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Life after the Gulag
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israel: to your health

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Treating schizophrenia before it starts
Janis siegel JtNews Columnist
The latest research approach of an Israeli doctor and his team in the treatment of schizophrenia might simply be summed up as “the earlier, the better.” Treating schizophrenia in young people before they have their first episode is a controversial method, but during the last decade, ongoing studies by Dr. Uriel Heresco-Levy show that an intervention tar- To Your geted to glutamates, one of two major neurotransmitters in the brain, won’t prevent the occurrence of the disease, but may improve a patient’s outcome over a lifetime. Neurotransmitters allow brain cells to communicate with each other. Heresco-Levy is the director of the Schizophrenia Research Program and the Department of Psychiatry at Herzog Memorial Hospital, an associate professor at Hadassah Medical School, and a leader in this prevention work. He was part of a 2012 study on this research recently published in Schizophrenia Bulletin. “One aspect of this increased emphasis is to highlight the potential damage associated with delays in treatment of early phases of psychotic illHealth ness,” wrote Heresco-Levy. “Recent data indicate that the duration of untreated psychosis in schizophrenia’s first episodes consistently predicts outcome independently of other variables.” There is a growing body of evidence suggesting that changes in the neurotransmitter system, possibly caused by defects in the early development of the neurotransmitter processes, may be a root cause for the onset of this disease. The glutamate system, which may be altered in schizophrenia, could be functioning below optimum levels. This type of neurotransmitter therapy is not the only approach researchers are taking in the quest to manage this disease, for which there is no cure. Drug therapies, however, have several negative side effects. “Their use implies patient exposure to a variety of side effects, including motor, Parkinson’s disease-like symptoms, and metabolic side effects, e.g. obesity, blood sugar level elevation that characterize second-generation antipsychotic drugs,” said Heresco-Levy. “During the last decade, our group has contributed extensively to the development and establishment of a novel class of medications to be used in psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, and in illnesses such as autism, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Parkinson’s disease,” he added. These medications typically contain glycine, D-serine, and sarcosine, natural amino acids present in the human body that “have the advantage of being practically devoid of significant side effects,” Heresco-Levy said. “By now, studies performed by our and other research groups have demonstrated that these compounds JT News (Seattle)* have the capacity to significantly alleviate negative symptoms and cognitive deficits in schizophrenia subjects.” Scientists in the field believe that several genes may contribute to the risk of developing the disease. Additionally, they suspect that those with schizophrenia have a greater occurrence of rare genetic mutations and that these mutations, with hundreds of different genes, may “disrupt” brain development. At an early age, typically between 16 and 30, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, an individual at risk for schizophrenia will manifest his or her first fully blown episode of the disease. Schizophrenia is a broad term for a disease that includes many kinds of symptoms such as psychotic hallucinations and delusions, or more subtle ones, such as impairments to cognition, learning, socializing, apathy, and a general “blunted affect,” which can also impact attention and memory. Schizophrenia often limits the lifelong potential of those who suffer from it and it can change the trajectory of their lives, stunting the success of one’s education and preventing successful and ongoing employment. Although schizophrenia manifests itself in only 1 percent of population in general,
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Why we have pushed so hard for marriage equality
Joel magalniCk editor, JtNews
I can remember the moment marriage equality became important to me. More than eight years ago I sat down with a member of our local clergy, David Serkin-Poole, a man who with his partner Michael had adopted and raised three children with special needs. Why, I wondered, was I allowed to marry the woman I loved? I hadn’t done anything particularly special or important by the time I walked down the aisle, and I took that right for granted. Yet here was someone who has done this much good — and continues to do good things for his congregation and his community — and he doesn’t get the same right to marry the man he loves? Since then, this newspaper has expressed support for marriage equality. With a measure on our ballots to uphold same-sex marriage in Washington State, I ask today that you do the same and vote to approve Ref. 74. While I don’t mean to put the SerkinPooles on a pedestal — after all, they deal with the same ups and downs and mundanities of life as any other couple — it was the opportunity to understand their lives and the indignity of being denied something as fundamental as a marriage certificate that made me understand how this family was considered less than equal in the eyes of the law. As Jews, many of us have known what it is like to be shut out of certain areas of society, whether it was in health clubs, colleges, neighborhoods, or, as we remember far too well, civilization as a whole. Many of us cite past discrimination as a reason to prevent it further today. When we wrote an editorial in 2009 in support of Referendum 71, which gave same-sex couples “everything but marriage,” we said this: It’s an issue of fairness. As Jews, whether it’s because we have experienced unequal rights so many times in the past, or because we live in the belief of loving thy neighbor as thyself, it should be of utmost importance to ensure that our neighbors, our coworkers, our fellow synagogue members have the same rights as everyone else. That holds true today. We said at the same time that the issue then wasn’t about marriage, but about those rights that married couples often take for granted. What has become clear is that “everything but marriage” is not enough. There are still times when a couple during a crisis must pull out a card proving a domestic partnership. That partnership is recognized here, but not necessarily everywhere else. And is anyone renting a tux and booking a DJ after heading down to Olympia to pick up a domestic partnership registration card? Opponents of this measure say Ref. 74 redefines marriage. This law would redefine who can get married, but for those of you married already, I have one simple question: How does it redefine your marriage? Think about that. For two people who love each other to be able to walk down the aisle and stand in front of a rabbi and declare to their community that they are joined in marriage both before God and before the state is a very powerful thing. How can we justify that such a right shouldn’t be available to everyone? What’s interesting is how the marriage issue transcends party lines. According to a poll released earlier this year by the Public Religion Research Institute, fully 81 percent of Jews support same-sex marriage. Taking a closer look, of the people who identified as Democrat, 89 percent approved of marriage equality. That’s most, but not all. Fully half of Jews who consider themselves Republican — 48 percent, plus the margin of error — also approve. The study also noted the trend of support is heading in one direction: Up. We are well aware that not everyone agrees or will agree on this issue. That’s okay. Passage of the referendum doesn’t mean the conversation has to stop, and the law is explicit in stating that clergy who do not wish to perform such marriages cannot be obliged to do so. Many halachic Jews, those who live strictly by the laws set forth by the Torah, see the idea of two men or two women getting married as a problem due to the prohibition of them lying together. But marriage is about far more than consummation. We all know this — it’s about teamwork, it’s getting through the night when a partner is sick, it’s watching TV together, it’s getting the kids to school on time. It’s loving your neighbor as you love yourself. As a newspaper that serves our entire Jewish community, we must welcome in as much of our community as we can, regardless of anyone’s place on the spectrum of observance. Over the last couple decades, more and more synagogues and Jewish agencies have become welcome homes to gay, lesbian and transgender Jews. A coalition of 28 Jewish organizations across the state are leading the charge to approve Ref. 74 because they too see the need to seek justice for everyone who comes through their doors. We are proud to be a part of that coalition. So please vote to approve Ref. 74. You can do it for Cantor Serkin-Poole. Or your neighbor. Or your sister. All things being equal, we all should be equal.

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awakening our dormant hero
Rabbi Chaim levine hope for heroism
What is it about heroism that moves us so much? Why is it that when we witness human beings putting their lives on the line to help another we feel so inspired that we tell their stories long after they are gone? We write books about them, and memorialize them in film. Why? There is no way selflessness, heroism, and sacrifice could bring us to tears if it wasn’t connected to something at the very core of who each of us is and why we are on this earth. When we see another person going beyond himself, it awakens our own dormant hero. That part within us rejoices in the purity of giving to another without any thought of personal gain or recognition. I am blessed beyond what I can express with being surrounded by those people in the Jewish nation who were in circumstances where, without exaggeration, this kind of pure heroic giving took place every day. I’m talking of course about the injured hayalim — soldiers — I have met through my involvement in Hope for Heroism. I realized recently, however, that there are those among the Jewish people whose heroism and selflessness is no less great than our injured soldiers, albeit largely unrecognized. In 2006 Captain Roi Klein was involved in one of the most brutal battles in the second Lebanon war against Hezbollah terrorists. Roi and his soldiers were caught in a terrible ambush in the village of Bingbel. Space in this article does not allow me to go into detail of the battle, but of the dozens of grenades thrown by the terrorists at Roi and his soldiers, one suddenly landed right in the midst of them. Imagine for just a second that you were there. In that terrible moment, what happens next? Without hesitation Roi did what he felt
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he must do to take care of his soldiers. He leapt on the grenade in an attempt to protect their lives. Two of the soldiers who were near him at that moment told me that as Roi landed on the grenade, he said the “Shema Yisrael” prayer, with the fervor and passion “they write about in the books of the Prophets.” Roi remained alive for a few seconds after the blast. He instructed his soldiers to radio what had happened to their commanders and then passed from this earth, leaving behind his wife and two children. In Israel, after Roi was buried, his chevruta (Torah study partner) began to write down all of the Torah insights Roi had come up with while they were studying. He published them under the name “With All of Your Heart,” a line from the Shema prayer Roi recited before he died. I often study this small book of writings on Shabbat; it’s incredible. Aside from all of Roi’s soldiers, there are other heroes in this story, but I want to focus specifically on his wife and his mother. Are they, and all the wives and mothers of these soldiers, not heroic and selfless in ways we could never understand? They are giving their children and husbands to Am Yisrael so the rest of us may be safe. I don’t think I could possibly put into writing the level of daily sacrifice they make for the rest of us. The wives and mothers of our injured soldiers are the silent heroes of the Jewish nation. Their level of giving can only be described as at the level of “what they write about in the books of the Prophets.” They are the living Jewish heroes of today, and when Jewish history is written, their chapter will shine as brightly as any. gression of schizophrenia, but noted that this approach may set the stage for further treatment options for other conditions. “We recently performed clinical trials that found evidence that glutamatergic drugs can help not only schizophrenia but also depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, and Parkinson’s disease,” added Heresco-Levy. “Yet these possible treatments are not established and certainly not in the health fund basket. It is research for the future.”
Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered international health research for SELF magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

that risk rises to 10 percent for those who have a “first-degree” relative with the disease, such as a parent or sibling. A seconddegree relative with the disease also has an elevated risk; a person with an identical twin has between a 40 and 65 percent chance of succumbing to schizophrenia. Using behavioral, neurophysiological, and functional brain imaging approaches, Heresco-Levy said that his studies during the last 20 years clearly show there is “severe sensory dysfunction in schizophrenia.” He believes that limiting the onset and the severity of symptoms is, at this time, one of the only ways doctors can affect the pro-

“This was the kind of book that was ‘parve.’ You could learn your science and still appreciate being a Jew.” — Stroum lecturer Professor David Ruderman, on the best-selling book “Sefer HaBrit.” See the story on page 6.

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Israelis today face growing threats from all sides, with a remilitarized Sinai, Islamists on the rise and the Iranians inching closer to nuclear capability. Rabbi Daniel Weiner (“Lit by the nations?” Rabbi’s Turn, Oct. 26) points to some extremists who have responded to the rising tensions with inappropriate and inexcusable actions, condemned by the majority of Israelis. He uses the phrase, “beleaguered people,” describing not Israeli Jews but Palestinian Arabs, whose main problem seems to be that their war of extermination against Israel, as promised in the charters of both Hamas and Fatah, has not been going as smoothly as they would like. He bemoans the departure from “the regard for the other by this young nation only a few generations removed from its roots as a refuge for the stateless.” He seems uncomfortable with the fact that this nation was set up as a refuge for stateless Jews. Not a newly invented people called Palestinians, not for the deserving masses of Africa, fleeing from their Muslim brothers; Jews. If he sees that as “nativism,” perhaps it is because Jews are in fact the natives of that land, from the sea to the Jordan River, as brought down not only in the Torah, but by the unanimous declaration of the League of Nations in 1922, in recognition of the 3,000 years of Jewish attachment to the land. Expressions of xenophobia become more understandable when the outsiders pose an existential threat to Israel’s survival as a Jewish nation. To remedy this situation Weiner sets out to save Israel’s “soul.” As any Native American can tell you, the soul of a people resides not only in its members, but in the land that has been its sacred ancestral home. Jewish history was not written in Tel Aviv or Eilat, but in the land known for millennia as Judea and Samaria, cleverly renamed the West Bank by King Hussein in 1948 to erase the name of the Jew from the map of the Middle East. Weiner would save Israel’s soul by “excising” the Jewish heartland like a cancerous tumor, relegating the Zionist dream to an indefensible strip along the Philistine Coast. When the world finally lives up to its promises to the Jews, and when we Jews proudly stand up for what is rightfully ours, only then will we be the “light unto the nations” spoken of by Isaiah, who never heard of Green Lines, two-state solutions or Arab East Jerusalem. When Jews can finally live in peace and security in our promised land, the shameful incidents Rabbi Weiner decries will become a thing of the past. robert Kaufman seattle

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by Rita katz Der vos farshteyt zayn narishkayt is a kluger mentsch.
He who understands his foolishness is a wise human being.

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An 18th-century bestseller
Dr. David Ruderman, this year’s University of Washington Stroum lecturer, is an expert on “Sefer haBrit,” the 200-year-old seminal writing that truly brought Jews together.

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Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich sees God in everything he touches — something the man who sparked the movement to free Soviet Jewry says helped him gets through 11 years in prison.

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Though he’s been on the force for a dozen years, it’s only recently that Officer Bryan Bright was assigned as a liaison between the Seattle Police Dept. and his Jewish community.

Cheating Death

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Music of Remembrance’s fall concert is a satire written by a composer who perished in the Holocaust. His work, however, was saved.

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shedding light on an 18th-century bestseller
Janis siegel JtNews Correspondent
A Hebrew text from 1797, one of the most widely read and influential Jewish books of its time, caught the imagination of one of today’s foremost Jewish scholars because it promoted harmony and the coherence between science, nature, and the Divine. David Ruderman, a professor of modern Jewish history at the University of Pennsylvania, spoke to packed audiences in Seattle on October 22 and 24 as part of the University of Washington’s annual Stroum Lecture series. In his lectures, “Behind a Best Seller: Kabbalah, Science, and Loving One’s Neighbor in Pinhas Hurwitz’s ‘Sefer ha-Brit,’” Ruderman explained why “Sefer ha-Brit” (“The Book of the Covenant”), written by European kabbalist and entrepreneur Pinchas Hurwitz, was reprinted in 40 editions. “Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote about the fact that his mother loved this book especially,” Ruderman told JTNews. “He read the Yiddish version. People like [S.Y.] Agnon, Solomon Schechter, and a long list of people have quoted the book. This is the way people got their science. People had it in their homes. This was the kind of book that was ‘parve.’ You could learn your science and still appreciate being a Jew.” Ruderman said that the book’s second part, which calls for a universal morality, is its most remarkable. It provides a kind of early moral template for uniting disparate groups, both within and outside of Judaism. Hurwitz’s book, he said, contains a sophisticated message he calls “moral cosmopolitanism” that appealed to Jews at a time when the printing press and the scientific revolution were shaping a new intellectual future. “The work is a scientific encyclopedia written by a kabbalist,” said RudJoel magalNiCk erman. “It was read by Jews Dr. David ruderman speaks about universal morality in Judaism who were enlightened, during his visit to seattle for the stroum lecture series at the who were trying to express university of Washington. their secularity, but it was spends a year in The Hague, he goes to also read by Hassidim, and the opponents London, he goes back across the contiof Hassidim. It breaks down all barriers.” nent, and he eventually dies in Krakow.” According to Ruderman, “Sefer haRuderman, who is also an ordained Brit” includes chapters on astronomy, Reform rabbi, noted that medicine and botany, geology, animals, medicine, the the choice to become a doctor was always human body, and Creation. Hurwitz, who accepted and encouraged in Jewish culture was only known due to the popularity of throughout history, as it was during Hurthis book, wanted Jews to have all of the witz’s time. available scientific knowledge of the time. “Many Jews, from a very early period “He was an aggressive book dealer,” of time, became doctors, and doctors were Ruderman explained. “He goes around approved of as a very important dimenthe world selling this book. He was born sion of the Jewish tradition,” said Rudin Vilna, he goes to Germany, he comes erman. “Medicine was not looked down to the Netherlands, he’s in Amsterdam, upon. There were so many Jewish doctors, and this continues in Northern Europe in the Middle Ages.” However, in the 19th and 20th century, he said, science and traditional Judaism underwent a partial split. “I think it had to do with the breakdown of the traditional community,” he said. “During the scientific revolution, Jews become aware, like others, of this world, and they responded. Jews were assimilating and leaving the Jewish fold, but the connection wasn’t broken.” Additionally, the growing acceptance of Jews in academia further encouraged the trend of Jews migrating toward the sciences and away from traditional influences. “And then in the Early Modern period there was an explosion, because universities, for the first time, opened their doors to Jews, and many Jews go to the university to study medicine.” Ruderman, who is the Joseph Meyerhoff Professor of Modern Jewish History and the Ella Darivoff Director of the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at UPenn, originally went to rabbinical school to follow a family legacy of rabbis, but instead, excelled in the academic world.
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Former ‘prisoner of Zion’ returns to seattle
emily k. alhadeff associate editor, JtNews
“When you have a bleak reality, you try to escape to dreams,” said Yosef Mendelevich on the night of Oct. 24, before a rapt audience at the Seattle Kollel. The former Soviet refusenik came to Seattle on short notice while touring the United States with his book, “Unbroken Spirit: A Heroic Story of Faith, Courage and Survival” (Gefen). Mendelevich is best known for his involvement in the Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair. On June 15, 1970, Mendelevich and 15 other men attempted to hijack a plane out of the Soviet Union to Sweden. Once in Sweden, they planned to hold a press conference to bring awareness to the plight of the Soviet Jews. But Mendelevich, then 22 years old, and his comrades only made it as far as the Smolnoye airport before they were arrested and faced with a possible death penalty. “It was a trap of the secret service,” he said. Before the audience at the Kollel, Mendelevich, now a wiry man of 65 with a long white beard, peyot, and playful eyes, described his spiritual journey over 11 years of Soviet imprisonment. “They tried to break me, but for some reason, I don’t know why, I wouldn’t cooperate,” he said. Armed with growing faith in God and unwavering faith in the people of Israel, Mendelevich withstood life in the Gulag and, upon his release in 1981, immigrated to Israel to the great enthusiasm of the country. “Unbroken Spirit” was originally published in Hebrew in 1985. Recently, friends had urged him to publish it in English for the sake of “Am Yisrael.” “The moment it will be needed, it will happen,” he used to say. “And it happened.” “Unbroken Spirit” was translated into the English by Benjamin Balint, former editor of Commentary magazine, author of “Running Commentary” (PublicAffairs, 2010), and a 1994 graduate of the Northwest Yeshiva High School. Benjamin’s mother, former Seattle resident Judy Lash Balint, organized Mendelevich’s stop in Seattle with Rabbi Avrohom David at the Kollel. Judy Balint was active in the Soviet Jewry movement in the 1970s and ’80s, and helped bring Mendelevich to Seattle in 1983. While in town last week, the former refusenik also visited Northwest Yeshiva High School, Seattle Hebrew Academy, the University of Washington, and the Henry M. Jackson Foundation. “His case was such a linchpin of the movement,” said Balint via Skype from “You’d have to book a phone call,” she said. “Invariably, the Soviets would come back and say, ‘You can have that phone call at two, three in the morning.’” Balint first visited the Soviet Union in 1974. “You felt these instant bonds with the people in the USSR,” she said. “You felt this was your closest misphacha [family].” The effort to get the Jews out of Russia and into Israel was “a coming together of disparate parts of the Jewish world,” she said. “It was a very profound experience.” Born in Riga, Latvia in 1947, Mendelevich describes Jews in the former Soviet Union as victims of a “biological Holocaust” by forced assimilation. Although raised secular — a product of his environment — Mendelevich and his family dreamed of Israel, where “the sun is shining all the year” and where “there are good people; nobody hates us, for one simple reason: All of them are Jewish.” If religious identification was killed off by the Soviets, then Mendelevich was resurrected. Upon discovering a number of Jews in his university classes, Mendelevich began attending synagogue and helped to clean up the site of a mass Jewish grave of 28,000 bodies.
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Courtesy Judy baliNt

During yosef Mendelevich’s last visit to seattle in the early 1980s, as a guest of seattle action for soviet Jewry, a reporter from the Jewish Transcript gave him a copy of the 1981 issue in which his release from the gulag and arrival in israel in 1981 made the front page.

Jerusalem, where she now lives. “If not for the hijackers, the movement would not have happened.” Balint reflected on her work with the Soviet Jews in the days when no one was allowed out, and no Israelis were allowed in.

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m.o.t.: member of the tribe

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Stand Up and Be Counted
by Mike Selinker

M.O.T.: Made on premises • Making a difference on Mercer island

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The Hebrew word “u’vacharta” means “choose.” It’s not just a verb, it’s a sacred obligation. There’s no getting through life without making choices. This November 6 presents us with several ballot items which could shape generations in our state. Choose wisely.

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that this requires a 2/3 majority in both Houses “I don’t care much about that” Largest number on a sundial Pacific ___ Painter Matisse In unison If approved, Initiative 1240 would authorize 40 of these Audibly show derision “Yes,” to 23-Across Lavish attention (on) ___-pah band Stayed away from Where a 65-year-old vet may have fought With 12-Down, Pac-12 athlete Employ Muscat resident If approved, Initiative 502 would make this a reality Old-timey photo color NBA commissioner David Livestock enclosure Observe Happy dance If approved, Referendum 74 would allow this Gig booker “Downward-facing dog” discipline Company that may bring foundation to your doorstep False Cherry Poppin’ Daddies hit “___ Suit Riot” Das Kapital author Karl

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Answers on page 11 © 2012 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.

taschen, blondies, thick lemon That funky part of The bars, savory bagel chips and Ave — Seattle’s Univermore. She doesn’t corn her sity Avenue — above own beef, but seasons it and NE 50th St., has some fun re-bakes it on premises. restaurants, including Jaclyn Jaclyn often works 12-hour Roth’s Fat Ducks Deli and days at this, her first business Bakery in a converted house venture. She admits it’s risky, at 5509. Open for about a year, but she’s happy to take the Fat Ducks has gotten high chance. “I just jumped into marks for corned beef, but the this,” at the urging of friends, pastrami is delicious, too. she says. “Life’s too short, so I An energetic dynamo who just did it.” baked, served and made sand- member of With little time for hobwiches while we talked, Jaclyn the tribe bies or breaks, the self-conlearned about food workfessed “workaholic” says when she gets too ing in her dad’s restaurant. He opened burned out she’ll jump on a plane to visit Don’s Drive-In restaurant near her LivEast Coast family, or to Hawaii, and “sleep ingston, N.J., hometown, turning it into and veg for a whole week.” a 250-seat popular “gourmet deli restaurant” that earned a “best hamburger in the state” award. Ten months ago, Tana Senn was “He was a great, great man,” says Jaclyn appointed to the Mercer Island city of her recently deceased dad. “He meant council. “It’s so great,” she says. “I the world to me.” She got a lot of recipes love being able to see the tangible differfrom him and from his mother, a “typience.” The L.A. native says she gets involved cal Jewish mother” who thought her son in the community wherever she moves. was crazy, of course, When she was a to open a restaurant. new island resident, Don’s six kids all she “was amazed to worked in the restausee” that there were rant, but none took it no women on the over. After studying council. Concerned business at the Uniabout some poor versity of New Hamppolicy decisions, she shire, Jaclyn worked helped get a new in the airline industry diaNa bremeNt council member — and moved to Seat- Can a sandwich be an M.o.T.? This one might. a woman — elected. tle about 25 years ago. it’s Fat Ducks’ reuben, hold the cheese. She volunteered on Eventually, she left the the city’s youth and skies for cooking. She started family services department working at another local resboard, too, before she was taurant, Blazing Bagels, when appointed to the council. it was just a “hole in the wall” From 2008 to 2010, Tana in Redmond — much like was the marketing and comFat Ducks is now. There she munications director at cooked and baked for owner the Jewish Federation of Dennis Ballen, doing “the Greater Seattle. She left to fun stuff,” so he could go out stay home with her kids, and sell. Ben, 10, and Rachel, 7, and Dennis is her “best friend,” calls this part-time job “a Jaclyn says, a huge support, perfect combination.” “an intricate part of this estabSome projects she”s lishment [who] has helped worked on with the counme like you wouldn’t believe.” cil are “repairing sideShe uses his bagels and his tara gimmer walks, repairing the roads, pastrami supplier, and when Mercer island Councilwoman no smoking in the park.” Dennis visits his mom in Tana senn. Island Crest Way, the California, he can’t show up island’s major arterial, now without a batch of Jaclyn’s rugelach. has wider sidewalks and a wider shoulder Speaking of rugelach, I sampled three between cars and pedestrians. “Just walkflavors, including late food writer Eileen ing my kids to [the local public] school I Mintz’s recipe from “Yesterday’s Maven’s, can see the difference [in safety],” she says. Today’s Foodies,” the Washington State Tana sits on the council’s utilities comJewish Historical Society cookbook. Jaclyn mittee, too — “kind of wonky,” she says, also bakes black and white cookies (oh, Brooklyn, I can hear you calling!), hamenX Page 16

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The new link between seattle’s police and the Jewish community
tim klass JtNews Correspondent
After serving in the Marine Corps and National Guard and earning a bachelor of science degree at The Evergreen State College, Bryan Bright narrowed his job search down to the Seattle police and the Oregon State Police. Concerned he might be assigned to Eastern Oregon, where he and his wife felt it would be difficult to give their two children a Jewish upbringing, he chose Seattle. Now, after spending the intervening 12 years as a patrol officer in Seattle’s North End, Bright has been named the police department’s liaison to the city’s Jewish community. “One of my first goals is to go to all the locations [of Jewish institutions in the city] and make introductions and get to meet people,” he said in an interview in the North Precinct lobby. About four months into the job, Bright says he has visited the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, the local office of the AntiDefamation League, Temple De Hirsch Sinai, “and I think all the locations in the North Precinct” in his new capacity, with the exception of two congregations. Besides those two shuls, he is eager to visit synagogues in other parts of town and other community groups and institutions, a process he expects will take three to four months to complete. Bright also was happy to learn of a twoday training program on security issues the Federation is sponsoring for public information officers in January. “I made sure our media-relations section knew about the training,” he said. The SAFE Washington statewide Jewish security program “is another thing that I’ve made people aware of — the [police] Community Outreach Office, the chain of command — that if there’s ever an incident at a Jewish location after-hours and we can’t find a Jewish representative, SAFE Washington has a 24-hour contact number where somebody can be reached,” Bright said. The liaison officer program was started by former Chief Norm Stamper about two decades ago with the African American community, said Lt. Carmen Best, a 20-year Seattle police veteran who has run the outreach office for two years. Others added over the years are for the East African, Korean, Southeast Asian, Filipino, Latino, Native American, Muslim, Sikh, Arab, and lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer communities. “I’m excited to have [Bright] do that,” she said. Like Bright, each liaison remains responsible for all of his or her regular patrol duties. Police designate a liaison only when “the community decides that’s something they want to do” and an officer expresses interest in the role, she added. “It’s communities that they’re associated with,” Best said. “It’s work they enjoy doing.” Unlike Bright, all the others deal with an advisory council that is formed as part of the liaison program, she said. Best and Bright said a similar council for the Jewish community would probably be superfluous.

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“I think the Jewish community had made a lot of those [internal] connections without having a liaison officer,” Bright said. “The department didn’t necessarily know that there was this [degree of] connection within the community.” Liaisons between the Jewish community and police departments exist nationwide. San Francisco has long had such a program, as have Philadelphia and Phoenix, and shomrim, or guard, societies, in places with larger Jewish communities such as New York work with local police as well. At this early stage, Bright is unclear as to how liaison work might extend into Jewish neighborhoods and institutions in suburban areas covered by Bellevue police, the King County Sheriff’s office and other local agencies. “This is pretty new for me. I’m not sure yet,” he said. “It’s an intriguing idea. “I don’t know what kind of jurisdictional issues it’ll create. I would certainly be willing to work with the community in Bellevue or on the Eastside, but jurisdictionally I don’t know if that would create any conflicts.” Bright grew up in the Kansas City area and his wife in a suburb of St. Louis. They live with their son, 15, and daughter, who recently turned 13, near Fort Lewis, south of Tacoma, about 40 miles from his 3 a.m.to-noon patrol job. The family is active in Temple Beth El in Tacoma.
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the arts

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Opens Friday, November 2 “Simon and the Oaks” Film Based on the Swedish bestseller by Marianne Fredriksson, “Simon and the Oaks” depicts the intertwining relationship between the families of working-class Simon and Jewish Isak between 1939 and 1952 in Sweden. As war and circumstances rage on, this drama tells a unique story of destiny, fate and free will. The film has been nominated for 13 Guldbagge Awards (Swedish Oscars). Swedish, with subtitles. Not rated. At the Landmark Harvard Exit Theatre, 807 E Roy, Seattle. Show times vary. Visit simonandtheoaks.thefilmarcade.com for more information on the film, and www.landmarktheatres.com/Market/Seattle/Seattle_Frameset.htm for ticket information.

Thursday, November 8 at 10 a.m. Deb Perelman, “The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook” Author event Food blogger and self-taught cook Deb Perelman, founder of SmittenKitchen.com, debuts her first title and shares tips for cooking for groups, purchasing appropriate kitchen tools, and making perfect side dishes. Breakfast treats and coffee will be served. At the University Book Store, 4326 University Way, NE, Seattle. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, November 7 at 8 p.m. through December 30 “Fiddler on the Roof” Theater After over 50 years running, the most iconic Jewish musical makes its way to the Issaquah stage. Be transported to the small Russian shtetl of Anatevka in 1905 with classic songs like “Matchmaker,” “Tradition,” and “If I Were a Rich Man.” The production boasts a Chagall-inspired set design and a large, local cast of return performers, including Eric Polani Jensen as Tevye and Bobbi Kotula as his wife Golde. (There will be a second run of this production in January at the Everett Performing Arts Center.) At Francis J. Gaudette Theatre, 303 Front St. N, Issaquah. For ticket information, visit www.villagetheatre.org or call 425-392-2202.

Friday, November 9 at 7 and 9 p.m. Danielle Agami/Ate9 Dance In case you missed dance company Ate9’s breakout debut “Sally meets Stu” in August, it returns to Velocity for a special encore presentation. Agami, former dancer and rehearsal director with the world-renowned BatSheva Dance Company, was in residence at Velocity this summer teaching and creating a dance company with a hand-selected cast from across the country. This work is the culmination of Agami’s residency. At the Century Ballroom, 915 E Pine St., Seattle. Tickets are $18 online, $20 at the door and $15 for students and seniors. To purchase advance tickets, visit www.velocitydancecenter.org/events/box-office or call 206-325-8773.

where to worship
GREATER SEATTLE Chabad House 206/527-1411 4541 19th Ave. NE Bet Alef (Meditative) 206/527-9399 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle Congregation Kol Ami (Reform) 425/844-1604 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville Cong. Beis Menachem (Traditional Hassidic) 1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue 425/957-7860 Congregation Beth Shalom (Conservative) 6800 35th Ave. NE 206/524-0075 Cong. Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath (Orthodox) 5145 S Morgan St. 206/721-0970 Capitol Hill Minyan-BCMH (Orthodox) 1501 17th Ave. E 206/721-0970 Congregation Eitz Or (Jewish Renewal) Call for locations 206/467-2617 Cong. Ezra Bessaroth (Sephardic Orthodox) 5217 S Brandon St. 206/722-5500 Congregation Shaarei Tefilah-Lubavitch (Orthodox/Chabad) 6250 43rd Ave. NE 206/527-1411 Congregation Shevet Achim (Orthodox) 5017 90th Ave. SE (at NW Yeshiva HS) Mercer Island 206/275-1539 Congregation Tikvah Chadashah (LGBTQ) 206/355-1414 Emanuel Congregation (Modern Orthodox) 3412 NE 65th St. 206/525-1055 Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation (Conservative) 206/232-8555 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island Hillel (Multi-denominational) 4745 17th Ave. NE 206/527-1997 Kadima (Reconstructionist) 206/547-3914 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle Kavana Cooperative [email protected] K’hal Ateres Zekainim (Orthodox) 206/722-1464 at Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. S Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound (Humanist) www.secularjewishcircle.org 206/528-1944 Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation (Orthodox) 6500 52nd Ave. S 206/723-3028 The Summit at First Hill (Orthodox) 1200 University St. 206/652-4444 Temple Beth Am (Reform) 206/525-0915 2632 NE 80th St. Temple B’nai Torah (Reform) 425/603-9677 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue Temple De Hirsch Sinai (Reform) Seattle, 1441 16th Ave. 206/323-8486 Bellevue, 3850 156th Ave. SE 425/454-5085 SOuTH KING COuNTy Bet Chaverim (Reform) 206/577-0403 25701 14th Place S, Des Moines WEST SEATTLE Kol HaNeshamah (Reform) 206/935-1590 Alki UCC, 6115 SW Hinds St. Torah Learning Center (Orthodox) 5121 SW Olga St. 206/938-4852 WAShinGTon STATE AbERdEEn Temple Beth Israel 360/533-5755 1819 Sumner at Martin bAinbRidGE iSLAnd Congregation Kol Shalom (Reform) 9010 Miller Road NE 206/855-0885 Chavurat Shir Hayam 206/842-8453 bELLinGhAm Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County 102 Highland Dr. 360/393-3845 Congregation Beth Israel (Reform) 2200 Broadway 360/733-8890 bREmERTon Congregation Beth Hatikvah 360/373-9884 11th and Veneta EVERETT / EdmondS Chabad Jewish Center of Snohomish County 2225 100th Ave. W, Edmonds 425/967-3036 Temple Beth Or (Reform) 425/259-7125 3215 Lombard St., Everett FoRT LEWiS Jewish Chapel 253/967-6590 Liggett Avenue and 12th iSSAquAh Chabad of the Central Cascades 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd. 425/427-1654 oLympiA Chabad Jewish Discovery Center 1611 Legion Way SE 360/584-4306 Congregation B’nai Torah (Conservative) 3437 Libby Rd. 360/943-7354 Temple Beth Hatfiloh (Reconstructionist) 201 8th Ave. SE 360/754-8519 poRT AnGELES And SEquim Congregation B’nai Shalom 360/452-2471 poRT ToWnSEnd Congregation Bet Shira 360/379-3042 puLLmAn, WA And moScoW, id Jewish Community of the Palouse 509/334-7868 or 208/882-1280 SpokAnE Chabad of Spokane County 4116 E 37th Ave. 509/443-0770 Congregation Emanu-El (Reform) P O Box 30234 509/835-5050 www.spokaneemanu-el.org Temple Beth Shalom (Conservative) 1322 E 30th Ave. 509/747-3304 TAcomA Chabad-Lubavitch of Pierce County 2146 N Mildred St.. 253/565-8770 Temple Beth El (Reform) 253/564-7101 5975 S 12th St. TRi ciTiES Congregation Beth Sholom (Conservative) 312 Thayer Drive, Richland 509/375-4740 VAncouVER Chabad-Lubavitch of Clark County 9604 NE 126th Ave., Suite 2320 360/993-5222 [email protected] www.chabadclarkcounty.com Congregation Kol Ami 360/574-5169 www.jewishvancouverusa.org VAShon iSLAnd Havurat Ee Shalom 206/567-1608 15401 Westside Highway P O Box 89, Vashon Island, WA 98070 WALLA WALLA Congregation Beth Israel 509/522-2511 WEnATchEE Greater Wenatchee Jewish Community 509/662-3333 or 206/782-1044 WhidbEy iSLAnd Jewish Community of Whidbey Island 360/331-2190 yAkimA Temple Shalom (Reform) 509/453-8988 1517 Browne Ave. [email protected]

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W ruDerMaN Page 6 Opens Friday, November 9 “The Flat” Film In his documentary film “The Flat,” Arnon Goldfinger sifts through the photos, letters and objects left behind by his grandparents in their Tel Aviv apartment, and begins to investigate long-buried family secrets and unravel the mystery of their painful past. The result is a touching family portrait and a perceptive look at the ways different generations deal with the memory of the Holocaust. “The Flat” is the winner of the Israeli Film Academy Award for Best Documentary. Hebrew with subtitles. Not rated. At the Landmark Varsity Theatre, 4329 University Way NE, Seattle. For more information about the film, visit www.ifcfilms.com/films/the-flat. For show times and tickets, visit www.landmarktheatres.com/market/seattle/varsitytheatre.htm.

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He taught at Yale for 11 years and also spent six years at the University of Maryland. Ruderman is a winner of two National Jewish Book Awards for his work in Jewish history, mysticism, spirituality, and science, and was awarded his most recent NJB award in 2011 for his book “Early Modern Jewry: A New Cultural History” (Princeton, 2010). He received the National Foundation for Jewish Culture’s lifetime achievement award in 2001 for his work in Jewish history.

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Sunday, November 11 at 9:30 a.m. Hanukkah Faire Arts and crafts The Sisterhood of Temple B’nai Torah is holding a Hanukkah Faire to raise money for the Norm Greenburg Campership Fund. Local artisans from the Seattle Jewish community will be present selling a variety of crafts just in time for the holidays, including Al Benoliel, “the mezuzah man.” At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. Open to the community, no entrance fee. For more information, call 425-603-9677.

Wednesday, November 14 at 7 p.m. The Mirror of America: Jewish Composers on Broadway Lecture Another lecture by Dr. Theodore Deacon, “The Mirror of America: Jewish Composers on Broadway” will focus on how Jewish composers influenced the development of American musicals over the decades. Deacon expounds upon the movement that after decades of “bawdy burlesque, vacuous varieties, and racy revues,” a number of American composers and producers felt the time had come to reform the American musical comedy. Taking their inspiration from modern theater and European operetta, these creative visionaries urged Broadway toward what some considered more “dignified” productions. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. RSVP to 206-525-0915 or [email protected].

Bright, who especially enjoys digital forensics investigations, said he became curious about a liaison position after working to establish contacts throughout the North End, including one at the Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder in April. “The second time the rabbi called me at home, off-duty, I thought, ‘You know, we have this Community Outreach Section,’” Bright said. “‘I wonder if they have a liaison officer that the Jewish community could contact whenever they have questions that are not necessarily an emergency … some way that they could bring up issues or make requests of the department?’” He proceeded to contact the department, learned there was no such liaison, and asked to be considered should one be selected. About four months later, he said, “I got an email back and they were saying, ‘The job’s yours if you want it.’”

“We sat at the graves and sang Jewish songs — ‘Am Yisrael Chai,’ ‘David Melech Yisrael Chai Vikayam,’” he recalled. “The dead people are listening to our songs, and they are glad…I imagined that the moment they were shot, they thought that everything was lost. “The dead people taught us a lesson. There is Am Yisrael, and we belong,” he said. “It is me being shot, and coming up. I got my strength, my being a Jew, from the dead people.” From there, Mendelevich said, “I suggested we have to establish an underground movement to save Am Yisrael.” Now the head of the religious-Zionist Machon Meir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, Mendelevich described his first encounters with Jewish practice. “Strange people,” he thought, “having a new year in September. It’s not snowing yet.” He credits not his classmates, but God, with bringing him to those first Rosh Hashanah services. As his fervor to save the people of Israel increased, it occurred to him: He had to take on traditional Jewish observance, little that he knew about it. “I had a feeling I had to sacrifice something,” he said. So he called out to God: “If you make me free from Soviet army, I promise you to become a believing Jew.” According to Mendelevich, God came through on the promise. Even in prison, after the foiled plot, Mendelevich proudly identified as a Jew. “When I got involved in this activism, I discovered meaning!” he exclaimed. “My life was joyful, you know? “Admitting that I am not a Jewish activist would mean for me to finish my life,” he said.

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Death: a satire on the stage
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An opera written in a Nazi concentration camp about a murderous ruler who tries to outdo Death himself might sound far-fetched. But that is exactly the story behind “The Emperor of Atlantis,” to be performed by Music of Remembrance November 16 and 18 at Benaroya Hall. MOR launches its 15th season with the opera composed by Viktor Ullman while imprisoned at Terezín, along with works by Ernest Bloch and pioneering Israeli composer Marc Lavry. Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot will conduct. “Atlantis” will be sung in English by a cast of mostly local singers. “It’s very accessible,” says MOR’s artistic director Mina Miller. “It’s as much musical theater as it is opera.” Miller notes that the piece has many aspects of “Kurt Weill cabaret,” with plenty of sharp-edged satire. “If you’re new to opera,” she adds, you will see and hear “a great example of how music can bring human stories to life.” Viktor Ullman (1898–1944) was a prominent composer and conductor who worked in Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia. Though he was only half-Jewish and raised Catholic, he was still considered a Jew under Nazi racial laws. Ullman was deported to the Terezín concentration camp in 1942. Terezín (Theresienstadt) was actually a

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holding camp for the death camps, but was presented to the outside world as a “paradise ghetto.” Many prominent Jewish cultural figures were imprisoned there, who gave the camp a rich artistic life despite its harsh conditions. Ullman composed prolifically at Terezín, writing “The Emperor of Atlantis” with librettist Peter Kien during the latter half of 1943. The plot: The mighty Emperor Overall proclaims total war. All humankind will fight and all will be killed. Death, angered that his

role has been usurped, goes on strike. Since no one can die, all manner of bizarre situations ensue. Two opposing soldiers — a man and a woman — cannot kill each other, so they make love instead. The sick and wounded protest their limbo between life and death. The emperor’s power begins to crumble. Eventually, Death proposes a solution to the impasse, which we won’t give away here. “Atlantis” actually went into rehearsal at Terezín, but the Nazi authorities saw

parallels between the emperor and Hitler, and banned it. Ullman gave his score to the camp librarian, who survived the Holocaust. In October 1944, Ullman was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in the gas chambers, along with most of his fellow luminaries. Ullman’s music is a rich synthesis of many musical sounds from the first part of the 20th century. One can hear German Romanticism, the influence of Ullman’s teacher Arnold Schoenberg, and the jazztinged, cynical ambience that permeated Berlin in the 1920s. A lullaby from the Thirty Years’ War (which decimated Germany’s population in the 1600s) appears. The hymn “A Mighty Fortress is
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Rabbi Alyjah Navy at [email protected] or www.kabbalahcommunity.org All are welcome to receive Kabbalah insights and techniques for spiritual healing, enhanced intimacy, abundance, inner joy and purpose in life. No prior study needed. $40 per workshop. At Vashon Intuitive Arts, 17331 Vashon Hwy. SW, Vashon. 6:30–9 p.m. — Wisdom of the heart spiritual singles Celebrations
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Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Instructor Rachel Setzer will focus on Tarot. This series will continue in January (demons) and February (dreams) and end with a “Starting Your Own Journey Party” in March. Free. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

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performance depicting his vision of the Holocaust. Byrd shows how he creates dances incorporating Jewish themes and talks about his work at the American Academy in Jerusalem. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 2–5 p.m. — simcha fair
Yohanna Kinberg at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Planning a simcha? Meet over 25 vendors: Caterers, photograpers, photobooths, henna, DJs, live bands, and so much more. Sponsored by JTNews and Temple B’nai Torah. $5/adults. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 4:30–8:30 p.m. — dinner with orville
Esther Lee Sadis at [email protected] or 425-747-0915 Annual gala dinner, in honor of lifetime EB member Orville Cohen, featuring a cocktail reception, dinner, live music, video presentation and a raffle. With keynote speaker Dr. Devin Naar. $100 per person. At Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 5217 S Brandon St., Seattle.


Carol Benedick at [email protected] or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Learn this folkcraft of Jewish Yemenites from Israeli artist Margalit Adi-Rubin. Six 1.5-hour classes. Cost includes materials. $60. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

tell his story of being a child during the war, when his mother changed her identity and smuggled him out of Warsaw. Rachel Nathanson of the Holocaust Center will speak and show the center’s documentary film, “With My Own Eyes.” $5. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach, director of Hadassah University Hospital on Mount Scopus and the first female head of a Hadassah hospital, will share her personal story and the inside scoop on research, and some miracle stories. $18. At a private home (call for location), Mercer Island.

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Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Nevet Basker will lead a discussion on the outcome of the U.S. elections and what it might mean for American foreign policy in the Middle East and for Israel. Optional pre-reading is available at www. broaderview.org/current. Feel free to bring lunch/ dinner. $5. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 7–9:30 p.m. — tbt lecture series: Vignettes from a holocaust Childhood and links to Contemporary issues
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Ellen Hendlin at [email protected] or 206-861-3183 or www.jfsseattle.org Peace Corps and VISTA programs offer opportunities for older adults. JFS staff and others will share their meaningful experiences in these programs as older volunteers. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 4:30–7:30 p.m. — used book sale
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10:30 a.m. — pJ library storytime at sJCs
Amy Paquette at [email protected] The PJ Library welcomes Shoshana Stombaugh as guest musician and storyteller. Stay for songs and a story, activities and playgroup. At the Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.

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more centered, stress-free and spiritually enriching life? Taught by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum and Matthew Silverman. Classes continue on Nov. 27, Dec. 11 and 18, and Jan. 8 and 22. At HerzlNer Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.

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10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — the long Way home
Ellen Hendlin at [email protected] or 206-861-3183 or www.jfsseattle.org David Laskin, author of “The Long Way Home, An American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War,” will discuss World War I as a watershed moment for a generation of Jewish immigrants who risked their lives as soldiers for America. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle. 7:30–9 p.m. — art of simplicity: mussar practices for our scattered souls
Rabbi Jill Levy at [email protected] or 206-232-8555 or www.h-nt.org/ our-congregation/learning/adult-lifelong Would you like to live a simpler, more balanced,

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12–1:30 p.m. — israel Current events
Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitoral.org Explore facts, consider views, and share opinions in an informal and safe environment. October’s topic is “refugees.” Led by Nevet Basker. Class will repeat on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. $5. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

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6:30 p.m. — pajama movie Night and havdalah for families
[email protected] or 206-522-5212 or sjcs.net Havdalah service, then a family-friendly movie. Come in pajamas, and bring blankets and sleeping bags. Movie night snacks provided. Ideal for families with children 3-8 years old. At the Seattle

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8 a.m.– 5 p.m. — super sunday 2013
Michael Wardlow at [email protected] or 206-774-2256 or www.JewishInSeattle.org The Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s annual phone-a-thon. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. — Cooking Class: bring on the hanukkah sweets
Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Karen Baer will demonstrate two ways to make sufganiyot (donuts). Followed by an olive oil tasting. Space is limited. $5. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 10 a.m.–12 p.m. — hadassah and drums
Meryl Alcabes at [email protected] or 206-723-1558 Women of Seward Park and neighbors relaunch the Be’er Sheva Hadassah group in the South End

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of Seattle. Between meeting and refreshments, Simone LaDrumma will lead a drum party, a dynamic music-making journey. At the home of Rivkah Isseroff and Art Huntley (address given upon RSVP), Seattle. 2–4 p.m. —finding god, finding gratitude: how to appreciate our everyday lives
Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org What are you grateful for in your life? What is the connection between gratitude and prayer? Through shared text study, this class explores the idea that gratitude connects you to yourself, community, and God. Instructed by Rabbi Kinberg. Free. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 5–7 p.m. — birth rituals Class
Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org This final class in the Jewish Wedding Series will be led by Reform Rabbis Yohanna Kinberg and Aaron Meyer. They will go through the elements of Jewish birth rituals, from pregnancy and brit milah, to creative ways to interpret Jewish traditions. Free. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

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but “I actually really enjoy it.” Before the Federation, Tana worked for Pyramid Communications and volunteered on the Federation’s govern-

ment affairs committee. With her master’s degree in public policy and administration from Columbia University, she feels she brings a “good combination of communication and policy experience” to her constituents. She will run for the office in 2013.

Tana and her husband Kevin Flaherty belong to Temple De Hirsch Sinai. When she’s not busy with work and family, “we have a dog, Buddy, a big black lab, [who] takes up a lot of free time.”

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What happens to the food QFC can’t sell?
Part of QFC’s mission has always been to “sell the highest quality foods at surprisingly affordable prices.” Quality is so important that it’s part of our name, Quality Food Centers. Because quality is so important to us, we put a great deal of emphasis on stocking our stores correctly. We try to order enough product to meet our customers’ demand, but not so much that it remains on our shelves past its prime. But sometimes we order more fresh products than we can sell. When that happens and we find ourselves with food that is perfectly safe and healthful to eat, but which no longer meets our standards for freshness and quality, we have a plan and a partnership in place to provide this nutritious food to hungry people in our communities. QFC has built partnerships with Food Lifeline and the Oregon Food Bank to donate this perishable food to local food banks. Not a lot of people know this, but products that have gone past our date for quality and freshness still have a couple of days or several days in which they can be safely consumed. Perishable products that we donate include meat, produce, dairy, bakery and deli products. Together Food Lifeline and Oregon Good Bank support over 1,000 local food banks and hot meal programs in Western Washington and Oregon. They are able to determine which of our donated foods can go to food banks or need to be used right away at meal programs, such as at shelters. Thanks to Food Lifeline and Oregon Food Bank, their member agencies receive this nutritious food that they then supply to hungry people in our communities. Food Lifeline and Oregon Food Bank provide program support and training to their respective networks to ensure that the partner agencies can concentrate on getting food to the hungry people who need it most. In addition to the Perishable Donations Partnership which QFC supports throughout the year, during the holidays QFC also supports the work of Food Lifeline and Oregon Food Bank through Bringing Hope To the Table. This special two-month food and cash donation drive helps assure that hungry people and families have good, nutritious food during the holiday season and through the winter and spring months.

To support this program:

n Customers can purchase and then donate $10 pre-packaged bags of groceries for
neighborhood food banks.

n Cash can be donated at any QFC checkstand from October 28th, 2012 through
December 29th, 2012.

n Customers can purchase and donate food bank recommended items, identified by
shelf tags and by a special “shopping list” that will be available in your store. With your support of Bringing Hope To the Table, we can make the holidays brighter for many of the hungry in our community.

For comments or questions you can contact QFC Associate Communications Manager Ken Banks at [email protected] or phone 425-462-2205.

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Holiday Celebrations
Ben Bridge Jeweler
Celebrates a century of service In 1912 a personal jeweler opened a family-run store in downtown Seattle. One hundred years later, Ben Bridge is still a family-run business, but one that has grown to over 70 stores. Today, Ben’s grandsons, Ed and Jon Bridge, manage the company. They attribute Ben Bridge’s longevity and success to the company’s commitment to quality and customer service. “We want our customers to feel confident with every selection,” explains Ed Bridge, “that’s why Ben Bridge has more Registered Jewelers and Certified Gemologists than any other jeweler in the country.” Though celebrating its centennial, Ben Bridge is still growing. This includes opening a second store at Bellevue Square — one dedicated to the wild popular jewelry line Pandora, and relocating a very successful Ben Bridge Jeweler in Alaska’s retail district in downtown Anchorage. As they look to the next 100 years, the Bridge family knows one thing will never change: Ben Bridge is dedicated to being your personal jeweler.

Embassy Suites Bellevue
Whether it’s a wedding, birthday, anniversary, Bar Mitzvah or Bat Mitzvah, Embassy Suites Bellevue can help make your special day a dream come true, featuring a beautiful six-story garden atrium with lush tropical plants, river and cascading waterfalls, elegantly appointed ballrooms, delicious food, and two-room suites for your overnight guests. Choose one of their pre-planned menu options, or their executive chef is happy to accommodate custom menu requests. With a great location, just off I-90, they offer plenty of free on-site parking. Book an event and mention this ad to receive 10 dozen complimentary hors d’oeuvres (minimum 50-person dinners). Not good with other offers. For more information call 425-698-6681 or visit www.seattlebellevue.embassysuites.com.

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Book an event before 12/31/12 and receive 10 dozen complimentary hors d’oeuvres (min. 50 dinners, not valid with other offers) Contact our professional Catering Department at 425.698.6681 for more information or to book your next event. Embassy Suites Bellevue 3225 158th Avenue SE Bellevue, WA 98008

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Emmanuel’s Fine Rug & Upholstery Specialists
They’ve been cleaning rugs, carpets, furniture and fine Orientals for more than 103 years. You can count on them! Highest-quality carpet cleaning, custom in-plant rug washing, rug repair and blind and upholstery cleaning. They specialize in Oriental care, repair and mending and restoration. Emmanuel’s is the place to go for consigned new and antique Orientals, rug sales and appraisals, as well as on-site carpet cleaning and maintenance. Fifteen percent off all in-home services and 30 percent off all cash-and-carry cleaning services. Gift certificates available. For more information call 206-322-2200, fax 325-3841, or visit www.emmanuelsrug.com.

creative, fresh cuisine and superior service at a reasonable price. They cater to groups of all sizes, both within Kaspars as well as at off-site locations, including private homes. Whether you are entertaining a few or a few hundred guests, the elements for success are the same: Superb fare, impeccable service, the proper ambience, and the right caterer! Kaspars Special Events and Catering has it all. Visit www.kaspars.com or contact 206-298-0123 or [email protected].

Pedersen’s
The Event Rental Experts Stylish party rentals including: • Specialty linen • Glassware • Tables • Cutlery • Chair covers • Designer chairs • Catering equipment • Unique tabletop items • China 4500 4th Ave. S, Seattle. Call 206-719-5400 or visit www.pedersens.com.

Kaspars Special Events and Catering
You will remember your special day for the rest of your life, so choosing the right partners to help you is an important decision. The team at Kaspars Special Events and Catering, with more than 22 years of experience and a reputation for excellence, will support you through the entire planning process, including venue selection, menu creation, ceremony, and reception planning, ensuring you are stress-free. Family owned and operated, Kaspars’s passion is to provide

Pogacha
Pogacha of Issaquah is a casual fine-dining restaurant nestled in Issaquah with easy access from I-90. They pride themselves on their fresh, delicious food, exceptional service, and friendly neighborhood atmosphere. Pogacha has two private dining rooms and full-service catering, and they are delighted to provide personalized event planning with their friendly Pogacha touch.

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Jewish Birth Rituals
Sunday November 18, 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
at Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue This nal class in the Jewish Wedding Series will be led by Reform Rabbis’ Yohanna Kinberg (Temple B’nai Torah) and Aaron Meyer (Temple De Hirsch Sinai.) Together they will take you through the elements of Jewish birth rituals. Everything from pregnancy and brit milah to crea ve ways to interpret Jewish tradi ons.
To RSVP or for more info, contact Rabbi Kinberg, [email protected], (425) 603-9677

Kaspars will ensure your celebration is spectacular!
Kosher-style available Chef Kaspar offers exceptional Northwest cuisine along with a superior staff versed in weddings, rehearsal dinners, showers and b'nai mitzvahs. Kaspars can accommodate up to 300 guests or can offer full service off-premise catering at your home or other special location.
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They offer Northwest cuisine with an Adriatic flair. All of the food is made from scratch, using only the freshest ingredients. For questions or information, contact event dining manager Sarah Barnes at 425-392-5550 (office), 425-269-2616 (cell) or [email protected]. For catering contact Justin McMartin at 425-894-7441.

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.

wedding attendant and their newly remodeled bridal suite help make the big day as relaxed and stress-free as possible. TPC Snoqualmie Ridge offers a first-class professional service team as well as an award-winning culinary team that can cater to all tastes and preferences. For more information on having your wedding at TPC Snoqualmie Ridge, please call 425-396-6024 or visit www.tpcsr.com.

The Sheraton Bellevue
Celebrate your special day at the Sheraton Bellevue. Their Snoqualmie Ballroom offers 2,319 square feet, which can accommodate up to 150 guests for a sit-down dinner or grand buffet. They are the perfect location for your Bat or Bar Mitzvah, holiday party, rehearsal dinner, or to celebrate any special occasion. They also have up to 8,000 square feet of meeting space that can accommodate from 50–150 people. Rediscover Sheraton at the updated Sheraton Bellevue Hotel. Featuring fresh, crisp, coastal décor; their guestrooms are appointed with the famous Sheraton Sweet Sleeper bed. Other special offers or discounts may apply for your event. Special offers or discounts apply to events booked by November 30, 2012. Contact the catering sales department at 425-945-3316 or [email protected].

Spektor Dental
Wendy Shultz Spektor, DDS Best dentist 2012 Have your best smile for the holidays! Trust the dental artistry and expertise of Wendy Spektor, DDS, for your best smile. Call today at 425-454-1322. General, cosmetic, periodontal. 1545 116th Ave. NE #100, Bellevue. [email protected] or visit www.spektordental.com.

Tulalip Resort Casino
The Oasis Pool’s lush garden setting and waterfall create a one-of-a-kind setting for your special day. A grand staircase leading down from the private Bridal Lounge is perfect for a bride’s glamorous entrance to the ceremony and provides a unique backdrop for creating lasting memories. After the wedding ceremony a variety of reception rooms are available for a sit-down dinner and reception, including the elegant Orca Ballroom, which at 15,000 square feet is the largest north of Seattle. Their event staff will provide a customized menu ideal to suit your specific needs.

TPC Snoqualmie Ridge
TPC Snoqualmie Ridge is one of the most recognized and highly regarded wedding facilities in the Northwest. With breathtaking views of Mount Si, the Cascade Mountains, and their championship golf course, parties of up to 300 people can enjoy a premier wedding experience that will leave them with lasting memories. The complimentary on-site wedding coordinator, personal day-of

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Be among the first to experience a winter wonderland this year at Woodland Park Zoo’s first annual WildLights! Select one of our unique indoor venues for your holiday gathering of 20-400 people. Enjoy festive food and refreshments before heading out to revel in the 375,000 LED lights illuminating the zoo. Call 206.548.2590 or email [email protected] for more information.

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Weddings at the WAC
Elegant. Personalized. Timeless. Plan your all-inclusive wedding 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 romance, celebration and tradition. The Crystal Ballroom can accommodate up to 200 guests, while other rooms offer more intimate 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. Enjoy water and city views on your first night of marriage. Wedding packages are available and personalized with your contract. Evening parking included for guests in the WAC Garage. Make the Washington Athletic Club the choice for your special day. It would be their pleasure to assist you. For more information please contact [email protected] or 206-464-3050.

personalized touches for lasting memories of your special event. Waterways’ beautifully appointed yachts offer unique venues for weddings, commitment ceremonies, 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, openair decks that are perfect for ceremonies, photography and viewing of the everchanging shorelines, and onboard galleys and bars for full-service catering. Contact their event planners to schedule a tour of Waterways’ yachts! Call 206223-2060 for your event proposal or visit www.WaterwaysCruises.com for more information.

Woodland Park Zoo
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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hadassah centennial celebration brings in high-caliber guests
emily k. alhadeff associate editor, JtNews
As Hadassah members continue to celebrate the women’s Zionist organization’s centennial year around the world, local members are looking forward to hosting two powerful women this month, Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach, the first female director of Hadassah University Hospital, and Audrey Alhadeff Shimron, Hadassah’s executive director. Levtzion-Korach will meet with the Bellingham Hadassah chapter, doctors and researchers from Seattle Children’s Hospital and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, and other research organizations and individuals. On Thurs., Nov. 8, she will meet with Seattle chapter members at a dessert reception on Mercer Island. “We have been looking for a doctor to come and do a speaking tour of the Pacific Northwest for a long time,” said Jacquie Bayley, president of the Pacific Northwest Hadassah chapter. “They’re the front line. They tell us what’s going on.” Levtzion-Korach is a pediatrician who specializes in chronic diseases. Bayley hopes Levtzion-Korach will talk about the research going on at the Hadassah hospitals, located in Jerusalem on Mount Scopus and in Ein Kerem. “We would like to have the Seattle community see the close ties we have between the Pacific Northwest and Hadassah hospital,” Bayley said. Shimron, who organized Israel’s firstever Susan G. Komen walk for the cure, which raised nearly $200,000 and had 8,000 participants, will present about Hadassah success stories at several events, including a brunch on Sun., Nov. 11 at Glendale Country Club in Bellevue that will honor Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg of Temple B’nai Torah and Rob Jacobs of StandWithUs Northwest. Bayley cites groundbreaking work the hospital is doing with stem cells and computer technology as inspiration for her involvement. Additionally, Hadassah’s campaign to build the Sarah Wetsman Davidson Tower started in 2007 and has already raised over $300 million. “Only Hadassah women would raise money and build a hospital in the middle of a depression,” she said. Hadassah was started in 1912 by Henrietta Szold as a women’s volunteer organization to bring relief to Jewish immigrants in pre-state Israel. Hadassah hospitals “will do whatever it takes to save a life,” Bayley said. “It doesn’t matter if the person is Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Arab…The bridge of peace is definitely in existence at Hadassah hospi-

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Dr. Osnat Levtzion-Korach will speak on Thurs., Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Naomi and Jon Newman on Mercer Island. Audrey Alhadeff Shimron will speak on Sun., Nov. 11 at 11:30 a.m. at Glendale Country Club, 13440 Main St., Bellevue, and at a fundraising reception at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Lisa and Norman Behar in Seattle. For more information, visit bit.ly/HadassahSeattle or call 425-467-9099.

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Aaron Michael Barokas
Aaron will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, November 3 at Temple De Hirsch Sinai in Seattle. Aaron is the son of Laurie and Michael Barokas of Redmond and the brother of Joshua Barokas. His grandparents are Saralee P. Warnick of Bellevue, Barbara and Morgan Barokas of Bellevue, and the late Alan Warnick. Aaron is a 7th-grader at Evergreen Middle School who enjoys playing soccer and baseball, following the Philadelphia Eagles and Miami Heat, and hanging out with his brother and his dog, Magine. For his ongoing mitzvah project, Aaron mentors special-needs students at Emily Dickinson Elementary School in Redmond.

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Daniel Joseph Davis
Daniel will celebrate his Bar Mitzvah on Saturday, November 10 at Temple Beth Am in Seattle. He is the son of Debbie Douglas and Tom Davis of Seattle, and the brother of Tommy Davis. His grandparents are Dorothy Douglas of Seattle, the late Tom and Mildred Davis, and the late Robert Douglas. Daniel is an 8th-grader at Hamilton Middle School and enjoys playing guitar, skiing, baking, bicycling, reading, games, and spending time with friends. His mitzvah project was helping to prepare and serve meals at the Scargo Apartments, a residence for people who have recently been homeless.

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Al Sanft May 12, 1932–October 7, 2012
Born in Seattle, Washington to Louie and Ada Sanft on May 12, 1932. Al passed away on October 7, 2012 in Seattle after a four-year battle with Amyloid heart disease. Al was a loving man who cared deeply for his family and his friends. Al attended Garfield High School, graduating in 1950. During the Korean War, he served in the United States Navy in Korea and Japan as an officer on the USS Dixie. Al worked in his family business, Seattle Barrel and Cooperage, a company that his father founded in 1916. For 60 years he had made it into a thriving business, expanding its operations from Washington and Oregon to Alaska and all over the Northwestern U.S., and Canada. As well, Al had a successful real estate company, A&B Properties, developing properties around the region. His children continue managing these businesses. Al married the love of his life, Ruth Marie Buske, on August 14, 1959. They were inseparable. Al and Ruth raised four loving children; and later had five grandchildren who adored them. Al and Ruth built an extraordinary life together. They enjoyed traveling with friends all over the world, fishing in Westport, and going to Hawaii with their entire family every year. He went on an annual trip to Las Vegas for his birthday with friends every May. Al and Ruth were lucky enough to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in August 2009. Al’s favorite pastime was to go fishing whenever he could, especially in Westport, Washington, (the salmon capital of the world). He fished often, mainly with his brother and his children, and an endless number of friends that would dare to ride the rough waters.

In 1982, Al and Ruth built their dream home in Westport, right on the beach. He loved fishing on his private boat Barrels, and owned a charter fishing boat named Firecracker that was well known in Westport. Al and Ruth hosted a family reunion every July 4th, with fireworks and fun on the beach that everyone looked forward to. Al’s other hobbies included making kosher dill pickles. He and Ruth were famous for their smoked salmon. Al loved all sports including the Huskies, the Cougars, Seahawks, Sonics, and the Mariners. He attended games right till the end, including the infamous Seahawks Monday night football game against the Packers. Al had a giant heart. He was tall, dark, and handsome; had a twinkle in his eyes; and was tan at most times. Most people called him “Big Al.” He loved Elvis, dancing, his Cadillacs, and especially he loved spending time with all his special friends and relatives. Al was a proud member of the Masonic temple, a 32nd-degree Mason, a member of the Nile Shrine temple, and member of the Elks, all for 50 years. He was a longtime member of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce and the Reusable Industrial Packaging Association, RIPA. Al’s family co-founded the Machzikay Hadath synagogue in Seattle, and was a founding member of Herzl-Ner Tamid. Al’s family meant everything. Family was always first and foremost. Al’s death was preceded by the passing of Ruth in January 2010. He leaves behind four children: Nettie (Mark) Cohodas, Barrie (Richard) Galanti, Brina Sanft, and Louie Sanft. He also leaves behind five grandchildren: Samantha and Ben Cohodas, and Sam, Oliver, and Rachel Galanti. His funeral service took place on Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue on Mercer Island. Burial followed at Bikur Cholim cemetery in Seattle. Donations in his name can be made to Jewish Family Service, Shriners Children’s Hospital, or Herzl-Ner Tamid synagogue.

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Bill hogan, director of athletics for seattle university, left, sean Michaels, a DJ at 106.9 FM, center, and Kiro-7 news anchor angela russell cut the ribbon at the start of the Friendship Circle’s first Walk with Friendship at Mercerdale Park on Mercer island on oct. 21. The organization raised $56,000 to go toward its programs, which matches teens from throughout the community with children with special needs.

Our God” is used ironically, as is “Deutschland über alles.” Stage director Erich Parce uses the musicians (13 members of the Seattle Symphony) as actors. He places them, dead or dying, in a bombed-out theater, where Death and his assistants (two dancers) bring them back to life to perform the show. Parce has also added some modern visual elements to support the action. What should listeners take from the production? It “demonstrates how the Holocaust contains important and relevant lessons for our time, and for people of all faiths,” says Miller. “History gives us such lessons, but we keep repeating them over and over,” Parce adds. “How do we then change our lives and go forward?” Marc Lavry (1903 –1967) was, like Ullman, a well-known composer and

Gerard Edery Trio

December 1 at 8pm

“A master of Sephardic song” —NEW YORK TIMES

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conductor in the 1920s. He worked with several German orchestras and opera companies, collaborated with theater director Max Reinhardt, and composed for the German cinema. When Hitler came to power, Lavry returned to his native Latvia, and when Fascism arrived there, he moved to Palestine. Lavry was reborn musically in his new home. Within two years, he had drawn the sounds he heard around him into his music, and helped create what became the Israeli musical style. One could say that Lavry was to Israeli music what Smetana, Bartok, Kodaly and the “Russian Five” were to their countries. The composer’s son, Dan Lavry, lives on Bainbridge Island. “[He] told me that music does not exist in a vacuum, that it reflects a culture and is connected to the land,” Lavry says of his father. “When he came to Israel in 1935 there was no such thing as Israeli music, but there was a desire to create a modern Israel…The settlers went through a great cultural transformation. The old Hebrew language was revived to replace the Yiddish, the Jewish food was replaced by Middle Eastern flavor, working the land and manufacturing was to replace commerce. “So my father came into such an environment equipped with a classical music background and much familiarity [with] European Jewish music. His music after 1935 reflects his experience. He wrote early Israeli songs, the first Israeli opera, the first symphony. In fact he was a pioneer, a trend setter.” Marc Lavry is represented on the program with his “Three Jewish Dances for Violin and Piano, Op. 192” from 1945. The concert opens with a performance by young cellist Benjamin Schmidt, winner of this year’s David Tonkonogui Award. Schmidt will play Ernest Bloch’s “Prayer,” accompanied by a string quartet including his father, Seattle Symphony Orchestra violinist Mikhail Schmidt.

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