trauma, our bodies go into shock; at mental trauma its denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and finally, acceptance five steps outlined by Elizabeth Kubler Ross. Around environmental issues, we cant seem to break free of denial, anger and depression. Neuroscientists have shown that the reality where each of us lives is a mental construct assembled from what our brains can perceive and understand through our five senses. And we simply cant register what we dont understand. Thus, journalist George Monbiot, in his essay Sleepwalking to Extinction, argued that humans live more in a dream world than in a world that reason would reflect. To survive global crises would require draconian regulation, rationing and prohibition: all the measures which our existing politics, informed by our dreaming, forbid. Gaia theorist James Lovelocks catastrophic prediction of 6 billion humans dead by 2100 might be a gross exaggeration. But our trajectory and lack of action are fatally evident, and theyve prompted a host of observers to offer contrary, accepting perspectives. So, are we going to tell our children and grandchildren that we mobilized, took heroic actions and demanded them from our leaders? Or do we tell them nothing, because we joined the crowd looking forward to the end of toil and woe?
Author and teacher Martin Westerman writes and consults on sustainable living. He can be contacted with questions at artartart@seanet.com.
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Justice, justice we will pursue, and make history

rabbi Zari Weiss Kol haNeshamah
On January 4, 2012, I had the privilege of participating in an historic event at the state capitol, when Governor Christine Gregoire announced she would introduce legislation to ensure marriage equality for all people in Washington State. It was exciting and moving to be present that day, surrounded by legislators and other community leaders and activists who had worked hard for years on this issue. Standing at the podium, Gov. Gregoire shared her internal struggle, as she had tried to reconcile what her faith tradition taught with her own beliefs about what was right and just. She said she had called her priest that morning to tell him of her decision. As she spoke to us and the press, her words were firm and unequivocal: The time had come, she said, for the state to stop discriminating against one group of people by denying them the rights that other citizens enjoyed. During that legislative session, she said, she would back legislation guaranteeing marriage equality, and she was confident the proposed legislation would pass. As we all know, she was absolutely right. From that moment on, everything unfolded very rapidly. First the Senate and then the House passed the legislation, and then Gov. Gregoire signed the bill into law (Senate Bill 6239) on February 13, 2012, making Washington the seventh state in the country to grant those who are LGBTQ the right to marry. Opponents of marriage equality quickly went to work. They filed their intention with the Secretary of States office to put a referendum on the ballot, which has been designated as Referendum 74. If the opponents gather a sufficient number of signatures (more than 120,000), it will be placed on the November ballot, to be voted upon by the public. At that point, Ref. 74 must be approved by the public by 50 percent plus 1; otherwise, the marriage-equality law will be repealed. Failure to approve by 50 percent plus 1 essentially vetoes what the legislature and the governor already approved. As Jews, we are guided by a number of core values in determining how we treat others and the world around us. First and foremost is the concept of tzelem elohim, the belief that every human being is created in the image of God, as it states in the Book of Genesis 1:2: And God created the human being in Gods image in the image of God did God create the human; male and female God created them. Underlying this principle is the belief that all people, regardless of their race, religion, nationality, age, gender, sexual orientation, ability, or any other distinguishing characteristic, have an inherent right to dignity, or kavod. I believe that such dignity includes the right to love whom one chooses to love, and to sanctify that love in a way and manner that reflects ones own deepest religious beliefs and practices. No person, institution, or government has the right to deny another person that dignity. Another value that guides us as Jews is the concept of adam yachid. According to the sacred text of our people, the Torah, one human being Adam was created originally so no one can say, My parent [father] was greater than your parent. (M. Sanhedrin 4:5). In other words, all people are equal, and deserve to be treated equally. But Judaism should not determine our civil law, just as it should not be determined by Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, or any other religious tradition, for us or for others. Therefore, as Americans, we must insist that our civil laws be guided not by any one religious tradition or interpretation, but by the founding principles of this country, which declare: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men [people] are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. (The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. Italics mine). And, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. (Amendment 1, Bill of Rights, ratified December 15, 1791). Under the U.S. Constitution, the state may not require religious groups to officiate at, or bless, same-sex marriages. A clergy person may refuse, therefore, to marry an interfaith couple without any fear of liability. At the same time, however, it is not the states function or role to sanction one set of religious beliefs or practices over another. For the state to prevent the legal recognition of marriages of same-sex couples because some faith traditions object is to violate the religious liberty provisions of the Constitution. Back to Judaism. As Jews we know that, in addition to the above concepts/ values, we are also guided by the mitzvah, the sacred obligation, of tzedek, tzedek, tirdof Justice, justice, you shall
In his letter (Difficult decisions, April 25), David Shayne misrepresents my views and my comments during my recent visit to Seattle. The subject of my talk was not the IsraeliPalestinian diplomatic stalemate, and I did not assert that Israeli settlements and Benjamin Netanyahus intransigence are solely responsible for that stalemate. Rather, I described the danger that the settlement effort poses to Israels own democracy and cohesion as a state. A two-state agreement, I argued, is in Israels interests. Obviously, reaching an agreement also depends on the Palestinian side. But Im hardly alone in the assessment that the Netanyahu government is uninterested in reaching an accord. The former head of Israels Shin Bet security service, Yuval Diskin, recently expressed the same evaluation, based on his own experience working with Netanyahu. Contrary to what Shayne writes, I do not dismiss Hamass attitudes toward Israel. However, his argument that Israel cannot pursue peace as long as Hamas has an influence in Palestinian politics grants that organization a permanent veto over compromise. Israel cannot dictate internal Palestinian politics. But it does have the potential to reduce Hamass influence and increase that of moderate Palestinians by showing that it is committed to a twostate outcome. On the other hand, to postpone peace efforts grants a victory to extremism. Gershom Gorenberg Jerusalem
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Thank you for your coverage of author Gershom Gorenberg, who spoke about preserving Israels democracy on April 17 to a packed house at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle. I would like to add a few comments to the JTNews story about Gorenbergs visit. First of all, I was deeply touched that so much support from local congregations was visible at the event. Though primarily sponsored by J Street Seattle and Temple De Hirsch Sinai, additional co-sponsorship was provided by Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation and Temple Bnai Torah. Additional support was given by Congregation Beth Shalom and Temple Beth Am. I commend the rabbis, staff and members of each of these communities for their participation. Second, I was delighted to find that the audience included a diverse representation of the political and denominational landscape. Why? Because Gorenberg asks us to challenge stereotypes and reject the either/or argument of Israel can do no wrong versus Israel can do no right that is simplistic, divisive, and only serves to promote a knee-jerk reaction to bury ones Jewish head in the sand to avoid conflict about something so complicated and so political. I thought the final remark of the JTNews article was right on the mark: Instead he (Gorenberg) encourages people to learn to understand complexity and challenge themselves with cognitive dissonance. For me, it is only through cognitive dissonance (e.g., the simultaneous truth of I love Israel and I dont think Israel is living up to ethics of my Judaic foundation) that I can begin to unbury my head and engage in sane dialogue on the subject of Israels occupation of Palestine. Dialogue is not debate. Dialogue is engaging and empowering. It offers us a safe environment in which we can stop, listen, engage, reflect, and connect. J Street provides me, as an American Jew, a way to engage nuance in a forward-thinking manner. For me, pro-Israel dialogue is that which is focused on a viable future for both Israelis and Palestinians. Protection of Israels security and preservation of Israels democracy are not mutually exclusive ends. Its definitely time for more dialogue! Margie Coles seattle WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! Our guide to writing a letter to the editor can be found at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/letters_guidelines.html, but please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. The deadline for the next issue is May 15. Future deadlines may be found online.
pursue. (Deut. 16:20). Pursuing justice means ending discriminatory practices that have been unfairly directed against any one person or any group. Gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender people are citizens of this country and citizens of this state; they require the same rights as all other citizens. It is part of our sacred obligation as Jews to redress the injustice perpetrated against this one group for too long. Justice, justice, we will pursue, until all people, (whether coupled or single, gay or straight), are treated with dignity, kavod, and with an equal applica-
tion of the law with all of the rights and responsibilities thereof. I urge all those who share my view to join me in speaking out in support of the recently passed marriage-equality law. Together we can ensure that same-sex couples can legally marry, while clergy and faith traditions can decide for themselves whether they will recognize and solemnize these legal marriages. As for this rabbi, I look forward to being able to sign legal marriage licenses for same-sex couples in the near future. I know my congregation enthusiastically supports my decision.
Israelis dont differentiate between a Democrat and a Republican president. They just want a pro-Israel president. Jerusalem Post political correspondent Gil Hoffman on what his fellow citizens look for in American leadership. See the story on page 7.
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Join Jewish Family Service of Greater Seattle for its 120th anniversary and 10th annual Community of Caring luncheon. This years luncheon will feature keynote speaker Howard Behar, writer of the highly acclaimed book on leadership, Its Not About the Coffee. For 21 years, Behar served as the president of Starbucks Coffee Company North America and Starbucks Coffee International. Luncheon will take place at the Westin Hotel, 1900 Fifth Ave., Seattle from noon to 1:30 p.m. on Wed., May 16. Pre-registration for this event is required. Minimum donation of $150 requested. RSVP at www.jfsseattle.org/lunchreg.html. On May 23, Bay Area-based Fair Trade Judaica is bringing its goods to Seattle for a unique crafts fair, featuring over 50 products from Africa, Asia, and South America. This will be the largest gathering of all the Fair Trade Judaica products currently available in the marketplace, including kippot (for men and women), tallitot, home dcor, greeting cards, tzedakah boxes, Fair Trade chocolate, and more. In addition, opportunities to become engaged in fair-trade activities in this area will be available. Three days prior to the fair, on Sun., May 20 at 7 p.m., Fair Trade Judaica will also hold a chocolate tasting and film screening of the documentary The Dark Side of Chocolate at Hillel at the University of Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. The Judaica fair is co-sponsored by the Stroum Jewish Community Center, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Global Goods Partners, and Equal Exchange Espresso Bar. The fair will take place at the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island from 5:308 p.m. on Wed., May 23. Free. For more information, contact ilana@fairtradejudaica.org.
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Fuchs, a leader in the global Jewish community who has undertaken major social campaigns for nearly 40 years, will speak on the subject of Jewish life and interreligious relations. The dinner will take place at TBT, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue on Fri., May 18 at 6:30 p.m. and Rabbi Fuchs will speak at the 8 p.m. Shabbat service following the community meal. For more information or to RSVP, contact Karen Sakamoto at 425-603-9677 or ksakamoto@templebnaitorah.org.
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Award-winning author and international lecturer Rabbi Rami Shapiro uses the Twelve Steps to Recovery as the base for his hope-filled approach to spiritual and personal growth. Shapiro sheds light on the foundational addiction from which all people suffer: The illusion that we are in control of our lives. Within the context of universal spiritual awakening and Jewish teaching, he encourages people to delve into each of the steps. Rabbi Shapiro will conduct an all-day workshop, co-sponsored by Jewish Family Service, Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, and Recovery Caf on Mon., May 20 at 10 a.m. at Hillel UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. Register at info@betalef.org or 206-527-9399.
A Path of True Liberation: Recovery as a Spiritual Practice for All of Us
For its May community Shabbat dinner, Temple Bnai Torah will host guest speaker Rabbi Stephen Fuchs, president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism. Rabbi It felt wonderful to be [at the Jewish Club] with people where we had something in common, something familiar, a similar background and culture. We spoke the same language, Frieda Sondland said. Now there are no more members left. What can I say? Over the years, the Jewish Club provided its members with a broad menu of social activities, educational programs and outings. We loved classical music programs, the Salvation Army Fashion Show, we did book reviews, Purim parties, dances, picnics, recalled Klaus Stern. We organized trips to Deception Pass, Lake Sammamish and Discovery Park, added Paula Stern, who organized programs for the group. We were happy to be alive; at the time, we were the younger generation. And membership fees? Small monthly dues were 75 cents with a collection for death benefit if someone died, for the family, Paula Stern said. Marion Kitz, the Jewish Club of Wash-
Rabbi Stephen Fuchs of World Union for Progressive Judaism at Temple Bnai Torah
The National Council of Jewish Womens Seattle section presents Jennifer Siebel Newsoms documentary Miss Representation. The overarching message young people receive in the media is that a womans value lies in her youth, beauty, and sexuality not in her ability as a leader. This film examines how mainstream media contribute to the underrepresentation of women in positions of power and influence in the U.S. Co-sponsored by Hadassah, Bubbys Bread, Temple Beth Am, Temple Bnai Torah, and the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, the film will screen Thurs., May 17 at 6 p.m. at the Mercer Island Community Center, 8236 SE 24th St., Mercer Island. Ticket prices vary from $1072. To purchase tickets online, visit missrepncjwseattle.eventbrite.com. ingtons secretary/treasurer for the last six years and the Sterns daughter grew up with the JCW forever. It was part of my life and important to my parents. They gave it their all, she said. The club met at different locations on Sunday afternoons. We used the old Herzl [on 20th and Spruce Place], Neighborhood House on 17th and Yesler, the Talmud Torah, the Workmans Circle and the Jewish Federation, which was downtown on Union, Klaus Stern said. Oppenheimer recalls Rabbi Koch at Temple De Hirsch letting us use the social hall. The Sterns arrived in Seattle in 1946. A survivor of several concentration camps, Klaus Stern later became a board member of the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center and is an active member of its speakers bureau. Dee Simon, executive director of the Holocaust Center, said many former club members later became supporters of her organization. The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center is honoring the Jewish Club of Washington by dedicating an artifact case in memory of the clubs outstanding service to the Jewish community and to the many individuals who came to call Seattle their home, she said. The Kline Galland Center also built a close relationship with the club. The relationship between the Jewish Club and Kline Galland goes back 30-plus years, noted Gortler, who knows many of the now-defunct clubs members. The club was a vibrant, active group of people. [But] their membership dwindled, and [the] needs changed. This is what happens. Its the end of a generation, Gortler said. They did good work, they were involved in charitable giving and volunteering. But, he noted, its mission was complete. With characteristic wit, Stern commented on the clubs closure, Theres always a beginning and an end. Only a sausage has two ends.
NCJW to host screening of Miss Representation to promote womens strengths
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Immigrants are not very easily accepted in this country, said Joshua Gortler, president of the Kline Galland Center Foundation and retired CEO of the Kline Galland Center, who arrived in the U.S. following World War II not knowing a word of English. They needed connection to each other. The club served a great purpose in integrating them, in connecting them to new ways [of life]. Club members Klaus and Paula Stern considered the club an organization of newcomers. Some came from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, said Klaus Stern, one of the Jewish Clubs co-founders, and some people who had to first go to South America to save their lives, but then ended up in Seattle. We had nice programs and helped each other out for jobs and apartments. Frieda and Gunther Sondland were German refugees who escaped through passage to South America. They eventually arrived in Seattle from Uruguay in 1943.
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What your children are reading
Seattles branch of PJ Library, which sends Jewish books to young kids, was just honored as having the highest percentage of involved families in the country.
Kere saver el klavo y el burako y ande se va enklavar.

He wants to know the nail, the hole, and where it will be nailed.
Some people are curious by nature. They pry and try to find out more details and even personal and private facts about a certain person or problem.
What Israelis think

JTNews sat down with Gil Hoffman, the Jerusalem Posts chief political correspondent, during a visit to Seattle late last month.
J.Teen Magazine SIFFs Jewish entries
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Check out what our local Jewish teens have been doing: Volunteering, writing, and marching for Israel!
Remember when
The Seattle International Film Festival starts next week, and some of the Jewish and Israeli-themed films are top-notch.
Trimpins train ride to hell
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The Seattle artist known as Trimpin made a discovery as a child that forced him to learn about the Holocaust. A performance and sculpture piece based on his education makes its debut in Seattle next week.
What we wring our hands over
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The University of Washingtons Stroum Lecture Series had sociologist Steven Cohen as its scholar-in-residence, and he said a lot of what we already know: That younger Jews arent joining up like their parents did.
Theres always Another Sunrise
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Music of Remembrances spring concert is an opera based on the life of Krystyna Zywulska, a Polish Jew whose satiric poetry relieved the pressure for many internment camp prisoners.
From the Jewish Transcript, May 3, 1948 Just days before Israel became a state, these members of the Jewish Settlement Police, an arm of the Haganah, protected exposed villages and towns against attackers. Their equipment, the caption read, was financed by the United Palestine Appeal, an agency of the United Jewish Appeal.
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The idea is that if you send it, they will come. Whats being sent, about 1,500 childrens books to local Jewish families, has been an unqualified success, according to Rosalie Eisen, director of community development for PJ Library, a program of the Massachusetts-based Harold Grinspoon Foundation. Seattle has reached an incredible milestone, particularly for a West Coast community with all the unique challenges of West Coast communities, Eisen said. Its reaching the highest percentage of eligible Jewish children of all the 176 PJ Library communities across the country. Local PJ Library programs send out free books to Jewish families with children between the ages of 6 months and 5-1/2 years old, though some communities run the program until the age of 8. The idea is that the books will spur member families to greater involvement in their communities. The Seattle program has been running for three years, with a total of 1,900 children having been recipients of the books. To mark the achievement, Eisen visited Seattle on May 3 to recognize the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, which administers the program locally. Since its inception in Seattle in 2009, the Grinspoon Foundation has contributed $166,000, with the rest of the funding coming from the Federation and other local organizations and donors to cover the cost of the books, plus a staff person to administer the program. Eisen said that with the establishment of an endowment for the program, the foundation would continue to support the program into the foreseeable future, book for book. With the books sent every month, are the people coming? The answer depends upon how such a claim is measured. It would be difficult to suggest that a family joined a synagogue, for example, based upon whether the children were excited about receiving their book in the mail. But Eisen pointed to a national study conducted by the Jewish Education Service of North America of PJ Library members that showed 90 percent of respondents saying the books had inspired conversations about Judaism, and about a third saying the books had influenced families decision to observe Shabbat or Jewish holidays. Measuring PJ Library events, however, is much easier. According to Amy Hilzman-Paquette, who runs the Seattle program, they are wildly successful,. Right now were doing weekly story times, sometimes twice a week, HilzmanPaquette said. We have our music, we have our story, we have arts and crafts that really bring back the values of the story. At a weekly event at the Mockingbird Books in Seattles Greenlake neighborhood, Hilzman-Paquette said as many as 60 children and their caregivers attend. The outgrowth from that is an opportunity for the parents to start talking to each other, which is really the key, she said. Of course we want to be sure theyre connecting with the books, but if they can make a new friend and be connected in a new way, then were really doing our job. While PJ Library sends about 70,000 books each month across the U.S., it gives out 120,000 Hebrew-language books, in conjunction with the Ministry of Education, to Israeli children in the public schools. That number is expected to rise to 180,000 this year. That project, called Sifriyat Pijama, made its way to the U.S. because there was a lot of concern in this country about second- and third-generation Israelis becoming totally assimilated, Eisen said. A new program announced this week will bring these illustrated Hebrew-language books to kids ages 36 to several day schools across the country, including the Seattle Jewish Community School. Part of their initiative is to connect Israeli and secular Hebrew speakers to options in the Jewish community, specifically Jewish day schools, said Deborah Frockt, director of admissions and advancement at SJCS.
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Visit the JTnews calendar for weekly PJ Library events listings. Families can sign up for sifriyat Pijama BAmerica at the monthly PJ Library story time at the seattle Jewish Community school, 12351 8th Ave. nE, seattle on Fri., May 11 or June 8 at 10:30 a.m., or at a special Hebrew-only event on sun., May 20 at 10:30 a.m.
This program is intended for families with at least one Hebrew speaker in the home, but if somebody wants a Hebrew book and can use it in their family, then yeah, they can sign up, Frockt said. Sifriya Pijama BAmerica, funded by the Los Angeles-based Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation, will have signups exclusively at three events in May and June at the school. Folks have to come to an event at the school in order to qualify to receive the books, Frockt said. Two of the events will be in conjunction with the standing monthly PJ Library program but with stories and music in both Hebrew and English. A third, on May 20, with stories, music, and catered Israeli food, will be done almost entirely in Hebrew. Kids are encouraged to come in their PJs.
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Trying to transcend war and peace

Janis siegel JTNews Correspondent
At the age of 35, Gil Hoffman is one of the top journalists in Israel. But the chief political correspondent and analyst for the Jerusalem Post is not your average seasoned Mideast political commentator. Raised in Chicago by Israeli parents, he is also as American as the Chicago Bears and Mannys Coffee Shop and Deli. Hoffman, a Post correspondent since 1999, also travels abroad and in the U.S. for weeks at a time in his dual role as a lecturer, speaking at places that vary from Orthodox synagogues and Jewish Federations to university settings, including the University of California at Irvine. Students who consider themselves pro-Israel have long complained about intimidation at that campus, and in 2010, 10 students were arrested after disrupting a talk by Michael Oren, Israels ambassador to the United States. Joking he was made in America with all Israeli parts, Hoffman told JTNews during a late-April visit to Seattle, just prior to a talk at Congregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath where he served as scholar-in-residence, that he grew up in a house where Israel was our religion. BCMH and AIPAC Seattle sponsored his visit. As a reserve soldier in the Spokesmans Unit of the Israeli Defense Forces, Hoffman is at ease answering questions on the most pressing topics today on world affairs and the Middle East. He offered his candid observations on President Obamas changing popularity in Israel, including the outcome of Egyptian elections, behind-the-scenes negotiations with Iran, prognostications on the political mood in Israel going forward, and U.S. Jews and Israeli Jews. Israel is the one issue that unites Democrats and Republicans today, Hoffman said. Israelis dont differentiate between a Democrat and a Republican president. They just want a pro-Israel president. And it is that relationship, between Israelis and Obama, that according to Hoffman, has flipped, flopped and finally neutralized. Seven public opinion polls were conducted by the Jerusalem Post in Israel between 2009 and 2012 with 600 Jewish Israelis over the age of 18, asking them the same question each time is the Obama administration more pro-Israel, more pro-Palestinian, or neutral? In May 2009, 31 percent of respondents said Obama was more pro-Israel, 14 percent said he was more pro-Palestinian. During the campaign, he did more to reach out to Israel than any other presObama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 50 percent believed him to be more pro-Palestinian, while the pro-Israel respondents dropped from 31 percent to 6 percent. Obama supporters saw this and got worried about mainstream Israel, Hoffman said. Further alienating a political crosssection of Israelis in July 2010, by equivocating on two issues that unite them Jerusalem and refugees, he said, Israelis felt insulted. The poll taken at that time, in July 2010, found that only 10 percent of Israelis felt the Obama administration was more proIsrael, and a full 46 percent considered it to be more pro-Palestinian. In the latest 2012 poll, Israelis were evenly split over the intentions of the American president, with 24 percent believing he is more pro-Israel and the same believing he was more pro-Palestinian. In the same poll, 36 percent said Obama was more neutral. On the subject of a nuclear Iran, Hoffman corroborated what most Israeli officials tell the U.S press: That Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons but will not rush into the military option.
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ident during the campaign, Hoffman said, pulling out a Jerusalem Post cover page from that time calling Obama a mavrik, meaning shiny, brilliant, and cool, he explained. Israel started to see the magic that Americans were starting to see, he said. However, following Obamas infamous June 4, 2009 Cairo speech and less-thanfriendly meetings in Washington between
Join QFC and Komen in the battle to end breast cancer

In July of this year Susan G. Komen for the Cure will celebrate the 30th anniversary of its founding as a non-profit organization dedicated to saving lives and ending breast cancer forever. QFC is proud to again be the presenting sponsor of the Seattle Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure being held on Sunday, June 3rd, at the Seattle Center. Komen for the Cure has in some way touched every major breast cancer breakthrough in the last 29 years and has been associated with three Nobel Prize winners. Thanks to the many volunteers, sponsors and participants, the Komen organization has been able to raise and invest over $1.9 billion for breast cancer research, treatment and education. It has affiliate organizations in over 120 U.S. communities and relationships in 50 countries around the world. Of the money that Komen raises at its events, 75% stays in the local community for breast health education, breast cancer screening and treatment and other direct help. In 2011, Komen invested $93 million in local community programs, which provided for 700,000 breast health screenings and diagnostic procedures. The remaining 25% of funds raised support breast cancer research. Currently, Komen manages nearly 760 active research grants totaling $300 million. Those grants provide funds for research in: n Early detection, diagnosis, prognosis n Biology n Treatment n Prevention n Etiology n Cancer control, survivorship, outcomes n Scientific model outcomes Worldwide, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer and the leading cause of cancer death among women. More than 1.6 million are diagnosed each year. One in eight women in the U.S. will be diagnosed in her lifetime and breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women 4059. The work that Komen is doing to eradicate breast cancer is making a tremendous impact. In 2007, economists estimated that Komen funded research and programs saved 4,500 American lives. Between 1989 and 1999 the percentage of woman aged 40 and above getting annual mammograms rose from 54% to 71%. There are currently more than 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in the U.S. Susan G. Komen for the Cure has played a huge role in raising awareness and supporting research, treatment and education.
If you would like to join QFC in supporting the valuable work of Susan G. Komen for the Cure there are several ways you can do so. One way would be to join us at the Race for the Cure on June 3rd. Every QFC store has been asked to create a store team. You dont have to be a QFC associate to be on your favorite store team. We welcome family, friends and our great customers to join our teams. Ask any of the store managers for information on how you can be on our team, to walk or run with us, or just to donate. A second way to support the organization is to donate at our checkstands. We have donation scan cards in $1, $5, and $10 amounts and also change jars for your spare change. You can also donate your bag recycle credit. We thank our generous customers for their great support and joining with us to support a truly worthy organization. If you have any questions or comments please contact Ken Banks at 425-462-2205 or by email at ken.banks@qfci.com.
For questions or more information, please contact Ken Banks at 425-462-2205 or ken.banks@qfci.com.
israel: to your health
The too-often overlooked contributions of israeli scientists

Janis siegel JTNews Columnist
While Israel celebrates the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology, Israeli innovations all too often seem to fall under the radar of most of the general public today. The countrys contributions include medical research, new technologies, advances in biotechnology, nanotechnology, computer science, energy, water-resource management, drug development, and aerospace. Perhaps its just a low-key approach to publicity coupled with a general adherence to humility and reluctance toward self-promotion, but in 2010, the Israeli Academy of Sciences, Israeli government officials, and American Jewish organizations raised objections over what they claim are glaring omissions of Israeli awards in the 2010 United Nations Education and Science Organization Science Report, a 500-page global compendium of scientific accomplishments between 2005 and 2010. The report not only omitted an Israel country profile, but Israel was also missing from the list of comprehensive regional descriptions. The academy cited the most notable absence of any mention of several Nobel Prize-winning researchers from the main body of the UNESCO report, which failed to include any mention of the 2009 Weizmann Institute of Science Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, Prof. Ada Yonath, even though UNESCO gave health Yonath the LOral-UNESCO Award for Women in Science the year before. Yonath shared the prize with two others for her work on ribosome structure, relentlessly observing how cells build proteins. Her work paves the way for further research toward developing bacteria-resistant antibiotics. UNESCO not only declined to make these updates despite repeated requests from Israel, but it also declined to update the report with the addition of TechnionIsrael Institute of Technology Prof. Dan Shechtmans 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, awarded for his discovery of quasicrystals, a bonding action within the atoms of rigid crystals that results in the creation of ultra-strong materials for use in new technologies. UNESCO denied willfully omitting the information. However, skeptical Israeli officials have pressured the organization for more than a year to remedy the oversight. Gretchen Kalonji, assistant director general for Natural Sciences at UNESCO, told the Times of Israel that she had no knowledge of how this happened and that those responsible are now gone. The report has changed in format over the years, and previous versions had Israel prominently featured, Kalonji said. But the omission was definitely not politically motivated. We have had good ties with Israeli scientists for many years, and we intend to post the chapter on Israeli achievements in the 2005-2010 report. T h e U N ES C O re p or t r e m a in s unchanged as of this articles publication, despite more than a year of requests from Israeli officials and promises from UNESCO that they would do so. Most recently, in March 2012, UNESCO named Weizmann Institute of Science biologist Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky Europes top young researcher of the year for her work using probiotics in treating disease. Geva-Zatorsky is also one of 15 winners of the LOreal-UNESCO Fellowships for Outstanding Women Scientists. She, too, has not been added to the report. So, as the Technion celebrates a century of discoveries since the laying of its first cornerstone in 1912, its time to beat the drum and spread the word about this world-class institution and others that are leaders in the development of so many revolutions in science and technology. Israel is the home of 10 Nobel Prize winners: The first Israeli Nobel Peace Prize recipient was Shmuel Yosef Agnon, who won for Literature in 1966. Menachem Begin, Shimon Peres and Yitzhak Rabin all won the Nobel Peace Prize, Begin in 1978 and Peres and Rabin in 1994, with then-PLO President Yasser Arafat. Of the seven other Nobel Prizes awarded since 1994, three of the four Nobels earned in Chemistry have been awarded to Technion researchers, including the most recent Schectman award. In 2002, Prof. Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his integration of psychological research into the study of economics. In 2004, Technion professors Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko won Nobel Prizes in Chemistry for their 1978 discovery of the ubiquitin system. Ubiquitins are a kind of protector protein that can fend off the development of several diseases within cells such as cancer, Alzheimers or Parkinsons disease, muscular dystrophy, and viral diseases. In 2005, Israeli mathematician Yisrael Robert Aumann won the Nobel Prize in Economics for his work on game theory, conflict, and cooperation. So, when the new Technion Cornell Institute of Innovation opens in the heart of New York City next fall, it may be impossible to overlook the obvious.
Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered international health research for SELF magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
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Wednesday, June 6th at JDS
To RSVP, please contact the JDS Development Office at 425-460-0242.
JDS looks forward to the installation of its 2012-2013 Board of Trustees

President, Richard Galanti Immediate Past President, Robert Sulkin President-Elect, Jill Friedman VP Strategic Planning, Dr. Marc Gonchar VP Development, Janice Brumer VP Marketing, Judy Greenstein VP Finance, Dena Herbolich VP Governance, Robin Castrogiovanni Treasurer, Norm Chapman Secretary, Bonnie Cape
Helene Behar* Joann Bianco Jerry Dunietz Sharon Farac (PA Chair)* Lela Franco Barry Goren Deb Kadish Alan Kipust
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Adam Kohorn* Marty Lazoritz Dan Levitan* Seth Rosenbloom* Amy Schottenstein Charlene Steinhauer Sarah Toner*
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THANK YOU to board members Mindy Geisser, Cindy Caditz and Michele Kohorn whose terms have ended.
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Preschool-8th Grade 15749 NE 4th Street Bellevue, WA 98008 www.jds.org 425-460-0200 Contact JDS at 425-460-0260 about remaining admissions openings for fall and ask about our Discovery Grants for new students.
local food blogger and chef Michael Natkin released his first cookbook, Herbivoracious: a Flavor Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original Vegetarian Recipes, at an event at Chef Shop in Seattles interbay neighborhood on april 27. Natkin provided several samples of his recipes and signed copies of the book for eager home cooks.
m.o.t: member of the tribe
Enthusiastic about the immigrant experience

Diana breMent JTNews Columnist
When I asked Hilary Stern how she was inspired to work for Casa Latina, the immigrant aid organization, she offered the Jewish answer, explaining, my grandparents were immigrants andif they hadnt made that decision, my life would have been completely different. Ive really benefitted from their struggle and their decision to come to the United States, giving my parents and me much better opportunities. She always related to her grandparents hard work, Hilary says, and heeded her grandmothers advice to get an education. They cant take that away from you, Hilary and some friends decided to start the support organization that became Casa Latina, where Hilary has served as executive director for 17 years. The organization continues with its initial goal of serving day laborers, a huge focus, she says, but they now serve families and women who are domestic workers. Casa Latina educates and empowers these workers so they can control working conditions, safety and pay. We give them basic personal protective equipment, too, Hilary says, and they hold English classes so clients can better communicate with employers. Casa Latina markets its services primarily to homeowners, many of whom are Jewish. Right before Pesach is one of the most busy times, Hilary says, adding that the organization is supported by numerous Jewish volunteers and donors. She further notes Casa Latinas increasing role in providing in-home help for the elderly and its role in the care crisis coming down the pike as the population ages, she says. Its clients provide an interesting intersection between [an] older, aging, mainly white population and a younger immigrant population. The organization differs from most social service agencies as it is very accountable to the workers and functions more like a union. Workers meet weekly to talk about a whole variety of issues, Hilary says, including transportation, politics, and the organization itself. For instance, she told me when we spoke earlier this month, this week theyre preparing to meet with the mayor. While more involved with fundraising than direct service, Hilary gives updates at the meetings, particularly about the construction of the organizations new building at 17th and Jackson in Seattle. She goes to Olympia to testify before the state legislature and travels around the country to Domestic Workers Alliance conferences and others. Hilary grew up in Seattle and attended Nathan Hale High School when there were few Jews there. Both her grandmother and her mother went to Garfield and her son will graduate from Roosevelt this June. Hilarys parents, the Sidels, were founders of Congregation Beth Shalom and in 1973 Hilary was the first girl to become a Bat Mitzvah there on a Saturday. She is still a member there. (Bnot Mitzvah were on Fridays for the first years of the congregations existence.) My job is really fun and I spend most of my time at work, Hilary notes, adding that she loves to spend time with her kids, but Im going to be an empty nester soon, so Ive got to get a life.
Marvel at Thorns Amid Roses

by Mike Selinker
This Weeks Wisdom
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Instead of being annoyed with roses that have thorns, the Proverbs of Joshua instruct us, you should marvel at thorns encircled by roses. This grid contains 11 thorns. For each one, the four outer circled squares spell R-O-S-E in a circle, starting in any square. After you finish, read the shaded thorns encircled by the roses, column by column, to reveal our flowery description of these roses.
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Hilary Stern oversees the bustling office at Casa latina in Seattles Central District.
she says, quoting her grandmothers advice. With a Masters degree in teaching English as a Second Language, Hilary lived in the other Washington in the 1980s, teaching Central American immigrants, and was inspired by their struggles, she says, and also inspired by Nicaraguas Sandinista revolution, which in its early days encouraged and created education for all. She went there to teach during the idealism of the first 10 years after the revolution. After a few years she returned to Seattle with her oldest daughter I decided I needed my mother, she says and continued her work here. While running adult education programs at the YMCA, she met a new wave of immigrants who were really very lost here, she says. As mostly single adults looking for work and without community support, many became homeless.
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2012 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.
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from Jerusalem. Free. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
Robert Beiser at robert@hilleluw.org Fair Trade Judaica presents a chocolate tasting and movie screening. Free. At Hillel at the UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
Candlelighting times may 11 .............................8:17 p.m. may 18 ............................ 8:26 p.m. may 25 ............................ 8:34 p.m. June 1 ..............................8:41 p.m. FriDay
10:30 a.m.12 p.m. PJ library song and storytime

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, stay for activities and playgroup fun. Free. At the Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.
11 May
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45:15 p.m. PJ library shabbat storytime

Leyna Lavinthal at llavinthal@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 Join PJ Library and the Solomike Early Childhood Center for Shabbat stories, crafts and music. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 8:159:15 p.m. shalosh seudos with ran Bar yehoshafat
Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org or 206-721-0970 BCMH welcomes Israeli StandWithUs fellow Ran Bar Yehoshafat, who will speak about his experiences as an Israeli soldier and citizen. Check with the synagogue for exact time. At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
12 May
Parenting. $15; financial assistance available. At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle. 78 p.m. Coffee Talk: a Conversation for Teens on Passions and life Purpose
Michelle Sanders at michellesanders@parentmap.com or www.parentmap.com/category/lectures An empowering talk on leadership for teens and their parents. Drawing on his life experiences, former Starbucks president Howard Behar inspires teens to explore their values and begin plotting a course to realize their dreams. Topic age range: 13-18. $20. At the Village Theatre, 303 Front St. N, Issaquah. 78:30 p.m. my Big fat Jewish Wedding: an engaged Couples Class
Josh Furman at joshf@hilleluw.org or www.jconnectseattle.org A four-part crash course designed for young adult couples getting married in the next year. Any engaged couples: gay or straight, Jewish or interfaith, are welcome to enroll. $40 per couple. At Hillel at the University of Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
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1 p.m. seattle NCsy and Jsu multiregional spring Conclave

Ari Hoffman at thehoffather@gmail.com or springconclave-eorg.eventbrite.com Join Western Canada, Washington, and Oregon at Camp Arnold for the weekend, May 18-20. Friends, advisors, food, banquet, activities, and The Hunger Games! Grades 812. $250. At Camp Arnold, 33712 Webster Rd. E, Eatonville. 89:30 p.m. rabbi stephen fuchs of the World union of Progressive Judaism
Jennifer Fliss at jfliss@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Rabbi Stephen Fuchs, president of the World Union of Progressive Judaism, has undertaken major social campaigns for nearly 40 years and fostered dialogue and understanding. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.
18 May
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Sari Weiss at sweiss@sha613.org or 206-323-5750, ext. 239 or seattlehebrewacademy.org A special day for SHA students. Grandparents and special friends of students invited. Includes brunch, a tour and sing-a-long. At the Seattle Hebrew Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle.
14 May
121:30 p.m. 10th annual Jfs Community of Caring luncheon

Leslie Sugiura at lsugiura@jfsseattle.org or www.jfsseattle.org/lunchreg.html Join Jewish Family Service in celebrating 120 years of service in Seattle. This years keynote speaker will be former Starbucks Coffee Company president Howard Behar. $150 minimum donation. At The Westin Seattle, 1900 Fifth Ave., Seattle. 79 p.m. J. Team allocation session
Elise Peizner at EliseP@JewishInSeattle.org For 9th-12th graders who share a common interest in social action and met monthly over the school year to participate in nonprofit site visits and community service projects. At the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, 2031 Third Ave., Seattle.
16 May
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10:30 a.m. J explorers spring Campout

Katie London at Katiel@sjcc.org or 206-388-0828 or www.sjcc.org J-explorers dads and kids will head out to URJ Camp Kalsman for the second annual spring campout. Play gaga, go on nature walks, and roast marshmallows over a campfire. Meals included. Register by May 14. $205 per child. At Camp Kalsman, 14724 184th St. NE, Arlington.
19 May
6:308:30 p.m. soroka: a microcosm of social and Cultural Diversity Within a Worldclass medical Center
Carolyn Hathawy at carolynhat@comcast.net or 425-451-3386 Join the Seattle-Beer Sheva Sister City Association and Dr. Galit Avraham in a discussion about the work of Soroka and the fast-evolving city of Beer Sheva, Israel. Free. At a private home, call for location. 79 p.m. lunar latte: a Jewish Womens rosh Chodesh Gathering
Giti Fredman at gitifredman@gmail.com or 206-852-6418 or seattlekollel.org Join Seattle Kollel for a womens Rosh Chodesh Sivan event. Free cheesecake tasting as well, just in time for Shavuot. Free. At a private home, call for location. 910 p.m. Burt Bacharach and hal David on PBs
Nancy Geiger at ngeiger@kcts9.org or 206-443-6701 or kcts9.org The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: In Performance at the White House. A star-studded tribute to the songwriting team who penned classic tunes such as Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head. On KCTS Channel 9.
21 May
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9:30 a.m.12 p.m. learn to Play Bridge

Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org Want to learn Bridge or improve skills? Register online. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 10 a.m.12 p.m. routines reduce Conflict: using Them effectively
Marjorie Schnyder at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-3146 or www.jfsseattle.org The second of four sessions guiding parents in the use of positive discipline. Facilitated by Sarina Behar Natkin, LICSW and co-founder of GROW
15 May
6:309 p.m. learn to Play Bridge

Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org Want to learn Bridge or improve skills? Free introductory session. Register online. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 6:309 p.m. Nyhs Gourmet food and Dessert auction
Joy Maimon at joyalegra@gmail.com Attendees will have the chance to sample, bid on, and buy homemade delicacies of all types at this annual fundraiser. All purchases will go to support Northwest Yeshiva High School. Free. At a private home in Seattle. RSVP for location. 79 p.m. unanswered Prayers: Can a father say No?
Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org An event with guest lecturer Rabbi Menachem Nissel, a renowned speaker, author, and teacher
17 May
9:15 a.m. major adam Dubov: Jewish World War i hero

Lowell Cordas at 360-456-7367 In connection with Yom Yerushalayim, Major (ret.) Adam Dubov will discuss his great uncle Sam Drebin in a talk titled Jewish World War One Hero. A Yom Yerushalayim service will begin at 9:15 with the talk beginning at 10. Refreshments served. $7.50 per person. At Congregation Bnai Torah, 3437 Libby Rd. NE, Olympia. 10 a.m. 5 p.m. recovery as a spiritual Practice
Shellie Oakley at info@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or www.betalef.org A workshop with author and storyteller Rabbi Rami Shapiro, exploring the universal addiction to the illusion that people are in control of their lives. Cost is $85. At Hillel at the UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. 78:30 p.m. sJCs Birthday Bash and annual meeting
development@seattlejcs.org or 206-5225212 or www.sjcs.net Its Seattle Jewish Community Schools 20th anniversary! This year SJCSs State of the Union will be part of a community-wide bash to celebrate two decades. Free. At SJCS, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle. 79 p.m. Bean of affliction: Chocolate, Child labor, and Choosing fair Trade
20 May
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10 a.m.12 p.m. reducing Power struggles with Positive Discipline

Marjorie Schnyder at familylife@jfsseattle. org or 206-861-3146 or www.jfsseattle.org Parenting with confidence session facilitated by Sarina Behar Natkin, LICSW, certified Positive Discipline Parent Educator, Parent Coach, and co-founder of GROW Parenting. $15; financial assistance available. At the JFS, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle. 7 8:30 p.m. seattle Jewish Cooperative Playschool informational meeting
Alexandra Sarason at seattlejewishcoop@gmail.com Parents with toddlers and preschool-age children can learn about Seattles Jewish preschool coop program for 2012-13 at this informational meeting. For adults only. Free. At Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 8th Ave. NE, Seattle.
22 May
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11 a.m.12 p.m. PJ library storytime at mockingbird Books

Amy Hilzman-Paquette at amyhp@jewishinseattle.org Music, storytelling, and Hebrew through ASL with Betsy Dischel from Musikal Magik, a certified X PagE 20
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On Sunday, April 29 tons of Jewish teens gathered at the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island for a day of fun and volunteering. The focus of the program was on stopping bullying, so in addition to learning tools to get their peers to recognize when theyre hurting others, the teenagers from area youth groups and Jewish high school programs divided up to do service projects and learned about helping those in need in the process.
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Amy and Jessica Korotkin check in to J-Serve and collect their t-shirts for the event.
J-Serve 2012 rocks Seattle!
Robbie Franco helps wash a Sunshine Coach transport van. Max Goldstein, David Schwartz, and Scott Taylor get themselves psyched up for the awesomeness of volunteerism. vol. 88, no. 10 f r i d ay , m ay 11, 2012 19 i ya r 5772 jtnews.net
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Writing and art contest winners

This years theme for the Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Centers Jacob Friedman Writing and Art Contest was With My Own Eyes: As a student of the Holocaust, you are now a witness. Below are some of the winners, judged on submissions from all around Washington State.
With My Own Eyes
FIRST PlACE, 5TH6TH GRADE WRITInG Just as Nobel Peace Prize winner and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel wrote in Night that anyone who does not remember (the dead) betrays them again, Borowski too commented on the duty we are faced with in the eyes of hatred, injustice, or persecution. Namely, we are to act. To do something, anything, to raise ones head up and yell, stop this madnessfor the sake of humanity; for the sake of how we wish to be remembered long after were gone. Madison Gruenig, Finch Elementary School, Spokane. 6th Grade.
1ST PlACE, 5TH/6TH GRADE ART: Carl Schildkraut, Congregation Kol Ami, Woodinville.
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SECOnD PlACE, 9TH12TH GRADE WRITInG There is a reason we all have had a chance to step into Elie Wiesels shoes. It is not just to gain more knowledge of the Holocaust, but to gain knowledge and awareness that we can step up and no longer be bystanders as we watch another person or ourselves be hurt and persecuted by someone else. Having read his story gives me the choice to not be the same person I was before, oblivious to others around me; instead I can be a Juliek. Someone who is secure in myself and will not give up who I am for anyone. Not taking that forward step is just as bad as being a perpetrator. I have witnessed hatred and to not do something would put me in denial. I was given a voice for a reason, and it is my obligation to testify and share what I have learned from Elie Wiesels testimony, so another person is able to find the light at the end of the tunnel, just as I have. Emily Hensler, Spanaway Lake High School, Spanaway. 10th Grade. 2nD PlACE, 7TH8TH GRADE ART: Sarah Turner, Meridian Middle School, Kent.
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THIRD PlACE, 7TH8TH GRADE WRITInG Injustice simply means lack of justice. Often it is carried out by taking rights away from people. The Holocaust is not the only instance of injustice. It has happened throughout history. Examples include events like South African Apartheid (1948-1994), Indian Removal Act (1830), Japanese internment (1942-1944) and segregation of non-whites in America (1900slate 1960s), to name a few. Injustice can be caused by several social factors like jealousy, paranoia and anger. One thing society can do to combat injustice is have equality, justice and racial tolerance taught in schools, so that future generations are less prone to repeat the same mistakes. Ehmer Anwar Taj, Beaver lake Middle School, Issaquah. 8th Grade.
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1ST PlACE, 9TH12TH GRADE ART: Aliyah Steiner, Redmond High School, Redmond. THIRD PlACE, 9TH12TH GRADE WRITInG I was so little, I did not understand On that cold winter night When my mother took my hand. I was only 9 years old, Hiding for so long, Now we are going into the open? Mom this is so wrong! I am frightened, Petrified with fear. Mother tells me to hush, Dont say a word, my dear. Walking in the dusk Toward all the hate, I knew where we were going But could not comprehend til late. Silence. We continued on, Leaving the farm behind. I look back, and its gone. With only the clothes on our backs, We approach the highway Only my mother and me The rest of my family already taken away. Why we escaped I will never know. But when she stuck up her thumb, My fear surely showed. Hitchhiking? This is enemy land! They want to kill us; Lets run away while we can! Too late, A truck draws near. A man steps out. What have we here? My mother so clever, An angel for me, Tells a different story
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lipstick and the law: SiFF 2012s Jewish selections

herb Krohn special to JTNews
The 36th Annual Seattle International Film Festival kicks off 25 days of non stop cinema on Thurs., May 17. Tickets can be purchased online at www.siff.net, by phone at 206-324-9996, as well as during business hours at any SIFF venue on festival days, subject to availability. If advance tickets are no longer available a limited number of standby tickets may be released 10 minutes before show time. Theater and venue box offices open 30 minutes before the first screening and close 15 minutes after the last screening begins. a worthwhile SIFF film to catch this year and a demonstration of the current state of Israeli filmmaking. Sun., May 27 1:30 p.m., Pacific Place Tues., May 29 6:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema Uptown Simon and the Oaks Sweden Drama Sat., May 19 1:45 p.m., Renton Mon., May 28 6:30 p.m., Egyptian Theatre Thurs., June 7 3:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema Uptown
Sharqiya Rating: Very Good Israel/France/Germany Subtitled (Filmed entirely in the Negev Desert) Genre: Character Profile Mon., May 21 8:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema Uptown Wed., May 30 4:30 p.m., Pacific Place Thurs., May 31 7 p.m., Pacific Place Kamel is a 20-something Bedouin who served in the Israeli army and lives with his brother and sister-in-law in an encampment of sheet metal cratelike structures on his familys ancestral land. He works as a security guard oBelis ProDuCTioNs Clara Khoury and Nataly attiya star as two women with a complicated at the nearby bus terminal, repairs relationship in the israeli film lipstikka. video equipment in his spare time, and seems to have earned Lipstikka the scorn of his brother, who dislikes Rating: Very Good Kamels life choices. Israel/UK Partially Subtitled The film begins with the discovery of Genre: Coming of Age/Psychodrama an eviction notice on their home. They Fri., June 89:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema must then deal with a hostile bureaucracy Uptown to find out why and what their options Sun., June 10 4 p.m. Pacific Place are. This interesting film provides a realisLara and Inam were best friends and tic character profile of Kamel as we watch possibly even more while growing up him live out his life with the family strife as teenagers in the Palestinian territoand the impending eviction. As the screws ries. Their lives are forever changed by tighten, he hatches a plan to save their a chance meeting with two Israeli solhome by setting up a scenario to make diers when they sneak across the border himself a hero at his job, which he believes into Israel one night after curfew to go to will bring media attention to their plight. a movie. The film leads off 15 years later, When the authorities arrive to evict when they are both living in London, as the family, we catch a glimpse of Kamels Inam drops over unexpectedly and apparvalues and his deep attachment to what ently somewhat unwelcome to visit Lara appears to be the one successful time in on her birthday. Part coming of age and his life when he served as a soldier in part psychodrama, the story plays itself the army. This film is a tribute to the digout through flashbacks in time to finally nity and resilience of humans to deal with reveal the full story at the conclusion. tragedies we often face and our ability to This unique motion picture crosses keep going even against all odds as well many boundaries while it takes the audias the struggle to find ones own identity. ence deeply into the lives of the characThis SIFF entry is something worthwhile ters. Writer/director Jonathan Sagall has to watch. created a film that will keep the audience guessing and anticipating throughout as The following additional SIFF films to what really transpired in the womens have been identified as those of Jewish mutual past together and how it effects interest and will be reviewed as they their present relationship. become available: The production values are strong, yet it is the excellent performances by vetDaas eran actresses Clara Khoury (Lara) and Poland Historical Drama Nataly Attiya (Inam) who portray their Fri., May 18 4 p.m., Egyptian Theatre conflicted intertwined characters with Sun., May 20 6:30 p.m., SIFF Cinema amazing realism. When the film reaches Uptown Theatre its conclusion, the final plot twist is comSat., June 2 3 p.m., Harvard Exit pletely unexpected, yet it resolves all the questions left in the minds of the audience. The Law in These Parts No loose threads remain, which seems Israel Documentary entirely plausible and consistent. This is
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Wednesday, May 16 at 7 p.m. Author Misha Berson Author Lecture Misha Berson went from being a young girl madly in love with the classic American musical West Side Story to being a renowned theatre critic for the Seattle Times. Recently, she has transferred her love of musical theatre into her book, Somethings Coming, Something Good: West Side Story and the American Imagination. She will discuss her new book and answer audience questions regarding her work. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. Free and open to the community.
sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. The Jewish Opera Connection: From samson to sondheim Music Lecture Dennis Glauber explores the extensive Jewish presence in the world of opera, including works of Offenbach, Korngold, Glass, Bernstein, Sondheim and others. Operas with Biblical themes, such as Nabucco, Salome, and Samson and Delilah will be illustrated as well as Jewish conductors, librettists and Jewish singers who have made their mark on the operatic stage. Refreshments served. Tickets cost $5 for Stroum Jewish Community Center members, seniors and students, and $10 general admission. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Register at www.sjcc.org. For more information, contact Roni Antebi at RoniA@sjcc.org.
Wednesday, May 16 at 7:30 p.m. The Black-Jew Dialogues Improv Theatre Making their debut here in Seattle, the comedy team of Ron Jones and Larry Jay Tish will perform at the Theatre Puget Sound for one night only. The Black-Jew Dialogues has toured the U.S., Canada, and the U.K. and is best described as a social justice comedy or Chappelles Show with a conscience. With fast-paced sketches, improvisations, puppetry, multimedia, a game show, and post-show discussion all rooted in satire and social commentary the BJD is designed to foster the critical conversation about diversity and prejudice in America. At the Theater Puget Sound, Seattle Centers Center House, 305 Harrison St., Fourth Floor, Seattle. Tickets cost $16 at www.theblackjewdialogues.com/showtickets.php.
Wednesday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Avner Cohen: Israels Worst-Kept secret Author Lecture Author of the book, The Worst Kept Secret, Avner Cohen discusses his assessment of the nuclear issue currently facing Israel. Cohen, known for his analysis of the Israeli nuclear program, is an internationally recognized author and expert on nonproliferation issues, focusing primarily on the Middle East. With the rise of possible nuclear activity in Iran, Cohen says that the situation may threaten the delicate nuclear equilibrium that has dominated the region in recent decades. Cohen calls this one of the most critical international issues of our day. Presented by the Town Hall Center for Civic Life with Elliott Bay Book Company. At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Advance tickets are $5 at www.brownpapertickets.com, 800-838-3006, or at the door beginning at 6:30 p.m.
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Trimpins train ride through hell

aliCe KaDerlan JTNews Correspondent
In the mid 60s, in the small German village of Efringen-Kirchen on the French border, a preteen boy and his friends came upon an old, overgrown cemetery. The headstones, many of which were falling over, had strange writing on them; the boys had never seen anything like it. One of them was especially intrigued. He went home and asked his parents about the cemetery. They told him it was where Jews from their community were buried. The boy had never heard of Jews or Judaism, but yearned to learn more about these mysterious people and the reason for their disappearance. Fortunately, his parents and grandparents were willing to talk. They didnt know a lot about Jews mostly that they went to a synagogue rather than a church and didnt celebrate Christmas but shared with the boy what they did know. And they told him about the Holocaust, the first time he had ever heard of it. The boys parents knew that the Jews of the town had been sent to the Gurs internment camp in France in 1940; they didnt know for sure what had happened after that, but it wasnt hard to guess. The boys curiosity led him to research what had occurred. His primary school history books were no help; pages relating
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The combination of sculpture, acting and music make up Trimpins performance work The gurs Zyklus.
to anything after 1933 had been torn out and there was no classroom discussion of the war or the Holocaust. So he relied on his parents and grandparents, who had opposed the Nazis. They told him what little they knew of Gurs and who in their town had been part of the local Nazi organization.
Over the years, the boy heard more about Gurs and the Holocaust, especially after the film Shoah was shown in Germany. He discovered that Hannah Arendt and her family had been sent to Gurs when the French rounded up non-French Jews who had sought refuge in their country, and that the famous German painter
Felix Nussbaum had also spent time there. Then, in the late 1980s, the boy now a man met a reclusive American composer named Conlon Nancarrow who had also been at Gurs. Nancarrow had fought in the Spanish Civil War and been sent to Gurs by the French in 1939, shortly before the Jews arrived there. By the time he met Nancarrow, the boy had grown into an accomplished kinetic sculptor, composer and designer of strange and beautiful musical instruments he dubbed sound sculptures. He had dropped his first name and moved to Seattle, where he became known simply as Trimpin. And he remained haunted by Gurs and what had happened to the Jews who were sent there.
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At some point he cant identify precisely when Trimpin decided to create a performance piece about Gurs and the Jews of Efringen-Kirchen. The project, titled The Gurs Zyklus (The Gurs Cycle in English), was given a major boost when Victor Rosenberg, the nephew of a Gurs internee, read about Trimpins project in The New Yorker. Rosenberg contacted Trimpin and offered a cache of his uncles letters written from Gurs. Another unexpected gift came while Trimpin was developing The Gurs Zyklus during a residency at Stanford Univer-
sity. Menlo Park resident Manfred Wildman, who had been interned in Gurs as a 10-year-old boy, read about the project in a local paper and provided more information about the camp. Trimpin and his collaborator, writer and narrator Rinde Eckert, have incorporated content from both Rosenberg and Wildman into the script and imagery for The Gurs Zyklus, plus Trimpins original research. This includes a train ride Trimpin took from his hometown to Gurs, following the exact path that the Jews followed. Although the camp buildings have been destroyed, The Gurs Zyklus incorporates Trimpins photos of the cities and
countryside that the train passes through as well as images of the 70-year old trees at the site, which he regards as witnesses to what happened. Like much of Trimpins work, its hard to describe precisely what The Gurs Zyklus is. There is a narrator (Eckert) plus four female vocalists and, of course, an array of Trimpins original kinetic sculptures. These include his signature fire organ in which a computer keyboard controls Bunsen burners to make a sound similar to that of a pipe organ. There are also rolling teeter-totters equipped with speakers that blast train sounds from Trimpins trip to Gurs, a computerized music program
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that interprets photos of the bark patterns taken from the trees at Gurs as sound, and four player pianos. Although The Gurs Zyklus is, in its current form, a live theatrical performance, Trimpin has conceptualized it so it can be performed in a range of settings and as an interactive exhibition in a museum or art gallery. Wherever its offered he says the goal is to enable others to understand what happened in Gurs. This is not like reading a history book, he explains. It should be similar to how I experienced Gurs when I asked about it and wanted to learn more, to understand this chapter in our history and determine that it will never be forgotten. A video of MacArthur genius awardwinner Trimpin talking about The Gurs Zyklus at Stanford University is available on YouTube at youtu.be/cYyVMVHsSL4.
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better understanding our Jewish selves

DiKla tuChMan JTNews Correspondent
There is no doubt about it: The Jewish landscape in American is changing. Whether consciously or not, every generation of Jews faces the issue of how the younger generations of American Jewry are connecting or not connecting with Jewish life. Dr. Steven M. Cohen has written nearly every study about changing trends in American Judaism, and he continually attempts to address this question. As the scholar-in-residence at the annual Stroum Lecture Series at the University of Washington, Cohen visited Seattle last month to discuss this ongoing issue that faces the American Jewish community. Cohens lectures for the Stroum Jewish Studies Program at UW, a small group of young Jewish leaders in an intimate discussion led by Jewish Studies chair Noam Pianko, and with staff and volunteers at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, covered the same basic topic: Engagement in Jewish life is shrinking, intermarriage is increasing therefore leading to less engagement and the Jewish community must reinvent itself in ways that address these two issues. So when Jewish leaders ask the inevitable question, Why are Jewish young adults less and less engaged? the first place to look, Cohen says, is at the different environmental changes in the American-Jewish atmosphere. Cohen divides American Jews into two main groups: Orthodox Jews and everyone else. He then divides the everyone else group into two sub-categories: Intermarried Jews either children of intermarried couples or those who are intermarried themselves and what he calls inmarried Jews Jews married to other Jews. According to Cohens research, the strongest indicator for involvement in Jewish life is having inmarried parents. Intermarried Jews have lower involvement in Jewish life, argues Cohen. Looking at Orthodoxy in Jewish American, Cohen points out that the Orthodox movement is moving more to the right and separating itself more from the greater population. The middle group, which Cohen says makes up about 60 percent of the Jewish population, is neither Orthodox or intermarried. But this group is in demographic decline. Orthodoxy is growing and intermarriage is growing, Cohen says. Because of this trend, the many Jewish institutions that rely on this population are also struggling and often declining. Due to a shrinking demographic base and shifting patterns of affiliation in the U.S., Cohen says, we are seeing less loyalty among these Jewish institutions. The issue of loyalty follows a pattern he sees as typical within the younger Jewish generations of Jews under 40 years old. They are more autonomous, and no longer subscribe to the notion of automatic affiliation; Have a more fluid identity, which changes based on circumstances and is self-defined; Feel less of a need to affiliate with institutions. Judaism in America relies heavily on affiliation with institutions, Cohen argues, whether its synagogues, Jewish Federations, or any of the other agencies that focuses on a specific niche within the community. That focus on institutions has been, over roughly the last half century, the supreme act of the good Jew, he says. As the current generation of Jewish young adults move away from the idea of affiliating, the construct of defining the intermarried Jews. Statistically, Cohen says, only 15 percent of Jews that are a product of intermarriage or are in intermarried relationships have a likelihood of raising their children as non-Jews. To put these statistics into context, Stroum Jewish Studies chair Pianko says the importance in the way Cohen engages his audience brings about an understanding of where the institutions serve their communities must adapt to the changing climate. He challenges our community to recognize the changes of Jewish life from a scholarly perspective and community leadership perspective, he says. But those challenges dont always reflect the mindsets of the people to whom he applies his statistics. For one group hes shocking and for other groups, he doesnt seem to understand their identity, Pianko says. Many of the young Jewish adults that participated in Cohens discussion had a difficult time reconciling his statistics with their own experience of strongly identifying with Jewish life, even if they are products of intermarriage or are in interfaith relationships themselves. For some members of the audience it was very challenging, Pianko says. For younger adults that came to hear him speak, he wasnt actually fully capturing the way that some Jews understand themselves. In putting a face to the numbers, he added, it shows in some ways how big the gap is between these two ways of identifying with Judaism.
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world by Jewish institutions as affiliated and non-affiliated no longer works. Cohen emphasizes that connecting in a more personal way, as these younger Jews are wont to do, is critical now. The best success for the Jewish community in dealing with a much different Jewish landscape is to reevaluate some of its institutions, approach, and the way it connects with a new and very different Jewish population. Aside from the disconnect that Jews from inmarried Jews are having with American Jewry, Cohen spends a great deal of time and energy talking about
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Meta buttnick, 19132012: living the history she documented

Those close to Meta Buttnick referred to her as Meta the Meteor. She was just indefatigable, said her daughter Gwen Buttnick Francis. She would never run out of strength. But on April 24, Meta Bloom Buttnick finally did run out of steam. She had just turned 99. Longtime readers of this newspaper may remember her columns on Seattle Jewish history, as would members of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, where she had been documenting the synagogues history since the 1940s. Because she knew the history of so much of the Jewish community in Seattle, she could always relate to people because she knew their ancestry oftentimes better than they knew themselves, Francis said. Meta was an exacting and accurate chronicler of Seattles Jewish history, but she also helped to create it. Her son Jack was a member of the first class of what is now known as the Seattle Hebrew Academy. She helped to co-found the Washington State Jewish Historical Society in 1968. She started the first local chapter of American Mizrachi Women, later known as AMIT, a worldwide organization that helped orphaned children in Israel. Her family was an active part of Congregation Bikur Cholim, and it was her interviews with founding members for the synagogues 50th anniversary in 1941 that began her ongoing documentation of Bikur Cholims members, rabbis and buildings for 70 years. Over the years she chronicled sketches of all of the rabbis who served at the Bikur Cholim and Machzikay Hadath congregations, wrote Larry Altose, her editor at the Bikur Cholim Tribune, in an email. She surveyed the physical history, too, covering the halls rented, sanctuaries constructed, as well as other facilities. Few synagogues can lay claim to such a wellchronicled history of their first century, so often drawn from primary sources. But her old typewriter didnt stop with her own synagogue and Seattles pioneering Jewish families. She wrote the history of many CourTesy GaBriella friDmaN other institutions. Meta buttnick visited her birthplace of Fairbanks, alaska in 2006, where she She wrote the history visited with then-Mayor Steve Thompson. of Herzl, Metas nently until 1939. Born in Fairbanks, daughter Gwen said. Her writing was Alaska, to Lithuanian immigrants, her endless. father took it upon himself to teach the Outside of the Jewish community, Jewish men stationed there and hold she worked with the state historical sociPassover seders and other holiday celeety and had appointments from at least brations, which contributed strongly to one Seattle mayor, to sit on a task force Metas Jewish upbringing, according to a on bomb shelters, as well as contacts with profile of Meta written for the BCMH Trigovernors such as Albert Rosellini. bune by member Karen Treiger. Interestingly, for someone as Metas parents sent her and her two sisentrenched in the Seattle community as ters to Ireland, where they had family, to she was, she didnt arrive here permaattend Trinity College. Meta then became a teacher upon her return to Fairbanks. At a time when it wasnt popular, she was able to achieve high education college degree, a Masters degree, said Metas granddaughter Gabriella Fridman. Meta spent her post-college summers in Seattle to earn her teaching credits at the University of Washington. It was then that she met Harry Buttnick. The two were married and Meta settled here permanently in 1939. Soon after, her historical documentation began in earnest. She updated timelines and helped younger co-volunteers procure local historical photographs, always serving as the go-to source to ensure an accurate account, wrote Altose. She took special pride in working on the 100th and 120th anniversary observances in 1991 and 2011. Metas grandchildren knew she was one of the citys great historians, but when they were younger, my brother, my sister and I were her whole life, Fridman said. Her communal work came second, her family always came first. Education was foremost on the agenda with Metas grandkids. She always really cared about our academics, our schoolwork, Fridman said. She stayed on top of every detail of our work, which was always impressive. Meta would, however, pull the children out of school one day a year for the annual AMIT luncheon. She always wanted us to see how important it was firsthand to see a charitable institution, Fridman said.
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Growing up in the same city meant Metas grandchildren would spend Shabbat at her house, and would often have as many as 20 kids running through the house on a Saturday afternoon and eating the cookies shed baked. The Sabbath remained a central component of Metas life, even in her last years when it became more difficult for her to get around. To her it was very important to come to synagogue on Shabbos when she was able to do so, said Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld of Congregation Shevet Achim on Mercer Island. Were very honored that the last years of her life she attended our shul. Meta always carried herself in a very regal way, Rabbi Kornfeld said. She was very comfortable with who she was, and she was very articulate. Meta is preceded in death by her husband Harry Buttnick, who died in 1960. She married again in 1967, to Jack Kaplin, who died in 1974. She had three children: Jack, Morrie, who died in 2009, and Gwen; three grandchildren, Gabriella, Samantha and Harris; and one great-grandchild.
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Hoffman said Israel is currently taking part in the behind-the-scenes meetings that are ongoing following talks between the U.S. and Iran last month in Istanbul, because if it were necessary to use force, Israel would need the ability, necessity, and legitimacy, to strike, as Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak told the New York Times in January of this year. Were working on it, said Hoffman, referring to his countrys leaders. Theyre negotiating a deal as we speak. [Israel must] exhaust every possibility completely. Weve got 50,000 rockets aimed at us from Lebanon. When asked about Egypt, his thoughts on the outcome of its elections and the fate of the peace agreement with Israel, Hoffman expressed confidence that a moderate leader would prevail, despite the recent election of Islamists to 70 percent of the seats in the Egyptian parliament. It looks like Amir Moussa will win,
said Hoffman. He doesnt like Israel but he understands the world. He will likely keep the peace agreement for the love of money. Foreign investment in Egypt is down 92 percent. Itll be colder. Itll be an Alaskanstyle peace, but peace nonetheless. Commenting on the peace process, which is at a virtual standstill, he said the Palestinians are waiting for U.S elections and for Obama to be re-elected, while the Israelis are waiting for a Palestinian election and a Palestinian leader who will come back to the negotiating table. Meanwhile, he said, internally, Israel seems to be turning its attention, in part, away from national security and instead focusing on economic problems within its borders and looking for some economic relief for the middle class. The new trend in Israel is not war and peace, Hoffman said. We are pretending it anyway. Its very healthy. Obsessing about war and peace has kept us from solving our internal problems. Israel is going above it.
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Music of Remembrance: always another sunrise

DiKla tuChMan JTNews Correspondent
Opera can tell a story in a way no other musical composition can. The level of emotional intensity opera achieves in its mix of lofty vocals and orchestral accompaniment makes it an ideal format for telling tragic but heroic tales of Holocaust survival. Such is the case with Music of Remembrances spring concert, Another Sunrise. Now in its 14th year, Music of Remembrance produces commissioned works related to the Holocaust and revives compositions created by artists during that time. Another Sunrise features a commissioned work by MOR from composers Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer. According to MORs founder and artistic director Mina Miller, Heggie and Scheer are perhaps the most important team creating opera and musical drama pieces today, having penned such works as Moby Dick and Dead Man Walking. Their work is extraordinary, Miller says, Weve been waiting for this new piece, Another Sunrise, for some time. Heggies and Scheers libretto is based on the story of Krystyna Zywulska, a survivor of Auschwitz and the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1942, Zywulska walked out of the Warsaw Ghetto in broad daylight with her mother and was later arrested by the Nazis. Because at the time of her arrest she had been working with the Polish Underground, the Nazis sent her toAuschwitz as a political prisoner not as a Jew. She had worked for the resistance under a Christian name and false identity, and during her time in Auschwitz no one knew she was Jewish. She began to write satiric poems about her experience, which were adopted by the prisoners as anthems. During her entire imprisonment in the camp, Zywulska CourTesy ausChWiTz museum illustrated texts from Krystyna Zywulskas music worked hard to hide revue Wiazanka z Effektenkammer (medley in the her Jewish identity. Effektenkammer) performed in birkenau in 1944. Zywulska catalogued
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peoples belongings as they entered the camp a safe job, as Miller describes it given to her to save the camp poet. The piece is about her day to day survival of her experience in occupied Poland, says Miller of Another Sunrise. This work is intended to challenge the audience to confront Krystyna Zywulskas moral dilemma, as well as celebrate her poems, its authors say. Im particularly inspired by stories of social justice and the inequities of life, and how we are all connected as human beings despite those inequities, says Heggie. The full breadth of Krystyna Zywulskas work as a memoirist, poet and satirist is still being revealed and given new appreciation. Her story cries out to be told through theater and poetry. Telling her story is amazing, agrees Miller. And performing it are the finest instrumental performers in Seattle. And the fact that these composers are worldrenowned is also amazing. Zywulskas son, Tadeusz Andrzejewski, will attend the concert and accept honors for his mothers contributions. Germanys Consul General is coming from San Francisco to attend the concert as well. In addition to the commissioned opera, the audiences will also hear works by composers Pavel Haas and Syzmon Laks. Through their work, both Haas and Laks, who were persecuted by the Nazis, displayed an intense love for and identity with their native countries. In his suite for oboe and piano, composed just after the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, Haas expressed a sense of patriotism by incorporating the melody of the St. Wenceslas chorale the emblematic symbol of Czech musical. Lakss third string quartet, his first composition after liberation from Auschwitz, revives folk and dance elements from regions of his native Poland. According to Miller, these pieces are so unique and important to share through MOR because they celebrate national identities that were assaulted by the Nazis. Last but not least in the lineup, the celebrated Northwest Boychoir returns to MOR to sing what Miller called hauntingly beautiful Yiddish and Hebrew folk songs in arrangements created by Viktor Ullmann in the Terezn concentration camp. Theres something in this program for everyone, Miller says. The program is very accessible one doesnt need to be timid about attending. Even if you dont think you like opera, its not a typical opera.

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