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One hundred blessings
RABBI JILL BORODIN Congregation Beth ShalomRabbi Haninah, the son
of Papa, says (in the almud,
Tractate Berachot, page 35b):Anyone who enjoys any-
thing from this world without
a blessing, it is as if they have
stolen from God and the com-
munity of Israel.
What a statement to be
guilty for just eating the deli-
cious piece of fruit I bought
at the farmers market, or perhaps picked
from my very own garden, or delivered to
me by my neighbor. And guilty of stealing
not only from God, but also the commu-
nity of Israel.
And if one is guilty for stealing if you
dont say a blessing, what is involved in
saying a blessing that is so transformative
as to make that same act (that same eating
of the piece of fruit) no longer the? What
is a blessing all about?
I oen use the metaphor of quotation
and plagiarism for explaining the mechan-
ics of blessings. Similar to how citations
work when we intellectually benefit from
the wisdom of someone else and are
allowed to do so by citing the source, when
we acknowledge the source (through the
act of blessing), we then have permission
to use and enjoy this item.
Alternatively, through the act of bless-
ing, we may be transforming ourselves,
seeing the world through sacred lenses,
somehow transporting ourselves to the
divine realm, and are thereby fit to enjoy
Gods bounty.
Te rabbis suggest one should say 100
blessings a day. If one sleeps between seven
and eight hours a day, an equal distribu-
tion of reciting blessings has one saying
a blessing approximately once every 10
minutes of ones waking time. (Te rabbis
assumed one would be saying a greater
number of blessings during the three daily
services, so the expressing of blessings is
not necessarily evenly distributed every 10
minutes throughout the day.)
What an incredible way to interact
with the world to pause frequently
to be mindful of ones surroundings, to
acknowledge ones blessings, to show
gratitude and express a sacred connec-
tion with the Divine and the world around
you. How differently would you perceive
the world, how much more grateful and
mindful, patient and appreciative would
you be if you interacted with the world
with regular pauses, mindfulness and
appreciation? I know, from
the couple experiments I
have done with trying to fit inmy hundred daily blessings,
that this practice helps radi-
cally shi my perspective and
energy. I see the world and
those around me as a constant
source of awe and potential.
For me, the hardest part
to understand about Rabbi
Haninas statement is how we can steal
from other human beings when we dont
oer a blessing. One possibility, as sug-
gested by the commentator Rashi, is in
how we behave as role models: When we
dont bless, others will think it is accept-
able to not bless.
I want to suggest another possibility,
based on another passage in this same
tractate of the almud, offered in the
name of Ben Zoma (Berachot 58a). Ben
Zoma is recounted as including in part of
his blessings, aer thanking the Creator,
a list and acknowledgment of all the dif-
ferent people involved in the supply chain
of producing a piece of food or creating
a piece of clothing, and how fortunate
he was to have others who help with the
various stages of production. Ben Zoma
would contrast himself to the Biblical
Adam and say: How many labors did pri-
mordial Adam have to work at before he
found bread to eat? He plowed, planted,
harvested and stacked the sheaves. He
threshed, winnowed, sorted, ground and
sied, kneaded, baked, and aer all this he
ate. And I wake up and nd all these done
before me.
Perhaps blessings, in addition to
reminding us of the Divine, can also play
a key role in helping us be mindful of the
large number of people involved in help-
ing us source our food, manufacture our
electronics, produce our clothing, trans-
port all our goodies, and source the fuel
for transportation people both locally
and internationally. And perhaps from
this place of awareness of all those who
have helped us along the way, we will
be motivated to help create and uphold
conditions for fair treatment and com-
pensation for everyone along the supply
chain, acknowledging the large number of
people, all created in Gods image, from
whom we benefit every day.
May our lives be filled with many bless-
ings and the blessing of awareness and
gratitude for our blessings.
Why Birthright makes adifference
KEITH DVORCHIK Special to JTNewsI read with dismay the opinion piece
Why Birthright Israel is hafuch, Rabbis
Turn, by Rabbi Aaron Meyer on Dec. 13.Having spent the past 15 years on a col-
lege campus and sending thousands of stu-
dents on Birthright journeys, I strongly
disagree with Rabbi Meyers conclusions.
My reasons are based on both my personal
experiences and on research findings more
recent than the gures the article quoted.
First, the hard numbers: Brandeis Uni-
versitys Cohen Center for Modern Jewish
Studies released a 2012 update to its
Birthright research. You can nd it here:
www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/noteworthy/
jewish_futures_taglit_2012.html.
The Cohen Center examined the
impact of Taglit-Birthright Israel on its
alumni six to 11 years aer their trips
to Israel. e data was derived from the
third year of a longitudinal study of Jewish
young adults. Te key findings are signifi-
cantly dierent from the 2008 study Rabbi
Meyer cited. For example:
Participants were 42 percent more likely
to feel very much connected to Israel com-
pared to individuals who did not take a
Birthright trip.
Participants were 22 percent more likely
to indicate that they are at least somewhat
condent in explaining the current situa-
tion in Israel as compared to those who did
not go on aglit.
Participants were 45 percent more likely
than non-participants to be married to
a Jewish spouse. aglits impact on in-
marriage was consistent across all levels
of childhood Jewish education, which
underscores the powerful impact a Birth-
right trip can have in strengthening Jewish
identity.
Taglits inuence extends beyond partic-
ipants themselves. Seven percent of non-
participants are married to aglit alumni,
while 25 percent of participants are mar-
ried to other participants (whom they did
not necessarily meet on their trips).
Among respondents whose spouses were
not raised by Jews, participants spouses
were more than three times as likely to
have formally converted to Judaism at the
time of the survey than non-participants
spouses.
In his article, Rabbi Meyer asked, Is
feeling positive about being Jewish
without translating those feelings into
action worth such a significant expendi-
ture of resources? I would argue that the
2012 findings show that his premise is off
base, as they reect a longer-lasting impact
of Birthright on actions as well as attitudes.
Now, I want to share a few personal sto-
ries that add a heartening personal dimen-
sion to Brandeiss empirical research. A
few weeks ago, one of my former Birth-
right participants posted the following
our Birthright Facebook group for a tr
that took place last year.
I was laying (or lying not sure) in
bed about to all asleep and I started
thinking about our trip. I cant believe
that it happened over a year and a
hal ago and how much o those ten
amazing days I can still remember.
Tose were easily the ten best days
o my lie and my biggest regret was
not writing down all o the amaz-
ing memories that I gathered along
the way. I hope that at some point
down the road, ALL o us can have a
reunion and talk about the incredible
experience we all shared (and share a
drink or three). I miss all o you guys
SO much! Peace and love and a happy
last night o Hanukkah!
Over a year and half aer the trip, he
still connected, still interested in Judais
and Jewish life, still interested in the Jewi
community.
In the closing remarks to our group
that same trip, another participant wro
the following words:
One o the things I have heard many
o you repeatedly say is how you real-
ize now that Judaism is more than
just a religion; it is a culture, tradi-
tion, set o values, and way o lie.
Tis Jewish heritage is what brought
us all to Israel in the first place. Once
here, though, we discovered more
than just our roots; we discovered a
way o lie that we can connect with
on a level so deep that it has changed
our world views. Tink about that.
In 10 days, a country the size o New
Jersey (but not as smelly) changed the
way we view ourselves, our religion,
the world, and our role in that world.
After returning from his Birthrig
experience, that student began to atte
Shabbat services and dinner each wee
His social circle expanded to include h
Jewish friends from the trip. He ensur
that his younger brother went on Birt
right so he could also understand wh
being Jewish and being part of the Jewi
community means. Tis is more than fee
ing positive about being Jewish. Tis
action that changes lives. Tese are choic
that strengthen our Jewish community.
While I could cite many other exam
ples, a revealing story I can share is wh
happened a month ago when I traveled
Israel for the Jewish Federations of Nor
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Where Hillel stands
JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNewsIn early December, news came out that
the Hillel Jewish student group at Swarth-
more College, a small school outside of
Philadelphia, had voted to break from Hillel
Internationals guidelines on Israel and
embrace a model supported by a studentgroup called Open Hillel. e collective of
Jewish activists [encourages] local campus
Hillels to adopt policies that are more open
and inclusive than Hillel Internationals
guidelines, and that allow for free discourse
on all subjects within the Hillel commu-
nity, according to the Open Hillel website.
Swarthmores Hillel is the only one
thus far to move in that direction. Almost
immediately, Eric Fingerhut, president of
Hillel International, made his organiza-
tions position unequivocally clear: Hillel
will not partner with, house or host orga-
nizations, groups or speakers that as a
matter of policy or practice: Deny the right
of Israel to exist as a Jewish and demo-
cratic state with secure and recognized
borders; delegitimize, demonize or apply a
double standard to Israel; support boycott
of, divestment from, or sanctions against
the State of Israel; exhibit a pattern of dis-
ruptive behavior towards campus events
or guest speakers or foster an atmosphere
of incivility, according to an open letter
posted on Hillels website.
Given that Hillel chapters do, for
the most part, operate autonomously,
questions about what it means for Hill-
els on campuses across the country have
emerged, including in Seattle. Te answer,
according to Oren Hayon, executive direc-
tor of Hillel at the University of Washing-
ton, is not much.
Swarthmore Hillel is not a bellwether
for the rest of the Hillel world; this does
not indicate that Hillel as a movement is
out of touch with students or local cam-
puses when it comes to its Israel policy,
Hayon told JNews via email from Los
Angeles, where he was attending a confer-
ence of the Western Hillel Organizations.
Fingerhut spoke at the conference, and
Hayon said he le the discussion feel-
ing completely assured that Eric and his
office are truly committed to a pluralistic
approach to student engagement with Israel
and that he deeply respects the autonomy of
individual Hillels and their leadership when
it comes to creating our own individual
approaches to Israel programming.
Hayon said his staff is committed to
supporting Israel, but also to dierences
of opinion, and the international guide-
lines allow for that.
he guidelines
dont specify any
groups in particular
at all (Eric Fingerhut
made an emphatic
point about this theother day) in order
to let individual local
Hillels determine
whether groups (Pal-
estinian student clubs,
Jewish Voice for
Peace, J Street, etc.)
in their community
are considered in or
out, Hayon wrote.
We are an incredibly
diverse community,
and we constantly strive to remain accessible
to all young Jews, regardless of their back-
ground, their level of religious observance,
or their political perspective.
He added that its very important to
me personally that I and my organiza-
tion will be able to inspire students and
Jconnectors [the young adult program]
to deepen their connection to Israel as
the Jewish homeland, but individuals will
never be turned away from Hillel because
they dont share my feelings about Israel.
at said, Hillel UW has every inten-
tion of upholding the Israel guidelines.
I dont think that Hillel UW would
benefit from cosponsoring programming
with organizations who deny Israels right
to exist as a Jewish, democratic state,
he wrote. Our openness to an honest
appraisal of modern Israel does not mean
that Hillel UW will open its doors to the
organizations that spread lies or demon
ize Israel.
Another vote this month has few
direct ramifications for Hillel as an org
nization, but can be reected on campus
at large. On Sunday, the American StudiAssociation voted, by a two-thirds majo
ity, on an academic boycott of Israel.
association, which according to its websi
is devoted to the interdisciplinary stud
of American culture and history, appli
to institutions and not individual Israe
academics. But the announcement sen
a larger message that the boycott, dives
ment and sanctions movement (BD
against Israel is gaining legitimacy.
Unlike other campuses in Washingto
State, most notably Te Evergreen Sta
College, the BDS movement has not mad
signicant inroads at the UW, Hayon sai
But given precedent at colleges like Eve
green, he worries about the eects of BD
which make Jewish students feel threa
ened and alienated.
Successful BDS campaigns on campu
oen go hand-in-hand with the weaken
ing of local Hillels, the dissolution of civ
discourse on campus, and the growth
feelings of fear and alienation in Jewish st
dents, he wrote. My job is to ensure th
every Jewish student feels safe on UW
campus, and that no one is made to fe
intimidated or afraid because of their rel
gious identity or ideological convictions.
Mikael Kvart, Hillel UWs board pres
dent, acknowledged that the education o
Israel the Hillel sta has been engaging
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COURTESY HILLEL UW
Hillel at the University of Washingtons Greenstein family executive director
Rabbi Oren Hayon with a group of Hillel interns.
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Honoring a rabbi who always put the children first
TORI GOTTLIEB JTNews CorrespondentIt wouldnt be an overstatement to say
that Rabbi Solomon Maimon has been a
pillar of Seattles Sephardic community
since he moved here as a young child in
the 1920s. Tough he initially accompa-
nied his father, Rabbi Abraham Maimon,who moved to Seattle from ekirdag,
Turkey in 1924 to serve as the rabbi at
Sephardic Bikur Holim (SBH), Solomon
Maimon quickly made a name for him-
self as a religious leader in his own right.
At the age of 17, he le Seattle to attend
Yeshiva University in New York, and
upon his graduation, became the first
Sephardic rabbi ordained in the United
States.
Rabbi Maimon returned to Seattle
aer his ordination to serve as SBHs full-
time rabbi. His true passion, however,
was working with children, and that was
reected in his work helping to found
several childrens programs in the greater
Seattle area namely, the Seattle Hebrew
Day School (which later merged with the
Seattle almud orah to become the Seat-
tle Hebrew Academy), and the Sephardic
Adventure Camp (SAC). On January 12,
Rabbi Maimon, now 93, will be honored
for his work with the camp at a special
dinner event at Sephardic Bikur Holim in
Seward Park.
Rabbi Maimon founded the Sephardic
Adventure Camp in 1948 as a way to help
make Judaism fun and educational for
kids, in addition to the experiences they
were already getting from their Jewish day
schools and congregations.
We practice and we pray and we
play, Rabbi Maimon said of the SAC
experience, adding that the experience of
camp steeped in Jewish tradition needs
to be truly fun for the children to want
to attend. You have to be with them day
and night, and feed them, and love them,
and make it fun real fun. Its not an
easy job.
Te camp is a two-week program that
generally runs from late June to early July,
and includes all the typical markers of asleep-away summer camp from swim-
ming to hiking to arts and cras. But it
also includes the hallmarks of an immer-
sive religious experience, like Sephardic
culture sessions, morning and evening
Orthodox prayer sessions, and a Shabbat
observance at the end of each of the two
weeks. SAC is staed by religious leaders,
yeshiva students, and former campers,
and it attracts campers from all over the
United States, Canada, and Israel.
e camp is a success, said Rabbi
Maimon of his agship program. Every-
body who ever came had a great time, and
they learned a lot.
Rabbi Maimon believes it will be those
former and current campers who will
join him and his family at the event. SAC
expects between 200 and 250 people at the
dinner, which will include a celebration
of Rabbi Maimon and his founding of the
Sephardic Adventure Camp, as well as a
opportunity for the whole SAC family to
learn about how to carry on what Rabb
Maimon started and continue to serve th
campers of the greater Sephardic com
munity.
Im almost 94, so its not easy to ge
out and do music with the kids, joked
Rabbi Maimon, who said he hopes th
dinner will include some favorite cam
sing-alongs and lots of ruach, the Hebrew
word for spirit.
IF YOU GO
The dinner to honor Rabbi Maimon
will take place on Sun., Jan. 12, 2014
at 5 p.m. at Sephardic Bikur Holim,
6500 52nd Ave. S in Seattle, and isopen to anyone who would like to
join SAC to honor Rabbi Maimon
for his years of service.
For more information, contact
Sephardic Adventure Camp at
or 206-257-2225.
COURTESY SEPHARDIC ADVENTURE CAMP
Rabbi Solomon Maimon wears a t-shirt with the
logo of the camp he created more than 65 years
ago.
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Memory cannot recall more than what was forgotten, Moses ibn Ezra wrote. And that was a
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age, its harder than ever to remember critical details. Certain mnemonicsmemory-jostling
sentencescan make this task a lot easier. Here are five common mnemonics for lists that we
might forget.
ACROSS
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8 Control, as a scandal12 Drive-in that serves limeades
14 Like that could ever happen
15 Series that includes Reach
16 What Every Good Boy Does Fine evokes
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44 Tater
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these days46 Its not lightly suffered
48 U2 album Rattle & ___
50 ___ Misrables
53 What Super Man Helps Every One evokes59 Hydrocodone, e.g.
61 Daft Punk, e.g.
62 Sound a mouse hears63 What King Phillip Cried Out For Good Soup
evokes67 Fencers item
68 Small fluid measurement69 ___ Shore Is Dead(2003 film)
70 Respond impertinently to71 Heroine Jane
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60 Elderly Smurf64 Futuramacharacter
65 Roadway material66 Illmaticrapper
Jewish Poland: Come for thehistory, stay for the latkes
DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews CorrespondentIts been nearly a quarter century since
the fall of Communism, which began with
the Revolution of 1989 in Poland. e
crumbling of the Soviet Union gave thosewho did not fit into Polands homogenous
population permission to finally reemerge
and rediscover their heritage.
But the change was not immediate, and
it has taken the last 25 years to see a signif-
icant transformation that arguably could
not have been possible without, at least
for Polands Jews, the help of the Ameri-
can Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
e JDC works in more than 70 coun-
tries and in Israel to alleviate hunger and
hardship, rescue Jews in danger, create
connections to Jewish life, and provide
immediate relief and long-term develop-
ment support for victims of natural and
man-made disasters. e JDCs work in
Poland over the last 20 plus years has
been especially signicant. In places like
Warsaw and Western Poland (which,
prior to 1945, was a part of Germany), the
eorts of the JDC have been focused on
revitalization by developing the commu-
nity infrastructure, leadership, and edu-
cational resources necessary to ensure a
Jewish future.
Since the democratic opening of
the region, pilgrimages to Poland have
mostly centered on connecting with the
sadder part of Jewish history in places like
Warsaw and the Auschwitz concentra-
tion camp.
Tey really come for Jewish death, not
Jewish life, said Karina Sokolowska, the
JDCs Poland country manager, who vis-
ited Seattle earlier this week.
Karina has been working with the
JDC for the last 20 years and has seen the
changes both in the organization and her
home country as progress has rapidly been
made in conjunction with the now thriv-
ing Jewish communities in Poland. I have
denitely lived and led the transition, said
Sokolowska.
Sokolowska draws a direct correla-
tion between what she calls a natural link
between people who are interested in the
genealogical side of the Jewish story and
Poland and Polish-Jewish history, she
told JTNews. I think what really brin
their interest now is the Jewish renewal
Poland.
Given how Polands Jewish populatioat one time one of the largest in the worl
was decimated during the Holocaust, th
country is not really seen as any kind
a place for the Jewish community to b
thriving, Sokolowska said, and that
exactly what it is, from my point of view
and this is the story that Im sharing.
Sokolowskas job is not only to pu
forth efforts toward the revitalization
the Jewish communities in Poland, b
she also shares that narrative with oth
Jewish communities around the worl
Her Seattle visit included audiences wi
the Jewish Federation of Greater Sea
tle and the Jewish Genealogical Society
Washington State.
Most American Jews and this
certainly the case in Seattle came fro
Eastern European roots, which includ
territories that are Poland today an
former Poland that grandparents an
great-grandparents emigrated from, sa
Michael Novick,the JDCs executive dire
tor of strategic development.
Sokolowska focuses much of her atten
tion, both while in Poland and when sh
visits the States, on sharing the present an
future of Polish-Jewish life, rather tha
delving too deeply into the past.
Were trying to not get involved
teaching Holocaust, said Sokolowsk
But its unavoidable. For us, its gurin
out a way to deal with it. Its very hard.
With the JCC Warsaw having ju
opened its doors in October and turnou
of nearly 1,000 Jewish Poles at the Limu
Keszet education conference outside
Warsaw in late November, its becomin
apparent that Polands Jewish identity
resurfacing and a resurgence is slowly b
surely occurring.
For three years running, Limmu
KeszetPoland has been the largest gathe
ing of Polish Jews in the country since th
late 1960s, according to the JDC. Havin
just run its sixth program, Limmud dre
COURTESY J
JDC saw a turnout of over 800 adults in this years Limmud Keszet Poland held just outside Warsa
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Buddhists at Auschwitz and a PR firms new owner
DIANA BREMENTJTNews Columnist
1When the head of her
temple announced he
was going on a reconcil-
iation journey to Auschwitz,
Dee Endelman found herself
saying, Ill go with youalthough at the moment I
wasnt sure why.
e temple in question is
Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji,
or Plum Mountain emple,
Seattles Rinzai Zen Buddhist
congregation. A practicing
Buddhist for more than 14
years, Dee was born Catholic
and says shes been part of a
Jewish family for 40 years.
e trip was sponsored by Zen Peace-
makers (www.zenpeacemakers.org). e
international and multi-faith group of 95
included a gentile Polish woman who had
been a child prisoner, and two Palestin-
ians involved in peace work. Tey learned
about Nazi atrocities, held meaning-
ful dialogues, then gathered at the tracks
each day to read victims names aloud and
meditate. At a special ceremony on the last
day, yahrzeit candles were lit.
he trip began in Krakow, Poland,
with a vegetarian Shabbat dinner and ser-
vice that included young people from the
local Jewish community, part of a small
revival of Judaism, there, says Dee. Over
the weekend they toured the Jewish quar-
ter and ghetto, and on Monday bused to
Owicim, the town outside of Auschwitz,
where they stayed.
Her first day in Auschwitz, Dee
viewed the museum there with its dis-
play of human hair and discarded glasses.
Describing it to me, she began to cry,
although at the time, I was so over-
whelmed I couldnt feel anything, she
says. It was the visit to the womens bar-
racks later that week that really cracked
my heart open as partici-
pants imagined the normal
life activities those prisoners
were denied.
You really begin to feel
the human suffering thatoccurred there, Dee says,
calling her grief a blessing on
so many levels. [It brings]
a little deeper understand-
ing...both in order to honor
the dead and to understand
what it means for today, and
inuencing how I have to
live now.
Zen Peacemakers, founded
by Bernie Glassman, encourages practice
and action for personal and social transfor-
mation, according to its website.
Before I le, Dee says, I didnt want
to put myself in the spotlight, but is now
ready to share her experience
as part of the loving action
that arises from bearing wit-
ness to suering.
Asked her opinion of
the Jew-Bu phenomenon the many Jews drawn to
Buddhism Dee says Bud-
dhism draws adherents from
many Western religions,
which oen create a spiri-
tual hunger, but fail to feed
it. Buddhism is not an exclu-
sive religion, she notes, so
it could be compatibleto
recite the Shema and go sit
Zazen (meditate).
Tere is a contemplative practice in
almost every religionI dont see any
reason why contemplative practice and
Judaism wouldnt work. Although, she
jokes, in Buddhism you
not supposed to be attached
your opinions.
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Auschwitz with Genjo Marinello Osho, Abbot of
Seattles Dai Bai Zan Cho Bo Zen Ji, Plum
Mountain Zen Buddhist Temple.
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Amir Rockman, bicycle director of Gordon Active, recently kicked off the ini-tiative by leading a bike tour from the Inbal for Israeli journalists (including thisreporter), in an abbreviated journey of the tour companys usual route throughJerusalem. Accompanying Amir was his brother Asaf, with whom he has operatedGordon Tours (the parent company of Gordon Active) for the past five years.
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Jewish Federation of
Greater Seattle
Bring Israel alive for high schoolersThe Jewish Federations Israel Scholarship Program enables teens to go on
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The Jewish Federation supports both need-based and incentive scholarships.
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Seders in a box for families in need
Taxi vouchers for senior citizens toattend evening services and programs
Digitizing recordings of traditionalLadino songs
Birthday celebrations for childrenwith special needs
Those are examples of the 24 projects
that will receive Ignition Grants from
the Jewish Federation of Greater Se-
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Directors approved $64,698.80 in this
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Ignition Grants fund new and innova-
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projects or pilot programs or projects
that are not capital purchases. Ignition
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Funded projects include the following:
BBYO Evergreen Region
Jewish Tween Extreme - $1,800Outreach to middle school-aged
youth for participation in exciting
programs, such as Teen J-Serve
and Haunted Havdallah.
Camp Solomon Schechter
Camp Solomon SchechterTeen Foundation - $1,250
Campers will learn about
Jewish values and philanthropy
by researching and distributing
funds to Olympia-area non-prots.
Chabad of the Central Cascades
Seder in a Box - $1,800
About 70 Issaquah/Sammamish area
families in need will receive Sedersin a Box.
Congregation Beth Hatikvah
Hizuk Beit Sfreinu (StrengtheningOur School) - $2,187.80
CBH will update religious school
supplies and install Wi-Fi, increasing
access to teaching materials.
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth
The Midrasha Seattle/WomensInstitute of Torah Studies - $1,800
The Midrasha will provide meaningful
Jewish education for women that in-
cludes text analysis and understand-
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Jewish Federation Gives Ignition Grants to 24 Projects
Hebrew Hoops
Hebrew Hoops Summer BasketballCamps - $1,800
Hebrew Hoops combines a rigorous bas-
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Hillel at University of Washington
Israel Fellow and Israel Program Expan-sion - $4,550
Hillel recently expanded its staff to in-
clude an Israel Fellow, who plays a criticalrole in helping students and young adults
deepen their knowledge about Israel.
Jewish High
Business Ethics Torah/Teens - $2,500
Business Ethics Torah will bring in local
business leaders to talk about their back-
grounds and companies.
Jewish Transcript Media
Jewish Transcript Dig itization and Pres-ervation Project - $3,724
Jewish Transcript Media will work
with the Seattle Public Library to make
digital copies of previous publications
available online.
Livnot ChaiLivnot Engaging the Community - $3,000
Community engagement will bring Livnot
programming to students unable to at-
tend weekly learnings and students in
underserved rural communities.
Music of Remembrance
Ela Stein Weissberger Visit for Brundi-bar - $2,465
Music of Remembrance will present two
performances of the beloved childrens
opera Brundibar at the Seattle Childrens
Theatre.
Seattle Hebrew Academy
Tu BShevat Inter-School Learning andCelebration - $3,558
The Community Day School Tu BShevatSeder will be part of a month-long expe-
riential learning.
Seattle Hebrew Academy
Community Partnership - $1,105
Seattle Hebrew Academy will work with
First Place School to support Childhaven.
Seattle Jewish Community School
SJCS Edible Garden - $2,000
SJCS will expand its edible garden with
new irrigation systems and worm buckets.
Stroum Jewish
Community Center
Oneg Shabbat at the J - $3,439
Oneg Shabbat Outreach Program
provides a low-barrier way to facilitate
and strengthen participants connec-
tions to one another, to key SJCC and
PJ Library staff.Stroum Jewish Community
Center
Senior Holiday Celebrations - $2,500
SJCC will organize ve Jewish holi-
day luncheons for local seniors.
Stroum Jewish Studies Program
at University of Washington
Cantame una cantiga/Sing me asong: Collecting Sephardic Balladsin Seattle, 1973-2014 - $3,060
The project will digitize recordings
of traditional Ladino songs for the
Seattle Sephardic Treasures project.
Temple Beth Am
Senior Evening Rides - $1,800
The program will provide taxi vouch-
ers enabling senior citizens to attend
nighttime Temple Beth Am programs.
Temple Beth El
Caring and Sharing: Reaching Out toThose in Need - $2,000
Temple Beth El will work to connect
with seniors and unafliated people in
the Tacoma and Pierce County Jew-
ish community.
Temple Bnai Torah
Camp Kesher - $3,000
The grant will support Camp Keshers
scholarship program.
The Friendship Circle
of Washington
Birthday Club - $3,250
The Birthday Club will enable kids
with special needs to celebratetheir birthdays with special parties
in which they will be celebrated
and honored in their own way.
The Kavana Cooperative
Jewish Community NetworksInitiative - $3,500
The Kavana Cooperative is expand-
ing its program in order to strength-
en the Jewish community through
network building.
Washington State Holocaust
Education Resource Center
With My Own Eyes - $4,550
Funding will support addition of
better graphics, updated research
information and outtakes of Holo-caust survivors to an introductory
lm about the Holocaust for educa-
tors and community groups.
Washington State
Jewish Historical Society
The Yesler Way Story: A DigitalNarrative - $4,060
WSJHS will produce short multi-
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map telling the story of Yesler Way
businesses.
Music of Remembrance received an Ignition Grant to present two performances of
Brundibar at the Seattle Childrens Theatre. Ela Stein Weissberger, a Holocaust survivor
who played The Cat in all 55 original performances of Brundibar in Terezin, will make a
presentation about the operas message to students from local day and high schools. Photo
shows 2006 performance. From left in front are Pepicek, played by Ross Hauck; Aninku,
played by Maureen McKay; Ela Stein Weissberger; and The Cat, played by David Korn.
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The parallel AmericaBy Ed Harris
I dont like getting pushed around for being a Jew, and
I dont think Christians like getting pushed around for being
Christians [W]here did the idea come from that we arent
allowed to worship God?
Ben Stein, from CBS Sunday Morning, Dec. 18, 2005
Its not uncommon for me to ask my youngest son Izzy
a relatively simple question, such as Would you like to eat
something? or Do you need a ride later today to hang out with
friends? and for the response to be, I dont know. On such
occasions, I am in the habit of saying, Ill ask the other Izzy.
The implication is there is a parallel universe that contains a
parallel Izzy who does know whether hes hungry or needs a ride somewhere. However,
its just a little private joke of mine. In reality, there is only one Izzy: The version who can
earn straight As in school but seems incapable of taking a definitive stand on whether or
not hed like a sandwich.
Our family, including our inscrutable son, lives in Bellevue, home to an ethnically,
religiously and culturally diverse population. Within a 10-minute drive of our home are
dozens of religious institutions. I can find churches of numerous denominations Baptist,
Catholic, Christian Reformed, Foursquare, Episcopal, Jehovahs Witness, Lutheran, Mormon,
Seventh Day Adventist, and several others services available in multiple languages
English, Spanish, Korean, Chinese as well the Jewish Day School, three synagogues, a
Chabad House, a mosque, and two Bahai centers. Broaden the radius to 20 miles, and th
number of houses of worship mushrooms literally into the hundreds. It s difficult to dri
three blocks around here without passing at least one church.
A common theme of the December holiday season is the complaint that religion
our society is under attack, as reflected in the quote above by Ben Stein. The idea that
America Jews and Christians get pushed around and arent allowed to worship God
isnt merely wrong, its laughably, absurdly and ludicrously wrong. Ben Stein must believ
in a parallel America, one that forbids religious worship, like the Soviet Union did und
Communism. Sadly, many countries around the globe still experience a suppression o
their freedom of religion, such as China and Saudi Arabia.
What Stein seems either to not understand, or to deliberately obfuscate, is that the U.
is not a theocracy there is no official government religion. As the First Amendment
the Constitution states: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religio
or prohibiting the free exercise thereof
Note the two powerful ideas of the founding fathers contained in this passage. The America
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New camp will bring together youngsters fromdifferent religious backgroundsBy Lily Katz
Come August, Jewish, Christian and Muslim youth from
Jerusalem and Seattle will spend 10 days learning about eachothers faith traditions and cultural backgrounds while engaging
in peace building.
The camp, to be held in Mount Vernon, is organized by the
new Seattle chapter of Kids4Peace, a national nonprofit orga-
nization that brings kids from Jerusalem to seven cities around
the United States. Seattle is the newest addition.
Heres how it works: Leading up to the 10-day summer
camp, kids ages 12-18 and their parents in the United States
and in Jerusalem attend monthly meetings in their respective
cities to get to know one other and discuss conflict and identity.
When summer comes, the young people from Jerusalem visit
one of the seven U.S. cities to meet with their American cohorts.
Ideally, kids begin the program at age 12 and par ticipate for
six years, or until theyre 18. Since 2002, when the program
first began, the retention rate has been very high. The Boston chapter, for example, which
is in its fourth year, has only lost one of its 36 participants.
The kids are mature enough to spend 10 days away from home, but at the same time,
theyre young enough that theyre still really open-minded, said Jordan Goldwarg, the
Northwest regional director of Kids4Peace. Theyre open to meeting people who are very
different than themselves and having positive interactions with them.
A typical day at camp looks like this: Half of the time is spent in a dialogue session, in
which kids do creative projects and discuss peace-building and how conflicts emerge. The
campers talk about things like how individual identity is different from group identity, and
constructive ways in which to solve conflict. The second half of the day includes typical
camp activities like swimming, hiking, sports and ar ts and crafts. The Mount Vernon campers
will take day trips to Seattle and attend services at a church, a synagogue and a mosque.
Here in Seattle, I think that theres a lot of interest in doing something like this,
Goldwarg said. There are fairly substantial Jewish, Muslim and Christian populations in the
city, and its a fairly progressive and globally minded city where theres a lot of interest in
other parts of the world. The level of enthusiasm and interest in this has been astounding.
The first camp will take place at Camp Brotherhood in Mount Vernon Aug. 7-18. The
Seattle chapter has already begun looking for participants by reaching out to religious
communities and schools, and by doing media outreach.
Its pretty phenomenal, Goldwarg said For the kids coming from Israel and Palestine,
the friendships that are formed are actually very genuin
meaningful and lasting. It creates a community of people whare doing this together, so it gives them the strength to kee
doing it despite the pressures theyre facing.
Its not unusual for participants to receive criticism for attendi
the program, and to be accused of being spies or traitors, adde
Goldwarg. But despite this, Palestinian children who have nev
had a Jewish family in their homes will often invite over their ne
Israeli friends, and vice versa. Jewish kids will invite their Musl
friends to their Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and Muslim youth will inv
Jewish friends to break the fast during Ramadan.
In addition, participants will often stand up for one anoth
in school when their peers are badmouthing the other sid
Goldwarg said. Even after one year of the program, the
youth will have developed a newfound sense of openne
and curiosity.
We provide a safe space where people can talk and where people can listen and whe
people can be listened to, Goldwarg said. For families who are skeptical, its reassuri
to know that its a place of openness, a place of honesty.
Hamdi, a participant from Jerusalem, testified to this. She said the program is like
second home.
Kids4Peace for me is a place where I express everything in my heart, especially th
violence that is happening between Israel and Palestine, she said.
Becca, a Kids4Peace alum from Atlanta, also speaks highly of the organization.
The young nervous girl that I was at 11 has become a person who is much mo
aware and outspoken about the injustices brought about by uninformed and misinforme
prejudice, she said.
The program was started in Jerusalem by Henry Carse, an American Episcopal priest, wh
lived and worked in Jerusalem during the second intifada. His idea was to bring kids out
the conflict zone and allow them the opportunity to have fun and get to know each othe
The goal for American youth, said Goldwarg, is to equip them with a better understandin
of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and allow them to become leaders in helping solve th
conflict. It also serves as a good model for examining conflicts here in the United State
The camp costs $1,200 per year per family for the summer camps and the sessions th
lead up to it, though the program itself costs about $3,000 per participant. Kids4Peac
receives most of its funding through donations, and works hard to make sure kids wit
little resources arent turned away.
There are so many people who have never met or had a meaningful interaction wi
someone from the other side, Goldwarg said. These kinds of person-to-person program
where individuals from across the line of conflict get to meet each other have such a
incredibly humanizing impact.
Lily Katz is a student in the University of Washingtons Department of Communicatio
News Laboratory.
government wont establish any single religion, but at the same time it shall not prohibit th
exercise of any faith. Could there be a more perfect expression of religious freedom? Th
government doesnt seek to impose an official, state-sanctioned form of belief, and ever
citizen can choose to worship or choose not to according to his or her hearts desire.
Religion is dynamic, vibrant and deeply woven into the fabric of American life. Arguin
that Americans are not allowed to worship God is like making the claim we are forbidde
to play baseball, eat popcorn or wear sunscreen. A search for books under the topi
Religion on Amazon.com yields over one million choices, which sounds about righ
given the incredible religious diversity in America. To maintain that religious expression
prohibited is preposterous and proven false by simply driving a couple of miles down an
busy street in any town in our nation and taking note of all the churches.
One might rephrase the quote above, and ask of Ben Stein where he got the idea tha
Americans arent allowed to worship God. While were at it, perhaps in his parallel univers
which contains an America that is utterly unrecognizable to the rest of us, we can ask hi
if he knows whether Izzy would like a snack.
Ed Harris, the author of Fifty Shades of Schwarz and several other books, was born
the Bronx and lives in Bellevue with his family. His long-suffering wife bears silent testimon
to the saying that behind every successful man is a surprised woman.
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Courtesy Kids4Peace
A group of campers and their counselors discuss peace issues at the Kid-
s4Peace camp held outside of Houston this past summer.
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The unspoken language of language
JANIS SIEGEL JTNews CorrespondentIlan Stavans is unrelentingly attracted
to the work of Pablo Neruda.
I think that I love Neruda enough
to want to bring him to an audience that
cant read him in the original, Stavans
told JTNews. But I also love him so muchthat I want people to see him in the origi-
nal and how he sounds in both languages.
Stavans, an influential author and
editor, the Lewis-Sebring professor of
Latin American and Latino Culture at
Amherst College, and a former journal-
ist will be in Seattle as Temple Beth Ams
scholar-in-residence in early January. Te
Mexican-born Ashkenazi Jew will also
speak in other venues, including own
Hall on Jan. 8, where hell discuss his latest
work as editor and one of the translators
of the bilingual edition of All the Odes:
Pablo Neruda (Farrar Straus & Giroux,
2013), the complete collection of all 225
odes written by the Nobel-prize winning
Chilean poet.
While Stavans has edited many note-
worthy compilations such
as Singers ypewriter and
Mine: Reections on Jewish
Culture (2012) and Isaac
Bashevis Singer: Collected
Stories V. 1 and V. 2 (2004),he is as well-known for his
own provocative political
titles that include Jos Vas-
concelos: he Prophet of
Race (2011) Mr. Spic Goes
to Washington (2008), and
The Scroll and the Cross:
1,000 Years of Jewish-His-
panic Literature (2002).
In 2005, Stavans edited the
book Te Poetry of Pablo
Neruda.
Stavans said he can only dream of
having met Neruda, who died in 1973, but
the linguist, essayist, and cultural analyst
said he hopes to draw the readers atten-
tion to the poets use of the Spanish lan-
guage and the silences behind the words.
His Spanish is deceptively
simple, said Stavans, and
then you sit down and realize
that each of those words have
different meanings. I have
spent years and years trying tounderstand how he uses cer-
tain words. Its kind of what
Biblical scholars do.
Te professors whirlwind
visit continues on Jan. 9 with
a screening and discussion of
the lm My Mexican Shiva,
based on one of his short sto-
ries, and concludes with a
University of Washington
Lunchtime Learning lecture
on Jan. 10, Te Jews of Latin
America, that will be open to the public.
Stavans will cover 500 years of Jewish his-
tory, from the conversos and maranos to
the Jews of modern-day Latin America.
Stavans also devotes much of his liter-
ary energy to introspective projects, oen
reecting on his life growing up Jewis
in Mexico City in books like Return
Centro Historico: A Mexican Jew Look
for his Roots (2012).
In his 2008 book Resurrectin
Hebrew, Stavans examined the beginnin
of modern Hebrew in Israel through th
IF YOU GO
Ilan Stavans will serve as scholar
in residence at Temple Beth Am,
2632 NE 80th St., Seattle from Jan.
10-12. Visit www.templebetham.org
for scheduling information. Stavans
will also read from All the Odes:
A Bilingual Edition at Town Hall
Seattle, 1119 8th Ave., on Wed., Jan.8 at 7:30 p.m. $5. He will also speak
about the Jews of Latin America
for the University of Washingtons
Stroum Center for Jewish Studies
on Fri., Jan. 10 from noon1 p.m.
at Thomson Hall 317 on the UW
campus. For more information, visit
jewishstudies.washington.edu or
call 206-543-0138.
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Ilan Stavans, who will visit
Seattle in January to talk
about his intellectual love
affair with Pablo Neruda.
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