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DIANA BREMENT JTNews Columnist

1Since graduating rom

Northwest Yeshiva High

School in 2006, Elisheva

Goldberg has achieved her

goal o living and working in

Israel.Te resident o Jerusalem’s

Abu or neighborhood (and

ormer JNews intern) wears

two proessional hats: She

is an international relations

analyst and editor or Molad:

Te Center or the Renewal o

Israeli Democracy, and a ree-

lance writer o Open Zion, a

blog on Te Daily Beast. (Find

her work easily with your avorite search

engine.)

Molad, where she primarily does

research, is “an incredible place,” says Eli-

sheva, “an Israeli progressive policy insti-

tution,” or “think tank,” modeled on

American counterparts like the Center or

American Progress.

Open Zion is where she can express

her opinions. he blog, which takes

“a solid two-state

editorial line,” is “a

great place or me to

explore Israeli poli-

tics when they inter-

sect with Americanpolitics.”

S h e r e c e n t l y

wrote two pieces

that became quite

popular — they

explored a politi-

cal balance between

why young Dias-

pora Jews don’t like

conservative Israeli

politician Nafali Bennett and a “parallel

piece about why young Israeli Jews do like

Nafali Bennett.”

She wanted to understand Bennett’s

appeal, even when he says things “that

are hard to hear…especially or Ameri-

can Jews,” she says, and translate “in some

part” or American readers.

Like “many Modern Orthodox kids,”

Elisheva spent a year in Israel afer high

school. Even then, “I wanted

to be in that political world,”

she says.

During that year she

went on a tour that included

spending a day with Pal-estinian peers in Hebron,

which drove home the

importance o being able to

communicate with them.

She began studying Arabic

at Penn (class o 2011), has

been on a summer program

in Egypt, spent a semester in

Morocco, and is currently in

“an advanced spoken class”

at Al Quds University in Jerusalem.

Living in New York beore moving to

Israel, Elisheva says she “grappled with

issues o egalitarianism,” studying with

Rabbi Ethan ucker at Yeshivat Hadar. It

was while living in New York that Elisheva

met journalist Peter Beinart and helped

him start the Open Zion blog.

A basketball player in high school

and college, Elisheva continues to play in

Israel “with a group o middle aged men,”

mostly American, “and they’re very, very

good.” She’s also learning to play accor-

dion, an interest she shares with her dad,

Dr. Sheldon Goldberg (JNews, “Singing

or a cure, March 22, 2013).

2It was good news and bad new

when purse designer and artisa

Susan Amira Weinstein oun

she’d lost her job earlier this year. T

good news? She could finally throw he

sel ull-time into launching Susan AmiDesigns and to building inventory —

which she does hersel, one bag at a time

“I love to sew,” she says. “I’ve bee

sewing since I was 12 years old.”

She started at Seattle’s Sharples Juni

High School with teacher Mrs. Cushio

Really. She still has “the apron I made

that class,” she says, and uses it rom tim

to time.

Ater getting a speech and hearin

degree rom the University o Washin

ton, Susan decided against teaching an

enrolled at Seattle Central Communi

College or a degree in apparel and desig

services. She then worked or Nordstro

where, by coincidence, her husband Ala

also worked, although they actually met

the JCC. Susan ofen consults their grow

daughters, Sari and ori, on her designs

Currently, you can see and purcha

her bags, and contact her at www.ets

com. She says that building her own we

site with selling capability is a high prio

ity or her this year. Each handbag sty

M.O.T.Member of

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Elisheva Goldberg, who

works as an analyst for an

Israeli NGO and as a writer

for Open Zion.

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Rabbi’s Turn

With Hanukkah approaching so early this year, Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyer exlains why the Jews of the Hel-

lenic era felt the need to fight back against the Greeks, and what it means within our changing Jewish

landscape.

News in brief

Kavana Cooperative is honored, a noted educator will be teaching in Seattle, and a Seattle doctor is hon-

ored for his lifelong work.

Guns on the ballot

An effort to bring gun reform to next year’s election has strong backing from our Jewish community.

A celebration of Torah learning

Herzl-Ner Tamid’s seventh annual Torahthon brings in rabbis and educators from Seattle and as far away

as Israel to make Torah relevant — and fun — for all of us.

Meet the rabbis

Temple Beth Am has not one, but two new rabbis to lead its congregation. Learn about who they are and

where they come from.

Tzedakah Center sectio

Looking for ways to give your time and money as the holidays approach? We have suggestions galore for

you here.

Golems, deserts and unknown destinations 1

Music of Remembrance celebrates its 15th season with a mix of performances ranging from a dance

performance to chamber-style sonatas.

Northwest Jewish Family

Preparing for college 1

Two students thinking about what happens after graduation give tips on how high schoolers can make su

they’re properly preparing for college.

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Sometimes the best way to save a relationship with a loved one is to become more flexible in your beliefs

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Canada’s first Yiddish-language film, a story of lost love found, makes its way to Seattle this weekend, wit

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From the Jewish ranscript, November 1, 1965.

Members o emple Beth Am in Seattle’s Wedgwood neighborhood celebrated

at our events as their new building across rom Dahl Field Park was dedicated.

Tough it has gone through extensive remodels in the ensuing 48 years, the temple

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FRIDAY1 NOVEMBER

6:30–9 p.m. — Secular Shabbat with Anne

Levinson

Secular Jewish Circle at

[email protected] or 206-528-1944

or secularjewishcircle.org

“Jewish Roots and Social Engagement” features

the Honorable Anne Levinson, who will speak about

issues related to social welfare and justice. Contact

SJC for location details.

SUNDAY3 NOVEMBER

9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Cookies Galore

Shelly Goldman at

[email protected] or

425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org

Karen Baer teaches how to make coconutmacaroons (not just for Passover!) and mandel

bread. Space limited, register early. $5 at the door.

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

2 p.m. — Expose Yourself to Art with

Beersheva Hadassah

Meryl Alcabes at


Docent-led tour of Frye Art Museum with Hadassah.

$10 suggested donation. At Frye Art Museum/

Sorrento Hotel, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle.

6–9 p.m. — StandWithUs Northwest Annual

Community Reception Event

Rob Jacobs at [email protected]

or 206-801-0902 or www.standwithus.com/

northwest

Featuring author, columnist and commentator Yossi

Klein Halevi and Pakistani-born “Muslim Zionist”

Kasim Hafeez. Israeli wines and kosher hors

d’oeuvres served with book signing. $36. At Town

Hall, 1119 8th Ave., Seattle.

7 p.m. — Abráce: Vocal Harmonies andPercussion from Around the World

Karen Sakamoto at


425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org

Abráce, named for the Spanish and Portuguese word

for “embrace,” is dedicated to building intercultural

understanding through musical collaboration. Free.

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

WEDNESDAY6 NOVEMBER

7–9:30 p.m. — Torahthon

Rabbi Jill Levy at [email protected] or

206-232-8555 or www.h-nt.org

Area rabbis, professors and teachers present topics

of personal and professional interest to a broad

spectrum of learners. Attend one, two or all three

days: November 6, 10 and 13. At Herzl-Ner Tamid

Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way,

Mercer Island.

THURSDAY7 NOVEMBER

7:30 p.m. — WSJHS Presents: ‘In the Land of

Rain and Salmon’

Lori Ceyhun at [email protected] or

206-774-2277 or www.wsjhs.org/events.php

Witness the experiences of Washington State’s

Jewish pioneers, brought to life on stage by the

Washington State Jewish Historical Society and

Book-It Repertory Theatre. Doors open at 7 p.m. At

Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle.

FRIDAY

8 NOVEMBER

5:30 p.m. – Shabbaton with Rabbi Hillel Goldberg


Scholar, author and lecturer Rabbi Hillel Goldberg

will lead Shevet Achim’s fall Shabbaton, titled “What

Mussar Means for Us Today.” Goldberg will lead

three lectures throughout the weekend. Free. At

Congregation Shevet Achim, NYHS, 5017 90th Ave.

SE, Mercer Island.

7:30 p.m. — Meaning Well and Doing Harm:

Potential Pitfalls of Tikkun Olam

Stacy Schill at 206-498-1066 or

www.kolaminw.org

Guest speaker Cliff Mass, an authority on weather in

the Pacific Northwest, will speak about tikkun olam in

relation to his work and his life. Free. At Congregation

Kol Ami, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville.

9–11 p.m. — PBS Fall Arts Festival: Stephen

Sondheim’s Company with the N.Y. Philharmonic

kcts9.org/tv-schedule

PBS Fall Arts Festival brings world-class arts to

your living room. This episode features Stephen

Sondheim’s company in concert with the New Yo

Philharmonic. Record this Friday night broadcast

watch after Shabbat. On KCTS Channel 9.

SATURDAY9 NOVEMBER

5–7 p.m. — SJCC Parents Night Out: Nick at Ni Daliah Silver at [email protected] or

206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org

Games, arts and crafts, and dinner for kids wh

parents go out. SJCC member $30/sibling $15;gue

$40/sibling $20. At the Stroum Jewish Commun

Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

SUNDAY10 NOVEMBER

6:45–9 p.m. — Fall Concert: Until When?

John Huffstetler at

[email protected] or 206-365-

7770 or www.musicofremembrance.org

World premiere of a new dance set to “The Golem

score by Betty Olivero, plus music by two other Isra

composers and a jazz-inflected sonata by Erw

Schulhoff. $40. At the Illsley Ball Nordstrom Reci

Hall, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle.

7:30–9:30 p.m. — BCMH Sisterhood Ceramic

Painting

Rhonda Rubin at [email protected]

BCMH Sisterhood hosts a “paint the fall blues awa

party for women only. All items range from $5

$60 (w/average price around $18). RSVP requir

no later than Mon., Nov. 4. At Emerald City Fir

Arts, 333 3 Rainier Ave. S, Seattle.

MONDAY11 NOVEMBER

9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. — SJCC School’s Out

Camp: Spy Day

Daliah Silver at [email protected] or


Full and half-day camp features Spy Day: Solve ridd

and clues like James Bond, perform challenges li

in “Mission: Impossible,” and use detective skills li

investigators on CSI. S JCC member $50/guest $6

At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

FRIDAY15 NOVEMBER

12–3:30 p.m. — Half-Day School’s Out Camp

Iron Chef

Daliah Silver at [email protected] or


Themed camp day “Iron Chef”: Compete in

cooking contest with a secret ingredient. At t

SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

9–11 p.m. — PBS Fall Arts Festival, Great

Performances: Rogers and Hammerstein’s

Oklahoma

kcts9.org/tv-schedule

This episode features Rogers and Hammerstein

“Oklahoma.” On KCTS Channel 9.

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THE RABBI’S TURN

OPINION

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The candle is the mitzvah, the Torah is the light

RABBI RON-AMI MEYERS Congregation Ezra BessarothFor most Americans, November means

Tanksgiving is just around the corner.

Tis year, in an unusual con-fluence o the Gregorian and

Jewish calendars, Hanuk-

kah alls out on Tanksgiv-

ing. According to my sources,

it will only happen again in

the year 79,811! Tis year’s

reality, then, offers a unique

opportunity to relect on

Hanukkah independent o the

atmosphere o the American

holiday season.

We are all amiliar with the Hasmo-

neans’ unlikely military victory and the

miracle o the cruse o oil. But i we delve

deeper, we should ask: What was the root

o the conflict between ourselves and the

Greeks? Our sources state that on the

Greek agenda was the spiritual annihi-

lation o our people; since the Greeks

knew us as the “People o the Book,” they

attempted to rob us o this identity. In the

words o the Hanukkah prayer Al Hanisim,

inserted into the Amidah and the Birkat

Hamazon, the plan was “to cause us to

orget Your orah and have us transgress

Your statutes.”

And yet the Greeks themselves,

immersed in art, literature and philosophy,

were anything but anti-intellectual. Why,

then, does Jewish tradition characterize the

Hellenistic influence as “darkness?” What

was there about the Greek orientation that

posed such a threat to the Jewish survival?

Te answer may lie in thenuanced language o the Al

Hanisim: We don’t assert that

the Greeks opposed orah

learning per se, but that they

threatened hukei ritzonach,

Your statutes. Te Hellenists

supported orah study only as

a branch o Greek wisdom, as

another intellectual discipline.

Jewish resistance against such

an orientation, and the ulti-

mate rediscovery o the lask o oil,

prompted the sages to institute the light-

ing o the Hanukkah menorah or eight

consecutive days. Each Hanukkah night

we celebrate “Ki ner mitzvah v’orah or”

— “A candle is a mitzvah, and the orah is

light.” Te pure oil with the Kohen Gadol’s

stamp mirrors the rekindling o an authen-

tic, Godly orah that had been withheld

rom us.

In the wake o the Pew Research Center

survey on American Jews, many o us par-

ents, educators and communal leaders

have begun to re-examine the messages we

are conveying and the direction in which

we are taking our respective Jewish amilies

and communities. Along with an emphasis

on Jewish engagement and the apprecia-

tion o diversity within our communities,

it’s now time to ask some tough questions:

Are we, the Jewish leadership, also suc-

cessully conveying the eternal, immutable

components o Jewish belie and practice?Are we effectively transmitting the proun-

dity and beauty o a personal lie built on

orah study and mitzvot? Are we igniting

the uniquely Jewish flame in the souls o

our ellow Jews?

In a recent blog post in the imes o

Israel, Pro. Jeffrey Wool o Bar Ilan Uni-

versity remarked on the stark contr ast

between the Pew findings and a parallel

Israeli study. Pro. Wool notes:

Te findings are almost symmetrical

opposites. Israeli Jews believe in God

(over 80 percent). Tere is a Jewish

Renaissance (in Study, Culture, and

Observance) in Israel that literally

boggles the imagination (even as it

confounds the usual definitions of

Religious and Secular). And, while

individualism and individual expres-

sion are certainly not absent, the

sense of national cohesion, what we

call bayachad, is movingly strong.

Wool observes that while Judaism pro-

tects and values the individual, it mak

demands upon him. Instead o striking

balance between Jewish particularism anuniversalism, “American Jews,” Woo

laments, “have attempted to effect that se

aration by totally recasting and denudin

Jewish tradition, in order to align it wi

contemporary mores.”

On the eve o Hanukkah 5774, we as

Jewish community must consider certa

existential issues that we have been avoid

ing until now. Comortable in our respe

tive “denominations,” preaching to th

converted, many are realizing that we hav

been lulling ourselves into believing th

everything will be just fine.

Question: I the Jews o the first Hanuk

kah took such an approach, what would th

Jewish world look like today?

Rabbi Meyers is rabbi of Congregation Ezra

Bessaroth, head teacher of the new women’s

learning program, “The Midrasha of Seattle,”

and a rebbe of Talmud and Chumash at

Northwest Yeshiva High School.

SUNDAY17 NOVEMBER

2–3:30 p.m. — Global Day of Jewish Learning:

Focus on Creating Friendship

Shelly Goldman at


425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org

Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg will explore friendships in

the Bible, the Talmud, and the ancient world. At

Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

3 p.m. — WSJHS Presents: ‘In the Land of

Rain and Salmon’

Lori Ceyhun at [email protected] or

www.wsjhs.org/events.php

Witness the experiences of Washington State’s

Jewish pioneers, brought to life on stage. Doors

open at 2:30 p.m. At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th

St., Tacoma.

5–9 p.m. — AIPAC Washington Gala Event

Seattle Office at [email protected]

or 206-624-5152 or www.aipac.org

Annual A IPAC gala dinner. Contact the offi ce f

details and location.

5–9 p.m. — Seattle Hebrew Academy’s

Annual Gala

Bev Falgione at [email protected] or

206-323-5750 or www.seattlehebrewacademy.o

Honoring Hazzan Isaac Azose. At the Showb

SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S, Seattle.

MONDAY18 NOVEMBER

6:30 p.m. — SJCC: Hanukkah Cooking Clas

Kim Lawson at [email protected] or


The head chef of Stopsky’s Delicatessen puts a n

spin on classic Hanukkah dishes. Class includ

appetizers, wine, dinner, and delicious recipe

SJCC member $65/guest $80. At Stopsky

Delicatessen, 3016 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.

bears a Sephardic woman’s name, reflect-

ing her heritage. (I like “Estreya” in the big

polka dots, although “Rachel” has practi-

cal appeal.)

“I love abric,” Susan declares, and

enjoys the creative process. “I get bored i I

make the same thing [repeatedly].”

She likes print designs, but knows that

customers need “basic colors” that go with

everything.

Susan grew up in, and she and Alan

were married at, Seward Park’s Sephardic

Bikur Holim. Tey are active members o

Herzl-Ner amid Conservative Congre-

gation, but maintain “a strong Sephardic

influence” in the home, says Susan, who

notes that her grandmother and namesake,

Amira, also sewed.

When she’s not sewing — which is

almost all the time now — Susan makes

time or Jazzercize classes.

You’ll find her bags at the Grow Wash-

ington artisans’ cooperative in Snohom-

ish and she’ll be at a number o upcoming

crats airs, including Pickering Barn

through Nov. 2 in Issaquah and at the Bel-

levue Club holiday bazaar Nov. 9, and at the

Vasa Park Craf Fair the weekend afer that.

(Reminder: Hanukkah begins on Nov. 27).

3Northwest Yeshiva High School

senior Joshua Strassman has been

named a National Merit Com-

mended Scholar. Tese scholars have placed

WM.O.T. PAGE 2

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ALAN WEINSTEIN

Susan Amira Weinstein with one of her purse

designs.

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are many ways in which QFC customers can help support Bringing Hope to the able.

One way is to buy a pre-made bag of groceries for $10. Tese bags contain dry-good

grocery items that Food Lifeline says its clients often request. You can also purchase

food bank recommended items and donate those in our donation bins. Tere will be

items throughout the store marked with special tags to make it easy to know what

to purchase and donate. QFC will also have $1 and $5 donation cards available at

the checkstand as well as $10 virtual bag donation cards. Just hand the card to your

checker and your donation will be added to your order. Te virtual bag donations get

tallied and delivered to Food Lifeline as full cases of product. You can also donate your

spare change into change jars available at your checkstand. Tank you for supporting

QFC and Food Lifeline to help feed the hungry during the holiday season and beyond.

Kavana named as one of America’s top 50 Jewishinnovators

For the fifh time in its seven-year existence, the Kavana Cooperative was listed in the

annual Slingshot Guide as being among the top 50 innovative Jewish organizations in the

country.

In light o the recently released Pew Research Center survey on American Jews, “It’snice external validation that the work we’re doing here is important or the bigger picture,

particularly with all the talk in the Jewish community in recent weeks,” said Rabbi Rachel

Nussbaum, Kavana’s ounder and executive director.

Kavana, based in Seattle’s Queen Anne neighborhood, ormed in 2006 to bring together

prayer, community-building, and social justice to allow any o its participants to express

their Judaism in ways that make them eel most comortable. With the Pew study show-

ing that Jewish organizations do need to adjust to the changing landscape o involvement,

“ours is one o the models that’s being held up on the national level,” Nussbaum said.

While Slingshot was originally ormed by the Andrea and Charles Bronman Philan-

thropies in 2004 to help young Jews with amily oundations understand where they should

direct their unding, it has since become a resource or creating best practices and connect-

ing these organizations.

Meeting with these organizations has “been a really nice source or a peer network. Out

o that have grown a number o collaborative relationships,” Nussbaum said.

At the same time, however, with the unding opportunities that being included in the

guidebook present, “it’s really nice or our individual donors to understand that the work

we’re doing is important,” she said.

Renowned educator to bring theories to earlychildhood teachers

Alise Shaer Ivey, ounder and director o Evergreen Community School in Santa Monica,

Cali., will teach two courses or local Jewish early-childhood teachers on Nov. 4 and 5. Ivey

is a pioneer on helping young children explore and develop their higher-level thinking skills.

“All the big ideas o society and community and how people have to behave — all those

big ideas and big questions, the little ones are testing their theories,” said Liat Zaidenber

director o education services at the Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle, which is sponso

ing the event. “We thought that bringing her to expose her ideas, with her examples, he

in Seattle would be beneficial to all the teachers.”

Ivey’s two courses will be hands-on and put her theories into practice, Zaidenberg sai

Te first course, “Tinking About Tinking: Developing Metacognition in Young Chdren,” will take place Mon., Nov. 4 at 4 p.m. at Seattle Hebrew Academy. Te second

“Doubting and Believing: Te Roots o Constructivism,” is scheduled or ues., Nov. 5,

4 p.m. at Congregation Beth Shalom. SARS, Clock Hours and JC credits are available

both courses. Each will ocus on how teachers can develop their students’ cognitive abi

ties and support their ideas. Interested teachers should contact [email protected]

or 206-774-2256 or registration inormation.

“I’m excited to bring someone like her to our community,” Zaidenberg said. “We hav

to be open to make our work better and work toward excellence, and this is a great way t

start and continue.”

Rivkin to be honored for ovarian cancer workDr. Saul Rivkin, who ounded the Marsha Rivkin Center or Ovarian Cancer Researc

will be honored on Nov. 9 by the center or his 17 years o work in research and treatme

o the disease. Te center is named or his first wie, Marsha, who died o ovarian cance

in 1993. Te award, called the Babs Fisher Valor Award, is named or Fisher, a member

the Jewish community who died o the disease in 2004. According to the Rivkin Cente

ovarian cancer affects approximately 200,000 women worldwide, 18,000 o them in th

U.S., and 70 percent o those diagnoses are terminal. However, the center also notes that 9

percent o early diagnoses offer greater chances or survival. Jewish women who carry th

BRCA1 or 2 gene mutation, which is better known or its high connection to breast canc

risk, also has a 45 percent risk o developing ovarian cancer.

Rivkin was one o Swedish Medical Center’s first medical oncologists when he bega

working there in 1971, and retired rom Swedish this past July to devote more time to th

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DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews CorrespondentIt has been almost one year since the

Sandy Hook school shooting that rocked

the nation last December.

As demolition crews this week razed

the school in Newtown, Conn., where 20

1st graders and six employees were killedby a 20-year-old gunman, grassroots com-

munity organizers have been taking to the

streets in Washington State with petitions

or new gun-reorm legislation, Initiative

594, which community leaders hope will

appear on the all 2014 ballot.

I-594 would require background checks

or online sales and private transactions,

such as those that occur at gun shows. Te

checks would be conducted at ederally

licensed firearm dealers, where potential

buyers must already undergo such scrutiny

beore purchasing a new weapon.

Helping to lead the way or the I-594

campaign is Cheryl Stumbo, a ormer

marketing director or the Jewish Fed-

eration o Greater Seattle, who filed the

motion with the secretary o state. Stumbo

was one o five women wounded during

the 2006 shooting at the Federation’s

offices. One woman, Pamela Waechter,

died in the attack.

Stumbo now works with the non-

profit group Washington Alliance or Gun

Responsibility as one o its aith organizers.

“We go out and help different orga-

nizations work with their social justice

congregation members and aith lead-

ers getting those congregations activated

around this issue,” she told JNews.

Because o the divisive nature o this

issue, WAAGR decided to dedicate orga-

nizers to the aith community.

“We help support their efforts because

[the aith communities] support this issue

o gun responsibility and background

checks,” Stumbo said.Stumbo did not immediately gravitate

toward gun-reorm activism. Even afer

physically healing rom the incident at the

Jewish Federation, she continued to strug-

gle with the winding path o emotional

recovery.

“Whenever I saw anything on the news

[about the shooting] I would eel a little

destroyed or a ew days or a week,” she

said. “I didn’t want to eel that way any-

more. I wanted to do something about it.”

Once she made that decision, it became

easier or Stumbo to become proactive in

the gun-reorm movement in Washington

State. “I went down to Olympia and tes-

tified about the bill that [State Rep. Jamie

Peterson (D–43rd)] was trying to advance

or background checks in the state,”

Stumbo said. “Tat’s when I met Zach Silk.”

As campaign director or Washington

United or Marriage, which successully

worked to pass the reerendum last year

uphold same-sex marriage, Silk had move

on to the group Washington Alliance

Gun Responsibility to lead the initiativ

campaign or gun responsibility. Wor

ing closely with Silk was Zach Carstensethe director o government relations an

public affairs at the Jewish Federation.

“Tis community, this Federation h

had firsthand experience with gun vi

lence,” Carstensen said. “At the most bas

level, that is the reason why this Jewi

Federation cares so much about this issue

Carstensen emphasized the manda

that Federation leadership has issue

over the years since the shooting to pav

the way or signiicant, impactul gu

reorm. He points out that the Federatio

has supported all manner o policy sol

tions — mapping public schools and rel

gious schools, increased security undin

or vulnerable institutions, and in parti

ular, improving the mental health syste

in the state.

Alongside the efforts o the WAAG

ZACH CARSTENSEN

Naomi Kramer and Charyl Kay Sedlik take part

in a training session to talk about I-594 at

signature gathering spots and in synagogues.

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Torahthon 5774: Expansive questions to ponder

JANIS SIEGEL JTNews Correspondentorah study goes way outside the box

at each year’s orahthon. Tis year, at

Herzl-Ner amid Conservative Congre-

gation’s seventh event, they are going to

need an even bigger box.

Learners can take in political sessionslike “Israel’s Settlements: Fulfilling God’s

Will or Leading to Disaster?”; social justice

topics like “Te Immigration Debate: 1914

and 2014”; eco-sessions on “What’s Jewish

About Jewish Environmentalism”; or tra-

ditional prayer subjects like “Te Kaddish:

What is it and Why?”; and even personal

development modules like “Jewish Crit-

icism: Must I ell You When You Are

Wrong?”

But don’t stop there.

Tere will be wider opportunities this

year to expand your mind with topics like

“Southern Rabbis and Civil Rights” or

“Sex: What is the Jewish Perspective on

Pleasure?” Going urther out, how about

“Te Jewish Virgin Mary,” or even “Break-

ing Bad and Te Yetzer HaRa: Morality

ale or Moral Relativism?”

O course, there’s plenty o traditional

and analytical text study, too, which is

why the variety o teaching at the event

has enough to satisy questions that many

Jews probably haven’t yet thought o.

“A record number o teachers

approached us, without having to be

asked, and offered to teach,” Rabbi Jay

Rosenbaum, senior rabbi at Herzl-Ner

amid told JNews. “We tried not to turn

anyone away. We had more offers than we

could accommodate this year — a won-

derul problem to have.”During his teaching, Rosenbaum will

examine the male-emale duality o the

Shechinah, the Hebrew word or God’s

eminine qualities. I God is one, posits

Rosenbaum, than both male and emale

must operate simultaneously.

“For example, on the High Holidays, I

quoted thinkers who believed that women

are better at relationships than men,”

Rosenbaum said. “Do we agree, or is that

sexist?”

Rosenbaum cited the almud, the

compilation o Jewish law and legend,

which says that when two people study

together the Shechinah is there, too. Tis

“presence,” Rosenbaum said, embodies

“receptivity, acceptance, listening, and

relationship.”

On the continuum o an individual’s

tendency to ocus on the sel, emple De

Hirsch Sinai’s senior rabbi, Daniel Weiner,

will take on the subject o the yetzer ha-ra,

or the “evil inclination,” which according

to Weiner, the rabbis say we all have but

probably don’t manage very well.

Trough the lens o Walter White, the

cancer-plagued ormer chemistry teacher

who decides to sell crystal methadrine

in AMC’s “Breaking Bad,” Weiner told

JNews that this ofen rejected or hidden

part o our personalities can also be used

as a orce or good, even when it seemsso “bad.”

“It has opened a window into the soul

o our cultural moment, as many o us

were both horrified by his descent and

rooting or his success,” wrote Weiner in

his course description.

But, without giving it all away, Weiner

told JNews that we also have the ability

to transorm this part o ourselves.

“Remember, the rabbis also teach that

the yetzer ha-ra is necessary or a healthy

ambition,” said Weiner. “A channeling o

the yetzer ha-ra is what is advised. Tere’s

no way to extinguish it.”

Shirah Bell, the senior teacher at Te

Mussar Institute who directs its core pro-

gram, Everyday Holiness, may be able to

help with that. Bell’s central mission is

to guide individuals toward turning their

daily schedules into spiritual opportuni-

ties.

Her session, “Guilt-Free Parenting!

Mussar Principles or Raising a Mensch

While Becoming More o One Yoursel,”

could transorm a parent’s daily routine

o car trips to and rom the market and

school into a personal growth class.

“Interactions with our children gi

us ample opportunities to see where o

behaviors and attitudes are poor refle

tions o our pure soul,” Bell told JNew

“Rather than ‘fixing’ our children or o

spouses, we can use the difficulties to g

to work repairing ourselves.”

Bell also holds local Mussar classes an

mentors individuals in Mussar and spir

tuality.

“As a parent we can treat our childr

as seeds that are sprouting,” said Be

IF YOU GO

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Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., and on Sun., Nov.

10 at 9:30 a.m. at Herzl-Ner Tamid,3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

On Wed., Nov. 13 sessions will

take place at 7 p.m. at Temple De

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tle. Cost is $15 per session, or $36

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A tale of two rabbis

JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNewsWhen Rabbis Beth and Jonathan

Singer announced they would be leav-

ing their positions as co-senior rabbis o

emple Beth Am earlier this year, it lef

this North Seattle synagogue in the unen-

viable position o having to find not onenew rabbi, but two. Following multiple

discussions within the synagogue commu-

nity and with the Union or Reorm Juda-

ism’s Central Conerence o American

Rabbis, Beth Am introduced its two new

rabbis at the beginning o August. One

plans to stick around or a while. Te other

hopes she won’t.

Rabbi Jason Levine, Beth Am’s new

assistant rabbi, graduated rom Hebrew

Union College this past spring.

“For me, as a new rabbi, it’s an

extremely supportive place,” Levine told

JNews. “People so ar have been very

receptive to a new rabbi who’s still learn-

ing on the job, learning the ropes as I go.”

Levine, a born-and-bred Midwesterner

— he grew up in St. Louis and Cleveland —

originally intended to become a scientist.

He didn’t actually eel the call o the rab-

binate until he went to college.

“I got involved in a lot o community-

building activities, social justice activities,

a lot o interaith activities,” he said. “All

the things that I love doing in my lie are

the tasks and roles o the rabbi, and they

just melded perectly together.”

Where he particularly ound joy in

the idea o becoming a rabbi was the idea

that “I could work with people, help them

during the difficult parts o their lives, the

celebratory parts o their lives, help them

grow up together, [and] help them enjoy

lie together,” he said.

While many o his ellow rabbinical

students stayed relatively close to HUC’s

Cincinnati campus, “I was keeping my

options open as wide as possible,” Levine

said. “I love traveling, I love trying out

new places, so geography was not limit-

ing or me.”

Among other options were return-

ing to Hillel to work with students, but

Levine said he doesn’t see a big differ-

ence between that and what he’s doing at

Beth Am.

“One o the things that I’m happy

about here is this sense o curiosity, this

sense o community building, this sense

o responsibility to the world, which is so

passionate in the Hillel community,” he

said, “along with the sense o inormality

and just sheer un.”

On the lipside o Levine is Rabbi

Ilene Bogosian, whose role as intentional

interim senior rabbi is to be just that:

Interim. Bogosian had long dreamed othe rabbinate long beore women were

allowed ordination. And because women

— “they called them girls in those days,”

she said — did not go to seminary, Bogo-

sian instead became a psychiatric social

worker.

“I’ve since discovered that a lot o the

women o my generation who had a call-

ing or the rabbinate wound up in psychol-

ogy one way or another,” she said.

But she reached a turning point in her

career, and someone suggested she actu-

ally go through with rabbinical school.

Upon ordination, she spent 10 years at a

Hillel in the Boston area, but decided she

wanted to work with a broader popula-

tion. Tat work included chaplaincies in

long- and short-term care acilities. Ten

the Reorm movement’s placement direc-

tor suggested interim work.

“I was very skeptical at the time, I think

partly because o my psychiatry back-

ground,” Bogosian said. “And here I am,

nine years later, still doing this work, and

getting eedback rom people that there’s

something about my presence and the way

I work with congregations when they’re

transition that is very useul, very helpu

Rabbi Deborah Prinz, who overse

CCAR’s intentional interim rabbi pr

gram, told JNews that “the need is ve

clear or there to be a transitional time the congregation to regroup and recov

and reassess what it is and what it wants

be under the circumstances in the inte

tional interim period.”

Due in part to her social work bac

ground, Bogosian has a “great skillset

this area,” Prinz said. “We turn to h

as one o the veterans and really skill

people in the field.”

Te intentional interim program beg

because leadership within the URJ an

CCAR became concerned about congr

gations making mistakes in their rabbin

cal searches.

“Congregations that didn’t allow them

selves this time and the expertise o

intentional rabbi would ofen find them

selves having an unintentional interim

Prinz said. “Te rabbi would end up sta

ing or a year or two instead o a long

time.”

While Bogosian has her normal rabbi

ical duties — leading services, comortin

bereaved amilies, teaching courses — s

JOEL MAGALNICK

Temple Beth Am’s new rabbis, Jason Levine and

Ilene Bogosian.

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ISRAEL:To Your

Health

Confused by I-522?Look to Israel for guidance

JANIS SIEGEL JTNews ColumnistI you’re baled by Ini-

tiative Measure No. 522, the

proposed genetically modi-

fied ood labeling ballot mea-sure in the upcoming Nov.

2013 Washington State elec-

tion, it might be instructive

to explore Israel’s agricul-

tural research and its regula-

tion o GM oods. It may not

necessarily clariy your posi-

tion on the subject, but Isra-

el’s approach to the use o

the technology along with

the rest o the world’s varied

responses to allowing it into their ood

supplies are worth considering.

GM oods typically contain DNA rom

a plant or animal o the same species

inserted into them to obtain a desired trait.

Many detractors o the process have raised

serious objections to the more unconven-

tional transplantation o DNA or genetic

material rom one species to another non-

related species. Tis is relatively new ter-

ritory that began in the early 1970s and is

on the verge o entering the mainstream

ood chain in the U.S., where genetically

engineered salmon is expected to be FDA-

approved in the next ew weeks or sale in

stores. It will be the first GM animal ever

approved or human consumption and

contains genes rom an “eel-like fish” and

another breed o salmon.

Te genetic engineering o plant seeds

can save populations by optimizing the

presence o lie-saving vitamins in them,

increasing their insect and virus resistance,

upping their yields, and designing them to

tolerate higher amounts o herbicides.

However, GM seed can also leave

human populations vulnerable to every-

thing rom serious digestive problems to

documented deadly allergic reactions, as

well as their economic and environmental

effects on the land.

For over a decade, the European Union

has resisted pressure rom the United

States, via the Free rade Agreement, to

accept our GM ood imports. Te U.S. has

already genetically modified several crops

used in most domestic ood products,

including corn, soy, and canola, and the

modification o the cottonseed oil crop is

quickly accelerating.

Just this past month, a Mexico judge

banned GM corn due to its harmul envi-

ronmental effects.

In Israel, agricultural research in uni-

vers iti es is heavily subsidiz ed by the

Israeli government and international cor-

porations. Universities are very accept-

ing o GMs in the laboratory. Most o

the research is on the genetic modifica-

tion o plants and it ocuses on improv-

ing its resistance to diseases, herbicides,

and pests.

Currently, ood researchers are exper-

imenting with a tomato that would

be resistant to viruses an

grown without seeds. oma

researchers are also workin

to modiy genes to manipulathe amount o non-saturate

at in the plants.

But Israel’s Ministry

Agriculture highly regulat

the research on GM oods

prevent the contamination

GM seed to other non-mod

fied crops within the countr

Seed drif is a large proble

wherever GM oods are grow

Globally, local and organ

armers have sued corporations accu

ing them o intentionally allowing the

seed to contaminate local crops in ord

to claim patent inringement and ove

take them.

In Israel, a highly specific research pla

must be submitted by anyone wantin

to experiment with GM plants and the

related microorganisms.

But perhaps most importantly, in add

tion to the initial strict application pr

cess in Israel, researchers can only develo

a technology to the “proo o concept,” o

research, stage.

Although Israel allows the use and sale

GM oods in the country, it does not allo

them to be grown there commercially.

Once developed, a GM technology th

is ready or a real-world application mu

be exported to other countries or testin

GM researchers can only test small pro

ects in enclosed greenhouses or, i in ope

fields, it must be ar away rom agricu

tural areas.

In addition to the health effects o GM

oods, which are in dispute with many

its promoters, Israel’s laws o kashrut com

plicate the issue. Some religious groups d

not see it as a threat while others suppo

its detractors.

Te Israeli kosher authority has rule

that genetic engineering doesn’t affect

product’s kosher status because genes a

microscopic.

However, other Jewish groups belie

that the oods created by transerrin

DNA rom one species to another is

direct violation o the biblical directiv

to not mingle different seeds and breed

together — whether plant or animal.

Tere are no requirements or labe

ing GMs in Israel. However, its Mini

try o Health is preparing regulations

require labeling when a ood product con

tains GM corn or soy. Te proposal wou

require the words “genetically modified

to be printed on packaging.

Should Washington State do the sam

Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelan

journalist Janis Siegel has covered internation

health research for SELF magazine and

campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer

Research Center.

Stabilize Your Government by Mike Selinker

© 2013 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle.

All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling.

Answers on page 11

Eighteen centuries ago, the Pirkei Avot coined the axiom “Pray for political stability, for if not for

fear of the government, men would swallow each other alive.” A functioning government seems

crucial to societal progress, yet in recent weeks that has seemed quite elusive. This puzzle

includes some pointedly punny barbs in the direction of those who turned off the lights.

ACROSS

1 Republicans4 Shine brightly

8 He inspired Kevin Clash’s book My Life as a FurryRed Monster

12 Country that opposed 13-Across13 WWII faction

14 Cook ahi, perhaps

15 What the Republicans reached a point of, or hoped to get from voting the way they do most of the time?

17 What some Oscars honor19 Rent-___

20 This American Life ’s Glass21 Greek letter

22 Emulate the House since the Republicans gained amajority?

27 With “The,” its 10/08/13 headline was

“Congressional Aides Withholding Sex Until BudgetCompromise Is Reached”

28 ___ Day Now (Alan Cumming film)29 Alternative to Slurpees

30 Nonetheless31 Least frequent NFL result

32 Noted hallucinogen33 What the Republicans found the government

impasse to be?

40 Hill occupant41 DC Comics cowboy Jonah

42 Vote against

43 He-Man’s sister46 It was founded in 1983 as Control Video Corporation47 Palmolive spokesperson who said “You’re soaking in

it!”

49 Emulated a Republican strategist on 10/01/13?

52 Path of a catapulted stone

53 “Blecch”54 Type of saxophone

55 French Polynesian vacation site57 Ex-House Majority Leader who last shuttered the

government in 1995, suggesting his name was apt?61 Mortgage option, slangily

62 Cain’s brother

63 Caustic agent64 House Majority Leader Cantor

65 Feel bad for66 Use a needle

DOWN

1 Second Amendment concern2 Disney Junior’s spy bear series

Special Agent ___3 One who takes something and gives

nothing4 Death March origin

5 Town far from the city’s core

6 Broadcast7 Site with a Bing search button

8 One seeking mental diversion9 Permit

10 ___ d’11 Lavishly decorated

16 ___-1 (Ghostbusters’ automobile)17 Quest for Indy

18 With 37-Down, Detroit vehicle?

20 Unwelcoming22 Train rider, perhaps

23 And higher, as in a cost24 Placed

25 What My Son John had off, and alsoon

26 Hard rock band that released...31 ...this explosive single in 1976

32 Unit of illuminance

34 Drug buster35 Skilled at thinking logically

36 Clutched

37 See 18-Down38 Herb in a Simon & Garfunkel line39 Looked at

43 2003 Samuel L. Jackson remake

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16th Season • Mina Miller, Artistic Director

Concert Tickets: $40 | (206) 365-7770 | musicofremembrance.org

Until When? A concert to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Kristallnacht

November 10 at 7:00 pm

Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, Benaroya Hall6:15 p.m. Meet the Artists: Choreographer Pat Hon & Clarinetist Laura DeLuca

One Night Only!World Premiere of Dance Commission and

Works by Three Israeli Composers

Cornish College of the Arts dancers unveil Pat

Hon’s choreography to Israeli composer Betty

Olivero’s klezmer-like suite from The Golem. Also

Eugene Levitas’ song cycle Until When? sung

in the original Hebrew with a

dramatic reading in English by

Kurt Beattie, Artistic Director

of ACT Theater. Plus MOR’s

stellar chamber ensemble in

works by Ernest Bloch, Erwin

Schulhoff and Marc Lavry.

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Saturday, November 16 at 8 p.m.

Una Festa Hebraica

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Ensemble Lucidarium’s “Una Festa Hebraica – Celebrating Life” employs a variety

of Renaissance instruments to capture the party music of Jewish lifecycle events.

Using recorders, lutes, dulcians, percussion, colascione, viola da mano, and more,

the ensemble will share the music from around the liturgical year, from humorous

poems to the music of women’s gatherings. Lucidarium’s current Ars Hebraica

project seeks to reconstruct Jewish music of Medieval and Renaissance Europe.Presented by the Early Music Guild.

At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets $20-$42. For more information visit

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Thursday, November 7 at 7 p.m.

JewDub Talks

Lecture

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annual JewDub talks are back in action.

These TED Talk-style lectures are fast-

paced discussions on big ideas in Jew-

ish history and culture, organized and

presented by the Stroum Jewish StudiesProgram at the University of Wash-

ington. This one-night event features

four UW faculty members giving quick,

memorable talks on compelling issues

such as converso Jews in medieval

Spain, the modern legacy of Spinoza, anti-Semitism as a Christian problem and

searching for shtetl roots in the Pale of Settlement.

At the UW Tower Auditorium, 4333 Brooklyn Ave. NE, Seattle. Free. Following the

talks, a kosher reception will kick off the Stroum Jewish Studies Program’s 40th

anniversary celebration. For registration information, visit

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Wednesday, November 13 at 8 p.m.

Yermi Kaplan

Music

With five solo albums in his repertoire,

Yermi Kaplan has been called one of

the most passionate musicians in

Israeli rock. Born in Chicago, Kaplan

started his music career during high

school with Israeli singer and compos-

er Rami Kleinstein. In the early ‘90s, he

was a member of rock trio “Taarovet

Eskot.” Later, as a solo artist, Kaplan

released hits such as “Modedet”

(Measuring) and “Madua Lo Bat” (Why didn’t you come).

At the Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave., Kirkland. Doors open at

7:30 p.m. Tickets are $45 for adults, $35 for youth and seniors. For tickets, visit

kpcenter.org/performances/yermi-kaplan.

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The poetry of Music of Remembrance:Golem dance coupled with desert music

JACK FALK Special to JTNewsFor its all concert “Until When?” Seat-

tle’s Music o Remembrance promises an

enticing mix o music, theatre, and dance,

including a newly commissioned chore-ography to accompany a suite o inciden-

tal music or the silent film “Der Golem”;

a suite rom the Israeli composer who first

recorded “Hatikvah”; a song cycle based on

the poetry o a Hungarian survivor, with a

dramatic reading o the English transla-

tion; a 12-year-old violinist whose passion

or Jewish music took him to Berlin last

summer; and a violin sonata written by a

Holocaust victim whose work was banned

by the Nazis as “entartete” — degenerate.

According to MOR ounder and artis-

tic director Mina Miller, “Until When?”

invites listeners to “share in the transor-

mative power o music to move rom the

depths o human suffering to the healing

beauty o hope and renewal.” Te concert

will be perormed Nov. 10 at Benaroya Hall.

Betty Olivero’s “Zeks Yiddishe Lider un

antz,” a klezmer-inflected suite or clari-

net and string quartet, was originally com-

posed or MOR as incidental music or Paul

Wegener’s 1927 silent

ilm “he Golem:

How He Came into

the World.” Oliverocaptures the legend o

the Golem, in which

a massive clay crea-

ture is brought to lie

by the wonder-rabbi

Judah Loew, to pro-

tect the threatened

Jewish community

o medieval Prague.

Olivero’s suite jux-

taposes traditional

Hebrew melodies

with Western con-

temporary music to

evoke the creation o the Golem, tender love

scenes, and moments o fire and prayer as

the community comes under siege. Miller

calls the Golem legend “a metaphor or the

struggle to survive during a time o persecu-

tion” — a metaphor that was all too amil-

iar to the Jews o Europe so soon afer the

film’s release.

Tis perormance o Olivero’s suite will

serve as the premiere or Pat Hon’s dance

composition “Destination Unknown.”

Hon’s choreography, which recreates the

story o the Golem through dance and move-

ment, will be perormed by her students rom

Seattle’s Cornish College o the Arts.

MOR commissioned Hon’s work afer

a previous collaboration with Dona

Byrd o Spectrum Dance Teatre.

“Working with live perormers o

stage…was a transormative experien

or Donald’s dancers,” Miller said. “We’

eager to give young artists, at an ear

stage o their careers, the opportunity

collaborate with proessional musician

And ‘Te Golem’ is a perect story to te

through movement.”

Marc Lavry’s “Suite Concertante

Flute, Viola, and Harp” conveys sev

eral acets o Israeli music: Pastoral an

naïve, lyrical and intimate, rhythmic

and energetic. Afer emigrating to Pale

tine ollowing a Fascist coup in his nativ

Latvia, Lavry (1903-1967) was eager

toss aside the constraints o Europea

COURTESY CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

Cornish College of the Arts dancers, who will be performing to Betty Olivero’s

composition that was set to “The Golem.”

IF YOU GO

“Until When?” takes place on Sun.,

Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. at Benaroya Hall,

200 Union St., Seattle. A “Meet the

Artists” pre-concert talk will take

place at 6:15 p.m. Tickets cost $40

and are available through

www.musicofremembrance.org,

206-365-7770, or at the door.

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THE TEEN CALENDAR

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 p.m. n NCSY Seattle ShabbatonAri Hoffman at [email protected] or206-295-5888 or seattlencsy.com

An anticipated 200 attendees from across the U.and Canada will gather in Seward Park with a speakand activities. Shabbaton runs through SundaNovember 3. At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadat5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 84:15–8:30 p.m. n Northwest Yeshiva HighSchool Family Shabbat DinnerRabbi Benjy Owen at [email protected] or206-232-5272, ext. 521 or nyhs.net

NYHS family Shabbat dinner for the NYHS commnity. $22/adults, $18/children. At Congregation EzBessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1012–3 p.m. n NYHS SkymaniaRabbi Yona Margolese at [email protected] or206-232-5272 or www.nyhs.net

Eighth and 9th graders are invited to spend thafternoon at Skymania. Free. At Skymania, 11801 N

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The Top Five tips for getting in and staying sane

Insight into the college admission process By Mathias Cohanim and Justin Coskey

As a senior knee-deep in college applications and a junior who just took thePSAT, we went to the Northwest Yeshiva High School college night on Oct. 22hoping for a little extra guidance and some secret insight into the admissionsprocess. We weren’t disappointed.

Peter Brodkin, the NYHS college counselor, and David Blum, co-chair of thePenn Alumni Interview Program, discussed college admissions and fielded ques-tions from anxious students and parents for more than two hours. Students, par-ents and younger siblings listened intently on how to survive the most gruelingprocess of an adolescent’s life. Here are five tips for getting it done right:

1. Plan early.Planning for college doesn’t begin as a senior, or even as a junior. It is never

too early to prepare for college. You can do this by taking the PSAT for practicein 9th and 10th grades, maintaining good grades, being intentional about yourextracurricular activities, and researching colleges early. In 9th grade, start plan-ning for life after high school graduation. You won’t be sorry.2. Academic Performance.

Although it may seem intuitive, you need strong academics to get into manycolleges. This means that you need a strong GPA, and should take as manyhonors classes as you can (within reason). Colleges like to see that you chal-lenged yourself. They know far more about your school than you do, so theycan fairly compare your grades with other schools and students. Blum addition-ally mentioned that parity between grades and test scores is crucial. If a collegesees a student has very high grades, but poor test scores (or vice versa), the per-formance looks much worse than the performance of a student who had decentgrades, and respectable standardized test scores.

3. Intellectual achievement outside of school.Colleges like to see a student who is dedicated to knowledge even when h

or she is not at school. These intellectual activities include reading heaps of lierature (not for school), participating in academic competitions (a science faifor example) or contests. These activities show the student is ambitious and pasionate about learning and would thrive at a particular college or university. Thmost frequently asked interview question is “What have you read lately?” If yoanswer is a required reading book like “The Once and Future King,” you lospoints! Read for pleasure and you will go far.4. Colleges are not looking for a “well-rounded” student but a well-rounded freshman class.

So when choosing extra-curricular activities, go for your passion. Don’t choosextra-curricular activities based on what you think will look good on your appliction. Find what you love to do and do it!5. The world is flat.

This is the title of New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman’s best-sellinbook that Blum recommended we read. Simply put, in today’s global culture, whave a lot more competition than our parents or grandparents did when it cometo college admissions. We are not just competing with those in our state or coutry, but with students from all over the world.

Obviously, these are only a few important pointers you need to know wheapplying for college. Good luck to all and start early. Seniors…we feel your pai

Mathias Cohanim, a senior, and Justin Coskey, a junior, are students at NYHS.

NYHS STUDENTS RECOGNIZED AT ART FAIRSeveral students from Northwest Yeshiva High School

were recognized at the 39th annual juried junior art

show sponsored by the Mercer Island Visual Arts

League this past summer. The awards honored works

submitted by artists in kindergarten through the 12th

grade.

Among the winners from NYHS were Sarah Boldor, who

graduated in 2013, with “Flowers,” above. She received

the Pia Messina Award and the Cascade Frames Award.

Sophomore Maya Pogrebinsky’s “Twilight,” left,

received second place.



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musical composition. Lavry, the ormer

conductor o the Berlin Symphony

Orchestra, wanted to compose a uniquely

Israeli music that would draw upon

the sounds o his new land: Sephardic

music, Arabic music, the inflections o

the Hebrew language, the sounds o the

desert, shepherd’s tunes. Inspired by themusical modes, rhythms, and melodies

o his new country, Lavry is perhaps best

known or “Shir Ha’Emek” (song o the

valley), which he wrote almost immedi-

ately afer his arrival.

Te three movements o Lavry’s “Suite

Concertante” are based on songs com-

posed by Lavry: Shir Ro’im (a shepherd

song), Prayer, and Machol (Dance). Te

second movement alternates between the

past (minor modes that suggest Ashkenazic

prayer) and present (major modes that

express Lavry’s optimism at living in Israel).

I poetry is indeed “the orce o ew

words,” Israeli composer Eugene Levitas

seeks to distill it even urther. His song

cycle “Until When?” — which lends its

name to the concert as a whole — incorpo-

rates five short poems by Hungarian-born

Holocaust survivor Yaakov Barzilai, none

o them longer than five lines.

Barzilai composed more than 130

poems about his experience in Auschwitz.

MOR previously presented two song

cycles based upon Barzilai’s poetry, which

has been set to music by numerous com-

posers. For this program, AC artistic

director Kurt Beattie will introduce eachsong with a dramatic reading o the cor-

responding poem in English, enabling the

audience to grasp the emotional essence

o the perormance even without know-

ing Hebrew, the language in which Barzi-

lai wrote afer emigrating rom Hungary.

Te song cycle will be perormed by

soprano Karen Early Evans with cel-

list Walter Grey and Mina Miller on the

piano. Te composition takes its title rom

the final poem in the song cycle:

Until when will we be obsessed

With their memory?

Until the very last of them

Is revived.

Each year, MOR chooses a recipient

o the David onkonogui award, which

oers young artists the opportunity to

work with proes-

sional musicians. Te

award honors cellist

David onkonogui,

who “believed deeply

in human rights

and social justice,”

according to Miller.

In e v aluat ing

applicants, MORlooks or not only

outstanding musi-

cianship but also a

commitme nt to

humanitarian causes,

including a desire

to learn about the

musical legacy o the

Holocaust.

Tis year’s recipient is 12-year-old vio-

linist akumi aguchi. At the MOR con-

cert, akumi will perorm Ernest Bloch’s

“Nigun.” As he learned the music, akumi

became inspired to look deeper into the

piece and its history and to understand the

challenges acing Jewish musicians during

the Nazi era. Tis led him to travel with

his parents last summer to visit the Berlin

Jewish Museum.

Also on the program is Erwin Schu

hoff’s “Sonata No. 2 or Violin and Piano

which will be perormed by Seattle Sym

phony violinist Mikhail Shmidt with Ma

Salman on piano. Schulhoff, an audacio

Czech-Jewish composer whose avan

garde work was banned by the Nazis

“degenerate,” drew upon his amiliari

with jazz and olkloric themes.

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LEO V. SANTIAGO PHOTOGRAP

A performance of Betty Olivero’s suite, “Zeks Yiddishe Lider un Tantz

from the score to “The Golem.”



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also has the role o providing guidance or

the temple’s rabbinical search committee.

“here’s an additional layer o the

awareness o helping the congregation

through this huge change, and it varies

rom congregation to congregation as

to what it may or may not need or that

intentional interim period,” Prinz said.Because she is by design not allowed to

be in the running or the permanent posi-

tion, Bogosian knows she will hand her

reins to a new rabbi at the end o the one-

year process, and will also help the new

rabbi transition onto his or her pulpit.

“Te most challenging part o my year

is the part when I have to say goodbye,”

she said, “because part o the integrity o

my work is I have to disappear, or the

most part, at the end o the year so that

people can bond with their new rabbi.”Having a home base, a husband and

strong support network, and the kids out

o the house makes her transitions much

easier, she said.

Elizabeth Asher, Beth Am’s board presi-

dent, said the decision to go with an interim

rabbi and assistant rabbi was the right one.

“We’re both learning rom each other,”

she said. “Out o that learning we’re both

growing and I think the temple is on a

steady course.”

One thing both Levine and Bogosianhave ound is that their new synagogue

is an active, busy place. “Tere’s so much

energy here. People are so engaged an

committed,” Bogosian said. “here’s

higher proportion than in many places

people with core levels o involvement

this community, and I enjoy seeing that.

Levine agreed.

“o find a place like Beth Am is a rar

thing indeed, where there are so man

things happening at once, and people a

so open to each other,” Levine said. could not think o a place I’d rather be

start my rabbinical career.”

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“Fiteen Jewish organizations have

endorsed the need to have universal back-

ground checks,” Carstensen said. “We’re

going to keep growing that list, ollow

every lead and every possibility until we

make a change in the state.”Another key player in this effort, Rabbi

Daniel Weiner o emple De Hirsch Sinai,

has been working with his congregation,

Seattle’s Jewish community, and the aith

community at large toward gun responsi-

bility education and reorm.

“Tis has been a long-standing con-

cern, especially with the Reorm Judaism

movement,” Weiner said. “Te real cata-

lyst was the Connecticut shooting.”

In the afermath o Sandy Hook, Weiner

and other Seattle clergy banded together

and made a pledge to work toward making

a difference with gun reorm.

“Washington is at the oreront,” Weiner

said. “Our state has the opportunity to again

lead the way in sensible social policy.”On the other side o the coin is the Second

Amendment Foundation, whose headquar-

ters in Bellevue are working toward an ini-

tiative o their own, Initiative 591.

I-591 was written this past spring by

Alan Gottlieb, chairman o the Citizens

Committee or the Right to Keep and

Bear Arms and the ounder o the Second

Amendment Foundation.

Te two key points I-591 address are

the confiscation o guns or other fire-

arms rom citizens without due process by

government agents and that government

agencies requiring background checks on

the recipient o a firearm should be ille-

gal unless those checks meet a uniorm

national standard.Dave Workman, communications

director or Citizens Committee or the

Right to Keep and Bear Arms, said I-591 is

a much simpler initiative than 594.

“I I wanted to buy a firearm in Bellevue

or Spokane or Walla Walla, it should be no

different than any background check in

another city in the United States,” Wor

man told JNews. “Tere’s no reason

add a bunch o hoops or people to jum

through.” Currently, no uniorm nation

standard or background checks exist

but Workman believes there should be.

“Why do you want to make it mo

difficult to exercise a undamental civ

right?” he asked.

Both initiatives will ramp up theefforts to meet the January 3, 2014 dead

line or gathering the 246,372 require

val id sig nat ure s or the ini tia tiv e

appear on next all’s ballot. Stumbo sa

WAAGR’s goal is to have all o its si

natures by December 14, the anniversa

date o the Sandy Hook massacre.

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“Tey can sprout on their own, but our job

is to guide the direction o the growth. We

can do that most effectively i we improve

our own character while we guide our

children in improving theirs.”

Other courses will bring in out-o-

town guests such as Alan Elsner, J Street’s

vice president o communications, and

Dr. Alon al, ounder o Israel’s Arava

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orahthon 7 is being co-hosted by

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HARFORD, Conn. (JA) —My wife stared at me as if I were fromanother planet.

“What do you mean you don’tknow if you can come to my cousin’swedding?” she demanded.

She had been looking forward toa weekend getaway with her husbandof 28 years.

“It’s on a Saturday afternoon,before Shabbat is over. It’s duringthe three weeks of mourning beforeisha b’Av, not to mention duringmy year of saying Kaddish,” I replied,

knowing none of these reasons wouldresonate with her.

Julia and I had met in our mid-20s — unaffiliated, Jewish Cata-log-kind of Jews loosely tied to ourreligion and tradition.

We forged our own way ofdoing things religiously. For our firstchild, a daughter, we crafted our

own naming ceremony. We founda mohel and had a brit for our twosons. We joined a Reform templebecause it was where most of ourfriends were joining.

About 20 years ago, however,I began taking classes from a rabbiwho saw the orah as a spiritual roadmap. His teachings spoke to me.

“Give me a modern-day exampleof Mitzrayim,” he asked, referring toenslavement in Egypt.

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of Shabbat as a daylong meditationfocused on being instead of doing.

Soon I was going to Shabbatmorning services almost weekly as I

juggled our kids’ soccer schedules.

As I became more observant ovethe span of several years — keeping kosher and eventually joining aOrthodox shul — I longed for a circthat could enthusiastically participain weekly Shabbat meals, Passoveseders, and my religious journey.

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A Yiddish tale of love, loss and the Holocaust

TOM TUGEND Jewish Journal of Los AngelesWhen Canadian ilmmaker Naomi

Jaye, who had spent 10 years making short

films, told riends she was embarking on

her first eature, they cheered.

When she added that the project wouldbe the first Canadian movie in Yiddish,

which neither she nor her lead actors

knew, the riends questioned her sanity.

Five years later, the result o her per-

severance is “Te Pin,” a story o love and

loss during the Holocaust, o aithulness

to a promise and the question o whether

a sense o humanity can survive in a world

transormed into a slaughterhouse.

Te movie’s first scene shows Jacob,

somewhere between adolescence and

manhood, emerging rom a hole in a

orest, glancing around warily, and then

running as i escaping an unseen enemy.

In the second scene, set in a morgue, an

elderly shomer, who guards the body and

soul o the dead until burial, reads psalms

rom a prayer book while occasionally

glancing at a body resting on a gurney,

covered by a white sheet.

In a long flashback, the shomer recalls

his youth. Te year is 1941, Nazi armies

have overrun his hometown somewhere in

Eastern Europe and have killed his amily.

He finds shelter in a barn that seems

empty, but soon encounters a young

Jewish girl, Leah,

whose amily has met

the same ate and

who has also gone

into hiding.Afer initial suspi-

cion and conronta-

tion, the two orphans

move toward each

other, emotionally

and physically, all in

love, and eventually

conduct their own

impromptu wedding

ceremony.

When Leah hears

o an empty train that

travels “across the

border,” she and Jacob plan their escape

and a happy lie together. But ate and a

quarrel interere, and the young lovers

are separated, neither knowing what hap-

pened to the other.

What about “the pin” o the title?

Jaye says the inspiration or the story

and title came rom her grandmother, who

had an obsessive ear o being buried alive.

As she aged, she made her son, Jaye’s

ather, promise that when she died, he

would prick her hand with a pin, to make

absolutely certain she was actually dead

beore placing her body in a coffin.

Tis story, Jaye said, “always ascinated

me, because it required an act o true love

that was also an act o violence.”

When Jacob, now the aged shomer, lifs

the sheet and looks at the body beneath, he

realizes that lying beore him is his youth-

ul love, Leah. He remembers her ear o

being buried alive, his promise to her, and

he starts to look or a pin.

o Jaye, the tale represents the ultimate

triumph o the human spirit.She explained

this assertion by noting that the chie pro-

tagonists, “caught in a terrible situatio

are able to find beauty and love.”

Some viewers may find it difficult

accept this hopeul evaluation, or apprec

ate the extremely slow pace o the movi

marked by long, wordless pauses in sem

dark settings.

But Jaye has a cogent explanation o

using this technique: “Te lives o peop

in hiding, as or soldiers in war, are marke

by long periods o waiting,” between occ

sional bursts o extreme action. Tis w

the mood she was trying to convey.

Her main problem in casting the mov

was the lack o any young actors in Canad

who knew Yiddish.

She solved the problem, quite effe

tively, by putting Grisha Pasternak, wh

plays Jacob, and Milda Gecaite, as Lea

through a six-month Yiddish course, an

the results are quite satisying.

Both actors arrived in Canada as chi

dren, Pasternak rom Ukraine and Gecai

rom Lithuania. Neither is Jewish, an

both show considerable talent.

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THE PIN

Leah (Milda Geicate) comes up from the floor of her home after her family

is taken away by the Nazis.

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