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10 the arts JtNews . www.JtNews.Net . friday, November 2, 2012 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 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. 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 where to worship Kavana Cooperative kavanaseattle@gmail.com 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 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. 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. 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 Rabbi@ChabadClarkCounty.com 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. yakimatemple@gmail.com
friday, November 2, 2012 . www.JtNews.Net . JtNews the arts 11 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. 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 temple@templebetham.org. Home owners club ® Vicki Robbins, ctc 1202 harrison seattle 98109 Have you ever worried about which electrician to call for help? Which painter or carpenter or appliance repairman? For over 50 years the Home owners club has assisted thousands of local homeowners in securing quality and guaranteed home services! To join or for more information call… (206) 622-3500 www.homeownersclub.org Robbins Travel at Lake City The most experienced travel agent in town! We are your experts for Israel— our specialty! UW special contract fares Multi-lingual Great prices on Hawaii packages, cruises, international tickets and tours. Your key to the world. 12316 Lake City Way NE • Seattle, WA 98125 Tel: (206) 526-5010 • (206) 364-0100 Toll free: 1-800-621-2662 robbins@lakecitytravel.com W ruDerMaN Page 6 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. W seaTTle PoliCe Page 6 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.’” . . . . 206-722-1936 www.hfla-seattle.com n hfla-seattle@yahoo.com Grades 6-8 at Green Lake Academic Excellence Personalized Advisory Integrated Outdoor Program Exceptional Faculty Open Houses: Wednesday Nov 7, 6:30 pm & Tuesday Dec 11, 6:30 pm. “Drop In” events Saturday, Dec 1, and Saturday Jan 12, 10am-noon. www.billingsmiddleschool.org 206-547-4614 Billings Middle School admits students of any religion, race, color, sexual orientationand national or ethnic origin. W MeNDeleviTCh Page 7 “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. Interest-free lending with dignity.
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