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HANUKKAH UNDER THE STARS
Saturday, November 23, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Mercer Island SJCC free Celebrate Hanukkah with the J community! Sing and dance with the kids band Recess Monkey, returning after their awesome show last year. Well have arts and crafts and storytelling from PJ Library. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Day School.
A program just for dads and their kindergarten through 3rd grade kids. J Explorers play games, learn new skills, enjoy the great outdoors, and celebrate Jewish values with other dads and kids. Must be a J Explorers member to participate in events. All events are at the SJCC Mercer Island campus.
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Saturday, September 21, 5 p.m. Sunday, September 22, 9 a.m. $40 per dad-child pair/$20 for each additional child
Celebrate Sukkot with the J Explorers. Enjoy dinner and Havdalah in the sukkah in the SJCC Kesher Community Garden. We will swim, play gaga, and do arts and crafts. Breakfast (and coffee dont worry, dads!) is included.
Come trick-or-treat for canned food for the Jewish Family Services Food Bank. Bags will be handed out in neighborhoods around the J earlier in the week with a request for donations. J Explorers will trick-or-treat to collect the bags. Bring non-perishable food items to donate.
Its never too late to enjoy latkes and spread the holiday ruach (spirit)! Bring an unwrapped gift to this post-Hanukkah brunch and well make holiday cards to adorn them before we deliver the gifts to families at Seattle Childrens Hospital.
Subscribe to the 2013-2014 series by October 27: SJCC members $25/guests $36.
AN AFTERNOON WITH HOLLYWOODS ANNE FRANK
Sunday, October 27 10:30 a.m. film screening 2 p.m. discussion NEW LOCATION FOR 10/27 ONLY: Herzl Ner-Tamid, 3700 E Mercer Way SJCC Members $8/Guests $12
At Washington Hall, 153 14th Avenue, Seattle. A collaboration with 4Culture, Book-It Repertory Theatre, Washington Hall, and Washington State Jewish Historical Society, these site-specific events highlight the historical significance of the Seattle Jewish community and the communitys role in the future of our environment. PLAY AND FILM Sunday, September 22 6:30 p.m. SJCC members $8/ Guests $12 This double-feature includes a play and a film about Jewish community. First, a performance of BookIt Repertory Theatres In the Land of Rain and Salmon, a production about early Jewish settlers in the Northwest, commissioned by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. Following is a screening of the documentary Renewal, a series of short films about faith traditions and preserving the environment. SJFF OUTDOOR FILM: RENEWAL Daily September 23-29, 7-11 p.m. free This installation features daily screenings of the SJFF film Renewal. The film will be projected onto the side of the building from a sukkah in the parking lot designed by Seattle architect George Ostrow. Renewal, a 2008 documentary film, consists of eight short films about different faith traditions and their approaches to environmental preservation. Passersby can stop and enjoy a single story or settle in to watch the film in its entirety.
Foster Hirsch, professor of film at Brooklyn College, will interview Millie Perkins, star of George Stevens acclaimed 1959 film, The Diary of Anne Frank, about her experience working on the landmark drama. Reception will follow. Watch the film at 10:30; screening is free and open to all.
A musical exploration of the myriad ways Jews and African-Americans have coalesced, clashed, and come together through American popular music. Josh Kun, Associate Professor of the USC Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, leads the discussion.
A look at the ways in which Jewish life and culture is portrayed in animation. Journalist Mark Pinsky of the Orlando Sentinel discusses the funny and the serious ways animation, from Disney movies to The Simpsons, showcase Jewish faith, customs, and ethnicity.
SJFF, a program of the SJCC, brings the best in independent international Jewish and Israeli cinema to Seattle each March. But why wait until March? Join SJFF for these events this fall.
Back by popular demand! Cantors Brad Kurland and Ike Azose, along with Rabbi Simon Benzaquen, will perform a delightful program.
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As one born in Rhodes, I feel I must correct Vic Alhadeffs article (Rhodes: Embracing the past, Aug. 30). The Spanish Inquisition was in 1492 and the expelled Jews spread along the Mediterranean on both the north and south coasts, and many who moved eventually to Rhodes had moved to Italy and Turkey. It was the Turkish leader Suleiman the Great who invited the Sephardic Jews to move from their adopted countries to Rhodes to encourage trade along the sea routes Rhodes was situated on. The Turks had conquered the Knights of St. John, who had held the island, and expelled them before he invited the Sephardim to Rhodes and gave them properties taken from the knights (much of the old city). So when the Sephardim arrived there, there were no knights on the island. Vic must be confusing them with the few Romaniot Jews who did live there at the time of the knights. In all the years from the early 1500s until 1918, Rhodes was a Turkish possession and the Jews were treated extremely well, and were even allowed to have their own virtual government within the old city. The Italians took over the island after the First World War in 1918 and initially treated the Jews well, as they were the basis of the economy there. It was only when Mussolini started to align himself with the Germans that things started to deteriorate. Salomon Menashe Scottsdale, Ariz.
Allowing diverse opinions
The JTNews Editor and Publisher recently chided several members of the Jewish community for questioning the appropriateness of publishing a letter by Linda Frank defending the Palestinian Authority and its policies toward the Jewish people. In your statement, you defended publishing Franks letter by citing free speech and criticized some who assert that the JTNews should not be used as a forum to express such views. Section 5 of your own Letters Guidelines state: JTNews seeks views from many perspectives. However, letters that contain obvious factual inaccuracies, unattributed facts and quotes, unsubstantiated allegations of wrongdoing, insulting comments, or defamatory statements will not be printed. Letters harmful to the Jewish community, call for the destruction of Israel, or contain hate speech will not be printed. In July 2013, the JTA News reported that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas told Egyptian journalists that no Israelis will remain in a future Palestinian state. Quoting Reuters, the JTA News stated that Abbas made the statements in Cairo when meeting with the interim Egyptian President. Abbas stated: In a final solution, we would not see the presence of a single Israeli civilian or soldier on our lands. Any fair and objective person understands Abbass statement to mean that no Jew will be permitted to live in a future Palestinian state. Considering that tens of thousands of Jews live in Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria, Linda Frank was factually inaccurate and her letter should not have been printed under your own Letters Guidelines. Being welcoming, diverse and open minded does not require our local Jewish community newspaper publishing letters or articles from those advocating the historic homeland of the Jewish people Judenrein. Steven Hemmat Seattle
Making provisions for provisions
In response to the article by Knate Stahl (Between myself and God, Aug. 16), I found this article offensive. He seems to know so much of Yom Kippur for someone who totally rejects it by holding a program to help the needy. Offering free food that has been donated and doing so on Yom Kippur is an embarrassment to the Jewish community at large. If he were a gentile doing this on Yom Kippur and it wasnt his own personal holiday, then it is another story. But being Jewish and not claiming ignorance of the importance of this holiday, but doing an essay on the holiday and its importance to Jewish life and then personally ignoring it is a slap in the face to the Jewish community. Not observing Jewish holidays is not new to Judaism; it has been done for centuries. That in and of itself is not a reason to write a letter to the editor. What has rankled me and caused me to open up is the fact that he is doing a program that collects food from a supplier and redistributes it to those who are needy. If Mr. Stahl has made an effort to take orders from those who are observing Yom Kippur and made provisions to have their orders delivered to these people on Sunday, after Yom Kippur has ended, then fine, do your thing. But if you are not making an effort to accommodate those people then you are punishing Jews for observing Yom Kippur, and that is your sin. Elliott Magalnick Denver, Colo.
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I was aware of the size of Israel on a map, but when you travel to the border with Syria and Lebanon or down to Gaza, you realize how small it really is. Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8th) on his impressions of his first visit to Israel. Learn about his visit on page 6.
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In 2015, it will have been 50 years since the Seattle Hebrew Day School 6th grade class graduated high school. Some members of the class would like to put together a reunion, and they are looking for email addresses for the now-grown children in this photograph. If you have any information, please contact Linda at lindalawsonelman@gmail.com.
Front row: Michael Felber, Victor Hasson, Mark Israel. Second row: Lisa Fuhrer, Esther Kay Scharchon, Sally Kaye (zl), Marsha Genauer (Donschik). Third row: Henrika Widerkher, Linda Lawson (Elman), Bobbee Russak (Feiner), Judy Benoliel, Esther Rae Scharchon, Cheryl Maimon (zl). Fourth row: Naomi Schwartz, Suzy Herskovitz, Miriam Ohles. Back row: Mrs. Streams, Bernice Angel, Ralph Maimon, Unknown, Jack Babani, Harry Brown, Joey Ingber, Rabbi Levine.
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Obama on Syria retaliation: Israel can defend itself, has unshakable U.S. support
JNS.org President Barack Obama said Tuesday night that if Syria were to attack Israel as retaliation for an American military strike on Syria, Israel would be able to defend itself with overwhelming force and unshakable U.S. support. Obama said Tuesday in a nationally televised address that he has asked the leaders of Congress to postpone a vote to authorize the use of force while America pursues a diplomatic solution with Russia, which has proposed a deal involving the transfer of Syrian chemical weapons to international supervision. Neither [President Bashar] Assad nor his allies have any interest in escalation that would lead to his demise, Obama said. And our ally Israel can defend itself with overwhelming force, as well as the unshakable support of the United States of America. Obama said that failing to respond to Syrias use of chemical weapons against civilians would weaken prohibitions against other weapons of mass destruction and embolden Assads ally, Iran, which must decide whether to ignore international law by building a nuclear weapon or to take a more peaceful path. Israeli leaders have reacted to Russias plan which does not include punitive measures against Syria for using chemical weapons with skepticism. President Shimon Peres warned that the Syrians, who welcomed the Russian proposal, have proved they are not credible and that their integrity should not be trusted.
Join the Holocaust Center Thursday, October 31st, 2013 The Westin Seattle 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Come early for exhibits and coffee in the Comcast Green Room 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. The Holocaust Center proudly presents the Voices for Humanity Award to Laurie Warshal Cohen and Mike Cohen for their dedication to the Holocaust Center, and to Comcast for their extaordinary commitment to the Centers work.
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By Isaac Azose La alma dezea gan eden, los pekados no deshan.
The soul desires paradise, but the sins dont allow it. Said when a person finds himself in a situation when he would like very much to be in a better position to achieve a certain goal, but other circumstances or his past do not warrant the success of this venture.
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Olympias Jewish caucus lost a member when Rep. Marcie Maxwell resigned over the summer. But her successor brings that number right back up.
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Rob Carmels six months on the Appalachian trail all 2,180 miles of it ends on Yom Kippur. That adds extra gravitas to this journey of a now-retired soldier.
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A new Orthodox community in Seward Park, which launched just two months ago, has already had to move to a larger space to accommodate its growth.
MORE M.O.T.: Dips and sauces 8 Crossword 8 Jewish & Veggie: Wine with pasta 9 Community Calendar 13 Israel: To Your Health: Spirituality saves lives 16 Lifecycles 19 The Arts 20 The Shouk Classifieds 16 WEB EXCLUSIVE Bookahs for your sukkah
Weve got a handful of kids books by our childrens reviewer Rita Berman Frischer. Find them online in the Books section at www.jtnews.net.
From the Jewish Transcript, September 15, 1976. It was a whirlwind three-day mission to Israel, and Sheldon Steinberg, who then chaired the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattles annual campaign, was running on 36 hours without sleep. But he still was able to greet and speak to Lebanese children at what was then known as the good fence, which marked the border between Israel and Lebanon. The highlight, however, was a dinner with Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin.
Corrections
The August 30 article, With new head of school, Torah Day School turns over a new leaf, incorrectly stated that a former teacher had been convicted of child molestation. At this time he has been charged with the crime. According to the King County Prosecuting Attorneys office, a trial is set for October 28. In the description of the cover art for our Rosh Hashanah issue (Aug. 30), the correct number of items stolen from Czech Jews by the Nazis was 140,000, not 10,000. JTNews regrets the errors.
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Rep. Dave Reichert (R-8th) meets with a contingent of Seattle-area expatriates and Israelis during his visit to Jerusalem.
Detective Tim Renihan of the Seattle Police Department intelligence division; and officers from Fairfax, Va. and Denver, Colo. Speaking at a dinner in Jerusalem at the end of the trip, attended by a number of Israeli opinion makers and a smattering of Seattle-area immigrants, Reichert said there was no substitute for seeing Israels security situation on the ground. I was aware of the size of Israel on a map, but when you travel to the border
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The High Holidays are not a time for partying and fireworks. The holidays suggest that its adherents take time to assess what theyve done in the prior year, and what they might do in the future. Here, we look at some things we might have wanted to do more of in times gone by. We can aim higher in the new year.
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After chatting with It may seem unusual Zach Grashin about for two nice Jewish hummus for half an boys to run a restaurant hour, I had to go home and featuring food from a Muslim make myself a batch. country, but Peter and David It wasnt Garbanzo Bros. Ringold are the owner-operachef David Babanis recipe. tors of Satay in Seattles WallThat is a top-secret compoingford neighborhood, one of nent of Garbanzo Bros., the only three Malaysian restaubusiness Zach and David rants in the city. founded last year. They were first inspired by Garbanzo Bros. makes their Aunt Maimun, a Malaymore than just hummus, Member of sian who married their Uncle offering prepared kosher Steve and came to live in the foodin time for Shabbat, the Tribe Seattle area many years ago. which they deliver on ThursGrowing upMaimun days and Fridays and sell at the Stroum would cook satay and mee goreng [fried Jewish Community Center on Mercer noodles], says Peter, 27. Island on Tuesday afternoons, too. We grew up eating the food, adds Born six days apart in different states, David, who describes their family as multithese brothers have been friends since cultural, so it seemed quite normal. kindergarten and attended Seattle Hebrew Academy and Northwest Yeshiva High School together. Both spent a year after high school in Israel, with David on kibbutz, pressing grapes and bottling olive oil, explains Zach. David studied at the Jerusalem Culinary Institute then returned to the States, where he became a partner in Amba, a vegetarian kosher restaurant in Oakland, along with other projects in the Bay Area. David returned to Seattle last year and worked at RN74 in downtown Seattle, making hummus on the side, for people in Seward Park, says Zach. People just loved it Someone said, You guys should sell it. Thats morphed into a well-over-fulltime business for both men. Im in charge of moving the product, Felicia White says Zach. Dave does production. Peter Ringold, left, with his brother David at their Depending on the weeks orders, we restaurant Satay. can be working 20-hour days, he adds. Zach, who graduated from the UniverThe brothers second inspiration and sity of Washington and is currently workthese guys are actually brothers were ing on a masters in screenwriting from their travels in Southeast Asia and India, Goddard, lived in Australia before returnwhere they loved the food, says Peter, ing to Seattle last year. Garbanzo Bros. particularly the street food, on which started in my familys house, but has since Satays menu is based. moved to an Eastside production facility. Peter and Patrick McCredie, his origWeve filled a unique niche, says inal partner, opened the restaurant in Zach, delivering everything but the fish December 2010. Aunt Maimun proand the meat. vided some recipes and cooking lessons, They hope to add more wholesale or of course. Patrick since returned home to bulk business as they look to spread the L.A., so David, 24, who graduated from beans. Speaking of which, we dont use Vassar in 2011, came on board in Novemcanned beans. David employs a unique ber last year. and not easy process to cook the beans Peter and David do much of the work, that actually takes talent. from greeting guests to cooking, mopping Theyve even earned a seal of approval the floor, says David. They serve the eponfrom some local Israelis. Israelis usuymous satay (a grilled meat skewer served ally disdain hummus outside of Israel with peanut sauce), mee goreng, red curry, on principle, says Zach, but many here Malay-style fried chicken, and sell their give the product a thumbs-up, including house-made peanut sauce by the jar. (See some Israeli kids who worked at the J this the menu at www.satayseattle.com.) summer, who thought it could sell in Israel! Peter, an Occidental College alumnus, Find more, including a cute promodescribes business as pretty solid, and tional video, at gogarbanzo.com.
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the end, taste a noodle each time you remove the top to see if it is done. If not, and there isnt any moisture left on the bottom, add a bit more wine or water (maybe 1/3 cup). When the noodles are done to your liking, make any final adjustments to the seasoning and transfer to serving bowls. Garnish with the remaining uncooked cherry tomatoes and parsley, and another grind of fresh black pepper.
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angels, people who provide for them, give them rides and places to stay, and sometimes even snacks and water left anonymously by the side of the trail. Initially, it was difficult for Rob to accept the generosity of strangers. He eventually came to accept and appreciate the trail magic. The last day of Robs hike begins and ends on opposite sides of Mount Katahdin, the tallest mountain in Maine. That
day happens to fall on Yom Kippur. Our initial thought was that it was extremely inconvenient that he would be hiking through the High Holidays. I grumbled about the frustrations of living as a Jew in a Christian world. Dont people understand the need to be at services? Then I realized how impressive that significance is for us as Jews. Each year, our Jewish traditions provide us with an
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responsibilities. One step at opportunity to take stock of ourback into our community while taking on a time, we begin to see our selves and the lives we lead, to a new role. This challenging hike is preconnections more clearly. note where we have fallen short, paring him for not only a new year, but As Rob travels through and what we can do to improve a new life. As he pushes himself and his this process, he can come ourselves. By beginning the profellow veterans to continue to put one foot home with meaningful cess a month before, we have the in front of the other, they are putting the insight into how to move opportunity to proceed delibyears they spent deployed behind them, erately, so we view teshuva hiking toward a more complete repentance as a challenge healing. rather than an impossibility. To When Rob returns home to be successful, we must push ourOlympia, he will have had the selves to improve, but we also time he needed to let go of the must realize our limitations. We experiences of war as he moves can be aware of the immense into a new year and a new life. spiritual challenge before us When you hear the shofar while still knowing that the only blow, closing this years reflecway we can even begin to meet tive journey on Yom Kippur, Courtesy Rob Carmel that challenge is to take it one Before his retirement from the military, Rob remember Rob stepping off the step at a time. trail, returning to the Pacific Carmel was sent on four deployments throughout Like the preparation for the the world. Northwest, and a life renewed. High Holidays, through-hiking our challenges. This reflection is a reflective practice. Stepping out of Catherine Carmel is director of allows us to see beyond ourregular patterns allows us to deeply conCharlie Flores Jewish Family Life & Learning at template our lives. We can acknowledge selves to our relationships, com- The seven hikers who made it to Dutchess County, N.Y. were honored by Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia. our strengths and come to terms with mitments, communities, and locals in a ceremony along the trail.
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Karen Sakamoto at ksakamoto@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org Nashir all-ages service and new student consecration at 6 p.m., followed by a healthy harvest meal and a craft project in the sukkah. Free with RSVP by September 15. Harvest of the Years service honoring couples celebrating special wedding anniversaries in 5774 followed by champagne and cake. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. required. $40 per child-dad pair, $20 for additional child. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Candlelighting times September 13 ................ 7:09 p.m. September 20.................. 6:59 p.m. September 27.................. 6:40 p.m. October 4......................... 6:26 p.m. Monday
Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org In this hands-on class, Teri will share creative school lunch ideas to make your kids excited to open their lunchboxes every day. SJCC member $20/guest $25. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 2618 NE 80th St., Seattle.
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Karen Sakamoto at ksakamoto@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org TBT welcomes Saint Lukes Lutheran Church to the sukkah. Bring your favorite Jewish dish to share. All-ages event includes a meal and a short service. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 7:30 p.m. The Four Kinds and Their Lessons for Life
Rabbi Shalom Farkash at rabbifarkash@gmail.com Sukkot preparation class. What lies in the way of materializing dreams and ambitions? Examine the symbolism of the lulav and etrog, providing a powerful insight into how to succeed at life. At Chabad of the Central Cascades, 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd., Issaquah.
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Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org See description above. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org Fall-inspired dinner of macaroni and cheese, salad, and butternut squash soup in the sukkah. Activities for kids, dessert, and a story around the campfire with PJ Library. SJCC members $12, guests $18, children $5. At the Stroum JCC Kesher Garden, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
20 September
Elizabeth Fagin at elizabeth@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or betalef.org Adult Torah study with Rabbi Olivier BenHaim while the kids decorate the sukkah. Family potluck, Havdalah and a movie. Free. At the Bet Alef community sukkah, 310 NW 40th St., Seattle. 5 p.m. J Explorers Sukkot Sleepover
Katie London at KatieL@sjcc.org or 206-388-0828 or www.sjcc.org Dinner and Havdalah in the SJCC Kesher Community Garden sukkah. Swim, play gaga, and do arts and crafts. Breakfast included. J Explorers membership
21 September
Peg Elefant at pelefant@hadassah.org or 425-467-9099 or www.hadassah.org/seattle Hadassah fundraiser brunch featuring Hadassah national president Marcie Natan and local author Patty Lazarus. At Overlake Golf & Country Club, 8000 NE 16th St., Seattle. 24 p.m. Kabbalah of Sukkot
Elizabeth Fagin at elizabeth@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or betalef.org Study, discuss and learn in the sukkah the deeper spirituality of Sukkot with Rabbi Olivier BenHaim. Free. At the Bet Alef community sukkah, 310 NW 40th St., Seattle. 3 p.m. Simchas Beis haShoeva
Chabad of Seattle at info@chabadofseattle.org or www.chabadofseattle.org Simchas Beis haShoeva with music and dancing. At Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch, 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle. XXPage 14
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info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 Enjoy food, shake a lulav, celebrate together. A project of the Seattle Kollel and the National Jewish Outreach Project. Free, donations welcome. Contact for location details, West Seattle. 6:308 p.m. Young Adult Sukkah Social
Rebecca Levy at Rebecca@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or bit.ly/sukkahsocial Drop by the HNT sukkah for wine, sangria, cheese and tasty noshes. Open to all young adult Jews in the greater Seattle area. 21-plus. Please register. $5 per person. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7 p.m. In the Land of Rain and Salmon
Lisa Kranseler at lisak@jewishinseattle.org or bit.ly/rainandsalmon Double feature includes In the Land of Rain and Salmon, a production about early Jewish settlers in
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the Northwest, commissioned by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society. Following is a screening of Seattle Jewish Film Festival documentary Renewal, a series of short films about faith traditions preserving the environment. $8 WSJHS and SJCC members, $12 general. At Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave., Seattle.
selection of drinks and hors doeuvres in each sukkah. $36 per person. Contact for addresses, Seattle.
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Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org Pizza, salad, and a beer garden in the SJCC Kesher community garden. Watch the Oakland vs. Denver game. Cosponsored by Two Beers Brewing Co. SJCC member $12, guest $18. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7:3010 p.m. Torah Day School Adult Sukkah Hop
events@tdsseattle.org or 206-722-1200 or tdsseattle.org Adults hop from sukkah to sukkah while sampling a
23 September
Rabbi Rapoport at yrapoport@yahoo.com Simchat Torah party. At Chabad House, 4541 19th Ave. NE, Seattle. 7 p.m. Simchat Torah Party
Chabad of Seattle at info@chabadofseattle.org or www.chabadofseattle.org At Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch, 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle.
26 September
Saturday
Daliah Silver at DaliahS@sjcc.org or 206388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Games, arts and crafts, and activities for kids. Includes dinner. Theme is wacky tacky, a night of games and neon colors, including glow-stick gaga and crazy costumes. SJCC members $30, siblings $15; guests $40, siblings $20. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
28 September
Friday
Elizabeth Fagin at elizabeth@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or betalef.org Dance with the Torah and celebrate Shabbat. Catered Shabbat dinner (for a nominal fee) followed by community worship and learning. Service begins at 7:30 p.m. At Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, 1111
27 September
Sunday
yvonne@friendshipcirclewa.org or 206-374-3637 or www.friendshipcirclewa.org Kick off this new year at a fun event for volunteers with educational training, prizes, food and more. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
29 September
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organization, a ringing endorsement. Peter and David, who grew up at Seattles Congregation Beth Shalom, are enthusiastic about working together. Being brothers, it gets a little complicated sometimes, observes
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families were longtime members of BCMH. BCMH is in its 123rd year. Its the oldest established Orthodox synagogue [in the region], and there are prescribed ways of doing things, said Willner. There was a group of us that, within the lines of halachah [Jewish law], wanted changes, and those changes couldnt happen at BCMH. Among those changes are a wood and glass mechitzah, the divider between the mens and womens sections, as opposed to the traditional setup of women in the balcony. During the Torah processional, the Torah is marched around to the womens side. Women and teens can give divrei Torah short speeches about the weekly Torah portion during Shabbat morning services a role typically left to the men. The Torah coming over to the womens side is a huge thing, said Willner. It makes a big difference. And its not possible at BCMH. Ohr Chadash counts among its regulars BCMHs former rabbi, Rabbi Moshe Kletenik, and his wife, Rivy Poupko Kletenik. Kleteniks contract with BCMH ended June 30 of this year. That particular Shabbat afternoon, Kletenik was giving a short talk on the concept of teshuva, or repentance. Rivy Kletenik, who used to lead well-attended classes at BCMH on Shabbat afternoons,
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conducted a series of High Holiday preparation classes for the new minyan. Willner is excited to have the rabbi involved. We didnt know until we became public if he would join us, she said. He really has brought his knowledge and know-how. Minyan Ohr Chadash meets on Shabbat and holidays for all services. Services are lay led. Willner says the minyans
future is still being written. We know we have a lease for a year, she said. We just want to keep doing what were doing as best as we can and figure it out as we go. Its working right now. I couldnt have told you what it would look like nine weeks ago. Ohr Chadash leaders managed to put together High Holiday services with lay leaders, guest speakers, and childcare while arranging the new space, which required rabbinic approval because it is attached to a church. Over the weekend of October 11, it will host its first scholar in residence, Rabbi Daniel Landes, director of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem. Landes will give several lectures about the interactions and tensions between rabbinic sages, and how they shaped Jewish history. The largest constituency of Ohr Chadash is adults with grown children, but younger families and couples such as Willner and her husband are attracted to its vibrancy and sense of partnership.
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Ive become way more religious! Willner said. I go to shul a lot more. Adrienne Query-Fiss, another younger member, said her attraction to Ohr Chadash was about making change in a place that felt so resistant to making change. Query-Fiss is happy to have found a place she feels comfortable raising her infant son. I started to feel like there was a voice maybe it wasnt mine but it was people like me. Carlos Alcabes, a member of Sephardic Bikur Holim Congregation, attended Ohr Chadash with his wife, Meryl, because when it met at Kline Galland it was close to his house. He now attends every Shabbat and hosted kiddush at their home all summer. I really like the singing. I like the fact that women are not so far away that they cannot see the service and participate, he said. You feel you count. In the past eight weeks of creating this, weve become close with these families, said Willner. I step back and think, we really created a community. eating a lot of anti-oxidants and Omega-3 fatty acid-rich foods, watching your blood pressure, and nurturing a social life. We wish we could tell people that taking a pill or doing a puzzle everyday would prevent this terrible disease, wrote Kaufman in Jewish Image magazine, but current evidence and clinical practice doesnt support this.
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September 21 through October 17 Shtetl Tales and Bible Stories Art exhibit Bothell resident and artist Ronnie Dollingers solo show Shtetl Tales features colorful acrylic paintings on canvas depicting family, religious, and public life from the villages of the Old World. Bible Stories portrays Hebrew Bible tales in whimsical detail through gouache on watercolor paper. An artists reception will take place on September 21 from 4 to 7 p.m. At TSUGA Fine Art, corner of Main Street and 101st Avenue NE, Bothell. The gallery is open Tuesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday 10 a.m.5 p.m., and Saturday 10 a.m.-4 p.m. For more information call 425-483-7385 or visit www.TsugaFineArt.com.
Saturday, September 21 at 7 p.m. Eran Zur Concert Eran Zur, Israeli superstar rock poet, will hold an intimate concert for fans in Seattle. Zur, who used to be a member of the band Tattoo and leads the popular band Carmela Gross Wagner, has been performing for almost three decades and has released five solo albums. Tickets are $40 in advance, $20 for students, and $50 at the door. At Bellevue Youth Theatre, 16661 Northup Way, Bellevue. For more information and tickets contact Nurit at israelimusic@ hotmail.com or 425-246-7311 or visit www.brownpapertickets.com/ event/446676.
Sunday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. Moshe Kasher Comedian. Child Genius. Jew. Jew Comedian. OBGYN. Pleasure center. Good tipper. Guiding light. Beefcake. Named by Variety Magazine as one of 10 comics to watch, Moshe Kasher has most recently appeared on Chelsea Lately, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, and Conan. He writes for NBCs The New Normal and co-hosts the podcast The Champs. At The Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets are $20-$23 and available through TicketMaster. For more information contact info@thetripledoor.com or visit www.thetripledoor.net.
Monday, September 23-Sunday, September 29, 7-11 p.m. Renewal Outdoor film The Seattle Jewish Film Festival presents an installation of the documentary Renewal (2008), eight short films about different faith traditions and their approaches to environmental preservation. The film will be projected from a sukkah designed by George Ostrow onto the side of historic Washington Hall (the original Bikur Holim synagogue) nightly. Viewers are welcome to stay for the entire film or stop in for a single story. On September 22 at 7 p.m., the film will be preceded by a performance of Washington State Jewish Historical Society and Book-It Repertory Theatres In the Land of Rain and Salmon as part of a site-specific grant program from 4Culture. At Washington Hall, 153 14th Ave., Seattle. Free. For more information visit bit.ly/rainandsalmon.
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