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“This is definitely the most difficult time we’ve had here.”— Dr. Asher Friedman of the Israeli town of Ashdod, on the missile fire on his town during the Israel-Gaza war that reached a cease fire last week.

A story on how people in Israel’s southern cities coped is on page 28.

About thAt electionI have to say that I am not happy with the fact that the Democrats in this state are sup-

ported by many in the Jewish community, particularly for Governor and Attorney General. Inslee and Ferguson were inferior candidates to McKenna and Dunn. They will bankrupt the state in the next five years.

Additionally, it is not a good idea to support same-sex marriage, as it will destroy the fabric of our society, people will become confused, why does person A have two mommies and person B has a mommy and daddy?

Josh normandSeattle

Modern equAlity for Modern iSrAelA new women’s liberation movement that demands equal pay should insist on women’s

rights in other realms as well. (I think that the women’s liberation movement began with Esther).

I agree with the Jessica Kessler Marshall column you published (“The Kotel belongs to all of us,” Rabbi’s Turn, Nov. 16), and I wonder how hard we try to achieve peace in our time? Israel, and by extension, Jews everywhere will continue to suffer the slings and arrows of a world which is not yet ready to accept a ‘swords into plowshares’ mindset.

We Israelis, who want peace more than anyone on earth, are portrayed in the media in a way that reminds people of other nations’ atrocities against civilians. Nowadays, we get better reporting on everything, so it’s hard to pretty up an ugly situation that makes us look like the Syrians and the Iranians and other tyrannical regimes. People might start asking how different are we from the narrow mindedness of the Ayatolas and the Taliban who will deny women their God-given dignity.

I applaud the women who defied the absurd law that had been imposed on all Israe-lis (against their will sometimes), antiquated notions that don’t belong in a modern land like Israel. We need a new government that can diminish the influence of the minority party of religious zealots in this cobbled-up parliamentary system of pathological politics. Israel’s image should be one associated with technological advances that would give the world a $9 ecological bike that is entirely made up or recycled cardboard and so lightweight. Wouldn’t that relieve the world’s dependence on oil, and make an effort to own up to the global warm-ing scenario? It’s the land of milk and honey, and the promised land. We might need to cobble up something new in a new world of Arab summer, fall, winter and spring.

Mordecai Sacketteverett

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Doing what we can in an unredeemed worldRabbi Donniel HaRtman The shalom Hartman Institute

The foundational obligation and responsibility of every nation is to protect its people. When it comes to Israel, this obligation has a particular twist of a pro-foundly secular nature. Rising out of 2,000 years of powerlessness, and 2,000 years of belief that salvation of Israel is in God’s hands, the modern State of Israel chose to live by the credo that God helps those who help themselves.

Instead of waiting for God to repeat the Exodus story and again redeem God’s people with “a mighty hand and an out-stretched arm,” with the rebirth of Israel, the Jewish people have chosen to wait no more. We recognize that we don’t live in a redeemed world, in a world where God ensures that everything will work out, that everything will find its right place. It is a world in which the just do not necessarily prosper, nor do the wicked by definition fail.

If we are to achieve, it will only be the result of our efforts on our own behalf, and even then with no guarantee of success. To be a Zionist is to embrace this reality, not as a curse but as a responsibility, if not a gift. To be part of shaping one’s own des-tiny and defining one’s people’s history in the midst of the uncertainty of an unre-deemed world is the privilege which Israel has bestowed upon modern Jewish life.

It is critical that we remember the above as we assess our actions and respon-sibilities in Operation Pillar of Defense. First, we simply have to do what we have to do. What any nation not merely has the right to, but the obligation to do. Our citi-zens cannot be terrorized, nor our soldiers attacked, without attempts on our part to prevent them and stop them from occur-ring in the future.

While the world is filled with Monday morning quarterbacks, questioning the efficacy of every move with the bene-fit of hindsight, the targeted killing of Ahmed Jabari and the destruction of the long-range missile capacity of Hamas and Islamic Jihad was at the very least a plau-sible attempt by Israel to fulfill its obliga-tions and responsibilities as a sovereign nation.

Living in a non-redeemed world, in a world where the just do not necessar-ily prosper nor the wicked by definition fail, obligates us to act to protect ourselves and better our future. However, precisely because the world is not redeemed, actions that are just, actions that are necessary, and even acts that are prudent, are not guaranteed to succeed. In a non-redeemed world we must remember that not every problem has a solution, and doing the right thing will not necessarily lead to a positive result.

I dream of an Arab peace partner who will want to join with me in working to make our region truly bloom. As a Zionist I recognize that my dreams will only come true to the extent that I fulfill my respon-sibilities and pursue every possibility for peace to reign. Hamas and Islamic Jihad, however, are not peace partners and when promulgating an approach to Islam that makes Jewish presence and independence in Israel an affront to Allah, they create a nightmare.

In their world, Jewish civilian casual-ties are a legitimate military goal, while Muslim civilian casualties a public rela-tions success. In their world, success is not measured primarily by their ability to better the life of their people, but by their ability to endure suffering on the altar of a distorted version of Allah’s will.

As painful as this reality is, the respon-sibility of one who has chosen to recog-nize that one’s world is not redeemed is to see this reality for what it is. It will not be changed by the saving hand of God, nor will it be resolved by a military oper-ation, whether limited or extensive. We must avoid the Messianic temptation of believing that our military is God and that because our cause is just, we will by defini-tion prevail.

The dream of seeing Hamas and Islamic Jihad waving a white flag, or the population of Gaza repudiating their lead-ership and tactics is precisely that — a dream. It is not a reality, and certainly not one that will be ushered in through mili-tary action. A substitute will be found for every terrorist leader who is killed, and every missile destroyed will inevitably be replaced.

For some, the above will be depress-ing. The danger in this perception is that depression is all too often a fertile ground for Messianic fantasies, for belief that because it ought to be so, it is in our hands to make it so. Messianic fantasies lead to irrational demands of our politicians and military leaders. In such an environment, one is tempted to reach beyond one’s grasp, and ineffective, not to speak of dan-gerous policies and operations inevita-bly ensue.

With the rebirth of Israel, the Jewish people have embraced reality and our responsibility to do our best within it. We have relinquished the need for sal-vation as a standard of success and have chosen instead the beauty, complex-ity, and responsibility of living in a non-redeemed world. One of the “advantages” of the Middle East is that it always brings one back to the incompleteness of reality. This is our world, and our task is to create

pockets of decency, sanity, safety, pros-perity, and yes, even holiness within it. It is normal to want more. However, if you need more, you undermine Israel and the Jewish people’s ability to continue on our journey.

In our world, you can do the right thing, the necessary thing, the prudent thing, and still not achieve the desired out-

come. In our world, there is a simple truth: “It is not for you to complete the task, but neither are you free to desist from it.” (The Ethics of the Fathers 2:21).

Donniel Hartman is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute and director of the Engaging Israel Project. This article was first published in the Times of Israel.

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■ J-Tech MeetupWednesday, December 5, 5:30–8 p.m.

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news briefs

Spain eases citizenship for Sephardic Jews

Five hundred years after the Spanish expulsion, Spain announced last week that it is easing citizenship for Sephardic Jews who wish to return to the country. Spain already has a preferential naturalization process that requires two years of residency before granting citizenship to Jews with Spanish origins. The change eliminates the waiting period and grants passports to any Jews who can prove Spanish ancestry.

Push to temper Palestinian U.N. bid fails

JERUSALEM (JTA) — An American push to temper a resolution asking the United Nations General Assembly to grant the Palestinians enhanced status has failed, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported.

The final draft of the Palestinians’ res-olution, which was set to be introduced Thursday in the General Assembly, was circulated Tuesday in New York. The United States had urged the Palestinians to add a clause to the draft saying they would not file criminal charges against Israeli leaders at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, but the Palestinians refused to make the addition.

The Palestinians, who are seeking status as a non-member observer state, told the U.S. they would provide an oral promise not to file charges with the international court for six months, but after that would not be obligated to the guarantee.

The Palestinians, represented by the Palestinian Authority and the PLO, were rebuffed last year in their bid to have the U.N. Security Council recognize Palestine as a state; the United States successfully lobbied against the move, threatening to use its veto.

There is no such veto in the General Assembly, where the Palestinians have an assured majority.

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Marilyn Weinstein, Betty Golub and Myrna Boruck show off their hanukkiot in anticipa-tion of the Jewish Community Center’s Candle Glow Cock-tail Dance. This is one of many Hanukkah events occurring in the region for the Festival of Lights.

by SopHie melD Az me ken nit ton vos me vil, tut men vos me ken. If you can’t do what you want, do what you can.

CorrectionsIn the M.O.T. item about local Mitzvah Book participants (“Loving books and helping

people,” Nov. 16), Justin Coskey was listed as a student at the Seattle Jewish Community School. He actually attended the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle.

The article “The annual JTNews ‘koshies’ open new foodie frontiers – and close others” (Nov. 16) incorrectly stated that there is no authentic kosher Parmesan cheese. In fact, vari-eties are available through KosherItalia.com and AffordableKosher.com.

JTNews regrets the errors.

Dangerous minds 6A Seattle Hebrew school teacher is on the lam after being caught having a relationship with an underage student.

Good education 6The Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning returns to Seattle, new and improved.

Here to stay 7Rabbi Sholom Ber and Chanie Levitin celebrate 40 years since their arrival in Seattle to start Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest.

Giving back 8Holocaust survivor, social worker, and community pillar Josh Gortler and his wife, Sarah, announce their new scholarship for Yeshiva University.

This American parent 9A new podcast captures the diverse experiences of local families.

Hanukkah, oh Hanukkah! 10All the places to light the menorah, get together, and dance the hora, 2012-style.

Gendering the impossible 24Sculptress Lauren Grossman will show her series of feminized Leviathans at the Platform gallery as part of The Seattle Art Museum’s exhibition Elles.

Save the Twinkie! 26If the American icon goes away forever, here’s how to make your own.

The remains of the day 27As the dust settles, pundits weigh the winners and losers of Operation Pillar of Defense.

Reality on the ground 28Recently relieved, however temporarily, from a barrage of rocket fire, Ashkelon residents try to regroup.

These roots run deep 30A tourist discovers a forgotten Jewish cemetery in the south of France.

A great miracle happened there 33A 19th-century Ukrainian miracle story lives on through family members today.

Light a candle for Lincoln 34After Ulysses S. Grant ordered the Jews expelled on the eve of Hanukkah in 1862, Lincoln came to the rescue.

The whole kitsch and kaboodle 35More gift ideas exist for under your Hanukkah bush than you’ve ever imagined.

Honors for the admiral 40Retired naval officer Herb Bridge is honored by the UW, in front of 70,000 of his closest friends.

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Adult learning program opens in SeattleJaniS Siegel JTNews correspondent

More than a decade after they last appeared in Seattle, Melton School courses have returned. As of next month, world-class Seattle Jewish educator Rivy Poupko

Kletenik will host an official Seattle-based “mini-franchise” of Hebrew University’s popular Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning.

The first-year courses in HU’s certif-icate program will be held at the Seattle Hebrew Academy and the Stroum Jewish Community Center on Mercer Island, which makes Washington one of 23 states in the U.S. to have a dedicated Melton site.

“We’re bringing Melton back to Seat-

tle,” a very excited Kletenik, SHA’s head of school, told JTNews. Kletenik has pre-viously taught individual Melton courses in Seattle, Pittsburgh, and Israel. “The two

classes at SHA are open to the entire com-munity. At the SJCC, we are offering the ‘Foundations of Jewish Living’ class that I’m teaching, and that is open to the SJCC early childhood parents exclusively.”

This year’s streamlined Seattle program is tailored to meet the needs of both busy adults and multi-tasking parents. In the past, Melton courses required a three-hour

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Rivy Poupko Kletenik, facing forward at the head of the table, teaches an adult learning class at the Seattle Hebrew Academy.

Religious school teacher charged with molestationJoel magalnick editor, JTNews

Though he has been charged with molestation, police may never appre-hend a former Hebrew school teacher who has likely fled to Central America. Lydia Katz was charged with two counts of third-degree child molestation by the King County Prosecutor’s Office on Nov. 15 following Katz’s alleged contact with a 14-year-old girl whom he taught at the Temple De Hirsch Sinai Religion School.

According to the charges, “the defen-dant used his position of trust as a reli-gious instructor to gain access to his young victim, to exploit his position of authority and to secure the trust of her family.”

The prosecutor’s office believes Katz left Seattle after the victim’s parent notified the synagogue and may now be in Guate-mala. Katz was employed for a year as an 8th-grade teacher and worked with the 6th-grade class at Temple De Hirsch Sinai and, according to the charging papers, another synagogue that was not identified.

TDHS fired Katz after the victim’s mother forwarded messages she had dis-covered from Katz in her daughter’s email account that appeared to confirm a rela-tionship.

Daniel Weiner, Temple De Hirsch Sinai’s senior rabbi, told JTNews that the

temple could not comment on anything that may “impede or jeopardize or cause any obstruction in the investigation” of Katz, and that “our chief concern is for the student and the family as well as for all our temple students and families.”

Weiner did note, however, that “we do assiduous, law-enforcement–based back-ground checks of all employees of the syn-agogue.” Katz’s background check did not raise any red flags.

In addition to teaching, Katz led some children’s programs at Camp Kesher, an annual Labor Day-weekend family camp sponsored by all of the area’s Reform syn-agogues.

Ken Kranseler, Kesher’s co-direc-tor, told JTNews that because the camp is largely volunteer run, “we rely heavily on the local synagogues…for support and recommendations” of its program staff.

The camp and congregational rabbis notified families who had attended this year’s Kesher program about the charges against Katz, and noted he was not under investigation for inappropriate behavior at the camp.

While the charging papers stated that

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police had no further evidence of relation-ships with other students, they did note that “there is information that Katz spoke to several 14-year-olds about sexual subjects.”

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Rabbi Sholom Ber and chanie Levitin in their North Seattle home, where they have lived for almost 40 years.

chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest turns 40emily k. alHaDeff Associate editor, JTNews

Assimilation, growing anti-Semitism, terrorism, a nuclear threat, war in Israel — news around the world paints a bleak pic-ture of Jewish reality.

But Rabbi Sholom Ber and Chanie Levitin see the bright side.

“Tip the balance. One more mitzvah, you could be the one,” said Chanie Levitin at their North Seattle home last week. “By doing that mitzvah, you could be the one that will tip the balance and bring redemp-tion of the world.”

Much has happened in the 40 years since the rabbi, his wife and their two young daughters moved to Seattle to pio-neer Chabad-Lubavitch of the Pacific Northwest. They’ve built a shul, a mikvah, and educational programs, and they’ve seen Chabad centers sprout like mush-rooms in the Northwest rain from Oregon to Alaska, all while raising what eventu-ally became a family of 12 children. And they have no plans to slow down. With an affiliation rate of what the rabbi estimates at around 30 percent in the region, there’s still a lot of outreach to be done.

Rabbi Levitin recalls the decision to volunteer for emissary work that brought them to Seattle. Faced with the choice between Seattle and Baltimore, they left the decision up to their rabbi, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, better known as the Rebbe.

“The Rebbe underlined Seattle, and drew two arrows to Seattle,” Rabbi Levitin said. “Pretty strong.”

A leader in the Chabad movement informed Levitin of his responsibilities: “You’re the governor,” Levitin remem-bers him saying. “Anything Jewish which is necessary in all of these communi-

ties…you are responsible for. If someone needs kashrus in Montana, you’re the one responsible.”

For most Jews under 40, Chabad’s presence around the globe is a given. It is hard to imagine a time when Has-sidic families did not open the doors to

their homes on Friday nights to droves of strangers for challah, chicken and a few shots of slivovitz, or lead dancing in the streets on Simchat Torah, or perform stunts like driving around cities with huge electric menorahs on the roofs of their cars during Hanukkah.

But when the couple arrived in Seattle on October 15, 1972, things were different.

“They didn’t know what to make of the rabbi at first,” said Chanie Levitin. “People would ask, ‘How long are you going to stay?’ And I’d say, ‘We’re here.’ ‘No, but really, how long...Can I be your friend, or

are you going to leave?’”“That was a psychological change to

many people,” said the rabbi. “Until the Messiah comes [and] takes us all back to Israel, that we’re really, really, really going to stay — that was radical.

“One of the things Chabad brought to

Jewish life was, ‘I can go to a place, because I know a Chabad is there.’”

The Levitins first settled in Seward Park. Six months later, the Chabad House in the University District was opened to serve students at the University of Wash-ington, and another young couple moved in to run it. Within a couple of years, the Levitins moved to View Ridge to expand the community north.

The dynamism of the Chabad move-ment can be traced to Schneerson.

“The Rebbe himself started bringing a consciousness of Mashiach [Messiah] to

the world,” said Chanie Levitin. “The Rebbe felt we’re not thinking enough about it. We’re not feeling enough about it. We’re not demanding it.

“He was the one, after the Holocaust, who took the ember and made a con-flagration,” she said. “The Rebbe was all about doing something active, proactive. Do something.”

The idea that the Rebbe himself could be the Messiah had grown in the later years of his life, and his death — in 1994, almost exactly halfway between the Levi-tins’ arrival and today — dealt a devastat-ing blow to the Chabad community. But instead of crumbling, the movement grew stronger.

“By continuing to do the work, you are honoring the Rebbe’s vision and the Reb-be’s love for his fellow man, fellow Jew,” said Rabbi Levitin.

Rabbi Levitin frequently recounts sto-ries of positive encounters with Jews and non-Jews alike, and it’s these experiences that give him his undying optimism. He keeps folders of letters from students at Seattle Prep, where he gives an annual presentation on Judaism. A random letter from a 15-year-old girl reads:

“You made me realize I want to do something more with my life…I never knew that the three pillars of Judaism are Torah, prayer and charity. I think, even though I am Catholic, I will try to incorpo-rate these three pillars in my life and try to be present wherever I am, because of you.”

People are looking for spiritual guid-ance, Rabbi Levitin believes. They are waiting.

“That motivates and energizes me,” he said. “I can be dead tired at the end of the day…and I know someone could be wait-ing for my call. And I’m so tired. And I make that call, because that could be the call.”

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Paying it forward: Scholarship honors Seattle’s gortlers gigi yellen-koHn JTNews correspondent

“You know Josh’s story? I’d love to have more Mr. Gortlers!” said Carmen Ortiz Hendricks, dean of Yeshiva Univer-sity’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work, amid a chorus of cheers for the new Joshua H. Gortler and Sarah B. Gortler Schol-arship in Geriatric Social Work at her school. A festive reception at the Seattle penthouse home of philanthropist Becky Benaroya on Oct. 18 brought YU’s Presi-dent, Richard Joel, to Seattle to join long-time friends and family of the Gortlers in honoring these two pillars of Seattle social service. Josh graduated from YU, Sarah from Stern, YU’s women’s college.

The Gortlers are “outstanding exam-ples of the kind of person the university tries to turn out,” Joel said. “Look at Josh’s life — I could write it as a poster child for YU. He has the drive to say, ‘I’m here for a reason.’ You have a YU couple, Josh and Sarah: They both brought parallel values.”

Josh Gortler’s story — before Seattle, before Sarah, before social work — begins in Poland, as a scrappy child on the run across Siberia and Uzbekistan, fleeing the Nazis. He passed through displaced person camps, where he became a Bar Mitzvah, and on to Arizona, where his parents packed him a couple of sandwiches for what they were sure would be a trip of a few hours, and sent him off on a bus to New York. He would attend high school and college at Ameri-

ca’s only Orthodox Jewish university, and earn his MSW as a member of the second class of grad-uates from YU’s Wurzweiler School of Social Work.

“I saw how much the social workers did with DP camp sur-vivors, helping them with their trauma and with putting their lives back together,” Josh Gortler told Susan Myers, YU’s principal gifts officer, who also attended the Seattle celebration. “I felt like I wanted to dedicate my career to helping people and giving back to society as well.”

For 46 years in Seattle, Josh Gortler worked hard to turn the profession of Jewish senior care into a national example of excellence. As head of Seattle’s award-winning Caroline Kline Galland Center, the visionary behind the building of The Summit at First Hill assisted- and inde-pendent-living facility, and now president of the Kline Galland Foundation, he has turned his expertise around to serve the

future of his chosen career. On his retirement as CEO of the Kline

Galland home, the board wanted to give Gortler a generous gift. Asked what he would like, he requested funding for a scholarship to train geriatric social work-ers. Launched by that board with $150,000, the fund — thanks to Gortler’s talent as a fundraiser — has now reached over $200,000. According to Joel, the plan will be either to award five $2,000 scholarships or two $10,000 scholarships. The Gortler

awards will give first priority to undergrad-uate students of YU and Stern who plan to attend YU’s Wurzweiler school and spe-cialize in geriatric social work.

The cost of the social work degree with-out financial aid would be about $60,000, according to Dean Ortiz Hendricks. Myers pointed out that Gortler’s entire education at YU was on scholarship, making this gift “a wonderful way for him to give back.”

According to Ortiz Hendricks, Wurz-weiler students in geriatric social work benefit from access to “a huge population of diverse older adults. Cultural compe-tence is going to come into the field in a strong way,” she said.

The first-ever Latina woman to head a Jewish school of social work, she noted that YU’s school of social work is consid-ered very small. “Four hundred students, the smallest in New York,” she said. “We know every one of our students.”

Some 60 people, including family, Seat-tle Jewish community leaders and long-time Kline Galland staff, attended the event. Benaroya has maintained a deep friendship with the Gortlers as did her late husband, Jack. Becky Benaroya served as a longtime Kline Galland board member.

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It’s all about the family: Local podcast series provides inspiration on parentinggwen DaviS special to JTNews

Life is about work, school, friends, hob-bies and at least one cup of coffee every morning for basic survival.

But life is also — and most importantly — about family.

This is what inspired two local moms and aspiring radio journalists to create Homefront Chronicles, a series of pod-casts featuring different families and how they deal with parenting. The stories aim to have listeners know they are not alone when it comes to parenting.

The founders and producers, Leisa Goldberg and Rebecca Steinfeld, decided to create this program a year and a half ago, when they became friends at the Seat-tle Jewish Community School, where both of their children attended.

“We bumped into each other a lot and talked about work and our lives and how we’re both looking for inspiration,” Stein-feld said. “A random conversation at the gym spun this project where we combined our interests into something we had no background in — and chose to create doc-umentaries about family life.”

While Steinfeld and Goldberg were beginners in radio journalism, they had access to Goldberg’s husband’s audio studio.

“We were incredibly fortunate,” Stein-

feld said.The pair also

snagged tech people to help them record, edit and produce the shows. Along the way, Steinfeld and Goldberg gained experience in writ-ing scripts and inter-viewing.

“We learned how to edit and record shows,” Goldberg said. “By spring of that year we were able to put shows together.”

The duo first acquired stories by inter-viewing family and friends. They inter-viewed approximately 10 people at that time.

Later on, Steinfeld and Goldberg hit the interview jackpot.

“We partnered with the MamaCon conference, a conference for moms in May of last year, with about 250 moms,” Gold-berg said. “We had 30 interviews in a row, each interview about 30 minutes.”

“We told people what we were doing — how this was similar to ‘This Ameri-

can Life,’” she said. “We didn’t know how it was going to go, but surprisingly we had many people who wanted to tell stories.”

However, the pair’s goal has been to go beyond the traditional family per se, and reach out to all families.

“Family is not just ‘family,’” Steinfeld said. “Family is your friends, your part-ners — family means a lot of things. We didn’t want to limit ourselves as to what family means.”

Their latest podcast, which came out in November, was on same-sex families.

“From the mom conference one theme

that emerged was same-sex parenting. We also know several people who lived abroad with their kids — those ones seemed inter-esting, too,” she said.

In addition, the pair tapped experts for each respective topic.

“For same-sex marriage, for instance, we wanted to interview a rabbi or a leg-islator,” Steinfeld said. “Instead of letting stories find us, we find the stories — we’ve been able to reach into the community.”

The majority of the interviews come from local parents, although the experts are located all over the country.

“We look for themes that emerge, themes that would be interesting for lis-teners,” Goldberg said. “If the bulk of interviews seem to be going one way we go for it — we want what’s interesting, what’s current. If we need more information, we look for more.”

During Homefront Chronicles’ first year and half, the duo has produced three full podcasts.

“Once we get the momentum, the pod-casts will come quicker,” Goldberg said.

It takes Steinfeld and Goldberg approx-imately 20 to 30 hours to produce each

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New family podcasters Rebecca Steinfeld, left, and Leisa goldberg in the studio.

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Temple De Hirsch Sinai.Temple’s Famous Hanukkah Celebration& Annual Latke Dinner!

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For more informationvisit www.tdhs-nw.org

Sunday, deCember 2 Third annual nyHS Hanukkah Kids’ Carnival and breakfast10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Bouncy House, face painting, button making, music, arts and crafts, and for the first time, magician GG Green will perform sleights of hand and feats of mystery. Live music by one-man band Michael Bilavsky. Bring a toy for the Hanukkah toy drive with Friendship Circle. Treats for kids and a special surprise in store for alumni kids.

$20 per family, $7 per person.At Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th

Ave. SE, Mercer Island. RSVP to [email protected].

Second annual Kadima Hanukkah art Sale10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Featuring kosher mezuzah scrolls written by Women’s Torah Project scribes; Judaic and secu-lar art; and gifts including mezuzah cases, jewelry, ceramics, glass and fiber art.

At Kadima House, 12353 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle. Contact Lois Gaylord at [email protected] or 206-933-0759 or www.kadima.org.

Hanukkah Potluck for Interfaith Couples and Families1–3 p.m.

Blending two tastes together is part of the interfaith family experience. Join Jewish Family Service for a special lunch with a chance for dis-cussion, stories and songs to get you ready for Hanukkah and the winter holidays. JFS and PJ Library will provide kosher potato pancakes. Please bring your family’s holiday favorite vegetar-ian dish or dessert to share. All ages welcome.

At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle. RSVP to Leonid Orlov at 206-861-8784 or [email protected].

yoga and Jewish ritual Workshops: HanukkahMindful Yoga Practice For Those Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Abuse1:30–4:30 p.m.

Rooted in Jewish rituals, these yoga, medita-tion and discussion workshops uncover themes of healing and empowerment. Be supported in com-munity as you explore ways to be grounded in your body, quiet your mind and open your heart. Facilitated by Anna Burstein, MA, RYT and Jackie Smith, MA, LMHCA.

Free. Location confidential, space limited; reg-ister in advance. Contact Project DVORA at 206-861-3186 or [email protected].

Light the Candles: a Hanukkah Celebration for all4–5:30 p.m.

The Seattle Jewish Chorale presents an inter-active, family-friendly concert featuring traditional and contemporary holiday songs in Hebrew, Eng-lish, Yiddish and Ladino.  A reception with holiday treats will follow.

$12/Adults, $10/students and seniors, children $6, un(der)employed pay as able.

At Westside Unitarian Universalist Congre-gation, 7141 California Ave. SW, West Seattle. Contact [email protected] or 206-708-7518 or visit www.seattlejewishchorale.org.

SaTurday, deCember 8Havdalah in Pajamas at the Tacoma art museum4 p.m.

Join Temple Beth El for a special Havdalah in Pajamas at the Tacoma Art Museum (pajamas optional). Passes to see museum exhibits avail-able at the Temple Beth El office or at the museum at 3 p.m. At 4 p.m., gather for songs and sto-ries and special Hanukkah snacks, as well as tradi-tional Havdalah songs. At 5 p.m., move across the street to Polar Plaza ice skating rink. Free.

At the Tacoma Art Museum, 1701 Pacific Ave., Tacoma. Contact Cantor Leah Elstein at 253-564-7101 or [email protected].

magic of Hanukkah at Temple beth Or6:30–8:30 p.m.

Join this community celebration on the first night Hanukkah with musical leader Julie Plaut Warwick and then (after playing games) magic

sensation AlakaSam will impress with a family magic show.

At Temple Beth Or, 3215 Lombard Ave., Everett. Contact Amy Paquette at [email protected] or 206-774-2237.

bowling, Latkes and doughnuts with eastside Torah Center7–9 p.m.

A Hanukkah party for young adults (20s and 30s).

$10. At Tech City Bowl, 13033 NE 70th Pl., Kirkland. RSVP to [email protected].

Sunday, deCember 9Hanukkah basket making and deliveryTime varies

Help make and deliver holiday baskets for over 100 JFS clients living in the Seattle area. This is a fun, family-friendly event and a great way to give back to the community.

At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle. Contact Jane Deer-Hileman, 206-861-3155 or [email protected]

Hands-on Hanukkah11 a.m.–1:30 p.m.

Several hands-on Hanukkah activities from the Stroum Jewish Community Center include a cal-endar coloring station, pictures with David the Dreidel, a dreidel spin challenge, cookie decorat-ing, face painting, dreidel origami, a hanukkiah lighting, and live entertainment. Everyone is wel-come.

Free. At Northgate Mall, 401 NE Northgate Way, Seattle. For more information, contact Dana Weiner at [email protected] or 206-388-1992 or visit bit.ly/Qhu7Se.

Hanukkah on Ice2–4 p.m.

Join the Kavana community for ice-skating, dreidel games, sufganiyot, and menorah light-ing. For adults and kids alike, on a private rink — just pick up a pair of skates on your way in ($3 per pair).

At Highline Ice Arena, 18005 Aurora Ave. N, Shoreline. Contact [email protected].

a Hanukkah Celebration for People of all abilities3–5 p.m.

Shaarei Tikvah: Gates of Hope presents a community-wide, nondenominational celebration for persons of all abilities. Led by Rabbi James Mirel, Cantor David Serkin-Poole, Rabbi Aaron Meyer and special guests. Spin dreidels, sing and eat latkes. Great for all ages. Advance registra-tion encouraged.

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. Contact Marjorie Schnyder at 206-861-3146 or [email protected].

Hanukkah Happening3–5:30 p.m.

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Surely you’d like to do something to celebrate Hanukkah this year.

Well guess what? We’ve got listings of pretty much everything happening

throughout Washington. Don’t stuff yourselves too much on those latkes!

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Hanukkah Greetings!Natalie & Bob Malin

Lori Goldfarb & daughter Samantha Rogel

Keith, Linda, Alec & Kylie Goldfarb

Melissa, Todd & Brandon Reninger

Kevin Malin

The Eastern FamilySam & Sharon

Richard, Stacey, Joshua, Emily & Zachary

David, Deena, Max & Isabelle

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Seattle Kollel and the West Seattle Torah Learning Center. Decorate a doughnut, bedazzle a menorah, and light up the eyes of a sick Jewish child. Meet other Jewish kids and enjoy a Hanukkah dinner of latkes and pizza. $7/adults, $5/children.

At High Point Community Center, 6920 34th Ave. SW, Seattle. RSVP to Rabbi Yehuda and Shevi Greer at [email protected] or 732-503-0795.

Sippy Cup Schmooze4–5 p.m.

Families with kids newborn to 5 years are invited to learn about the holiday, spin dreidels, make Hanukkah cards, and have fun with stickers and puzzles. Light snacks for the kids; cheese and wine for the adults.

RSVP to Alysa at [email protected] with the number in your party and if you can help set up. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.

Light the Candles: a Hanukkah Celebration for all4–5:30 p.m.

The Seattle Jewish Chorale presents an inter-active, family-friendly concert featuring traditional and contemporary holiday songs in Hebrew, Eng-lish, Yiddish and Ladino. A reception with holiday treats will follow.

$12/Adults, $10/students and seniors, chil-dren $6, un(der)employed pay as able.

At Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 Eighth Ave. SE, Olympia. Contact [email protected] or 206-708-7518 or visit www.seattlejewishchorale.org.

Hanukkah Celebration with SeCC and PJ Library4–5:15 p.m.

Join SECC and PJ Library for a Hanukkah cel-ebration with singing, story, snacks and activities. RSVP required. Free ($5 donation accepted).

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

Canned Food menorah Lighting4 p.m.

You can light up a life. The 10-foot canned food menorah is being organized, built and donated by Chabad of the Central Cascades. Par-ticipate by sponsoring canned foods used to assemble the menorah, which will be donated to

the Issaquah food bank for local families in need.At Blakely Hall in the Issaquah Highlands. The

celebration will follow a public outdoor menorah lighting at Village Green with Mayor Ava Frisinger. Contact Rabbi Berry Farkash at 425-427-1654 or [email protected] or visit www.ChabadIssaquah.com.

Candy menorah 4:30 p.m.

Bellevue’s first candy menorah. Listen to songs and music from the Eastside Torah Cen-ter’s Chabad Hebrew School children’s choir. Dreidels and gelt available for everyone to enjoy.

At Crossroads Shopping Center, 15600 NE Eighth St., Bellevue.

annual Hanukkah Party at Temple beth am5–7 p.m.

Enjoy live music with KlezKids, magician GG Green, candle lighting (bring your own hanukkiah and candles), and dinner with homemade soup, professionally made latkes, fresh breads and salads.

At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle.

a Klezmer Hanukkah5–8 p.m.

Hosted by Mitriyah, South Seattle’s new pro-gressive Jewish community. Bring your meno-rahs, and sing, dance and celebrate. Featuring live music by Marc Smason and the Katatonics, danc-ing, crafts, candle lighting and a vegetarian pot-luck. 

Sliding donation $6-$36; children under 13 free. At the Church of Hope Social Hall, 3818 S Angeline St., Seattle. Contact [email protected] or visit mitriyah.org.

mOnday, deCember 10KlezKids Performance5–6 p.m.

At Aljoya Thornton Place, 450 NE 100th St., Seattle.

Hanukkah at redmond Town Center 6:30 p.m.

Come to the annual giant menorah lighting. Dreidels and gelt available for everyone to enjoy.

At Redmond Town Center, 7525 166th Ave. NE, Redmond.

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TueSday, deCember 11 Sephardic bikur Holim annual Hanuk-kah Party5:45 p.m.

Enjoy candle lighting, dinner with bumuelos, and fun for the entire family. The event will also honor the 2013 recipients of the Sarah Maimon Humanitarian Award.

$18/Adults, $10/kids 6–12, kids 5 and under free.

At Sephardic Bikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. RSVP to [email protected] by Dec. 6.

Fourth annual Light the night: a GLbTQ Hanukkah6–8 p.m.

Tasty latkes, music and a beautiful candle-lighting symbolize the miracle of Hanukkah and the idea that great leadership and community action will prevail against oppression. This year will cele-brate a new “miracle” in our time, marriage equal-ity in Washington State, by honoring community leaders who played a key role in helping to pass Referendum 74. Free and open to the community (21-plus).

At the Lobby Bar, 916 E Pike St., Seattle. Contact Alysa Rosen at 206-525-0915, ext. 210 or [email protected].

Kindle, nosh and network6:30 p.m.

A Hanukkah celebration with food for Puget Sound Jewish professionals, with a panel presen-tation about starting and managing your own busi-ness. Location details sent upon RSVP.

To sign up, visit bit.ly/SQr92F.

WedneSday, deCember 12Temple beth am young adult Sake and Latke6 p.m.

Young Adults at Beth Am presents a night of music, latkes, candle lighting, and schmooz-ing. Meet at U Village for the community hanuk-kiah lighting and a KlezKidz performance. Then head over to Blue C Sushi for dinner, with latkes and cocktails. The first drink is on YABA! Open to anyone ages 22–39. Newcomers and non-mem-bers welcome.

At University Village, NE 45th St. and 25th Ave. NE, Seattle. RSVP to [email protected].

KlezKids Performance6–6:30 p.m.

At University Village.

Light the Candles: a Hanukkah Cele-bration for all7–8:30 p.m.

The Seattle Jewish Chorale presents an inter-active, family-friendly concert featuring traditional and contemporary holiday songs in Hebrew, Eng-lish, Yiddish and Ladino.  A reception with holi-day treats will follow. $12/Adults, $10/students and seniors, $6/children, un(der)employed pay as able.

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth Street, Bellevue. Contact [email protected] or 206-708-7518 or visit www.seattlejewishchorale.org.

THurSday, deCember 13annual Joint Hanukkah adult Luncheon at Temple beth el12 p.m.

Tacoma Hadassah, Sisterhood and Temple

Beth El invite you to hear Peter Callaghan, politi-cal columnist for the Tacoma News Tribune. Come early to check out the Judaica shop’s Hanukkah selection and sales (open 11 a.m.–2 p.m.).

$12 per person. RSVP no later than Dec. 10. Pay at the door or in advance at www.decemberadultluncheon.eventbrite.com.

At Temple Beth El, 5975 South 12th St., Tacoma. For questions or to RSVP, contact 253-564-7101 or [email protected].

endless Opportunities: Hanukkah Cele-bration with the Shalom Klezmer band10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.

For adults 60-plus: Spin dreidels, sing Hanuk-kah songs, and celebrate with lively klezmer music. Rabbi Jim Mirel, Julie Mirel, Chava Mirel and the band members will perform joyful music. Free. RSVP by Dec. 7.

At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. Contact Ellen Hendin at 425-603-9677 or [email protected].

FrIday, deCember 14Shabbat Hanukkah Service and dinner at Temple beth el5:30 p.m.

Enjoy a pre-service nosh before Shabbat Hanukkah services at 6 p.m. Dinner at approxi-mately 7:15 hosted by the Temple Beth El mem-bership committee. The evening will include music, a family menorah lighting, sufganiyot and more. Everyone is welcome. 

$8 per person; free for children ages 3 and under. RSVP for dinner at www.tbeChanukah2012.eventbrite.com or down-load a registration form from www.templebethel18.org/images/stories/ ChanukahDinner2012.pdf.

At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma. Contact 253-565-9024 or  [email protected].

Community Shabbat dinner at eastside Torah Center6 p.m.

Everyone is invited to the annual Hanukkah dinner, complete with traditional Hanukkah food and crispy latkes. Reservations required: contact [email protected] or 425-957-7860 or visit www.chabadbellevue.org. At Eastside Torah Center, 1837 156th Ave. NE, Bellevue.

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Please join us in January at Connections

2013, a special performance by pianist

and radio host Mona Golabek. Golabek

will perform excerpts from her acclaimed

one-woman show The Pianist of Willesden

Lane, which has received rave reviews

from the LA Times and other publications.

Along with her career as a concert pianist,

Golabek hosts “The Romantic Hours”

radio program, syndicated on the WFMT

Radio Network and XM Satellite Radio.

More about Mona can be found at

holdontoyourmusic.org.

Connections 2013 Iantha Sidell & Brooke Pariser, Chairs Sunday, January 27, 11 am Hyatt Regency Bellevue

Register for Connections at

jewishinseattle.org/connections2013

or 206.443.5400.

This year’s Super Sunday was a rousing

success thanks to Chairs Nance and

Steve Adler, our almost 100-strong

corps of volunteer callers and of course

all of YOU who donated so generously.

The event raised over $103,000 through

the efforts of our callers.

The Adlers delivered so much in the

way of excitement and good cheer both

during the planning of Super Sunday

and on the day of the event. Because

of Nance & Steve’s hard work, we were

able to give away dozens of prizes to

volunteers, from ski passes and theater

tickets to restaurant vouchers!

Thanks also to Grand Master Jacob

Lunon and his Kung Fu fighters for

an exciting live performance, Denise

Weinstein for her henna art and Mercer

Wellness Chiropractic & Massage for

massage services for callers. We are

also grateful to Island Crust Café for

providing outstanding food and bever-

age service throughout out the day.

Congratulations and thanks to our

Community Sponsors who participated

in Super Sunday, and especially to

Friendship Circle, winner of the $1,000

prize for recruiting the largest number

of callers!

Now’s the time to apply for financial

assistance and this year the Federation

has two programs.

Community Needs-Based Jewish Overnight Camp Scholarships

Campers must be Washington State

residents, and plan to attend one of

the 150+ Jewish overnight camps

approved by the Foundation for

Jewish Camp. Instructions for how

to apply are at jewishinseattle.org/

campscholarships. Applications are due March 1, 2013.

First-Time Camper Incentive Grants

In a partnership with the Foundation for

Jewish Camp, the Federation now offers

One Happy Camper First-Time Camper

Incentive Grants for Washington State

residents.

If your child is a first-time camper, you

may be eligible for up to $1,000 toward

a Jewish overnight camp experience!

Eligibility criteria and more information are

at jewishinseattle.org/firsttimecampers.

Applications for a One Happy Camper

grant are online at OneHappyCamper.org.

If you have questions about either pro-

gram or how to apply, please contact

Annie Jacobson, Planning and Com-

munity Services Associate at anniej@

jewishinseattle.org, 206.774.2243.

As we went to press, the cease-fire

in Israel was holding but residents of

Kiryat Malachi are still coping with the

aftereffects of the attacks that left three

residents dead and others wounded,

including an 8-month-old baby. At the

Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, we

feel especially close to Kiryat Malachi,

where for the past 12 years we have pro-

vided volunteers and financial support

through our TIPS partnership.

Kiryat Malachi is one of Israel’s most

economically challenged communities.

More than 25% of its population is from

Ethiopia and the percentage of children

in families receiving supplementary

income or welfare services is more

than twice Israel’s national average.

Throughout the recent conflict we

had regular updates from our friends

in Kiryat Malachi and this past Sunday

we received the latest email from Ira

Kerem, our TIPS consultant there:

Kiryat Malachi went into shock when a

missile exploded in a residential building

in the Habad neighborhood. There were

barely 15 seconds to get to the interior

stairwell once the siren went off. The

building does not have a useable bomb

shelter, but in a region where alarms go

off all the time and distant bombs can be

heard, many people felt confident that

Kiryat Malachi would not be hit. In over

six years of missiles falling in southern

Israel, Kiryat Malachi had never been

struck. Residents would often joke that

there was nothing of value in the town

that terrorists wanted to hit.

For a week and half there was no school.

Most of the stores and businesses were

closed. People stayed close to home and

to shelters. Children especially became

frightened every time a siren sounded.

Some of them refused to be separated

from their parents. Some wet their beds

at night on hearing a siren. Others cried

for hours. On Wednesday and Thursday,

buses supported by the Jewish Agency,

which is partially funded by the Jew-

ish Federation of Greater Seattle, took

school children out for a day of fun to

sites in the north deemed to be safer.

Obviously the town now feels vulnerable

and there is both a sense of sadness and

anger. Yet most people want nothing

more than peace so that they can get on

with their lives.

More information on Kiryat Malachi and

the programs supported through our

TIPS Partnership is at jewishinseattle.org/

programs-initiatives/israel-overseas/

our-tips-partnership-israel

Norm Judah, CTO of Microsoft World-

wide Services, will be the featured

speaker at the second meeting of

J-Tech, a meetup for Jewish tech

professionals. On December 5, Judah

will talk about what it’s like to be CTO

of a multi-billion dollar, international

company like Microsoft. The event

starts at 5:30 in South Lake Union

and provides a great chance for

socializing, meeting local thought

leaders and networking.

J-Tech, chaired by Corey Salka, is a

program of the Jewish Federation of

Greater Seattle in partnership with

StartUpSeattle. J-Tech is also spon-

sored by J-Pro and Jconnect.

RSVP at meetup.com/

Jewish-Tech-Meetup

Open a Jewish Federation Donor Advised

Fund by December 31 and we’ll waive our

administrative fee for one year – plus you

may be eligible for a 2012 tax deduc-

tion regardless of when you recommend

grants to the charities of your choice.

Contact Lauren Gersch, laureng@

jewishinseattle.org, 206.774.2252

Microsoft CTO Norm Judah to speak at second J-Tech meetup

Time is Running Out!

It’s never too early to think about camp!

Residents of Kiryat Malachi Cope with Aftereffects of Latest Conflict

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In loving memory of Rose ZimmerIrving Zimmer

Karen Zimmer

Kathy, Ray, Celina & Marlo Cafarelli

Hanukkah Greetings

Happy Hanukkah!

The Volchok Families

Hanukkah Greetings!to my friends & family

& wishing you good health!

Frieda Sondland

Happy Hanukkah & Holiday Happiness

Herb M. Bridgeand Family

Happy Hanukkah!Shirah and Chauncey Bell

and Family

Happy Hanukkah!

Sara Bernson

Bob & Becky Zimmerman

Michael, Beth, Bauer & Grant Zimmerman

Esther, Rabbi Yossi, Yehudah, Yonah Mordechai, Razi & Moshe David Malka

Sharon Zimmerman & David Tutton

Susan & Josh Stewart

Happy Hanukkah!

Temple’s Famous Hanukkah Celebration and annual Latke dinner6 p.m.

The evening starts with a Hanukkah service and Rock Shabbat. Latke dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Suggested donation $5 per person, $15 per family.

At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St., Seattle. For more information call 206-323-8486.

SaTurday, deCember 15Kol Haneshamah Hanukkah Party4–8 p.m.

4–5:30: The Sababas lead Jewish music, sto-rytelling, puppetry, and kid-oriented games.

5:30–8: Community dinner with candle light-ing and latkes. The ensemble will lead singing, with Israeli dancing and games to follow. Please bring menorahs, candles, latkes, food, and bever-ages for dinner.

Free. At 6115 SW Hinds St. Seattle. Contact [email protected] .

benefit for maZOn: a Jewish response to Hunger5 p.m.

Celebrate the last night of Hanukkah and fight hunger! JTNews, Matzoh Momma Catering and Temples B’nai Torah and De Hirsch Sinai are once again hosting a Hanukkah fundraising event with traditional Hanukkah foods and music. The meal is free, but donations to MAZON are welcomed and appreciated. MAZON works with food banks across the country to help feed everyone who is hungry. Mazon CEO Abby Liebman will be pres-ent, with entertainment by the Shalom Klezmer Band featuring Chava Mirel and Sasson. Deli-cious Hanukkah foods prepared by Pip and Miriam

Meyers of Matzoh Momma. If you cannot attend, please consider sending a check made out to MAZON c/o Mirel, 1301 Spring St. #21-H, Seat-tle, WA 98104.

At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1511 E Pike St., Seattle. Contact Rabbi Jim Mirel at [email protected].

Hanukkah under the Stars5:30–7:30 p.m.

This family Hanukkah celebration features kids’ bands Recess Monkey and The Sababas, plus PJ Library, arts and crafts, and community candle lighting. Dinner available for purchase from Stop-sky’s Delicatessen, Island Crust Café, along with kosher Chinese and Street Donuts.

Free with a donation of personal items (such as toothpaste, toothbrushes, deodorant, shampoo or soap) to Jewish Family Service. Register online at www.sjcc.org.

At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Contact Zach Duitch at [email protected] or 206-388-1990.

Secular Jewish Circle of Puget Sound Hanukkah Celebration5:30–7:30 p.m.

Bring your menorah and candles to light together, share a potluck meal with fresh latkes, and sing some songs. Suggested donation of $5 per person, $15 per family.

In Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood. Contact [email protected] or 206-528-1944 or visit secularjewishcircle.org.

bCmH annual Hanukkah Party7 p.m.

Enjoy a dairy dinner featuring pizza, latkes and jelly donuts. NCSY will sell popcorn, cotton candy and slushies. A moon bounce, Cub Scout craft

table, face painting and balloon artists available for the kids while adults play bingo.

$12/Adults (age 12-plus), $8/kids (4-11), kids under 3 free.

At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath Congregation, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. Contact Julie Greene at [email protected] or 206-721-0970.

Congregation emanu-el Hanukkah Party

Activities and prizes for kids, with music pro-vided by Aaron Press Taylor for children and adults. Latkes for all. Please bring a dairy or veg-etarian dish to share.

At Friendship Hall, Unitarian Church, 4340 W Fort George Wright Dr., Spokane. Contact [email protected].

Sunday, deCember 16Jewish Women Sisterhood annual Hanukkah brunch11 a.m.

The Hanukkah brunch is a yearly women’s tra-dition. Delicious food includes lox, bagels and suf-ganiot. All with wonderful company and a lively presentation by blogger Lea Geller. Members only — join today!

Visit www.chabadbellevue.org for complete information. Contact [email protected] or 425-957-7860. At a private home; RSVP for location.

KlezKids Performance12:30–1:15 p.m.

At the Armory, Seattle Center.

Hanukkah dance Party9 p.m.

The eighth candle of Hanukkah is not going to look the same in Seattle this year. Come to a

night of celebration, joy, happiness, dance and drinks with Seattle Jewish Productions.

$10 at the door; if over 100 people sign up by Dec. 15 the price will be reduced to $5.

At Chop Suey, 1325 E Madison St., Seattle. Visit on.fb.me/U7R6Mq.

mOnday, deCember 24Latkepalooza9 p.m.

This legendary bash is back! Jconnect and the Jewish Federation’s YAD take over Q Night-club with awesome drinks and music all night long. With one of the hottest clubs in town, get ready for a night you won’t forget!

$20 in advance, $25 week of, and $30 at the door.

At Q Nightclub, 1426 Broadway, Seattle. Visit www.jconnectseattle.org or contact Josh Furman at [email protected].

THurSday, deCember 27KlezKids Performance1–1:30 p.m.

At the Kline Galland Home, 7500 Seward Park Ave. S, Seattle.

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Give Life to Manyby Mike Selinker & Gaby Weidling

© 2012 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.

Answers on page 27

“Blood is life” is the message from Deuteronomy, and there is no greater way to embrace that message than to donate blood. Your blood donation can help up to four people, as your blood is composed of four vital elements. And when you think about how much you’re giving up, you won’t go unrewarded either.

ACROSS1 Corners of a diamond6 Hedwig and Woodsy, for two10 Insect in a cocoon14 Colorful parrot15 Spring16 King Kong and Dr. Zaius, for two17 With 22-, 37-, and 51-Across, the four

components of a blood donation20 Second or sixth president21 Additional shot, on a movie set22 See 17-Across26 Daisylike flower27 Recyclable container28 What bouncers check30 NJ summer hours31 Mount where Moses was given the Ten

Commandments34 Em, to Dorothy37 See 17-Across41 Most common craps rolls42 Weirdos44 “___, humbug!”47 Enthusiast48 Puppy’s playful bite49 In any way, shape, or form51 See 17-Across57 Like some flashy NBA passes59 Get broadcast by60 What you get for donating the above

foursome65 Tabloid prefix with mom66 Bad news for a blimp pilot or a covert

agency67 Womanizer, in rap slang68 ___ Having a Baby69 Nearly finless fish70 Country wracked by insurgency in 2011

DOWN1 The “ultimate driving machine”2 Ooh and ___3 Poli ___4 Patronize, as a bagel shop5 Stockholm resident6 “___, All Ye Faithful”7 Receiving the fewest stars8 Sass9 Bit of hate speech10 Agreements11 Burning the midnight oil12 Cheated during hide-and-seek13 Declare18 Pac-12 school19 In need of Dramamine, perhaps22 HP Pavilion and Dell Inspiron, for two23 Hideout24 Green Gables girl25 You need this like a hole in your head?29 Shakes triggered by alcohol withdrawal, for

short32 Commercials33 Frog : lily pad :: penguin : ___34 Seattle’s is Key35 It merged with The WB to become The CW36 “Evil Woman” rock grp.38 Cells used for in vitro fertilization39 A looooooooong time40 Read just enough to get the gist of43 Mud bath venue44 Bluegrass instruments45 Somewhat46 Rock salt, to a mineralogist50 Doritos ___ Tacos (Taco Bell offering)52 2012 French Open winner Rafael53 Legendary Seattle drive-in restaurant54 Expert55 Seeing stars56 Where to wear an electronic monitoring

device58 Leafy vegetable related to collard greens61 Maiden name preceder62 “___ the Walrus” (Beatles tune)63 LASIK target64 ___ Diego

With a candle each night, celebrate the many dimensions of courageDaSee beRkowitz JTA World News service

NEW YORK (JTA) — My 4-year-old son is obsessed with superheroes, dressing up at every opportunity as the superhero du jour to do battle with the bad guys lurking around the corner. (My 2-year-old daugh-ter is just as enthusiastic, but at her age all she can really muster is a “meanie” face.)

From a develop-mental perspective, I know this fantasy play is his way of exercising control over a world he is learning is increas-ingly out of his con-trol. But I also see other qualities — his desire to be strong, to stand up for the good guys — in short, to be courageous.

Becoming cou-r a g e o u s d o e s n ’ t happen overnight. It develops when chil-dren have oppor-tunities to stand up for what’s right and to take responsible risks. Through expe-riences my husband and I provide, and the stories we tell them, we can lay some groundwork.

As I think about a central message of the Hanukkah story and the way I want to portray it to my kids, models of courage abound. From Judah Maccabee, to Judith and Hannah and her seven sons, heroes and heroines fought for the right to be dif-ferent, to be Jews who refused to assimi-late into the prevailing Hellenistic culture.

When Antiochus Epiphanes came to power, and observance of the most basic mitzvot (circumcision, Shabbat celebra-tion and kashrut) were turned into capital offenses, their acts of courage formed the basis of a central narrative of the Hanuk-kah story that has been passed down through the generations.

Consider Judah Macabee, whose army with a bunch of Jewish soldiers used guer-rilla tactics and religious zeal to defeat the stronger Assyrian Greek army. He forced the Assyrian Greeks to rescind the poli-cies that forbade Jewish practice, and in 164 BCE liberated the Temple in Jerusa-lem and rededicated it to a place of Jewish worship.

Consider Judith, who did her part to prevent the siege of Jerusalem in her home-town of Bethulia by seducing Holfenes, the Assyrian Greek army general, and then decapitating him. Her bravery is so highly esteemed by the rabbis that it is because of her act of courage that Jewish women are obligated to light Hanukkah candles.

And consider Hannah and her seven sons, who refused to bow down to Zeus

and Antiochus and eat non-kosher meat. The Book of Maccabees relates that each of her sons and then her mother were tor-tured to death.

These acts of courage seem extreme and even unpalatable to our modern ear — what woman would sacrifice her son,

not to mention all seven? And aren’t we a peace-loving people who should not extol brute force?

But they a l so lead us to a deeper questions about the nature of courage. Are there values and beliefs for which we are willing to make great sacrifices, and if any of these values or beliefs were to be violated, would we be stirred to action?

While these fig-ures present us with one narrative of the Hanukkah story —

of heroism in battle and martyrdom — a second narrative is favored by the ancient rabbis. The story begins with the rededi-cation of the Temple in Jerusalem and the faith that the Jews had that the small cruse of oil which should have lasted for one day only could last for eight (in time for others to travel and get more oil.)

The second narrative downplays the military victory won by human hands and elevates the story to one in which our faith in God and God’s miracles are kindled. It reminds us that courage is born when we continue to have faith and hope even in our darkest time. Having faith in itself is an important kind of courage.

While the call to be courageous is cen-tral to the Hanukkah story — spiritually or physically — it is also daunting. But the rabbis offered another way for us to under-stand how to live a courageous life and be our own heroes.

“Who is a hero?” the rabbis ask. “One who overcomes his urges.” (Pirkei Avot 4:1)

Overcoming our most natural desires and exercising personal restraint is another kind of heroism. This is a kind of everyday courage.

When we are present in a difficult con-versation with someone we care about even though our impulse is to leave, we are a hero. When we resist the urge to say something that we know will offend another person, even if we think it is war-ranted, we are courageous. When we have vowed not to feed a habit that is destruc-tive to us, and when tempted and resist (a

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embracing the lightRivy poupko kletenik JTNews columnist

Dear Rivy,I have always wondered

about this question in con-nection to Hanukkah: Why, of all the different vessels in the Temple, does the story of Hanukkah care so much about the menorah? I am sure there were other items in the Temple that had to be fixed or purified. Why do we care so much about the menorah and its lights? Why was that the central manifestation of a miracle? There are other ves-sels of the Temple, for example, the table for the showbread, the altar for incense or the washstand. Why this emphasis on lights — so much so that we even call the holiday the Festival of Lights?

Excellent point — the search for the oil truly did take on an almost disproportion-ate centrality relative to its inherent utility. Many scholars discuss the overzealousness in getting that menorah lit. Additionally, the halachic reality was, ironically, given that all the oil was ritually impure, it might

even have been permitted to use impure oil at that time.

Thus, we must assume there is something here beyond the functional; we are in that potent realm of symbol. Those lights on the menorah are unquestionably emblematic of something far greater than the lumi-nance thereof. The light of the menorah, more so than any other vessel, captures our imagination as it most proba-bly did the Maccabees of yore.

Not one of us wants to be there when this the paradigmatic light of all lights goes out.

There is something profoundly sym-bolic about light. It is the very primal of all creations, as in, “Let there be light” fame. To say that light is decidedly metaphori-cal, both in our tradition and universally, would be an understatement. As such, it speaks to our imagination and kindles sparks in our collective consciousness. We are a people enamored with light; Moshe the Lawgiver’s face beams with light, we

address the Almighty lovingly as “our light and salvation,” we see ourselves as a “light unto the nations,” and we collectively envision a day when “a new light will shine on Zion.” And our Hanukkah refrain, “light up the night,” speaks to the deepest darkest days of winter when many a cul-ture draws on light motifs to lift the spirit.

Enjoy this panoply of eight lustrous ideas to inform each of your eight nights of Hanukkah. In the spirit of the menorah, which represents all branches and facets of human enlightenment, it draws on a wide-ranging luminescence. By all means use them as a springboard for meaningful conversations over the holiday. Perhaps read and share one each night after the lighting of the candles.

First Night: Spiritual activist Marianne Williamson teaches that “our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deep-est fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our Light, not our Dark-ness, that most frightens us.” In what way were the Maccabees able to conquer this very human of limitations? In what par-ticular acts can you see their commitment

to overcoming “the darkness?” Is there a moment in your own life where you see this teaching reflective of your experience?

Second Night: From Plato we learn: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” Knowing of the Republic’s famous parable of the slaves in the cave whose fate is to never emerge from the darkness into enlightenment, could this possibly mean that we humans are afraid of insight, knowledge and understanding? Is this at all fathomable? Is there anyone in the Hanukkah story who might be accused of being “afraid of the light?” Were you ever fearful of “the light?” Is there a comfort in darkness of ignorance?

Third Night: Leonard Cohen sings hauntingly, “There is a crack in every-thing, that’s how the light gets in.” What is it about being broken that leads to insight? Do you find this to be true? Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach spoke often of the wholeness of the broken heart while classic Luri-anic Kabbalah teaches of a world created through the shattering of vessels. In what way does this notion resonate with you? To

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Fourth Night: What does Alan Cohen mean when he says, “Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowl-edges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.” According to Rabbi J.B. Soloveitchik, the central theme of Hanukkah is Hallel, praise or gratitude with additional prayers, “Al Hanisim,” (“For the Miracles”), and of course Hallel being an essential expression of thanksgiving. Why does Cohen equate gratitude with light? What qualities do they share?

Fifth Night: “Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass,” writes Anton Chekhov.

What is the difference here between tell-ing and showing? Why is one associated with the faraway moon and the other with the broken glass easily accessed? In what way is “showing” indispensable to Jewish tradition? When in your life was telling inadequate, while showing was critical? In what way is showing connected to Hanuk-kah and the menorah?

Sixth Night: This might be a personal favorite. “To learn to read is to light a fire; every syllable that is spelled out is a spark,” taught Victor Hugo. How amazing is it that the word Hanukkah shares the same root with the Hebrew word for education, chi-nuch? What nuances do the two words share? In what way does education light a spark? In what way is dedication connected to learning? Are there associations that you

can make with the meaning of Hanukkah as initiation and ideas of learning?

Seventh Night: There is a quality of flames that all appreciate and many never tire of pointing out. Unlike most natu-ral phenomena, it is not decreased when it gives to the other. And thus, we are not surprised by this instruction, “if you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it,” shared by Margaret Fuller. Interest-ingly, it is not surprising that we all com-monly share an attribute; have you noticed that as soon as we learn something we have a powerful desire to share it, to tell others about it? Our tradition aptly pictures this as a mother cow desperately wanting to nurse her young. Where in the Hanukkah story do you see this compelling urge to share? Could we possibly extend this powerful

concept of giving without losing to other forms of giving, especially in this gift-giv-ing season?

Eighth Night: “Light tomorrow with today,” pithily states Elizabeth Barrett Browning. In what way might we carry the lights of Hanukkah forward through the year? Where do you keep your meno-rah? Do you see menorahs day in and day out in Jewish settings? Why is that? What would it look like to light tomorrow with the Hanukkah candles of today?

Rivy Poupko Kletenik is an internationally renowned educator and Head of School at the Seattle Hebrew Academy. If you have a question that’s been tickling your brain, send Rivy an e-mail at [email protected].

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“Foundations of Jewish Family Living” is a 20-class curriculum where parents can apply life lessons and the wisdom from biblical stories to their own fami-lies through an everyday-type approach to problem solving and communication.

“Basically, it has parents taking a look at Jewish texts through the parenting lens,” Kletenik said. “So even though we’ve heard the story of Joseph and his brothers, or God creating human beings, we’re looking at things now, specifically, as a parent. How does that help us become better Jewish par-ents? How do we have a conversation at home really driven by Jewish values?”

The “Purposes of Jewish Living” course, a 30-session module, is more philosophical and allows students to ask “the big questions

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“It’s less of a focus on how do I do Jewish and more of a focus on how do I be Jewish,” Kletenik said. “It really helps parents talk about God. It’s an opportu-nity for people to talk about questions they may have just been wondering about for all of these years and there was never a space to talk about them.”

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The tuition is largely subsidized by the SHA and Jewish Education Services of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle. Each course costs $100, mainly because the two instructors, Kletenik and Rabbi Aaron Bayer, will be teaching the classes as part of their responsibilities at SHA.

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Denver native Sarah Barash Gortler has long served Seattle’s senior popula-tion as well — as a well-respected social worker for Jewish Family Service. The two are avid world travelers and concertgoers, proud parents and grandparents, includ-ing one grandchild now beginning studies at Yeshiva University.

Josh Gortler is a natural performer who can let loose with a wild rendition of “Tumbalalaika” or hold a high school audi-ence spellbound with his personal story. He frequently reaches out to students across the state as part of the Washing-ton State Holocaust Education Research Center speakers’ bureau.

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IF yOU gOfor those interested in sampling a Melton course, the school will hold introductory sessions of “Foundations of Jewish Learn-ing” on Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. and “Purposes of Jewish Learning” on Dec. 6 at 2 p.m. at SHA, and on Dec. 7, at the Stroum JCC at 9:30 a.m. for Early Childhood Education parents. Contact Sari Weiss at 206-323-5750, ext. 239 or [email protected] for registration details.

Weiss, SHA’s director of institutional advancement. Weiss will also serve as the director of the Melton School as part of her job at SHA.

“We don’t want to undervalue the course by charging $100 but we also don’t want to put a roadblock in front of any-body who is thinking that this is a great opportunity for me to step into Jewish learning for the first time.”

The Melton classes are also designed to be small so students can take their time and

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“These aren’t classes that are 30 or 40 people busting out of the rooms,” Weiss said. “They’re meant to be intimate and to be able to carry on a dialogue and talk about your personal experiences. It is meant to be that intimate class of 12 to 15.”

Another new initiative from the Melton School, which began this month, is an online program for distance learners where no Melton franchises currently exist.

“Melton has a spectacular reputation and they have a team of experts at Hebrew Uni-versity,” Weiss said. “The four courses really provide an adult with the breadth and depth of Jewish knowledge, while at the same time, really engaging people, firsthand, with texts. It is a product that is tried and true.”

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December 4 through January 6“to me there’s no other choice — Raoul Wallenberg 1912-2012”Museum exhibition Swedish diplomat and humanitar-ian Raoul Wallenberg’s actions during the final stages of World War II saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jewish lives. This ex-hibit depicts a journey from light to darkness and back to light in order to understand the man behind the heroic myth, and to study the ex-istential and moral lessons gained from his life decisions. As part of the Raoul Wallenberg centenary, this exhibit has traveled the world. At the Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle. For more information visit www.nordicmuseum.org.

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Thursday, December 13 at 8 p.m.dana berger and dan toren in concertMusicFor one night only, catch Dan Toren and Dana Berger, two of Israel’s most beloved singer-songwriters of the last two decades. Influential in Israeli rock since the ’80s, Toren has produced over 10 albums and played with several bands through-out his career. Berger started her career in the ’90s, appearing on the popular television program “Inyan Shel Zman” and was the lead singer in Israeli rock band “Balagan.” Among her greatest hits are “Ahava” (Love), “Ad Hakatze” (To The Edge), “Hamimut Holefet” (Transient Warmth), and “Mechaka Lo” (Waiting For Him). At Vino Bella wine bar, 99 Front St. N, Issaquah. Tickets are $45 advance purchase at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/293234 or $55 at the door.

Wednesday, December 12 at 7 p.m.theo deacon Presents: Broadway MusicalslectureDr. Theodore Deacon presents his third program in a six-part series about Broadway musicals. Deacon will focus this lecture primarily on the work of Rodgers and Hart. Mention the name Richard Rodgers to any lover of American musical theater, and expect an association with Oscar Hammerstein. Yet, for nearly 25 years Rodgers was popularly linked with lyricist Lorenz Hart. From their first meeting at Columbia University in 1919, Rodg-ers and Hart went from writing amateur student productions to a string of 28 hit musicals, including “A Connecticut Yankee,” “Jumbo,” “Babes in Arms,” and “Pal Joey.” At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. RSVP at 206-525-0915. Light refreshments served at 7 p.m., program starts at 7:15. Free and open to the public.

Thursday, December 13 at 8:00pm“Wisemen”theaterThis sacrilegious musical follows the trials of three representatives from the Wisemen Law Firm: Gold-berg, Frankenstein, and Murray. In these trials, the three lawyers face an evil Santa Claus, the gangsta-rapping Easter Bunny and God him-self as they attempt to uncover the truth. “Rosenstock Productions sets Christmas on fire with an ungodly script and an original score ranging from klezmer to hip-hop to funk to salsa” – ACT Theatre. “Wisemen” is recommended for ages 16 and up. At the ACT, Falls Theatre, 700 Union St., Seattle. Show runs through December 22. Tickets are $20 in advance, $25 at the door. To purchase tickets, visit www.acttheatre.org or call 206-292-7676.

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The first floor of Lauren Grossman’s Central District home is gutted and full of lab glass, molds, materials, and grotesque curiosities (sewn-up body parts, a head-less rendering of Christ affixed to pipes, a gum-pink whale pocked with false teeth) produced over the course of her three-decade career as an installation and sculp-ture artist captivated by biblical imagery. Between the house and her studio in the backyard, she points to a headless bust on the ground.

“There’s Job’s wife,” she said, “with her head blown off.”

Grossman is one of the artists whose work will be featured in Elles: Platform, a women’s group show at the Platform Gal-lery in Pioneer Square through Dec. 15. The show is one of several community partner exhibits and events organized as a local response to Seattle Art Museum’s

Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

The daughter of a Jewish father and Presbyterian mother, Grossman, 52, grew up in Tucson, Ariz., an area she describes as heavily Roman Catholic. But coming of age in the 1960s, after much religious con-tent had been purged from the curricu-lum, Grossman realized she was missing crucial cultural knowledge.

“I knew I didn’t have enough informa-tion,” she said. “Because I didn’t get it, I started researching it. The more research I did, the more interesting it became.”

Grossman holds a bachelor’s of fine arts in ceramics from the University of Washington. In addition to making jew-elry out of lab glass as well as candles, Grossman spends much of her time cast-ing molds, smelting iron, and welding, resulting in installations that, according

to her artist’s statement, engage “the pecu-liarities of the Judeo/Christian legacy.”

Her current exhibit at Platform — the gallery that represents her work — uses the book of Job as a jumping-off point. In particular, she focuses on the conversation

between Job and God about Leviathan, the mysterious ancient sea beast that periodi-cally surfaces throughout the Tanach.

In keeping with Elles, Grossman sought a feminine approach.

“The interesting thing to me is that he’s gendered in the text,” said Grossman. “I’m positing the other gender of Leviathan.”

IF yOU gOLauren Grossman’s work will be on display at the Platform Gallery, 114 Third Ave. (Pio-neer Square), Seattle through Dec. 15. For more information visit www.platformgallery.com/current.html or www.laurengrossman.com.

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Running and relief • An Issaquah boy enjoys ‘Fiddler’ runDiana bRement JTNews columnist

1 H u r r i c a n e S a n d y wreaked destruction in the Northeast, but in

Issaquah it caused two neigh-bors to meet.

Growing up in Kew Gar-dens, Queens, Sabina Honig had dreamed of running the New York Marathon since she was 10. She didn’t start running until about 2001, trying to get back in shape after her son was born.

There are a few ways to get into the world’s most famous marathon, but the most common is through a lottery. She had entered that lot-tery unsuccessfully a few times when she

still lived back east. Then she tried again this year and secured a spot.

The Microsoft employee learned she wasn’t going even before the race was can-celled because her flight — and all flights — had been cancelled.

“ I was really upset,” she says. In addi-tion to running, she was anxious to see

her family. “There was a lot of emotion around this trip… I trained for so long. It was such a huge letdown.”

Then she wondered, “What would make me feel better?”

And that, she realized, was “to run the marathon, and do it in such a way that it would have some tie to New York,” said. “To help people.”

She decided to run the marathon here as a fund-raiser for the American Red

Cross hurricane relief efforts. She solic-ited pledges and donations, and her friend Becki Chandler offered to be her support

person, carrying water and other supplies on her bike.

Becki, who works at the American Jewish Commit-tee, is a Northwest native who grew up in Bothell. She and Sabina met at a Shabbat dinner soon after Sabina moved here. She says that a 26-mile bike ride is average for her.

“I was glad I had the opportunity to help out a friend who had set this goal …and wasn’t able to get there,” reflects Becki. “She took lemons and made lemonade.”

Looking for company, Sabina posted a notice about her run on the Issaquah Highlands Facebook page. Amir Feinsilber stepped up.

Israeli-born, Chicago-bred Amir is a former video game programmer who founded The Force Realty (he once worked with George Lucas). He, his wife Stacey and three kids, Hannah, Joshua

a n d B e n j a m i n , moved here from Las Vegas about three years ago. A serious runner who clocks eight to 10 miles each day, and runs one to two marathons a year, Amir says Sabina’s notice touched him because he was also concerned for his own friends and family in the North-east.

“The devasta-tion…[was] really disheartening,” he says and, he adds, “I’m a sucker for a chal-lenge as well.” He only committed to run-ning 10 miles of the route, because he had not trained for a marathon.

On Nov. 4, the scheduled day of the New York race, Sabina, Amir and Becki started out from the Issaquah Highlands, heading through downtown Issaquah, along Lake Sammamish into a bit of Bel-levue, and looping back to downtown Issaquah.

At 13 miles, Amir had the option of peeling off and heading to Temple B’nai Torah where his kids were in Sunday school (and where Sabina’s husband Henry Honig teaches) and Stacey could get him. But he kept going and completed the 26 miles.

2 Speaking of Issaquah, fans of its Village Theater may recognize the name Feinsilber. Josh Feinsilber,

Amir’s middle son, is currently in “Fid-dler on the Roof,” which is getting rave reviews.

Amir says Josh showed an early and

natural ability for the stage, taking direc-tion well and engaging the audience. “I’m not just saying this because I’m his father,” he laughs.

Josh got the theater bug when the family still lived in Las Vegas, appearing in a “KidShine” show and singing in their synagogue choir.

Josh says his favorite part of Fiddler “would have to be” the wedding scene because “there’s dancing and a lot of action.”

The budding young actor, a 6th grader at Pacific Cascade Middle School, says his favorite subject is language arts. He works hard to manage his schoolwork and get good grades even while he is in a show.

Josh is also excited about his upcom-ing role at Seattle’s Fifth Avenue Theater, when he will play Winthrop in their 2013 production of “Music Man,” reprising a part he also played at the Village Theater.

Fiddler plays in Issaquah through the end of December and in Everett through the end of January. More information is at www.villagetheatre.org.

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First and foremost, the Twinkie has never been kosher, so missing it isn’t really an issue for me. However, I believe that reports of the Twinkie’s imminent demise — along with its friends the Ho Ho and Ding Dong — is being blown slightly out of proportion. Yes, the company has entered a liquidation phase, but I know in my heart of culinary hearts there will be a rebirth of the confections that have been a part of Americana since the 1920s.

Maybe a large multinational conglom-erate or a private equity firm whose direc-tor ate them 24/7 when he was 9 years old will be the white knight. There are 30 sepa-rate brands in the Hostess (a.k.a. Interstate Brands) family, so until we hear otherwise Twinkie, Dolly Madison, Drake Brand (they were kosher certified) and Wonder Bread are on a permanent vacation. Hope-fully the company that buys the brands will have the foresight to see how impor-tant kosher certification is.

Since die-hard foodies are known for not letting something as annoying as a product being unavailable stop them from enjoying what they want, I will share how you can make your own Twinkie —  one that’s delicious and kosher. Todd Wilber, one of my favorite cookbook authors, has been recreating iconic recipes for years and he has created a fabulous recipe that

tastes almost the same as the original. A little work, yes, but so worth it.

Faux Twinkie (dairy)Non-stick spray4 egg whitesOne 16-ounce box golden pound cake mix2/3 cup waterFilling2 tsp. very hot water1/4 tsp. salt2 cups marshmallow creme (one 7-ounce jar)1/2 cup shortening1/3 cup powdered sugar1/2 tsp. vanilla

• You will need a spice bottle, approxi-mately the size of a Twinkie, ten 12 x 14-inch pieces of aluminum foil, a cake decorator or pastry bag, and a chopstick.

• Preheat oven to 325º.• Fold each piece of aluminum foil in half

twice. Wrap the folded foil around the spice bottle to create a mold. Leave the top of the mold open for pouring in the batter. Make 10 of these molds and arrange them on a cookie sheet or in a shallow pan. Grease the inside of each mold with a light coating of non-stick spray.

• Disregard the directions on the box

of cake mix. Instead, beat the egg whites until stiff. In a separate bowl combine cake mix with water and beat until thoroughly blended (about 2 minutes). Fold egg whites into the cake batter and slowly combine until completely mixed.

• Pour the batter into the molds, filling each one about 3/4 of an inch. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until the cake is golden brown and a toothpick stuck in the center comes out clean.

• For the filling, combine salt with the hot water in a small bowl and stir until salt is dissolved. Let this mixture cool. In the bowl of an electric mixer com-bine the marshmallow creme, short-ening, powdered sugar and vanilla and beat, high speed until fluffy. Add the salt solution to the filling mixture and combine.

• When the cakes are done and cooled, use a skewer or chopstick to make three holes in the bottom of each one. Move the stick around inside of each cake to create space for the filling.

• Using a cake decorator or pastry bag, inject each cake with filling through all three holes. Serves 10.

When the Twinkie turned 75 in 2005, Hostess asked everyone who had ever eaten a Twinkie to share their recipes and ideas for showcasing sponge and fill-ing cake-ette in a cookbook. They got a bazillion wacky and oddly delicious treats that included (and I’m not kidding you) Twinkie Sushi, Twinkie Burrito and Twinkie Bread Pudding. All of the reci-pes make sense when you realize they are sweet lookalikes for their namesakes.

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(JTA) — As Israel and Hamas mostly stilled their guns Nov. 21 after reaching a cease-fire agreement, ending eight days of intense bombardment, both sides took home some new lessons about their foes.

By firing longer-range rockets capable of reaching Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, Hamas demonstrated for the first time that it could expand the borders of the missile battle-ground to include the densely populated center of Israel. Even under severe aerial bombardment, Hamas managed to launch some 1,500 missiles over the course of the week. Some traveled as far as 50 miles.

But with its Iron Dome missile defense system, Israel showed how technology can be a game changer on the battlefield. Of the missiles targeted by Iron Dome, which is designed to knock down only missiles aimed at populated areas, approximately 80 percent to 90 percent were eliminated, the Israeli military said. In all, the Israel Defense Forces said Iron Dome downed 421 missiles.

“Eight days ago, Israel launched an operation after terror attacks from Gaza escalated,” Israeli Prime Minister Benja-min Netanyahu said on the night of Nov. 21. With several major terrorist com-manders eliminated and much weapons infrastructure destroyed, he said, “we have decided to give cease-fire a chance.”

Israel suffered five fatalities in the fight-

ing, all but one civilians. The Palestinians reported more than 140 killed, including militants and civilians. That’s approxi-mately the same proportion of Israeli-to-Palestinian casualties the last time Israel and Hamas went to war, during the 22-day Operation Cast Lead launched in late 2008. But the Palestinian casualty rate this time was about one-third the rate of Cast Lead, when an average of 350 Palestinians were killed per week.

That’s probably because this round of fighting, which the IDF dubbed Operation Pillar of Defense, did not include a ground invasion.

Palestinian casualties increased signif-icantly during Israel’s ground invasion in the 2008-09 war, stoking international anger. As that war dragged on, Israeli crit-ics said the military achieved diminishing returns the longer it stayed in Gaza and should have gotten out quicker.

This time, though Netanyahu threat-ened to send in ground troops — call-ing up 75,000 reserve troops and massing tanks on the Israel-Gaza border — he did not follow through on his threat.

Under the terms of the cease-fire, Israel agreed to halt its operation in Gaza, including targeted assassinations, and Palestinian terrorist groups agreed to stop their rocket fire and border attacks against Israel. Some sporadic fighting was

still reported after the cease-fire went into effect.

So, who won, and what did the fighting accomplish?

If it holds, the cease-fire will have ended the rocket fire on southern Israel without any concessions to Hamas — a clear vic-tory for Israel. The operation also enabled Israel to do some damage to Hamas’ ter-rorist infrastructure, including killing the Hamas military chief, Ahmed Jabari. The IDF was able to do it all without undertak-ing a risky ground invasion that could have ratcheted up the casualty count on both sides and fueled more international ire.

On the plus side for Hamas, the group showed that despite Israel’s ongoing blockade of the Gaza Strip, terrorists are able to get their hands on increasingly potent and sophisticated weaponry, rep-resenting a greater threat to Israel. And

despite Israel’s bombardment, Hamas’ rocket launching capability has not been destroyed. Few Israelis believe it’s any-thing but a matter of time before the rocket fire starts anew.

Additionally, in the week since the hos-tilities ceased, it has become clear that Hamas’ standing has been elevated in the Arab community.

There are some very clear losers here.Again, the Fatah-led Palestinian Author-

ity was left sitting on the sidelines while Hamas commanded Israel’s attention and claimed the mantle of the Palestinian cause. Negotiations between Israel and the Pal-estinian Authority, led by President Mah-moud Abbas, have been frozen since 2009. While Hamas did not achieve any tangible gains from the fighting, Palestinians in the

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A look at Southern Israel under fireJuDy laSH balint special to JTNews

On a sunny, late fall day the prome-nade at Ashkelon would normally be full of people enjoying a stroll next to one of Israel’s most beautiful beaches.

While life has begun to return to normal, during Operation Pillar of Defense, Israel’s just-completed pushback against Hamas rocket strikes on civilian targets, the Mediterranean cities of Ash-kelon and Ashdod were all but deserted.

A visit to the area on a day that saw Grad rockets landing on a high school and a hospital in Ashkelon reveals that hun-dreds of thousands of Israelis found them-selves living in a tense reality where every normal activity was disrupted as rocket fire pounded Israeli cities over a large area of southern and central Israel.

“I’m afraid to get into the shower in case the siren goes off,” said Estie Ohayon, 58, a worker at Ashdod’s city hall.

Traffic in and around Ashdod, Ash-kelon and Beersheva was sparse, as schools and many non-essential factories closed to prevent injuries.

Several roads in the area were closed to all but military traffic and intercity bus ser-vice limited due to both road closures and the IDF’s need for the buses to transport the tens of thousands of reservists called up to the Gaza border.

Small businesses, restaurants and other places of entertainment all suffered, as most people weren’t in the mood to go out and workers stayed home to take care of kids whose schools remain closed.

Israel’s Federation of Chambers of Commerce approximates the loss of retail and service trade in the south at between NIS 90 million ($23 million) and NIS 100 million ($25 million) per day. They estimate that around 80 percent of the

more than 25,000 small businesses in the region had closed during the hostilities.

On one of Ash-dod’s main streets on the morning of Nov. 19, right across the street from an apartment block that had taken a direct hit from a Hamas rocket the day before, few shoppers milled about. One café owner said his business had dwindled to less than 10 percent of normal.

Sitting on a bench outside, Dr. Asher Friedman, 42, his pregnant wife, and his 10-year-old son were trying to enjoy some family time when they would each nor-mally be at work or at school.

“I’ve lived here for 30 years,” said Dr. Friedman, a local dentist. “This is defi-nitely the most difficult time we’ve had here.”

“We’re not afraid,” he added, “but the time has come for some serious cleaning out. But, this is the Middle East, and there

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more moderate Fatah-ruled West Bank ral-lied to Hamas’ side. The notion that negoti-ation rather than violence is the path toward Palestinian statehood seems to have suf-fered yet another setback.

While Hamas was emboldened by the Egyptian government’s very public and sympathetic stance, the sympathy didn’t translate into any concrete assistance on the ground. Egypt’s prime minister visited Gaza during the fighting as a show of sol-idarity, but Egypt kept out of the fighting and retained its role as a broker between Israel and Hamas.

That’s a triumph for President Mohamed Morsi, who showed that despite his affiliation with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood — Hamas is an offshoot of the Egyptian Islamist group — he could play the role of mediator in the Israeli-Pal-estinian conflict.

Egypt’s gain showed Turkey’s loss. Once Israel’s closest Middle East ally and a key conduit between Israel and the Arab world, Turkey was left on the sidelines of this con-flict. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s description of Israel as a “terror-ist state” may have won him fans among his Muslim base, but it also signaled that Turkey had lost its unique ability to act as a

mediator in the conflict.Finally, there’s the issue of cost for

Israel. The Israeli government estimates the cost of the Iron Dome missile inter-ceptor at between $25 and $30 million for the week, and Israelis suffered damage to infrastructure ranging from homes to schools to roads.

But President Obama has pledged to seek additional funding from Congress for the Iron Dome system. The United States already has sent Israel $275 million for Iron Dome over the last two years, and

earlier this year the U.S. House of Rep-resentatives proposed an additional $680 million through 2015, with the Senate pro-posing an additional $210 million.

Iron Dome’s success during the fight-ing also could be a boon for Israel’s defense industry, as other countries facing similar rocket threats clamor for the pio-neering missile defense system.

Whether that defense coupled with Israel’s offensive in Gaza is enough to deter Hamas from resuming its attacks remains unclear.

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may never be a solution.” Eddie Benhamou, spokesperson for

the city of Ashdod, was more upbeat. He explained that it’s his job “to stay relaxed,” and he pointed out that despite exten-sive damage to the apartment complex in the center of his city, assessors arrived quickly and the emergency response team relocated the family to a hotel while their apartment undergoes repairs.

“The area has quickly returned to normal,” Benhamou asserted.

A few miles away at the ORT Ronson High School in an upscale Ashkelon n e i g h b o r h o o d , I s r a e l N a t i o n a l Police spokesman M i c k e y R o s e n -fe ld pointed to the damage done by a Grad rocket that sliced through the roof of a play-ground, causing extensive damage. No one was hurt, since all schools in the area were closed.

Some 40 makeshift childcare centers around Ashkelon were set up to help par-ents occupy the children who are out of school. The human resources department at Ashkelon’s Barzilay Regional Hospital operated a childcare facility in the bomb shelter of an old Ashkelon hotel to enable its workers to come to work.

Approximately 100 primary and mid-dle-school–age kids were scattered about the heavily fortified basement, engaged in activities organized by student volunteers

and female IDF soldiers.“I feel useful here,” said Tel Aviv Uni-

versity student and Ashkelon resident Ettie Peres, 22. “I haven’t been able to work or study and I’ve been afraid to go to sleep or go out of the house. It’s not normal to live like this, without even being able to fulfill the minimal needs of a human being.”

Romi Levy, 8, who was playing quietly near Ettie, said she was happy to be in the shelter.

“We don’t hear the sirens here,” she said.

Over at the Barzilay Hospital, the par-ents of those kids playing at the shelter didn’t have the same luxury. Code Red sirens sounded frequently through the day, and around lunchtime a rocket fired from Gaza fell on the grounds of the hos-pital, close to the operating room.

“There are no words anymore,” said Dr. Moshe Levy, the hospital’s director. “I thought no one would bomb a hospi-tal. This is supposed to be the new Middle East.”

Levy said that only one area of the 550-bed hospital is in a protected area, “and Hamas knows that.”

When Pillar of Defense began, Barzilay

sent more than half of its patients home and stopped all non-essential surgeries.

“We’ve ceased almost all other medical activity, apart from treating the wounded from rocket attacks,” Levy said.

By the time the cease-fire was announced, the hospital had treated approximately 120 casualties, with one third suffering from trauma and anxiety, according to Levy.

The relatively low casualty figure of Operation Pillar of Defense is due to the highly professional and well-publicized citizen preparedness program of the Home Front Command. Instructions on how to behave in a rocket attack and what to do when the siren sounds were circulated in many languages to every Israeli citizen.

As in many of Israel’s previous con-frontations, it’s the citizens who are on the frontlines. Limor Livnat, Israel’s minister of sports and culture, spent Nov. 19 tour-ing the southern communities.

“You’re the source of strength for the IDF,” she told a group of Ashkelon resi-dents at one of its shelters.

Former Seattle resident Judy Lash Balint is a Jerusalem-based writer.

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Braking on the downhill, I struggled to read the route instructions fixed to my handlebars. Nancy and I were descend-ing rapidly into the town of Saint-Rémy on the fourth day of a six-day bicycle tour of Provence. Our hotel on Boulevard Victor Hugo and a refreshing shower were now less than a half-kilometer away. I could taste the icy German beer waiting for me in the bar across the street. “Turn left at the yield sign,” I deciphered with one eye on the instructions and another on the road. “The Jewish cemetery will be on your left.”

A Jewish cemetery? Its high stone walls appeared as promised. We braked hard and searched for a gate.

It was the second cemetery we visited in as many days. A day earlier we wan-dered through a French cemetery outside a small hillside village. Our guides had set

up a French picnic in the countryside sur-rounded by vineyards ablaze with autumn feuilles mortes. We lunched on truffle spreads and baguettes under a sycamore tree, the French cemetery with its high walls nearby. I travel to experience the cul-ture and, without a doubt, the French are sentimental. The cemetery was adorned with flowers and expressions of love and remembrance. Souls resting here know they are loved.

The Jewish cemetery in Saint-Rémy was starkly different. We found the heavy metal gate secured by a substantial pad-lock. Peering over, I saw stone graves that mirrored those on the Mount of Olives. Grass and weeds covered the grounds. Unlike the tenderness of the French ceme-tery, the Cimetière des Juifs of Saint-Rémy had lost its connection to the living.

Jews lived in Provence for centuries as moneylenders, meat merchants, and metal workers, among other trades. Their con-dition varied from benign toleration to outright suppression. They were required to wear badges signifying they were Jews and pay a special tax, among other humil-iations. After the death of “Good King” René in 1481, Provence became part of the Kingdom of France, and Provençal Jews became subject to French expulsion decrees. Following anti-Jewish distur-bances in Arles, Aix and Marseilles, they were driven out of Provence in 1501. Most graves date to the 15th and 16th centuries, though the last burial took place in 1910, and the cemetery was closed in 1977. I am told it is opened once each year for histor-ical tours.

An “abandoned” Jewish cemetery

evokes all sorts of thoughts in the mind of a Jewish traveler. The 500-year-old graves spoke to me, but the meaning eluded my understanding.

Southern France is blessed with lime-stone soil and a sunny climate. The region produces wines such as Côtes du Rhône and Châteauneuf-du-Pape. Our tour guide, Pascal, is also a vintner. He proved to be a fine teacher of the French approach to wine. The all-important concept of ter-roir, he explained, is about geography, cli-mate and the soil. It translates loosely to “a sense of place.”

Pascal took us to a winery where soils were on exhibit in tall glass cases. One could see the variations: Sandy, rocky or rich in limestone. “We don’t regard wine by the grape variety,” said Pascal. “It’s all about the place…and therefore the soil.

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“In France,” he continued, “we are not permitted to water the vineyard if we want to have the appellation of our region. Some years our yields are low, but we want the roots to set deep into the earth, 60 meters or more. That way the grapes can gather the characteristics of the soil.”

Voilà! Terroir is the meaning of the Jewish graves in Saint-Rémy. As Jews, our roots are in Israel where they are deep, as

deep as any on earth. The Diaspora was our period of rootlessness, when we struggled to maintain our dignity and our Jewish identity. For centuries we died on foreign soil, thirsting for the sustenance and safety of a homeland of our own.

No more. Once again, we have planted our vines in Israel. Jews everywhere are connected to Israeli soil and to the land of our heritage. After two millennia, Jews have a sense of place, a Jewish terroir. And the fruit is sweet.

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The gates of the abandoned Jewish cemetery in St. Rémy, France.The three sculptures she’s showing are

small, lumpy, slipcast porcelain whales with breasts precariously perched on scaf-folding.

“Maybe Leviathan had a wife. Maybe Leviathan needs a mate,” she said. “I’ve been thinking a lot lately about being a wife, because I am one, and have been one for some time. Wife-ness changes as you get older. It becomes more of a long-term partnership.”

Originally, Grossman planned to show Job’s wife, but the iron for the mold didn’t

heat properly. Hence the headless woman in her yard.

“I rarely have studio disasters like that, but it was just a really bad day,” she said grimly.

The breasted Leviathans are “fun little pieces to me about gendering the impossi-ble to imagine,” Grossman said.

The scaffolding gives a sense of weight-lessness and symbolizes the shaky con-structs we live on.

“Some of my work is more serious than others,” she added. “I would say this is on the lighter end.”

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In the winter of 1843, my great-grand-father Chaim Leviant, then a youngster of 15, was driving his grandfather Moshe’s horse-drawn sleigh along the snow-cov-ered roads not far from Kariukovke, a shtetl in Ukraine. In another hour or so the first light of Hanukkah would be kin-dled at the house of Chaim’s grandpar-ents, where the entire family was gathered to sing songs, play dreidel, and eat Grand-mother Dobbe’s crispy potato latkes.

The snow had finally stopped. All was silent, except for the little bells in the horse’s harness; the horse’s hooves made no sound in the deep snow.

Chaim had just delivered food to a poor Jewish family in a neighboring shtetl. His grandfather Moshe was a wealthy man who supplied the local sugar factory with beets. He owned his house, but leased the land on which he grew the beets, for Jews were for-bidden to own land in Czarist Russia.

Suddenly, Chaim glimpsed something on the edge of a snowdrift. He tugged at the reins. The horse stopped. He saw a fur hat and jumped off the wagon. Lying in the snow was a boy of about 12, stunned but breathing. As he lifted the lad into the sleigh, Chaim surmised that a snoozing coachman, likely drunk, had dropped the reins and the unrestrained horses had set off in a gallop. That’s when the lad must have tumbled out into a snowbank.

Chaim patted the boy’s face. He took off his own bearskin coat and wrapped the boy in it.

“Can you hear me?” Chaim asked. “Father, father,” the boy whimpered.“You’re safe,” Chaim said. “Who is

your father? “The boy answered slowly. “Arkady…

Ivanovich…Goluptsin. I fell off our coach.”“Ivan Goluptsin? Our provincial gov-

ernor?”“My father…”Following the boy’s instructions, my

great-grandfather Chaim made his way to the Goluptsin winter mansion.

A servant opened the door and shouted, “Master, he’s here.” Arkady’s mother and the governor saw a tall boy supporting their son, who was wrapped in a huge bearskin coat they did not recognize.

“He saved me, mama. He found me, papa.”

“Who are you, my boy?”“Chaim Leviant from Kariukovke.”“Oh, yes, where Brodsky has his sugar

plant. I know Brodsky well. Do you know who I am?”

“Your son told me.”The governor put his hand on his heart.

“Thank you, thank you for saving my son’s life. Come with me, please.”

Governor Goluptsin put his arm around Chaim’s shoulders and led him into a spacious dining room.

“Sir, if you don’t mind…I…I am late for our Hanukkah celebration. My family is surely worried.”

“It will only be a moment.”The governor opened a drawer and

placed a purse on the desk.“I know you have a holiday custom of

giving coins to the children,” he smiled. “Chaim, how many grandchildren does your grandfather have?”

Chaim began counting to himself. Yakov, Israel-Noah, Mendl, Tanya, Rachel, Rivka, Dvora and Boris and…. He finally reached 18, including himself.

The governor counted out 18 of the large, glittering five-ruble gold coins. Chaim knew that an average worker’s wages were a ruble a month.

“Sir,” Chaim said, “please don’t think me ungrateful, but I don’t want to be rewarded for the mitzvah of saving a life. The Talmud teaches us that when some-one saves one life it is as if he has saved an entire world. This alone is my reward.”

Governor Goluptsin looked at Chaim. “Hmm, I see…Well, then, is there any-thing I can do for you?”

“Yes,” said my great-grandfather Chaim. “As you know, sir, Jews are not allowed to own land in Russia. Our family does busi-ness with Brodsky. They have always wanted to buy land to cultivate more sugar beet and provide jobs for many people in the area.”

“How can I help?”“Could you get my family permission

to buy a tract of land outside Kariukovke?”For a moment the governor was silent.

Then Goluptsin’s face brightened.“Chaim, you have my word. I shall con-

tact the Imperial Bank in Kiev to prepare the documents. Thank you again for good deed. And don’t forget your bearskin greatcoat.”

When he arrived at his grandfather’s house, his parents kissed and embraced him. And then he quickly told his story.

“Time to light the first candle,” said a beaming Grandfather Moshe.

Then Grandmother Dobbe came in with a large platter of latkes.

Grandfather Moshe gave Hanukkah gelt to all the children and then called Chaim into his study.

“You refused the governor, but you won’t refuse me, eh?” Moshe smiled. Then he pulled a five-ruble gold piece from his pocket. “It’s for you. When the time comes, give it to your first-born son and tell him to pass it to his son, along with this story.”

And this is the coin, whose worth is far more than its weight in gold, that we keep next to our menorah during the eight days of Hanukkah.

Like a legend, it sheds its own special light.

Curt Leviant’s most recent book is the short story collection “Zix Zexy Ztories.”

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Linking to Lincoln on HanukkaheDmon J. RoDman JTA World News service

LOS ANGELES (JTA) — We need to celebrate a Lincoln Hanukkah this year.

It’s not because of the new Spielberg movie — that gives us something to do on Christmas Day — but because of the 150th anniversary of a little-known event in American history that threatened to expel a portion of the Civil War-era Jewish population from their homes on the Festi-val of Lights.

On Dec. 17, 1862, during the height of the war, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant issued General Orders 11 expelling “Jews as a class” from a war zone that included areas

of Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky within a 24-hour period. It was the first day of Hanukkah.

At the time, Hanukkah was not the major holiday it is now. But Grant’s order, if carried out, meant that entire families would be uprooted during the holiday and beyond, and exiled from their communities.

Today, relaxing in our home with family on Hanukkah, retelling the Macca-bee story that takes place in a far-off time and land, it’s uncomfortable to imagine a different story about our freedom that hits much closer to home.

On that day, Grant was attempting to cut off the black-market sale of Southern cotton, in which some Jewish and other traders were engaged.

As researched in the engaging new book “When General Grant Expelled the Jews” (Schocken) by the prominent historian Jonathan D. Sarna, we find that Grant’s order was enforced in sev-eral towns in Union hands, including Paducah, Ky.; Holly Springs, Miss.; and Trenton, Tenn., among others.

“Only a few Jews were seriously affected by General Orders 11,” perhaps fewer

than 100, according to Sarna, but news of the order and the resulting outrage was quickly spread by The Associated Press.

The B’nai B’rith sent a petition to Wash-ington calling upon President Lincoln to “annul” the order. Other Jewish leaders moved to organize delegations to meet with Lincoln. A Jewish merchant from Paducah named Cesar Kaskel traveled to Washing-ton on a mission to have the order over-turned. Upon arrival he was able to arrange through an Ohio congressman a meeting

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that Sarna says is often quoted but most likely embellished, Lincoln, using biblical imagery, asked Kaskel, “And so the chil-dren of Israel were driven from the happy land of Canaan?” In response, Kaskel asks for “Father Abraham’s” protection, to which Lincoln replies, “And this protec-tion they shall have at once.”

The reality seems to have been that when Lincoln finally heard of Grant’s order, he ordered the general in chief of the Army to countermand it.

An account by the prominent Cincin-nati Rabbi Isaac Mayer Wise, who also had met with the president about the issue, provides Lincoln’s rationale: “I do not like to hear a class or nationality condemned on account of a few sinners.”

This Hanukkah, then, with Lincoln on our minds, how should we commemo-rate Lincoln’s action to rescind what Sarna cites as “the most sweeping anti-Jewish regulation in all American History”?

Should we devise a stovepipe hat meno-rah? Fry up four score latkes or change the lyrics of the modern classic Peter Paul & Mary Hanukkah song to “Light one candle for the Tennessee Children”?

Not necessary.Jews going back to Lincoln’s presidency

have found ways to connect before. After his assassination, expressing their sorrow, many rabbis delivered sermons that were collected in a book by Emanuel Hertz titled “Abraham Lincoln: The Tribute of the Synagogue.” The basis for the Library

of Congress’ Alfred Whital Stern Collec-tion of Lincolniana was donated by Alfred Stern, a Chicago businessman. There’s even a Lincoln Street in Jerusalem.

Continuing the connection is this year’s Steven Spielberg film about Lincoln’s role in the passage of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution that abolished slav-ery. Watching the film, I found it to be an excellent way at Hanukkah time to rededi-cate an interest in Lincoln’s heart, humor and wisdom.

Another film, “Saving Lincoln” by director Salvador Litvak, approaches the Lincoln story through the eyes of his body-guard. It might prove another way to light up a Hanukkah night.

Sarna’s book would be good for any night of the holiday, which many see as a struggle for freedom. For me it was a reminder that the dreidel’s message — “a great miracle happened here” — can apply to the U.S. as well.

“In the end, General Orders 11 greatly strengthened America’s Jewish commu-nity,” Sarna writes. “The successful cam-paign to overturn the order made Jews more confident.” And Grant, to “repent” and to “rehabilitate himself with the Jewish community” during his two terms as president “appointed more Jews to office than had any of his predecessors.”

This Hanukkah, when we stand before our lit hanukkiot reciting Hanerot Halalu, “These lights which we kindle recall the wondrous triumphs and the miraculous victories,” perhaps we can also recall the victories here of Cesar Kaskel, Rabbi Wise and ultimately Abraham Lincoln, who protected our freedom.

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smoke, an extra piece of chocolate cake), we are being our own heroes.

This Hanukkah, celebrate all of the dimensions of courage by dedicating each night to one of them:

Candle 1 to the classic Hanukkah heroes of Judah Maccabee, Judith and Hannah.

Candle 2 to the courageous acts of our children who welcome a new kid to the school, speak out against bullying, or have faith that the next day at school might be a little better than today.

Candle 3 to someone in your commu-nity who took up a cause you believe in and fought for it.

Candle 4 to someone in your family — perhaps parents or grandparents — and a courageous act they performed during their lives.

Candle 5 to American and Israeli sol-diers who are fighting to protect values and ideals that are sacred to us.

Candle 6 to the courage that you have exercised by restraint — with a co-worker, spouse, child, friend or parent.

Candle 7 to a person in your life who exemplifies courage the most.

Candle 8 to that quality of courage in ourselves that enables us to bring light into dark places and for the energy to con-tinue to stoke the embers of our own sense of courage.

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an inch tall. Slice fruit rollups in strips to be long enough and wide enough to wrap around the Twinkie pieces. Place dried fruits and candies into the cream filling. Place the Twinkie rolls on a plate. Garnish with strips of dried mango (kinda looks like pickled gin-ger). And serve them with chopsticks

• Note: You can use crushed-up cook-ies or black sprinkles (like caviar) or even a crushed-up Butterfinger to look like the fried onions

Submitted by Anna Merth-Simpson, modified from the old Hostess website.

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fRiDay 30 novembeR5:30–8 p.m. — family shabbat service and dinner

Carol Benedick at [email protected] or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.orgFamily Kabbalat Shabbat service led by Rabbi Lauren Kurland followed by family-friendly Shabbat dinner, singing, and program for kids and adults. Pre-registration required. $10/person, $5/children age 3–5. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

SatuRDay 1 DecembeR5–9 p.m. — sHA Gala: celebrating 65 years

Sari Weiss at [email protected] or 206-323-5750, ext. 239Celebrate 65 years of Jewish education and creating Jewish leaders from CEOs and PhDs to rabbis, board directors, lawyers and more. At Seattle Hebrew Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle.9 p.m. — Annual Jsu casino Night

Ari Hoffman at [email protected] or SeattleNCSY.comFood, photo booths, music, and more for grades 8–12. $20 if dressed in formal attire, $30 if dressed casually. Proceeds to go to Israel. Then, join a Shabbaton in Seward Park With Nahum Zak, director of NCSY JOLT. At Tech Dwellers Georgetown, 6100 Fourth Ave. S, Seattle.

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ongoing eventSEvent names, locations, and times are provided here for ongoing weekly events. Please visit calendar.jtnews.net for descriptions and contact information.

fRiDayS11:15 a.m. — Tots Welcoming shabbatTemple B’nai Torah12:30–3 p.m. — drop-in bridgeStroum Jewish Community Center12:30–4 p.m. — drop-in Mah JonggStroum JCC

SatuRDayS9:30 a.m. — beginners’ MinyanEastside Torah Center9:45 a.m. — bcMH youth servicesBikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath1:15 p.m.–2:15 p.m. — Adult edTemple B’nai Torah2 p.m. — Kabbalah 101 with rabbi Alyjah NavyVashon Intuitive Arts6:30–7:30 p.m. — Avot ubanimSeattle Kollel6:30–9:30 p.m. — Wisdom of the Heart spiritual singles celebrationsVashon Intuitive Arts

SunDayS9–10:30 a.m. — Torah studyTemple B’nai Torah

9:15–10:15 a.m. — Advanced Talmud for MenSeattle Kollel9:15–10:15 a.m. — Journey Through HalachahSeattle Kollel9:15–10:15 a.m. — Mitzvot: The fabric of Jewish livingSeattle Kollel9:30–10:30 a.m. — Introduction to JudaismTemple B’nai Torah7:30–8:30 p.m. — Jewish ethics for WomenSeattle Kollel7:30–10:30 p.m. — He’Ari Israeli dancingDanceland Ballroom 8–10 p.m. — open beis MedrashSeattle Kollel8:30–9:30 p.m. — daf Hayomi/Mishna beruraSeattle Kollel

monDayS9:30–10:30 a.m. — essays in ethics for WomenSeattle Kollel (call for location)1:30–2:30 p.m. — coffee and Parsha of the Week class for WomenChabad of the Central Cascades8–9 p.m. — Talmud for MenEastside Torah Center8–10 p.m. — open beis MedrashSeattle Kollel8:30–9:30 p.m. — daf Hayomi/Mishna beruraSeattle Kollel

tueSDayS12–1 p.m. lunch ’n’ law at MicrosoftEastside Torah Center7 p.m. — Alcoholics Anonymous MeetingsJewish Family Service7 p.m. — Teen centerBCMH7–9 p.m. — The Jewish JourneySeattle Kollel7:30 p.m. — The TanyaChabad of the Central Cascades7:30–8:30 p.m. — Tanya In-depthEastside Torah Center (call for location)8–10 p.m. — open beis MedrashSeattle Kollel8:30–9:30 p.m. — daf Hayomi/Mishna beruraSeattle Kollel

weDneSDayS 11 a.m.–12 p.m. — Torah with a TwistSeattle Kollel (call for location)12 p.m. — beyond the bible: Jewish Text studyTemple B’nai Torah12–12:45 p.m. — Talmud study (berachot)Seattle Kollel (Tully’s Westlake Center)7 p.m. — beginning Israeli dancing for Adults with rhona feldmanCongregation Beth Shalom7–8 p.m. — crash course in HebrewSeattle Kollel

7–8:30 p.m. — Jewish learning, Jewish livingTemple Beth Or7–9 p.m. — Teen lounge for Middle schoolersBCMH7:30 p.m. — Parshas HashavuahEastside Torah Center8–9 p.m. — Talmudic ethics and storiesSeattle Kollel8–10 p.m. — open beis MedrashSeattle Kollel8:30–9:30 p.m. — daf Hayomi/Mishna beruraSeattle Kollel

tHuRSDayS10 a.m.–2 p.m. — Jcc seniors GroupStroum JCC12–1 p.m. — lunch and learnSeattle Kollel (Island Crust Café)7 p.m. — Junior Teen centerBCMH8–9 p.m. — rabbi eli Mansour video Presen-tationSeattle Kollel8–10 p.m. — Teen lounge for High schoolersBCMH8–10 p.m. — open beis MedrashSeattle Kollel8:30–9:30 p.m. — daf Hayomi/Mishna beruraSeattle Kollel

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SunDay 2 DecembeR6–8 p.m. — Annual Advocacy In Action: community reception and campaign event on energy security

Becki Chandler at [email protected] or ajcseattle.orgWine and hors d’oeuvre with guest speakers David Harris, AJC executive director, and Michael Granoff, founder of Maniv Energy Capital and head of Oil Independence Policies for Better Place. At the Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle.

weDneSDay 5 DecembeR11–11:30 a.m. — PJ library story Time at Mockingbird books

Amy Paquette at [email protected] or 206-774-2237 or jewishinseattle.org/pjlibraryMusikal Magik’s Betsy Dischel will play her guitar and guide you to sing, pound on drums, shake your eggs and learn a few words in American Sign Language, Hebrew and a song or two in Spanish. Free. At Mockingbird Books, 7220 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle.12–1:30 p.m. — current events in Israel and the Middle east

Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.orgDiscuss a topic in the news pertaining to Israel with Nevet Basker. For information about this month’s topic or to join the email list, contact Jayne Carlin at [email protected]. Optional pre-reading is available at www.broaderview.org/current. This session will be repeated on Thursdays at 7 p.m.

$5 payable at the door. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.5:30–8 p.m. — J-Tech Meetup

Michael Wardlow at [email protected] or 206-774-2256 or www.JewishInSeattle.orgThe Jewish tech professional meetup group will feature Norm Judah, CTO of Microsoft Worldwide Services. Advance registration required. $5. At The Easy at Founders Co-op/TechStars, 511 Boren Ave. N (basement), Seattle.8–9 p.m. — organ donation and Jewish law

Julie Greene at [email protected] of Rabbi Moshe Kletenik’s ethics and Jewish law series. Refreshments served. At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.

tHuRSDay 6 DecembeR10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. — Jewish symbols and Their development

Ellen Hendin at [email protected] or 206-861-3183 or www.jfsseattle.orgArt historian Andrea Diaz will discuss Jewish and Hebrew symbols, their development from biblical to contemporary times, and explore the layers of Jewish symbols in different cultures and periods. At Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 3850 SE 156th Ave. SE, Bellevue.5:30–7:30 p.m. — 18th Annual raoul Wallenberg dinner

Linda Lingle at [email protected] or 206-789-5707 or www.nordicmuseum.org/events.aspx#WallenbergJoin the Nordic Heritage Museum and State Senator Ken Jacobsen for the 18th annual Raoul Wallenberg Dinner with distinguished journalist and

author Ingrid Carlberg. $45–$50. At the Nordic Heritage Museum, 3014 NW 67th St., Seattle.7–8:30 p.m. — current events in Israel and the Middle east

Shelly Goldman at [email protected] or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.orgSame topic as event on December 5. $5 payable at the door. At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.

fRiDay 7 DecembeR1 p.m. — Jewish day school open House

Amy Adler at [email protected] or 425-460-0260 or www.jds.orgProspective families can tour the JDS campus and learn about the preschool–8th grade program. At Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle, 15749 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.

SunDay 9 DecembeR10 a.m.–12 p.m. — double chai brunch

Carol Benedick at [email protected] or 206-524-0075 or www.bethshalomseattle.orgCongregation Beth Shalom’s annual fundraiser. Learn more and RSVP at www.bethshalomseattle.org. No entry charge, no minimum/maximum gift required. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.7 p.m. — Tds Wine and dine

Sasha Mail at [email protected] or tdsseattle.org/events/winedineFive-course dinner and wine pairing featuring new kosher wines. Reservations required. $100 couvert. At Urban Enoteca, 4130 First Ave. S, Seattle.

weDneSDay 12 DecembeR11–11:30 a.m. — PJ library story Time at Mockingbird books

Amy Paquette at [email protected] or 206-774-2237 or jewishinseattle.org/pjlibraryFree. At Mockingbird Books, 7220 Woodlawn Ave. NE, Seattle.8–9 p.m. — A Halachic Perspective on Intel-lectual Property rights

Julie Greene at [email protected] Moshe Kletenik will discuss the Jewish ethical issues of unauthorized downloading and/or distributing media as part of his ethics and Jewish law series. At BCMH, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.

fRiDay 14 DecembeR10:30 a.m. — PJ library story and song Time with shoshana stombaugh

Amy Paquette at [email protected] and PJ Library Seattle present stories, songs, and an activity with Shoshana Stombaugh on the second Friday of almost every month. Everyone is welcome. Free. At Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE, Seattle.

SunDay 16 DecembeR6–8 p.m. — The livnot Project Think Tank

Julie Hayon at [email protected] or 206-486-0104 or www.thelivnotproject.orgDiscussion on text and tikkun olam, the Jewish commitment to justice work, with Rivy Kletenik. At Jewish Family Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle.

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How do I submit a lifecycle announcement? Send lifecycle notices to: JTNews/Lifecycles, 2041 Third Ave., Seattle, WA 98121E-mail to: [email protected] Phone 206-441-4553 for assistance. Submissions for the December 14, 2012 issue are due by December 4.Download forms or submit online at www.jtnews.net/index.php?/lifecyclePlease submit images in jpg format, 400 KB or larger. Thank you!

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Mary HalelaMary Katherine (Alhadeff) Halela was born in Seattle

November 25, 1923. Our loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt, great aunt, friend and community member passed away peacefully surrounded by family on October 10, 2012 at Marika’s AFH in Bellevue. Mary is survived by her daughter Maggie (Mark), son Robert, Randi Halela, grandchildren Courtney, Joey, Sydney, Rachelle,

Shelby and great-grandchildren Jackson, Jagger and Lake. Mary is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews. Mary graduated from Garfield High School and attended the University of Washington for two years. She worked for many years as a secretary until she met Dad in 1948. Mom and Dad married in 1950. Mary’s life was her family; after raising the children she went back to work. Mom also enjoyed her many years working at Longacres Race Track in the program office. Mary was a member of Sephardic Bikur Holim and a member of her beloved Terra Tillers Garden Club for over 50 years. She enjoyed dance, music, theatre, traveling, flower arranging and spending time with her family, especially her grandchil-dren. Mary’s family and extended family meant everything to her. Her love touched all who knew her. We will miss her dearly. The family suggests that remembrances in Mary’s memory may be made to Temple B’nai Torah, Sephardic Bikur Holim, or Congregation Ezra Bessaroth.

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Goldberg has a BA in English and the-ater from Indiana University and a teach-ing certificate in education from Seattle Pacific University. She has taught preschool through high school and has two children.

Steinfeld has an MPH in health services from UCLA’s School of Public Health. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry and in management of patient and profes-sional education programs for health web-sites. She is the mother of elementary-aged twins.

Steinfeld and Goldberg say their diverse backgrounds make the productions richer.

“This journey has been very rewarding in so many ways,” Steinfeld said.

To listen to the podcasts, visit the Homefront Chronicles website at www.hfchronicles.com.

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After a 41-year naval career launched by the bombing at Pearl Harbor, Herb Bridge retired with the rank of rear admi-ral, the highest rank possible for a reserve officer. On Nov. 10, 71 years after he first put on a uniform, Bridge stood onstage at the Washington–Utah football game as a guest of University of Washington pres-

ident Michael Young, to receive the first UW Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni Veteran Award.

“I had to get out and get this honor in front of 70,000 of my closest friends,” Bridge said. “It was fun.”

Two days later, on Veteran’s Day, Bridge attended a ceremony that marked

his service in the Pacific during World War II, in Korea, and in the Naval Reserve. Young spoke at the ceremony, as did Bob Stacey, interim dean of the UW’s College of Arts and Sciences. Stacey’s son Will, a marine stationed in Afghanistan, was killed by an improvised explosive device in January.

Bridge has long been active in Seat-tle’s civic and Jewish community, from expanding his father’s jewelry business, Ben Bridge Jeweler, to one of the coun-try’s largest chains of jewelry stores (with his brother Bob as partner) to his support of local agencies such as Hillel at the UW, the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle, and the United Way.

Bridge’s naval career was also a family affair. His father Ben served in the Navy, as did his son Jon, who had nine years of active duty and 26 years in the Naval Reserve.

In addition to graduating from the UW in 1947, Bridge attended the Naval War College and served on the staff of Adm. John McCain, Jr., father of Sen. John McCain of Arizona. He also spent several months commanding a fleet in the Indian Ocean near Oman.

Even weeks after his honors, Bridge is still excited about his experience.

“It’s very nice to be the initial recipient of something like that,” he said.

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Rear Admiral, Ret. Herb Bridge, at a ceremony honoring him as the first recipient of the University of Washington Alumni Association’s Distinguished Alumni veteran Award.