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Where she stands: Washington’s newest
congresswoman on Israel
Tim Klass JTNews Correspondent
The newest member of Washington State’s
congressional delegation professes strong sup-
port for U.S. aid to Israel, but is undecided
about two-state-solution funding for the Pal-
estinians.
In an interview with JTNews, Rep. Jaime
Herrera Beutler (R–3rd District), also said
she believes her views are common among
the 87 Republican House freshmen despite
their nearly unanimous demands for big-time
budget cutting and strong skepticism of for-
eign aid.
“We’ve heard strong support for Israel,”
Herrera Beutler said.
“When I think about foreign aid to Israel,
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I think about long-term relationships,” she
said. “I think it’s in our interests to retain
that relationship…. I think there’s a lot of
that same kind of feeling within my fresh-
man class.”
Herrera Beutler, 32, photogenic and well-
spoken, was a Bush White House intern and
served three years in the state House before
winning an open seat last fall that had been
held for six terms by Democratic Rep. Brian
Baird.
One of the youngest members of Con-
gress, she delivered the GOP weekly address
on March 19, focusing on what Republicans
consider regulatory barriers to job creation
Steve Bloom/The Olympian
and gaining national exposure that is rare for
a new arrival in the House. The Washington
Post lists her as one of 10 House newcomers
— eight Republicans and two Democrats —
to watch in the 112th Congress.
Rainer Waldman Adkins, co-chair of the
Seattle chapter of the pro-Israel peace orga-
nization J Street, said he asked Herrera Beut-
ler during a lobbying trip to Washington,
D.C. last month to support foreign aid gener-
ally, and funds for both Israel and the Pales-
tinian Authority in particular, as essential to
achieving a two-state solution and peace in the
Middle East.
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the rabbi’s turn opinion

The act of remembering —
and giving
Rabbi Rick Harkavy Congregation Bet Chaverim
“My father was a wandering
Aramean….”
It is with these words that our Pass-
over Haggadah reminds us each year of
the wanderings of our people throughout
the ages. As we read the familiar passages,
sing the well-known melodies and eat the
traditional Pesach foods, we recall the tale
of our people’s passage from slavery and
exile into freedom in the land of Israel. We
feel connected, linked to past generations,
as if indeed this was our own personal
story. We were there in Egypt; we crossed
the Sea of Reeds; we sang the songs of vic-
tory with Miriam; we stood at Mt. Sinai
and received the Torah from God.
And we remember what it was like to
be slaves, to be the oppressed. “In every
generation, we are commanded to see our-
selves as if we came forth from Egypt.”
Empathy, one of the highest values in
our Jewish tradition, demands that we do
not separate ourselves from those around
us whose lot in life is less pleasant than our
own. To be a Jew means identifying with
the downtrodden and persecuted.
During this time of year, our festival of
Pesach reminds us of this obligation. We
think of others and try to feel what they
might feel. We look outward at our world,
at the hungry, the homeless, the sick and the
needy, and we reach out a helping hand.
Near the beginning of our seder, there
is an ancient reading that some Jews
recite in Aramaic as well as in the ver-
nacular. This prayer declares: “Let all who
are hungry come and eat.” In our world,
especially during these difficult economic
times, it is incumbent upon us to remem-
ber this reading.
So what can we do to help the needy
within our community? It is no longer
enough to invite the hungry to come in.
Often the hungry do not live in our neigh-
borhoods. So what should we do? Some-
time between now and Pesach, bring cans
and packages of chametz to Bet Chaverim
and place them in the receptacle near the
front door. This food will be distributed to
the poor and hungry in our area.
Doing this is very simple. It is also very
Jewish.
May God bless you and your loved ones
with a sweet and meaningful Pesach.
A gentile critic of the new
anti-Semitism
Edward Alexander Special to JTNews
Jews often have occasion to lament the
truth of the biblical text that says that our
enemies will arise from among us: Many of
Israel’s fiercest enemies today are themselves
Jews. But we also (sometimes) have occasion
to rejoice that some of Israel’s staunchest
and most articulate friends are gentiles. One
such righteous stranger is England’s Pro-
fessor Bernard Harrison, who will lecture
at the University of Washington on April 7
on “Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism, and the
Intellectuals.” He will come to Seattle from
Indiana University, where he is to give the
keynote address at an international confer-
ence on “Resurgent Anti-Semitism.”
Resurgent anti-Semitism is
by now the subject of numer-
ous books (and hundreds of
articles). Their shared conclu-
sions, set forth from a vari-
ety of perspectives, is that the
physical violence of the new
Jew hatred is largely the work
of young Muslims. But the ide-
ological violence is the work
primarily of leftists, self-identified anti-rac-
ists, humanitarians, and liberals (including
Jewish ones).
If
you
go: Bernard Harrison will
speak on Thurs., April 7
at 3:30 p.m. at Savery Hall 260,
University of Washington, Seattle.
Among the many left-liberal canards,
slanders, slogans, and clichés that Harri-
son dismembers in his book are the fol-
lowing: “Israel is a colonialist state”; “Israel
is a Nazi state, and the Jews who support
it are as guilty as Nazi collaborators were”;
“anybody who criticizes Israel is called an
anti-Semite”; “Jews do not express grief
over their dead except for political or
financial ends”; and on and on
ad nauseam.
Some will say that, in
response to these vicious or
insane allegations, the best
response is: “Why did you
kill your grandmother?” i.e.,
to merely go on the defen-
sive is already to concede
defeat. Harrison thinks oth-
erwise, and those who do wish to engage
the current enemies of the Jews and Israel
would do well to attend carefully to what

letters to the editor Harrison’s book, The Resurgence of

Anti-Semitism: Jews, Israel, and Liberal
Opinion (2006), brought to its subject a
Inflammatory words new authorial identity, a different academic
While Josh Basson has made another case for Israel to push aggressively for negotiations background, a distinctive and exhilarat-
with Palestinians (“Obstacles to peace,” Letters, March 25), he’s also continuing a remark- ing voice. It was the first in English about
able vilification and hate campaign about them. contemporary anti-Semitism (mainly of
It’s of inflammatory words: “Savage killers” brings to mind European-British descriptions the British sort) by a gentile. According to
of “savage” black Africans; and our homegrown campaign of gross and ugly stereotyping Harrison, his gentile identity not only con-
(and eradication) in “taming the West” of “the noble savages” of the plains. tradicted a major premise of the new anti-
There is “horrific slaughter;” “what sort of human being deliberately butchers a human Semitism, i.e., that only Jews support Israel,
baby;” and “unspeakable evil.” but also made him privy to the expressions
Is it any wonder a sizeable and vocal number of American Jews are fiercely opposed to of anti-Semitic prejudice, political and
a Palestinian state? Indeed, Jewish Israelis are more supportive of relinquishing the West social, by apparently respectable academic
Bank than American Jews. people, “when Jews are absent.”
Basson continues with linguistic fury: “Murder;” “point-blank range;” of students “gunned Harrison is a scholar trained in “habit-
down;” and “the civilized mind struggling to make sense of such savagery.” He writes of Jews ual skepticism, bitterly close reading, and
being described by the P.A. as “vermin,” “enemies to be destroyed” and “infidels.” aggressive contentiousness contributed
In June 2006 I was in a cab in Jerusalem; the Jewish cabbie called the Arabs “animals.” by forty years in the amiable sharkpool of
Didn’t the Nazis claim Jews, Romany and Sinti were “sub-human”? Is there any difference analytic philosophy.” His book mercilessly
between the hate propaganda Mr. Basson detests and his own derision and contempt for dissects anti-Israel invective and smug
Palestinians? cliché coming from the New Statesman,
And what of the 750,000 Palestinians displaced in 1948? Will Mr. Basson speak out force- Guardian, BBC, and other British bastions
fully about their languishing in — what we euphemistically sanitize-by-name as — “refugee of anti-Jewish sentiment. He devotes all of
camps” for a mere 63 years? chapter two, for example, to a single infa-
What of Palestinian children and infants “killed” by missiles targeting Hamas? Are their mous issue of the New Statesman of Janu-
deaths less “savage,” “toxic,” “hateful” or “violent” from an F-16 jet rather than a knife or ary 2002. Its cover showed a tiny Union
handgun? Jack, placed horizontally, being pierced
The settlers’ movement and their militants who wantonly murder Palestinians and destroy by the sharp apex of a large Star of David,
orchards and olive trees are the best friends Hamas and Al-Aqsa Martyrs can hope for. And made of gold; below, in large black let-
the Palestinians who “savagely” murder Israelis are the best friends the settlers movement ters, was the question: “A Kosher Con-
can dream of. spiracy?” A cover right out of Der Sturmer;
So is it any wonder right-wing Israeli and settlers are enraged and infuriated over the and the articles that accompanied it had at
West Bank Palestinian non-violent and civil disobedient oriented economic boycott of settler- first suggested to Harrison that he should
made goods as they are about terror attacks? title his analysis of them “In the Foot-
Akiva Segan steps of Dr. Goebbels.” He later decided
Seattle that would be “inadequate to the gravity
of the case.”
he says. Take, for example, the way in
which he draws out the implications of
the Israeli-Nazi equation, without which
many of Israel’s defamers would be ren-
dered nearly speechless. The first is that to
demonize Israel or Zionism is to demon-
ize the Jews as well. The second is that
“To attach the label ‘Nazi’ to Israel, or to
couple the Star of David with the swastika
is…not just to express opposition…to the
policies of one or another Israeli govern-
ment. It is to defame Israel by association
with the most powerful symbol of evil, of
that which must be utterly rejected and
uprooted from the face of the earth.”
Harrison also wrote a stunning little
booklet for the American Jewish Com-
mittee called “Israel, Anti-Semitism, and
Free Speech” (2007) in which he rebuts
the accusation (made by such world-class
haters of Israel as George Soros, the late
Tony Judt, and the Walt-Mearsheimer
duo) that anybody who takes issue with
attacks on Israel as the devil’s own experi-
ment station, or the epitome of apartheid,
or the true inheritor of Nazism, is trying to
“stifle” all criticism of the Jewish State, to
shut down debate, to stifle free speech.
Harrison confesses to a personal
motive in his written combat with “pro-
gressive” anti-Semitism: “As a gentile with
some interest in Jewish religion, history,
and culture, and some…understanding
of the importance of the Jewish contribu-
tion to Western civilization, I have been
encountering this sort of thing…for sixty
years..and I find it wearisome and con-
temptible in the extreme.”
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In memory of our Queen Esther:

Althea Diesenhaus Stroum, 1922-2011
Martin Jaffee JTNews Columnist
The upcoming Stroum Lec-
tures in Jewish Studies, this
year featuring the renowned
historian of American Jewry,
Jonathan Sarna, will be missing
something vital. This will be
the first year — in over 30 years
of lectures — that the lectures’
principal founding visionar-
ies and financial benefactors —
Sam and Althea Stroum — will
not be among the living.
Sam, of course, was taken from us by
cancer a decade ago. And this past March
14, after a period of ill health, Althea,
too passed into the “World of Truth.”
Together, Sam and Althea built a scaf-
folding of communal philanthropy that
touched the lives of virtually every Seattle-
ite in one way or another.
The mark they made on the Univer-
sity of Washington alone would inscribe
their names in Seattle’s communal Book
of Life. But in the smaller world of Jewish
Seattle, there is no evading the pervasive
influence of Sam and Althea Stroum.
Who among us, in search of meaning-
ful Jewish fellowship, has not enjoyed the
facilities, the broad program-
ming, and the sociability
afforded by the “J”? By now
a generation of Seattle Jewry
has followed the course of
contemporary Jewish schol-
arship as documented in the
Stroum Lecture series, one
of the nation’s most presti-
gious Jewish Studies lecture-
ships. And, for over a quarter
view century, Jewish and non-Jew-
ish undergraduates at the “U”
have been guided in the fields
of academic Jewish learning by
the remarkably committed and creative
faculty of what was recently named the
Samuel and Althea Stroum Jewish Stud-
ies Program.
It was a bad enough blow to lose Sam.
But we all thought Althea would some-
how be immune from time. Wasn’t she
right there every spring for the Stroum
Lectures, always resplendently turned
out, the closest thing to a Jewish queen we
Seattleites have ever known? For those of
us connected to the Jewish Studies pro-
gram, the loss is particularly acute.
Some of us knew Althea well; others,
like myself, were too intimidated by “roy-
alty” to mumble more than an annual
greeting at a lecture: “Mmm. Hi, Althea.
Nice to see you!” And, of course, my role
as Stroum Professor has for years included
the happy task of submitting to Althea an
annual report about how I’m spending
her cash.
Other than that, I didn’t think that I
mattered much to Althea. Why should I?
That’s why I was shocked one morning last
autumn when my office phone rang. The
voice at the other end said, “Hi, Marty. I
just wanted you to know that I’m reading
your book on Jewish radar! It really gives
me a chuckle!”
“Thanks,” I replied. “But who’s this?”
After a loud laugh from the other end,
I was informed: “Why, it’s Althea! Didn’t
you recognize my voice after all these
years?”
After I got my bearings, and over-
came my embarrassment, we had a
chatty little conversation that ended
with resolutions to “keep in better
touch.” I was, naturally, astonished.
How could it happen that my little book
was even a blip on the screen of one of
Jewish America’s premier philanthropic
personages? How had I not known how
down-to-earth and friendly The Queen
was? How much had I missed out on
by being shy and tongue-tied before a
woman whose majestic bearing was out-
shone only by her simplicity?
But I guess that was what Althea
Stroum was all about: A Queen Esther
who never forgot her people and never lost
touch with her roots. She and Sam lived
large and small; large in their influence,
small in affect and pretense. All of us will
miss her dearly.
As for my colleagues and me in the
Stroum Jewish Studies Program, the open-
ing night of this year’s Stroum Lectures
will be particularly bittersweet. Last year,
who could have imagined that our cele-
bration of her philanthropy at the open-
ing ceremony would be our last chance to
publicly offer our thanks?
Well, this year, in Professor Sarna, we
have a truly great speaker. Let’s have a
turnout that truly reflects our gratitude
for the great lady who made it possible for
him to address us!

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By Isaac Azose
How many students does it take to light a Shabbat candle? 6
UW Jewish organizations combine forces to create one big unity Shabbat dinner this Friday night.
El kuento de kaza no uydea al charshi
The amount of expenses you plan at home never equal that of the marketplace. Angel in Seattle 7
Moral: If a person plans to spend a limited amount of dollars when he goes shopping, Rabbi Mark Angel called for unity and compassion among Jewish denominations at a Shabbaton last
he invariably sees some extra things he needs, so he spends a lot more than he originally weekend at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth.
planned.
Oaky and floral, with a gefilte finish 12
JTNews editors, Royal Wine Corp. and friends sample this year’s kosher-for-Passover wine selection.

Need a place for Pesach? 10

Central District Art Plan seeks Jewish community input
Given Seattle’s Jewish history in the Central District, organizers for a neighbor-
hood art plan hope to include synagogues and Jewish community members to a Dept.
of Neighborhoods-sponsored workshop to move the plan forward. Meetings will take
place on Thurs., April 28 from 6:30–8:30 p.m. and Sat., May 21 from 3–5 p.m. at the
Central Area Senior Center, 500 30th Ave. South.
Visit www.artproject.centraldistrictseattle.org for more information.
JTNews’ annual listing of Passover seders has arrived. If you need a place to go, surely you’ll find it here!
Of cakes and miracles 17
New Jewish books bring heroes, holidays, even yoga to children.
A voice of Israel’s history goes silent 23
Netiva Ben Yehuda, a fighter in Israel’s war of independence and in later years a radio talk show host, had
an effect on one Seattle listener.

MORE
M.O.T.: Challah for heroes 8
Community Calendar 9

Remember when
The Arts 18
Lifecycles 23
The Shouk Classifieds 21
From the Jewish Transcript, March
22, 1991.
Former Seattleite Rabbi Marc Angel
makes his first visit to Seattle follow-
ing his installation as the first Sephardic
rabbi of the Rabbinical Council of Amer-
ica. He spoke at several local venues
before returning to his congregation in
New York. Rabbi Angel, incidentally, was
in Seattle again last weekend as Congre-
gation Ezra Bessaroth’s scholar in resi-
Look for
dence. See page 7 for the story.
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UW’s Unity Shabbat to find common ground among Jewish students
Emily K. Alhadeff Assistant Editor, JTNews
This Shabbat, the Chabad at the Uni-
versity of Washington is going where no
other Shabbat has gone before — at least
in recent memory. The destination isn’t
physical, but rather spiritual, bringing all
of the university’s Jewish groups together
for one Shabbat dinner extravaganza.
“It’s a program that’s done on a lot
of other campuses,” said Chaya Estrin,
rebbetzin at Chabad of UW. Campuses
around the country have “from 100
students to 1,000 students celebrating
Shabbat together.” Organizers expect
a turnout of about 200 to this dinner,
which will take place in Mary Gates Hall.
Partial funding for the event comes from
a grant from the Jewish Federation of
Greater Seattle’s Small and Simple Ini-
tiatives fund.
Shabbat for a Lot, also called Unity
Shabbat, is an attempt to bring the
diverse population of Jewish students on
campus together.
“One element is just to give a taste of
what Shabbat is,” Estrin said. The other
is to show that “we’re more united than
we’re different.”
Much of that unity comes from a rela-
tively small Jewish presence on campus.
“UW Jewish students feel like a
minority. It will be very powerful to
them,” she said. “The Jewish community
is vibrant. It is strong.”
But getting them together is harder
than it sounds. Estrin explained that
students sometimes feel loyalties to par-
ticular organizations. With the Jewish
community growing and strengthening
on campus, Estrin feels that the time is
ripe to promote unity among factions.
Greek organizations AEPi, AEPhi,
and ZBT, as well as Jewish sisterhood
Banot, American Students for Israel,
Hillel, the Seattle Kollel’s Jewish Student
Experience, Huskies for Israel and Israel
Forever are sponsoring the dinner along
with Chabad.
Groups are asked to leave their agen-
das at the door, and instead of students
encouraging one another to join each
other’s organizations and causes, each
participant will take home a booklet with
group descriptions, Shabbat songs and
blessings. Estrin described it as the cre-
ation of a sort of Jewish UW directory.
“We’re asking people to be respect-
ful,” said Estrin.
Jaclyn Rubinchik, a junior, is involved
with Chabad and Huskies for Israel and is
helping to organize the dinner. She says
that given the diversity of Jewish groups
on campus, at first they didn’t know how
the program was going to shape itself.
“It’s going to be Hillel and Chabad
and fraternities and sororities,” she mar-
veled. “What does a Shabbat that has all
of these groups together look like?”
“To have 200 students singing
‘Shalom Aleichem’ together — this will
be really amazing,” Estrin said.
Estrin estimates that 60 to 70 stu-
dents observe Shabbat on a regular basis,
meaning more than half the attendees
on Friday night will not be Shabbat-
observant.
But the Estrins’ goal is not, at least
outwardly, to encourage the students to
be more observant.
“Our goal is to introduce people to
Judaism, and let them take their journey
where they’re going to go,” she said. “We
just try to be there for people and give
them a positive Jewish experience.”
To that end, students have the
option to go to one of five different ser-
vice options: Orthodox, Conservative,
Reform, meditative, or a “why I’m not
If
you
go: Shabbat for a Lot
takes place Fri., April 1,
from 6-11 p.m. at Mary Gates Hall,
UW campus, Seattle. To RSVP,
contact Sara Engesser at sara@
hilleluw.org.
in services” discussion. “I think it’s good
for students to connect and find their
place,” Estrin said.
The evening will commence with
candle lighting at 6 p.m., followed by
an hour of “shmoozing and food” and
then services. After services, students are
invited to a traditional dinner, much of
which Estrin and 10 to 12 volunteers will
be preparing themselves. Estrin, who reg-
ularly cooks for a crowd of 40 to 60 Shab-
bat guests, does not appear daunted by the
task. Following dinner, participants can
snack, play board games, and hang out.
Students are excited for the dinner
and its unity potential.
“I’m a junior, In all the years I’ve
been here there’s never been an...event
like this,” Rubinchik said. “I’m really
excited it’s actually happening.”
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Making us whole: How we must find

the charm and grace in each other The Washington State
Jewish Historical Society
Janis Siegel JTNews Correspondent
As anti-Semitism resurges around the
world, and Jews, once again, top the FBI’s

celebrates a year in food.

most recent list of religious hate-crime
victims in the U.S. by a whopping 71.9
percent, what many people may find sur-
prising is that the most threatening enemy
to world Jewry today might just be Jews
themselves.
The intolerance and hatred between
religious and nonreligious Jews divided by
We’re hosting half a dozen scrumptious,
differing ideologies, as well as the overall inspiring events celebrating food and
failure of non-Orthodox Jews to give the
next generation a solid Jewish education, community, all leading up to our cookbook
might both deliver the most fatal blows of
all to the survival of the Jewish people. launch extravaganza on November 6.
So said Rabbi Marc Angel, the Seattle-
Janis Siegel
born-and-raised Sephardic rabbi emeritus
Former Seattleite Rabbi Marc Angel, who was
of New York City’s Congregation Shearith
Congregation Ezra Bessaroth’s scholar-in-
Israel, and Sephardic Congregation Ezra
Bessaroth’s scholar-in-residence last
residence in late March. CWhedanellsdaay,hApril 27 at 2:00 p.m.
weekend. He told an audience of 85 com- “It’s sort of a hotbed in the Ameri-
rs /$ 10
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munity members on March 24 that Jews can Jewish world and people are really $8 membe r Gilah will teach
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etenik and daughte Congregation Beth Shalom
across the spectrum of belief need to see being divisive,” longtime Ezra Bessar- 1. Rivy Poupko Kl ke, knead,
allah and how to ma $40 members/$55 nonmembers
oth member Sal Cohen told JTNews. “I us the story of ch
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separate, braid, ba
to stem the tide of alienation and, in many just can’t get over how Jews have gotten 2. Recipes included
. 1. Mark Solomon, instructor and home cheesemaker, will
cases, downright contempt. so angry at each other. That’s just not my teach us how to make easy soft kosher cheeses at
home, including fresh mozzarella, cream cheese,
“We should realize that we’re all in it approach to anything I do and I think a lot
together,” Angel told the crowd in his talk, of people, including myself, are really anx- AWednesday,
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using their financial resources to afford
private religious schools for their chil-
dren, maintain ritual bath centers known
as mikvot, and observe the Sabbath, liberal
Jews view themselves as more humanitar-
ian, with an externally focused worldview
that cares about all people, not just Jews.
“We should be liberal and democratic,”
said Angel, “but we shouldn’t be suicidal.
The Orthodox have something important
we’re doing right that they can learn from
us, and we need to be compassionate and
inclusive, but at the same time, we need to
have a borderline.”
Although Angel didn’t offer any evi-
dence in support of his claim to the current
rise in animosity between Jewish denomi-
nations, both members and nonmembers
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selves, and they appreciate the discussion.
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Challah fights hunger • Also: PNB dancer concludes his season in Seattle
Diana Brement JTNews Columnist

1
Just a few months into her first year
at Whitman College,
Talia Rudee started a
chapter of Challah for Hunger.
Every Friday afternoon you
can find her and another vol-
unteer selling fresh-baked
challah at Reid Hall — chal-
lah that volunteers have made
over the previous two days.
She was inspired by Chal-
lah for Hunger chapters she’d
seen when visiting the Clare-
mont Colleges in previous years. Scripps
and Pomona — where her brother, Alex,
goes — have chapters.
Even before the club got official
Courtesy Talia Rudee
Talia Rudee, who started the Challah for Hunger
chapter at Whitman College in Walla Walla.
approval, “we started baking,” she says.
She purchased the ingredients
and asked a group of friends
to assist.
“I got people who were very
committed…so I would have a
lot of help,” she says.
Most of the volunteers are
not Jewish, but Talia sensed
correctly that the type of
advocacy work supported by
the organization would appeal
tribe to Whitman students.
Baking starts on Wednes-
day, with three to five people
making dough at Glover Alston Center, a
house owned by the college.
“On Thursday we have a team of people
that braid it and stuff it” with flavors includ-
ing cinnamon and chocolate chips before
baking the finished loaves. On Friday,
another group bags the challah before the
selling starts. The 50 to 60 loaves net about
$250, which covers the cost of supplies and
a percentage of which is donated to a local
charity, in this case Helpline, a Walla Walla
homeless aid group.
The Garfield High graduate had never
baked bread before this.
“We’re still learning,” she says. “Every
week our challah gets better.”
Angela Sterling
Pacific Northwest Ballet Corps de Ballet dancer
Barry Kerollis (center) with company dancers in
Christopher Wheeldon’s Carousel (A Dance).
The daughter of Don Rudee and Gail
Benezra Rudee, Talia grew up at Temple
Beth Am in Seattle and is used to an active
Jewish life, something that is limited at the
small southwestern Washington school.
“There are a lot of Jewish people” on
campus, she says, but for most, Jewish
observance is something they practice
“with their families at home.”
A small group meets to say Shab-
bat blessings on Friday evenings and the
campus Hillel has about 120 people on its
listserve.
Talia is active in her sorority, plays
in the school jazz band, and races on the
cycling team. She plans to be active in Chal-
lah for Hunger for her entire college career.
Visit www.challahforhunger.org.
native about how his formal Jewish edu-
cation ended at 13. Classes at the Chester
Valley Dance Academy and performance
dominated his free time. He has stud-
ied all forms of dance including jazz, tap,
modern and Irish step.
Although he first started dance les-
sons at age 2, at 5 he turned to piano
and Tae Kwon Do. As luck would have
it, the dance studio next door to his dojo
borrowed four boys to play soldiers in
their annual Nutcracker. That became
an annual tradition and, “slowly…I fell
in love with dance,” he says.
Barry leaves PNB at the end of his
seventh season, having “reached a point
where I need to expand,” he says. “Dance
is such a short career that if you feel
slightly stagnant you need to make a
change.”
He’s auditioned for other companies,
but if he doesn’t get a position he and his
partner plan to move to New York where
he’ll pursue choreography, “something I
am pretty passionate about,” and other
dance opportunities. He’s even open to
some Broadway show work.
While he’s choreographed for
advanced students at PNB’s school the
past few years, his public choreography
debut was in last fall’s Men In Dance
showcase, with a piece called Cypher.
Barry augments a schedule packed
with classes and rehearsals with a little
hot yoga and flute practice when he can.
He occasionally still plays the piano and
clarinet. Travel is high on his list of fun
activities. He went to Israel last summer
on a Birthright trip, and Japan, too.

2
Toward the end of each season of
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s iconic
Nutcracker, the company turns one
performance into a silly-fest.
“We do a Nutty Nutcracker,” con-
firmed a member of the corps, Barry Ker-
ollis, who also confirmed that in one show
he wore a kippah.
“I was dancing all the time,” explains
the 27-year-old Downingtown, Penn.,
He’ll wrap up the season appearing
in Giselle in early June and in the season
“Encore” show on June 12 (www.pnb.
org). You can watch Barry on YouTube
on either the PNB or his own channel
at www.youtube.com/user/BKerollis ,
where you’ll find his new piece, It Gets
Better, which he created in honor of the
gay rights project of the same name.

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Candlelighting times
April 1...............................7:20 p.m.
April 8.............................. 7:30 p.m.
Mrs. Giti Fredman at gitifredman@
April 15............................ 7:40 p.m.
Matt Korch at MattK@sjcc.org
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Friday 1 April
Cheryl Puterman at development@
2 p.m. — Portland/Seattle Shabbat Shebang
Ari Hoffman at ncsynewsletter@
seattlencsy.com or 206-295-5888
Chef Michael at michaelr@summitatfirsthill.
or www.seattlencsy.com
A joint event between the Portland and Seattle NCSY
Beverly Blum at peterbev.blum@gmail.com
chapters. Catch up with friends and make new ones
between the big Seattle Shabbaton and Spring
Shellie Oakley at info@betalef.org or
Regional. Sign up for Portland location.
Saturday 2 April
7:30–10 p.m. — Vagabond Opera
Rabbi James Mirel at rabbi@
templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or
www.templebnaitorah.org
Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg at rabbikinberg@
TBT welcomes Vagabond Opera, a renowned Jewish
cabaret described as vintage Americana, Balkan
belly dance, neo-classical opera and old-world
Yiddish theater. Free and open to all. At Temple B’nai
Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
Emily Harris-Shears at eharris@jfsseattle.
Emily Harris-Shears at familylife@
Sunday 3 April
Join a Habitat for Humanity crew
Sheryl Kipnis at cbshforh@gmail.com or
206-524-0075 or http://jew.sh/8MV3
Members of Congregation Beth Shalom join a Habitat
Josh Basson at jrbasson@hotmail.com or
for Humanity building crew at Rainier Vista Housing.
Participants must be 16 or older. At Congregation
Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
Yom Hashoah
With My Own Eyes
Sneak peak of new Holocaust Center film
and dialogue with Holocaust survivors
Holocaust Remembrance Day
A Community Event
Sunday, May 1, 2011 | 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Stroum Jewish Community Center
3801 East Mercer Way, Mercer Island
Free and open to the Public
Performance by the Seattle Jewish Chorale
Kaddish by Rabbi James Mirel
Also sponsored by the Holocaust Center: Yom Hashoah
program at Hillel, University of Washington
May 1st from 4:30-6:00 pm.
Monday 4 April
9:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. — SJCC Spring Break
Camp
Savery Hall 260, Seattle.
or 206-388-0830 or http://jew.sh/QAnK
Spring break camp at the J, April 4-8. $55/day. At the
Stroum SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Chocolate.” In Bellevue — call for location.
Tuesday 5 April
7:45–11 p.m. — Bistro Night at The Summit
A three-day weekend for guys only. Great food, sports,
org or 206-652-4444, ext.105
The second monthly bistro night, open to the
community. Special prix fixe, five-course kosher
menu by Chef Michael Rogozinski at the Summit at
The Jewish Genealogical Society presents
First Hill. Reservations required. Cash or check only.
$30 per person. At The Summit at First Hill, 1200
University St., Seattle.
Wednesday 6 April
7–9 p.m. — Israel Matters Series
Ave. W, Seattle.
templebnaitorah.org
David Brumer, executive committee member of the
American Jewish Committee’s Seattle chapter, speaks
on the Goldstone Report and the Gaza Flotilla. Program
followed by reception. $5 suggested donation. At
Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
Thursday 7 April
3:30 p.m. — Anti-Zionism, Anti-Semitism,
and the Intellectuals
families with kids of all ages welcome to join the
206-543-0138
Professor Bernard Harrison, a specialist in analytic
philosophy and a critic of the “new” anti-Semitism,
206-774-2201
info@wsherc.org
www.wsherc.org
will speak. Harrison is professor emeritus of 7–9 p.m. — Lunar Latte’s Women’s Rosh
Philosophy at the University of Sussex (U. K.) and Chodesh Gathering
University of Utah. At University of Washington,
seattlekollel.org or 206-852-6418 or
seattlekollel.org
Friday 8 April All Jewish women are invited to celebrate Rosh
12 p.m. — Men’s Camp Chodesh Nisan. This month’s title is “Cheeky
campschechter.org or 206-447-1967
or www.campschechter.org Monday 11 April
7:30 p.m. —Jews, Genetics, and the DNA
fishing, poker, challenge course, networking and more. Shoah Project
$200. At Camp Solomon Schechter, Olympia.
7:30–9 p.m. — Nishmat Shabbat or www.jgsws.org
206-577-2391 or www.betalef.org/shabbat. University of Arizona Genetics Core laboratory
html#nishmat scientist Matthew Kaplan. Kaplan will present
Bet Alef teachers share their passion for meditation, research findings from studies of Jewish genetics
mystical chant and the deeper transformational and Jewish population history and talk about the
messages of Jewish tradition. $10 donation. At DNA Shoah Project, a unique humanitarian effort
Queen Anne United Methodist Church, 1606 5th to reunite survivors of the Holocaust. Free for
members, $5 for non-members. At the Stroum
SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
Sunday 10 April
3–5 p.m. — Discovering Passover Together: Tuesday 12 April
A Passover Gathering for Interfaith Couples 4–7 p.m. — What’s A Gefilte Fish? Tastes of
and Families Passover
org or 206-861-8784 or http://jew.sh/YJJZ jfsseattle.org or 206-861-8784 or
Discover the richness of historic and contemporary http://jew.sh/xMI4
Passover rituals and themes. Learn about the holiday Come learn about Passover and its foods. Sample
and get energized to share the holiday. Couples and a selection of wines for $1 to help you pick your
four glasses. Tasting free. At Whole Foods Market,
fun. Advance registration required. $10 suggested Roosevelt Square, 1026 NE 64th St., Seattle.
donation/family. At Miller Community Center, 330
19th Ave. E, Seattle. XXPage 24
Our heartfelt thanks to the 400 JDS parents, grandparents, alumni, alumni
parents, friends and community members who attended the
Pearls of Wisdom 30th Anniversary Dinner and Auction.
Together we raised over $450,000.
Special Thanks to
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Honorees
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Co-Chairs
Tamar Boden and Robin Castrogiovanni
and the hundreds of volunteers, donors and
supporters for their support and dedication.
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Need a place to go for

S erving the community with dignity & respect.
Passover?
Compiled by Emily K. Alhadeff Assistant Editor, JTNews

Looking for a place to celebrate the 7 p.m. — Hillel UW

seder? All over the state you’ll find differ-

206-527-1997 or www.hilleluw.org/
ent organizations and synagogues host- passover
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Columbarium  Receptions Please contact the individual organization members for festive-themed seders led by Hillel staff
On Queen Anne to make your reservations — and hurry,
many sell out before the holiday!
and volunteers. RSVP by April 11. Supervised by the
Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle. $54/community,
at 520 W. Raye St., Seattle $25/Jconnect, $12/students. At Hillel UW, 4745 17th
(In front of Hills of Eternity Cemetery) Barbara Cannon Passover seders Ave. NE, Seattle.
8 p.m. — Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom
PleAse cAll 206-622-0949 or 206-282-5500 Saturday 16 April County and WWU
5–7:30 p.m. — Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue

info@jewishbellingham.com or 360-393-

info@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or www. 3845 or www.jewishbellingham.com

betalef.org
Isn’t it time to upgrade your hearing too? This family potluck seder is an interactive, kid-friendly
event, led by Rabbi Olivier BenHaim. Share in blessings
and storytelling, sing and have a great time together.
Non-members welcome. Suggested donation $25/
$25/adults, $15/children under 12, $72/families,
$5/student. At the WWU Viking Union, Room 565,
Bellingham.
7:30 p.m. — Chabad of Central Cascades

info@chabadissaquah.com or 425-427-
family. At Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, location 1654 or www.chabadissaquah.com/Seder
TBA, Seattle. Relive the exodus, discover the eternal meaning of the
Haggadah, and enjoy a community seder complete
Monday 18 April with hand-baked matzoh, wine, and a wonderful
8 p.m. — Chabad Jewish Center of dinner spiced with unique traditional customs. Explore
Vancouver, Wash. the Kabalistic insight on the number four. RSVP by

info@JewishClarkCounty.com or 360-993- April 10. $36/adults, $25/children. At Chabad of

5222 or www.jewishclarkcounty.com the Central Cascades, 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd.,
$30/adults, $20/children before April 11. $35/adults, Issaquah.
$25/children after April 11. At Chabad Jewish Center, 8 p.m. — Chabad of Pierce County
EVERGREEN SPEECH & HEARING CLINIC, INC. 9604 NE 126th Ave. Suite 2320, Vancouver.

Rabbi Zalman Heber at rabbi@

Managing your hearing, speech, and balance needs since 1979 7 p.m. — Chabad Jewish Discovery Center chabadpiercecounty.com or 253-565-8770

info@jewisholympia.com or 360-584-4306 In-depth Hebrew/English Passover experience, with

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Three convenient or www.jewisholympia.com plenty of translation, traditional songs and lively
Eastside locations $18/adults, $9/students, free/children under 12. At discussion. No one turned away due to lack of funds.
Phoenix Inn, 415 Capitol Way N, Olympia. $25/adults, $18/children under 12. At Chabad of
Bellevue 8:30 p.m. — Family-Style Seder for UW Pierce County, 2146 N Mildred St., Tacoma.
425.454.1883 Students 8:30 p.m. — West Seattle TLC

Rabbi Elie and Chaya Estrin at chabaduw@

Rabbi David Fredman at rabbifredman@

Kirkland earthlink.net or 206-523-1359 gmail.com or 206-251-4063
425.899.5050 or www.jewishuw.com All-inclusive community seder. $18. No one turned
Family-style seder for students at the University of away for lack of funds. Make checks payable to the
Redmond Washington and surrounding campuses. To sponsor a Seattle Kollel. Location TBA, Seattle.
425.882.4347 student please call 206-523-1359. Free for students.
Visit us online at www.everhear.com At Chabad at the University of Washington, 5200 21st Tuesday 19 April
Ave. NE, Seattle. 6 p.m. — Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue

info@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or www.

4 months free rent! Call for details.
betalef.org
With a new Haggadah and Rabbi Olivier BenHaim as
guide, explore the deeper mystical teachings of Jewish
lineage. Discover anew the spiritual dimensions of
Passover. Reservations required. $38/members,
$48/non-members, $20/member children 6 and up,
$25/non-member children. After April 12, add $5 per
person. At Unitarian Universalist Church, 6556 35th
Ave. NE, Seattle.
8 p.m. — Chabad Russian Community Seder

rabbi@evryinseattle.org or 206-387-3919
$16/adults, $8/children and students, free/seniors. At
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah–Lubavitch, 6250 43rd
Ave. NE, Seattle.
It’s the dawn of a new day and this is your view. 6 p.m. — Congregation Beth Hatikvah

Harriet Greenberg at 360-373-9884

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$25/members and their guests, $10/children ages
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5–12, $36/non-members and guests, $15/children.
waterfront. Nestled in the quaint Queen Anne community, this is a great place to call
home! Give us a call to schedule a visit—we’d love to show you our style of retirement living!! At Silverdale Community Center.
6 p.m. — Congregation Kol Shalom
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Shalom, 9010 Miller Rd. NE, Bainbridge Island.
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8:30 p.m. — Congregation Shevet Achim
Rabbi Zalman Heber at rabbi@
Vivian Blum at events@shevetachim.com or
206-232-2279 or www.shevetachim.com
info@secularjewishcircle.org or 206-528-
$36/adults, $18/children. At Northwest Yeshiva High
School, 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
6–9 p.m. — Congregation Tikvah Chadashah,
Jennifer Winchell at winchelljennifer@
Puget Sound’s GLBT Chavurah
RAHamrick@Hamrickinvestment.com or
206-328-6586
Co-sponsored by Kolenu. Meat potluck, no chametz.
sisterhood@templebethel18.org or
$20/adult, $10/student and low-income, free/
children. RSVP by April 11. At Graham Visitor Center,
Washington Park Arboretum, Seattle.
360-683-4712
8:30 p.m. — Family-Style Seder for UW
Students
Gayle Sommers at leftwingjew@gmail.com
Rabbi Elie and Chaya Estrin at chabaduw@
earthlink.net or 206-523-1359
Irina Vorona at ivorona@jfsseattle.org or
or www.jewishuw.com
admin@kolaminw.org or 425-844-1604
Family-style seder for students at the UW and
surrounding campuses. To sponsor a student call
206-523-1359. Free for students. At Chabad at
University of Washington, 5200 21st Ave. NE,
Seattle.
9:30–12:15 p.m. — Passover First Day Yom
Tov Service
Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@
bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or
www.bethshalomseattle.org
Holiday service for Passover. No kiddush lunch served
during the holiday. At Congregation Beth Shalom,
6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
8 p.m. — Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom
County and WWU
info@jewishbellingham.com or 360-393-
3845 or www.jewishbellingham.com
$25/adults, $15/under 12, $72/families, $5/student.
At Chabad Jewish Center of Whatcom County and
WWU, 820 Newell St., Bellingham.
8:30 p.m. — Chabad of the Central Cascades
info@chabadissaquah.com or 425-427-
1654 or www.chabadissaquah.com/Seder
Experience the liberation and freedom of Passover.
Discover the seder’s relevance to today’s modern
Jew. $36/adult, $25/child. At Chabad of the Central
Cascades, 24121 SE Black Nugget Rd., Issaquah.
8:30 p.m. — Chabad of Seattle/Congregation
Shaarei Tefilah
info@chabadofseattle.org or 206-527-1411
$20/adults, $8/seniors, students and children. At
Congregation Shaarei Tefilah–Lubavitch, 6250 43rd
Ave. NE, Seattle.
6 p.m. — Temple B’nai Torah
Melissa Bloom at mbloom@
TempleBnaiTorah.org or 425-603-9677 or
www.TempleBnaiTorah.org
$45/adults, $20/children 6–12, free/children under 5.
At Temple B’nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue.
6 p.m. — Temple Beth El
Petra Masellas at 253-564-7101 or
tbeseder.eventbrite.com
$20/adult, $15/child. At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th
St., Tacoma.
6:30–9 p.m. — Stroum Jewish Community
Center
Roni Antebi at ronia@sjcc.org or 206-388-
0832
Second-night seder geared toward adults and families
with children over the age of 10. Led by Rabbi Anson
Laytner. Kosher meal catered by Nosh Away. Register
and make payment no later than April 15. $35/SJCC
members, $50/non-members, $25/senior SJCC
members (65-plus), $35/senior non-members (65-
plus), $22/children 7–15, free/children 6 and under. At
the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
8 p.m. — Traditional Passover Seder
5:30–9:30 p.m. — Secular Jewish Circle of
chabadpiercecounty.com or 253-565-8770
Enjoy an in-depth Hebrew/English Passover
80th St., Seattle.
experience, with plenty of translation, traditional
songs and lively discussion. No one turned away due
to lack of funds. $25/adults, $18/children under 12.
At Chabad of Pierce County, 2146 N Mildred St.,
Tacoma.
Saturday 23 April
either bring something or help lead part of the seder.
4 p.m. — Congregation Olympic B’nai
Shalom
At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma.
$17/adults, $12/children 5–16. At Congregation
Olympic B’nai Shalom, Unitarian Universalist Church,
Agnew.
5 p.m. — Congregation Kol Ami
Potluck, no charge. Reservations required and
425-643-2221, ext. 14
$36/members, $18/children 5–12, free/children
under 5. $40/non-members, $20/non-member
children, free/under five. Please pay by April 15.
Mail check to 16530 Avondale Rd. NE, Woodinville,
WA 98077. At Northshore Senior Center, 10201 E
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Monday 25 April
5 p.m. — Havurat Ee Shalom
Sunday 24 April
5 p.m. — Passover Seder in Russian or 206-463-4687
attendees are expected to either help with setup or
Cantor Marina Belenky will lead a Reform seder cleanup. At Havurat Ee Shalom, 15401 Westside
in Russian with the assistance of Wendy Marcus, Hwy SW, Vashon Island.
Temple Beth Am music director, and her own
Russian language trio, Marianna. For non-English
speaking immigrants. Space is limited. Please make
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Adam Balkany, wine enthusiast with a tangy frisante — that refreshing feel-

Joel Magalnick, JTNews editor and wine
enthusiast
Ned Porges, professor emeritus of wine
and spirits at Washington State University
and Highline College.
David Schor, wine enthusiast and amateur
cider maker
Cup
ing you might get from champagne, but
without the bubbles — and hints of vanilla
and banana.
“I’d pair it with fish and asparagus,” he
said. Michael suggested a lightly flavored
chicken, while Julie added legumes to the
menu.

Ned Porges gets a good feel for the nose of one
of the reds.
Julie Wilchins, wine enthusiast
The best selection of these and other
kosher wines are at Albertson’s on Mercer
Island, QFC in University Village, Costco
on 4th Ave. S in Seattle, and a new wine
megastore, Wine World, at 401 NE 45th
St., in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood.
by
Cup
“Very smooth, and just a slight sour
astringency to it,” said Ned.
Next came Gamla Chardonnay, 2006,
from the Galilee ($17.99). Dave smelled
green olive in the nose while Emily sensed
eucalyptus.
“This is complex,” said Michael. “My
first shot, and wow!”

F
or the past nine years, JTNews and
Royal Wine Corp. have tasted var-
ious kosher-for-Passover wines to
give you a sense of the best of the year’s
crop. And while in the greater world of
oenophilia, especially in this state, the
mastery of vintners has seen more people
than ever drinking wine, the rise of high-
quality, well-rated kosher wines over forti-
fied concord grape over that time has been
just as meteoric. So with our new selection
of wines, we once again set out to success-
fully prove that wine can be kosher, holy
and not sickly sweet. As always, we thank
Michael Friend of Royal Wine for provid-
ing and pouring, as well as our tasters:
Emily Alhadeff, JTNews’s assistant editor
(on her first day — hope she doesn’t think
we treat her to wine every day!)
All prices listed are suggested retail.
One note: For kosher-observant hosts
using caterers, the wines designated as (M)
are mevushal, which means they have been
flash pasteurized for about two seconds,
meaning anyone, not just observant Jews,
can pour.
This year we have set recommendations
by the point in the seder meal in which
you’ll be drinking. Enjoy!
Cup 1:
It’s spring. The evening is young, the
air is crisp, the seder is just getting rolling.
So why not start with something light and
crisp, like a chilled white? “Put your nose
into the airspace of the glass,” said our
host Michael as he poured the 2007 Alfasi
Chardonnay (M) from Chile’s Maule
Valley ($9.99). Dave found it refreshing,
Adam noted he could taste the 13.9
percent alcohol content, and Ned said he
thought the taste could cut through strong
flavors.
Adam Balkany checks the nose on the Barkan
Sauvignon Blanc.
I thought the nose on the Barkan Sau-
vignon Blanc ($11.99) from Adulam,
Israel, was quite smooth, and indeed it was
a favorite of the whites we tasted.
Julie found it “really complex and evoc-
ative of all kinds of things.” Those things,
noted Dave, could be apples and cheese.
Cup 2:
We’re knee deep into the story of the
Exodus, and the mood is much more
heavy. Time to switch to red?
Three different appellations — caber-
net, cabernet franc, and merlot — make
up Segal’s Red Fusion Blend (M), from
the Galilee ($14.99). If you like legs, and
you know how to use ’em, you’ll enjoy this
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noted Ned.
“I like it,” he said.
“I love the nose on this,” Michael said. “I
don’t have to drink it, I can just smell it.”

this
Adam found it too floral in the nose
—he preferred to drink it.
“I detect black currant,” Julie said, while

year’s Emily sensed almond or hazelnut.

Another pinot, Gamla Pinot Noir

Passover
($19.99) from the Galilee, was aged in oak
barrels for seven months before bottling,
Michael noted.

wines “I got a lot of pear — big juicy pear,”

photos by Joel Magalnick
“It’s my favorite so far,” Emily said.
Adam detected hints of leather and citrus,
and marked it a favorite as well.
“I can’t tell if it’s more smoky or oaky,”
he said. “I was really taken by the earthi-
ness and the color from the get-go.”
With another from the same vintner,
my favorite, Segal’s Cabernet Sauvignon
Special Reserve (M) from 2008 ($21.99)
we got something very complex and dif-
ferent.
“It wasn’t one experience, it was many
different experiences,” Michael said.
“Definitely smooth and woody, for
sure,” Ned said.
Dave, however, preferred the Red
Fusion to this one.
From the Negev Desert in southern
Israel, Barkan Classic Pinot Noir (M,
$11.99), was flowery, thick and fruity,
Julie Wilchins, background, and David Schor take
a sniff of the nose of one of the whites.
Adam said.
Emily’s impressions were much more
spicy: “I picked up some saag paneer,” she
said, referring to the Indian spinach and
cheese dish.
Compared to the Barkan, this one felt
lighter to me, but Dave thought the clay
and vegetative features gave it some heft.
Another Israeli appellation, Barkan
Classic Petite Syrah (M, $11.99), got the
most spice-related ratings, with comments
that included nutmeg, pepper, and even
tobacco. It wasn’t terribly heavy, however.
“Sort of reminds me of a light rosé,”
Ned said, saying it would go best with a
light lunch.
It would probably go well with fish, or
perhaps chicken, but not steak, Michael
noted.
Cup 3:
The seder meal is complete, dessert
lingers on the tongue, and if we feel like
Royal Wine Corp. representative Michael Friend
pours our first taste, the Alfasi Chardonnay.
getting back to the story, this cup needs
something light and refreshing.
The Bartenura Prosecco Brüt (M) was
semi-dry, but light enough to go finish
off a heavy meal. Emily could see it pair-
ing with pizza (though not, of course, on
Pesach) and Dave could see it with caramel
corn. “It’s almost like a bubbly chardon-
nay,” he said.
“I detected hay,” Julie said.
From Italy comes Carmel Moscato di
Carmel, (M, $11.99) a light, sweet, tasty
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WWpassover events Page 11 to step from places of stuckness into Wednesday 13 April
deeper meaning and greater joy. At 4– 5 p.m. — Matzoh Roca Cooking Class
Other events Unity of Bellevue, 16330 NE 4th St.,

Matt at Mattk@sjcc.org or 206-388-0830

Bellevue. An exciting cooking class taught by Coach Katie for
Thursday 7 April 3–5 p.m. — Discovering K–5th graders. $5/SJCC Kidstown members, $10/
7–9 p.m. — Passover Gourmet Kosher Wine Passover Together: A Passover SJCC members and guests. At the Stroum JCC,
Tasting Gathering for Interfaith Couples 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.

Roni Antebi at ronia@sjcc.org or 206-388- and Families

0832

Emily Harris-Shears at Wednesday 20 April

Come experience flavorful and unique kosher wines eharris@jfsseattle.org or 206- 4–6 p.m. — Ages 0–5 Family-Friendly Seder
from around the world. Professionally led wine 861-8784 or http://jew.sh/YJJZ

Eli Warshal at Eliw@sjcc.org or 206-526-

tasting by Dr. David Isenberg. $25. At Chandler’s on A trip around the seder table, exploring 8073
Lake Union, 901 Fairview Ave. N, Seattle. symbols and traditions. Discover the Older siblings welcome. A light vegetarian meal will
richness of historic and contemporary be served. $10/children 6 and over, $5/children
Sunday 10 April courtesy Bet Alef Passover rituals and themes. Couples 2–5, free/children 2 and under. At the Stroum JCC–
2–4 p.m. — Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue www.betalef.org and families with kids of all ages welcome. RSVP Seattle, 2618 NE 80th St., Seattle.
Passover Workshop Pre-Passover Workshop led by Rabbi Olivier required. $10 suggested donation/family. At Miller

info@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or BenHaim. Using the Passover story, explore ways Community Center, 330 19th Ave. E, Seattle. XXPage 15

p a s s o v er p re p a r a t i o n s

B”H

Chabad Congregation Shevet Achim

invites you to share the Pesach Holidays with us.

Passover Fund for the Needy

Services led by
Rabbi Yechezkel Kornfeld
Join us for our 5771 second night Passover Seder
Tuesday April 19, 2011 at 8:30 PM
Anyone who is in need this year, please contact Seder reservations required - events@shevetachim.com
Rabbi Levitin at 206-527-1412 Services and Seder held at
Northwest Yeshiva High School
5017 90th Avenue S.E. Mercer Island, WA 98040
If you would like to make a contribution to the fund, www.shevetachim.com
you can make your donation online at
www.chabadofseattle.org
or mail it to:

Chabad of Seattle
12510 33rd Ave NE, STE 202
Seattle, WA 98125
Note: Passover Needy Fund

Temple Beth Am Presents

Tuesday, April 19
at 6:00p.m.
The

L st r
S
Led by Rabbi James L. Mirel &

a ede
Cantor David Serkin-Poole

Homemade Gefilte Fish, Matzah Ball

a critically acclaimed play Soup, Baked Chicken Breast, Roasted
by Jennifer Maisel
kitchen
Vegetables, Herb Roasted Potatoes,
Produced and Directed by Art Feinglass Chocolate Macaroons & Fresh Fruit
Vegetarian Meal upon request

Seattle Premiere
living
room

April 23, 7:00 PM dinin

g room

When the Price clan gathers for the last Passover in their family
home, the magic of the Seder ritual is the one thing that may
alllow them to heal the past and move on with their lives.*

oo
kitchen After April 8 — Adults $55 | Children $25
dr
be
Call TBT Office 425-603-9677 for Reservations

•$15 Admission, $10 for seniors (65 and up) and students,
includes wine and dessert reception with cast and director. TEMPLE BETH AM 15727 NE 4th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008
•Tickets available through BrownPaperTickets.com. 2632 NE 80th Street
Seattle, WA 98115
Phone 425-603-9677 | Fax 425-603-9699
•At University Prep, 8000 25th Ave. NE, Seattle 98115. www.templebetham.org www.TempleBnaiTorah.org
*This performance not suited for children under 12. 205-525-0915
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9:30 a.m.–12:15 p.m. — Passover Second Day

Yom Tov Service

Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@

bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or
www.bethshalomseattle.org
Holiday service for Passover. No kiddush lunch served
during the holiday. At Congregation Beth Shalom,
6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.

Thursday 21 April
5–6 p.m. — Chocolate Family Seder

Matt at Mattk@sjcc.org or 206-388-0830

A short traditional Seder, where everything is made of
chocolate! For K–5th graders. At Kidstown. $5/SJCC
members, $10/non-members, $20/SJCC member
family, $30/non-member family. At the Stroum JCC,
3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
10 a.m.– 4 p.m. — Hillel UW Passover Blood
Drive
The Puget Sound Mobile Blood Center will be at Hillel
before, during, and after Thursday’s Passover lunch.
Kosher-for-Passover snacks and drinks available.
Make reservations at www.hilleluw.org/blooddrive. At
Hillel UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. — Hillel UW Passover
Lunches

206-527-1997 or www.hilleluw.org/
passover
Hillel lunches are a Seattle Passover tradition. All
food supervised by the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater
Seattle. $8/students, $15/community and Jconnect
with prepaid online reservations, or $18 at the door.
At Hillel UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.

Friday 22 April
11 a.m.– 1:30 p.m. — Hillel UW Passover
Lunches

206-527-1997 or www.hilleluw.org/ h”b

passover
Hillel lunches are a Seattle Passover tradition. All
food supervised by the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater
Have a Happy and KosHer
Seattle. $8/students.,$15/community and Jconnect
with prepaid online reservations, or $18 at the door.
At Hillel UW, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle.
passover
7 p.m. — Freedom Shabbat

206-527-1997 or www.hilleluw.org/passover
This special Shabbat will connect the Passover story
to issues of modern slavery and human trafficking. All
food supervised by the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater
Seattle. For undergraduates and Jconnectors. $15/
Jconnect, free/undergrads. At Hillel UW, 4745 17th
Ave. NE, Seattle.
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206-760-0805, your synagogue or any
Va’ad HaRabanim Delegation of Power for Sale of Chometz
of Greater Seattle Know YE that I, the undersigned, fully empower and permit
5305 52nd Ave. S Rabbi............................................................ to act in my place and stead, and in my behalf
206-760-0805 to sell all Chometz possessed by me (knowingly or unknowingly) as defined by the Torah
and Rabbinic Law (e.g., Chometz, possible Chometz, and all kinds of Chometz mixtures).
www.seattlevaad.org Also Chometz that tends to harden and to adhere to inside surfaces of pans, pots or cooking
For Passover questions and product and usable utensils, and all kinds of live animals that have been eating Chometz or mixtures
thereof. And to lease all places wherein the Chometz owned by me may be found especially in
information, please call the Va’ad at
the premise located at..................................................... and elsewhere.
of the following rabbis who will be Rabbi ....................................................... has the full right to sell and to lease by

mutual available before and during Passover: transactions, as he deems fit and proper and for such time which he believes necessary in
accordance with all detailed terms and detailed forms as explained in the general authorization

fish co. Rabbi S. Benzaquen

Rabbi M. Farkash
Rabbi M. Kletenik
206-723-3028
425-957-7860
206-721-0970
contract which have been given this year to Rabbi ...................................... to sell Chometz.
This general authorization is made a part of this agreement. Also do I hereby give the
fresh fish daily Rabbi Y. Kornfeld 206-232-1797 said Rabbi ............................................. full power and authority to appoint a substitute
in his stead with full power to sell and to lease as provided herein. The above given power is
finest seafood Rabbi S. B. Levitin 206-527-1411
in conformity with all Torah, Rabbinical regulations and laws, and also in accordance with
Cong. Ezra Bessaroth 206-722-5500
Kosher approved by laws of Washington State and of the United States. And to this I hereby affix my signature on
For Pre-Passover and Yom Tov services and
Va’ad HaRabinim classes please contact your Synagogue.
the .......................... day of Nisan in the year 5771.
We pack for travel
We ship 1-day service For general kashrut questions, please Name
contact the Va’ad at 206-760-0805 or Address
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Emanuel
clean & green Saturday 23 April
7–9 p.m. — Passover Iron Chef: Matzoh Pizza
happy passover from Carpet Cleaning – Teens and Tweens
Rugs & Upholstery

Matt at Mattk@sjcc.org or 206-388-0830

Co-sponsored with BBYO’s Teen Connection. Battle
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We are a “partnership minyan” 15% Off ingredients provided for your creation along with other
Passover snacks. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer
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Jay Wang, president Boaz pnini, Cantor 30% cash & carry discount every day
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Wednesday, april 20 Second Day 9:30 am Geared toward families with children pre-K to 5th
friday, april 22 Shabbat (Chol HaMoed) 6:00 pm grade. Come learn about Passover in a fun and
saturday, april 23 Shabbat (Chol HaMoed) 9:30 am exciting way. Explore the themes of Passover through
monday, april 25 Seventh Day 9:30 am music, art projects, cooking and games. Free for
Fine Rug & Upholstery Specialists Since 1907 Kidstown members and families. $5/SJCC members
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Community Passover
Events at Hillel UW
Passover Lunches
Thursday, April 21 and Friday, April 22
11:00 am to 1:30 pm $8/Students
Community & Jconnect/$15 with pre-paid
online reservations or $18 at the door
Hillel lunches are a Seattle Passover
tradition. Don’t miss your chance for
a great meal and wonderful community
experience. All food supervised by the
Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle.
Blood Drive
Thursday, April 21, 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Help save lives by donating blood! The
Puget Sound Mobile Blood Center will be
at Hillel before, during, and after Thurs-
day’s Passover lunch. Kosher-for-Passover
snacks and drinks will be available.
Reservations can be made at
www.hilleluw.org/blooddrive.
First Night Seder
Monday, April 18 7:00 pm
$54/Community, $25/Jconnect,
$12/Students
Join Hillel Undergraduates,
Jconnectors and community members
for festive themed seders lead by Hil-
lel staff and volunteers. Seating will
be provided on a first come, first served
basis. Please make your reservations by For additional information or
Monday, April 11th. All food supervised reservations call 206-527-1997 or
by the Va’ad HaRabanim of Greater Seattle.
go to www.hilleluw.org/passover.

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Springing into Jewish children’s books
Rita Frischer Special to JTNews
It’s a seasonal phenomenon — this con-
trast of holidays and observance, ping-
ponging between solemn and celebration.
Several children’s books this spring marked
Purim’s story of threat and deliverance
and should be noted, even if a bit late. But
celebrated here are also some new works
appropriate to Pesach, Yom Ha’atzmaut, or
just for fun reading together.
Prolific Eric Kimmel of Portland has
won numerous children’s book awards
for his holiday and folk stories. His latest
retelling, The Story of Esther, A Purim
Tale, is illustrated by Jill Weber in brilliant
mixed media, which adds a note of humor
to the serious story he tells. While follow-
ing the classic tale, Kimmel slips in les-
sons about the cost of assimilation, about
courage, and about feminism. He men-
tions Mordecai’s descent from Babylonian
captives, which may have influenced his
approach to dealing with a ruthless adver-
sary, and shows clearly the foolishness of
rulers who carelessly grant power to the
unworthy and cruel.
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The 1991 version of Cakes and Mira-
cles: A Purim Tale, by Barbara Diamond
Goldin, originally illustrated by Erica
Weihs, has been brought back into print by
Marshall Cavendish (2010). New illustra-
tions by Jaime Zollars and a slightly shorter
text enhance this story of young Hershel,
whose blindness does not affect his imag-
ination nor hamper his ability to help his
widowed mother bake wonderful cookies to
sell on Purim. Notes on Purim appear at the
end, making this story a learning experience
about the holiday, as well as about compas-
sion and determination.
Kar-Ben Publishing has provided a
Purimspiel all ready for next Purim, since we
missed this one. Tilda Balsley’s The Queen
Who Saved Her People, comically illustrated
by Ilene Richard, is written mostly in dia-
logue and is intended to be used as Readers
Theatre, with the text for each part printed
in a different color. A bit of doggerel in the
verse but an amusing concept, and isn’t that
what Purim is all about?
In line with its founding as a publisher
of materials for very young Jewish children,
Kar-Ben’s Passover offering this season is
Afikomen Mambo, a simple paperback story
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April 8 at 10 p.m. Sunday, April 9 at 2 p.m.

Sarah Silverman Live
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performs her latest material to Seattle fans.
The Moore Theatre, 1932 Second Ave., Seattle.
$30. Ticket sales online at stgpresents.org.
Sparks of Glory Free Concert
Music of Remembrance, under the artistic directorship of Mina Miller, pays tribute to
heartbreakingly beautiful pieces and their Jewish composers who were lost to the
Holocaust. This final concert-with-commentary in the Sparks of Glory series, “Voic-
es of Witness,” features pieces by Gideon Klein, Viktor Ullman, Hans Krasa, Carlo
Taube and Isle Weber, who passed through Terezìn before perishing at Auschwitz.
The performance will include “Theme with Variations” by Krasa and other works
produced from within Terezìn. Also: “String Quartet No. 1” by Erwin Schulhoff, who
died in a Bavarian camp. At the Seattle Art Museum, 1300 First Ave., Seattle.

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“Where’s the continuity coming from?”
said Angel. “The continuity is coming
from the Orthodox.”
Cohen sees these grim future Jewish
population projections for the secular and
the Reform as a wake-up call, telling him
that something needs to change — but
maybe not too fast and not too much.
“As I get older, I get a little more open
to this idea, but when it gets too hardcore,
it’s a turnoff,” added Cohen.
Charlene Kahn, a former seniors pro- Crosswords of Wisdom
gramming director who is active in inter-
faith issues, preferred to stay focused on Be Nature’s Custodian
the rabbi’s central message of acceptance by Mike Selinker
and inclusivity.
“I think that life is like a pendulum and
we’re swinging towards the right, right
now,” said Kahn. “Those who are saying
‘Let’s look in each other’s eyes, let’s be pos-
itive, invite each other in, and be hospita-
ble, that’s the proper thing to be saying and
that’s really what Judaism is all about. Rabbi
Angel is saying that.”

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dessert white with just a hint of bubbly.
“Ooooh, yeah,” Emily said.
“This is good,” pronounced Ned.
“When would you drink this wine?”
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Adam recommended a different use:
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nutmeg and put it on the grill,” he said.
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red, Alfasi Cabernet Sauvignon “Mis-
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Emily tasted some orange and pine,
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it is: a small story with no problem.
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will be a very different journey:
“I escaped on a donkey in the dark. I
wore my white dress with embroidered
flowers. I rode on a donkey because I was
only five. I had no shoes.”
In Ethiopia, Yuvi had dreamt of a
place where candy would grow on trees.
After her escape in the dark and a simply
described, effectively illustrated, and har-
rowing trek to a Sudanese refugee camp,
she and her family board a plane to Israel as
part of Operation Moses. She finally arrives
where sweet orange laden trees make her
dreams seem to come true. “Eyn ba’aya?”
No more problems? Perhaps.
On a light note, author Jacqueline Jules
knows what matters to youngsters off at
camp for the first time. In Picnic at Camp
Shalom, charmingly illustrated by Debo-
rah Melmon, a misunderstanding between
Carly and Sara threatens to hurt Sara’s feel-
ings and break up Carly’s new and special
friendship. Happily, Carly finds a solution
in time for the girls to sing Shabbat songs
together while they look forward to being
the most welcome people at the camp’s
Sunday picnic.
Exercise is good for kids and these last
two books both deal with exercise but
again, in very different ways. Alef-Bet Yoga
for Kids by Ruth Goldeen, with photos by
Bill Goldeen, is bright and basic, with a
single Hebrew letter on each page. Each
letter is accompanied by a child in a varia-
tion of some classic yoga pose. For exam-
ple, alef is the traditional “trikonasana,” or
triangle pose.
Author Ellen Bari, a spectacular pogo
stick jumper in her childhood, wrote Jump-
ing Jenny, inspired by a day school pro-
gram in Brooklyn that adopted a school
in Uganda. Jenny, who often gets scolded
for her incessantly hippety-hopping self,
decides to put her love of jumping to
good use during her school’s tzedakah
fundraiser. She announces a jumpathon
— 1,000 jumps. This ambitious goal is
enthusiastically supported by her friends
and family and her superhuman effort is
marvelously brought to life in lively illus-
trations by Raquel Garcia Macia. Jump-
ing Jenny sets a great example, exercising
both her body and her desire to do good
for others. Maybe she’ll inspire some of us
to do the same.
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Now silent: The voice of
Israel’s History
David Shayne Special to JTNews
Several years ago, while listening to
Israeli radio, I noticed the announcer was a
crotchety sounding, elderly woman engag-
ing in free-wheeling discussions with call-
ers —also elderly and sometimes crotchety
sounding. In between the calls she would
play old Hebrew songs rarely heard on
Israeli media these days. Intrigued, I paid
attention more closely and learned I had
tuned into “Netiva M’daberet ve Mak-
shiva” — Netiva Talks and Listens. I
quickly became a regular listener.
After a while, a lightbulb went on: Could
this be the same woman I read about back
in high school, who had fought so fiercely
during Israel’s War of Independence that
the Arabs called her the “Blond Devil”?
Dan Kurzman, in his wonderful book
Genesis 1948, had interviewed her, along
with hundreds of others, to tell the story
of Israel’s founding through the perspec-
tive of the people who lived through those
events. I pulled the book off the shelf and,
sure enough, there she was: Netiva Ben
Yehuda, a soldier of the Palmach, Jewish
Palestine’s most highly trained and elite
force, and, indeed, according to Kurzman,
the “Blond Devil.”
Netiva died on February 28 at age 82.
She leaves behind a unique legacy: She
authored several books, was featured in a
TV documentary, and logged hundreds
of hours on the air. While never achieving
more than “minor celebrity” status, many
Israelis knew of her from her writings or
her radio program.
Netiva was born in Tel Aviv on Tisha
B’av in 1928. She joined the Palmach in
1946, while Palestine was still under Brit-
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ish rule, and served until the war ended in
1949. She was briefly married and had one
child, a daughter. In the ’70s, living in Jeru-
salem, she co-authored the first official Dic-
tionary of Hebrew Slang. In the early ’80s,
after having been erroneously diagnosed
with a fatal illness, she wrote her memoirs
of her experiences as a Palmach fighter.
In 1996, Netiva went on the air with
her program. At least during the years I
listened, she was joined by Raya Admoni,
who presented the music, and her pro-
ducer, Claude Buchbinder, who would
direct the callers. She always opened with
her theme song “Po Eretz Hemdat Avot”
(Here is the Land of our Forefathers’
Yearning), an early Zionist anthem. After
introductory remarks, during which she
reminded the listeners that “here, we speak
only of good things,” she would ask, “Do
we have a listener, Claude?” and almost
always there would be one.
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Audrey Louise Immel
Audrey will celebrate her Bat Mitzvah on April 9, 2011
at Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation on Mercer
Island.
Audrey is the daughter of Russ and Tracy Immel of
Redmond and the sister of Reid and Madison.
Her grandparents are Dale Ruis of Claremont, Calif. and
the late Karen Ruis, Carolyn Ruis and Eddie Johnson of
Claremont, Calif., and Dick and Penney Immel of
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Audrey is a 7th grader at the Jewish Day School of
Metropolitan Seattle. She enjoys piano, volleyball,
basketball and writing music.
Most — but not all — of the callers
were of Netiva’s generation, many had
been soldiers, and a few knew her person-
ally. Often they would call to give her the
sad news a comrade-in-arms had passed.
Or a child of a soldier would call. Some-
times Holocaust survivors would call.
One such caller told how she not only sur-
vived herself, but saved a friend by getting
extra rations and skipping work shifts.
She ended the call by stating how she got
threefold revenge against the Nazis:
1) The tricks she pulled to keep herself and
her friend alive,
2) The establishment of the State of Israel,
3) Her two sons and seven grandchil-
dren, two of whom were now serving in
the IDF.
Another caller told of how his brother
had fought in one of the several pitched
battles against the invading Syrians and
was never seen again. Out of the blue, the
IDF called to notify him that his brother’s
remains had been identified in a mass grave
in Rosh Pina, and 57 years after he fell in
battle, the caller was finally able to bury his
brother and say kaddish over his grave.
In between the calls, Raya would play
music, only songs written (in Netiva’s
words) “from the beginning of Zionism to
the founding of the State.” The songs were
mostly Hebrew, but she played some Yid-
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as well. I discovered many wonderful old
songs that I would not have discovered
but for the program.
Ultimately, Netiva’s program — or, as
she would say, “not my program, but all of
ours” — celebrated the sacrifice and her-
oism of Israel’s founding generation, but
not just bygone times.
While Netiva’s program appealed
largely to members of her generation and
history buffs like me, she had young fans
as well. Yaniv and his soldier friends once
called to say they had just returned from
a grueling exercise, and wanted, “y’know,
some song about ‘eretz Yisrael hayafa,’”
the beautiful land of Israel. After banter-
ing with them for a while, Netiva closed
by exhorting them to “keep watching over
our homeland.”
“We’ll try,” Yaniv replied.
“You must, you have no other choice,”
Netiva snapped back.
That, more than anything, sums her up.
Netiva’s passing is a painful reminder
that her generation, those men and
women who, in the words of Natan Alter-
man, constituted the “silver platter” upon
which the Jewish State was presented to
the Jewish people, is quickly disappearing
from this world. She and all of her com-
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“We were really pleased to meet with
her…at a very busy time with a lot of
budget votes going on,” Adkins said.
“We know that she considers herself to
be supportive of Israel and we know that
she’s very concerned about the budget,”
he said. “She wasn’t specific. She was
mostly listening.”
J Street, like the more established and
hawkish American Israel Public Affairs
Committee, supports the Obama admin-
istration’s two-state aid requests as vital to
achieving agreements that lead to Pales-
tinian sovereignty and peace for Israel.
There is “a cadre of newly elected rep-
resentatives who are pushing [for cuts]
on foreign aid very hard,” but two-state
money should not be “isolated from the
general foreign aid package, because we
believe that will be beneficial to Israel,”
Adkins said.
Ari Goldberg, a spokesman for AIPAC
in Washington, D.C., would not say
whether anyone from that group had
spoken with Herrera Beutler, nor would
he comment on other lobbying by AIPAC
among House freshmen.
“We don’t opine on the positions of
individual members of Congress,” Gold-
courtesy office rep. herrera beutler
Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler (R–3rd
District)
Israel,” said Daniel Morgan, a spokesman
for the Israeli consulate in San Francisco.
Herrera Buetler said she was unde-
cided about aid to the Palestinian Author-
ity because she felt she didn’t have enough
information, “and that is the case of a lot
of us in the House.”
feel it’s important for the U.S. to have a
strong role.”
Herrera Buetler said she considered
herself a supporter of Israel before she
took her seat in Congress, but added, “I’m
not an expert in foreign aid. I’m not an
expert on Israel.”
Her strong support for Israel might
seem surprising, given that her back-
ground is not Jewish and that the 3rd Dis-
trict has only two Jewish communities
large enough to support small synagogues,
one in Olympia and one in Vancouver.
However, she has strong support from
Christians who align themselves with
Israel, especially state Sen. Joe Zarelli,
for whom she was a student intern, and
his wife Tani Zarelli, who regularly leads
tours to Israel and was once featured on
the cover of Ma’ariv, one of the country’s
national newspapers.
Tani Zarelli, instrumental in arrang-
ing for Salvador Brotons, conductor of the
Vancouver, Wash., symphony to conduct
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a series of performances by the Raanana
Symphonette in Israel, said she invited
Herrera Beutler to join her on a trip to
Israel, but before that could happen the
election race had begun.
Zarelli said she still hoped Herrera
Buetler would be able to come to Israel
with her, “not from a lobbying side but
from a human side,” she said.
Zarelli also said she had not been able
to discuss foreign aid with Herrera Beut-
ler, “but it’s a conversation I would like to
have with her.”
“I would be giving stronger foreign aid
to them for military support, for protec-
tion,” Zarelli said. “It is best for our aid to
go to a country that supports us.”
Herrera Beutler said she expected Con-
gress to neither reduce nor increase the
level of aid to Israel. In seeking spend-
ing cuts generally and in foreign aid, she
added, “I’ve been an advocate for using a
scalpel and not a blunt instrument.”
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stands that she is very friendly towards
“I think that there are a lot of people
who hold that position” of greater skepti-
cism about aid to the Palestinians, Adkins
said. “We’re looking forward to a lot of
contact with her and her staff on why we
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