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July Family Calendar
For complete details about these and other upcoming JFS events and workshops, please visit our website: www.jfsseattle.org
FOR THE COMMUNITY FOR PARENTS FOR ADULTS AGE 60+

AA Meetings at JFS
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Co-sponsored with Jconnect Sundays: July 14 & 21 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or [email protected]
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Endless Opportunities
A community-wide program offered in partnership with Temple B’nai Torah & Temple De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are open to the public.

Celebrate Pride with us! Pride Shabbat
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Emotion Coaching
Wednesday: July 17 10:00 a.m. – Noon or 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or [email protected]
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Sunday: June 30 12:30 p.m. Contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or [email protected]
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Friday: August 2 5:30 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or [email protected]
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Who’s listening behind the tent’s door?
Rivy Poupko Kletenik JTNews Columnist
Dear Rivy, I am confused. The startling revelations around the National Security Agency’s surveillance are deeply disturbing. It turns out “Big Brother” is watching, more than we had imagined, though anyone with a bit of an astute sensibility has by now noticed the “serendipitous” advertisements  that What’s just happen to pop up on JQ? our computers after even a cursory mention of a related product or service. Or the coupons matching our purchases that spit out along with our grocery receipts. And surely an evening of crime-show viewing would be enough to dispel us of any notion of privacy, not to mention the speed at which the Boston bombers were identified. I wonder about the Jewish attitude toward privacy. Are there mentions of eavesdropping or surveillance in our tradition? What’s a citizen to do? Nothing like the ignition of a heated national conversation to start off a summer! When 29-year-old Edward Snowden leaked information about a vast National Security Agency program involving the surveillance of U.S. cell phone calls, Facebook accounts, and other cyber activity, he launched a major national conversation on privacy and governmental encroachment. It is a critical conversation. Is Snowden a hero or a villain? How do we as a nation balance the rights of privacy and national security? A peek at the Jewish take on all things private might inform our greater conversation. Perhaps the first episode of Biblical eavesdropping is Sarah listening at the tent door on Abraham and the three guests. She learns of the promising prediction that even though she and Abraham are of an advanced age, she will give birth to Isaac. She hears the news delivered to Abraham via clandestine means. In spite of this subtle, perhaps even justifiable overhearing, it leads to her skeptical response and, later, discomfort at her reaction. If only she had heard the news in full view of Abraham rather than secreted away, Sarah might have had less of an unguarded response, which she later had to defend. Our takeaway? Even innocuous eavesdropping such as Sarah’s results in family drama. It complicates relationships, and in this case it is clearly not smiled upon and no good seems to come Your of it. Next up, our second matriarch, Rebecca. She too listens in at the door, speedily revealing to Jacob she has overheard a conversation between Isaac and son Esau involving hunting, victuals and blessings. This crucial eavesdropping propels the story of Jacob’s disguising himself as his brother and then receiving the blessing that had been meant for Esau, thus incurring great wrath and years of sibling discord. Whether or not it was the fate of Jacob to receive the blessing, it is noteworthy that through the exploit of eavesdropping the family is catapulted into chaos and disarray. A breakdown in privacy, hearing what is not meant for one’s ears, leads to disharmony. The Torah rarely puts up a neon sign flashing, “Here’s the lesson!” It is for us to discern and distill. Where the narrative of the Torah might be indirect, halachah has no such luxury. The Shulchan Aruch, drawing on Mishnaic and Talmudic discussions, rules that in a shared courtyard either party may compel the other to split the costs of the construction of a wall to provide the necessary privacy. This necessary privacy is considered part of one’s property rights. Failure to provide this would result in what is called “hezek reeiah,” the damage of seeing into someone else’s property. Our tradition takes it as a given that there be a baseline of privacy, echoing the spirit of Rashi’s comment on the blessing of Bilaam: “How goodly are your tents, Jacob” (“Mah tovu ohalecha Yaacov”). Wondering about what is “goodly” about them, Rashi notes that the entrances of the Israelites’ tents in the desert did not face each other, ensuring the respect and privacy of all who dwell together. Eavesdropping surfaces in Jewish law as well. As an extension of the “Laws of

My first Father’s Day since the death of my father
Marvin Stern Special to JTNews
My father Klaus Stern died on May 12. Sitting in the hospital with him those last 12 days I was constantly focused on his hands. Obviously as children we hold our parents’ hands and of course over the years I often shook hands with my father. But I have been an adult for many years and holding his hands I felt amazed that my father’s were huge compared to my own, both in size and power. My father was a Holocaust survivor. For many children of Holocaust survivors, our parents were giants because of what they experienced and how they then went on to rebuild new lives, and sometimes that could be intimidating — after all, how could we ever measure up to our parents’ heroism? My father was a giant, too, but never in an intimidating way — rather, he was an example of resilience and gentleness, with a profound sense of fairness and justice. One example: My father was a lifelong fan of the Dodgers. I never understood why — he never lived in Brooklyn or Los Angeles — but I never really gave it much thought. After all, lots of people follow sports teams in cities other than their own. But several years ago, the Dodgers came to Seattle to play the Mariners. My father, my son Rafi, and I went to the game. I finally asked my father, “Why the Dodgers?” His response — and I guess I should have known — was because of Jackie Robinson. Ever the teacher of the Holocaust, he explained that in Nazi Germany it was clear where Jews stood: Jews were not allowed to serve in the army, or to continue to act in movies or write books or be active or visible in any form of German life. But in the United States, at the time he and my mother came here — and for many years after — blacks were allowed to serve in the military, and be killed serving their country, and entertain us as athletes and entertainers, yet still they were considered second-class citizens. My father saw and recognized that was wrong and admired what Jackie Robinson and the Dodgers represented, so he chose the Dodgers as his passport into American cultural fairness, the kind of American he wanted to become, and became. My father was totally honest and without guile. I knew of no one who didn’t like my father; he was a “good guy.” And he loved to tell jokes. In Bereshit it says of Noah: “Noah was a righteous man, he was blameless in his age. Noah walked with God.” If my father has the merit to be walking with God, he is probably telling a joke. Happy Father’s Day, Dad! I miss you… P.S. I took the kids to see the movie “42” about Jackie Robinson on my own “Father’s Day.” I’m sorry you weren’t there with us. I think you would have liked it.

Damages of Seeing” found in the Talmud and in Maimonides’s “Laws of Neighbors” are the “Laws of Damages of Hearing” — hearing what was not intended to be heard. In this regard, Rabbi Yaacov Yeshya Bloi asserts that even though an earlier halachist, Rabbi Eliyahu Mizrachi, had ruled that one cannot force a neighbor to build a soundproof wall, still it is forbidden to listen in to the conversations of others, stressing it is despicable to eavesdrop on the words of others not meant for you to hear. Clearly our tradition recognizes and protects the value of privacy and condemns the act of eavesdropping. Now the question is, at what point are these values to be set aside for national security? And of

course, who is to be trusted in determining the demands of national security? What about the individual who leaks information about the country damaging national security for the sake of the rights and the privacy of its citizens? That we shall leave to others to sort out. Brace yourselves: We’ve got a hot summer ahead.
Rivy Poupko Kletenik is an internationally renowned educator and Head of School at the Seattle Hebrew Academy. If you have a question that’s been tickling your brain, send Rivy an e-mail at [email protected].

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“In a smaller shop we wear many hats.” — Galit Ezekiel, who was honored with the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Professional Award earlier this week. See the story on page 10.

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-Yaakov Neeman, Former Israeli Minister of Justice

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By Isaac Azose El arto no kreye al ambierto The person who has a full stomach never believes the one who is hungry

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A temple turns 10
Kol HaNeshamah, envisioned to fill a void for West Seattle’s progressive Jewish community, was formed 10 years ago this month, and they’ve got celebrations galore.

Plans for the future

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One who is not deprived and lacks nothing can ever feel the pangs or the yearnings of another who is not fortunate enough to have achieved even a small degree of success.

After this month ends, Moshe Kletenik will no longer be rabbi of Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, but he will be plenty busy in Seattle’s Orthodox community.

More plans for the future Correction
In the article about the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s grant allocations (“2014 Federation grants aim for depth,” June 7), the number of agencies listed as receiving allocations was incorrect. The correct number is 48. JTNews regrets the error.

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Maria Erlitz, who has served as head of school not once, but twice, at the Jewish Day School, plans to slow down a bit after her retirement from there — but not much.

What will become of Yiddish?

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That was the question members of the Seattle Yiddish Group posed to a master linguist whose academic career is based upon the study of Jewish languages, some of them started in the unlikeliest of places.

A synagogue starts a tradition

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Remember when
From the Jewish Transcript, June 18, 1962. As Temple Beth Am prepares to welcome two new rabbis to its congregation — one permanent, one interim — as Rabbis Beth and Jonathan Singer depart, more than half a century ago the Northend Seattle temple welcomed the Singers’ predecessor, Rabbi Norman Hirsh, who served there for more than 30 years.

When Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation’s senior rabbi officiated his first same-sex wedding, it signaled a new era for the Mercer Island synagogue.

The Jewish press converges on Seattle

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Next week, close to 60 journalists and publishers from Jewish newspapers and magazines across North America will converge on Seattle to learn and schmooze.

In honor of Pam
This year’s recipient of the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Service Award has her arms stretched around wide swaths of Seattle’s Jewish community.

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The kids’ calendar

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Kids in Washington State and Arizona, as well as in two Israeli towns, showcase their artistic talents in a new wall calendar.

Sharing their art

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Herb and Lucy Pruzan have an extensive collection of fine Northwest art, which is now being showcased at the Tacoma Art Museum.



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A temple turns 10
Settle Your Disputes
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Yom huledet sameach! Congregation Kol HaNeshamah in West Seattle celebrates its 10th anniversary on June 21. Founding rabbi Michael Adam Latz will be in attendance, along with former interim rabbi Anson Laytner and current rabbi Zari Weiss. The celebration includes a potluck dinner, kabbalat Shabbat service, a video

She added that every single person becomes an integral part of the community. “A lot of congregations have a commitment to welcome LGBT people,” she said. “But here at KHN it’s part of who we are, and it informs so much of our ethics.” The congregation now has 130 household units, Abrahams said. It provides Hebrew school and educational programs

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Kol HaNeshamah’s music ensemble performs the liturgy during a recent Shabbat service.

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives,” said statesman Abba Eban, reflecting a deep divide about how to handle territories disputed by neighboring countries. It is hard enough for a person to believe something belongs to him and not get it, let alone for a country to do so. But settle these disputes we must. Here, ten nations face off over the boundaries of their reach.
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presentation, and speeches, as well as “a song presentation given by our ensemble, plus various toasts including a rabbis’ toast and founders’ toast, a song of celebration and a cake-cutting ceremony,” said executive director Sheila Abrahams. On June 23, Kol HaNeshamah will continue its anniversary celebration with its Torah Restoration Project event. Rabbi Simon Benzaquen, a sofer (scribe), has been working since mid-May to repair their almost 100-year-old Torah, which was used by the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. The community received a match challenge for donations toward the restoration project from local Jewish philanthropists Marleen and Ken Alhadeff. Kol HaNeshamah started in June 2003 and quickly became known by word of mouth. “Kol HaNeshamah was the brainchild of a dozen founders who all got together at an Asian restaurant in West Seattle, Buddha Ruksa, and brainstormed ideas for founding the congregation,” Abrahams said. “We’ll have dishes from that restaurant to remember the founding of Kol HaNeshamah.” Clearly, they were meeting a need. “We photocopied prayer books and had enough for 40 people, but 90 showed up,” said Latz. “We didn’t have a plan to grow — we just grew.” Originally called West Seattle’s Progressive Synagogue Community, the name Kol HaNeshamah was born at a retreat near Mount Rainier during a morning meditation session. The community is affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, and meets on the first and third Friday and Saturday of the month at the Alki United Church of Christ. “Part of the essence of the synagogue is our commitment to radical inclusivity,” said Weiss. “That was part of the founding and continues to this day. It’s a place where many people who maybe didn’t feel at home in other communities can feel at home in Kol HaNeshamah.”

for children and adults. Adult classes include a “progressive Yeshiva,” Weiss said, where participants study contemporary issues by looking at Jewish and contemporary texts and then applying progressive values to those issues. Weiss is trained as a spiritual director, a newer position in the Jewish community, she said. She works with congregants to help deepen and explore their relationship with God. “It’s become much more rooted as a community,” said Weiss. “These are people who have been though the different cycles of life with each other.” Members are encouraged to help provide for the needs of the congregation, such as giving services during the High Holidays and cooking meals for each other, Latz said. Because the synagogue highly regards inclusivity, members do not need to buy tickets for the high holidays, or other things that might keep people out. Adult B’nai Mitzvahs are also common. This year, eight members who never had the opportunity for the rite of passage as young adults signed up for B’nai Mitzvah. Latz said he is looking forward to coming back for the weekend. “I’m so proud to see what the new rabbi is doing, and have continued to be very proud,” said Latz. “The people at Kol HaNeshamah are an incredible, loving, talented, smart and dedicated group of folks,” he said. “They’re bringing life into Judaism and care about each other.” Latz noted the congregation was influenced by the book “Finding a Spiritual Home: How a New Generation of Jews Can Transform the American Synagogue,” by Rabbi Sidney Schwarz. “We strive to understand what it means to be Jews and a Jewish community in the 21st century,” Weiss said. “As the world changes dramatically, we look at how Judaism needs to change with it.”

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Kletenik to move on
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
tee at Jewish Family Service, among other What is the role of the American volunteer and board positions. Orthodox rabbi today? It’s a question with In 2008, he was granted the King more than one answer, and it’s a question County Coalition Against Domestic VioSouth Seattle’s Orthodox synagogues have lence Take Action award. Kletenik heads been struggling with for years. the beit din (religious court) with the Rabbi Moshe Kletenik joined Bikur Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle and Cholim Machzikay Hadath in 1994 with the presides over gittin, Jewish divorce. goal of creating a community of learners. Kletenik furthermore oversees three “There isn’t a single encounter with the critical institutions run by BCMH for the synagogue that doesn’t involve learning,” Jewish community: The mikvah, eruv, and he told JTNews. “I think there are many, chevra kadisha burial many more people society. Each of these who study Torah on requires halachic a daily basis.” authority, which the For the past 19 synagogue will lack years, Kletenik has come next month. offered classes and According to study groups in halBCMH board presachah (Jewish law), ident Dan Birk, a Mishna, the weekly matrix of local rabbis Torah portion, and will be stepping up to celebrated a siyum help, and Orthodox haShas, the compleUnion-appointed tion of the sevenrabbis will be availyear cycle of daily Emily K. Alhadeff able for halachic Talmud study. His Rabbi Moshe Kletenik in the beit midrash. questions if they arise. wife Rivy compleBirk said said the first step, before mented his offerings with talks on Tanach, forming a rabbi search committee, is to Midrash, Mussar, Pirke Avot, and more. figure out what the community wants. But as of June 30, Rabbi Kletenik will “Our shul is a very diverse group of no longer be the rabbi of the state’s largest people,” he told JTNews. “We need a person Ashkenazi Orthodox synagogue. In a conthat can understand the need of the comtroversial board move last summer, Kletemunity…In my mind, it’s all about achdus nik’s contract was not extended. [unity] and getting along under one roof.” Speaking with JTNews in his office at Kletenik will not be involved in BCMH’s BCMH, Kletenik reflected positively upon future plans, but confirmed he will stay in his tenure. Seattle. Starting July 1, he will work for the “One of the truly rewarding aspects of Va’ad, where he plans to expand its services being a rabbi is the opportunity to become and educational programming and give the involved in people’s lives, especially at critbeit din more visibility. ical times during their lives,” he said. Among the services he hopes to expand Torah study leads to action, and this is business-dispute mediation. philosophy is evident given Kletenik’s “The Torah has guidance as to how expertise on business, medical, and interwe are to act in every aspect of our lives,” personal ethics. In addition to expanding he said. “Whether it is our personal lives, learning initiatives, Kletenik constantly whether it is our professional lives, in consults on ethical matters, including terms of our interactions with others, end-of-life issues, healthcare directives, with Jews in the broader community, if and wills. one follows the dictates of the Torah — in “The teachings of Torah that we find terms of how we speak to others and about within the Talmud, codes of Jewish law, others, how we interact with others — and responsa literature throughout the we become better Jews and better human centuries are current and can address any beings, and valuable members of society… issue and any challenge that arises in a But people make their own choices, and meaningful way,” he said. “That is what rabbis can only teach.” Jewish ethics is about. Walking through BCMH’s beit midrash “The more people become aware of it, (study room), where he’s studied and the more people seek out guidance.” taught for two decades, Kletenik appears In addition to advising his congregamomentarily wistful. But he expresses tion, Kletenik initiated and chaired Jewish optimism at the future of Orthodox life Medical Ethics Conferences throughout the and reflects positively on the changes he’s 1990s, and has lectured locally and nationseen around him. ally on ethical issues concerning organ “If you look at the national statistics, I donations, pregnancy, and end-of-life think more and more people are recognizissues. He served as president of the Rabing the value of the Torah lifestyle and the binical Council of America from 2009 to richness and beauty and meaningfulness,” 2011, sat on Governor Christine Gregoire’s he said. “As an Orthodox rabbi, it is cerFaith Advisory Board (2007-2009), and is a tainly my hope that people will choose to member of the Kline Galland Home Health be guided by the dictates of the Torah — and Hospice Ethics Committee and the and so many people are.” Holocaust Emergency Assistance Commit-

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The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle will award more than $2.4 million in Community Campaign grants to 48 programs and projects that will strengthen Jewish life in our community, Israel and around the world. The grants will be awarded for fiscal year 2014, which begins July 1. Details about the grants are available online at jewishinseattle.org/2014community-campaign-grants. “Our grants reflect the creativity of Seattle’s Jewish community as well as our strong connection with the global Jewish community,” said Shelley Bensussen, Board Chair of the Jewish Federation. “In partnership with more than 3,000 generous donors, the Jewish Federation is supporting essential services for people in need, expanding Jewish engagement opportunities for children and adults, and enriching Jewish life in Seattle, Israel and around the world.” The Federation decided this year to go “deep” with grants—to make impactful grants that would provide a significant boost to programs meeting both ongoing and emerging community needs. The Federation is in the second year of its funding model, which focuses on four Impact Areas: 1) Helping Our Local Community in Need 2) Strengthening Global Jewry 3) Experiencing Judaism: Birth to Grade 12 4) Building Jewish Community: Post Grade 12 The Federation is advancing Jewish life in numerous exciting ways as it builds on investments made in 2012. Jewish Education The Federation is continuing its substantial investment in day schools, with an award of $306,000 for tuition scholarships available to eligible students attending Jewish Day School, Seattle Jewish Community School, Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder, Torah Day School and Northwest Yeshiva High School. In addition, the Federation awarded $113,500 for Jewish camping, $76,000 in Israel incentive and need-based scholarship grants, and $10,000 for Taglit-Birthright Israel trips. Day schools, camping and Israel experiences are instrumental in developing and strengthening Jewish identity. In addition, the Federation has deepened its commitment to programs helping people with special needs, consistent with our obligation to ensure that all in our community are served. The Federation granted $50,000 to The Friendship Circle of Washington and $75,000 to Jewish Family Service for the Seattle Association of Jews with Disabilities program. North End Focus Still another area of emphasis is supporting early childhood education, day camp and other engagement opportunities for the growing Jewish population in north Seattle. The Federation awarded $15,000 to the Jewish Junction and $40,000 to the Stroum Jewish Community Center’s day camp on the Seattle Jewish Community School campus. Bringing to life Jewish history and culture was another area of focus. For example, the Federation awarded $19,400 to the Washington State Jewish Historical Society for an exhibit at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), entitled, “Who’s Minding the Store: A Celebration of 150 Years of Jewish Business and Commerce.” Israel Programs Deepening connections with Israel is at the core of enriching Jewish life. The Federation awarded $552,315—nearly one-fourth of its total grants—to the Jewish Agency for Israel and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee for humanitarian assistance and to Fiscal Year 2014 Allocations by Impact Area
Building Jewish Community: Post Grade 12 15% Helping Our Local Community in Need 16%

Experiencing Judaism: Birth to Grade 12 37%

Strengthening Global Jewry 32%

strengthen Jewish communities in Israel and overseas. In addition, the Federation awarded $112,457 for Partnership2Gether programs, as well as $76,500 benefiting our Israel partner communities of Kiryat Malachi and Hof Ashkelon. “The Federation is proud to serve as a

bridge that connects our generous donors with the many amazing projects that expand and enrich Jewish life in Seattle and beyond,” Federation Interim President & CEO Nancy Greer said. “We look forward to the many important outcomes our grantees will achieve in the coming year.”

PRIDE Shabbat takes place June 28
The Seattle Jewish community is invited to attend Pride Shabbat on Friday, June 28, beginning at 6:30 pm at Hillel at the University of Washington. Pride Shabbat, which takes place each year during Pride Month, is a celebration of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Jews, along with their friends, families and allies. It’s a come-as-you-are event, where you can hear personal stories from individuals in Seattle’s Jewish LGBTQ community. Doors open at 6 pm, and there will be a post-service oneg. Hillel is located at 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. Pride Shabbat sponsors include The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, Pride Foundation, Jewish Family Service, Hillel at UW/Jconnect, National

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JDS head ready to hand over the reins
Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Maria Erlitz can sum up her retirement from the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle in two words: “It’s time.” With an education consulting business that she put on hold for her position as head of school and a desire to slow down, Erlitz felt that now was the right time to say “l’hitraot” — until we meet again. “It’s not that I don’t love what I do, but it’s hard to balance,” she said. When she turns over the reins to Mike Downs, an interim head who will come to the Bellevue school while the JDS search committee seeks a permanent head, everything should be in place for a smooth transition. “Sometimes you want to cleanse the palate from someone who’s been here a long time,” Erlitz said. “The school is in great shape, and in good hands, and it gives the search committee a little bit more time.” Erlitz has spent the past five years as head of school of the Bellevue academy, but her history with the school goes back to its founding 33 years ago. Back then she was a recent transplant from New York and connected with a group of parents who wanted to give their children a Jewish day school education, but wanted something more pluralistic than the Seattle Hebrew Academy, at that time the only game in town, was willing to offer. “They went to the powers that be and said, ‘How about if you get a little bit more pluralistic?’” Erlitz recalled. “And thank God that the Seattle Hebrew Academy said, ‘This is our mission. We are a Torah Umesorah modern Orthodox [school].’” And so JDS was born. Erlitz started as an educator, then eventually became head of school. She left for many years to run a consulting practice that works primarily with day schools’ boards and leaders, but in 2008 when the call came to serve as interim head of school while the board searched for a permanent replacement, she took it. And when she asked to stay on as that replacement, the board jumped at the opportunity. Since Erlitz retook over, the school has noticeably embraced education 21st-century style. “Any vision, especially in education, if you’re not constantly improving you’re not doing your job,” she said. Part of that vision is more intangible: Welcoming interfaith families or talking and writing about God and belief — sometimes in conjunction with people who practice other religions. But other parts are very much in line with leaps in technology. “Because things are at your fingertips, to teach facts these days, and to have kids memorize facts and regurgitate facts, is really wasting time,” Erlitz said. “To have them discover the facts and research the facts — to support a burning question that they’re looking at is where education is going.” That burning question, known formally as inquiry-based learning, has been piloted in three grades but this fall will become the standard for all of JDS. “I’m certainly most proud that the inquiry-based curriculum is taking hold school-wide and we’ve been able to promote that,” Erlitz said. Rabbi Stuart Light, the school’s head of Judaics, put the curriculum into practice Jewishly through a monthly program. During an assembly, Light would query students about Jewish history or practice and then send them out to the Internet and Jewish texts to discover answers for themselves. “The amazing answers that come back, that’s the kind of education that you want,” Erlitz said. Light, incidentally, is also leaving the school after 13 years to lead the Judaic studies program at a large day school in Irvine, Calif. This style of education that Erlitz has pushed JDS toward — with the backing of the school’s board and its parents, who are fiercely loyal to the school (and have top ranking in a national survey to prove it) — is a decisive move away from the teacher at a blackboard talking at rows of children. “Even the second grade or the first grade, the students can do their own project,” she

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Maria Erlitz has given the Jewish Day School direction, but visitors may still need a sign.

said. “Now the kids can ask, ‘What kind of animals live in the rainforest?’ I want to research that. Every student in the class will study the rainforest, but in their own way.” The school has been working on a fiveyear strategic plan in conjunction with the Samis Foundation and Seattle Pacific University, but with the technology moving so quickly, it’s difficult to make decisions based upon what computers are available today if their basic capabilities
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Changing of the Guard at the Jewish Federation
Thank you, Shelley, For your dedicated service!

The task of the leader is to get one’s people from where they are to where they have not been. —Henry Kissinger Both of you live this teaching through your leadership approach and our community is a better place because of your involvement.

Welcome, Celie! Looking forward to great things.

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Beyond Yiddish
Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
“Let my people go” may be one of the most recognizable Jewish phrases, but Moses likely said it in a language that most Jews wouldn’t even recognize today, said Harvard comparative literature professor and linguistic scholar Marc Shell. After all, Shell told the audience of 25 at the Seattle Yiddish Group’s June meeting, Moses spoke Egyptian throughout the first 40 years of his life, and probably some sort of Midianite language during the next four decades once he fled to the desert. Returning to Egypt and communicating through his brother Aaron would have been a challenge for Moses, because in addition to his compromised speech noted in the Biblical story, he’d been away for quite some time. “What language does Moses speak when he speaks to Pharaoh?” asked Shell, who proved to be a master of the rhetorical question throughout his remarks. “Does he speak Egyptian, does he speak Midianite, or does he speak Hebrew?” Shell is the co-director of the Lilly Center for Jewish Language and Literature at Harvard, co-founder and co-director of the Longfellow Institute for the Study of Non-English Languages, and a MacArthur fellow. He has taught several languages, including Judeo-Spanish, Judeo-Aramaic, Yiddish, Judeo-Greek, and Judeo-Chinese. The Yiddish group invited Shell to answer the larger question of how globalization might affect the survival of Jewish languages. “What is happening to the Yiddish language?” asked Murray Meld, the Yiddish group’s co-chair, as he introduced the topic. “We all know it has a lot of diversity, but with globalization, is it going to be used?” From his vantage point, Meld sees a resurgence of curiosity for the Yiddish language from a variety of people. “American Jews, young and old, are being caught up in the revival of interest in Yiddish language and culture,” he told JTNews. Shell said that among the nearly 6,700 languages spoken throughout the world today, globally Jews speak dozens of variations of some form of the original Hebrew beyond the more commonly used Eastern European Yiddish and the Mediterranean Ladino. To illustrate his point, he used examples from his own background. “Among my Jewish friends,” recalled Shell, “the language in the home could be Judeo-Arabic, Ladino, two or three kinds of Judeo-Greek, three branches of JudeoKurd, all of them different from each other, and one or two kinds of Yiddish, one inflected toward the Slavic element, and one inflected toward the Germanic element, and other languages, as well. “So, for me, a Jewish language does not mean Yiddish, nor does it mean even principally Yiddish because you can see in this list, which might go on, that Yiddish plays only a small role.” Languages are influenced by their geo-

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Professor and linguistic scholar Marc Shell talks to the Seattle Yiddish Group.

graphic location, their placement in a historical period, and their “linguistic uniqueness,” he said. A Jewish language, he added, is a language that has elements of Aramaic or Hebrew, where Hebrew somehow plays a role in its defining characteristic. “Take, for instance, Judeo-Persian,” said Shell. “When Persian was first written down, it wasn’t written using the Persian alphabet, it was written down using the Hebrew alphabet. Judeo-Malayalam is one of the three Judaic languages of the Indian subcontinent. It’s one of the only Jewish languages which are not written in the Hebrew alphabet.” Jewish languages have covered the globe, he said, mainly because of the consistent writing system that has allowed Judaic languages to flourish and to last over time. “Judeo-Chinese is a humanistic language,” continued Shell. “On the one

hand, Chinese goes vertically. On the other hand, Hebrew goes horizontally, so there’s a meeting point. Also, Chinese is a representational writing system or alphabet, whereas the Hebrew alphabet is essentially nonrepresentational.” Ladino, a form of Judeo-Spanish, he said, developed in the Iberian Peninsula and was exported to many parts of the world. That, he said, is also the history of Jewish languages. They develop within a culture and get “exiled” to other lands, far beyond their original borders. Cultural and social factors can also foster the development of a language. “When women, for example, knew the Hebrew alphabet but were barred from writing Hebrew, they’d use the Hebrew alphabet to write down the words of local language,” said Shell. “This was very often the origin of a Judeo language.”

Nosh Away no more
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
Hold the spinach puffs. After 15 years of serving the community, Seattle-based kosher catering company Nosh Away is closing its doors. “Since 2008, business has steadily declined in the catering aspect,” said Phillip Klitzner, who runs Nosh Away with his wife Dayna. Corporate, private and nonprofit spending all slumped along with the economy, and this year, sales were down by 30 percent from 2008. Regular corporate clients tightened their belts, individuals are scaling back on weddings and B’nai Mitzvah, and fundraising dinners are seeing less turnout, with community institutions reducing full meals to lighter receptions, Klitzner explained. In addition, some organizations over the years have opted to save money by using non-kosher caterers, bringing in boxed kosher meals to those guests who require them. “There was always that threat,” Klitzner said. Fortunate for the kosher-observant community, however, Nosh Away isn’t disappearing altogether. The Klitzners are shifting their focus to Affordable Kosher, the online retail and wholesale distributor of kosher goods they started in 2010. Klitzner told JTNews they have plans to expand the product line, making the online store look more like an East Coast grocery store. They hope to expand their delivery timeframes and zones, too. Affordable Kosher will continue to distribute to the remaining kosher caterers, which include Leah’s Catering of Seattle, and Eli Varon and Dalia Amon, who work out of Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation and Congregation Ezra Bessaroth’s kitchens, respectively. Leah’s is the only one under the supervision of the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle. The owner of Leah’s, Leah Jaffee, is concerned about the hole Nosh Away will be leaving. “I have turned myself into an event caterer, and that’s what I do,” she told JTNews. She will not be stepping up to provide boxed meals at non-kosher functions, hotel meals, or bakery or Shabbat items. “I financially cannot do that,” she said. She hopes outlets like Albertson’s, QFC, and Island Crust will work to fill such voids. “My crew works really hard,” Jaffee
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join the board. Susan Monas was “I said ‘of course,’” Susan inspired by her daughrecalls, “because I believe in it.” ter. There’s a lot of work to Shoshana Wineburg , be done in the relatively new the daughter in question, organization. spent nine months on a ser“There’s board developvice-learning project in Israel ment work…marketing and sponsored by the Israeli orga[a] media presence” to estabnization Yahel. Yahel places lish, and it’s much harder participants in Gedera, Israel, than being on the board of a to live and work with its Ethimore established organizaopian immigrant population. tion, says Susan, a past presShoshana tutored English in Member of ident of Congregation Beth the high school, helped start Shalom in Seattle. Yahel’s an after-school program for the Tribe board is also small youth, and tutored and international, English to some and she wishes there adults to help their were more opporprofessional developtunities to meet face ment. to face. Susan says that As an at-large on the program, member, “I do Shoshana “developed my little bit,” she confidence, leadersays, mostly getship skills,” learned ting the word out about social justice, about Yahel’s proand acquired the grams. Those now “ability to love Israel include spring break and criticize Israel at the same time.” Courtesy Susan Monas and summer service Susan says her Susan Monas, left, calls her daughter, Shoshana learning for college students. The profamily has “a long- Wineburg, an inspiration. grams are open to standing relationJews “of all stripes,” from all over North ship” with Israel. Her husband travels America. there frequently for work and she often Meanwhile, Shoshana — a graduate joins him. During one of those trips she of Stanford and the Pardes Institute — is was studying at the Conservative Yeshiva back in Israel working for Yahel as coin Jerusalem and struck up a conversation facilitator of a six-week summer program with Rabbi Gail Diamond, a Yahel board for college students in Beer Sheva. Learnmember. Rabbi Diamond invited Susan to

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ing from her will be another Seattleite, Julia Snyder, a student at the Stern College of Yeshiva University. Outside of Yahel, Susan is a licensed clinical social worker who enjoys gardening, reading and writing in her spare time. She recently completed a four-year Mussar training under the direction of Rabbi Ira Stone, formerly at Beth Shalom and a founder of the Mussar Leadership program, which brings ancient Jewish wisdom and tradition to character development and improvement.

international efforts in all fields of ovarian cancer research. “My life’s work has been committed to healing and helping people with cancer, and Swedish has supported me in every step,” says the father of five and grandfa-

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One of Seattle’s best-known medical doctors, Saul Rivkin, will retire on July 1. Swedish Cancer Institute, the oncology arm of Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, made the announcement. The 77-year-old oncologist is best known for his committed, tenacious approach to fighting cancer and the personal connection he has established with the thousands of patients he has cared for over the years. Saul’s wife, Marsha, died from ovarian cancer in 1993. Out of personal tragedy came a renewed commitment to cancer investigation, and he founded the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research, housed at Swedish-First Hill. Under his guidance, the center has become a leader in

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Oncologist Saul Rivkin, founder of the Marsha Rivkin Cancer Research Center, will retire at the start of July.

ther of seven. “Finding a cure for ovarian cancer is my dream and I will continue to work toward that goal for as long as I am on this earth. I am forever grateful to those who have supported me on this journey.” A graduate of University of Washington School of Medicine (1964), Saul joined Swedish in 1971 as one of the hospital’s first medical oncologists and became a
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Rings exchanged, traditions changed
Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
On Sunday, June 16, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation witnessed history when Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum officiated the synagogue’s first same-sex wedding. Audrey Covner and Diane Dougherty, partners for three decades and the parents of two teenage daughters, were married at the Seattle Aquarium before 250 friends and family members. Covner is the synagogue’s immediate past president. Covner told JTNews she wants to “be able to show that the synagogue has really moved in a totally different direction.” The Mercer Island congregation has a reputation for being less liberal than North Seattle’s Congregation Beth Shalom, she said. Beth Shalom has been sanctifying samesex unions for more than a decade. Rosenbaum resisted support for samesex marriage, but came on board about a year ago, around the time Referendum 74 was going up for a vote. “I think what helped me, really most of all, was the fact that Audrey and Diane were members of our congregation for many years,” Rosenbaum said. “We got to know them as a family, and they in most ways were like any other family in HerzlNer Tamid. That’s what breaks down barriers: People getting to know each other one on one. “Stereotypes get dispelled.” and all the people that did years and years of work,” she said. Covner grew up in the Conservative movement and is thrilled with the support she’s received from her community here. “We’ve never, ever felt uncomfortable,” she said. “We’ve felt so warmly loved and accepted here. It’s been such a wonderful thing to be part of my movement I’ve always been a part of.” Both of Covner and Dougherty’s daughters attended the Jewish Day School. Currently one daughter, 18, attends the University of Washington, and the other, 17, attends Northwest Yeshiva High School. The guest list included NYHS’s junior class, as well as Covner’s aging parents, and state Senator Ed Murray (D–43rd). “Both Diane and I thought we would never live to see this day,” she said. “It’s just amazing to me that this happened within our lifetimes.” Rosenbaum looks forward to future same-sex weddings under the auspices of his synagogue. “We want Herzl-Ner Tamid to be seen as a place where gay and lesbian couples and singles are welcome,” he said. “I think this will send this message in a very clear way.” “I’m so proud of Rabbi Rosenbaum,” said Covner. “It was not easy for him.”

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Audrey Covner and Diane Dougherty under the chuppah, their daughters by their sides.

Rosenbaum also cited HNT’s 2011 scholar-in-residence Stephen Greenberg, an Orthodox rabbi and openly gay man and subject in the documentary “Trembling Before G-d,” as a positive influence. The Conservative movement approved same-sex marriages in 2006 and finalized the guidelines for wedding rituals in 2012. However, Conservative rabbis are not unified in their support.

Covner, a lawyer and activist who helped write the domestic partnership bill in California before moving to Washington, said she would have been happy with a 50-person backyard celebration. But the wedding, in part, was for the community: She wants to set a precedent for younger couples behind them. “We fought so many years…to see this happen that we want to acknowledge that

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personalized service, leading-edge technology, and intimate yet spectacular accommodations redefine the luxury experience. Hotel 1000 offers distinctive amenities, anticipative service, and a customized experience tailored to any occasion. Located at 1000 First Ave. at the corner of Madison Street, Hotel 1000 is steps from the waterfront along Elliott Bay, and conveniently centered between Pike Place Market, Seattle Art Museum, the business district, and lively and historic Pioneer Square. Call 206-957-1000.

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Jenny GG Photography

Jenny GG’s approach to photography is fun, playful and rarely posed. Authenticity is important — your photos should be about you and your love and the things that make you a couple; they should show the excitement and emotion from your wedding day. Jenny wants to create photographs that not only catch the special moments, but that will tell a story that you will treasure forever. She focuses on finding the fun and beauty that is naturally present in every situation. Candid is king, but during your portrait time, Jenny will always be looking for angles and opportunities to show your “best self.” Pricing and packages are listed on her website, but she is always happy to create a custom package to best fit your wedding day. Hope to hear from you soon! For more information visit jennygg.com or call 425-830-4421.

Located on the picturesque Seattle Waterfront in the heart of Emerald City, the Seattle Marriott Waterfront Hotel is the ideal location to celebrate your special day. Take advantage of their outdoor patio for ceremonies and receptions, perfect for 150, or celebrate in style in the elegant state-of-the-art ballroom with seating for up to 500 guests. Their experienced staff is committed to authenticity, working with their certified Marriott wedding professionals to plan every detail, from securing the perfect photographer to developing and executing your menu. And, since they’re located just two blocks from Pike Place Market, they have the resources to deliver a carefully crafted farm-to-table culinary experience. In addition, they can accommodate all kosher needs. So sit back, relax and let them provide everything to set the stage for a memorable event that reflects your taste and honors your tradition. Catering sales department: Contact the sales administrative assistant at 206-2561022 or [email protected].

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Create memories full of love, family and tradition at the Marriott Redmond Town Center, ideally located in Redmond’s beautiful open-air shopping center and featuring a newly renovated ballroom with over 5,000 square feet of space. When planning your special day, you deserve to work with the very best. The Marriott Redmond Town Center appreciates your cultural nuances and can bring them to life in a way that is authentic, delicious, and leaves friends and family raving for years to come! They’ll handle the details, you just handle the compliments. L’chaim! For more information, contact 425-498-4040 or [email protected], or visit www.Marriott.com/seamc.

Voted by JTNews readers as 2012’s Best Ketubah Artist in Washington State, Joan Lite Miller specializes in one-of-a-kind invitations for weddings and B’nai Mitzvah, custom ketubot, English and Hebrew calligraphy, expressive hand lettering, original paper-cuts and logo design. For more information, call 206-527-6320 or visit www.onionskindesign.com.

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The Ruins is a private dining club in Lower Queen Anne with catering available to the public. The founder and creator, Joe McDonnal, built a mansion inside of a warehouse with a small garden area and four beautifully appointed rooms. The rooms used collectively can accommodate up to 150 for a seated dinner or 250 for a stand-up cocktail reception. From beginning to end, their professional staff and beautiful venue will offer you and your guests a truly unique and memorable experience. Contact The Ruins at 206-285-RUIN or visit www.theruins.net.

Shawn’s Kugel

Shawn’s Kugel is one of the best Klezmer bands in the Pacific Northwest. They specialize in getting guests to participate in folk dancing and horas at weddings, B’nai Mitzvah, and other lifecycle events. Shawn’s Kugel has released four CDs, with the latest being “Odyssey.” Check out Shawn’s Kugel on MySpace, CD Baby, or iTunes to hear some songs and learn more about this Northwest treasure. Contact 206-523-9298 or [email protected] or visit pweb.jps.net/~shawnsax.
 

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Celebrations at the WAC

Personalized. Memorable. Timeless. Plan your all-inclusive event at the Washington Athletic Club, a historic landmark in the heart of downtown Seattle. Contemporary elegance and tradition define the Club. The WAC provides everything you need for a seamless day of celebration and tradition. Their Crystal Ballroom can accommodate up to 200 guests, while other rooms offer more-personalized settings for smaller groups. Whether you want guests to dance all night or enjoy an elegant dinner, or both, they can turn an event into a distinctive experience. A full-service day spa and 109-room inn offer room for all your guests. Make it a weekend and stay in one of their seven suites. Event packages are available and personalized with your contract. Evening parking included for guests in WAC garage. Make the Washington Athletic Club the choice for your special event. It would be their pleasure to assist you. For more information, please contact 206-464-3050 or [email protected].

Waterways’ beautifully appointed yachts offer unique venues for weddings, rehearsal dinners, Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations, holiday events, birthdays, graduation and anniversary parties. Their yachts feature spacious interior salons for dining and live entertainment, open-air decks that are perfect for ceremonies, photography and viewing of the ever-changing shorelines, and onboard galleys and bars for full-service catering. Contact their event planners to schedule a tour of Waterways’ yachts! Call 206-2232060 for your event proposal or visit www.WaterwaysCruises.com for more information.

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Waterways Cruises and Events will make your special occasion an unforgettable Northwest experience — with the Seattle skyline and views of Lake Washington and Lake Union as the perfect backdrop for your celebration. Add exquisite cuisine prepared by their culinary team, professional event-planning services, and your personalized touches for lasting memories of your special event.

Woodland Park Zoo, one of Seattle’s most cherished community resources, is the perfect location for your next event! Set on 92 acres with over 300 species of animal, the zoo offers 17 unique venues to host your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, holiday party, picnic, meeting, wedding, family reunion or birthday party. Funds generated by your event help support the zoo’s quality animal care, education programs, and field conservation projects to help preserve wildlife species and habitats in the Northwest and around the world. For more information, contact [email protected] or 206-548-2590, or visit www.zoo.org.

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Jewish journalists to converge on Seattle
Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
It is somewhat of a triumph that the American Jewish Press Association is having its 2013 annual conference in Seattle, since the economic recession battered so many Jewish publications and general media in the U.S. and caused them to slash budgets and shed staff. But for the 60 AJPA publishers, editors, freelance journalists, reporters, and staff who will arrive here next week, many for the first time, the conference’s concurrent business and editorial tracks will tackle some of the big questions that face them today: How to increase readership and circulation, grow economic bases, train reporters, and compete among increasingly diverse electronic platforms. Over two days of programming, industry leaders, small startups, local journalists, academics from Israel, and even the head of a Jewish newspaper in Warsaw, Poland will offer insight into success strategies. “I had a vision that I wanted to leverage the startup mentality here in Seattle and hopefully, to some extent, the social justice perspective of the Jewish community here,” said Joel Magalnick, editor and publisher of JTNews, who is chairing and helping to organize the conference. Magalnick is a vice president of the AJPA. “On the business track, we’re always trying to find better and more efficient ways of running the business end of the paper as well as collaborating and keeping up with technology,” Magalnick said. “On the editorial side, I think there always needs to be two goals — to try and enable us to do our jobs better….and there’s also the learning aspect.” To discuss how they’ve increased their circulation, Josh O’Connor from Sound Publishing and Jim Fleigner, a circulation consultant from Impact Consultancy in California, will share models and initiatives they’ve employed to beef up their numbers. Also, Tracy Recker, the editor of the widely read West Seattle Blog, and Rob Salkowitz from MediaPlant will lead sessions that feature strategies on attracting and keeping loyal readers. “We’ve all lost so much ad revenue through the recession,” said Marshall Weiss, AJPA’s president and the editor and publisher of the Dayton, Ohio Jewish Observer. “Things are stabilized, we’ve adjusted to the new economy, and we’re coming back.” Still, the newspaper industry as a whole has not figured out how to make money on their websites, although people are flocking to them and reading news on their computers, phones and tablets. Rick Kestenbaum, the chief operating officer and general manager at The New Jersey Jewish News, who is scheduled to talk about his paper’s decision to implement a paywall for readers that want to read its online version, told JTNews his paper has little to lose and much to gain by doing so. “We get all of our circulation revenue and 99.5 percent of our revenue from our print edition,” said Kestenbaum. “Why give our content to so many people for no circulation revenue and so little ad revenue?” Kestenbaum said “it’s a mistake” not to charge. “Unlike a major daily paper, where much of the content is easily found elsewhere [world news, sports, etc.],” he said, “there is no alternative for news of the local Jewish community.” Many other newspapers, however, both Jewish and secular, have not yet embraced this approach. “There’s no one quick fix, cure-all, or solution for monetizing the web,” said Weiss. “I don’t know anyone who is really making it in the general media on monetizing the web. No one’s figured it out.” The one essential factor in attracting and keeping readers, in addition to userfriendly websites and savvy technical innovations, say Weiss and Magalnick, is accurate and informed reporting. Journalists who cover the Jewish community must bring the same knowledge and integrity to the job as those in the general media, said Magalnick, who included a training session, “Cultivating the Next Generation of Jewish Journalists,” for aspiring Jewish journalists in the conference and opened it to college students for free. “I think the aspirations of any Jewish journalist, or any Jewish newspaper or publication, should be what people expect are the aspirations of the Jewish community — that we have high standards of objectivity and accuracy, the things that people are looking for in good journalism,” Magalnick said. Weiss said a Jewish journalist must balance a kind of tension between being a part of the story and the community while remaining “apart” from it to cover it fairly. “Ideally, you want someone who is literate when it comes to Jewish concepts, Jewish ideas, and Jewish values,” said Weiss, “and you want someone who has had a solid journalistic education.” Kicking off the conference will be a discussion on Jewish journalism, based on a survey by Alan Abbey of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, which received more than 100 responses and will discuss the ethical, editorial and political challenges of reporting on local Jewish communities. Weiss said that according to the feedback he receives from editors across the U.S., Israel is on the top of their list of hot topics. “What I’m hearing from my colleagues in the Jewish media are the culture wars going on in Israel between the Haredi Israelis and the rest of Israeli society in terms of how they participate or don’t participate in Israeli society,” said Weiss.

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Funeral/Burial Services
Hills of Eternity Cemetery Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 206-323-8486 Serving the greater Seattle Jewish community. Jewish cemetery open to all preneed and at-need services. Affordable rates • Planning assistance. Queen Anne, Seattle

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In Pam’s memory: 2013’s Waechter award recipient
Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Around Passover time, Galit Ezekiel is busy. Very busy. “I strive to meet every single person who comes to the lunches,” says Ezekiel, development director at Hillel at the University of Washington, to the community Passover meals the organization hosts each year. Ezekiel, now in her 12th year at Hillel, was honored with the Pamela Waechter Jewish Communal Professional Award at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s annual meeting on June 20. The award, which honors local Jewish communal workers who rise above and beyond their job description at work and in their community, is named for Waechter, who was killed seven years ago during the shooting at the Federation’s offices. Ezekiel says she’s thrilled to be recognized. “In a smaller shop we wear many hats,” she says. “I’m pretty much involved in every facet of the organization.” Rabbi Oren Hayon, Hillel UW’s Greenstein executive director and Ezekiel’s boss, says she is “responsible for keeping the heart of Hillel beating.” Ezekiel was nominated by her coworkers for her work inside the building — her mentorship of staff and young adults, as well as her attention to the day-today details of running a Jewish organization — but they were blown away to learn how she lives her life outside of her job: As a board member and chair of the religious school at Congregation Beth Shalom, and a volunteer at both Seattle Jewish Community School and the Evergreen School. “I’m really impressed to see how she shows the same devotion and excitement that she does during the day with us at Hillel,” Hayon says. Since the primary mission of Hillel is to provide Jewish resources for college students, one of the most fun parts of Ezekiel’s job is to see those former students who were once scared, uncertain freshmen now making their mark in the Courtesy Galit Ezekiel world. “There are hundreds and hundreds of alumni that come back,” she says. “I love that they think of Hillel.” Hayon notes that while Ezekiel is a very skilled fundraiser, it’s not just because she’s a good salesperson. “She’s good at that because she finds things she’s impassioned about and communicates to people about why our support and generosity helps that good work go on,” he says. And she has been effective. Hired in 2002 to support the efforts to construct its new building, Ezekiel diversified the organization’s funding sources and has tripled Hillel’s fundraising over the past decade, according to the Federation’s notes about her nomination. Ezekiel is so involved because she is devoted to her community, but also because she wants to instill these same values in her children. “I think it’s really important do to that, and live a meaningful life, just as it was modeled for me as a child,” she says.

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Congregation Kol Ami (CKA) is a Reform congregation located in Woodinville. Led by Rabbi Mark Glickman, Kol Ami is a warm, intimate and dynamic community in which the Jewish ideals of worship, study and social action are fostered. Interfaith families and Jews by choice find Kol Ami a welcoming and nurturing environment. Shabbat services are held most Friday evenings at 7:30 pm, while Saturday morning Torah services are typically held concurrently with B’nai Mitzvah celebrations. Services are filled with stirring song, heartfelt prayer, and astute commentary. After services, Onegs include delicious treats and beverages over which lifelong friendships have been forged. The outstanding religious school offers students in grades K–7 creative programming in all aspects of Jewish learning, including Hebrew, Torah, ethics, prayer, holidays, Israel and Jewish history. Classroom instruction is enhanced by prayer services, guest lectures and exploration of Jewish thought throughout the ages. CKA offers adult-ed programs under the guidance of Rabbi Glickman, and there are high school and junior high school-age youth groups. The Kol Ami family offers opportunities for members to participate in committees and activities focused on the needs of the congregation, the community, and beyond. Among these opportunities are social action, ritual, finance, membership, communications, education, outreach, Sisterhood, and Brotherhood. Strong and enduring friendships have emerged from this mutual commitment to the enjoyment of one another’s company in a social setting, while working to improve ourselves, the community, and the world. For more information about Congregation Kol Ami and to view the schedule of events: www.kolaminw.org (425) 844-1604 [email protected]

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For the past several years, students from Jewish schools in Seattle, Phoenix and Tucson have joined with students in their Israeli partner cities of Kiryat Malachi and the Hof Ashkelon region to contribute drawings to create an annual calendar. This year’s calendar, which is available for free from the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, had several local contributions. The students who drew these images explain below what inspired them to create their drawings.

The kids’ calendar

Tali Edson The Jewish Day School, Bellevue I love winter. Winter is a very important season to me because I can ski and play in the snow. It always makes me happy when I’m zooming down the steep hills of the white, snowy mountain. When I drew this picture I kept on thinking of the happiness I feel during winter, so I put all my joy into this drawing and hope that others will look upon this and feel the same thrill of energy I feel when I draw.

Julia Schwartz Congregation Beth Israel, Bellingham My artwork is a calendar in itself, with the months, their representations, and the moon in 12 different stages. When I learned about the Hebrew months, I knew I wanted to include them all, and that gave me the circle idea. I needed something more in my art, so I added the moon as an extra element in my piece.

Avi Kintzer and Binyamin Katsman Seattle Hebrew Academy, Seattle We decided to create a design about Purim. In our picture, we drew a hamentaschen, a cookie shaped like a triangle. It is filled with different sauces like strawberry jam or chocolate paste. We also drew mishloach manot, a basket filled with at least two different foods and anything else you want to give. Another thing we added was a mask because we dress up for Purim. Finally, we drew a megillah, which tells the story of Purim.

Benjamin O’Quin Congregation Beth Shalom, Seattle Israel is like a tree; day in and day out it grows stronger, every season fighting against hardships. The tree also represents the Tree of Life and how the Tree of Life keeps growing. As the tree grows, its branches start to multiply, making many more branches. The Tree of Life is what Israel and the whole world depend on.

To order a calendar, contact Benjamina Menashe at [email protected]. See all of the artwork on display at The Summit at First Hill, 1200 University St., Seattle, through July.

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For a complete listing of events, or to add your event to the JTNews calendar, visit calendar.jtnews.net. Calendar events must be submitted no later than 10 days before publication. into a book, “Distant Replay.” See exhibits from the book over mimosas, French toast, bagels, lox and more. $18 adult; $12 children under 12. At Island Crust Café, 7525 SE 24th St., Mercer Island. 4 p.m. — Guest Speaker Lillian BoraksNemetz

Rabbi Berel Paltiel at [email protected] or 425-640-2811 or www.JewishSnohomish.com Lillian Boraks-Nemetz was incarcerated in the Warsaw Ghetto for 18 months as a child. She hid under a false identity until the war was over. Boraks-Nemetz is the author of a trilogy for young readers and two volumes of poetry, and teaches creative writing at the University of British Columbia. Mike Schanche of Congressman Rick Larsen’s office will share remarks on behalf of the congressman. $10 suggested donation. At Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County, 19626 76th Ave. W, Suite B, Lynnwood. 7 p.m. — Hoedown at Helene’s

Melissa Rivkin at [email protected] or 206-232-5272 Join the NYHS community for a Texas hoedown with music by Yoni Goldstein and the Kosher Cowboys, delicious BBQ by Nosh Away and tons of fun. Put on your cowboy boots for a rocking night. $50. At the home of Helene Behar, Seattle. Call for address.

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Julie Varon at [email protected] or 425-444-7253 or islandcrustcafe.com The Washington State Jewish Historical Society is compiling stories of local Jewish sports heroes

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act.jSt.org/signup/Seattle_062713 Knesset member Adi Koll of the new Yesh Atid party will speak about the party, Israel’s prospects for peace, and the importance of Israeli and U.S. support for a two-state solution. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

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Lifecycles
the arts
Bar Mitzvah
Opens July 12 Hannah Arendt Film A new biopic tells the story of Hannah Arendt, the intense, German-born Jewish intellectual who introduced the concept of the “banality of evil” after reporting on the Eichmann Trials. The film opened the SIFF Women in Cinema program in 2013. At the Landmark Varsity Theater. Look online for showtimes and specific theater information. For more information visit www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Seattle/Seattle_Frameset.htm.

Maximus Julius Hirsch
Maximus will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on June 22, 2013 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. Maximus is the son of Geoff and Rise Hirsch of Bellevue and the brother of Ava. His grandparents are Irving and Bobbi Hirsch of Newcastle and Julius and Debi Knoth of Clear Lake. Maximus is a 7th grader at Chinook Middle School. He enjoys lacrosse, science, reading, and video games. For his mitzvah project, he is working with Kiva Organization and the Northwest Harvest food donation and fund drive.

Bar Mitzvah
Tuesday, June 25 and Wednesday, June 26 at 7 p.m. Fifty Shades of Schwarz Author event Local author Ed Harris reads from “Fifty Shades of Schwarz,” a parody of “Fifty Shades of Grey.” You’ll never look at a knish the same way again. Harris will also give a sneak preview of his next book, coming out this summer. On Tuesday at Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island. On Wednesday at Park Place Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland.

Evan Joseph Hunt
Evan will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on June 22, 2013 at Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. Evan is the son of Devra and John Hunt of Redmond and the brother of Joshua Hunt. His grandparents are Lin Adler of San Pedro, Calif., Allen and Janet Adler of Lincoln, Calif., and John and Barbara Hunt of Madison, Wisc. His great-grandmother is Helen Fox of Seal Beach, Calif. Evan is a 7th grader at Redmond Middle School. He enjoys reading and swimming. For his mitzvah project, Evan is donating books to foster children in King County through Treehouse.

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are obsolete in that time. Erlitz, holding up her iPhone with the Siri voice-recognition capability, wondered when all of computing would be voice activated. “You want your first grader to learn to read? Let your first grader dictate their own story and have the words pop up,” she said. “I guarantee you that child can learn to read a lot faster than if they use Houghton Mifflin or Scott Foresman.” One point of pride for Erlitz is maintaining the curriculum and quality of JDS’s education in the wake of the recesWWnosh away Page 10

sion. Given the quality of Bellevue’s public schools, “if you don’t value Jewish, it’s a hard sell, because we have a hefty tuition,” she said. “Even in the recovery from 2008, people are not feeling like, ‘Oh, I just have all this money and discretionary income,’” she said. “Especially in the middle.” The school did sign on 10 new students for the year that just ended, “so we did kind of turn that curve,” she said. As she wraps up her JDS career, Erlitz said she’ll miss the staff and teachers and especially the students, but she has trust that the school’s leadership can and will continue to improve. “I would work between hotels and the Va’ad to ensure successful event,” he said. “It’s an opportunity for other caterers to do kosher once in a while,” he added, suggesting that high-end restaurateurs like Tom Douglas could expand their offerings in the kosher market. Another large caterer, On Safari, also does regular kosher events, preparing the meals in kashered kitchens. Klitzner expressed some relief to be done with catering. “I had a good time,” he said. “We were involved in a lot of people’s simchas. I wouldn’t have changed it, but it’s an opportunity for us to move on.” Swedish, he will remain an essential part of the Rivkin Center team, providing critical guidance to everyone involved,” says Clint Burwell, executive director of the center. The Rivkin Center is honoring Saul by creating the Saul Rivkin Innovation Fund and hopes to raise $1 million to support emerging research projects and develop opportunities that lie outside the scope of traditional grant-making programs.

Birth

Eva Rose Mochkatel
Scott and Lindsay Mochkatel of Kodiak, Alaska, announce the birth of their daughter, Eva Rose, on April 13, 2013. Eva has a brother, Merrik, age 2-1/2. Eva’s grandparents are Mark and Carol Mochkatel of Camano Island and Ann Wilkens and John Stephens of California. Her great-grandparents are Morry and Mickie Mochkatel of Bellevue, Phillip Marshall of Mount Vernon, the late Sally Marshall, and Margaret Groom and Betty Stephens of California.

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Send lifecycle notices to: JTNews/Lifecycles, 2041 Third Ave., Seattle, WA 98121 E-mail to: [email protected] Phone 206-441-4553 for assistance. Submissions for the July 5, 2013 issue are due by June 25. Download forms or submit online at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/lifecycle Please submit images in jpg format, 400 KB or larger. Thank you!

continued. “I don’t think anyone realizes we’re up all night before a Sunday event. It’s not for lack of effort.” Jaffee said she can still take on last-minute events, like brit milahs and funerals, but otherwise she advises her customers to plan ahead, and not to be afraid to call her. “We’re all going to be okay,” she said. Nosh Away will also hold on to some of its equipment to be of service to venues in need of kosher supplies, and Klitzner said they will be available to consult with nonkosher venues.
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leader in establishing clinical research at its cancer institute. He helped the institute get its first National Institutes of Health grant, which has provided 36 years of continuous funding. Saul has been recognized repeatedly for his landmark work in Adjuvant Treatment for early-stage breast cancer. “While Dr. Rivkin may be retiring from

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the arts

JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, june 21, 2013

Regional art collection takes center stage
Charlene Kahn JTNews Correspondent
Though known as strong supporters within the Jewish community, Seattleites Herb and Lucy Pruzan are also longtime patrons of an evolutionary Northwest art scene. Through Oct. 6, Tacoma Art Museum will share more than 100 works in a retrospective exhibit from the Pruzans’ halfcentury of collecting, “Creating the New Northwest: Selections from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection.” The exhibition includes works in a variety of art media, painting, sculpture, ceramics and glass, many created by established artists strongly identified with the Northwest: William Cumming, Gaylen Hansen, William Ivey, Fay Jones, Alden Mason and Ginny Ruffner. Their art is intermixed with works by newer, lesser known artists on the rise. Four large, abstract, colorful paintings hang in a stairway to introduce the main exhibit. “[With the installation,] we tried to give a hint as to how the Pruzans lived with their art,” said Rock Hushka, curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art at the Tacoma Art Museum. “The works are installed thematically, representing the development of Northwest art over 50 years.” The museum even repainted the gallery’s wall in colors to recreate the Pruzans’ home interiors. “Creating the New Northwest”  shares “The Pruzans came to understand the story of how Northwest artists have that artists were finding materials to help shaped new perceptions and a new sense of express the experience of the Northartistic identity. The collection ranges from west: Water, forests, and earth were literabstract paintings to figurative work, pop ally being formed art, glass and landinto a new sense of scapes. Hushka identity,” Hushka arranged the landsaid. “Although scapes, installed the Pruzans never near the entry, set out to spe“in a tight salon cifically form way. It’s good as a collection or a teaching tool,” ‘accumulation,’ he said. as Lucy calls it, it “Art brings stands as a testayou out of yourself ment to their pasand into somesions and reflects thing else that their belief in the has meaning,” essential consaid Herb Pruzan. Courtesy TAM “We’re interested James Martin’s “Celebration Bear and Angel,” from tributions of art in the artist and 1965. Tempera on paper, 18 x 20 inches, in the and artists that strengthen our the work that they collection of Herb and Lucy Pruzan. communities.” produce, regard“The Pruzans remain constant in their less of the style or fashion.” support of our region’s artists, galleries, Many of the artworks in the exhibition and museums,” said Stephanie A. Stebich, are early works and in some instances are the director of the Tacoma Art Museum. the first works sold by the artists. The Pru“Their commitment to new trends and zans have followed the work of some artideas strengthens the Northwest artist ists since the beginning of their careers, community.” including painter Joseph Park, mixed“Creating the New Northwest”  marks media sculptor Jeffry Mitchell, ceramic an auspicious moment in the growth of sculptor Akio Takamori, and mixedthe museum’s permanent collection; the media artist Whiting Tennis.

if you go
“Creating the New Northwest: Selections from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection” runs through Oct. 6 at the Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave, Tacoma. For more information, visit www.tacomaartmuseum.org or call 253-272-4258.

Pruzans have promised nine works to the museum, in addition to five already in TAM’s permanent collection. The gifts help advance the museum’s goal to develop the premier collection of Northwest art, according to museum staff. “I’ve been on the collections committee at the Tacoma Art Museum for a number of years and have seen how their leadership is proceeding to develop a definitive collection of Northwest Art, which has been a great interest of ours,” said Herb Pruzan. But, he added, the couple is interested in supporting art institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest, and have given or promised works to Seattle Art Museum, Portland Art Museum and the Henry Gallery at the University of Washington. A hard-bound exhibition catalogue,  “Creating the New Northwest: Selections from the Herb and Lucy Pruzan Collection,” with photos of the artwork and essays by Hushka and Northwest art critic Matthew Kangas, accompanies the exhibit. The catalog provides useful background about the works and the philosophy behind a half-century of collecting.

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