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A YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS SUCCESS PAGE 16

ABOUT OUR FUTURE PAGE 5

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The future of AuschwitzJan. 27 marked the 70th anniversary since the liberation o Auschwitz by Soviet sol-

diers. Many have questioned what will become o the site, now maintained as a museumand memorial. Auschwitz Museum is in a nancial c risis, memorial spokesperson PawelSawicki warned in 2009. And i we cant secure the buildings and conserve the site prop-erly, we will be orced to close it to the public in a ew years.

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Chelsea in the homelandJewish-American late night V host Chelsea Handler visited Israel in late January to

partake in a undraiser or cancer patients. She also met with ormer Israeli PresidentShimon Peres. Handlers visit will be eatured in an upcoming documentary exploring herJewish roots and Israel.

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Hair peaceAn Israeli barber has crafted inconspicuous yarmulkes what he calls magic yar-

mulke s made out of human hair and designed to keep Jewish people safe, allowing themto cover their heads without drawing unwanted or negative attention.

ablet Magazine

No directionwenty members o Germanys neo-Nazi National Democratic party were orced to

cancel a protest afer they got on the wrong train. Te NPD had planned to march inFreiburg in support o a woman with NPD ties who had allegedly been discriminatedagainst because o her allegiance to the group. Te NPD members boarded a train toMannheima town approximately 123 miles awayby mistake.

imes of Israel Boris Kurbanov

REMEMBER WHENFrom the Jewish ranscript,February 2, 1978.As we cover the release o our Greater

Seattle Jewish Community Study this week,lets take a look back at when Debra Fried-man, Bunny Cohen and Anne Nieder volun-teered to mail out survey questionnaires byhand. Tat effort was done in-house by theJewish Federation, and the ndings showedwe had 19,300 Jews in our community lessthan a third o our size today.

A letter to our community 5 A letter from the Jewish Fede ration of Greater Seat tles leadership reveals the future of this newpaper.

Rabbis Turn: What will you do? 5Rabbi Shaul Engelsberg reminds us that though we have been rescued from the hands of fate

throughout the generations, we must still be willing to sacrice for the Jewish people.

Where the Jews are 6The 14-year wait for a study of our Jewish community has nally been completed, and the resubolster much of what we already knew, but also offer some dramatic surprises.

Teaching the mission 8Jewish Family Service has won a grant that will provide staff and volunteers the opportunity toJewish teachings to help them better understand the importance of their work.

Celebrations and wedding memories 11

J-Teen sectionOnto the stage! 16Danielle Kohorn is only 12, but this young Jewish Day School student has already written a plthat will be performed on a major stage next month.

And all that jazz 17Renowned clarinetist Anat Cohen will be playing Seattle later this month, including a special egagement at a local synagogue.

Northwest Jewish SeniorsKids and seniors: Better together 20

A group of teens from Northwest Yeshiva High School is mak ing monthly visits to the SummitFirst Hill to learn about the lives of our communitys older generation.

The trauma survivor 21Though shes 87 years old, psychologist and Holocaust survivor Edith Eger is still helping cliework their way through PTSD.

MORECrossword 6M.O.T.: A rabbis Bar Mitzvah 9Israel: To Your Health: Singing to baby 10The Arts 19Lifecycles 23Jewish and Veggie: Keeping warm 24Professional Services/Classieds 18


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For a complete listing of events, or to add yourevent to the JTNews calendar, visit jewishsound.org/calendar. Calendar events must be submittedno later than 10 days before publication.

Opening to Inner Clarity:The Gift of a Pure HeartSaturday, March 7, 20159:30 AM 4:30 PMInfo & Tickets at:

www.betalef.org

Location: First Hill in Seattle1111 Harvard Ave(at Seattle First Baptist Church)

Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue Invites You To...A Day With Sylvia Boorstein

R K , RWindermere Real Estate/Wall St. Inc.206-284-7327 (Direct)www.russellkatz.com

JDS Grad & Past Board of Trustees MemberMercer Island High School Grad

University of Washington Grad

Candlelighting times February 6 ............................5:01 p.m.

February 13 ............. ............. 5:12 p.m.February 20 ..........................5:23 p.m.February 27 ..........................5:33 p.m.

FRIDAY 6 FEBRUARYNCSYs Edmonton Shabbaton

206-295-5888 or [email protected] www.seattlencsy.comSpend Shabbos with friends from Canada. Open toall Jewish 9th-12th graders regardless of af liation.

SATURDAY 7 FEBRUARY910:15 a.m. Torah Study and Walkin Kirkland

425-844-1604 or [email protected] orwww.kolaminw.orgBimonthly Torah study followed by a walk bythe lake. Text and commentaries provided. Noexperience necessary. Free. Next session Feb. 21.

At Aura Caf and Bakery, 116 Central Way, Kirkland.5:307 p.m. Cupcakes and Havdalah

206-232-7115 or [email protected] orwww.sjcc.orgCrafts, music, and Havdalah service. Snacks anddessert provided. For kids of all ages. Free. Atthe Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 EMercer Way, Mercer Island.7 p.m. Jewish History Chavurah

425-603-9677 or [email protected] templebnaitorah.orgFocusing on Jewish history, culture, theJewish journey, and more. Meets monthly onWednesdays. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727

NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

SUNDAY 8 FEBRUARY9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. HNT 2015Legacy Brunch

Rebecca Levy at 206-232-8555, ext. 207 [email protected]

Honoring Rabbi Jay and Janine Rosenbaum for 13years of service. At Herzl-Ner Tamid ConservativeCongregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.1011 a.m. Sunday Morning Forum: Supportfor Caregivers

Alexis Kort at 206-525-0915 [email protected] orwww.templebetham.org

Adam Halpern, assistant director of JFS Aging inPlace, will explore the Judaic view on caregiving andlearn about local resources for family caregivers. AtTemple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.10:30 a.m.1 p.m. HFLA Annual Brunch

Caroline Strelitz at [email protected] orha-seattle.comThe Hebrew Free Loan Association celebrates its101st year. At the Summit at First Hill, 1200University St. #100, Seattle.3:154:30 p.m. Chai Mitzvah:Grow your Judaism

425-844-1604 or [email protected] orwww.kolaminw.orgClass 5: Mindfulness and Conscious Living. AtCongregation Kol Ami, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE,Woodinville.5 p.m. Temple Beth Ams Annual Gala

Jan Glick at 206-525-0915 or [email protected] the Looking Glass. $100. At theFairmont Olympic Hotel, 411 University St., Seat tle.

MONDAY 9 FEBRUARY79 p.m. Warm For Your Reform

425-603-9677 or [email protected]

or templebnaitorah.orgPart three of three exploring Reform Judaism:Its emergence against a hostile background,the evolution of its expanding worldview, and acelebration of its milestones and contributions.Instructor: Rabbi Eric J. Siroka. $15. At TempleBnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

TUESDAY 10 FEBRUARY1011:30 a.m. Open House: SJCC EarlyChildhood School Seattle Campus

[email protected] or 206-526-8073 orwww.sjcc.orgTour the facility, experience a day in the life of achild in the classroom, meet staff and faculty, andask questions. Free. At the Stroum JCC, 2618 NE80th St., Seattle.

WEDNESDAY 11 FEBRUARY10:30 a.m.12 p.m. Totally Book Talk(TBT) Caf

425-603-9677 or [email protected] templebnaitorah.orgDiscuss The Invention of Wings by Sue MonkKidd. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE FourthSt., Bellevue.

FRIDAY 13 FEBRUARYBCMH Scholar in Residence Shabbos withRabbi Shalom Hammer of the IDF

Julie Greene, BCMH Program Director at206-721-0970 or [email protected] Shalom Hammer, of the Jewish IdentityDivision of the Israeli Army, will speak. Free. AtCongregation Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath,5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.JSU Ski Retreat

Seattle NCSY at 206-295-5888 [email protected] orwww.seattlencsy.comJoin JSU members from all over greater Seattle,Portland and Nor-Cal on the slopes.

SATURDAY 14 FEBRUARY57 p.m. Havdalah Happening in Seattle

Kate Speizer at 206-384-6020 [email protected] or www.tdhs-nw.org

Pasta and salad dinner, cookie decorating, aHavdalah ceremony. No experience or memberrequired. $20 donation per family suggestedTemple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattl510 p.m. Parents Night Out

206-232-7115 or [email protected] or sjcc.oUnBirthday Party: Games, arts and crafts,

activities. Includes dinner. $40-$60. At the StroJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

SUNDAY 15 FEBRUARY9:3011:30 a.m. IDF Rabbi ShalomHammer: Empowering Israel

[email protected] orwww.shevetachim.comRabbi Shalom Hammer served in the IDF rabbiwhere he works to help troops understand whameans to serve in a Jewish army. Includes bagand lox brunch. $18 per person, $27 per coupUnder 21 free. At Congregation Shevet Ac8685 SE 47th St., Mercer Island.

MONDAY 16 FEBRUARY9:30 a.m.3:30 p.m. SJCC Mid-Winter BreakCamp: Feb. 16-20

206-232-7115 or [email protected] or sjcc.oWeek-long break camps include eld trswimming and gym play. Pre-K5th grade. Tweek: Around the World. $60-$70 per day. AStroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Islan

TUESDAY 17 FEBRUARY12 p.m. Rosh Chodesh Womens Friend- ship Circle

425-603-9677 or [email protected] templebnaitorah.orgDiscuss The Jewish Book of Days: A Compafor All Seasons by Jill Hammer. Highlighconnection between the text and the montseasons and cycles of the year. Free. At TemBnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

WEDNESDAY 18 FEBRUARY9:15 a.m. The Art of Parenting

www.chabadofseattle.org

2015 Jewish Family Service Community of Caring Luncheon

THURSDAY Apr l 30 2015For more information, contact Leslie Sugiura, (206) [email protected] or visit jfsseattle.org/luncheon

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There was a time that clarinet was out of fashion, in a way.

World-renowned jazz clarinetist Anat Cohen, who will be performing in Seattle later this month. See the article on page 17.

What will you do for the Jewish people?RABBI SHAUL ENGELSBERGDerech Emunah Seattle Jewish Girls High School

My wi es grand ather,Mordechai Szimonowitz, sur- vived World War II. Whenthe Nazis orced all the Jewso Budapest, Hungary to moveinto the ghetto, Zeide aswe called him was able toprocure alse identi icationpapers and remained outsidethe ghetto walls masquerad-ing as a gentile. He managed toget a job working as a doormanat one o the citys hotels. One day, a high-ranking Nazi officer arrived and Zeide heldthe door open or him. Te Nazi stoppedand ordered: Look to the right. Zeidecomplied while the Nazi stared at himintently. Look to the lef he commanded.Again, Zeide obeyed.

Te Nazi continued to study him, loudlyboasting: I can tell i someone is even aneighth Jewish! Zeide was so scared hecould hardly breathe. And you are not!the Nazi arrogantly snapped and enteredthe hotel.

Zeide told us this story one Pesachduring the seder. We had just read thewords in the Haggadah: In every gener-

ation they rise against us toannihilate us, but the HolyOne, Blessed is He, rescues us

rom their hand. We under-stood how real those wordswere to our grand ather.

In this weeks orah por-tion we read that Yisro, MosheRabbeinus ather-in-law, joined the Jewish people inthe desert. Upon hearing o allthe miracles that God had per-

ormed or Israels sake all that He haddone to Pharaoh and to Egypt Yisro pro-claimed: Blessed is Hashem who has res-cued you rom the hand o Egypt and romthe hand o Pharaoh (Exodus 18:10).

Not much has changed. oday, as in allgenerations past, we continue to be mind-

ul o our survival. As a nation, we aregrate ul to the Almighty or our peoplescontinued existence. As individuals, wehear the news rom Israel and Europe, andremind ourselves how ortunate we are tonot be in harms way. We pray to God thatHe keep our brothers and sisters sa e andprotected wherever they may be.

But in addition to eeling grate ul and

expressing our appreciation to the OneAbove, there is another thought to ponder.

Several years ago, I had occasion to heara presentation rom Rabbi Berel Wein,an American-born rabbi, historian, lec-turer and writer, who currently serves asthe rabbi o Bait Knesset Hanassi in Jeru-salem. Rabbi Wein recounted that in 1945,when he was a young boy living in Chicago,the city was graced by a visit rom RabbiYitzchak Isaac HaLevi Herzog, who laterbecame the rst Ashkenazic chie rabbi othe State o Israel. Rabbi Herzog had justreturned rom a trip to Europe, where hehad met with Pope Pious XII.

Addressing the Chicago community,Rabbi Herzog told the audience: I have just returned rom meeting the Pope. I gavehim a list o ten thousand names o Jewishchildren who were placed into Christianhomes during the war. I asked him to giveback those Jewish children.

(Rabbi Wein explained that there weremany more children who had been placedwith Christians or sa ekeeping duringWorld War II, but Rabbi Herzogs list onlyincluded the ten thousand children whowere known by name.)

Rabbi Herzog continued: Te Popesaid he would not return the childrenbecause they had been baptized. RabbHerzog then put his head down on thepodium and wept. Afer a ew momenthe composed himsel , and passionateexclaimed: I cannot do any more or thosten thousand children, but what will you d

or the Jewish people?Following the speech, as everyon

greeted Rabbi Herzog, he kept repeatingRemember what I said. What will you d

or the Jewish people?We continue to be grate ul to th

Almighty or allowing the Jewish people survive and ourish, and individually, wtry to acknowledge Gods kindnesses to ueach and every day. Yet in addition to beingappreciative or our survival and continuity as a nation, let us also contemplate a cato action. We are most thank ul to be hereBut what are we here or? Rabbi Herzograllying call still reverberates: What w you do or the Jewish people?

Rabbi Shaul Engelsberg is principal of theDerech Emunah Seattle Jewish Girls HighSchool.

A letter to our community Dear readers,

Over the past several years, we have watched as the world has shifed rom consuming its news in print to online. At the same time, the Jewish Federation has been questioningwhether the best vehicle or community outreach and communications would be through a print newspaper such as J News, or i there might be a better way to talk about the great

things happening in greater Seattles Jewish community and beyond.

As such, on January 22, the board o the Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle approved a proposal to transition J News rom a print newspaper to a bimonthly glossy magazinethat highlights our local Jewish li e. Rather than be published by the Federation, though we will still retain ownership, the content will be produced by a magazine company with vastexperience both in publishing in our region and taking advantage o a ull breadth o print and online resources.

Every donor to the Jewish Federation and every subscriber to J News will receive a complimentary subscription to the new magazine. In addition, between issues, the Federationwill issue a quarterly newsletter with relevant in ormation about events and community news.

With the release o the demographic study this past month that highlights the incredible growth o our regions Jewish community, we are very excited about this new opportu-nity and believe that this new magazine will portray who we are and what we do in a ascinating new way.

J News will wind down with its Passover issue at the end o March, and the new magazine will begin publication this coming August. We appreciate the work the staff o J Newshas done over the years, and its possible you will see some o their names on the masthead o the next iteration in the li e o our Jewish communitys communications vehicle.

Tank you,

Keith Dvorchik President and CEO, Te Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle

Celie BrownBoard chair, Te Jewish Federation o Greater Seattle

WRITE A LETTER TO THE EDITOR: We would love to hear from you! You may submit your letters to [email protected]. Please limit your letters to approximately 350 words. Letters guidelines can befound at www.jewishsound.org/letters-guidelines/. The deadline for the next issue is February 10. Future deadlines may be found online.The opinions of our columnists and advertisers do not necessarily reflect the views of JTNews or the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle.

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Dress Cheaply by Mike Selinker

2015 Eltana Inc. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc.

Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling. Crosswords of Wisdom, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122

Answers on page 23

If what you wear says more about who you are then what you say when you speak, humoristJarod Kintz notes, then my advice is to keep quiet and wear loud clothing. Theres no questionthat its just as easy to make a statement while wearing inexpensive clothes as while wearingexpensive ones. So why not economize while you accessorize?

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DOWN1 Convent wear2 Like this 3 Discipline-focused4 Epic story5 6 Its electrons do not equal its protons7 ___ ORiley8 He played Kowalski9 Onetime Verizon component10 CD-___11 Passages between buildings12 Gears often on racks13 Car modded for speed18 Make a friend on Facebook?19 Dazzle25 Its 44.58 million km26 Judge28 Lawn care device31 Frankie of The Four Seasons33 Train in Vain band, with The34 Despises36 Watery hazards38 Subcontracts39 Letters six positions before 5-Down40 Yarmulke, in the Hebrew41 Girl in a smash by The Knack43 Calamitous44 Andy Kaufman series

45 Whom 8-Down called for as Kowalski47 One of 54 million in the U.S.48 In the same family with49 Nativity scene display53 See 21-Down57 Urban eyesore59 Puncture61 Raps Dr.62 The Grand Budapest Hotel director Anderson63 Blue Cross plan, for short64 Co. with brown trucks

Where the Jews are:Our communitys demographicstudy is releasedJOEL MAGALNICKEditor, JTNews

By any stretch o the imagination, the

Jewish community o the greater Seattlearea is a growing, vibrant place. Wherethose Jews are and how they live offers a

ascinating and at times surprising over- view o who we are as a comm unity.According to the 2014 Greater SeattleJewish Community Study, a demographicreport commissioned by the Jewish Fed-eration o Greater Seattle and conductedby the Cohen Center or Modern JewishStudies at Brandeis University, which wasreleased in late January, that growth clocksin at about 70 percent since the last studywas conducted in 2001.

hese statis-tics are based ona sample size o3,058. In com-parison, the 2013Pew ResearchCenters Surveyo American Jewshad a sample sizeo 3,475.

We h a v ealmost the samenumber just orSeattle as Pewdid or the wholecountry, saidKeith Dvorchik, president and CEO o theJewish Federation. Its a very, very robustdata set and it allows us to dig deeper thanwed be able to do.

Te number o Jews who live in the vecounties around Seattle King, Pierce,Snohomish, Island and Kitsap compriseroughly 63,400 Jews in 33,700 households.King County by ar has the largest concen-tration in the region, at 85 percent. Tatsnot a big surprise, but where in the countythey are was.

I dont think we expected to nd quitesuch a high proportion o the commu-nity living in the City o Seattle itsel , saidMatthew Boxer, a research scientist at theCohen Center who led the study. I thinkwe expected to nd a greater share o thepopulation in Bellevue, Mercer Island,Redmond, and some o the other suburbs.

But the large presence o Jews in North-west Seattle neighborhoods north othe Ship Canal such as Ballard and Green-wood surprised researchers.

Te growth in Northwest Seattle hasbeen dramatic, Dvorchik said.

Te only easily accessible Jewish orga-nization to that area is the Queen Anne-based Kavana Cooperative. houghNortheast Seattle the University Dis-trict, Wedgwood, Ravenna offers mul-tiple synagogues and the Stroum JewishCommunity Center preschool, amongother services, i you live in NorthwestSeattle, 30 minutes may or may not getyou to the synagogues in Northeast Seat-

tle, Dvorchik said. Its clear that there

a big challenge.And, perhaps, opportunity.I think were going to have to mee

people where they are and move to moreo a neighborhood structure, said JudNeuman, CEO o the Stroum JCC, o thendings. I think its more about breakingprograms up and making them more inti-mate in size where we can and going ouinto the community.

Will Berkovitz, CEO o Jewish FamService, said his agencys mission moving in the same direction where theagencys outreach aims or engageme

not in a purely religious context, but ina context where it reaches them wheretheyre at, he said. I eel quite optimitic with what our strategy is. Its lined upreally nicely with what the study en orces

Given how the community has grownand moved in just the past 15 years awell as the data point that we are unwilling to drive more than 30 minutes to getto a program building new structureis probably not the right solution to thisissue.

Te population will shif, Neuman

said.And while the community is wealth

54 percent have annual householdincomes above $100,000 7 percent ous range between just getting along anliving in poverty.

Berkovitz called that a pretty binumber, though he cautioned that JFS

The Jewish Federation of GreaterSeattle will hold two town hallsdiscussing the community study.The rst, on Wed., Feb. 11 at 6 p.m. is atTemple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St.,Seattle. RSVP required at bit.ly/1BZGZQA.The second is on Thurs., Feb. 12 at 6p.m. at the Stroum JCC, 3801 E MercerWay, Mercer Island. RSVP required at bit.ly/1u4kBFE.

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Your generosity is what helps us tobuild a stronger Jewish community.

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With new project, JFS leans into Jewish textJANIS SIEGEL JTNews Correspondent

At Jewish Family Service, 2015 will bea time to start deepening the 123-year-old organizations connection to Jewish values through a renewed vision or allwho work there.

Called Project Kavod (kavod meanshonor in Hebrew), the initiative willbe a three-year education and train-ing program or sta and volunteers tore lect on the meaning behind the orga-nizations purpose.

Its not so much about what we do,but why we do it, said JFS CEO RabbiWill Berkovitz. We are coming at thetext and the tradition rom a values andhistory perspective, not a religious per-spective. he values are universal, butthe story and the history that got us toour values are uniquely Jewish.

he project is unded by a $109,245grant rom he Covenant Foundation,a New York-based nonpro it organi-

zation that works to strengthen edu-cational endeavors that perpetuate theidentity, continuity and heritage o theJewish people, according to its missionstatement.

he JFS curriculum will respond tothe interests o the agency as it interactswith the material compiled by nationallyrecognized Jewish educator and 2010Covenant Foundation award recipient,Beth Huppin, who will direct, guide, a ndoversee all o the teaching modules orProject Kavod.

Developing the curriculum will bea dynamic process, Huppin said. Whatemerges will be responsive to the ques-tions that arise rom our leadership,sta , and volunteers.

What Huppin knows or sure, how-ever, is that studying core Jewish textualcontent can lead to increased connec-tions between service providers and the

public they interact with every day. he texts provide opportunities or

sel -re lection that will build the capac-ity o the sta , board and volunteers tobe open to the presence o the other,which could be clients or colleagues or

ellow volunteers, said Huppin. extis a tool to expand our capacity or pres-ence. In our popular culture right now,we call that mind ulness.

How does that translate into a moresuccess ul and e ective agency? Huppinasked.

he more you can be mind ul owhat youre doing, the better you can doit, she said. Its a constant remindingourselves o why we are doing what we

are doing and asking ourselves, Whacould I have done better? What coulI have learned rom the other person?

ext helps us ask those questions o ouselves.

While Huppin and JFS leaders ironout the details o how and when thesstudy sessions will take place at JFmarketing and communications direc-tor Deborah Frockt told J News thashe is con ident the new learning ocat the agency wont interrupt its dayto-day work with the people who needthem.

his program will not in any wadecrease vital direct services provided tthe community, said Frockt.

According to a press release, teachings and conversations will be carrieout at board and sta meetings at three JFS locations through lunch-andlearns during the workday. A collectiono texts and study materials will also bcentralized and made available to staand volunteers.

his grant gives us the opportunityto build on whats right at JFS, a chancto examine the values this communityis already living by using our traditiontexts, said Huppin. We have a rich

ountain o teachings ocused on t very work tha t JFS does.

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and child and that they donthave to sound like Barbra Stre-isand or aylor Swif to do it.

But i your new bundle o joy was born prematurely, as,globally, 15 million babies areevery year, put away any inhi-bitions you may have about vocalizing and start pullingtogether your repertoire.

Using the KangarooMethod or KC, where a mother holds herdiapered-only baby uprightly against herchest, skin against skin, and a cloth cov-ering his or her back, Mom sings away intranquil tones while the little one snugglesinside o her shirt.

Singing to a stable, premature baby sig-nicantly improves a mothers well-beingand also encourages the childs develop-ment and overall health, according to Dr.Shmuel Arnon rom the department oNeonatology at the Meir Medical Centerand Hospital in K ar Saba, Israel.

Arnon told J News that or now, thebenets seem to come rom the moth-ers voice.

he theory is the pre-term in ant can only perceivehigh pitch voices. Tere ore,

Fathers voice might not beas benecial as the mothers voice, said Arno n. How -ever, during Kangaroo Carethere are many other sensesthat work, i.e., tactile, odor,touch, breathing, vibration,etc., that the ather is not the-oretically different rom themother. Tat is what we arestudying now.

Te 2014 study, published in the journalActa Paediatrica, compared the effects oKC and maternal singing on a stable pre-term baby against the outcomes using KCalone with 86 mother-baby pairs.

Te mother was instructed to sing witha repetitive, soothing tone, sofly, simplyand with slow tempo, wrote Arnon in thestudy report. She was asked to include lul-labies, pre erably those that she sang duringpregnancy, in her pre erred language.

Using an instrument that measuredsound levels placed next to the babys ear,mothers were told to maintain a decibellevel between 60 and 70 DB.

Authors who have tried to combine

music and KC have ailed to show markedbenet or preterm in ants, wrote Arnon.

Studies have shown that just afer birth

the in ant is reacting only to his moth-ers voice, he told J News, whether itis a biological connection in the genomeo amiliarity, hearing his mother duringpregnancy, I am not aware o studies exam-ining this.

In other 2013 research published inPediatrics, researchers observed 272 simi-lar preterm in ants that were at least eightmonths old who were exposed to livemusicians playing to the preemies. Itimproved a babys alertness, quiet time,sleep time, increased the babys level ooxygen, improved its sucking responses,and helped the parents to eel more relaxed.

Arnons study using the mothers voiceanalyzed the responses o 86 stable pretermin ants between 32 and 36 weeks o matu-rity to measure maternal anxiety and thein ants behavior. Each phase o singingtime and quiet time lasted or 20 minuteswith a recovery period o 10 minutes.

His team ound a signicant loweringo maternal anxiety and the babys heartrate was signicantly more stable in boththe higher and lower heartbeat requencies.

However, a mothers voice con erredadditional benets to the child.

A mother singing to her child encour-aged perceptual memory and learning inin ants, according to the study. Exposingin ants to their mothers voices in NICUshas been shown to increase oxygen satura-

tion, decrease episodic apnea and bradycardia [a slow heart rate], and improve weighgain and eeding tolerance.

Meirs team said the combination o thtactile and the maternal auditory stimula-tion might mimic the sounds that a etuhears in the womb.

Because preemies are born with underdeveloped organs and nervous systems, thmain ocus o Arnons NIDCAP unit is support the amilies o premature babiand to acilitate the parents and the childhealth and development.

Parents whose premature babies arcared or in the Meir Medical CenterNICU are trained in both techniques to usewhen they take their child home.

In addition to experimenting with KCand a athers voice, Arnon will continuto experiment with the combined KC andmaternal singing techniques to see i babimight benet rom the continued use o ththerapy as they grow.

Further studies evaluating the longterm effects o this bimodal exposure, anwhether continuing this therapy duringin ancy acilitates gross motor skimental processing, perceptual memorysocial behavior and learning, are warranted, he said.

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his is a second marriage for both Wendy and John.I kept saying, Im never getting mar ried again, Wendy said. In June he came home

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Alhadeff asking her about a historic ketubah thatwas lent to the University of Washingtons Sep-hardic Studies Program for its digital collection.

he ornate Jewish marriage contract comes fromthe Bensussen family of ekirdag, urkey, in 1919.

It turns out the ketubah belonged to Wendys great uncle, Shelomo. Not only that, but on a tripto Istanbuls Jewish history museum, Wendy saw asimilar ketubah, and discovered that her familysdesign had been a model for others.

Wendy and John commissioned papercut artist Micol Bayer with creating a ketubahbased on the historic one.

Micol took aspects of that ketubah and built our ketubah around it, Wendy said.We were only going to have a Jewish marri age, and it was tied historically to my family.

Wendy and John were married in a small ceremony on January 22. Mazal tov! Emily K. Alhadeff

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grad school and thought it would be unto teach at the University o Idaho or a ewyears which turned into 46. And whiletheres a small congregation there now,back then there was none.

My mother had taught Hebrewschool, and tried very hard to teach meand my sister, who were thoroughlyuninterested, says Bea, who arrived atCarleton College as an undergraduateknowing nothing outside o the Hanuk-kah blessings.

A political science major intending togo to law school, she accidently [took] aclass in Hebrew Bible, and remembers theday her studies changed course.

It was the day I realized...I could callmysel a Jew even though I didnt knowanything; that Id never been to a syna-gogue, she says. Tat just made me vora-ciously curious.

Bea majored in religion, then startedrabbinic training, but realized that Iwould make an aw ul rabbi, as a thin-skinned type whose own theology is not very com orting.

She took her masters and doctorateat Emory University, then taught at theHebrew Union College in L.A. Te need

or a li estyle change brought her anddaughters Ellie, 9, and Abby , 6, to Seat-

tle in 2010. She likes the city and her work.Im very happy, she says. Its very

di erent than teaching rabbinical stu-dents. Shes even written, with theapproval o the school, an article critiqu-ing dominant Christian approaches toJudaism, which appeared in the online journal Studies in Jewish-Christian Rela-tions last year.

In a turnabout, Bea now leads HighHoliday services each year at MoscowsJewish Community o the Palouse, whichalso serves Pullman, Wash. She recently joined emple Beth Am in Northeast Seat-tle, where she will be teaching a three-partclass on gender and sex in the orah inMay and June.

3 Short Takes: Margie Kaiz Offer has been elected to the board oAmerican Associates, Ben-Gurion

University o the Negev. Her late hus-band, Dr. Daniel Offer , ed Berlin orPalestine during Hitlers rise and servedin the Palmach unit that liberated Beer-Sheva. When Daniel died in 2013, Margieestablished a memorial endowment undthat supports BGUs adolescent medi-cal research. A medical researcher, sheand Daniel co-wrote two books, includ-ing Regular Guys: 34 Years Beyond Ado-lescence.

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With some 20 albums to her name,countless awards and glowing reviews

rom estivals, clubs and concerts world-wide, jazz clarinetist Anat Cohens workas bandleader, soloist, and sideman is as

inuential as a music career can be.Born and raised in the 1960s near elAviv, Cohen ell in love with the clarinetas a student at the el Aviv-Jaffa conser- vatory, where a Dixieland band was parto the training. Her art draws on traditionsas diverse as Brazilian, Cuban, blues, olk,and New Orleans, as well as klezmer andclassical music. Te Jazz Journalist Asso-ciation has named her Clarinetist o theYear or seven years in a row.

Cohen headlines Seattle Jazz RepertoryOrchestras 20th anniversary concerts Sat-urday and Sunday, February 21 and 22,and shell also bring her clarinet to empleBeth Am or an audience- riendly Q&AFrom Klezmer to Louis Armstrong: theArt o Anat Cohen Sunday morning. Teper ormance is organized by SJRO boardpresident and Beth Am member NealFriedman. Cohens trip is cosponsoredby the Israeli Pacic Northwest Consulateand emple Beth Am.

As she told public radio host erryGross in 2013, Cohen learned to ocus onthe way it elt to swing. Brothers Avishai(trumpet) and Yuval (soprano sax), withthe same training, have also emerged aspart o a generation o major jazz artists

rom Israel who are now based in NewYork. As 3 Cohens, they record and re-quently per orm together, as they did at

Carnegie Hall last year. Tey all studied atBostons Berklee College o Music.

Anat Cohens art re lects not onlywhere she comes rom geographically, butalso where her instrument comes rommusically and historically.

Tere was a time that clarinet wasout o ashion, in a way, she told Gross.Actually, people still associate it with you know, i I tell anybody that I playclarinet and I play jazz, everybodys rstassociation is, Oh, Benny Goodman! Teclarinet is still associated with older styles,and with olkloric music. Maybe in Israel

the clarinet is associated with klezmermusic? So, maybe in peoples minds itssomething thats either dated, or too reli-gious. And Im working very hard to putthe clarinet into other scenarios.

Seattle Symphony clarinetist Laura deLuca, whose own career spans the genres,says, I love Anats playing and have ahuge respect or her musical voice. She isa rare artist in the sense o the immediacyo her expression. Musical intelligencecomes so directly through her, the clari-net is so integrated with her body, heartand soul.

Tere is no real difference betweenwhat we are all hoping to voice as musi-cians, de Luca continued, whether weplay jazz, classical, olk or rockit is allabout reaching inside and inding theessence and beauty o whatever we areplaying, and communicate that outwardto our listeners through our unique voice.

Longtime Seattle klezmer bandleadeShawn Weaver hears joy in Anat Cohenmusic: Joy is expressed in the mosorganic way through song and danceAnat Cohen with her clarinet brings this

Anat Cohen headlines Seattle JazzRepertory Orchestras 20th anniversaryconcerts Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m.at Benaroya Halls Nordstrom Recital Hall,and Sunday, Feb. 22. at 2 p.m., at theKirkland Performance Center. FromKlezmer to Louis Armstrong: the Art ofAnat Cohen takes place Sunday at 10a.m. at Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80thSt., Seattle.

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Wednesday, February 18 at 7:15 p.m.The Great Escape: The Film Scores ofElmer BernsteinMusic talkYou would think the man once dubbedMosess composer would have leda charmed life. On the contrary, filmcomposer Elmer Bernstein struggledto achieve success. Bernstein, whocame to compose the score for TheTen Commandments muddled inshlock before his big break. TheodoreDeacon explores Bernsteins versa-tile life and work in this lecture. Lightrefreshments served.At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 8 0th St.,Seattle. For more information contactAlexis Kort at 206-525-0915 [email protected], or visitwww.templebetham.org.

Wednesday, February 18 at 11:30 a.m.Daytimers Lunch and FilmDaytimers meets the third Wednesdayof the month for lunch and a Jewish-themed film. This month, laugh alongwith Mel Brooks Make a Noise! RSVPrequested. $7.At Herzl-Ner Tamid ConservativeCongregation, 3700 E Mercer Way,Mercer Island. For more information,contact Rebecca Levy at 206-232-8555, ext. 207 or [email protected], orvisit hnt.wufoo.com/forms/daytimers-winter-2015-film-series.

Opening February 20Voyage for MadmenPlayWritten by Rachel Atkins (scriptwriterfor Letters to the Editor), Voyage forMadmen recounts the unbelievable buttrue story of the Ardeo Theatre Project,a Seattle theater company that under-went a series of disasters parallel to theplays it was rehearsing. With elementsof The Tempest, Frankenstein, andthe true story of British sailor DonaldCrowhurst, Voyage of Madmen hasalso mirrored the Ardeos challenges,with three past productions that fellapart beyond anyones control. Directedby Susanna Burney (In the Land of Rainand Salmon), Voyage is a vaudeville-style adventure story about Seattlestheater community and the risks of thecreative process.At West of Lenin through March 7.General admission $20.Opening gala February 20 $25.For more information visitthe1448projects.org/voyageformadmen.

Sunday, February 15 at 3 p.m.Jewish Women and ArtLectureFemale Jewish artists are contribut-ing revolutionary ideas to the field ofart, from cultural hybridity to feministspirituality to Torah interpretation. Ledby Andrea Iaroc, art historian, educa-tor, and museum professional, this pre-sentation will introduce notable artists,their art, and its significance.At the Stroum Jewish Community Cen-ter, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.For more information and to registervisit sjcc.org/cultural-arts/lectures-authors/jewish-art-contemporary-women.

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Friday, February 6, 2015 n A Special Section of JTNews

Teens who hang with seniors: We are all better togetherBy Maya Pogrebinsky

When was the last time you paid a visit toa resident of an assisted-living center? Whenwas your most recent encounter with an elderlymember of the community who wasnt a relative?A group of about 15 students from NorthwestYeshiva High School have contemplated thisvery question, and we decided to start visitingTe Summit at First Hill to learn from and witheach other through informal programs.

Te Summit is a Jewish retirement livingcommunity located in Seattles First Hill neigh-borhood with a large variety of services available to suit all of the residentsneeds. Trough a program called Better ogether, NYHS students andSummit residents meet once a month to engage in various activities. Te goalof this program is to unite the older and younger generations and bridge theage gap that seems to be distancing the two groups. Tis year, the theme ofall our programs is Your Stories.

Te rst time we visited, we were intimidated and didnt know if the res-idents would react positively to our presence. Many of my peers had nevervisited Te Summit before and had very little exposure to the life of elderlypeople. My grandparents live in Israel and Im rarely able to see them. But asthe residents slowly lled the room, the mood drastically changed. Each res-ident warmly greeted us and sat down with a smile. Tis small reassuranceeased all my fears, as I understood that the residents loved visitors.

Our rst activity together was led by Mrs. Chubotin, the art teacher at

NYHS, in a program called Your Portraits elYour Stories. As we learned to draw with opastels, we quickly became friends with the redents of Te Summit. Te woman I sat with toldme about growing up in Europe as a Jew duriWorld War II. I had visited Poland last summerand learned about the atrocities of the Holocaust. Many of the places and events this womtold me about were still fresh in my mind. Seeia person who lived through these events humbled me. She was so joyous and happy desp

having lived through something I could not even begin to imagine.Dora, another resident, didnt know if she even wanted to come to th

program. She gured she would come to see what it was and then leave afa few minutes. Tough she wasnt particularly interested in art, Dora stayedShe told us her story. Growing up in Hamburg, she escaped to Sweden whershe lived with her uncle and enjoyed a relatively easy life during the war. Ulmately, she ended up in Ohio and then Seattle. We learned about her Jewisheducation speaking, reading and writing Hebrew. She told me about Seatle in the 1940s. She attended the University of Washington while her husband fought in the Army. As she talked about her late husband, her face lit uand she began to smile.

Te next time we visited the Summit, some of the residents recognizedus from the previous time we werethere. Because it was the rst night of

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From Holocaust to healer, one womans lifelong work asa trauma counselorBy Tori Gottlieb

Seventy years after the end of World War II, Holocaust survivor Dr. EdithEger is still motivated by the fear and determination that shaped her experiencein Europes concentration camps. It was during her time in Auschwitz that Egerdiscovered her inner strength, and began to look at her life from the inside out,as opposed to the outside in.

Eger was raised in Hungary, where she livedwith her family until they were arrested and trans-ported to Auschwitz in 1944. Both of Egers par-ents were killed in the camp. Eger was eventuallytransported to Gunskirchen Lager, another con-centration camp in Austria. It was there that shewould be liberated by the Armys 71st InfantryDivision just days before the United States woulddeclare victory in Europe.

I think Auschwitz was an opportunity to dis-cover traits I never thought were possible, Egersaid of her experience.

She now uses those traits to help others, work-

ing as a psychologist out of her home in La Jolla,Calif. At 87, she still has an active career and a full clientele, and even recentlyconsulted on Post- raumatic Stress Disorder (P SD) with current members ofthe same military unit that saved and freed her in 1945.

Its these skills and experiences that Rachel Chiavaras hopes Eger will bringto Seattle at her talk on February 6 about the art of survival. Chiavaras is thefounder of Calvins Kids, an organization that provides therapy to children whohave suffered abuse, neglect, or other trauma. Te Washington State Psycho-logical Association is hosting Dr. Egers talk, which is being sponsored by Cal-vins Kids and Seattle law rm Williams Kastner.

Tis is the rst of many years, I hope, of bringing in people who have gothrough things that are courageous, Chiavaras said of the event. Her goal is show people that we can go through things in life and come out on the other sand make something of it, much as Eger did.

Chiavaras, who is currently working on her Ph.D. in psychology, winspired to start Calvins Kids after seeing the suffering of families whose cdren were in life-threatening situations. Te organization is named for Chiavarass dog, Calvin, whom she adopted from the Seattle Humane Society foyears ago. During their walks around their neighborhood, near Seattle Chidrens Hospital, Calvin unwittingly provided comfort to a number of agonizparents and patients.

People would just get on their knees and hold onto him and cry, Chiavarsaid. Lots of times, I would never even say a word.

Chiavaras is hopeful that Egers message and outlook on life can bring cofort to those in the community who are dealing with trauma or loss. Eger hershas said that she looks forward to talking to her audience about the differenbetween curing and healing, and about the spiritual dimension of healing what she calls the third dimension, beyond the body and mind.

More than anything, both Eger and Chiavaras want people to understanthat there is life after trauma.Its not what happens, said Dr. Eger. Its what you do with it.

Dr. Egers talk, The Art of Survival, will take place on Fri., February 6 from 6 to 9 p.m.at ACT Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased online atwww.brownpapertickets.com/event/906342. For more information, contactRachel Chiavaras at 206-769-9480 or [email protected].

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Learn how to encourage independence andmotivate by incentive while building self-esteem. Led by Rabbi Cheskie Edelman. 50percent discount for rst-time Jewish LearningInstitute attendees. $85. At CongregationShaarei Telah, 6250 43rd Ave. NE, Seattle.7:30 p.m. Rabbi David Rosen: Is Religion

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AJC Seattle Speakers series featuries Rabbi DavidRosen, international director of interreligiousaffairs of AJC. $18. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 EMercer Way, Mercer Island.

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425-844-1604 or [email protected] orwww.kolaminw.orgCongregation Kol Ami welcomes Jewishmusicians and worship leaders Sue Horowitz,Julie Warwick, Ruz Gulko and friends for a

Shabbat evening of song and prayer. OnegShabbat to follow service. Free. At CongregationKol Ami, 16530 Avondale Rd. NE,5 p.m. Discovery Seminar Weekend

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Sharon Adatto at 206-725-5799Seattle Mikvah Association fundraiser. Addressprovided upon RSVP.

SUNDAY 22 FEBRUARY13 p.m. Community StorytellingWorkshop

206-774-2250 or [email protected] www.wsjhs.orgHow did you and your ancestors end upin Washington State? Led by professionalstoryteller Merna Hecht as part of theWashington State Jewish Historical Societys

year of immigration and migration. All ageswelcome to share or just listen. At SephardicBikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.

59 p.m. NYHS Gala Dinner and LiveAuction honoring Dr. Jane Becker and JasonKintzer

Melissa Rivkin at or [email protected] open at 5 p.m. at the Sheraton SeaHotel. Honoring Jane and Jason for tdedication to the community. At the SheraHotel, 1400 Sixth Ave., Seattle.

I d nt let my hearing los separate me fr m pe ple. I d nt let my hearing los separate me fr m pe ple.

Hanukkah, we sang songs and lit candles as part of Your Songs ell YoStories. Although not everyone knew all the words, it was beautiful to seemany elderly people coming together and rejoicing. We celebrated togethbonding over songs of our past and present singing in Hebrew, English, Yidish and Ladino.

Each resident I spoke to left me extremely grateful to have had the oppotunity to spend part of my day with them. As this program continues, I hope further invest in my relationships with these amazing people. Tey have truly

opened my mind and heart to new experiences that I previously discounted

Maya Pogrebinsky is a junior at Northwest Yeshiva High School and the chair of the ChessedCommittee.

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