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Islam is the perfect religion for Muslims. Christianity is the perfect religion for Christians. Judaism is the perfect religion for Jews. Rabbi Jim Mirel of Temple Bnai Torah at a joint Tisha BAv/Ramadan event last week. See the full story on page 6.
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Jewish Olympians take the Games
Dozens of Jewish and Israeli athletes are competing in the London 2012 Summer Games, several of them earning medals for their countries. Most notably, Alexandra Raisman has brought the U.S. womens gymnastics team two gold medals the first time the U.S. girls have placed since 1996. New Zealands Nathan Cohen, with partner Joseph Sullivan, won a gold medal for mens double sculls; Australias Jessica Fox carried her mothers Olympic legacy in kayaking, taking a silver medal; and U.S. swimmer Jason Lezak won a silver medal with his team for the 400-meter freestyle relay. Israeli Olympians are expected to go home with no medals for the first time since 1988. On July 27, the JTNews profiled Jews on the ballot. At press time, this is how they and all of their fellow Jewish candidates were doing following the Aug. 7 primary: Laura Ruderman, U.S. Representative, Congressional District 1: Will not advance Andrew Hughes, U.S. Representative, Congressional District 7: Will not advance Steve Gonzalez, Supreme Court Justice Position 8: Likely winner Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Supreme Court Justice Position 9: Will advance Pam Loginsky, Court of Appeals, Division 2, District 2: Will advance Sue Parisien, King County Superior Court Judge Position 42: Will advance David Ruzumna, King County Superior Court Judge Position 42: Will not advance Andy Billig, State Senator, 3rd: Will advance Sherry Appleton, State Rep. Position 1, 23rd (Incumbent): Will advance Reuven Carlyle, State Rep. Position 1, 36th (Incumbent):Will advance Leslie Klein, State Rep. Position 1, 36th: Will likely advance Marcie Maxwell, State Rep. Position 1, 41st (Incumbent): Will advance Roger Goodman, State Rep. Position 1, 45th (Incumbent): Will advance Jessyn Farrell, State Rep. Position 2, 46th: Will advance Shelly Crocker, State Rep. Position 2, 46th: Will not advance David Frockt, State Senator, 46th (Incumbent): Will advance Results will be certified by Aug. 21.
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Wednesday, August 15, 710 p.m. This November, Washingtonians will vote on Referendum 74, which would legalize same-sex marriage. Temple Bnai Torah is hosting religious leaders from around Puget Sound who will participate in a dialogue about how their religious movements support the referendum. The discussion will be followed by a dessert reception. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. For more information contact Jennifer Fliss at jfliss@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or visit templebnaitorah.org.
Wednesday, August 22Sunday, August 26 TorahTrek, the center for Jewish wilderness spirituality, is leading a five-day camping trip on Mount Rainier. Activities include hiking, intentional prayer walks, games, baking challah over a campfire, and observing Shabbat under the stars and in the great wide open. The trip is ideal for families with children 5 and older, but all are welcome. Parties may join for any part of the trip, Shabbat only, or the entire five days. $100/day, $45/day for children under 16. For more information contact Josh Lake at joshlake1@mac.com or 310-779-7670 or visit torahtrek.com. Applications are available on the website.
To RSVP or for more info: email seattle@hadassah.org or call the Seattle Chapter Office at 425.467.9099 www.hadassah.org/seattle
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A majority of the worlds Ladino speakers were killed during the Holocaust, and now an international effort, led by a University of Washington professor, is rushing to preserve it.
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From the Jewish Transcript August 15, 1985 Were all going gaga over Jewish gymnast and gold medalist Aly Raisman, who did a routine to Hava Nagila in this years Olympic Games. But back then, at the 12th World Maccabiah Games in Israel, the Puget Sound had a full contingent of medalists, including karate expert Kathy Jones, pictured here. Jones won two gold medals: One in fighting, the other in contact karate. The Jerusalem Post dubbed her Americas Queen of Karate.
For dinner, Stopskys Delicatessen is offering a new menu that takes some deli standards and elevates them to something even more heavenly.
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In the Jews on the Ballot series article about Pamela Loginsky, we mistakenly noted that Loginsky is the only attorney running for the judgeship position with appellate experience. The article should have stated she is the only candidate with extensive appellate experience. JTNews regrets the error.
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Two faiths, one God: Jews and Muslims unite for shared observances, values
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Islam is the perfect religion for Muslims. Christianity is the perfect religion for Christians. Judaism is the perfect religion for Jews, said Rabbi Jim Mirel at Two Faiths, One God, an event that brought Jews and Muslims to the synagogue to pray and break the fasts of Tisha BAv and Ramadan together. The July 29 event joined members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and Temple Bnai Torah. Mirel, of TBT, and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Communitys leader, Anwar Mahmood Khan, spoke about the unity of the two religions. Brothers and sisters, Mirel began, we both praise, honor and try to follow the best we can God. Sometimes we have the Arabic word for God, Allah. Sometimes we have the Hebrew word, Elohim. And other times we have the English word, God. But, one God. He continued, Its wonderful learning about the wonderful tradition of Islam, which, as you know, is our sister religion. This is a great gathering, Khan said when he addressed the audience. It teaches that people from different faiths might have different ideologies, but they believe in one God. We all adhere to please our Creator, to ask for forgiveness from Him, to thank I often read the Quran for the congregation and at home, said 16-year-old Awais Ahmae, who sang Quran versus during the service. I feel blessed Im able to do that. Im happy Ive been blessed by God. The event was planned several months ago when Khan reached out to Mirel, suggesting the two organizations create an interfaith experience. Mirel proposed it should be on Tisha BAv, which this year coincided with Ramadan, when both groups fast. Our celebration reminds us that the tradition whether Jewish, Christian or Islam the most important thing is to be faithful and follow God or Allah, Mirel said. Thats what its all about. The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is not considered to be mainstream Islam. The Ahmadiyya movement was founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, who claimed he was the messiah. Following his death, the group split into the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the smaller Lehore Ahmadiyya movement. The community has 65 chapters in the U.S.; the Seattle-region mosque is in Lynnwood.
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Rabbi Jim Mirel addresses the mixed sanctuary of Jews and Muslims at Temple Bnai Torah and the Ahmadiyya Muslim Communitys joint Tisha BAv and Ramadan gathering.
Him and request of Him that He continuously guide us in the best way He can so that we can bring forth world peace. Along with the addresses, the evening alternated between Jewish and Muslim prayers. Mirel and Khan told the congregants to participate only if they felt comfortable. A Torah and Quran exhibit was set up in the social hall for people to observe after the services and before and during the break-fast meal. Approximately 200 people joined the event, with about 60 percent from the
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community and the rest Jews, mostly members of TBT, as well as some Christians. Both Jewish and Muslim attendees seemed happy that this event was taking place. I was always impressed with how the Islamic faith embraced the Jewish prophets and Christian prophets and respected the Torah and Gospels in a manner that is beautiful, said Phil Gerson, interfaith dialogue coordinator at TBT. It sets the stage for realizing were all connected.
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In a highly innovative study coming out of TAUs Manna Center for Plant Biosciences, its director, plant geneticist and professor Daniel Chamovitz, found that plants can see, smell, touch, and taste, although not the same as humans do, and that we share a large part of their health genetic makeup. Chamovitz discovered that plants, humans, and animals all share the genes that makes us sensitive to light and regulate our circadian rhythm, cell division and immune system. When his team studied fruit flies that had a mutation in these genes, the researchers found that they developed a fruit-fly type of leukemia and that their circadian rhythms were off. The fruit flies exhibited something like jetlag. The same group of proteins that plants use to decide if they are in the light or dark is also used by animals and humans, Chamovitz reported to TAU staff. First, they control the circadian rhythm, the biological clock that helps our bodies keep a 24-hour schedule. Second, they control the cell cycle which means we can learn more about mutations in these genes that lead to cancer. Chamovitzs finding could also lead to the use of plants as subjects for cell research, replacing much of the animal subjects used in research today.
Even though this study was performed on small groups of in-clinic patients, researchers at the Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva experimented with a new blood test using infrared light and less than a teaspoon of the patients blood that proved to be 90 percent successful in detecting several cancers. Dr. Joseph Kapelushnik, the head of
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Few acts in the Old Testament were more likely to get you a severe stoning than having dishonest weights and measures. Shaving a few shekels off your talent was an egregious way to defraud your neighbor. But who can tell a shekel from a talent these days? If you do some quick conversion from these old-time creative works weve uncovered, you can.
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games, with Super Smash Earlier this year, Kurtis Bros. Melee a current favorite. Carsch, 18, became a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel There was a bronze STS), which seeks out and recmedal of a different ognizes pre-college contribusort awaiting Rebecca tions to science by students Hoff, who traveled to Washand their schools. Initially ington, D.C. this spring to he was one of 300 competiaccept an award. It was from tors selected from 1,839, and her employer, the National went on to become one of Oceanic and Atmospheric 40 invited to Washington, Administration (NOAA). D.C. for final judging. Final- Member of An environmental scienists were competing for $1.25 the tribe tist in the Northwest Region million in awards (of which of the Office of Response and everyone got some). Restoration, Rebecca leads the Duwamish While he was born and raised in BelTeam, which was recognized for its work levue and started school at the Jewish Day planning natural restoration areas along that industrial Seattle waterway. These plans are tied into the Lower Duwamish Waterway Superfund Site cleanup. Rebecca and the team worked with Boeing and other businesses to plan naturalized areas along the bank of the Duwamish that will be put in place when the work removing contaminants from the waters and river sediment is finished. We had a cooperative settlement with the Boeing Company, says Rebecca, and also, we are working with a private companyto create [another] restoration bank in the Duwamish area. Most people are familiar with the Superfund law and the EPA, the primary
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School, Kurtiss family moved to Texas about 10 years ago. He graduated from Texas Academy of Math and Science, a high school program at the University of North Texas on the outskirts of Dallas. The family retained its connection to the Pacific Northwest, says his mom, Leslie Mickel Carsch, and they returned to Bellevue. Kurtiss sister, Lillianna, attended Camp Solomon Schechter for many years and the family returned often to visit Leslies parents, Jack and Margrethe Mickel. Oh, and yes, wehave had a subscription tothe JTNewssent toDallas for many years, Leslie added in an email. Kurtis will attend CalTech in the fall, and while classes havent started, hes already there doing research in computational chemistry. Working under Dr. William A. Goddard III and Smith Nielsen in the Materials and Process Simulation Center in the chemistry department at Caltech, Kurtis is researching theoretical fuel cells that use natural gas more efficiently than their commercial counterparts. Hes the youngest person to participate in this research program. In SoCal, Kurtis is enjoying the sunny weather and some sightseeing. In his free time he enjoys weightlifting, hanging out with friends, and multi-player video
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site cleanup agency, says Rebecca. But another part of the law designates agencies to be trustees for natural resources [providing] the option after they do the cleanup to make the environment whole by creating restoration, she said. Our piece is NRDA, Natural Resource Damage Assessment, Rebecca explained,
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For years, decades, generations even, Jewish educators have lamented the loss of Jewish engagement at the elementary level, after the Bar or Bat Mitzvah, and into high school. this year, different organizations and synagogues have come up with different programs for different ages that aim to stand the same old supplementary model on its head, all in the name of making Judaism relevant to a generation far more connected to the world than any that came before it.
The Livnot Project, a new innovative Jewish supplemental high school program, begins its pilot year during the fall of 2012. This project responds to the unique and evolving needs of Generation Z by taking students out of the classroom and teaching them to be leaders in communal institutions. Students build relationships, build invaluable skills and create collective impact while learning the Jewish underpinnings of local justice work and global issues.
Other new prOgrams Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue (profiled in May 2012) Kol haneshamahs Out of the Box
The program is designed to offer a variety of entry points for students to get involved. This flexibility works with students busy schedules, encouraging maximum involvement in order to create a strong sense of community among participants. Service learning takes place weekly, in small groups, Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday evenings, providing relevant opportunities to engage with communal organizations. Each month students will come together at Jewish Family Service on for a Think Tank session to collaborate around issues of leadership and best practices in the field of Jewish learning and social justice. For More Information: info@thelivnotproject.org 206.486.0104
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projects and get to see, firsthand, how and why social service organizations operate. They will also go on extended retreats during the year as well as service-learning trips that will reinforce the experiences theyve been having in the commu-
asked them questions at youth group meetings and events. They were very clear that they wanted high-quality learning, a chance to engage in tikkun olam [repairing the world], and to have a chance to participate in these experiences with their friends. This program is designed to meet all of these needs.
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Event names, locations, and times are provided here for ongoing weekly events. Please visit calendar.jtnews.net for descriptions and contact information. 1 p.m. Kabbalah Class Temple Bnai Torah 5 p.m. The ramchals Derech hashem, Portal from the ari to Modernity Congregation Beth HaAri 6 p.m. avot uBanim Seattle Kollel (BCMH portable) 7 p.m. CSa Monday Night Classes Congregation Shevet Achim 78 p.m. ein yaakov in english Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch 7:458:45 p.m. For Women only Congregation Shaarei Tefilah Lubavitch 810 p.m. Womens israeli Dance Class The Seattle Kollel 8:30 p.m. Talmud, yeshiva-Style Eastside Torah Center
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Have you visited tHe online JewisH community calendar? Find it at calendar.Jtnews.net! For a complete listing of events, or to add your event friday 10 auguSt Saturday 11 auguSt 14 p.m. Krav Maga Womens Self
to the JTNews calendar, visit www.jtnews.net. Calendar events must be submitted no later than 10 days before publication. 5:30 p.m. Get Smores Shabbat
Jennifer Fliss at jfliss@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-0677 or templebnaitorah.org Annual outdoor, camp-style Shabbat dinner and service with sing-a-long, burgers, hot dogs and smores. RSVP to 425-603-9677. $12/adults, $4/ children 613, free/under 5. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 9:30 a.m. hungarian and israeli Shabbat Service
Elise Peizner at elisep@jewishinseattle.org or 425-765-6245 Join visiting Hungarians and TIPS Israelis for Shabbat services. Kiddush luncheon following. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Chris Masaoka at kravmagaetc@hotmail.com or 425-736-6019 or www.kravmagaetc.com Learn rape prevention techniques and tactics, how to spot danger signs, and how to be defensive when no danger signs are given. Seminar is for women only, age 16-plus. Participants under 18 must have a parent present. $100. At Krav Maga Eastside LLC, 13433 NE 20th St., Bellevue.
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Roni Antebi at ronia@sjcc.org or 206-232-7115 or www.sjcc.org Blending Sephardic superstition, magical realism and an Eastern-flavored score, this film about the sibling rivalry and reconciliation is based on a Moroccan Jewish folktale. $8, $6/seniors and youth. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7 p.m. reb elimelech and the Chassidic legacy of Brotherhood
Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org Documentary detailing the rise of the Chassidic movement, Reb Elimelech MLizhensk and the outcome of his doctrine of seeing the good in others. Producer and director Rabbi Hanoch Teller will be in attendance. $10. At The Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
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Saturday, August 11 at 7 p.m. Kate Bornstein author event Returning to her old stomping ground on Capitol Hill, Kate Bornstein will discuss and read from her new book, Queer and Pleasant Danger. Born a man, she served as lieutenant on the flagship vessel in the Church of Scientologys fleet. Now, shes a lesbian playwright, best known for her activism, writing, and witty performances, challenging people to re-examine their assumptions about gender. Her newest book is an account of the wild, weird, and terrible things that happened to her along the way. At Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave., Seattle. For more information, call 206-624-6600.
Tuesday, August 14 at 7 p.m. Jewish art symbology presentation arts lecture The study of Jewish Art since the 1800s has been dedicated to collecting, explaining, and preserving art works without digging too deeply or attempting to decipher the symbols behind them until recently. Many questions are now being asked: Are these symbols recognizable? What is the history behind them? Were these symbols always Jewish? This lecture is about the basics of Hebrew symbols and the Jewish people as artists. Be part of this informative and thought-provoking lecture by Andrea Diaz, an independent Jewish art historian who has worked in this field for five years. At Hillel at the University of Washington, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. For more information, visit on.fb.me/ODDIjT or contact Andrea Diaz at ai.eos@hotmail.com.
The Anti-Defamation League is a leader in ghting prejudice and protecting civil rights for all. Contact us to connect your passion for social justice with your Jewish roots! Email: seattle@adl.org Phone: (206) 448-5349 Website: www.adl.org/pacic-northwest
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Wednesday, August 15 at 8 p.m. Yuvi Zalkow reading and book signing From Portland comes self-described novelist, failed writer, schmo Yuvi Zalkow, debuting his somewhat neurotic first novel, A Brilliant Novel in the Works. Just take a look at his website, yuvizalkow.com, which boasts blog posts with titles like, I am a failed writer, to get a sense of his honesty and humor. Yuvi Zalkow writes like the secret love child of the smartest person you ever met and the weirdo who lives down the block. In A Brilliant Novel in the Works, he mines the territory between hilarity and heartbreak with a voice so original its as if he made the territory up. Cheryl Strayed. At Elliott Bay Book Company, 1521 10th Ave., Seattle. Free and open to the public. For more information call 206-624-6600.
Sunday, August 12 at 2 p.m. SJFF/SJCC Best of Fest: my Lovely sister Film Inspired by Moroccan Jewish folklore, My Lovely Sister captures an Israeli family torn apart by sibling rivalry. Infused with Sephardic superstition, symbolism and magical realism, this beautiful film teaches that reconciliation is always possible, without getting kitschy. Hebrew and Arabic with English subtitles. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. For more information contact Kim Lawson at KLawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823. For tickets, visit www.sjcc.org.
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HomeCare Associates A program of Jewish Family Service 206-861-3193 www.homecareassoc.org Provides personal care, assistance with daily activities, medication reminders, light housekeeping, meal preparation and companionship to older adults living at home or in assisted-living facilities.
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Kline Galland Hospice 206-805-1930 gwen@klinegalland.org www.klinegallandhospice.org Kline Galland Hospice provides individualized care to meet the physical, emotional, spiritual and practical needs of those in the last phases of life. Founded in Jewish values and traditions, hospice reflects a spirit and philosophy of caring that emphasizes comfort and dignity for the dying.
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Brittany Kohl 360-509-7509 brittany.kohl@gmail.com www.bkohlstudio.com Mercer Island private piano lessons. Accompanying and performance. All ages, all stages. Levels from beginner to advanced. To schedule an interview and lesson, phone, e-mail or visit website.
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Michael Spektor, D.D.S. 425-643-3746 info@spektordental.com www.spektordental.com Specializing in periodontics, dental implants, and cosmetic gum therapy. Bellevue
Wendy Shultz Spektor, D.D.S. 425-454-1322 info@spektordental.com www.spektordental.com Emphasis: Cosmetic and Preventive Dentistry Convenient location in Bellevue
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Hyatt Home Care Services Live-in and Hourly Care 206-851-5277 www.hyatthomecare.com Providing adults with personal care, medication reminders, meal preparation, errands, household chores, pet care and companionship.
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Hamrick Investment Counsel, LLC Roy A. Hamrick, CFA 206-441-9911 rahamrick@hamrickinvestment.com www.hamrickinvestment.com Professional portfolio management services for individuals, foundations and nonprofit organizations.
Newman Dierst Hales, PLLC Nolan A. Newman, CPA 206-284-1383 nnewman@ndhaccountants.com www.ndhaccountants.com Tax Accounting Healthcare Consulting
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Toni Calvo Waldbaum, DDS Richard Calvo, DDS 206-246-1424 office@cwdentistry.com Cosmetic & Restorative Dentistry Designing beautiful smiles by Calvo 207 SW 156th St., #4, Seattle
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College Placement Consultants 425-453-1730 preiter@qwest.net www.collegeplacementconsultants.com Pauline B. Reiter, Ph.D. Expert help with undergraduate and graduate college selection, applications and essays. 40 Lake Bellevue, #100, Bellevue 98005
Solomon M. Karmel, Ph.D First Allied Securities 425-454-2285 x 1080 www.hedgingstrategist.com Retirement, stocks, bonds, college, annuities, business 401Ks.
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Eastside Insurance Services Chuck Rubin and Matt Rubin 425-271-3101 F 425-277-3711 4508 NE 4th, Suite #B, Renton Tom Brody, agent 425-646-3932 F 425-646-8750 www.e-z-insurance.com 2227 112th Ave. NE, Bellevue We represent Pemco, Safeco, Hartford & Progressive
Jewish Family Service 206-461-3240 www.jfsseattle.org Comprehensive geriatric care management and support services for seniors and their families. Expertise with in-home assessments, residential placement, family dynamics and on-going case management. Jewish knowledge and sensitivity.
Linda Jacobs & Associates College Placement Services 206-323-8902 linjacobs@aol.com Successfully matching student and school. Seattle.
B. Robert Cohanim, DDS, MS Orthodontics for Adults and Children 206-322-7223 www.smile-works.com Invisalign Premier Provider. On First Hill across from Swedish Hospital.
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Congregation Beth Shalom Cemetery 206-524-0075 info@bethshalomseattle.org This beautiful cemetery is available to the Jewish community and is located just north of Seattle.
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Albert Israel, CFP College Financial Aid Consultant 206-250-1148 albertisrael1@msn.com Learn strategies that can deliver more aid.
Warren J. Libman, D.D.S., M.S.D. 425-453-1308 www.libmandds.com Certified Specialist in Prosthodontics: Restorative Reconstructive Cosmetic Dentistry 14595 Bel Red Rd. #100, Bellevue
The Summit at First Hill 206-652-4444 www.klinegallandcenter.org The only Jewish retirement community in the state of Washington offers transition assessment and planning for individuals looking to downsize or be part of an active community of peers. Multi-disciplinary professionals with depth of experience available for consultation.
Arnold S. Reich, D.M.D. 425-228-6444 www.drareich.com Just off 405 in N. Renton Gentle Care Family Preventive Cosmetic Dentistry
Hills of Eternity Cemetery Owned and operated by Temple De Hirsch Sinai 206-323-8486 Serving the greater Seattle Jewish community. Jewish cemetery open to all pre-need and at-need services. Affordable rates Planning assistance. Queen Anne, Seattle
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Dani Weiss Photography 206-760-3336 www.daniweissphotography.com Photographer Specializing in People. Children, Bnai Mitzvahs, Families, Parties, Promotions & Weddings.
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at the $25 price point, the kitchen needed to get creative. Still, the poached version felt like overkill to me. Theres no reason it couldnt stand on its own as an appetizer. As an aside, David told me hed steal my keyboard if I didnt mention the steakon, the delis non-pig answer to bacon. Stopskys maple cures a beef short rib, smokes it overnight, then serves it fried, either on burgers or as an occasional sandwich special with lettuce and tomato. To be able to have that flavor and not have that Jewish guilt, he said. Though the steakon isnt bacon, keep in mind that it (and the rest of the delis offerings) are not kosher. This new menu is great. No question Julie Varon, who handles marketing for Island Crust, said Benjamin was just was ready and willing to go with the idea. But why stop at just donating a percentage of the proceeds, when they could have a party, too? So, on August 15 from 6 to 8 p.m., for every Hadassah salad ordered, customers will receive a complimentary brownie sundae, healthy eating be damned.
The Hadassah salad consists of small, crisped-to-perfection falafel balls poised around a scoop of humus, tahini and a dollop of schug a spicy Israeli dip on a bed of lettuce. The salad comes with triangles of fluffy pita bread which, I must say, is the closest to Israeli falafel joint pita as Ive found in this region. The falafel, too,
Its a multi-year business school track focusing on business and personal fiscal responsibility, entrepreneurship, and Jewish ethics. Students can earn math credits, intern with local tech startups, and invest mock funds that will mature into actual funds for Jewish programs and Israel trips. In the long term, Hoffman hopes B.E.T. will become its own accrediting agency with tracks for non-Jewish youth as well. But most important, in the wake of financial scandals like Bernie Madoffs Ponzi scheme, he said, We really need to put things in perspective. The separation from Hebrew High occurred because when Federation leadership decided to overhaul its allocations
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lives of the owners, Naar said. Lynne Winters, director of the American Sephardi Federation, says it is remarkable that Naar has gained so many original documents. When you can touch something that someones hands touched however many years ago, whether it is 20, 25 or 100 years ago, theres something unique about that than just seeing it in a book, she said. You are touching history and making a physical connection with someone whos passed. Naar hopes to use his effort as a pilot program to be replicated with Sephardi communities elsewhere in the United States. Ladino source materials, although in smaller amounts to begin with, are not easily accessible and theres been no project until now to make Ladino materi-
als widely accessible over the Internet, he said. Unlike Yiddish documents, which have been catalogued through the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York and other archives, Ladino documents have no such home. I have a few Ladino books and they are in pretty rough condition, and there are not going to be any more coming out, said Randall Belinfante, librarian and archivist at the National Sephardic Library. People are writing about Ladino culture, but they are not writing Ladino materials. Lyudmila Sholokhova, the head librarian at the YIVO Institute, says there is no clear estimate of how many Ladino books still exist. However, there are an estimated 600 Ladino works at Yeshiva University, 200 more at YIVO, 200 at the Library of Congress and about 170 at the National Sephardic Library.
Digitization will bring huge possibilities for people to get access to their heritage and also huge possibilities for libraries around the world to collaborate because at the moment, we dont have a clear idea of what other libraries have, Sholokhova said. There is a level of interest in preserving the language. Ladino Komunita, an online Ladino forum started by Rachel Bortnick in 1999, tries to unite the Ladino-speaking community. The forum now has 1,400 people from more than 42 countries. The language was the rope that tied our culture together, Sholokhova said. Without the language and without the communities that spoke the language, all we can do is to pick up the pieces and rescue them from oblivion the food, the sayings, the customs related to our Jewishness in the Sephardic form. Azose is hoping Naars effort will have an impact not just on scholars but on this process, an unfortunate side effect that doctors would very much like to eliminate. Prof. Daniel Wreschner of TAUs Department of Cell Research and Immunology is developing new antibodies that attach to a protein in the cancer cell called MUC1, killing off only the cancer cells. The other significant benefit of targeting the MUC1 protein is that MUC1 is found in many more cancers, possibly giving many more patients an alternative treatment to a wider array of cancers.
Longtime JTNews correspondent and freelance journalist Janis Siegel has covered international health research for SELF magazine and campaigns for Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
todays descendants of Ladino speakers. I think the younger generation will take more of an interest than the current generation, he said. They will want to know more about their history and where they came from, and their parents may not be able to answer those questions for them but this will.
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The Ahmadiyya communitys hallmarks are interfaith dialogue and community outreach. The Ahmadiyyas also emphasize helping the homeless, volunteer work and packaging food for needy families. I thought this was a neat idea to bring together groups that often dont get along, said Rebecca Leavitt, a participant from TBT. Moreover, Leavitt said she wasnt surprised by this events subject matter. This is a really open community and this is in line with everything we believe. I learned a lot about Islam I didnt know, she said. We have a greater understanding that we are all here for the same reason.
Sorokas Pediatric Meta-oncology Department, is leading the research. We should be able to detect the cancer before it had a chance to metastasize, Kapelushnik told JewishPress.com. This can mean fewer treatments, less suffering and many more lives saved.
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For patients undergoing chemotherapy, doctors use drugs like Herceptin for breast cancer and Erbitux for colorectal and head and neck cancers. They use proteins produced by the immune system to fight infection, called antibodies, that attach to cancer cells and kill them. However, many healthy cells are also killed in
adding, Its hard to explain this without a lot of acronyms! And NOAA doesnt work alone on the Duwamish, she points out. The agency part of the Department of Commerce, in case you didnt know works with the state, the Department of the Interior and the Suquamish and the Muckleshoot tribes. Representatives from each organization work as a council, and Rebecca is lead trustee for the council. Hailing from Oakland, Calif., Rebecca got her undergraduate degree in environmental science from UC Santa Cruz where, she says, I was interested in marine science as an undergraduate. She spent two years in the Peace Corps working on a fisheries project in Sierra Leone. I wrote my grad school application on the porch of this mud house I was living in, she says, with goats running around. She got into the fisheries program at the UW and began working for NOAA part time while still in school in the late 1980s. The restoration part is whats satisfying for all of us, she says of the Duwamish project. If you go to the Duwamish, its a very busy place [with] lots of heavy industry, she says. The vision is not to go back to a pristine river Its still going to be a shipping river, [but] we feel it also can support healthy fisheries.
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