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Two local day schools receive national award 

Janis siegel JTNews Correspondent 

For 2012, there’s an extra $25,000 in each of the coffers of the Seattle 

Jewish Community School and the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan 

Seattle to buoy them through the new year. 

The two day schools were chosen, as were 23 other institutions, from 

127 schools in the U.S. that applied for the Partnership for Excellence in 

Jewish Education 2011 Challenge Award. Both schools won for implementing 

creative new revenue streams in their schools to strengthen 

Jewish education and Jewish community, which is PEJE’s mission. 

“Providing a high-quality Jewish day school education to current 

and future generations of Jewish children is vital to a vibrant and enduring 

Jewish future,” said Donna Woonteiler, PEJE’s director of marketing 

and communications, in the organization’s December 2011 award 

announcement. “And in today’s economic climate, attaining sustainability 

and affordability for our day schools is the most essential factor 

in meeting this goal.” 

Both schools submitted applications for the prize, and according to 

PEJE the applications received multiple reviews before winners were 

selected. 

Studies have repeatedly shown that one of the best promoters of 

Jewish identity and the best antidote to Jewish assimilation in the U.S. 

is a full-time Jewish day school education. The research reveals that it 

grounds children, creating strong Jewish connections. Day schools also 

provide enterprising adult education programs that engage parents in 

lifelong learning. 

“This list gives us a national picture, not of crisis, but of hope, hard 

work, innovation, and resiliency,” said PEJE board chair Diane Troderman 

in the same announcement referring to the award winners. 

Thirteen of the winning schools were community and multi-denominational 

schools — both JDS and SJCS fall into that category — and 

seven were from Orthodox communities. Another six schools won from 

the Conservative movement, and one school from the Reform community 

received the award. 

Fourteen small schools, defined by a student body of 200 students or 

less, of which SJCS is one, won the award. In total, the PEJE gave $625,000 

in Challenge Award money to Jewish schools across the country. 

PEJE is a leading resource organization focused on keeping Jewish education 

affordable and ongoing by fostering initiatives that help schools 

boost revenue through annual campaigns, legacies, and endowments. 

Last year, SJCS embarked on a strategy to market its new “brand” 

as a “multi-use community hub and a gateway for Jewish families,” 

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Why it is right to scrutinize Iran’s human rights abuses 

Wendy Rosen Special to JTNews 

As Iran ignores the international community 

while developing nuclear weapons, 

the regime’s abysmal treatment of 

its own citizens is equally disturbing, and 

now is capturing global attention and 

action. It is time we all pay heed. 

UN member states put Iranian human 

rights abuses front and center last month 

by endorsing two new reports — one by 

Special Rapporteur on the Situation of 

Human Rights in Iran Ahmed Shaheed 

and the other by UN Secretary General 

Ban Ki-moon — that expressed grave 

concern about the country’s continuing 

assault on human rights. A UN General 

Assembly resolution, introduced by 

Canada, gained 89 countries voting in 

favor and 30 against, with 64 abstentions. 

All of the world’s Western democracies 

supported the nonbinding resolution. 

The UN resolution identified a wide 

range of heinous acts carried out by Iranian 

government agents, including: 

• The frequent use of torture 

• Flogging and amputation 

• Infliction of capital punishment 

for vaguely defined crimes, often 

through coerced confessions 

• Frequent public executions and 

secret group executions 

• Infliction of the death penalty against 

minors 

• Execution by stoning, despite a government 

rule against it, and by prolonged 

strangulation. 

It has been reported elsewhere that 

Iran executed more than 450 people in 

2011, one-third of them in secret. 

UN members also expressed deep concern 

at “pervasive gender inequality and 

violence against women” in Iran, as well 

as a continued crackdown on women’s 

human rights defenders and the violent 

repression and arrest of women exercising 

their right to peaceful assembly. The UN 

reports on Iran both focused on the persistent 

arrest of women working for the 

“Campaign for Equality,” also known as 

the “One Million Signatures” campaign, 

which seeks to bring attention to serious 

forms of gender inequality enshrined in 

Iranian law. 

Iran has engaged in “ongoing, systemic, 

and serious” infringement of 

freedom of expression and freedom of 

peaceful assembly, according to the UN 

resolution. It noted the extensive imprisonment 

of journalists and bloggers, the 

forceful breaking up of demonstrations, 

unfair trial practices that prevail in the 

Iranian revolutionary courts, and arrests 

and death sentences for the vague charge 

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of “enmity against God.” The UN resolution 

called on Iran to immediately release 

those detained “for simply exercising their 

right to peaceful assembly and participating 

in peaceful protests.” 

Iranian violations of the rights of 

ethnic and religious minorities were also 

cited in the UN resolution. It particularly 

highlighted persecution of members 

of the Baha’i faith, noting that they have 

been arbitrarily imprisoned and denied 

employment, government benefits and 

higher education, and that 20-year prison 

sentences were reinstated against leaders 

of their faith following “deeply flawed 

legal proceedings.” 

The UN also called for Iran to launch 

an impartial investigation of allegations of 

killings and other abuses in the crackdown 

by police and paramilitaries that followed 

the 2009 presidential elections, which 

were widely perceived as fraudulent. Iran 

was pressed to prosecute those responsible 

for the post-election abuses and to ensure 

that the upcoming 2012 parliamentary 

elections “reflect the will of the people.” 

These findings remind everyone that it 

is vitally important that all member states 

support the UN’s efforts to improve the 

human rights situation in Iran and the 

specific recommendations it has set out as 

a needed course of action. This includes 

pressing Iran to cooperate fully with the 

mandate of the special rapporteur and to 

allow him to visit the country, to allow for 

the fair investigation of and public reporting 

on human rights violations, to stop 

the practice of imprisoning and executing 

those who express dissent, and to release 

those already imprisoned. For all of Iran’s 

bluster and denial, its leaders are sensitive 

to such criticism. Iran withdrew its application 

for a seat on the UN Human Rights 

Council in 2010 after international outcry 

about how it treats its own people. 

The realization that such a country may 

soon possess a nuclear weapon provides 

added impetus to highlight its humanrights 

record and press for change. Indeed, 

we should recall the insight by Soviet 

physicist and Nobel Peace Prize winner 

Andrei Sakharov, who pointed out that 

“the defense of human rights…[is] the 

only sure basis for genuine and lasting 

international cooperation.” 

Iran must be pressured, by the UN, the 

U.S., and others, to fundamentally alter its 

human rights record before we can hope 

to make genuine progress on other issues 

of global importance. 

Wendy Rosen is executive director of the 

Seattle chapter of American Jewish Committee. 

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the rabbi’s turn 

Life is good 

Rabbi MaRk spiRo LivingJudaism 

Out of approximately 1.1 

million Jews who were imprisoned 

in Auschwitz, there are 

only two who were known to 

have been born there. One of 

them was Angela Polgar. 

When Polgar’s expectant 

mother Vera arrived in Auschwitz 

in May of 1944, along 

with nearly half of Hungary’s 

Jewish population, the death 

camp was operating at peak 

efficiency, liquidating more than 132,000 

inmates per month. The chances of anybody 

surviving Auschwitz were already not much 

more than one in 10, but for a pregnant 

woman they were far slimmer, which is why 

it was standard practice for Jewish inmate 

doctors to perform clandestine abortions as 

a life-saving measure for the mothers, who 

were otherwise almost certain to be cremated 

along with their newborn babies. 

After one doctor offered Vera an abortion, 

her mother came to her in a dream, 

telling her: “Veruska, you are eight 

months pregnant, and you don’t do this 

because the fetus is already alive and ready 

to leave. Believe in God and He will be 

with you. Maybe a miracle will happen, 

but don’t do it!” 

The next day, Vera refused the doctor’s 

offer, and barely a month later — 

against all odds — her daughter Angela 

was not only born, but managed to survive, 

hidden until the camp’s liberation by 

Soviet troops the following month. 

This week’s Torah reading introduces 

us to another child whose birth and survival 

seem to defy all odds. Like Angela 

Polgar thousands of years later, Moshe, 

the future savior of the Jews, is born in 

a brutal labor camp, facing near-certain 

death at the hands of his oppressors, and 

like Angela, he too manages to survive by 

hiding. Although Egyptian genocide was 

directed exclusively against the males, 

like the Nazis they too pursued a carefully 

orchestrated plan designed to rob their 

victims of all hope, ultimately compelling 

the men of that generation to divorce their 

wives en masse rather than condemn their 

unborn children to death. 

But just as Vera Polgar was visited by 

her mother in a dream, our oral tradition 

teaches us that Moshe’s father Amram 

— the leader of that generation — was 

also visited by a family member bearing 

a strikingly similar message: “His daughter 

[Miriam] said to him: Father, your 

decree is harsher than Pharaoh’s. Pharaoh’s 

decree was only against the males, 

but yours is against both the males and the 

females… [As a result of Miriam’s rebuke] 

they all remarried their wives” (Talmud 

tractate Sota 14a). 

Both Angela Polgar and 

Moshe were born as a result 

of an act of faith that defied 

reason and logic. It made no 

sense to bring children into a 

world where the only choices 

were immediate death or a 

short life of pointless suffering 

and despair. But in both 

cases that’s exactly what their 

parents did, because when all 

is said and done, the value of 

even a single moment of life is beyond our 

ability to measure or comprehend. 

The inherent goodness of life has 

always been a basic axiom of Jewish belief, 

and is arguably one of the most important 

concepts we’ve bequeathed to the world. It 

factors heavily into our approach to major 

life issues, such as abortion and euthanasia. 

It should also influence the way we live 

our daily lives. 

King David exhorts us to “Serve God 

with joy” (Psalm 100), because joy is the 

emotion that we naturally feel when we see 

life for what it really is, without distortion. 

If we could see things as they truly are, 

we would realize that the mere fact that 

we woke up this morning is tantamount 

to winning the lottery. The winner of the 

$10 million jackpot doesn’t notice when 

he breaks a few dishes. Similarly, people 

who get a new lease on life aren’t bothered 

by things that used to be a big deal to them 

because they’re way too happy to be alive 

to even notice them. 

This doesn’t mean that life is always 

going to feel good. There is no known antidote 

to our penchant for feeling down at 

times, nor should we ever judge or deny 

our feelings when we do. But in order 

for us to live productive and happy lives, 

we must maintain a healthy sense of perspective 

regarding our emotions. Positive 

thoughts and feelings, such as hopefulness, 

enthusiasm, compassion, a sense of 

humor and lightheartedness are all reliable 

indicators that we are heading in the right 

direction because life is inherently good. 

Negativity in any of its forms, on the other 

hand, is a pretty sure sign that we’re not. 

Pain and suffering are a real part of life, 

and should never be minimized. That’s 

precisely why we must nurture our underlying 

faith in life’s essential goodness. 

This belief cannot come from our intellect 

alone, since we can just as easily rationalize 

that life is bitter and unfair. Rather, we 

must realize the simple truth that already 

lies within us; that no matter how difficult 

life can be, it’s worth it. Recognition 

of this simple truth brought redemption 

to Angela Polgar, Moshe and ultimately, 

the entire Jewish people. It can no doubt 

do the same for us as well. 

letters to the editor 

WE ALL mAkE mIsTAkEs 

I am very disappointed in your response to Martin Jaffee’s article about Myron Cohon (“To 

the family of Myron Cohon and our community,” Dec. 23). He made a mistake. I’m sure his 

apology is sincere and he should be forgiven for his lapse. 

I am the secular Jew he is talking about in some of his articles. I may not go to shul but 

I do have many of the values and ideals I learned growing up in a Jewish household, and I 

have tried to pass these on to my children. 

One of those values is forgiveness. Mr. Jaffee is an interesting journalist. I don’t always 

agree with him but I find his articles thoughtful and fun to read. 

Firing him or making him resign is a sad day for this paper. I hope you will both reconsider. 

The Cohon family, Mr. Jaffee and JTNews need to take a few minutes to remind themselves 

that we all make mistakes. We can grow and learn from them and become better and 

more thoughtful people. 

Barbara Cooper 

Anacortes 

A LATE THAnk yOu 

I was saddened and disappointed to read that Professor Martin Jaffee will no longer be 

writing his column for this paper. He obviously made incorrect and hurtful assumptions in his 

last column about Myron Cohon, and the Cohon family was understandably outraged. But the 

paper’s apology and the family’s response raised some issues for me. 

First, there was no appreciation of Professor Jaffee’s contribution as a columnist for almost 

eight years. I’m sure there are reasons why more wasn’t said, but I would like to take the 

opportunity to thank him. I very much enjoyed his columns and looked forward to them. I 

found them to be interesting, funny, educational, and thought-provoking. I don’t think the 

problems with his last column should completely overshadow an otherwise distinguished 

career with this paper, and he deserves better recognition. 

Second, I appreciated the family’s heartfelt response because it helped me get to know the 

real Myron Cohon, and in that regard I think it did a true service to his memory. But I think it 

went too far by personally attacking Professor Jaffee, questioning his piety, and making this 

about Reform vs. Orthodox and who is a better Jew. Finally, is there no room in all this for forgiveness? 

One thing I would hope we could all agree upon, regardless of our slice of Judaism, 

is that we allow each other to acknowledge our sins, to make teshuvah, and to start again. 

Professor Jaffee made a big mistake, apologized to the family, the paper, and the public, and 

will probably atone for it for many years to come. Doesn’t our faith offer him another chance? 

There are serious issues and tensions underlying this situation that our community should 

discuss, and Professor Jaffee is an important voice. What do we gain by silencing him? His 

columns just might be far more sensitive and insightful as a result of this painful experience, 

and we too would benefit from keeping the conversation going. 

Perry Weinberg 

seattle 

unJusTIFIABLE sTATEmEnTs 

Undoubtedly Jaffee made errors. Nothing excuses William Cohon’s “he occupies the 

Samuel and Althea Stroum chair in Jewish Studies, at the University of Washington, which 

means that both the State of Washington and the Stroum family vouch for him.” 

Cohon was trying for more than just an apology, he was trying to destroy the man. 

The fact that you published that statement is harder to justify than your publishing 

Jaffee’s misstatements. 

Paul Baenen 

seattle 

TAkE A DEEP BREATH 

Martin Jaffee blew it. Jaffee used an individual’s life and death to illustrate a continuing concern 

of the Jewish community, the loss of member(s) to the majority culture. Jaffee assumed 

incorrectly that in the last part of Myron Cohon’s life, Cohon was lost to the Jewish community. 

The JTNews, in printing Jaffee’s piece equally blew it. Jaffee apologizes and is being fired, the 

JTNews apologizes and continues business as usual. Jaffee is being scapegoated. 

Whether Cohon was “the right kind of a Jew” for all of his life is a secondary consideration. 

The main issue is, even if Cohon was “lost” to the Jewish community, Cohon was entitled to 

live his life as he chose, without criticism. 

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“He really, really, really, really wanted a sibling in the house.” 

— Jennifer Muscatel McLeod, on the big brother of Washington’s first Jewish baby of 2012. See page 20. 

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W LeTTeRS Page 3 You both apologize, as you should, for both factual inaccuracy, and offensive timing. But though 

Professor Jaffee claims to, neither of you truly disavows your judgment of those Jews who are not 

I assume Jaffee’s motives were honorable, that he was making the point that the best place 

for every Jew is in the Jewish community, for the individual’s good and for the community’s good, 

which, for what it’s worth, I agree. To quote a Christian adage, “The road to hell is paved with good 

intentions.” An “Onion” t-shirt reads, “Stereotypes are real time savers.” At least in the short term, 

assumptions can also be. Longer term, maybe not. Yet, let any who haven’t assumed and unnecessarily 

personalized it when making a point, raise a hand. 

Anti-Semitism from those who think they’d like to make the world Judenrein, “clean of Jews,” not 

surprisingly promotes in at least some Jews feelings of being under such constant threat and maybe 

those who don’t have such fears are in denial. The loss of one member can feel like an existential threat. 

So, though Jaffee’s religious beliefs aren’t mine — I don’t have any — I think that he has the 

interests of the Jewish people at heart, including people like me, and shouldn’t be punished because 

of a seriously insensitive gaffe. So maybe the JTNews needs to take a deep breath. Let him write in 

the JTNews. Don’t pillory him for an error that any us can make. Besides, he’s a very good writer. 

sidney stock 

Bellevue 

HORRIFIED 

Thank you for the letter addressed to Myron Cohon, his family, and the community, published in 

JTNews on Fri., Dec. 23, 2011. I was horrified to read the cruel, arrogant column written by Martin 

Jaffee, published in the JTNews on Dec. 9, criticizing the obituary and life of Mr. Cohon. The apology 

from Mr. Jaffee was essential, although his carelessness in writing the column in the first place 

was appalling. Such writings create separation within the Jewish community, not commitment. Mr. 

Jaffee, in assuming he had the judgment authority of God, brought shame upon the University of 

Washington, the JTNews, and himself. Now that his column has been discontinued, I am willing to 

renew my subscription. Such a mistake should never be repeated by the JTNews. 

Hillary Lipe 

seattle 

sTILL muCH TO APOLOgIzE FOR 

I’m sorry, but while I appreciate your apologies, you have still missed the mark. In fact, you and 

Professor Jaffee are still on the same page, though you profess not to be. 

Supreme Court rejects Washington State prisoner case 

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 

denial to move forward, a lawsuit that 

dragged on for more than five years 

was definitively decided in favor of 

Jewish Prisoner Services International on 

Monday. The suit, filed by inmate Dennis 

Florer in 2006, against JPSI and its CEO, 

Chaplain Gary Friedman, intimated that 

because Friedman was under contract to 

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Deborah Frockt, director of advancement 

at the Northend community school, told 

JTNews. This year, the school is celebrating 

its 20-year anniversary, marking its 

sixth year since it moved into the expansive 

location in North Seattle. The school, 

which offers a K-5 general and Judaic curriculum, 

was housed in temporary digs for 

the first 15 years of its existence. 

“We’re utilizing what we know parents 

want from our research, looking at what 

our community does not yet have, and 

JFS services and programs 

are made possible through 

generous community support of 

provide services to inmates, he should be 

considered a state actor. 

Florer vs. Congregation Pidyon 

Shevuyim had been rejected by the 9th 

Circuit Court of Appeals, then reinstated 

before it was rejected again last April. 

At that point, Florer took the case to 

the Supreme Court. His attorney, Leonard 

J. Feldman, and a group of University of 

proceeding with the notion that SJCS can 

be a community in different ways for different 

families,” explained Frockt. “Some 

will have a casual and occasional relationship 

with us…. Some will have a deeper 

and longer connection directly with us by 

enrolling children in our school. Whatever 

the particular journey of an individual 

family, SJCS can be the community 

gateway for this geographic area.” 

Currently, SJCS collaborates in partnership 

with the Seattle Jewish Cooperative 

Playschool, the Stroum Jewish 

Community Center, and the PJ Library, 

For more information, please 

visit www.jfsseattle.org 

“Jewish enough” for you. That is wrong. 

What if my father was a “secular Jew” who valued Jewish and non-Jewish intellectual and artistic 

achievements equally? What if he did marry a person he loved and who was not a practicing Jew? What 

if he did raise a child who chose not to practice Judaism, and two who married gentiles? What if he did 

love and accept his children’s spouses and his grandchildren equally, regardless of their religious heritage 

or practices? What if “the life of Torah” was not “an existential concern” to Myron or some members 

of his family? What if you were factually correct about his life, and if the timing of your criticism 

had not been so inappropriate? I’ll tell you: It was still wrong. It was religious and ethnic intolerance. 

It was not only Myron’s recognition of his Jewish identity, and the fact that some of his progeny 

remain active in the Jewish community, that makes the article wrong. It is wrong because you criticize 

those aspects of his life, and those members of his family, that are not Jewish enough for you. 

It is wrong because you deny the validity of each individual’s choice as to how they carry forward 

their religious and ethnic heritage. In failing to recognize that error, you still have much to learn 

from Myron, and much to apologize for to his family. 

keith Cohon 

seattle 

FOWL COmmEnTARy 

I want to respond to the article written by Tzippy Wiens titled “Killing Animals” (Jew-ish Magazine, 

Dec. 23). I realize that most people do eat animals and I praise the article for being very open 

and upfront about what happens to animals and how they actually go from being living, feeling 

creatures to something presented on a platter. Sadly, most people try not to make the connection 

and are “disconnected from their food.” 

As a vegetarian, the article struck me as brutal and disturbing. I found the words in the caption, 

“Few things bond a group faster than ritually slaughtering and preparing turkeys,” a horrifying 

commentary on the human condition. I am reminded of the words of Isaac Bashevis Singer 

who wrote, “In relation to animals all people are Nazis; for the animals, it is an eternal Treblinka.” 

Something to think about. 

Jack Fackerell 

Redmond 

Washington law students who had taken 

up the case, withdrew after the 9th Circuit’s 

ruling. The Supreme Court rejected 

the case without comment. 

“The net result is it clearly establishes 

that a chaplain, whether they’re staff or 

contract or volunteer, is not a state actor… 

when they’re functioning in a clerical or 

ecclesiastical capacity,” Friedman said. 

a national program administered locally 

by the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle 

that mails Jewish children’s literature 

and music to families across the country 

each month. 

The Jewish Day School’s head of school, 

Maria Erlitz, said that the preschool–8th 

grade non-denominational academy will 

apply the award money toward beefing up 

its Discovery Grant program, which helps 

financially struggling families pay their 

tuition using monies from community 

donors. The award money will also provide 

ongoing funding for the school’s learning- 

Though Feldman told JTNews last year 

following the 9th Circuit’s dismissal that 

he didn’t believe the case would have wide 

significance, Friedman said that this ruling 

should curb predatory lawsuits against 

religious entities. 

— Joel Magalnick 

based inquiry program, which encourages 

learning beyond the classroom. 

“JDS believes it is our responsibility 

to offer an exceptional education that 

empowers our children to be wise and 

compassionate human beings committed 

to life-long learning, and making a positive 

difference in the world and their community,” 

Erlitz said. “JDS is also launching 

an enhanced differentiated learning program 

focused on gifted children to offer 

expanded programming opportunities 

for local Jewish students to further excel 

in school.” 

“The help from JFS was a life saver in an ocean of despair.” 

– Emergency Services Client, Jewish Family Service

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Az got zol voynen af der erd, voltn im di mentshn di fentster 

oysgeshlogen. 

If God lived on earth, people would break His windows. 

Thirty women who changed the world 

In a countdown to its annual Connections women’s event, the Jewish Federation of 

Greater Seattle is highlighting one Jewish woman every day who has made an impact 

on the world. Profiled so far are such luminaries as sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, 

groundbreaking actress Bea Arthur, and professional basketball player Nancy Lieberman. 

Author Iris Krasnow headlines this year’s event. She will share her insights from speaking 

with hundreds of women while researching her books as well as her own Jewish history. 

Visit www.jewishinseattle.org to learn about each of these women and to register for 

the Jan. 29 event. 

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Peace talks 6 

That’s what local Jewish leaders are hoping for — with St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. They contend that the 

Seattle church has hosted a slew of speakers that are critical of Israel without any balance. 

Washington’s second Jewish member of Congress? Perhaps 8 

With lines redrawn and a new tenth congressional district, the battle for the open seat in the 1st just got 

more interesting. Even more so for this community, since two of the candidates are Jewish. 

J.Teen Magazine 11 

Arts and poetry 11–12 

Secular B’nai Mitzvah 13 

Be a performer 14 

Baby’s arrived! 20 

The first Jewish baby of 2012 arrived just a few hours after the year began, and her family couldn’t be 

more excited. 

Neil and Frank: A retrospective 22 

It’s not Hebrew folk tunes by any stretch of the imagination, but the music of these titans of mid-20thcentury 

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“Israel should not be allowed to speak 

on behalf of world Jewry,” said Omar 

Barghouti at St. Mark’s Cathedral on the 

evening of January 5. “It’s a colonial state, 

it’s an occupier; it cannot speak for the 

Jews.” The room erupted in applause. “The 

lobby is doing its best to bully or to entrap 

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Queens College in New York, who shared 

the stage with Pappé and considers himself 

liberal and pro-Israel, criticized St. 

Mark’s for hosting an unbalanced discussion 

on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On 

more than one occasion, St. Mark’s has 

also hosted Reverend Naim Ateek, a Palestinian 

liberation theologian who has 

compared the Palestinians to Christ and 

Israelis to Romans. 

According to the letter to Bishop 

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shifts to the vitriolic describing 

Israel and the Jewish people as committing 

‘gradual ethnic cleansing to Judaize their 

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and a ‘slow genocide.’” 

“We were at the end of our rope,” 

Rosen said. 

On Jan. 6, Rickel met with Rabbi Daniel 

Weiner of Temple De Hirsch Sinai to set 

the dialogue in motion. Weiner, who has 

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Seattle on Israel.” 

Rickel, in an email, said, “I remain 

open and hopeful for dialogue.” 

But Rosen remains skeptical. 

“I’m concerned that the leadership of 

St. Mark’s may not be as interested” in that 

dialogue as much as Rickel and the Jewish 

community are, she said. 

“I don’t see any evidence that they want 

to move this relationship to a positive 

place,” she said. “My frustration is that I 

feel St. Mark’s — they talk the talk but they 

don’t walk the walk. They verbally extend 

the olive branch.” 

The church’s assistant bishop, Cabell 

Tennis, moderated Barghouti’s talk. 

Tennis, who calls himself “anti-Israeli 

government,” was involved with the South 

African divestiture movement and like 

other BDS activists he connects the two 

situations. 

“At least in the Middle East the Anglicans 

are Palestinians, so we are connected 

to our fellow church folks,” he said. “More 

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The U.S. Congress, he told JTNews, is 

not just supportive of Israel, but it is owned 

by Israel through big dollars from the Christian 

right and organizations like AIPAC. 

“It’s kind of like the gun lobby,” he said. 

During his talk, Barghouti repeatedly 

emphasized non-violent struggle and 

taking the moral high ground. He encouraged 

the Episcopalian and Presbyterian 

movements to grow their support of BDS. 

“If you cannot help us in the struggle, 

do your part to end complicity,” he said 

at the end of the talk. “This is what Martin 

Luther King would have done.” 

Barghouti received a standing ovation. 

According to Tennis, the Anglican 

Church does not have immediate plans 

to ideologically divest from Israel; however, 

“We have a resolution going through 

the Episcopal Church that doesn’t say we 

support BDS, but Steadfast Hope, which 

includes looking at BDS.” (Steadfast Hope 

is a guide for peace and reconciliation produced 

by the Presbyterian Church.) 

Weiner noted that while Rickel cannot 

control the ideologies of individual church 

leaders, he said, “I think it’s very problematic. 

If the church as a whole — if their 

vestry decides to [adopt BDS measures] 

it would be disturbing and problematic.” 

Jewish leaders say that if the church 

continues to move in a pro-BDS direction, 

both the Christian and the Jewish communities 

will suffer. 

“You can’t say a dialogue isn’t useful 

when a dialogue hasn’t occurred,” said 

Carstensen of the Jewish Federation. “It 

alienates Jews. It alienates mainstream 

Christians.” 

Both groups have a lot in common, he 

added, especially in the realm of humanitarian 

work. “Tikkun olam and Christian 

social teaching are not far apart at all. If 

the Episcopal Church divests fully, then 

you shut the door on those opportunities 

where we have a lot of common ground.” 

“The most important thing,” Weiner 

said, is “there is a silent, albeit apathetic, 

majority that doesn’t know or care that 

these [BDS activities] are being done in 

their name. If they knew more about it 

they would not be happy about it. That’s 

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Jewish candidates compete to represent redrawn 

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Concern for minority representation 

in Congress has had a peculiar effect on 

Washington State’s political map. 

In redrawing congressional districts 

and adding a tenth to conform with the 

2010 census, the state redistricting commission 

deliberately made the 9th District 

the first in Washington in which more 

than half the population is non-white. This 

“majority minority” district, which runs 

from Southeast Seattle through Renton, 

Kent, Federal Way, Seattle-Tacoma International 

Airport and the Port of Tacoma, 

includes areas with heavy Jewish populations: 

Mercer Island, Bellevue and Seattle’s 

Seward Park neighborhood. 

At the same time, but without any indication 

of intent, the bipartisan commission 

made it significantly harder for at 

least two Jewish candidates — or any other 

Democrat — to win an open seat this year 

in the drastically reshaped 1st District, 

which has far fewer Jews. 

Either former state Rep. Laura Ruderman, 

D-45th, or her successor in the legislature, 

Roger Goodman, who live blocks 

apart in Kirkland, would be only the 

second known Jew to be elected to Congress 

from Washington. 

The first, representing a more compact 

but still overwhelmingly non- 

Jewish 1st District, was Republican 

John R. Miller, formerly 

a Seattle City Council member 

and KIRO television commentator. 

He served four terms, 

then opted not to run for a fifth 

in 1992. He later served as director 

of the U.S. State Department’s 

Office to Monitor and 

Combat Trafficking in Persons. 

The 1st District race became 

open when Rep. Jay Inslee, a 

Democrat who won increasingly 

lopsided majorities after ousting 

Republican Rick White in 1998, announced 

last year he would run instead for governor. 

“I think there were a lot of people who 

were expecting the 1st to be a solidly Democratic 

district, and now it is up for grabs,” 

Ruderman said. 

“It is now the most evenly divided district 

in the United States,” Goodman said. 

In 2010, voters in what is set to become 

the 1st District favored Republican Dino 

Rossi by 51 percent against Democratic 

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Few changes were made 

in 2002. 

The new 1st appears as an ungainly 

blob extending east from Kirkland and 

Redmond to the crest of the Cascades and 

north 90 miles through suburbs, towns, 

farms and forests to the Canadian border, 

including Mount Vernon, while skirting 

Everett and Bellingham. 

Barring contrary action by the legislature, 

widely viewed as unlikely, the new district 

lines take effect in elections this year. 

Zach Carstensen, director of government 

relations and public affairs for the 

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, said 

that as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization 

the Federation is barred from endorsing 

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we would be proud.” 

The new district does not include 

the home of Andrew Hughes, a Jewish 

tax attorney in North Seattle and political 

newcomer who also filed for the 1st 

District seat last fall. Candidates are not 

legally required to be residents of the district 

in which they run, but Hughes is 

reconsidering nonetheless. 

He reported more than $140,000 in 

receipts in his first three months of fundraising, 

including $57,000 from his own 

pockets. 

Goodman says he has raised about 

$220,000 and expects $650,000 will get him 

through the primary election in August. 

Ruderman says she has collected more 

than $250,000 and anticipates needing a 

total of $3 million to win in November. 

Both present themselves as pragmatic, 

mainstream Democrats with similar positions, 

from pro-choice on abortion to support 

for President Obama’s health care 

program. 

“We’re falling all over each other,” 

Goodman said. 

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man added that the White House should 

be “more aggressive and more innovative” 

in pushing for a solution to the Israeli-Palestinian 

conflict. 

“It’s a lost opportunity if the United 

States does not enter into a new kind of 

relationship-building,” he said. “I think the 

Obama administration needs to be much 

more proactive now. I think the Clinton 

administration did a much better job.” 

Their political backgrounds and the 

nature of their Jewish identity are more 

varied. 

Ruderman said she had little direct 

connection with Jewish institutions growing 

up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, 

but with about 70 percent of the 

population in the area Jewish, she said, “it 

was easy to feel Jewish.” 

She said she became more engaged with 

her heritage while earning a drama degree 

at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, 

and after moving to the Seattle area, “it 

became increasingly difficult to maintain 

a Jewish identity without some affiliation.” 

In her first bid for office, after five years 

working at Microsoft, she won election in 

1998 to the first of three terms in the state 

House from what had been a Republican 

stronghold. She went on to start what has 

become a tradition of a legislative Passover 

seder. 

A few years later she began attending 

Kol HaNeshamah in West Seattle. Then- 

Rabbi Michael Latz introduced her to the 

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Mitzvah in 2007, and she regularly sings in 

the congregation’s choral ensemble. 

She left the legislature to run unsuccessfully 

for secretary of state against 

incumbent Republican Sam Reed in 2004, 

then ran for state Democratic party chair 

and lost to Dwight Pelz. 

Goodman said he has always been 

“proud of my Jewish heritage…of the long 

tradition of philanthropy and the transmission 

of ethics.” After he became Bar 

Mitzvah, he taught in his synagogue’s religious 

school but now has no Jewish institutional 

involvement or affiliation. 

“There are very few Jews out here,” he 

said. “When I grew up in Rhode Island it was 

one-third Jewish, one-third Catholic and 

one-third WASP.” 

His government experience dates from 

1988, when he was on 

the legal staff of the 

Democratic National 

Committee. He later 

held congressional 

staff positions with 

Reps. Bob Wise of 

West Virginia and 

Rick Boucher of Virginia, 

then married, 

moved west and was 

executive director of 

the Washington State 

Sentencing Guidelines 

Commission 

from 1998-2000. 

Goodman was 

sworn in as a state legislator in 2007, 100 

years after one of his great-grandfathers 

became the first Jewish member of Massachusetts’ 

state Senate. 

Both he and Ruderman are energetic 

campaigners. 

Ruderman has extensive fundraising 

experience and says she knocked or rang 

doorbells at 12,000 homes in 1998, 15,000 

in 2000 and more than 20,000 in 2002. 

“She taught me to go door to door,” 

Goodman said, then added jokingly, 

“Maybe she created a monster.” 

Other prominent Democrats who have 

filed for the race include Darcy Burner, 

who lost two campaigns against Republican 

Rep. Dave Reichert in the neighboring 

8th District, and state Rep. Steve 

Hobbs, D-44th. Suzan DelBene, director 

Passover 

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of the state revenue department, who lost 

to Reichert in 2010, reportedly is considering 

a 1st District run as well. 

Likely Republican candidates include 

James Watkins, who lost to Inslee in 2010, 

and Snohomish County Council member 

John Koster, who nearly upset incumbent 

Rep. Rick Larsen in the 2nd Congressional 

District the same year. 

Pelz describes the latest incarnation of 

the district as “ugly but lovable” — lovable 

because he thinks it is within the Democrats’ 

reach, especially if voter sentiment 

turns more Democratic nationwide. 

Still, he said, too many strong Democrats 

splitting the vote in the primary election 

could put the seat in jeopardy. With 

the state’s Top Two primary system, the 

top two vote-getters could end up being 

Republicans who then would appear without 

Democratic opposition on the general 

election ballot. 

Pelz, Carstensen, Goodman and Ruderman 

all downplayed any chance that 

being Jewish would be a liability to a 1st- 

District candidate. 

The Washington Legislature includes 

eight Jews, two in the 49-seat Senate and 

six in the 98-seat House, including one, 

Rep. Andy Billig, from Spokane. 

“In this state Jewish candidates have 

proven themselves in getting elected in 

a whole variety of districts,” Carstensen 

said. “Relative to the size of the Jewish 

community in Washington, I think that’s 

pretty darn impressive.” 

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This Week’s Wisdom 

Treat the Sick with Kindness 

by Mike Selinker 

What do you say to someone who’s terribly ill? The first step might be removing the word 

“terribly” from your vocabulary. In a June New York Times column, Walking the Bible author 

Bruce Feiler details six things you should never say to a sick person, even though you might think 

they’re innocent words. One was, “Did you try that mango colonic I recommended?” The other 

five things not to say are in this puzzle. 

ACROSS 

1 Penalize for swearing, perhaps, in the NBA 

4 Taking to court 

9 Falling Skies vessels 

13 With 17-Across, seemingly comforting words 

you shouldn’t actually say to a sick person 

16 Vivacity 

17 See 13-Across 

18 Wriggly fish 

19 ___ Alley (music publishers’ street) 

20 Drags through the mud 

22 Two times tetra- 

23 They pilot 9-Across 

24 Greek X 

27 Blasé comments 

28 Seemingly comforting words you shouldn’t 

actually say to a sick person 

33 Bloom County cartoonist Breathed 

34 Snitch 



41 “___ le roi!” (“Down with the king!”) 

42 Tab and RC 



47 Plane that could exceed 2000 KPH 

50 Glee star ___ Michele 

51 ___ Pérignon 

52 ___ Tzu 

53 Like some transfers 

56 TV host Stephanopoulos 

58 Sony laptop brand 

60 With 63-Across, seemingly comforting words 

you shouldn’t actually say to a sick person 

62 Checkup 

63 See 60-Across 

64 TV’s Warrior Princess 

65 “It’s someone ___ problem” 

66 Freddy Krueger’s street 

DOWN 

1 Walk like a cat burglar 

2 Scream actor Skeet 

3 Adds to a garden 

4 Couch 

5 Atop 

6 Suffix with cash or bombard 

7 Votes from the opposition 

8 2011 animated film ___ & Juliet 

9 Umlauted prefix 

10 Painted on fresh plaster 

11 Vinaigrette ingredient 

12 “Help, we’re sinking!” 

14 Steroid injector’s injector 

15 As a result of 

21 “___ me anything” 

25 Guatemalan greeting 

26 One way to sit by 

28 Poisonous evergreen 

29 “Jesus ___ Gun” (Fuel song) 

30 Letters on an Odessan’s Olympic uniform 

31 Bloodletter’s critter 

32 Classic Pontiac muscle cars 

33 Pear variety 

35 Comedian Mort 

36 Instrument whose name comes from the 

word hautbois 

37 Magnum, P.I. extra, most likely 

38 Misfortune 

39 Letter after kay 

40 Faucet 

44 Much ___ About Nothing 

45 “Read my lips: ___ taxes” (1988 campaign 

pledge) 

46 Filmmaker’s Apple-ication? 

47 Bird that impales its prey on thorns 

48 Traffic light 

49 Where you might work out after work 

52 Neighborhood in London or NYC 

54 Tomato type 

55 Jodie Foster role 

56 Turn through the wind, nautically 

57 St. Tropez summers 

58 Trouble 

59 Lumberjack’s tool 

61 Monogram of the author of Treasure Island 

© 2011 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. 

Sports, school, synagogue 

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It’s always great when 

families get along, and 

more so when blended 

families do. Stepbrothers 

Raphi Schuster and Daniel 

Kaplan are doubly, maybe 

quadruply, blessed: They 

enjoy the support of an array 

of parents and stepparents, 

and shared interests in sports, 

school, synagogue and scouts. 

Members of Chief Seattle 

Council Boy Scout Troop 662, Raphi 

and Daniel were inducted as Eagle Scouts 

together last month during a shared court 

of honor held at their synagogue, Temple 

B’nai Torah in Bellevue. This highest 

scout rank is only attained by a handful 

of scouts. 

Both young men turned their attention 

to the Jewish community for their 

required community service projects. 

“I built a drainage ditch on the corner 

of the temple property,” Raphi told me. 

Last winter, rainwater flowing down a 

hill purportedly flooded a neighbor’s basement. 

Raphi worked with troop members 

to remedy the situation, providing planning 

as well as execution. 

“It’s more about the leadership… 

than carrying out the physical labor,” he 

explained. 

Daniel’s project was “re-striping the 

[Jewish Day School] parking lot,” he said, 

because he’d repeatedly “noticed people 

couldn’t figure out where the stripes were.” 

(JDS and TBT share a parking lot.) 

He also improved some outside stairs 

with railings and lights. 

“It wasn’t a very safe staircase,” he said. 

His work also involved management and 

planning, including constructing templates 

so volunteers could place stripes correctly. 

Daniel is the son of John Kaplan and 

Carol Schuster, stepson of Brian Schuster 

and stepson of Michelle Kaplan, all 

of Bellevue. Raphi is the son 

of Brian Schuster and Terri 

Schuster of Bellevue and 

Carol’s stepson. Family and 

friends shared reflections on 

the boys’ lives at the court of 

honor, which concluded with 

a blessing from Cantor David 

Serkin-Poole. 

Raphi called the event 

“exciting… Everyone who 

helped me get there was 

there…celebrating.” 

The boys have deep roots in 

the Seattle area. Their grandparents are 

Rabbi Arlene Schuster of Bellevue and the 

late Dr. Joseph Schuster; Pauline Stusser 

of Seattle and the late 

Richard Stusser; 

Sharon Carmody of 

Seattle and John and 

Shar Carmody of 

Edmonds; and Dr. F. 

Alan and Margie 

Coombs of Salt Lake 

City. 

Juniors at Bellevue 

High School, 

Raphi and Daniel 

run track and cross 

country and are 

involved in clubs and 

activities. They are 

active in their temple 

tribe 

CourTeSy CaroL SChuSTer 

Stepbrothers Raphi Schuster, left, and Daniel Kaplan, during a board review 

in which they both earned the title of eagle Scout. 

youth group and the 

Reform movement’s 

local National Federation 

of Temple 

Youth chapter, for which Raphi is the merchandising 

and fundraising vice president. 

2 

By his own admission, landing a 

job with a “West Coast airplane 

manufacturer” was the furthest 

thing from Albert (Bert) Goldstein’s 

mind in 1974. But land here the Brooklyn 

native and retired Boeing engineer did. 

Back then, “I was never much of a volunteer,” 

he says. “Work was everything.” 

So on retiring in 1995, “it was time to give 

back.” He joined the Boeing Bluebills, 

Boeing retirees who volunteer in the community, 

mostly helping seniors with repair 

projects (www.bluebills.org). 

In 1998 he helped found the Olympic 

Peninsula Bluebills when he and his late 

wife Libby lived in Port Ludlow. When 

her illness brought them back to the Seattle 

area, he helped found a Bluebills Eastside 

chapter. That group decided to become 

active in the local Red Cross. 

“We started working in emergency 

shelters,” he says. “I wound up being 

trained as a manager for shelter operations.” 

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Julia Appelbaum, class of 2014, 

second place, painting 

Josh Voss, class of 2011, first place, photography 

the life & times of 

Northwest Jewish teens 

Josh Friedland, class of 2014, 

Dorothy Liberty Founder Award 

Artists on display 

At last summer’s Mercer Island Visual Arts League 

teen competition, four students from Northwest Yeshiva 

High School received honors. 

Jennifer Mendoza, class of 2012, Mercer Island Florist Award 

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Look at me. Is this being 

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I am Jewish 

want to be. 

Want to be Jewish, 

that’s me. 

I go to temple 

try to be. 

Try to stop thinking 

of how I could be free. 

My daddy, 

mumbling the wrong Hebrew words. 

And smiling down at me. 

That’s how Jewish 

I want to be. 

I’m afraid to smile 

sitting in services. 

Afraid that someone 

will see me, 

see my smile 

being just a little fake. 

But when smiling is too scary, 

that isn’t being Jewish that I see 

I’m Jewish, 

yeah, 

that’s me. 

I’m just afraid, 

for perfect and fake 

being the way people see me 

sitting in services 

smiling big 

for all to see. 

The new me. 

Singing the prayers all perfectly, 

being praised 

for letting people see that me. 

“You’re a f---ing Jewish bitch, 

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Called to the bima: The secular Bat Mitzvah 

When its members turn 13, like other synagogues the Secular Jewish Circle provides the gateway to adulthood through a Bar or Bat 

Mitzvah ceremony. The difference is that with this humanistic congregation, these teens are not called to the Torah, but they still ascend 

the bima. Stories from three recent Banot Mitzvah tell the tale. 

Why I became a Bat Mitzvah 

By Charlotte Gitleman 

I don’t think I ever decided to become a Bat Mitzvah. There was never a question 

that I wouldn’t. Not because it was expected, but because it was important to me. 

Having my Bat Mitzvah was a way of expressing what being a Jew means to me and 

saying it out loud to my family, my friends, and my community. 

One of the great things about having a secular humanistic Bat Mitzvah is that you 

can choose the topic of your project, which is always tied to a Jewish value. I chose 

the value of Jewish learning and, since I’m a writer, I decided to explore Jewish folk 

tales. I spent months reading different stories. Reading all those stories gave me 

insight into the Jewish experience in the shtetl and also showed me how 

Jewish values are passed down through generations. At the end of all that reading, I 

reinterpreted some of those stories in my own voice. 

I have been a part of the Secular Jewish Circle for as long as I can remember. My 

Bat Mitzvah was a way to cement that I am a part of that community and to be 

acknowledged as a part of it. Working toward my Bat Mitzvah for two years helped 

me explore what it means to be a secular humanistic Jew and help me sort out how 

I want to express my Jewishness. Since my Bat Mitzvah, I continue to be a part of 

the community by attending Shabbat gatherings, holidays and volunteering as a 

teacher’s assistant for the Sunday school. 

What we do 

By Libby Otto 

In the Secular Jewish Circle we are required to write two essays. The first essay 

is called the identity speech. The Bar or Bat Mitzvah is asked to write about his or 

her identity as a Jew. It made me think about my identity, and it really solidified my 

relationship with my community and our respective beliefs. The identity speech is 

different for every person and it can take on many tones. 

The second speech is about a Jewish value, and the community service project 

the Bar or Bat Mitzvah does based on his or her unique value. For my Bat Mitzvah I 

created and led a seder and tree planting for Tu B’Shevat based on the value of ba’al 

taschit, or not allowing waste. Another person raised chickens and talked about 

tikkun olam, repairing the world. Then the Bar or Bat Mitzvah teaches the community 

about his or her value and what was learned in the service project. The second 

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adult in the community. 

Aside from the essays I also wrote a poem in Hebrew and English, and I worked with 

my madricha, Susan, to customize the ceremony based on my interests. 

Completing the project and writing these essays happens toward the end of the 

second year of our Sunday school’s B’nai Mitzvah program. In the program we 

learn about Jewish values, traditions, history and culture. Most of us enter into this 

program after several years of attending Sunday school. The entire community is 

invited to attend the ceremony and witness our entrance into young adulthood. 

How I changed 

By Sanna Horn 

I have the feeling that I’ve actually achieved something. This process has prepared 

me and given me practice for big projects. I studied in-depth on a topic and learned 

to do research. I learned how to write a speech, which is different in some ways from 

writing a paper that people read. I have now spoken in front of a large group of over 

100 people. 

At the beginning I felt nervous and I didn’t feel prepared. I wasn’t sure I wanted to 

have a Bat Mitzvah because I wasn’t sure I could do it. I didn’t feel ready to talk in 

front of a crowd and I didn’t feel ready to make big speeches. I didn’t feel ready to 

take a big step forward. 

My project included my dog. We bonded while I trained him to be a therapy dog. I am 

a better owner for my dog. He listens to me and I am better able to react to him and I 

know how to take care of him. 

Now I have gained confidence in myself. I could do research, write and give a 

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about myself by listening to what others said about me and paying attention to what I 

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Life is a cabaret. You can enter stage right. 

Over the next two months, the Stroum Jewish Community Center is hosting classes to 

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Feb. 5 — Musical Theatre Dance 

Learn basic moves in the repertoire of all musical theatre performers. This class will focus 

on learning the popular musical theatre dance styles used on Broadway today. A series of 

exercises will build one upon another to warm up and condition the entire body. Open to 

all levels of experience. Students should wear clothes and shoes that are comfortable and 

easy to dance in. 

Feb. 12 — Jazz Dance 

Learn basic moves from jazz, the most iconic of dance styles. The class will focus on the 

basics: Posture, style, and choreography. A series of exercises will build one upon another 

to warm up and condition the entire body. Open to all levels of experience. Students should 

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Feb. 19 — Introduction to Ballet 

Students will be introduced to the structure of a ballet class, basic ballet vocabulary, alignment 

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A game of catch for growth and confidence 

Janis siegel JTNews Columnist 

Unless you’re the parents 

of a Kobe Bryant or a Tiger 

Woods, most moms and dads 

probably spend most of their 

time and money helping their 

children make good grades. But 

new research from three Israeli 

doctors shows that awkwardness 

or disinterest in sports and 

physical activities can affect a 

child’s success later in life. 

While grades and extracurricular 

activities are impressive on 

paper, researchers say it’s what kids are 

doing in their daily routines that could 

yield clues about debilitating behavior 

problems and may even signal a future 

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. 

It might seem obsessive to analyze your 

child’s reactions and moods, on the hunt 

for any odd behavioral quirks, but recognizing 

these general tendencies may signal 

a pattern. 

The largest of the three studies, which 

looked at sports and aggression, was 

conducted at Tel Aviv University’s Bob 

Shapell School of Social Work and was 

presented at TAU’s Renata Adler Memorial 

Research Center for Child Welfare and 

Protection Conference. 

TAU doctoral student Keren Shahar 

and her team studied 649 children in 25 

Israeli schools for 24 weeks. Half of students 

practiced soccer, basketball, or martial 

arts five days a week, and the other half 

had no physical activities. 

Shahar found that the activity-based 

group had less aggressive behavior overall, 

and displayed more self-control and disci- 

pline in their daily tasks. 

“The key is to introduce 

children to something that 

they love to do and in which 

they have a compelling interest,” 

writes Shahar. “Find 

something that motivates 

them. A strong connection 

with any activity gives children 

a sense of purpose and 

decreases the likelihood that 

they will ‘act out.’” 

Better than talk therapy 

for kids who have these kinds 

of self-control issues, Shahar 

found that involving children in a sport 

they love actually resulted in “quelling 

negative emotions.” 

However, Shahar 

also found that a 

sports regimen had a 

more profound effect 

on boys. She posited 

that girls are generally 

less aggressive than 

boys and less likely to 

excel in sports. 

In more new 

research published in 

the Journal of Behavior 

Therapy and 

Experimental Psychiatry, Prof. Reuven 

Dar of TAU’s department of psychology 

found “preliminary support” for “a strong 

connection” between hypersensitivity and 

ritualism in children and OCD. Adults 

with OCD exhibit these two behaviors. 

Dar believes that children who are 

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sense of control. These rituals could be an 

early warning sign of adult OCD. 

“If you see that a child is very rigid 

with rituals, becoming anxious if unable to 

engage in this behavior, it is more alarming,” 

Dar explained. “Also, age is a factor. A 

habit exhibited by a 5- or 6-year-old is not 

necessarily a predictor of OCD. If the same 

behavior continues to the ages of 8 and 

above, it could be a warning sign, especially 

if accompanied by anxiety or distress.” 

In the first of the two surveys, parents 

of kindergarteners answered three questionnaires 

about their children, reporting 

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any unusual repetition, anxiety, discomfort 

with strangers, worry, object ordering, 

attachment to family members, and reactions 

to touch, taste, or smell. 

In a second online survey, 314 adults 

answered questions about their child’s 

anxiety levels and their past and current 

sensitivity to oral and tactile stimulation. 

The results of both studies were so 

encouraging that Dar hopes to study a 

large sample of these overly sensitive children 

all the way through to adulthood. 

In a third research project with the 

smallest sample, Dr. Orit Bart of TAU’s 

Stanley Steyer School of Health Professions 

monitored 50 5- to 7-year-olds with 

Developmental Coordination Disorder 

and 25 without DCD, using motor skills 

assessment tests. 

According to Bart, an internationally 

recognized expert in DCD, children 

with the disorder find sports difficult, 

can’t organize schoolwork, feel lonely, 

shun group tasks, are at risk for substance 

abuse, and can’t master basic tasks 

like driving. DCD, adds Bart, can greatly 

impact a child throughout his or her life. 

“DCD kids are often described as 

clumsy,” said Bart. “Because they’re usually 

of average to above-average intelligence, 

their disorder is rarely considered grave.” 

Her research appeared in the journal 

Research in Developmental Disabilities. 

Bart said that when diagnosed, children 

can learn to participate in groups, a 

key behavioral indicator of healthy emotional 

development. 

She also developed a new DCD questionnaire, 

designed to assess 8- to 14-1/2-yearold 

children with DCD. That may lead to 

new treatments and interventions. 

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fRiday 13 JanuaRy 

6 p.m. — Shabbat with Scholar-in-residence 

amy-Jill Levine 

Andrew Hess at mouwj@teachco.com or 

206-232-8555, ext. 204 or www.h-nt.org 

Dvar Torah during services: “Common 

Misperceptions Jews and Christians Have of Each 

Other.” Then, Shabbat dinner: “Jesus, Judaism, and 

Jewish/Christian Relations: Rediscovering Common 

History.” Understanding Jesus in his Jewish context 

corrects anti-Jewish misperceptions and offers new 

possibilities for interfaith dialogue. $25/person; 

$60/family. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative 

Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

satuRday 14 JanuaRy 

10 a.m. — how Jews and Christians read 

Scripture Differently 

Andrew Hess at mouwj@teachco.com or 

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

Amy-Jill Levine will talk about messianic expectations 

and the virgin birth, Isaiah’s suffering servant, 

creation and the Garden of Eden, the land of Israel, 

and the role of Torah. Talk will follow Kiddush. At 

Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

5–10 p.m. — Parents Night out 

Josh at joshj@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 

or sjcc.org 

Parents can go out while kids have an evening of 

fun. $30–$50. At the Stroum Jewish Community 

Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

7–10 p.m. — Jewish Tween extreme: Limo 

Scavenger hunt 

Ben Starsky at bens@sjcc.org or 

206-388-0837 or sjcc.org 

Get ready to tour the city of Seattle from the seat 

of a limo. Wrap up the night with pizza. $20. At the 

Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

sunday 15 JanuaRy 

9 a.m.– 2 p.m. — Super Sitters babysitting 

Certification 

Ben Starsky at bstarsky@bbyo.org or 

www.sjcc.org 

The Super Sitters program teaches young people 

ages 11–15 basic babysitting skills and safety. 

Super Safe Sitters are better prepared to provide 

a safer, more effective and positive babysitting 

experience. $50–$60. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 

E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

9:30 a.m. — intro to Judaism: Ten-Week Series 

Jen Fliss at jfliss@templebnaitorah.org or 

425-603-9677 or templebnaitorah.org 

Rabbi James Mirel will lead this free intro to 

Judaism series. All are welcome to attend. No 

need to register, just come to the first class. At 

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

3–5 p.m. — Performing arts Weekend 

Workshops 

Natasha Ransom at natashar@sjcc.org or 

206-232-7115 or sjcc.org 

Each Sunday from Jan. 15 to Mar. 18, the Stroum 

JCC offers different performing arts workshops 

for grades 7–12. Price varies. At the Stroum JCC, 

3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

7:30–9 p.m. — The Summit at First hill 

Winter gala 

Esther Friend at estherf@summitatfirsthill.org 

or 206-652-4444, ext. 120 

The Summit at First Hill invites residents and their 

families for an evening of food and live music. 

At The Summit at First Hill, 1200 University St., 

Seattle. 

Monday 16 JanuaRy 

9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — School’s out Camp 

Matthew Korch at mattk@sjcc.org or 

206-388-0830 or sjcc.org 

Come to the SJCC for Martin Luther King Day. 

Enjoy swimming, playing in the gym, art projects 

and a community service project honoring MLK. 

$50–$55. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer 

Way, Mercer Island. 

8–9 p.m. — money matters 

Rabbi David Fredman at 

rabbifredman@seattlekollel.org or 

206-251-4063 or seattlekollel.org 

In this series the Seattle Kollel will delve into the 

Jewish view of money and how the Torah’s wisdom 

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and code for business ethics shapes the Jewish 

perspective on money and its purpose. Free. At 

The Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. 

7:45–8:45 p.m. — Talmud Study 

Rabbi Yehuda Bresler at 

rabbibresler@seattlekollel.org or 

206-331-8767 or seattlekollel.org 

In this beginners’ class, become familiar with the 

structure of the Mishna and Gemara, learn how 

to analyze any given portion and improve Hebrew/ 

Aramaic reading and translation skills. At The 

Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. 

tuesday 17 JanuaRy 

9:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. — School’s out Camp 

Matthew Korch at mattk@sjcc.org or 206- 

388-0830 or sjcc.org 

At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer 

Island. 

Wednesday 18 JanuaRy 

7–9 p.m. — Wine Tasting with the Tribe 

Melanie at Melanie.Wiviott@gmail.com 

Join the Tribe for an evening of wine tasting and 

schmoozing. Taste wines from six different vineyards. 

At Urban Enoteca, 4130 First Ave. S, Seattle. 

7:45–8:45 p.m. — Torah and Science 

Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org 

or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org 

Explore the interplay between faith and logic, 

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February 29th at Benaroya hall 

The most fun and, actually, only way to win a 

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fill out Jewish Washington’s Best of 

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We’ll draw two winners at random from everyone 

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sunday, January 15 at 1 p.m. 

Andy statman 

Concert 

Current University of Washington artist-inresidence 

and Grammy-nominated musician 

Andy Statman blends Chassidic melodies, 

klezmer, bluegrass and jazz. He will play a 

sample from his 20-plus albums and answer 

questions about his career and music. 

At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 

3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Tickets 

are $15/$10 for SJCC members, seniors and 

students. For more information contact 

Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 

206-232-7115, ext. 258 or visit www.sjcc.org. 

January 17 at 7 p.m. 

Man Seeks God: My Flirtations with the Divine 

Author event 

During a scary hospital stint, a nurse asked Eric 

Weiner if he had “found his god” yet. This got the 

former NPR foreign affairs correspondent thinking 

— and soon traveling and writing. Instead of falling 

back on his ancestral religion, he began investigating 

Islam, Sufism and Buddhism, attempting to 

still his anxiety-filled mind with meditation in the 

Himalayas (very Jewish), failing (also very Jewish), 

and eventually coming home with an “Ikea God” 

assembled from many parts, but based on a Jewish- 

Kabbalistic foundation (how Jewish!). Weiner told 

NPR that he’s “in perpetual seeker mode, but I think 

that’s OK.” Very Jewish indeed. Now he’s got a book out. (I won’t even say it.) 

At the University Temple Chapel, United Methodist Church, 1415 NE 43rd St., 

Seattle. $5 suggested donation. Autographed books are available after the talk. 

For more information visit www.bookstore.washington.edu. 


Jewish Composers, The Promise of America: Erich Wolfgang von korngold 

Lecture 

This latest opera lecture focuses on Austrian prodigy Erich Wolfgang von Korngold, 

who at the age of 9 performed his cantata for Gustav Mahler and was a worldclass 

composer by 11. When fascism arose, Korngold fled to America and found 

a new medium in the new world, swiftly becoming the “father of the film score.” 

Come hear how the Errol Flynn film The Adventures of Robin Hood saved Korngold’s 

life and won him one of the first Oscars for original film music. 

At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. RSVP by calling 206-525-0915. 


galya Diment 

Author talk 

University of Washington professor and chair of 

the Slavic Studies and Languages department 

Galya Diment will discuss her book, A Russian 

Jew of Bloomsbury: The Life and Times of 

Samuel Koteliansky. Koteliansky was a member 

of the famed Bloomsbury circle and translated 

Russian works for Virginia and Leonard Woolfs’ 

Hogath Press. The story will appeal to anyone 

who loves biography, culture and history. 

At Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 Tenth Ave., 

Seattle. For more information visit 

www.elliottbaybook.com. 

January 18 to February 12 at 7:30 p.m. 

Wednesday–saturday and 3 p.m. sunday 

All Through the Night: A seattle Premiere 

Play 

This modern-day fairy tale follows four German gentile women through the rise 

and fall of fascism and Hitler. Based on true stories, the women confront their own 

demons as well as those in their country. Directed by ArtsWest artistic director 

Christopher Zinovitch. Suitable for children over age 13. 

At ArtsWest Playhouse and Gallery, 4711 California Ave. SW, West Seattle. Tickets 

cost $10–$34.50. For more information call 206-938-0963 or 

visit artswest.org. 

Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. 

Why We Broke Up 

Author talk 

Written by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket) and illustrated by Maira Kalman, 

Why We Broke Up tells the story of Min Green and Ed Slaterton. They fell in 

love. Then they broke up. Handler tells the story through objects that Min is 

giving to Ed in a box (a comb, a protractor, a movie ticket). Visit 

whywebrokeupproject.tumblr.com to share your own breakup story. 

At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets free with purchase of the book 

from University Bookstore, or $5 at brownpapertickets.org or 800-838-3006. 

For more information visit www.bookstore.washington.edu. 


“Between Two Worlds” 

Concert 

Russia in the first half of the 20th century saw a revival of interest in Jewish 

folklore and music. Music of Remembrance’s Sparks of Glory program includes 

“Dybbuk Dances” by David Beigelman, the “Dybbuk Suite, Op. 35” and “From 

Jewish Folk Poetry, Op. 79,” a Shostakovich song cycle. 

At the Good Shepherd Center, 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N, Wallingford. Free. For 

more information contact Micah Shelton at info@musicofremembrance.org or 

206-365-7770 or visit www.musicofremembrance.org. 

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religion and critical thinking, tradition and 

technology. The Seattle Kollel will cover the age 

of the universe, evolution, free will, the soul and 

other topics. Free. At The Seattle Kollel, 5305 

52nd Ave. S, Seattle. 

thuRsday 19 JanuaRy 

10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — The Jewish Community 

in khabarovsk, russia: Success, Failure 

and the unknown 

Ellen Hendin at endlessopps@jfsseattle.org 

or 206-861-3183 or www.jfsseattle.org 

Participants on last year’s JDC-Jconnect trip to 

professional directory 

to jewish washington 

Care Givers 

HomeCare Associates 

A program of Jewish Family Service 

☎☎206-861-3193 www.homecareassoc.org 

Provides personal care, assistance with 

daily activities, medication reminders, 

light housekeeping, meal preparation and 

companionship to older adults living at 

home or in assisted-living facilities. 

Catering 

Matzoh Momma Catering 

Catering with a personal touch 

☎☎206-324-MAMA Serving the community for over 25 years. 

Full service catering and event planning 

for all your Life Cycle events. 

Miriam and Pip Meyerson 

Certified Public 

Accountants 

Dennis B. Goldstein & Assoc., CPAs, PS 

Tax Preparation & Consulting 

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✉☎dennis@dbgoldsteincpa.com Newman Dierst Hales, PLLC 

Nolan A. Newman, CPA 

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Tax • Accounting • Healthcare Consulting 

College Placement 

College Placement Consultants 

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Pauline B. Reiter, Ph.D. 

Expert help with undergraduate and 

graduate college selection, 

applications and essays. 

40 Lake Bellevue, #100, Bellevue 98005 

Linda Jacobs & Associates 

College Placement Services 

☎☎206-323-8902 ✉☎linjacobs@aol.com Successfully matching student and 

school. Seattle. 

Counselors/Therapists 

Betsy Rubin, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. 

Individual and couple counseling 

☎☎206-362-0502 betsyrubintherapy@gmail.com 

I have more than 30 years exerience 

helping people deal with getting past the 

parts of their lives that leave them feeling 

stuck or unhappy. My practice relies on 

collaboration, which means that together 

we will create a safe place in which we 

can explore growth together. I believe 

that this work is a journey and that I am 

privileged to be your guide and your witness 

as you move to make the changes 

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Jewish Family Service 

Individual, couple, child and family therapy 

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Expertise with life transitions, addiction and 

recovery, relationships and personal challenges 

—all in a cultural context. Licensed therapists; 

flexible day or evening appointments; sliding fee 

scale; most insurance plans. 

Dentists 

Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS 

Richard Calvo, DDS 

☎☎206-246-1424 Khabarovsk, Russia, will share why they visited 

and what they discovered about Jewish identity in 

the Russian Far East. Free. At Temple B’nai Torah, 

15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue. 

6:30–8:30 p.m. — becoming evil: how 

ordinary People Commit mass murder and 

genocide 

Ilana Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or 

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org/news/ 

news.aspx 

The past century, dubbed the “Age of Genocide,” 

saw more than 60 million people murdered to 

meet the needs of the state. Dr. James Waller will 

discuss the unassailable fact behind this litany of 

human conflict and suffering. Free. At Microsoft, 

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207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle 

Warren J. Libman, D.D.S., M.S.D. 

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Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics: 

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14595 Bel Red Rd. #100, Bellevue 

Dentists (continued) 

Arnold S. Reich, D.M.D. 

☎☎425-228-6444 www.drareich.com 

Just off 405 in N. Renton • Gentle Care 

• Family • Preventive • Cosmetic Dentistry 

Michael Spektor, D.D.S. 

☎☎425-643-3746 ✉☎info@spektordental.com www.spektordental.com 

Specializing in periodontics, dental 

implants, and cosmetic gum therapy. 

Bellevue 

Wendy Shultz Spektor, D.D.S. 

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Emphasis: Cosmetic and Preventive 

Dentistry • Convenient location in Bellevue 

Financial Services 

Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC 

Roy A. Hamrick, CFA 

☎☎206-441-9911 ✉☎rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com www.hamrickinvestment.com 

Professional portfolio management services 

for individuals, foundations and 

nonprofit organizations. 

Mass Mutual Financial Group 

Albert Israel, CFP 

☎☎206-346-3327 ✉☎aisrael@finsvcs.com Retirement planning for those nearing 

retirement • Estate planning for those 

subject to estate taxes • General investment 

management • Life, disability, long-term 

care & health insurance • Complimentary 

one hour sessions available 

Solomon M. Karmel, Ph.D 

First Allied Securities 

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Retirement, stocks, bonds, college, 

annuities, business 401Ks. 

Building 99, 14820 NE 36th St., Redmond. 

7:30 p.m. — Current Jewish issues Forum: 

Jews in Cuba 

Janice Hill at admin@kolshalom.net or 

206-842-9010 or www.kolshalom.net 

Attorney Filmore Rose, who has visited the Jewish 

community of Cuba, will share insights and photos 

he has taken. Free. At Congregation Kol Shalom, 

9010 Miller Rd., Bainbridge Island. 

fRiday 20 JanuaRy 

8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — Creating Change: 

Teaching about the holocaust and genocide 

Ilana Kennedy at ilanak@wsherc.org or 

206-774-2201 or www.wsherc.org/news/ 

Funeral/Burial Services 

Congregation Beth Shalom Cemetery 

☎☎206-524-0075 ✉☎info@bethshalomseattle.org This beautiful new cemetery is available 

to the Jewish community and is located 

just north of Seattle. 

Hills of Eternity Cemetery 

Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 

☎☎206-323-8486 Serving the greater Seattle Jewish community. 

Jewish cemetery open to all preneed 

and at-need services. Affordable 

rates • Planning assistance. 

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Graphic Design 

Spear Studios, Graphic Design 

Sandra Spear 

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Insurance 

Eastside Insurance Services 

Chuck Rubin, agent 

☎☎425-271-3101 F 425-277-3711 

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Tom Brody, agent 

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Teacher seminar with keynote speaker Dr. James 

Waller, who will speak on “Genocide: Ever Again.” 

Sessions include “Rise of the Nazi Party,” “Rescue 

and Resistance,” “Using Holocaust Literature” 

and “Analyzing Artifacts.” Clock hours available. 

Register online at www.wsherc.org/news/ 

registrationform.aspx. $20. At Bellevue College, 

3000 Landerholm Circle SE, Bellevue. 


12:30–5:30 p.m. — SJCC Dinky Dunkers 

Jessica Wilkinson at jessicaw@sjcc.org or 

206-388-0826 or sjcc.org 

A great introduction for learning basic basketball 

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Photographers 

Dani Weiss Photography 

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Senior Services 

Hyatt Home Care Services 

Live-in and Hourly Care 

☎☎206-851-5277 www.hyatthomecare.com 

Providing adults with personal care, 

medication reminders, meal preparation, 

errands, household chores, pet care 

and companionship. 

Jewish Family Service 

☎☎206-461-3240 www.jfsseattle.org 

Comprehensive geriatric care management 

and support services for seniors 

and their families. Expertise with in-home 

assessments, residential placement, family 

dynamics and on-going case management. 

Jewish knowledge and sensitivity. 

The Summit at First Hill 

☎☎206-652-4444 www.klinegallandcenter.org 

The only Jewish retirement community in 

the state of Washington offers transition 

assessment and planning for individuals 

looking to downsize or be part of an active 

community of peers. Multi-disciplinary 

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skills and teamwork for K–3rd boys and girls. Onehour 

practices on Mondays or Wednesdays: 5, 6, or 

7 p.m.; one-hour Sunday games 12:30 p.m. At the 

Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 

7 p.m. — TDhS keller Lecture featuring Dr. 

Deborah Lipstadt 

Janet Rasmus at jrasmus@tdhs-nw.org or 

206-315-7471 or www.tdhs-nw.org 

Dr. Deborah E. Lipstadt, renowned Holocaust 

historian and scholar, speaks about her new book, 

The Man in the Glass Booth: Perspectives on the 

Eichmann Trial 50 Years Later, plus other topical 

headlines. A light reception will follow. Free. At 

Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle. 


6:30–8:30 p.m. — aleinu: Part 2 

events@shevetachim.com or 206-275-1539 

or www.shevetachim.com/events.php 

The second paragraph of the Aleinu prayer weaves 

in tikkun olam, ridding the world of idol worship, 

and allusions to an age of universal peace. What 

does this mean for today? Join Rabbi Kornfeld 

for new insights into prayer. At Island Crust Café, 

7525 SE 24th St., Suite 100, Mercer Island. 

6:30–7:30 p.m. — Weigh Less, Live more 

Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 

206-232-7115 or www.sjcc.org 

Discover safe ways to lose weight and feel fully 

satisfied without deprivation. Learn about what 

works and how overall life balance affects food 

choices. $10. At the Stroum JCC, 2618 NE 80th 

St., Seattle. 

tuesday 24 JanuaRy 

10 a.m. and 4 p.m. — SJCC early Childhood 

School open house 

Sarah Adams at SarahA@sjcc.org or 

206-232-7115, ext. 250 or sjcc.org 

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Open house for families interested in early 

childhood education programs for 2012–13 or 

current openings. Tours offered at 10 a.m. and 

4 p.m. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, 

Mercer Island. 

7–9 p.m. — Love – Cultivating the real Thing 

Giti Fredman at mrsfredman@seattlekollel. 

org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org 

Aliza Bulow, national coordinator of Ner LeElef’s 

North American women’s program and senior 

educator for The Jewish Experience in Denver, 

has been teaching practical Jewish philosophy, 

basic Judaism and textual learning skills to adults 

for over 25 years. Kosher fish dinner served. $20/ 

person. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, 

Mercer Island. 

7–9 p.m. — how Can america Work Toward 

a Just Domestic agenda? 

Jennifer Cohen at jencohen@uw.edu or 

206-543-0138 or jsis.washington.edu/jewish 

Former Jewish Funds for Justice CEO Simon Greer 

and University of Washington Communications 

Department Chair David Domke will explore the 

opportunity to shape a more just domestic agenda 

and the role of American Jewish voices in this 

process. At 415 Westlake, Seattle. 

7:15 p.m. — money matters: Jewish business 

ethics 

Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky at 

rabbi@friendshipcirclewa.org or 206-290-6301 

Topics include social ethics such as living wages, 

insider trading, CEO compensation, and collective 

bargaining, as well as personal choices. Nine 

CLE ethics credits available. At Friendship Circle 

offices, 2737 77th Ave. SE, Mercer Island. 

thuRsday 26 JanuaRy 

10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — Speaking Truth to 

Power: modern Lessons from a historic 

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Ellen Hendin at endlessopps@jfsseattle.org 

or 206-861-3183 or www.jfsseattle.org 

Author Jack Harmann discusses the struggle 

between truth and justice, the court-martialing of 

African-American soldiers at Fort Lawton, and the 

verdict reversal six decades later. Free. At Temple 

De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave, Seattle. 

7:30–9 p.m. — beth Shalom beit midrash 

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@ 

bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or 

www.bethshalomseattle.org 

Study Talmud with Joel Goldstein on the second and 

fourth Thursday of the month. All levels welcome. 

$5/class, $25/6-class punchcard. At Congregation 

Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 

fRiday 27 JanuaRy 

7–9 p.m. — Fourth Shabbat Services and 

Dinner 

Aaron Meyer at ameyer@tdhs-nw.org 

Come together in community and prayer for the 

Tribe’s 4th Friday Shabbat. Dinner served after a 

musical service. Free. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 

Jaffe Annex, 1520 E Union St., Seattle. 

satuRday 28 JanuaRy 

5–10 p.m. — Parents Night out 

Matt Korch at MattK@sjcc.org or 206-388- 

0830 or sjcc.org 

Indoor soccer and basketball, art projects and fun. 

Dinner and dessert included. For grades K–5. SJCC 

members and SJCS students: $30 for the first child, 

$15 for siblings (age 5-plus). Non-members: $40 

for the first child, $20 for siblings. At Seattle Jewish 

Community School, 2618 NE 80th St., Seattle. 


10:30 a.m.– 2 p.m. — Connections Women’s 

CEMETERy GAN ShALOM 

A Jewish cemetery that meets the needs of 

the greater Seattle Jewish community. 

Zero interest payments available. 

For information, call Temple Beth Am at 

206-525-0915. 

Traditional Jewish funeral services provided by the 

Seattle Jewish Chapel. For further information, please 

call 206-725-3067. 

Burial plots are available for purchase at Bikur Cholim 

and Machzikay Hadath cemeteries. For further 

information, please call 206-721-0970. 

Philanthropy brunch: The Power of Passion 

Wendy Dore at events@jewishinseattle.org 

or 206-443-5400 or www.JewishInSeattle. 

org/Connections 

Iris Krasnow, author of I Am My Mother’s Daughter 

and Secret Lives of Wives, will share her insights 

into how women can put their passions into 

action in the community and maintain fulfilling 

relationships in all aspects of their lives. At the 

Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE, 

Bellevue. 

10:30–11:30 a.m. — home rituals for 

everyday 

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@ 

bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or 

bethshalomseattle.org 

Learn how to enhance your home davening 

experiencing with Rabbi Jill Borodin. Free. At 

Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, 

Seattle. 

4–6 p.m. — matan bat mitzvah Program 

Mrs. Shaindel Bresler at mrsbresler@ 

seattlekollel.org or 206-779-4373 or 

seattlekollel.org 

A Bat Mitzvah program led by Matan-trained 

instructors for mothers and their daughters ages 

11–14. Share the excitement of discovering a place 

in the chain of Jewish continuity. Five two-hour 

sessions. $150. At a private home, Mercer Island. 


9:30–11 a.m. — PJ Library and Seattle hebrew 

academy Tu b’Shevat Storytime 

Sharon Mezistrano at smezistrano@ 

sha613.org or 206-323-7933, ext. 211 

Join the PJ Library and Seattle Hebrew Academy’s 

Early Childhood Program for a Tu B’Shevat 

storytime and art project. At Seattle Hebrew 

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Their little miracle: 2012’s first Jewish baby arrives 

Joel Magalnick editor, JTNews 

A couple minutes into our conversation, 

Jennifer Muscatel McLeod had to 

turn away from the phone. 

“She’s smiling at us,” she said. 

Given that little Joeli Beth McLeod was 

all of five days old when her mom and 

I spoke, it may have been a little something 

burbling in that tiny tummy, but that 

doesn’t mean the new mom thinks any less 

of her brand new daughter. 

“She was our little miracle,” McLeod 

said. “We’re totally smitten and absolutely 

in love.” 

Joeli, born at 9:39 a.m. on January 

1, 2012 to Jennifer and Jim McLeod of 

Mercer Island, is the first Jewish baby in 

Washington State this year. She weighed 

a very healthy seven pounds, nine ounces 

and measured 19-3/4 inches. 

Joeli is the newest member of a family 

that spans several years between kids 

— her brother Eli is 11 and her two half 

W m.o.T. pAGe 10 

Shelters are most commonly activated 

during severe winter weather — we’ve had 

none so far this year — and for fire and 

flood. Volunteers were ready, for instance, 

to deal with massive flooding from the 

breaching of the Howard Hanson Dam, 

but that never happened. 

Bert is always supplementing his training. 

His current local emphasis is on preparing 

for “the big one,” a probable major 

regional earthquake. Despite feeling the 

recent financial pinch, Bert says the Red 

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brothers, Jacob and Aaron, are in their 

early 20s. She’s also part of a family that 

spans generations of local Jewish history. 

On Jennifer’s side, Joeli’s great-grandmother, 

Esther Muscatel, is a native who 

now has five great-grandchildren. Esther’s 

sister, incidentally, was another first: Fortuna 

Calvo was the first Sephardic Jewish 

baby born in Seattle. That’s one branch 

of that side of the family. The other is 

descended from the Thals, a multi-generation 

Ashkenazi family from around the 

state. The Jewish ancestry on Jim’s side 

is considerably different: He and several 

members of his family converted to Judaism 

many years ago. 

The family belongs to Temple De 

Hirsch Sinai, and Jennifer said that with 

Joeli they are “very proud to carry on and 

teach her lots of important Jewish traditions. 

She’ll go to Sunday school like her 

brother, and we look forward to the next 

teers to deal with disasters. 

Bert had an eye-opening cross-cultural 

experience running a South Seattle shelter 

recently. An apartment fire “displaced 

about 60 families, mostly Somalis,” and 

mostly Muslim. Noticing the group would 

pray facing north, he learned that the closest 

distance from Seattle to Mecca is over 

the North Pole, so local Muslims pray that 

way. 

Bert and Libby raised three children 

here. They, and their three grandkids, 

remain “within 10 minutes” of Bert, he 

says. The family belonged to Temple B’nai 

Torah when their kids were young, but “we 

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Joeli, the first Jewish baby of 2012, with her mom 

Jennifer, dad Jim, and brother eli. 

milestone of her Bat Mitzvah.” 

There is, of course, one Bar Mitzvah to 

became [more] secular” when they grew 

up. The couple helped start a chavurah 

in Port Ludlow and had also formed one 

when they lived in Houston. 

“Now that I’ve become a widower 

I’ve…reconnected with the Jewish community,” 

he says, through the Seattle 

Jewish Seniors club, administered by 

come before that, not even two years down 

the road. One would hope that the little 

sister, who at that point will be a toddler 

still getting her sea legs, doesn’t upstage 

the star of the show. 

But as far as Eli is concerned, he’s very 

excited to be a big brother. 

“He really, really, really, really wanted a 

sibling in the house,” Jennifer said. 

And now that he’s got his wish? 

“He is such a good brother… he’s very 

helpful,” Jennifer said. “Even during the 

pregnancy there was so much that he 

helped with.” 

That included a move into a new house 

while his mom was pregnant, and making 

sure the sleeping configuration was just 

right. 

“He chose the bedrooms,” Jennifer 

said, “and he wanted to make sure [Joeli’s] 

room was always between our room and 

his room so that she was always protected.” 

Temple Beth Am (but open to all). He used 

to climb to Mt. Rainier’s Camp Muir every 

summer, but gave that up as the receding 

glacier has made it more about scrambling 

over rock than walking on snow. He still 

walks three miles daily on the hills in his 

neighborhood. 

CourTeSy LeNNy kaShNer 

Jamie Schwartz, an Honors graduate of Northwest Yeshiva High School, met Hermina Des 

from the Lauder Yavne School in Budapest, Hungary when the Schwartz family hosted Hermina 

for six weeks last summer in the Jewish Summer in Seattle program. Their friendship was 

renewed last month when the two teens met in Jerusalem. 

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Wedding 

Mali-Kahn 

Tamar Mali and Nuriel Kahn were 

married on January 8, 2012, at Bikur 

Cholim Machzikay Hadath in Seattle. Rabbi 

Moshe Kletenik officiated. 

Tamar is the daughter of Alex and Beth 

Mali of Creswell, Ore. Her grandparents are 

Rivka Stern of Israel and Ruth Koff of 

California. She graduated from the 

University of Oregon with a Bachelor’s in 

Music Education. 

Nuriel is the son of the late Miriam Kahn. 

He graduated from Antioch University with 

a Bachelor’s in Leadership and Organizational Studies and Psychology. 

The couple met on JDate and enjoys theater, different cuisines, taking long walks, and 

studying Chumash. They reside in Seattle. 

Death 

Yosef Uzel 

February 29, 1940–December 27, 2011 

Yosef will be missed by those he touched. Yosef, among 

many talents, was an exquisitely talented artist. His many 

paintings, from miniatures to realistic works of art, will be 

treasured by family members, friends, and customers alike. 

Yosef was a proud Sephardic Jew who emigrated from 

Istanbul, Turkey to Seattle in 1963, where he joined his 

extended Calvo family. 

Yosef was also talented in other ways. He could fix 

anything: cameras, jewelry, furniture, musical instruments, 

antiques, electronics, among much more. Yosef was a 

veteran of the Turkish Navy and was proud of his role in 

the Navy as a NATO communications specialist. A graduate from the University of Washington, 

he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature in 1984. Predeceased by his 

parents Nellie and Rafael Uzel of Istanbul, he is survived by his sister Gina Haras (Yusuf 

Haras) of Mexico City. Those interested in attending a lunch in his honor/memory on January 

29, 2012 should call 206-250-1148. 

SJCS GALA 2012 

20 Years & Growing Strong 

Sunday, February 12 th 

5:30 pm 

Shoshana Stombaugh 

Honoree 

Danielle Yancey 

SJCS Kaplan Award Winner 

Cathy Simon 

Chairperson 

For reservations & 

tributes, contact 

development@sjcs.net 

Shoshana Stombaugh 

www.sjcs.net 

206.522.5212 

Bat Mitzvah 

Madeline Kubasta 

Maddy will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on January 14, 

2012, at Congregation Kol Ami in Woodinville. 

Maddy is the daughter of Stacy Schill of Bothell and Ron 

Kubasta of Everett and the sister of Ryan Kubasta. Her 

grandparents are Stan and Fran Schill of Mercer Island, 

JoEllen Schill of Bellevue, and the late Marlene Kubasta. 

Maddy is an 8th-grader at Kenmore Junior High. She 

enjoys choir, drama, swimming and cooking. 

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one Diamond, one gold 

Matt Robinson Jointmedia News Service 

Two recently released CDs highlight 

the works of legendary musicians Neil 

Diamond and Frank Sinatra, though Ol’ 

Blue Eyes gets his glory through Jewish 

singer Michael Feinstein. 

Here’s the lineup: 

The Very Best of Neil Diamond: The 

Original Studio Recordings 

(Columbia/Legacy) 

Few singer/songwriters have had more 

sustained success than Neil Diamond, and 

few deserve to be repackaged and reintroduced 

to fans — old and new — as much as 

he does. That may be why the vault-dwelling 

denizens at Columbia/Legacy have 

seen it fit to honor Neil yet one more time. 

This new collection of one of America’s 

most timeless songwriters is a greatest hits 

collection in the truest sense of the word. 

From original renditions of such coverable 

classics as “I’m a Believer,” “Red, Red 

Wine” and “Girl, You’ll Be Woman Soon” 

to a delicate duet with Barbara Streisand of 

“You Don’t Bring Me Flowers,” and such 

truly original offerings as the proud “America,” 

and the ballpark favorite “Sweet Caroline,” 

there is nary a “fluff” cut on the disc. 

Just shy of two dozen tracks, make this a 

collection to get lost in for a bit and to come 

back to again and again, just as so many 

people come back to Neil year after year. 

Michael Feinstein—The Sinatra Project, 

u.S. Navy 

Navy officer Anna Kiner sings “Sweet Caroline” with Neil Diamond during 

Boston’s nationally televised 4th of July concert in 2011. 

Vol. II: The Good Life (Concord) 

Though he may have run out of “signature” 

songs on this follow-up to the 

Grammy-nominated “Sinatra Project,” 

Feinstein brings his own signature voice to 

a second set of songs that capture Sinatra’s 

sense of style and swing. From the bouncy 

last-man-on-earth fantasy of “Thirteen 

Women,” to the aching loss of “C’est 

Comme Ça,” to the richly orchestrated 

duet of “Luck be a Lady” and “All I Need 

is the Girl,” Feinstein brings a new palette 

of mood and tone to these timeless tunes. 

While a few of these selections are 

QFC Thanks Our Customers for Their Charitable 

Community Support. 

As we begin a new year, we at QFC would like to say “thank you” to thousands of 

customers who have not only shopped with us, but who have also been partners in 

helping us give back to the communities we so proudly serve through our Checkstand 

Charity of the Month program. 

Every month, we have identified a non-profit organization that provides a great 

service or multiple services to members of our communities who may be suffering 

from a serious illness or condition, need help feeding themselves and their families or 

have some other important need that the charity can help with. By partnering with our 

great customers we can help raise funds to support the work the organization is doing. 

Here are the charities we are supporting in 2012: 

•January: Multiple Sclerosis Society 

•February: American Heart Association, “Go Red for Women” 

•March: Treehouse (Washington stores) and Trillium Family Services 

(Oregon stores) 

•April: The Nature Conservancy 

•May: Susan G. Komen, “Race for the Cure” 

•June: Boys and Girls Club 

•July: USO 

•August: Seattle Children’s and Portland Doernbecher Children’s Hospital 

•September: Leukemia and Lymphoma Society 

•October: YWCA 

•November and December: Food Lifeline/Oregon Food Bank 

We offer several ways customers may donate to the Charity of the Month if they 

wish. We have coin boxes at each checkstand where customers can donate loose 

coins or bills. We have checkstand scan cards in three amounts, $1, $5, and $10. And 

we offer a 3 cent credit to customers for every bag they reuse for their groceries. They 

may keep this credit or donate it to the charity of the month. 

A word about this month’s charity, the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Multiple 

sclerosis is a chronic, sometimes disabling disease that attacks the central nervous 

clearly Sinatra songs 

(among them “The 

Way You Look 

Tonight” and “The 

Lady is a Tramp”), 

Feinstein also pays 

tribute to other 

master interpreters 

(and Sinatra satellites) 

such as Ray 

Charles (“Hallelujah 

I Love Her So”), 

Tony Bennett (“The 

Good Life”) and 

even Stevie Wonder 

(“For Once in My 

Life”) and Tom Cat 

(a take on “Is You Is 

Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?” that also takes 

a coda from “On Broadway”). 

Though Volume II may be more about 

the board (of which Feinstein was often a 

humble member) than the chairman himself, 

Feinstein brings his impeccable musical 

intellect and pervasive melodic passion 

to his latest well-chosen and beautifully 

crafted tribute album. The Voice may be 

gone, but Feinstein does an admirable job 

of sustaining the spirit that infused it and 

helped it dominate the musical universe. 

system. It can strike children, but most commonly affects people in the age range of 

20 to 50. It is between two to three times more common in women than men and is 

more prevalent in northern climates. The exact causes and a cure for MS have yet to 

be discovered, but new treatments and advances in research are giving new hope to 

people affected by the disease. 

Customer donations will go to two local chapters of the Society: The Greater 

Northwest Chapter which proudly serves more than 12,000 people with MS living in 

Alaska, Montana, Central and Western Washington and the Oregon Chapter which 

serves more than 7,200 individuals with MS and their families in Oregon and SW 

Washington. 

QFC is proud to support many great charities on a local level. We thank our 

customers and our associates for their generosity. Together, we can make a difference 

in the lives of many of the less fortunate in our communities. 

For questions or more information, please contact Ken Banks at 425-462-2205 or ken.banks@qfci.com. 

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ballet is an essential supplement to modern 

dance, jazz, and hip-hop training. Open to 

all levels of experience. Students should 

wear clothes and shoes that are comfortable 

and easy to dance in. 

Feb. 26 — Hip Hop Dance 

Learn your favorite modern hip hop moves! 

This class will develop skills in rhythm, coordination, 

balance, and musicality, and will 

teach easy and fun hip hop choreography. 

Class will involve a warm up, concentrating 

on basic body isolations, across-the-floor 

movement, and group routines. 

March 4 — Improv 

Through games, exercises, and scene work 

students will learn to trust their instincts, 

think on their feet, and create new characters 

and stories on the spot. Work on the 

same skills as performers from “Saturday 

Night Live,” “Lonely Planet,” “Whose Line 

Is It Anyway?,” Second City and more! 

March 11 — Sketch Comedy 

Have you ever wanted to be a writer for 

“Saturday Night Live”? In this workshop, 

you’ll learn the basics of writing sketch 

comedy and how to create a voice that is 

distinctly yours. 

March 18 — Costume Design 

Learn how a costume transforms from an 

idea in someone’s imagination into a reallife 

piece of art. Take your own ideas and 

put them on paper in a clear and creative 

way. Students will leave with their very 

own designs laid out in sketches.

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using nature as a primary inspiration helped 

Frank cope with his dislocated refugee experience. 

Relocating mid-career, Frank was 55 

when he arrived in Manhattan. 

Visitors might do well to purchase an 

inexpensive ($15) catalog from a 2007 retrospective 

of Frank’s life and art by the 

Jewish Museum of Stockholm, available at 

this museum’s gift shop. And what would 

a colorful design exhibit be without the 

opportunity to purchase your own Frank 

merchandise? Smaller items range from 

cocktail napkins, paper cubes and notecards 

up to pricier fabric pillows, totes and 

serving trays. 

The Nordic Heritage Museum represents 

the cultural heritage of five Nordic countries: 

Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway 

and Sweden. Housed in a renovated former 

public school, the inscription of Webster 

School is still visible above the entry of the 

square-block–sized 1907 dark brick building. 

Free parking is available in a parking lot 

in front of the museum; the entry and exhibition 

spaces are walker- and wheelchair-accessible. 

During both of my visits last month, the 

facility museum was nicely heated; art exhibition 

spaces are often uncomfortably cool, a 

detracting factor for the older visitor. 

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Design without borders: Nordic Heritage 

museum salutes Jewish modernist designer 

chaRlene kahn Special to JTNews 

Review 

A characteristic of timeless design is the 

ability for a piece to reappear as if newly 

imagined, seamlessly melding its actual 

origins with the contemporary viewer and 

resisting categorization. An accurately 

titled local exhibit, “The Enduring Designs 

of Josef Frank,” on view at The Nordic Heritage 

Museum in Ballard, left this viewer 

visually delighted. Frank’s name is known 

to interior designers and the home furnishings 

trade in his adopted country of Sweden 

and in Austria, his country of origin. More 

than 30 years of his career were spent collaborating 

with Estrid Ericson, founder of 

the Swedish design house Svenskt Tenn, 

which also funded the traveling exhibit. 

“This exhibit is a wonderful opportunity 

to explore the work of this groundbreaking 

Jewish designer, who fled Vienna 

before the Second World War and came to 

define Swedish modernism,” Nordic Heritage 

Museum CEO Eric Nelson told me. 

“The core mission of the Nordic Heritage 

Museum is to share Nordic culture with a 

broad audience.” 

The exhibit pays homage to the works 

created during the second half of Josef 

Frank’s long-running career. Frank was 

born in 1885 and died at 82 in 1967. 

CourTeSy SveNSkT TeNN, SToCkhoLm, SWeDeN 

“Armchair with mirakel,” on display at the Nordic Heritage museum. The 

textile design was created by Josef frank in the late 1920s and the armchair 

designed in 1934. The chair itself was produced in 2010. 

All works shown in the exhibit were 

designed from the 1920s through the 

1940s, but produced in 2010. The revival of 

Frank’s Swedish Modern style as a standard 

of contemporary design has experienced a 

resurgence since the 1980s. While the term 

“modern design” is often eponymous with 

cold, sterile severity, Frank emphasized 

comfort and informality, producing whimsical 

designs inspired by nature. 

Frank’s non-Jewish wife, Anna Sebel- 

ius, kept Frank one 

step ahead of the 

Nazis, moving them 

from Vienna to 

Stockholm in 1933 

and from Stockholm 

to New York City in 

1942, when Sweden 

became occupied. 

In 1946, the Franks 

returned to Sweden, 

where he remained 

principal designer at 

Svenskt Tenn. 

The Seattle exhibit, 

at once modern yet 

cozy, provides the 

visitor an easy amble 

through hanging 

bolts of colorful fabric, clean-lined wooden 

cabinetry, well-cushioned upholstery, and 

tactile, cast glass. Sinuously designed silver 

candleholders called “The Knot of Friendship” 

are positioned by the entry. The 

bright, curving upholstery of the “Banana” 

sofa welcomes viewers, though that welcome 

is bit of a tease with the “Do Not 

Touch” sign affixed to it. 

Everything is warmth, color, comfort: 

A multi-colored floor lamp beckons 

If 

you 

go: 

“The Enduring Designs of Josef 

Frank” is on display through February 

19 at The nordic Heritage 

museum, 3014 nW 67th st. in 

seattle’s Ballard neighborhood. 

For more information, visit 

www.nordicmuseum.org or call 

206-789-5707. 

the child within. There is nothing austere 

about these luscious patterns and 

well-appointed furnishings, effective antidotes 

to the cold rains of Stockholm — 

and Seattle. 

“A home…must offer comfort, rest and 

a nice atmosphere where the eye can rest, 

and the mind be refreshed,” wrote Frank 

in 1931. 

Frank’s brief stay in America produced 

botanically inspired textile designs still 

popular today. Created during the 1940s, 

the source for “US Tree” was a field manual; 

the origin of the cheerful “Green Birds” 

was a sourcebook. Both are included in 

the exhibit. Frank’s dedication and artistic 

single-mindedness probably contributed 

to his survival, and his reputation as a 

skilled designer brought him to the notice 

of Svenskt Tenn’s founder Estrid Ericson; 

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