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the rabbi’s turn letters to the editor

Can we listen to one another Principled and courageous

while disagreeing? I am glad to see coverage of the Olympia Co-op’s decision to boycott Israeli products.
It is a principled and courageous action and naturally they are taking heat for it. Many
Jews like myself are not represented by Israel and Zionism. I doubt even a majority of
Rabbi Bernie Fox Northwest Yeshiva High School U.S. Jews are. I am glad to see activism that seeks to overturn Israel’s crimes against
My wife Shirley and I spent not interested in telling me Palestinians and against Israel destroying Jewish traditions of fighting for the oppressed,
this past Shabbat in Pitts- about himself, his children, and of valuing honor and justice.
burgh visiting my mother. In and grandchildren until he Adrienne Weller
the morning, I arrived at syn- had heard about my family. Seattle
agogue and took my usual And he did not just act as if
seat next to where my father, he was listening so as to be The gift of life
of blessed memory, sat for polite while his mind roamed Thank you, Erez Ben-Ari, for a very moving column (“Not just for anyone,” July 9)
many decades. Two rows in the galaxy — he was fully making a very important point about how organ donation saves lives.
front of me was another vis- focused. Albert Behar and his family are very close friends of mine. I have nothing but admira-
itor. Slowly, I realized this When we show that level tion and respect for Lea Hanan for bravely donating one of her kidneys to save her father’s
guest was the many-decades- of interest in another person, life. It was not only a great Father’s Day gift, but shows a daughter’s love and gratitude
later version of a dear high school friend. we acknowledge that individual’s intrinsic to him for all he has done for her.
Just to make sure my analysis of the worth and sanctity. Speaking with Dov, I I’m delighted to hear both of them are doing well. Albert has been a very active vol-
effect of aging on facial and body features realized that by helping my students listen unteer at the Seattle Hebrew Academy, where he is affectionately called Uncle Albert.
was not flawed, I decided to wait before more intently to one another, I am not May he be blessed with many more years of good health to continue volunteering at the
introducing myself. When he was called only helping them dialogue more effec- school where he is much loved.
up to the Torah, his name and voice con- tively, I am teaching them to treat others Josh Basson
firmed my conclusion. With my analysis with the deference modeled by my friend. Seattle
completed, I introduced myself and dis- Sunday night we reconvened, now
covered that apparently aging had had joined by my brother-in-law and sister-
a greater effect on my features than on in-law. Dov shared a wonderful story
his. But slowly, the light of recognition about his mother, Evelyn. Evelyn’s grand- WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! Our guide to writing a
illuminated his eyes. We embraced and father was an ardent Zionist even before letter to the editor can be found at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/letters_guidelines.html,
after services caught each other up on our Theodore Herzl popularized the con- but please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. The deadline for the next issue is
respective lives and adventures. cept. Evelyn was raised in a Zionist home August 10. Future deadlines may be found online.
My friend Dov is older than me. He and as an adult was a member of many of
was a senior in high school when I was Pittsburgh’s Zionist organizations; actu-
a freshman. But in a small yeshiva high
school with 75 students, these issues were
ally, she was a member of all of them. She
was active in Mizrachi, the religious Zion-
What should we do about
not crucial in forming friendships. Dov
became somewhat of a mentor to me. It
ist organization, gave a weekly class for
Hadassah, served as an officer of the Zion-
BDS?
was interesting to speak to him decades ist Organization of America, and paid
later and reencounter some of the same dues to various other organizations. Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
qualities that so impressed me as a teen- At one point, a conflict had developed There’s going to come a time in the not- It says something when letters I see in
ager. with the ZOA regarding its direction. so-distant future that the news of a food the Seattle Times defending Israel exem-
I tell my students it is wonderful to Some members felt the organization had cooperative or some company deciding to plify that and do nothing to further the
debate one another. The process forces shifted to the right and ultimately these boycott Israel isn’t going to make the front argument in Israel’s favor.
the participants to clarify and to refine members left the ZOA to form a Pitts- page of the JTNews. Where many of us see the existence of
their positions. However, debate and dia- burgh chapter of a more moderate Zionist And if the past year is any indication, a Jewish homeland as something embed-
logue oftentimes fail to achieve this result organization. Evelyn immediately joined these events aren’t going to lose front-page ded in our DNA, plenty of others, even in
because the parties are simply not listen- the new organization. She explained that status because the issue is going to disap- religious communities, see a nation with
ing to one another. although she was an officer of the ZOA, pear. It’s going to be because it happens so the upper hand hell-bent on keeping an
Each participant is so enamored with she would not countenance the existence often, the issue is going to be become rou- underdog in its place. There’s generally
his own position that rather than con- of a Zionist organization in Pittsburgh in tine. Oh, look, there goes another one. not context attached to the images, but
sidering the what the other has to say, which she was not a member. So what do we do about this? The first there’s a growing consensus, even among
he blindly promotes his own. The partic- In other words, she believed that the thing we need to do is understand that Jews — especially among Jews — that what
ipants are not talking with one another; issue uniting all Zionists — love for and people on the different sides of this issue Israel is doing with the Palestinians needs
they are talking at one another. So, in support of the State of Israel — was far are not speaking the same language. to change.
order to enable my students to meaning- greater than the issues upon which differ- Earlier this summer Ethan Felson, That probably explains why the organi-
fully debate and discuss positions, I begin ent organizations disagreed. director of domestic concerns of the zations promoting BDS — that now-ubiq-
by teaching them to listen to one another. I believe that this attitude reflects the Jewish Council of Public Affairs, an uitous acronym of boycott, divestment
One way I do this is by insisting that a ability to be a good listener. Evelyn’s atti- umbrella group for Jewish public policy and sanctions — are so quick to point out
participant repeat his or her opponent’s tude required that she look beyond her organizations, spoke at a conference I the Jews in their midst.
position before posing a question or for- position in a tense dispute, understand the attended about boycotts against Israel. Felson suggests finding common
mulating a response. This is not merely a other party’s position, and recognize that “We are excellent at coming up with ground with people on the other side of
classroom exercise — it is a tool for life. despite the dispute, all the parties shared the self-resonating messages,” he said. “We this issue: Peace, personal stories, shared
How much conflict would be avoided or many of the same fundamental values. If know what they need to hear. And we are values, and giving context by moving the
resolved if the parties would merely take only we could all do this! very, very good at writing that letter to the conversation from occupation to terror-
the time to consider each others’ positions I also observe this attitude in my students editor and showing it to our spouse and ism. In essence, acknowledging the con-
rather than focusing exclusively on pro- at NYHS. They come from diverse religious saying, ‘Doesn’t that work?’ and then hear- cern about the offense while justifying the
moting their own perspectives! backgrounds. Many are from Orthodox ing exactly what we want to hear, not neces- defense. But the effort of personal contact
As I spoke to Dov, I was reminded sarily knowing that the person who reads it
how he is a remarkable listener. He was XXPage 8 might be looking for something different.” XXPage 4

“No, they’re not. Mine’s much more boring.” — Author Jonathan Tropper. See an interview on page 23.
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WWbds Page 3 to a vote before the board tossed it out — tens of millions of members and churches For Israeli officials, Felson said, “divest-
because the phone calls and e-mails to the on almost as many corners as Starbucks. ment is another fly in the ointment.
might not be enough. People have to be store had gotten so voluminous the issue That brings us to Olympia. Last month, They’re used to Israel being criticized.”
willing to listen. had begun to get in the way of what the when the board there voted almost unani- But the BDS movement is growing, and
Let’s think about local efforts at BDS co-op is first and foremost supposed to be mously to take the handful of Israeli prod- both sides are doing so much “educating”
and how, until last month, they had been doing: Selling food. ucts they have off their shelves, the BDS that it really is getting harder and harder
unsuccessful. This is important, because But here’s the common thread: When supporters finally got a victory. to know who exactly is telling the truth,
it isn’t a story of right over might, as one these efforts, and the many others like it, As small as the Olympia Food Co-op is, and what one nugget of fact means when
would hope. It’s a story of procedure failed, it was because of procedural mis- the echo from the first domino finally fall- taken in a greater context. Most of us just
undoing passion. takes or unnecessary burdens on business. ing reverberated around the world. don’t have the time or inclination to parse
But make no mistake: People who feel Just because the boycott failed does not The co-op is holding a meeting next out each detail and figure out how exactly
a sense of attachment to Israel are start- mean the people who ended the effort agree week to discuss the issue — kind of the to combat what doesn’t sound quite right,
ing to see ourselves on the losing end of with Israel’s behavior. backward way of doing things — and though we just don’t know why. And then
this battle. And when the co-op board was getting the way this democratic organization so we scratch our heads when yet another co-
Consider what was probably the big- annoyed about this issue, it became imme- proudly stifled an open discussion before operative, that bastion of progressive cap-
gest local effort thus far, Initiative 97. That diately clear that their annoyance wasn’t the vote runs counter to cooperative prin- italism and democracy, decides to banish
effort in 2008 would have forced the City with the people supporting the boycott. ciples established nearly 80 years ago. The from its shelves the products from a capi-
of Seattle’s retirement board to divest A month ago, in Minnesota, Israel conditions set for repeal are, as one oppo- talist, democratic country.
from some companies that do business supporters got (another) reprieve when nent of the decision put it, a complete “dis- So the question for us American Jews
with Israel. Caterpillar, the heavy equip- language in a resolution presented to solution of Israel’s Jewish character.” is, what are we going to do about it? Are
ment company that sells its products to attendees at the General Assembly of the Between the hard lines drawn on both we going to continue to play defense and
the Israeli Defense Forces, was on that list, Presbyterian Church would have recom- sides will be, I hope, the glimmer of under- merely monitor the situation or are we
“which is quite remarkable because Cat- mended sanctions and divestment against standing about why boycotting an entire going to get in front of it — not with “edu-
erpillar operates under U.S. anti-boycott Israel. The recommendations were made country, as opposed to a corporation, for cational materials” and historical facts, but
laws,” Felson noted. “Caterpillar can’t not by a committee that accused Israel of example, is such a bad idea: It’s futile to with engagement and attempts to move
sell to Israel. And so they chastise Cater- apartheid tactics and would have asked pressure a government, which is looking the conversation forward? A slap on the
pillar for operating within the law.” the U.S. to withhold funding “as a means at more than the bottom line, to change its wrist in the form of a boycott does just
I-97 was thrown out due to a jurisdic- of pressuring Israel,” according to a report ways because a store 10,000 miles away is the opposite. But the continual black eyes
tional issue. by the JTA news service. refusing to sell bulk couscous. Not to men- Israel is receiving in the press are begin-
Then there’s the Central Co-op boy- This is, I don’t have to remind you, a tion that doing so doesn’t solve any prob- ning to take its toll, and a large number of
cott resolution, which never even made it mainline American Christian church, with lems. us are beginning to lose patience.

QFC proudly supports Seattle Children’s Hospital

By Kristin Maas, QFC Public Affairs Director

Seattle Children’s is a hospital with a history that is both heartwarming

and inspiring. It’s the story of a Seattle woman named Anna Clise who
watched her six-year-old son, Willis, die of inflammatory rheumatism. Anna
turned her grief into hope, leading the effort to create a hospital dedicated to
the care of children. The hospital was founded in 1907.
Today, Seattle Children’s is one of the nation’s leading pediatric hospitals,
combining unsurpassed medical skill, groundbreaking research, and
profound human compassion in the effort to cure and prevent childhood
disease.
It’s a special place designed around, and for, children and their families.
They are committed to helping all children, regardless of the family’s
ability to pay. In 2001, Seattle Children’s provided nearly $25 million in
uncompensated care. In 2009, the figure for undercompensated and
uncompensated care reached more than $100 million.
So, what can you and I do to help this incredible organization in their
mission to help children in need? During the month of August, QFC will
feature Seattle Children’s as our checkstand charity of the month. Customers
can donate to Seattle Children’s at any checkstand using the $1, $5, or $10
scan cards; dropping their coins in the coin boxes at the checkstands; or
designating their 3 cent bag reuse credit as a donation to Seattle Children’s.
In addition, QFC will make a donation of $10,000 to Seattle Children’s.
As the mother of a 10-year old boy, I am thankful that I have never needed
the services of Seattle Children’s. However, I rest a little easier knowing that
there is a hospital right here in Seattle that is dedicated entirely to the care of
children. I believe Anna Clise would be pleased with her legacy.

Kristin Maas is the Director of Public Affairs for QFC. She can be reached at [email protected] or 425-990-6182.

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inside this issue

On the cover
Monday, August 2 was Israel Day for the day camps at the Stroum Jewish Community Center. Each child
got a passport and took part in events such as making pita bread, like Israeli counselor Moshe was doing
on the cover, face painting, and more. Photo by Lenny Kashner.

When small objects become a big deal 6

Something as small as a mezuzah on a front door can become a big deal if a condo association has issues
with religion. This was just one topic discussed at a recent education session for local Jewish attorneys.

Not just lunch 7

Several local organizations have created opportunities for seniors to come to eat, talk, participate in
activities, and meet up with people they haven’t seen in a long time. Here’s a rundown of what’s available
in the area.

More than a pink ribbon 8

Rochelle Shoretz has been diagnosed with breast cancer. Twice. And she hasn’t even turned 40. After her
first go-round, when she couldn’t find young Jewish women with cancer with whom she could commiser-
ate, she decided to start a support group on her own.

M.O.T.: Member of the Tribe 13

A Seattle-area couple that transplanted themselves to Hawaii was just given an award in volunteerism by
the island state’s governor, and a local boy gets into the New York music scene.

Remember when A View from the U 14

A Talmudic story has confounded columnist Marty Jaffee for quite a long time, and he tries to shed a little
light on truth-telling.
From the Jewish Transcript, Aug. 11,
2000 Tweet, tweet! 21
A group of doctors from Seattle, Another story about something to do with Twitter? Nope. It’s a review of a new acid jazz/hip hop album by
Alaska, and beyond, worked with Rabbi an amalgamation of Jewish musicians known as Abraham Inc. And it rocks.
David Fine, lower right, then the director
of the Reform movement’s Northwest An unappreciated hero 22
region, to study the religious aspects of Abba Kovner led the resistance in the Vilna ghetto and was instrumental in the founding of Israel. But his
circumcision to enable them to perform desire for revenge against his oppressors overshadowed his accomplishments. A new biography of this
brit milah. complicated man attempts to sort out the man’s life.

Say something funny 23

Author Jonathan Tropper’s novel about a family that comes together to sit shiva after the death of its patri-
arch — a serious subject if anyone can think of one — can’t help being laugh-out-loud hilarious.

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When daily necessities of observant Jewish life

become legal precedent
Amy Holan Special to JTNews
Sometimes something as seemingly existing wires local phone company, and was granted the Marvin Bloch and his family moved
innocuous as a mezuzah hanging on the strung on utility ability to hang the lechis. into their condo in the early 1970s, at
doorpost of a condominium can raise the poles, and attach- A second council meeting was held. which point they hung a mezuzah with-
biggest legal questions. Such was the case ing vertical black When the borough attorney noticed there out incident. In 2001, hallway rules
with the recent Continuing Legal Educa- rubber strips, was a “no-signage” ordinance, the votes were implemented to clear away clutter.
tion meeting, hosted by the Jewish Feder- about 6 inches were cast and, 5-0, the eruv was no longer Another rule stated that sign plates, swas-
ation of Greater Seattle’s Cardozo Society, long, called allowed. tikas, Playboy bunnies and the like could
that discussed two cases involving a mezu- lechis. The only problem with this, Jacobow- not be to hung on doors. The Blochs were
zah and an eruv, a line placed around a These lechis itz said, was that other signs still hung allowed to keep their mezuzah — that is,
neighborhood that allows observant Jews Kevin Britt form a symbolic — political posters, holiday wreaths, and until 2004, when a new board president,
to carry items from inside the home into “doorway,” Jaco- even large directional signs to churches Edward Frischholz, was elected.
the public on the Sabbath. bowitz explained. Even by pushing a displaying large crosses. This was obvi- Frischholz took the board by storm,
On Shabbat, the prohibition against car- stroller to services, it is simply an exten- ously no longer an issue of a signage ordi- according to Kevin Britt, the attorney who
rying items outside one’s house can make sion of one’s home. Lechis are hard to spot, nance, Jacobowitz said. It was an issue of presented on the matter. His first order
it difficult to be an Orthodox parent, said but they still appeared to get in the way in discrimination. of business: Renovations and painting.
Emanuel Jacobowitz, who presented the Tenafly, N.J., he said. The Tenafly Eruv Association filed suit. After the painting was finished, the Blochs
Tenafly (N.J.) Eruv Association, Inc. v. The This town of 14,000 people had about The suit was dismissed on the grounds that mounted their mezuzah, and a battle of
Borough of Tenafly case, which after filed in 40 Orthodox families. When the eruv it didn’t violate the Fair Housing Act — wills began. They would put it up; the
1999 took more than two years to settle. association approached the city of Tena- Orthodox families could still live in their condo association would take it down.
Parents can’t carry children outside the fly with its request, Mayor Ann Moscovitz homes. There was no free-speech interest, The Blochs proposed a new rule: How
front door, pack milk bottles for the child, had no problem, but referred the matter either. It was cited to be a discriminatory about an exception from the board for
or perform any other acts of pushing or to the city council. A public meeting fol- interference with the free exercise of reli- religious items? The hanging of a mezuzah
lifting. Eruvim have other practical appli- lowed, and concerns were raised: gion, however, so the eruv was granted by is a mitzvah many Jews take very seriously.
cations beyond children as well. • The Orthodox families would take over. the 3rd Circuit Court. However, if the no- The board denied the request.
But what’s a prohibition without a • People would be stoned for driving signs ordinance had been regularly applied, Intolerance began to seep into other
workaround? The common loophole for through. it would have been an easy decision the board issues, Britt said. Meetings had
Orthodox communities to leave the house • They would be giving up too much of the other way, Jacobowitz said. always been held during the week so the
without leaving their kids at home on borough’s power. Meanwhile, another religious freedom Blochs could attend, but after Frischholz
Shabbat, the eruv, essentially creates one Still, the process moved forward. The issue was brewing in the Seattle suburb of
big household. It’s put in place by using eruv association went to Bell Atlantic, the Shoreline. XXPage 8

The boys’ basketball team, left to right,

Celebrating sports at take a breather: Josh Gladstein, Joshua

Barokas, Joe Katz, Aidan Gold, Eytan

the Maccabi Games Raphaely, Mason Azose, Caleb Angel,

and Coach Jay Azose. Also on the team
is Max Tilden.
The Stroum Jewish Community Center’s Seattle
contingent to the annual Maccabi Games doesn’t seem
to be having trouble working up a sweat. This year’s
games are taking place in Denver, Colo. this week Michael Payant waits for
with the 13 Seattle representatives playing boys’ and the serve.
girls’ basketball, soccer, tennis, and more.
Photos courtesy of Jessica Wilkinson.

Jason Cohen gets the kick just in bounds

during a Tuesday game.
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If
Order up! Community lunches bring together you
go:
Jewish seniors Organizers of local senior lunches
say their programs often sell out, so
Charlene F. Kahn Special to JTNews reservations are a must. Contact the
For those in the 60-and-over set, three following for dates and times:
area synagogues and the Stroum Jewish Stroum JCC: Roni Antebi at
Community Center have created differ- 206-388-0832
ent opportunities to socialize over home- Herzl-Ner Tamid: Leslie Reibman at
cooked, balanced lunches. Each location 206-232-8555, ext. 207
offers a variety of activities: A film series, Sephardic Bikur Holim: Rachel Calde-
bingo or Mah Jongg, or musical perfor- ron at 206-723-3388
mance. But the main, and most popular, Ezra Bessaroth: Esther Sadis at 425-
course is the socializing. 747-0915
Retired lawyer Mo Epstein attends the Most lunches cost between $7-$8.
Herzl-Ner Tamid Daytimers program on Programs are open to non-members.
Mercer Island. He noted the social value in Endless Opportunities, a program
the event: It “brings us out,” he said. “The of Jewish Family Service, also has
food is good, and there’s camaraderie. I see Charlene Kahn programs for seniors in conjunction
people I haven’t seen in a while.” Herzl Daytimers, from left to right, Muriel Epstein, Maurice “Mo” Epstein, Ruth Sassoon, Lucie Kavesh, with local synagogues. Contact Ellen
Rachel Calderon is a member of the Diane Lilly, Mason Lilly and Fanny Marchevsky hold the poster from their summer film series Hendin at 206-861-3183 for details.
Sephardic Bikur Holim Social Club, where events.
she helps to cook and takes reservations
for the lunches. For Calderon, a long-time residence. “I come here [to Herzl-Ner brought successful adult education pro- from Video Judaica’s collection.”
congregant, “these lunches are fantastic, Tamid] because this is my synagogue.” gram ideas along with their furniture. Attendee Muriel Epstein, who has a
and it’s nice to see people come out and Some folks “cross over” and attend “We were among the founders of the background in dietetics and nutrition,
enjoy themselves,” she said. “People have more than one community lunch: Fanny DayTimers program at Congregation Har heads up the kitchen crew. Sometimes
to get out and come together.” Marchevsky, also a member of Herzl- Shalom in Potomac, Maryland,” recalled the film’s theme influences the spread:
For many of the attendees at the Day- Ner Tamid, enjoyed a recent meal at Ezra Diane Lilly. The July film, Sixty Six, featured a picnic-
timers events, it’s often the only opportu- Bessaroth’s Lunch and Lashon group. The Herzl Daytimers program was style meal.
nity they may have to see old acquaintances “The lunch was magnificent,” she said. “born out of an effort to meet people,” The two Sephardic synagogues in Seat-
with whom they’ve lost touch. “Even the rolls were homemade!” she said. “That was four-plus years ago. tle’s Seward Park neighborhood alternate
“I come here because I get to see people In Diane and Mason Lilly’s case, the Mason and I alternate researching, writing serving the monthly lunches. At Sephardic
I don’t normally,” said Ruth Fligstein, who couple moved to the Seattle area in 2005 and delivering introductions to the film,
lives at The Summit at First Hill retirement to be closer to their son and family; they chosen by committee and often rented XXPage 8

CONGREGATION EzRA BESSAROTH

100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA DINNER
AUGUST 22 at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue
Cocktails 4:30 PM/Dinner 6:00 PM

ANNIVERSARY LECTURE SERIES:

Donations welcomed

Dr. Aron Rodrigue

Professor of Jewish Studies/History, Stanford University
“The Island of Memory: Jewish Life in Rhodes, 16th to 20th Centuries”
AUGUST 12 at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 7:30 pm.

Rabbi Dr. Marc D. Angel

Founder/Director of the Institute of Jewish Ideas and Ideals
“The Lasting Legacy of the Judeo-Spanish Civilization”
AUGUST 19 at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, 7:30 pm.

Lecture Series Co-sponsors:

Congregation Ezra Bessaroth • Samuel & Althea Stroum Jewish Studies Program/Henry M. Jackson School of
International Studies/University of Washington
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle • Washington State Jewish Historical Society

SHABBAT LUNCHEON AND COURTYARD DEDICATION:

Shabbat luncheon and lecture by Rabbi Dr. Marc Angel
“Tradition and Modernity/a Sephardi approach to Jewish Law” Aki Estamos —
AUGUST 21 at CEB, immediately following Shabbat services.
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth Members and Gala attendees only.
We are still here
Luncheon, Courtyard renovations and Holocaust Memorial donated by Lela and Harley Franco Family

For further information, Gala and Luncheon reservations, contact Susan at 206-722-5500.
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WWmezuzot Page 6 WWlunches Page 7

Create a Lifestyle took over, they would be held only on

Friday nights. When the Blochs asked to
Bikur Holim, Eli Varon has been cooking
meals for the Social Club and special occa-
That’s Just Right for You. change the date, dissension grew. Frischholz
would also make comments about the
sions for 10 years. Varon is somewhat of an
anomaly, as he is younger than the people
unimportance of religion, Britt said. he serves, but he enjoys coming in to pre-
But the final act of intolerance occurred pare the meals.
when Marvin Bloch died. The family was “These people are great,” he said. “I
sitting shiva, and asked the board for an listen to stories of their fun times. It’s a
exception to hang the mezuzah during this good crowd to be around.”
time. It was granted, but when the family Varon’s menu often consists of tra-
returned home with the rabbi from the ditional Sephardic-style meals that have
funeral, they were humiliated to find the included Avicas con arros — rice and beans
mezuzah gone. — or macaroni rinadoes — hamburger and
They filed their case and won, but the macaroni. “We also include salate (salad),
victory wasn’t clear-cut. Without the other bread, vegetable and dessert, sometimes
intolerant acts, it would have been a much biscochos,” he said.
harder case to win, Britt said. At Congregation Ezra Bessaroth, just
“If you don’t have the board member north of SBH, Lunch and Lashon is orga-
making flippant comments,… if you don’t nized by members of the Ladies Auxil-
have the funeral type incidents,” he said, “it’s iary. Treasurer Esther Lee Sadis started the
a much, much harder argument to make.” lunches more than 13 years ago, taking res-
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ing you to take down a mezuzah,” Britt said. nice way of seeing people — it’s a full meal
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Cancer survivor works to help others

facing the dreaded disease
Lillian Cohen-Moore JTNews Intern
In the early days of Rochelle Shoretz’s The effort to see Jewish women sup- for requests of materials or support con-
first cancer diagnosis, the 28-year-old ported through breast cancer led Shoretz cerning breast cancer, Shoretz said. The
mother of two struggled to find someone to make the Seattle trip, with the hope of recent addition of ovarian cancer to
else to talk to. seeing the program Sharsheret Supports Sharsheret programming is both an out-
“I found myself asking anyone who brought to the area. Sharsheret Supports growth of a new strategic plan for the
called to offer support whether they knew seeks to partner with organizations and organization and genetics issues faced in
of another young Jewish woman who had agencies already existing in a region, and the realm of cancer support.
breast cancer,” she said. “More than the to offer assistance in the creation of locally “Jewish women of Ashkenazi descent
meals, more than the rides, more than aimed programs and materials sensitive to who carry a mutation in the BRCA1 or
baby-sitting, I really needed other young the needs of Jewish women dealing with BRCA2 gene are at increased risk of devel- Lillian Cohen-Moore
people.” breast and, more recently, ovarian cancer. oping both breast and ovarian cancer,” Rochelle Shoretz, founder of the Sharsheret
So Shoretz created Sharsheret, an orga- Marjorie Schnyder of Jewish Family Shoretz said. “One in 40 Jewish women of young Jewish women’s cancer support group.
nization that provides support for Jewish Service met with Shoretz during her visit. Ashkenazi descent carries the mutation.”
women with breast cancer. Six months “One of the things we looked into six Carriers of the BRCA mutations have
after starting Sharsheret, Hebrew for or seven years ago is Jewish healing pro- as high as an 80 percent chance of devel- “There are a lot of questions that Jewish
chain, Shoretz had added more than 20 grams nationally,” Schnyder said. “We got oping breast cancer in their lifetimes. families face when considering genetic
“links” and had begun to attract the atten- a lot of calls about people looking for sup- With the added risk of ovarian cancer that counseling, and genetic testing,” Shoretz
tion of national cancer organizations. port for chronic and serious illnesses, and comes with the mutation, Sharsheret’s said.
The centerpiece of Sharsheret’s 10 offer- we did some strategic planning to see if we strategic plan called for an expansion of The organization is ultimately unique,
ings is the Link program, in which women needed to expand our programming.” programming to address the risk of ovar- Shoretz said, because “There are unique
affected by breast cancer can act as a peer Project Misheberach was a pilot pro- ian cancer in the Jewish population. ways in which Jewish families are affected
supporter to others. gram at JFS to explore programs sup- Though hereditary breast and ovar- by a breast or ovarian cancer diagnosis, and
“For a young woman facing breast porting the ill. During the pilot, they ian cancers are a small percentage of all Sharsheret is the only national organization
cancer, the notion of connecting over the discovered the work Sharsheret was doing, cases, Sharsheret also has a Genetics For that can address those unique needs.”
telephone with other peers at a time and and they finally had a chance to connect in Life program that addresses the concerns Shoretz gave examples of how the High
place that is convenient and private is crit- July. Schnyder said JFS looks forward to of Jewish women and families, making it Holidays or use of the mikvah brings ques-
ical,” Shoretz said. working with Sharsheret in the future. possible to consult with a genetics coun- tions and concerns into the life of patients
Shoretz spoke with JTNews during a In the past year alone, Sharsheret has selor, free of charge, to weigh both familial
visit to Seattle in July. seen 75 inquiries from Washington State risks and options. XXPage 21

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The Jerusalem Post Crossword Puzzle

By David Benkof

all photos courtesy ezra bessaroth

The wedding party for Morris and Gentil Israel, on the steps of the old Ezra Bessaroth on 15th and Fir,
Sept. 7, 1924.

Seattle Sephardic synagogue

prepares to enter its second
century by celebrating the first
Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
Across Down “We’re still here” is the proud and There’s a kind of “social contract” that
1. Juicy fruit 1. Neither milk nor meat defiant declaration that will usher in the goes along with membership: One’s per-
5. Actor Garlin (“Curb Your 2. Extract second century of community for the his- sonal observance is not prescribed, but
Enthusiasm”) 3. Hook up toric Seattle Orthodox Sephardic syna- the lifecycle events and rituals conducted
9. Acts like leavened bread 4. Prepare a shankbone
gogue, Congregation Ezra Bessaroth. The within the community are observed in the
14. Choir member 5. Grp. that used to be B’nai B’rith
synagogue will celebrate its 100-year mile- Orthodox tradition.
15. Become tiresome Women
16. Author and Kabbalist Kaplan 6. Poetic contraction stone anniversary in August with a gala When the first Jewish immigrants from
17. Comedienne Rudner 7. String bean’s opposite dinner, guest lecturers, and the dedication Rhodes began their new lives in Seat-
18. Practice exogamy 8. More emancipated of a new courtyard, sponsored by mem- tle in 1904, others soon followed. Soon,
20. Form of payment 9. City on the road from Cairo to bers Harley and Lela Franco. The garden they would need a “kehilla,” the Sephardic
22. Navy ___ Damascus will feature a memorial obelisk inscribed word used for a synagogue. More like a
23. Danish musician-humorist 10. Some nest eggs six times, in six languages, that honors the Jewish brotherhood in its first incarna-
26. It’s on a seder plate 11. Isr. neighbor founders’ ancestors on the Greek island of tion in 1909, the Koupa Ozer Dalim Anshe
29. Biblical ending 12. Occupational suffix Rhodes. Rhodes, the Fund for the Aid of the Poor
30. Achinoam Nini’s stage name 13. Short As the synagogue memorializes the People of Rhodes, was organized. Its first
31. Garden tool 19. Hobo’s attire
now-small remnant of a once-thriving building was located at 9th and Yesler in
33. Sight and smell 21. Fine-tunes
Sephardic Jewish community in Rhodes Seattle and the monthly membership dues
36. Helper, as Rahm is to Barack 24. Gossipmeister Barrett
37. Russian-British philosopher who 25. Foundation before the Nazis rounded them up and were 25 cents.
wrote “The Hedgehog and the Fox” 26. Emil Fackenheim subject transported them to their deaths in Today, a congregation that decades ago
42. Letter before 47-Across 27. Ein ___ Auschwitz-Birkenau — with an exact rep- held daily services in the Spanish-Hebrew
43. Begins 28. Secluded spot lica of the same black granite monument hybrid language of Ladino, now uses
44. Didn’t have 32. Crew equipment that stands in Rhodes — they are also surg- nearly all Hebrew and English, with only a
47. Hebrew letter meaning “mouth” 33. Kitchen ___ ing forward into a dynamic future filled few prayers in Ladino.
48. Ted Koppel’s longtime network 34. Put away with plans to increase membership and “Here we are, a hundred years later,
51. It needs refinement 35. Triangle, e.g. diversity, reach out to all Jews in the com- with the prayer and the ‘minchag,’ or cus-
52. “People’s Court” host 37. Columbia U. historian Baron munity, focus on education, and recruit a toms that are exactly the same customs
56. Designer’s concern 38. Omer month
new rabbi. as it was 100 years ago on Rhodes,” said
57. Kol ___ 39. Playwright Elmer
“‘We’re still here’ is the defining mes- Joel Benoliel, a former board member
58. Author, “A Guide to Jewish 40. Goldstar, e.g.
Religious Practice” 41. “Survivor: Africa” winner Zohn sage from those from the Island of Rhodes and longtime volunteer at Ezra Bessaroth.
63. One kind of race 45. Kicks out who survived,” Steve Hemmat, Ezra Bessa- Benoliel is also a member of the program
64. Piece of Orthodox garb 46. “___ Soup” roth’s, president told JTNews. “We take committee for the centennial celebration
65. Tie up 48. Comedian ___ Dice Clay a very solemn responsibility to perpetu- and will act as master of ceremonies at the
66. Like some drinks 49. Mobster David ate the traditions of the founders from the events related to the centennial and gala.
67. Brings on 50. Tops Island of Rhodes and, at the same time, “We think it’s one of the few synagogues
68. Cholent, e.g. 53. “Guys and ___” to integrate people of all backgrounds, in the world that is faithful to the customs
69. Has 54. Herod the ___ including different Sephardic back- of the Isle of Rhodes.”
55. Instrument of 23-Across grounds, Ashkenazi[m], converts, and And that’s the challenge for Ezra Bessa-
56. Have the nerve
Jews by choice.” roth as it continues to grow. They want to
58. Chazon ___
Ezra Bessaroth is a diverse community maintain their unique and warm char-
59. Mt. Hermon accessory
60. Put on, as “Srugim” open to those who practice all levels of acter that many visitors and members
61. Rocks, to a bartender Jewish observance, added Hemmat. love, while including and accommodat-
62. Passaic, ___ Jersey “We are an Orthodox synagogue,” he ing younger members who may not have
Answers on page 26 said. “Most members are not, but you will grown up in that culture.
see a tolerance for everyone.” To do that, the synagogue is looking
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Rev. David J. Behar agreed to serve as Ezra Bessaroth’s “temporary” If

hazzan and spiritual leader. He served from 1917 to 1939, then as hazzan
you
until he retired in 1966.
go:
Below: A bird’s-eye view of Ezra Bessaroth’s current sanctuary in Seward Park.
The congregation moved to Seward Park in the late 1950s, but the sanctuary Ezra Bessaroth will hold several
itself was dedicated in 1969. events to celebrate its first century:
On Thurs., Aug. 12, at 6 p.m. Dr.
Aron Rodrigue of Stanford Univer-
sity will talk about life in Rhodes.
On Thurs., Aug. 19, at 1 p.m. Rabbi
Dr. Marc D. Angel will return to
his native Seattle to speak, and on
Sun., Aug. 22 at 6 p.m. the 100th
Year Gala Celebration will be held
at Meydenbauer Center, 11100 NE
6th St., Bellevue. Contact Susan
Jensen at 206-722-5500 or
[email protected] for
details and to RSVP.

At left, Ezra Bessaroth’s original building, at 15th and Fir,

had a grand, ornate bima in its sanctuary.

to hire Rabbi Daniel Hadar from Silver appointed rabbi, we’re very excited about
Springs, Md., currently an attorney with that future.”
the United States Postal Service. Hadar Realistically, an increase in member-
has a strong background in outreach and ship also means an increase in “the bottom
growth, according to Ruben Owen, the line.” The 100th-anniversary gala dinner
congregation’s past president and grand at the Meydenbauer Center in Belle-
trustee. Owen acts as an advisor and sup- vue on August 22 will attract close to 350
port to the current president. people. In addition to the gala, a two-lec-
“We’re looking for him to be an out- ture series, the first on Aug. 12 featuring
reach person, to kind of bring our roots Dr. Aron Rodrigue, a Stanford University
back together, and strengthen our Sep- historian and the second on Aug. 19 with
hardic heritage,” said Owen, “while at the Rabbi Marc Angel, founder and director of HUNGER
same time, I would hope that he would the lnstitute of Jewish ldeas and ldeals are OR
maintain the ties with our non-Sephardic
members.”
all open to the community. Both speak-
ers have strong ties to Seattle’s Sephardic HOPE?
The synagogue is currently in negotia- communities. CHOOSE TO HELP.
tions with Hadar. “Finances in a recession are always
“We need to educate people about the challenging, but we have some very gen-
traditions, have Shabbat services that are erous donors,” Hemmat said. “This gala
more ‘user-friendly,’ and make the memo- is a major fundraiser for the congrega-
rial services more meaningful for people,” tion and we seem to be on track to do very
Owen said. “Like many Jewish institu- well there.”
tions, we are all trying to invigorate our- The leadership at Congregation Ezra
selves and make ourselves more relevant Bessaroth seem to thrive on the powerful Help Food Lifeline end childhood hunger, an issue that takes on
to the newer generations.” customs, rituals, and memories from their greater signicance during the summer months when children
Membership numbers have been past. In July 1944, the Germans moved are out of school and unable to count on school meal programs.
“static,” added Owen, with new member- with relentless precision into Rhodes and
ships being offset by those who are pass- nearby Kos, and deported all but 50 of the DONATE FOOD
ing on. 2,000 Jews who lived there, a mere three
Hemmat said he is hopeful that a new months before they were defeated. Those DONATE FUNDS
rabbi with the right set of skills will give 50 Jews that held Turkish citizenship were
Ezra Bessaroth the boost it needs. protected by the Turkish consulate. Only VOLUNTEER
“As we move away from the original 151 Rhodesli Jews survived the Holocaust.
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Putting a twist on social entrepreneurship,

and ‘Shaloha’ from Hawaii
Diana Brement JTNews Columnist

1
Northwest Yeshiva graduate Yishai ness relationship and wanted Yishai hooked up with
Mizrachi-Varon (2005) has been to develop an “innovative and Shemspeed at a summer fes-
in Israel this summer as a fellow- creative outreach program tival called Jewzapalooza,
ship recipient of the PresenTense Global for Jewish college students,” where he saw “more Jews
Institute. which Yishai has been work- in one place than in all the
A Baruch College student in New York, ing on. synagogues of Seattle put
Yishai has been working in an unpaid “It is hip, cool, edgy, and together,” he writes. “Artists,
internship at Shemspeed, a Jewish world- fresh — perhaps even a little performers, and entrepre-
music recording label and promotion provocative,” Yishai wrote via neurs of every description…a
agency in Brooklyn (www.shemspeed.com). e-mail, and he believes that world of Jewish creativity and
He applied for and received one of only 16
fellowships worldwide after his mom, Rina,
gave them an edge in the grant
selection process. tribe innovation that I didn’t even
know existed.”
found an announcement about the pro- Attending the Global Institute is a six- Buying a t-shirt, he con-
gram in her daily scan of the week “business incubator nected with the vendor over
JTA Jewish wire service’s boot camp for Jewish social their mutual love of hip hop music. That
newsfeed. He proposed to entrepreneurs,” Yishai has vendor was Safar, Shemspeed’s founder. Ken Astrein
work on the Israeli keffiyeh, a been developing workshops Yishai began attending their parties and Cantor David Serkin-Poole, of
product of Dveykus, a “trendy on Jewish identity, on new events. Temple B’nai Torah, and his son
Jewish apparel company” and original Jewish music, “That slender thread lead me to an Gene were among the nearly 50
(www.thekef.com). and identifying role models internship with Shemspeed, which cul- attendees of a Shaarei Tikvah
“The keffiyeh is a Middle for “creativity, passion and minated in my receiving this very fellow- summer Shabbat service and dinner
Eastern scarf that has emerged Jewish commitment” around ship,” he says. for people with disabilities and
as the ultra-hip fashion acces- the keffiyeh theme. Yishai will graduate with a degree in special needs at Conservative
sory, especially among college Yishai Mizrachi-Varon The “extremely intense, advertising communications and market- Congregation Herzl-Ner Tamid.
students,” Yishai explained. hands-on program” allowed ing management next year. He hopes his This local group’s next activity
The Israeli version comes in blue him to clarify “the vision of our venture,” current work will lead to non-profit work will be its annual Rosh Hashanah
and white or camouflage, printed with he writes, while doing market research, with a focus on youth outreach and pro- service, on Thurs., Sept. 9 at 4 p.m.
Jewish messages. Erez Safar, Shemspeed’s developing the brand and “setting achiev- gramming. at Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s Seattle
founder and director, and Baruch Cher- able and measurable goals.” The Keffiyeh location.
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The town called “Truth”: Better look for a place in the suburbs!
Martin Jaffee JTNews Columnist
The Talmud is famous for its stories One day his wife was was comforted in his skepti- from a prying neighbor. To the balabuste
and parables. My favorites are those so sitting and washing her cism by Rav Tavut’s (or Rav banging on the door he could have said,
allusive and ambiguous that we can hardly hair. Her neighbor came Tavyume’s) personal tes- “Sorry, Rivkele is indisposed.”
know what to make of them. and knocked on the door. timony that Truth indeed Instead, he claimed, “She’s not in!”
Consider the following, which I He thought it immodest to existed — not in the bais Not a huge deception, really. Can it
recently rediscovered. I taught it (that is, reveal what she was doing midrash, mind you, and not possibly matter whether Mrs. Tavut is
confessed to my students that I didn’t “get and said, “she’s not here.” in the hearts of great sages, doing her hair or engaged in retail therapy
it”) years ago and then forgot all about it. Immediately, his two nor even in the scrolls of the at the local Best Buy? She’s unavailable all
Then, one day, while preparing Daf Yomi, children died. Torah and the prophets. the same. Why does this minor discrep-
there it was, smack in the middle of San- The people of the town Truth was alive, it seems, ancy between Truth and its representation
hedrin 97a. came to him and asked: view in a scarcely known town vis- draw the consequence of the death of Rav
I’m still not sure what to make of it; “What’s this all about?” ited by virtually no one and Tavut’s innocent children, the very chil-
but nowadays I’m experienced enough to He told them all that happened. well off the beaten-path of dren raised wholly in Truth?
express my lack of imagination in the form They said to him: “We beg of you! Torah scholarship. Now, if not The point of the parable seems to be
of learned bafflement. So here we go: Get out of here before you bring Death of Torah, of what does the Truth in the that even the tiniest misrepresentation of
Said Rava: There was a time when upon all of us!” town called Truth consist? the most insignificant reality causes an
I claimed there was no Truth in the Now, we all know that Truth is pre- In the simple fact of calling things what immense crack in the cosmos that per-
world. cious and rare. But Rava, the teller of the they are. mits entry to the entropic forces that bring
Then one of our Masters, and Rav tale (by way of Rav Tavut — or maybe it As a reward for upholding the integrity annihilation to us all.
Tavut was his name (and others report: was Rav Tavyume?), originally doubted of language the residents of Truth live out Personally, I find the lack of propor-
Rav Tavyume was his name), told me that Truth existed at all! the span of life ordained by their Creator, tion between Rav Tavut’s “white lie” and
that if they’d give him all the wealth of Really? Wasn’t Rava a great sage of the suffering neither accidental death, dis- its deathly consequences appalling. Surely
the world, he would never speak decep- oral Torah? Wasn’t he immersed in learn- memberment, calamitous disease, or the there are some truths that are best left
tively. ing? A veritable oiker harim (“uprooter ravages of one’s fellow creatures. obscured? Is reality so fragile (or impor-
One time he chanced upon a town, of mountains”) by virtue of his powerful Call President Obama! Let Truth be the tant!) that it can’t bear the weight of a
and Truth was its name. And no one mind? How could he doubt the existence single provider! discrete fib or two to protect another’s dig-
there spoke deceptively, and no one of Truth — even to the point of being Unfortunately, as it happens, the stan- nity? Aren’t we prohibited from shaming
there died before his time. unsure of the very informant whose tale dard of Truth is very uncompromising. our neighbor in public?
He took a wife from among them, he relates? Rav Tavut (or Rav Tavyume) tells a little
and raised two children with her. Well, apparently, doubt he did. But he “white lie” to protect his wife’s privacy XXPage 15

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Or, let’s face it, there might be an even protected the world of Truth from the cor-
Well, if you put it that way . . . darker interpretation. Might it have been rosive power of the Lie. Martin S. Jaffee currently holds the Samuel &
But maybe that way wasn’t the way it “mikvah night” at the Tavuts? After all, the What do we learn from Rava’s parable? Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish Studies at the
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and felt threatened by their chumminess? Even subliminally? As the saying goes: “The versely, is the harsh Truth so important as Radar: Snapshots of a Post-Ethnic American
Was he undermining his wife’s indepen- greater the tzaddik, the greater the yetzer!” to trump the simple decency and compas- Judaism by iUniverse press.
dence rather than preserving her privacy? We can never know. All we know is sion of the “white lie?”
Wasn’t it, after all, his wife’s prerogative that the Tavuts (or Tavyumes) were run Let every reader decide! But if you
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Tweet, Tweet: Serious musicians open explorations between

black and Jewish communities
Daniel Kirsch Special to JTNews
Genre-bending bands are nothing new. reviewed in these pages previously. The
For decades The Clash fused punk with sound is rounded out by a more-than-able
reggae. The Pogues have similarly drawn on backing band and guest vocalists.
punk rock energy to deliver their interpreta- The album opens with the title track,
tions of Irish pub music. In the past decade which finds Krakauer’s clarinet and Wes-
or so, we have seen an increasing number of ley’s trombone exchanging solos supported
bands that have fused both Ashkenazi and by a grooving beat. Socalled and guest
Sephardi with more commercial music. rapper C Rayz Walz add energy and flavor. It
In most cases, the music borrows the is clear from the start that while these musi-
beats and/or melodies from traditional cians are clearly serious about their work,
forms of popular music, and the Jewish they are also having some pretty serious fun,
component is found in the language of the which shines through and is contagious.
signing and/or themes of the songs. The The album continues with the instru-
resulting product thus appeals primarily mental “Moskowitz Mix,” which finds
to a Jewish audience with an appreciation Krakauer’s clarinet kvetching of a disco
for popular music. beat. Vocals take center stage on “It’s Not
Tweet, Tweet, Abraham Inc.’s debut the Same (Figure It Out),” featuring C
release, defies this trend. The band, which Rayz Walz on the mic followed by “The
bills this album as an “all-out klezmer-funk H Tune,” a tricked-out version of “Hava
dance party,” combines funk, klezmer, hip Nagila” — sung gospel-style. Wesley
hop and jazz in a way that is neither Jewish takes the lead on the festive “Trombonic,”
nor black, and fans of any of these genres, before things slow down on “Push” and Courtesy Abraham Inc. Music
especially funk and klezmer, would find this “Baleboste: A Beautiful Picture.” The full band, aka Abraham Inc., that fuses together jazz, klezmer, and hip hop.
album pure candy for the ears. This super- The latter of these, a meditation prais-
group consists of long established klezmer ing the role of strong women, can also be in the background and on breaks. The it just doesn’t seem to fit with the feel of
clarinetist David Krakauer, trombon- heard on Socalled’s Ghettoblaster (2007) album ends with “Abe Inc Techno Mix.” the rest of the album.
ist Fred Wesley, whose bona fides include but without C Ray Walz’s crafty rhymes. True to its name, this track would prob- Sonically, this album is solid, if not bril-
work with James Brown and George Clin- “Fred the Tzadik” follows, not surprisingly ably be better suited for the dance floor liant. Culturally, however, it is much more
ton, and Socalled, whose meshing of hip featuring Wesley soloing over a funky than this otherwise coherent album. It’s
hop and Ashkenazi traditions have been disco beat with Krakauer sneaking around not all that bad (for a club mix anyway) — XXPage 26

WWm.o.t. Page 13 grandparents and tutors at a local elemen- more than Marv, who found snowy win-
tary school. (More trivia: Maui Ocean ters challenging for getting around in his
“I see tremendous opportunities for Center is owned by the Israeli company wheelchair.
growth in the area of Jewish social entre- Coral World.) When Marv signed off with the tra-
preneurship,” he writes. The Paularenas came to Hawaii because ditional “aloha,” I replied, “aloha and
And despite the fact that he misses of “something called a granddaughter” shalom.”
walking the loop at Seward Park and little after living in the Seattle area for about Marv jumped right in. “Oh, we don’t
Seattle clubs that play jazz, and even “the 22 years. Michele misses the Northwest say that here. We say shaloha!”
Seattle drizzle,” the Big Apple seems to
have wormed its way into his heart for the
time being. WWsharsheret Page 9
You can read about all the interesting “Sharsheret is there to support those
PresenTense fellows at presentense.org. that had never before been present. Jewish women and families who may have
In 10 years, Sharsheret has fielded before our founding felt alone in their

2
Former Seattle-area residents more than 19,000 requests for help. The fight against breast cancer.”
Marvin Paularena and Michele New Jersey-based organization has helped In talking about her own fight with the
Brooks Paularena were nominated women across the United States with its disease, Shoretz explains the changes she’s
by Hawaii’s governer as Outstanding diverse programming, and has remained experienced since receiving treatment for
Older Americans in Maui, where they now in operation primarily from the contribu- a second breast cancer diagnosis.
live. But only Marvin got the award in the James Mariano/Maui County Office on Aging tions of individual donors. “The immediacy of it is more obvious
end. It wasn’t because Michele did any- Marvin Paularena and Michele Brooks Paularena When asked where she hoped now, with this diagnosis, than it was in the
thing wrong or wasn’t deserving. received an award from Hawaii’s governor for Sharsheret will be in 10 years, Shoretz was first,” she said. “Now that I can experience
“The nominees had to be 65 in Maui their vast amount of volunteerism. both hopeful and pragmatic. our program as a patient, Sharsheret, the
County,” Marv explained. Michele, a little “My real hope is that there isn’t a need chain, has really come full circle.”
shy of that benchmark, was too young. pushes me around all the time.” (A bit for Sharsheret, that breast cancer has been
On May 20 the couple traveled to of trivia: Hawaii’s Republican governor, cured,” she said. For more information, visit www.sharsheret.org.
the governor’s mansion in Honolulu to Linda Lingle, is Jewish!) But if there is that need, she hopes
receive the award. The Paularenas were nominated for

Tradition!
“I have told this to the governor…I’ve their work with Senior Medicare Patrol, a
told this to everyone else in the state office federal program that helps seniors detect
on aging…I’m in a wheelchair, and with- medical errors or fraud. They spend over
out Michele I couldn’t have done any of 100 hours a month on a wide range of
it,” Marv points out. “As the song goes, projects too numerous to list here, but
she’s the wind beneath my wings.” highlights include being certified marine Be part of the tradition this Rosh Hashanah when greetings from all
And then, with characteristic timing, naturalists working at the Maui Ocean
around our community fill the pages of JTNews. See page 12 for details.
he adds “I can actually say that my wife Center and for NOAA, and being foster
22 the arts JTNews . www.jtnews.net . friday, august 6, 2010

Book review: Ghetto resistance leader wanted

revenge on Germany
Edward Alexander Special to JTNews
The Fall of a Sparrow: The Life and burst of light in the midst of impenetrable, lations, A Canopy in the Desert (1973).
Times of Abba Kovner, By Dina Porat; unfathomable darkness” and prompted Kovner was a paradoxical figure. In a
translated by Elizabeth Yuval (Stanford Arendt to think “how utterly different famous speech of December 31, 1941, by
University Press, 2009). everything would be today in…all coun- which time thousands of Lithuanian Jews
tries…if only more such stories could have had been murdered, and in subsequent
Abba Kovner — ghetto resistance been told.” calls to arms, he exhorted members of Vil-
commander in Vilna during World War This glimpse of Kovner may have na’s Zionist youth groups: “Let us not go
II, leader in the Brichah movement that given Arendt’s readers the impression like lambs to the slaughter.”
brought the remnant of European Jewry that he was an early promoter of the (mis- But when the image of European Jews
to Palestine, major Hebrew poet, designer chievously misleading) notion that war- passively going like cattle to slaughter
of Jewish museums — was at the storm- time Europe was teeming with Righteous became a cliché of small Jewish minds in
center of Jewish history from 1939-49, a Gentiles. Nothing could be further from Israel and America, he declared repeat-
decade that determined his subsequent 40 the truth. From 1945-47, Kovner alien- edly: “I never thought a woman who had
years in Israel. Yet most American Jews ated many Jews by his project of revenge her child taken out of her arms had gone
first became aware of him through Hannah against Germany and its collaborators, like a sheep to the slaughter.” not dismembered, people. He was a life-
Arendt’s reports on the 1961 Eichmann which was required because “the idea that When the war ended, he was fiercely long member of the left-wing and atheist
trial. She wrote that the great “dramatic Jewish blood can be shed without repri- critical of Jews who wanted to rebuild their Hashomer Hatzair movement and Mapam
moment” of the trial was Kovner’s account sal must be erased from the memory of lives in the continent that had just spat Party, but he rejected the movement’s
of how German officer Anton Schmidt had mankind.” Like every other aspect of his them out: Jews should not settle in a grave- commitment to international class soli-
helped Jewish partisans with forged papers life, this episode is fully described in Dina yard, he said. Yet when he came to Israel, darity in favor of his overriding concern:
and military trucks, and “did not do it for Porat’s splendid book, at once biography he redirected his anger at Israelis who The survival of the Jewish people.
money.” Those two minutes of testimony and history. It is the most important point were both ignorant and contemptuous of Kovner was a man of prophetic vision.
were the first and last about a German in of entry into Kovner’s world since Seattle- Diaspora Jewry, failing to understand that He was the first to declare as fact the
the entire trial; they were “like a sudden ite Shirley Kaufman’s book of poetic trans- there is no Jewish future without rooted- planned destruction of European Jewry.
ness in the past. He believed, passionately, He instinctively sensed that the apparently
in “negation of the Diaspora,” but founded futile armed resistance to Nazism in Vilna
and organized the famous Beit Hatefut- and Warsaw would have its effect not in
sot (House of the Diaspora) Museum in Europe but in Israel, because nothing done
Tel-Aviv, dedicated to the proposition
that Diaspora Jews were a dispersed, but XXPage 27
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Say something funny

Joel Magalnick Editor, JTNews
Author Jonathan Tropper, whose best- In my other four books, they’re all my family but I could see how my family
selling This is Where I Leave You just came kind of about men coming to terms with could be like that.”
out in paperback, doesn’t try to be funny. But their lives and relationships and family in JT: So is your family like that?
that didn’t keep this novel about a family that that upper-middle-class social pressure Tropper: No, they’re not. Mine’s much
comes together to sit shiva after the death of that pushed them in one direction until more boring.
its patriarch — a serious subject if anyone can they realized probably a little too late that JT: The vibe of the remembrance really
think of one — from being laugh-out-loud wasn’t necessarily where they needed to had an old, institutional feel, like that
hilarious. Piled on top of the mourning came be. There’s something very Jewish about ’60s and ’70s Conservative tradition.
infidelity, infertility and, given another day that, too, even though there wasn’t any- Why that?
or so in familial captivity, near-infanticide. thing Jewish in those books. Tropper: This is a family that grew up with
Tropper spoke with JTNews just before his I was actually a little nervous about nothing. Their father was an atheist, and
July 28 reading at Elliott Bay Books. using the shiva, wondering if that would they don’t relate to this at all. They weren’t
greatly diminish the readability of the book going to go and observe an Orthodox
JTNews: You’ve got a few books under to a broader audience, but it turned out to shiva, but at the same time, I didn’t want
your belt. What’s the career of Jonathan have the opposite effect. This book has done to go too far away from what the basic tra- Author Jonathan Tropper
Tropper? significantly better than my other ones. ditions were. Portraying it in this kind of
Jonathan Tropper: This is my fifth novel. JT: Have you found that with these dif- novel waters it down enough, and I didn’t
Of the five I’ve written it’s the first one of ferent audiences you speak to that some- want to make it a shiva that had zero ritual grew. Was there any sort of experience
that has any kind of Jewish content in it. thing different resonates? and kind of just lose the meaning what a in your life you drew from to create this
It was a plot device that worked, I didn’t Tropper: I think everyone, Jews, non-Jews shiva is. I had to give them some kind of experience?
have any larger comment about shiva or alike, just relates to this family. There are structure. So yeah, it does probably feel Tropper: Not really. The goal was to
grieving or mourning or religion, it was enough siblings, and the mother, and their like something right in the middle there, create these five characters – the mother
just that I needed a way to keep these char- histories and their inability to get past like a Conservative shiva, seven days, not and her four kids – and put them in
acters together for a week that otherwise things in their youth — it’s kind of like three, and stuff like that. this pressure cooker where no one can
wouldn’t last more than a few hours in striking gold if you hit that right family JT: Everything kept building on every- leave, and that is going to build. The
each other’s company. So I used the shiva nerve that so many people just feel, “God, thing — you could really feel like you
as a contrivance. that’s like my family, or maybe not like were sitting in that house as the tension XXPage 26

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WWtropper Page 23 heard one or two who were a little scared — WWthe arts Page 20
“Do men really think like that?” And it’s on
resentments are going to build, the ten- purpose that the main character here sexu- Monday, August 9 at 7 p.m.
sions are going to build, and in what some alizes every woman he meets because he’s Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms at Summer Sings
of them are going through, whether it’s grappling with, in a sense, the loss of his Music
[narrator Judd’s] wife’s infidelity or Alice’s own manhood. His wife was sleeping with The Seattle Symphony Chorale announces its 30th Summer Sings schedule with
infertility, or Wendy or the mom and her another man for 14 months, so he’s trying three open choral reading sessions on select Monday nights, ending in August.
situation and obviously these people are to rediscover that. So no, I haven’t found Summer Sings offers singers of all skill levels the opportunity to come together
going to be stepping over each other until that actually. to sing choral masterpieces with the Seattle Symphony Chorale in an informal
something explodes. JT: So when you’ve written a novel that setting. Mon., Aug 9 Summer Sings will perform Chichester Psalms by Leonard
JT: I was cracking up throughout your gets people to laugh, do you often run Bernstein. Cost is $10 to participate. At Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle.
book, but I gave it to some female friends into people who demand that you say
and they didn’t appreciate it as much. Is this something funny?
what you’re seeing in your experience? Tropper: When I talk and I read and I
Tropper: I have significantly more female answer questions and stuff, I do try to be Monday, August 16 
fans than male fans, because I think that’s funny and get some laughs and engage at 7:30 p.m. 
the balance of who reads novels. I’ve heard people, but when people say, “Oh, you The Amina Figarova Sextet   
very positive feedback from females. I’ve should have been a standup comic,” they Music
don’t understand that writing humor and The Amina Figarova Sextet,
delivering it are two very different things. led by composer-pianist-
SJCC Coed I have plenty of time to go back and hone bandleader Amina Figarova,
my lines over and over again until they’re celebrates the release of their
Softball League exactly the way I want them to be. new CD Sketches. There is no
I do chafe a little bit when people call it cover charge, but reservations
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to the a comic novel. That’s just how I write. The 9729 or www.jazzalley.com. At Dimitrious’s Jazz Alley, 2033 6th Ave., Seattle.
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esty. You can admit certain things, you can
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A League more palatable with a little bit of humor. Sunday, August 22, 1-3 p.m.
The Jewcers JT: Is that your experience with your own The House That was Too Small
family? Play
B League Tropper: Maybe it’s an East Coast New yeslerswamptrail.wordpress.com
Temple De Hirsch Sinai York thing. I’ve always felt myself more an This performance, one of three audience-participation plays for children, is based
observer than a participant, which I think on a classic Jewish folk tale, followed by a guided nature walk. For ages 3 and up.
C League a lot of writers feel. I notice a lot and I take At Museum of History & Industry, 2700 24th Ave. E, Seattle. Free, but a suggested
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some point it comes out in the writing.
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Toronto Jew Jays sometimes get ideas in the middle of the
night and literally leave myself voice mails. WWabraham inc. Page 21 site, Abraham Inc. is about “bringing
Sponsored by And then the next day I’ll turn on my phone people together with music, celebrating
and I’ll have three voicemails, and they’ll all relevant. While there are many things that differences and commonalities… Cultural
Jay agoado be from me. Just reminding myself of ideas
or phrases or things I want to say or a char-
define Jewish and black communities and
make each one unique, this album illus-
hybrid vigour in yo’face.” There really is no
better way to put it.
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life
Bar Mitzvah Bat Mitzvah
Adam Scott Davenport Esther Goldberg
Adam celebrated his Bar Mitzvah on July 31, 2010 at Esther will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 6 and 8,
Temple B’nai Torah in Bellevue. 2010. She will chant Shir Hashirim (the Song of Songs)
Adam is the son of Sue and Scott Davenport of Duvall and lead a women’s Kabbalat Shabbat service the evening
and the brother of Aaron. His grandparents are Barbara of Fri., Aug. 6 at the Kline Galland Home. She will then
and Paul Caraco of Kirkland, Richard and Joan Davenport have a siyum (completion ceremony) for finishing the study
of Lynnwood, and the late Douglas Koch. His great- of the entire tractate of Megillah (Babalonian Talmud) on
grandfather is Howard Michel of Bellevue. Aug. 8 at the Robinswood House in Bellevue.
Adam is entering the 8th grade at Tolt Middle School. Esther is the daughter of Shlomo (Sheldon) Goldberg and
He enjoys playing football, baseball and basketball and Karen Treiger and the sister of Elisheva, Jack and
spending time with friends and family, especially his Shoshana. Her grandparents are Betty Lou and Irwin
brother Aaron. For his mitzvah project, Adam collected Treiger of Seattle and the late Sam and Esther Goldberg.
and distributed sports equipment to kids in need. Esther has completed the 6th grade at the Seattle Hebrew
Academy, where she plays on the volleyball and basketball teams. Her interests include sports,
piano, reading and drama. Esther will make a donation to the Gvanim Association in Sderot,
Israel, which provides psychological counseling and support to those affected by the years of
Bat Mitzvah bombings from Gaza, as well as programs for disabled adults in the region.
Sara Greene
Sara celebrated her Bat Mitzvah on August 1, 2010 at
Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Hadath in Seattle.
Sara is the daughter of Julie and Joey Greene and the Bat Mitzvah
sister of Benjamin and Rena. Her grandparents are A. Sara Flash
Richard and Ina Weiner of Omaha, Neb., Bernard Greene Sara will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on August 7, 2010
of Seattle, and the late Irene Greene. at Temple Beth Am in Seattle.
Sara is a student at the Torah Day School. Her interests Sara is the daughter of Edward and Rabbi Allison Flash
include shopping, animals, art, sports — swimming, of Newcastle and the sister of Adam and Daniel. Her
basketball and especially soccer — hanging out with grandparents are Ed and Sue Shulkin of Studio City, Calif.,
friends and attending Jr. NCSY events. For her mitzvah Phil Flash of Mercer Island and the late Claire Flash.
project, she is collecting items to be donated to various Sara is entering the 7th grade at Maywood Middle
homeless and animal shelters in Seattle.  School. Her interests include swimming, art, photography,
and running. She also plays flute and piano. For her
mitzvah project, Sara planted a garden at the Ronald
McDonald House.

Local filmmaker succumbs to

cancer
Joshua Isaac, who created a film about Birth
his decade-long battle with the cancer that Adam and Tobias “Toby”
took one of his hands, died Aug. 2. He had Haradon
just turned 38. Josh leaves behind his wife, Identical twins Adam and Tobias were
Kim, and three small children. born April 9, 2010 at Swedish Medical
Center to Zeb and Elisa Haradon of Seattle.
Adam weighed 4 lbs., 11 oz. and Tobias
weighed 3 lbs.
Their grandparents are Rita and Gerry
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useless: “Israel was born in the last bunker again, the world will be destroyed.” JFS programs at the sametime…
of the ghetto,” he said. As the international noose today tight- meeting the needs of friends,
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vided the impetus for the exodus of Euro- las go up in Europe and also Washington, Call Irene at (206) 861-3150 or,
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years ago. He believed that vengeance was Accusers and Defenders (2006). His most
not only repayment for the past but also a recent books are Lionel Trilling and Irving
warning for the future — without revenge Howe: A Literary Friendship (Transaction,
there would be a second Holocaust. When 2009) and Robert B. Heilman: His Life in
he learned of the existence of atomic weap- Letters (U. of Washington Press, 2009).
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