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March Family Calendar

For complete details about these and other upcoming JFS events and workshops, please visit our website: www.jfsseattle.org
FOR PARENTS & FAMILIES IN YOUR RELATIONSHIP ARE YOU Changing your behavior to avoid your partners mood or temper? Feeling isolated from family and friends? Being put down? Lacking access to your money? Call Project DVORA for confidential support, (206) 461-3240 FOR THE COMMUNITY
Baking with Chef Eli

For Jewish single parent families Sunday: March 3 2:00 5:00 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
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AA Meetings at JFS
Tuesdays: 7:00 p.m. Contact (206) 461-3240 or ata@jfsseattle.org
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Kosher Food Bank Event

Pre-registration required Wednesday: March 6 5:00 6:30 p.m. Pre-register Jana Prothman, (206) 861-3174 or jprothman@jfsseattle.org
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Strengthen Your Relationship & Be a Great Parenting Team!

Tuesdays: March 5 & 19 6:30 8:30 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
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Endless Opportunities
A community-wide program offered in partnership with Temple Bnai Torah & Temple De Hirsch Sinai. EO events are open to the public.
South King County Caregiver Class

Tuesdays: February 26 March 19 1:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Contact Don Armstrong (206) 861-3170 or darmstrong@jfsseattle.org
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Thursday: March 7 10:30 a.m. Noon Tuesday: March 12 10:30 a.m. Noon
Passport to Passover
Thursday: March 14 5:00 7:00 p.m. Contact Leonid Orlov, (206) 861-8784 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
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Coexistence on the Gaza Border

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Marine Debris: Whats Washing Up On Our Shores?

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Thursday: March 21 10:30 am Noon
Mitzvah Think Tank

A special brunch for parents Sunday: March 10 10:30 a.m. 12:30 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
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Passover Seder in Russian

Sunday: March 31 4:00 p.m. Call (206) 726-3619 or e-mail familylife@jfsseattle.org with your name and phone number in a message.
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Parenting Mindfully Series: The Middah of Trust

Sunday: March 17 11:00 a.m 12:30 p.m. Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org
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Community of Caring Luncheon

Tuesday April 30, 2013
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Passover Basket Making

Sunday: March 17 10:00 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Contact Jane Deer-Hileman, (206) 861-3155 or volunteer@jfsseattle.org for this and other volunteer opportunities
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The challenge of darkness

Rabbi MaRk GlickMan Congregations Kol Ami and Kol Shalom
Nostalgia, Yogi Berra once quipped, isnt what it used to be. His insight probably referred to the ever-shifting ways we remember good experiences, but a recent development in Jewish life shows that the ways we remember tragedy can change just as much. A team of researchers at the University of Southern California is developing technology to create holograms of Holocaust survivors telling their stories and sharing their thoughts. Dozens of survivors have agreed to sit before an array of cameras, recount their experiences, and respond to about 100 likely audience questions. The recordings will be far more vivid than those of the 3D extravaganzas at todays movie houses. Here, the images will appear not on a screen, but projected into real space, allowing the survivors to take a virtual seat at the table as they tell us their stories. Afterward, the loaded Q&A memory banks will allow survivors to offer Siri-like replies to follow-up questions. Preserving the survivors stories is important, of course we dare not forget the evil they witnessed. Still, this new technology begs some important questions: Why the gimmick? Will the three-dimensional versions of survivors recollections really be any more jarring or memorable than the two-dimensional ones? Will our ersatz conversations with the survivors succeed in conveying their stories more effectively than purely narrative accounts? Do we really think this futuristic technology can describe what happened any better than the technology weve already got? Furthermore, while Holocaust survivors represent a disappearing Jewish world, there are other vanishing Jewish cultures, too. Has anyone considered holographically recording memories of Jewish life in Muslim lands? Or of smalltown Jewish culture in the American South? Certainly the Holocaust survivors faced evil that was far more systematic and horrific than the others, but in remembering our past, why is it that the memories we want to recall most vividly are precisely those that are the most horrifying? The answer, I think at least in part is that even now, almost seven decades after the liberation of the Nazi death camps, we havent figured out how to remember the Holocaust. We live today in a golden, glittering age of Jewish culture, but a dark cloud of unanswered Holocaust questions still dims its brilliance: How? Why? Could it happen again? Are we Jews ever truly at home? Our family trees show branches that were abruptly lopped off in the 1940s, killing not only our aunts and uncles, but also the cousins we never had. What should be our response? Would any response be adequate? What, when it comes right down to it, does the Holocaust really mean? We yearn for answers to these questions, but those we find are often pithy slogans rather than guiding truths. They leave us full of words, but ultimately speechless in our quest for understanding. Rabbi Ismar Schorsch once described the Holocaust as a theological black hole so dense that it fails to emit even a single ray of light. We live in that darkness as we seek to remember, searching desperately but in vain for light and understanding. And as our search continues, we realize the survivors those who best help us remember will soon be no more. We want to grasp their stories and never let go. And to do it, well use every tool weve got even high-tech cinematic wizardry. The technology will certainly be awesome, and its important to record survivors recollections, whatever the format. But there is something sad about this attempt to vivify our memory of the Holocaust. Were unable to grasp the magnitude of its loss; we insist on keeping its memory alive; we think adding a third spatial dimension will help us succeed. It wont. Ultimately, the two-dimensional survivor-memories of page and screen are just as significant and vivid as the threedimensional ones of modern technology. Holocaust holography is the kind of thing that happens when we undertake the daunting task of trying to remember the unfathomable. It is a high-tech stab at a profoundly spiritual monster. Instead of focusing on whiz-bang technologies, lets simply acknowledge the darkness and the fear we encounter as we confront the Holocaust. Maybe the Holocaust really is unfathomable. Maybe we never will fully grasp the enormity of our loss. And maybe our memory of it will fade as it recedes farther and farther into the past. Indeed, it probably will. All we really can do is hear the stories, hoping that one day some light will emerge after all. We dont need holograms. All we need are compassionate hearts, open minds, and a good dose of courage to continue listening despite the overwhelming bewilderment we face.
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I am that woman
Hen Mazzigs account (A sixth broken camera, Feb. 6) of the fracas at the talk by Iyad Burnat on the documentary 5 Broken Cameras provoked a defensive response by Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson of Jewish Voice for Peace. In his riveting report, Hen mentioned a woman who said in Hebrew to an Israeli man nearby, Please dont leave, I am scared but I want to ask a question. I am that woman. The Jewish Voice for Peace account in the JTNews was a pack of falsehoods and outright lies. Their portrayal of a polite, respectful gathering is a lie. Their hate-filled presentation of disinformation was truly frightening. Im an Israeli American and Ive traveled all over the world. Ive seen reflexive hatred toward Israel before. I am sad to see it here in my current home, Seattle. Isaacson and Somerson claim the violent young man that attacked Hen, the Israeli man, and me was someone they didnt know, although some called him by name. Nevertheless, they bear responsibility because their vile propaganda inspired an intense young man to lose control and become violent. Shouts of f---ing Zionists! and Get the f--k out of here! menaced anyone who appeared to support Israel. When I asked my question regarding the film clips, the crowd started yelling and the violent man came toward me, I asked the Israeli man whom I did not know to stay. I am a middle-aged Israeli-American woman who came to this gathering out of curiosity. To be treated with such vitriol surely was not a peaceful gathering as Jewish Voice for Peace claims that it was. There is only one name for what I experienced: Jew hatred. It was the responsibility of the sponsors of this gathering to protect me and the Israeli man. Rather than protect me, I was told by several people to get the f--k out. Isaacson and Somerson claim that the crowd watched in shocked silence as IDF soldiers brutally attacked... This statement is a total lie. Burnat stages these peaceful demonstrations and the Israeli Army must keep the situation from spiraling out of control. He pushes small children toward the soldiers with instructions to touch their weapons, or even take them away. I did not see brutality by the IDF. I only saw mobs of men provoking, yelling, banging on metal cans, actually barricading themselves and endangering themselves by encasing themselves in metal drums. The IDF did what they could to free these men from this dangerous confinement as carefully as possible. Isaacson and Somerson further claim that Hen and the other Israeli showed blatant disregard for the speaker. This is another example of the deception they portrayed in their piece. As a witness, I can dispute each and every paragraph written by them. I am utterly ashamed that the JTNews printed these lies next to the admirable and truthful piece that Hen Mazzig wrote. I am proud that someone like Hen Mazzig represents Israel and all of us that respect and represent truth and true peaceful gatherings. Clearly JVP and Mr. Burnats message is not one of peace, but rather of thuggery, lies, and propaganda. I feel sorry for those who have been duped into believing these falsehoods, and I am proud of Jews and non-Jews alike who understand this. I am proud of those that understand that Israel is a free, democratic nation and is inclusive of all races, religions, genders, and opinions, unlike what Mr. Burnat and JVP represent. Iris Langman mercer Island
IgnorIng the facts
Re: your half-page, mind-numbing rationale by Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somerson of the Seattle chapter of so-called Jewish Voice for Peace (Solidarity with Palestinian non-violent resistance, Feb. 8) defending never-ending Palestinian rocket, bomb, and mortar attacks against Israel: Its all Israels fault for defending itself against Palestinian attacks to drive them into the sea and worse. Get it? We are all very fortunate to have such a clear-cut description of what Israel should and should not do to remain alive, by this super-heroic Seattle Jewish Voice for Peace group. Never mind these brave souls safely live half a world away from danger to themselves or their families. Shucks, if they are wrong, theyre still safe here. Golly, you cant be more
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Living the chai life through film
The Seattle Jewish Film Festival is back with a diverse selection of films for this year.
Seeing hearts
A delightful French film, about a young woman seeking her fathers heart who must deal with the consequences when she takes too close a look, opens the festival.
Romeo and Julietalmost Different family values Talking cats

The Rabbis Cat is a much-loved series of graphic novels that tell the story of a rabbi and his Talmudtalking feline. The story has come to the screen.
A story of star-crossed pen pals one in Israel, the other in Gaza takes a look into the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from the perspective of two teens who must also contend with their individual situations. Israels first film that looks at transgender issues is a poignant story of a woman who tries to work her way into her familys graces without giving away that she used to be their son.
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The man who created The Rabbis Cat, Joann Sfar, gets his own documentary that shows a peek into the life of the prolific writer and cartoonist. This documentary follows three sacred Hebrew books, and the Albanian Muslim on a quest to return them to the Jewish family who left them behind during the Holocaust.
The situation around the situation
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Israeli professor Dr. Jonathan Fine spoke to a group of Jewish leaders about threats to Israel and global Jewry.
The trade mission

From the Jewish Transcript, February 24, 1958. Twelve Jewish families in the small city of Richland celebrated the opening of their synagogue building, Congregation Beth Sholom. Most of the families were connected to the energy industry, working for either General Electric or the Atomic Energy Commission. The little synagogue and its membership, which are affiliated with the Conservative movement, are still going.
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A former Knesset member and outgoing minister of industry, trade and labor in Israel visited the Northwest to speak with the regions major technology companies. He discussed the issue of brain drain from Israel to the wider world.
Spring books: Israels body, heart and soul Books in brief: business, culture and women Words with Albright
Madeleine Albright scholar, former secretary of state, born to a secretly Jewish family comes to town this weekend to speak about her new book. She spoke with us first.
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Three stories two new, one reissued feature stories that look at Israel from all different directions, warts and all.
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Dessert reception to honor Rabbi David Twersky
Rabbi David Twersky will be inducted into NCSYs Ben Zakkai Honor Society based on his service to the NCSY and Jewish community. Rabbi Twersky will also receive the Enid and Harold Boxer Memorial Award for distinguished NCSY alumni. Rabbi Yissocher Frand will be the guest speaker at the reception, hosted by Bayla and Louis Treiger and Karen Treiger and Shlomo Goldberg. At the home of Bayla and Louis Treiger. To attend the reception, or for more information, contact ktreiger@hotmail.com.
Friday, March 1, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m.
The Whole-Brain Child: Twelve Strategies to Nurture Your Childs Developing Mind
Based on his knowledge of brain science, world-renowned neuropsychiatrist Dan Siegel coaches parents, educators, and professionals working with families and children on techniques to cultivate healthy intellectual and emotional development, which leads to happy, resilient kids. Siegels work has been featured in The New York Times and O, The Oprah Magazine, in addition to many other publications. This is a half-day seminar with ParentMap Magazine. Parent rate is $39, childcare professional rate is $49, and the professional rate is $89. At Seattle Childrens Theater, 201 Thomas St., Seattle. For more information visit www. parentmap.com.
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The great Albert Einstein once said, Games are the most elevated form of investigation. Here, in this most festive of months, we encourage you to play along. The answer words represented by the bold clues are all names of games, but we havent clued them as such. Enjoy finding all of our playful entries.
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Is circumcision a violation of the human right to body integrity?Or is it protected under the human right that guarantees freedom of religion?Is it primarily a medical or is it a cultural practice?Recent events have brought these issues into the news.The Stroum Jewish Studies Program brings togetherRobin Judd, associate professor of history at Ohio State University, Thomas Schmidt, professor of the philosophy of religion at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, Bettina Shell Duncan, professor of anthropology and adjunct professor of global health at the University of Washington, and Michael Rosenthal, professor and chair of the department of philosophy at the University of Washington, to discuss current controversies from the perspectives of anthropology, history, and philosophy to start an informed conversation. At the University of Washington, Husky Union Building 332. For more information contact laurenjs@uw.edu or visit jewdub.org.
Friday, March 8 at 6 p.m. and saturday, March 9 at 10 a.m.

Rabbi Asher Ostrin, senior global executive at the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, spent 21 years as director of the organizations former Soviet Union department. On Friday night he will speak on Theyve Let My People Go! Now What? Its 1990. Communism has collapsed. The doors of the Soviet Union open. Soon, a million Jews and their families leave. However, hundreds of thousands of other Jews remain behind. Who are they? What are their circumstances today? At Saturdays talk, The Most Memorable 30 Minutes Youll Spend This Year, Ostrin will share the most interesting stories of global Jewish life hes encountered. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. For more information, contact Michael Novick at michael.novick@jdcny.org or 425-6441000 or www.jdc.org.
Shabbaton with Rabbi Asher Ostrin
Answers on page 31 2012 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Mark L. Gottlieb.
On the weekend of Feb. 810, the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle welcomed 160 students for the Pacific Northwest 6th grade International Shabbaton. Students (and chaperones) traveled to Bellevue from British Columbias Vancouver Talmud Torah and Richmond CourteSy JDS Jewish Day School, Portland Jewish academy, and edmonton Talmud Torah in alberta. among other activities, the students started with a scavenger hunt to orient themselves on campus and get to know the other students.
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To Life!
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If Jewish sons have mommy issues, then Jewish dads have daughter issues. This phenomenon crosses time zones and national boundaries, as proven by the Seattle Jewish Film Festivals opening night flick, The Day I Saw Your Heart. The festival has strong representation from France this year. The Day I Saw Your Heart (Et Soudain Tout le Monde Me Manqu And Suddenly I Miss Everyone is the French title) star-
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As the Seattle Jewish Film Festival celebrates its 18th year, it has a new home under the auspices of the Stroum Jewish Community Center and a greater focus on the arts. Plus, for some reason this year, a fascination with all things French. Weve got reviews of several of the films that will be screened March 2 through 10 here, but you can visit www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org to see the full lineup. Vive le filme!
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stars in the recent French-Israeli drama Alyah) drifts into her life, he becomes an objet dart, too. In one of the most creative romantic sequences Ive seen in some time, Justine X-rays various parts of Samis body after the clinic has closed for the night. Back home with the images held up to the window, she torments herself finding the perfect arrangement. Are her X-ray art projects art pour lart, or, peut-tre, art pour le inner turmoil caused by la famille, in particular, le pre? Eli Dhrey, Justines father, now remarried and getting on in age, announces his wifes pregnancy. This does nothing for Justine, who has spent her life trying to win his love (hence many failed relationships). And when Justine discovers that her long string of ex-boyfriends are all in close contact with her father hes even leaving his business to a couple of them and that
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ring Mlanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds) as Justine and Michel Blanc as her meddling father, stands in the middle of a family whose dysfunction, embarrassingly, appears to be its most Jewish trait. One has to wonder why the adorable Justine just cant get it together. Crashing on her sister and brother-in-laws couch nearly botching their adoption home study the quirky blonde picks arguments with baristas and goofs off at her job in a medical clinic by taking X-rays of household objects. We come to find that Justines clinical pastime is an expression of her artistic side, and when Justin Timberlake lookalike Sami (Guillaume Gouix, who
hes pulling Sami into his collection, you can imagine all the more why shes crashing at her sisters place and confiscating their toaster for internal exams. When Eli, in his meddling way, finds out that his daughter has been X-raying a boyfriend, he requests a session. But what Justine finds is not art. Holding up the image of his chest X-ray, she spots a problem with his heart. Cue the irony. Facing a life-threatening situation, Eli and his wife and daughters have to sort out their issues before its too late. Although only vaguely Jewish, The Day I Saw Your Heart is, if youre not too uncomfortable, heartwarming.
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A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Une Bouteille la Mer) has been billed by some critics as a Palestinian-Israeli Romeo and Juliet. Indeed, our young protagonists Tal Levine (Agathe Bonitzer), a French teenager who has made aliyah with her family, and 20-year-old Gazan Nam Al Fardjouki (Mahmud Shalaby of last years film festival feature Free Men) are from rival houses. Forty-three miles apart, yet separated by walls and ideologies, they establish an unrequited friendship through clandestine emails. But the comparison ends there. Bottle, one of the American Jewish Committees Bridge Series films in the festival, is much more about the reckoning both Tal and Nam must do with each other, as well as with their own families and values. Withdrawn and jumpy after a nearby caf bombing, Tal has her brother, a soldier serving near Gaza, toss a message in a bottle into the Mediterranean. I wonder, she writes, how anybody can attach explosives to his body, choose some place and watch his victims, knowing hes about to die. Somewhat implausibly, the bottle ends up in the hands of Nam and his friends. Shes nuts! they laugh. She wants to know how a guy blows himself up? Abu Samir, our neighbor, will show her! Nam, however, secretly contacts Tal via the email address shes left, which
A different brand of family values

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a Bottle in the gaza sea screens sun., march 3 at 4:30 p.m. at AMC Pacific Place Theatres, 600 Pine st., seattle. contact 206-324-9996 or visit seattlejewishfilmfestival.org for ticket information.
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Nam (Mahmud Shalaby) and his friends find the bottle with Tals questions about life in gaza.
begins a rocky correspondence until Tal reveals her French origins. Rather than stoke Nams anger (after all, she has another homeland), this revelation endears her to him. For he is studying French, and in her he has found a language partner. Ah, oui, the French save the day. Directed by Thierry Binisti, A Bottle in the Gaza Sea is based on Valrie
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What do you do when your family hates you for what you are? If youre lucky, you get out. Thats what happens to Assaf at the start of Melting Away, a teenage boy who disappears after his father, upon finding womens clothes hidden in his sons bedroom, bolts the door to the house. Hell come back, says Shlomo to Assafs tearful mother, Gallia. And she believes him. But Assaf never returns. Four years later, however, Anna does. After enlisting the assistance of a private detective, Gallia finds her son who has since become her daughter to let her child know that Shlomo is dying. Acting as a care nurse by day while he convalesces, Anna appears to successfully hide her new identity from her father, whose illness has made him less of an overbearing jerk, while trying to recreate the relationship they never really had. If Melting Away, which screens at this years Seattle Jewish Film Festival, were an American film, it likely would have made its rounds of the indie film circuit, screened at a few gay and lesbian film festivals, then been relegated to the LGBT section of the dwindling video stores in the more progressive cities around the country. But this is not an American film. This is Israels first examination of transgender issues on the screen, and director Doron Eran manages to create a sensitive yet engaging film that can come only from
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anna (Hen Yanni), who was born as assaf, works nights as a cabaret singer in a Tel aviv gay nightclub.
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his level of experience behind the camera. Which isnt to say that the film is perfect. Hen Yanni is spectacular as Anna, and Ami Weinbergs portrayal of Shlomo, the go-getter-turned-terminal-patient, is just as impressive. Limor Goldsteins portrayal of the weak-turned-empowered Gallia is good, if not too tearful. But the supporting cast a favorite
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Animated movies, even more than liveaction films, invite us to lose ourselves in a wholly invented world. French-Jewish filmmaker Joann Sfar and Antoine Delesvauxs deliciously delirious feature, The Rabbis Cat, is set in a real time and place Algeria in the 1930s, where Sephardic Jews and Arabs had a long A widowed, middle-aged sage enjoys a tranquil, affable life with his curvaceous teenage daughter, Zlabya, whos more interested in boys and gossip than the words of the prophets, and his cat, who accompanies him on his rounds to cafes, synagogue, etc. Complying with the immutable laws of nature, one day the cat kills and devours Zlabyas pet parrot. In a decidedly unnatural turn of events, the cat acquires the power of speech. His first utterance is a denial that hes responsible for the birds demise, a lie that provokes the rabbi into a Talmud lesson. To our amazement, the acerbic and impolitic feline is fully capable of debating issues of faith and Jewish law. Needless to say, the rabbi can hold his own, while generally maintaining his good humor. Overall, hes a model of equanimity, which proves essential when the duo embarks on an expedition across the continent. The impetus is the arrival of a Russian Jewish painter whos searching for a lost tribe and a rumored city in Ethiopia. The helpful rabbi and curious cat enlist a wealthy entrepreneur and an Arab sheikh in the artists quest, and the quintet sets off on a meandering trek through the African desert. The film unfolds in a romantic and exotic setting, but it doesnt romanticize or exoticize human nature. Neither colorblind nor politically correct, The Rabbis Cat revels in mocking those who only see religion, race and color. For instance, after a memorably threatening encounter with a Muslim hardliner, the sheikh remarks, Its a pity He lets so many fools speak in His name. Bigotry is not limited to one religion, however. The mysterious city, when they finally reach it, turns out to be populated by black Jews who cant conceive of white co-religionists and pull out their spears. Their murderous aims come to naught, fortunately. The droll fatalism that runs through The Rabbis Cat is just one among many delights. But its the most consistent indicator, ultimately, of the films Jewish source and sensibility. The Rabbis Cat is in French with English subtitles. several years. That she can slip right back into her familys lives so easily without immediately giving herself away pushes the boundaries of believability, as does the fact that no one in the hospital questions Annas nursing credentials. But those are minor quibbles in a beautifully shot, conversation-inducing picture. The ending turns much of what weve watched on its head, but everyone gets what he or she wants, even Shlomo, though it doesnt give anything away to say that he dies. For everyone else, life goes on.
Filmmaker sketches French-Jewish cartoonist

If anyone still thinks comic books or graphic novels are strictly childs play, a few minutes with Parisian cartoonist Joann Sfar will erase that misconception. San Francisco filmmaker Sam Balls evocative and marvelous documentary, Joann Sfar Draws From Memory, introduces us to the iconoclastic Jewish artist and filmmaker who topped Frances bestseller list with The Rabbis Cat. Inspired by his grandmothers tales of life in Algeria in the 1920s, Sfar set his talking cat saga in a neighborhood where Jewish, Arab, and French traditions coexisted and overlapped. Theres a line in our film from Joann: I wanted to show Jewish kids that their ancestors came from North Africa, which is true of about half of Frances Jews, and I wanted to remind Muslim kids that there were Jews in North Africa, and they more or less got along for centuries, said Ball. Theres no reason to have nostalgia because it wasnt idyllic, but there is something that has been lost. Ball, whose numerous short documentaries include a moody portrait of New York Jewish cartoonist Ben Katchor, Pleasures of Urban Decay (2000), and A Bridge of Books (2001) about the National Yiddish Book Center, was born in France and speaks fluent French. He says its misleading to view France as an anti-Semitic country, despite the anti-Jewish attacks of recent years. France, I think, has a complicated
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history of co-existence yet evokes the anything-can-happen quality of a fairy tale. Adapted from Sfars best-selling graphic novel and its sequels, The Rabbis Cat marries his witty, untethered animation to a great, bouncy soundtrack. Its a deeply pleasurable experience, not least because it doesnt push and strain for deep meanings. The episodic, digressive film may not build to a moral, but if there is a takeaway its that we should aspire to tolerance rather than dogmatism. The Rabbis Cat, which won Frances Csar Award for Best Animated Feature, screens in the Seattle Jewish Film Festival. A few sexual references and a couple of brief sequences of violence perhaps make the subtitled film inappropriate for children under 12. Imbued with the surreal illogic of a dream, The Rabbis Cat is utterly unique, even if the hand-drawn visuals may remind some viewers of Marc Chagalls child-like exuberance and vibrant palette.
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uncle whose understanding behavior toward a disaffected young nephew is far different from his aggressive behavior toward pretty young women, or the best friend who fears coming out to his mother play too close to type. But the actors work well together, and with what they have. Assaf/Anna is pensive, drawn into her career as an artist and cabaret singer, and is seemingly well adjusted despite having lived in hiding for
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Albanian muslims keep their promises in holocaust-era Besa

An important challenge for 21st-century documentary filmmakers is connecting the distant history of the Holocaust to today, and making it relevant for younger audiences. More often than not, its the children and grandchildren of survivors, rescuers, and perpetrators who supply the necessary link between the past and the present. In her riveting, revelatory, and profound film, Besa: The Promise, director Rachel Goslins depicts an Albanian mans extraordinary efforts to fulfill the vow his late father made to the Jewish couple he hid during the war. The marvelously crafted film, with a fine score by Philip Glass, honors the broader efforts of the entire population to protect its Jews from the Nazis. These days, Albania is looked down upon as the most broke, backward province in Europe, but the country deserves a better reputation. Immediately before Mussolinis troops invaded and drove him into exile, King Zog granted citizenship to every Jew living in Albania. Following their beloved kings lead, and in keepJWm ProDuCtioNS ing with their highly Rexhep Hoxha, an unassuming toy seller, works to fulfill the promise of his developed code of father to return three sacred books to a Jewish family that disappeared honor, the populace during the Holocaust. assumed the respontional wisdom that Muslims and Jews are sibility of sheltering its Jews. Some 70 natural and eternal enemies. percent of the Albanians who saved Jews Admittedly, Albania is a small counwere Muslim, and Besa: The Promise is intended in part as a rebuke of the conventry and were not talking large numbers of
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educate first, talk later

Janis siEGEl JtNews Correspondent
Israeli professor and counter-terrorism expert Dr. Jonathan Fine used his meeting at a Seattle home this month to reinforce one of his primary messages to Jewish audiences today: You must educate yourself to refute the smear campaign and propaganda ruining Israels global image today. Fine, an adviser for the Lauder Government School at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, Israel and the International Program for Government, Diplomacy, and Strategy at the Raphael Recanati International School, is also a researcher at The International Institute for Counter Terrorism. He said that Jews havent taken the verbal accusations and hateful rhetoric against Israel seriously enough. I dont think we caught, in time, the changes that were taking place around the world concerning the [Israeli-Palestinian] conflict, Fine told nearly 75 Jewish communal leaders. We neglected Europe for a very long time and we did not realize changes that were taking place here in the U.S. When we did wake up to the grim reality of whats happening, on campuses and in many other places, we had to catch up with what many enemies of Israel were doing. The event was hosted by the Consulate General of Israel, StandWithUs Northwest, and Larry and Sharon Finegold of Seattle. Fine detailed how some political factions in the U.S. and Europe have formed alliances with like-minded groups with one aim to foment lies and fabrications about the Jewish people and their right to exist in Israel. Some, including Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he said, advocate the extinction of the Jewish people. Fine his colleagues have identified three types of group, most of which predominate in Europe, that collaborate on the promotion of anti-Israel information. On the right, we have neo-Nazis and fundamentalist radical Muslims, he said. The radical global jihad has 4,500 websites in Europe alone. On the radical left is the redgreen alliance, which is a combination and interaction between the radical fundamental Muslims and the neo-Nazis on the right, and the radical left in Europe on the other side, who agree together only on one thing the State of Israel, Zionism, and Judaism. Fine labeled a third grouping as the
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multi-dimensional hybrid terrorist organization. These groups are often lauded in the press, he said, for the humanitarian relief that they provide to their people such as food, shelter, and other resources, as Hamas does in the Palestinian territories. However, these groups also operate more militant wings simultaneously. They do charity, and help their people with three meals a day, Fine said. They also kill other people. An Argentinian newspaper once wrote that Hamas is an all-charity organization that only provides hot meals and behaves like the Salvation Army.... People just dont know enough. Campuses have also become a petri dish for what Fine called anti-Israel ideologies, another potent force in the confluence of these radical political elements throughout the world and college students. Ill tell you what I see when I go onto campus and I divide them into two prototype groups, Fine said. The first prototype I would define as True Villains, referencing the 2010 comment by longtime White House correspondent Helen Thomas, a woman of Lebanese descent of Nam, Tal, and their friends and families, from Tals growing disaffection with her parents and boyfriend to Nams frustration with his t-shirt delivery job and the extended family that has been forced to temporarily share his apartment. And
who said that the Jews should go back to where they belong: Poland and Germany. I wanted to kiss Helen Thomass legs for finally coming out and saying what they mean, that at the end of the day, Israel doesnt have a right to be there, he said. Finally someone from the inside came out and said that the Jews have no right to be there. The second type of political group he sees on college campuses is radical Muslims. I appreciate one thing: Their sincerity, said Fine. They say what they mean and they mean what they say. You have to take these people seriously and take these things at face value. Fine summed up his recommendation for combatting this ever-increasing trend by instructing Jews and people who appreciate Israel to get educated on the facts and to challenge those who are spreading untruths. Its your community and you have to confront it yourselves, said Fine. These groups can be dealt with, but you have to master the knowledge. When they see someone who knows whats going on, they move back. while the gravity of the conflict is more heavily weighted toward Nam especially when Operation Cast Lead begins their personal grievances, family conflicts, life lessons, and moments of comic relief complement each other.
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an unassuming toy seller named Rexhep Hoxha. Born in 1950, Hoxha grew up hearing his fathers story of hiding a Bulgarian Jewish couple and infant during the war. When the Jewish family fled, they left three prayer books treasured family items that, if they were stopped en route, would have betrayed their Jewishness in their benefactors care. He promised to return them after the war, but to his dismay he was never able to locate the family, and neither they nor their children ever showed up to reclaim them. After his fathers death, Rexhep Hoxha inherited the besa, the Albanian custom of keeping ones word and helping in times of need. The traditional concept of besa expanded to include the Albanian Muslim protection of Jews during the war years. What gives the film its tension is the mysterious behavior of the Jews, whose inexplicable failure to seek out and thank their rescuers after the war (of greater importance, arguably, than recovering their property) contrasts with Hoxhas unwavering, Internet-aided persistence. The trail eventually leads to Israel, where we watch with apprehension to see if the people of the book will be embarrassingly and insultingly cavalier about Hoxhas remarkable commitment to return their precious books, or if they will match the singular character of the Albanian (and his son) weve come to admire. Lawyer-turned-filmmaker Goslins has made a rare film that lets us spend an hour and a half awed by the best qualities of human beings, inspiring us to manifest our own.
Zenattis young-adult novel by the same title. Bottle is beautifully shot and acted and impeccably timed. Moreover, it poignantly captures the day-to-day challenges
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Friday evening at 6:00pm: Theyve let my people go! Now what?
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The Seattle Jewish community is cordially invited to attend two enlightening Shabbat presentations by JDCs former Soviet Union program director of 20+ years, at Herzl-Ner Tamid Synagogue.
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Israeli trade mission focuses on partnerships and ending Israels brain drain
tiM klass JtNews Correspondent
For Shalom Simchon, Israeli Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor, trade missions involve more than drumming up business for Israeli companies and boosting investments by U.S. businesses in Israel. Also on his agenda during visits to leading businesses in the San Francisco Bay and Puget Sound areas this month were meetings with Israeli technology aces who might someday come home, Simchon said over breakfast at the Sorrento Hotel in Seattle on February 7. With his second in command, Industry, Trade and Labor Director General Sharon Kedmi as translator, Simchon said Israel has more world-class scientists, software designers, doctors, and other high-end workers than the nations economy can absorb, even while outperforming much of the rest of the developed world. Its very understandable that some of these brains will seek opportunities outside of Israel, he said. We are looking forward to see these brains returning back to Israel. There are places in academia and industry that sometimes lack these brains. While the recent elections cost Simchon the seat he held in the Knesset for nearly 17 years, as well as the ministerial post he received in January 2011, he spoke at length albeit in general terms about the emergence of brain drain as a political, social, and economic issue. A government statistical study cited by Israeli newspaper Haaretz in December of last year found that as of 2011, more than 14 percent of Israelis holding doctorates in science or engineering had been living abroad to work and/or study for at least three years. According to the same article, a survey of graduates who had been abroad for at least three years as of 2010 found that fewer than 7 percent returned to Israel over the following year. The Israeli Centers of Research Excellence, instituted in May 2012, is an initiative designed to boost the return rate and attract non-Israelis with high pay, good working conditions, and emphasis on collaboration across scientific disciplines. As described by the Jerusalem Post, the initial five-year budget is $365 million for four centers, one each devoted to alternative energy sources, the molecular basis of disease, cognitive science, and advanced computer sciences. Haaretz reported that as of December, the program had attracted about 300 new researchers, two-thirds of them returning Israelis. Eventually, backers hope to open 26 more centers and lure back as many as 2,400 Israelis. Simchon sidestepped a question of whether he found the initial results satisfactory, but said the standoff with the Palestinians, among other factors, would likely keep Israel an exporter of brainpower for years to come. Maybe when peace occurs, there could be an Israeli Apple, he said. Hosting research centers for multinational businesses, which then promote Israelis to bigger and better positions in the U.S. or Europe, is a lot better than what happens in many less technologically advanced countries, he said. Should we exportworkers who will work at low wages around the world, or should we export our [surplus] brains and knowledge? Simchon asked. Israel has managed to actually utilize these brains that are maybe physically outside the State of Israel, but they are utilized for our needs even from abroad, he said. Born in 1956 in Kfar Saba, about 12 miles
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simply tsfat saturday, march 2 at 8:30 pm concert The Seattle Kollel welcomes back Simply Tsfat, a trio of personalities, musical talent, and spirit the whole family will enjoy. Returning to Seattle from the holy city of Tsfat, this band plays Jewish songs and prayers with a mystical bent. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. $10 adults/$5 students and children/$40 family. Call 206-722-8289 for tickets or information, or purchase at the door.
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If Meir Shalevs beautiful The Loves of Judith is Israels soul, then Pamela Peleds For the Love of God and Virgins is the face Israel puts forward to the world, and Shani Boianjuis The People of Forever are not Afraid is the guts of that country hidden, ugly even, but vital. Peled is a South African-Israeli who in real life is annoyed by comparisons of apartheid South Africa and Israel. In For the Love of God and Virgins (Miriams Legacy, paper, $18) so is her protagonist, Jennifer Moran. Widowed at a young age, Jennifer has raised her daughter to adulthood in a suburb of Jerusalem where she attempts to convey the finer points of English grammar to Israeli high schoolers. With the outbreak of the second Intifada, she becomes frustrated by the skewed English-language news reported from Israel. Turning her ire on British TV correspondent David Sanders, Jennifer engineers a meeting, meant to be a diatribe, but finds herself instead in the grip of political intrigue and danger as the relationship becomes very personal. Peled weaves actual events into her fictional account, although she explains in her introduction that she changed some dates to make them work with the plot. Both author and character are united in the efforts to bring factual information about Israel to the world. For the Love is the most traditional of these three novels, told in a straightforward, chronological fashion. Well-written, funny and poignant, its so enjoyable that we can overlook a few glaring editorial errors. The author is a teacher and a Shakespeare expert who lectures all over Israel and the world. Inside of all of us is a remarkable collection of organs. They are not pretty, and to see them involves cutting through flesh and spilling blood, but they keep us alive. Some of the more uncomfortable parts of The People of Forever are not Afraid (Hogarth, cloth, $24) are like glimpsing the awful parts that lie inside. Shani Boianjiu is a talented young Israeli author whose work has already been published in The New Yorker. Boianjiu went to Harvard to study writing following her mandatory military service, the inspiration for this book. The novel follows Avishag, Lea, and Yael, who have grown up together in a dusty, isolated village in northern Israel. Their lives are marked by the same tedium and ennui teenagers find in small towns around the world. Graduation and army induction mark a major change for all of them. Boianjius book moves back and forth in time, weaving in the waxing and waning of the girls friendships and the changes that come over them as they serve their country. Some sections of the book read like separate short stories, but the friends come together in the end under grueling circumstances. Army service brings almost the same level of ennui and tedium as they had at home, only this time they are in uniform, carrying guns, and sometimes have power over others. Service brings absurdities that contribute a little humor to the book, but also requires them to bear witness to some shattering events that bring
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As Alyson Richmans novel The Lost Wife (Berkeley, paper, $15) opens, an elderly man attending his grandsons wedding realizes the brides grandmother is the woman he married in Prague right before the Nazi invasion. Losing contact, each presumed the other was dead. The rest of the novel goes back and forth in perspective between Lenka and Josef and their separate survivals. Lenka became an artist in the Terezn concentration camps drawing workshop, where Jewish artists copied famous paintings, and Josef escapes to America with a lifetime of guilt for failing to bring Lenka along. Richman was inspired by a number of true stories, but journalist Leslie Maitland tells the more compelling and absorbing true story in Crossing the Borders of Time: A True Story of War, Exile, and Love Reclaimed (Other, cloth, $27.95). In a dramatic account worthy of a fictional epic, Maitland explores family history focusing on her mother, Janine, who was separated from her fianc in the confusion and panic surrounding the Nazi invasion of France. Compelled by her family to board the fabled ship Lipari, Janines escape takes her to Casablanca, Jamaica, Mexico, and internment in Cuba before she gets to New York. Through all that, and subsequent marriage and family, she clung to the hope of reuniting with her beloved, a Catholic Frenchman she left behind. tical advice from someone who really proved the American Dream. The truth is, youre probably going to pick up David Fishofs Rock Your Business (BenBella, paper, $14.95) less for business advice and more for the stories about all the music stars hes worked with. Learn why Fishof, founder and CEO of Rock n Roll Fantasy Camp, had a rare Yellow Submarine jukebox and how Aerosmiths Steven Tyler came to be an American Idol judge. Fishof tells how the camp got featured on an episode of the Simpsons and gives out solid business advice, too. Lots of photos of famous people accompany the text. Plaut examines the different attitudes toward Christmas of German and Eastern European Jews and how they played out in this country, why we eat Chinese food on Christmas, and how Hanukkah has risen in popularity alongside the birth and growth of the state of Israel. Editors Franklin Foer and Marc Tracy have assembled some first-rate writers in Jewish Jocks: An Unorthodox Hall of Fame (Twelve, cloth, $26.99). Journalism and literary luminaries such as Jeffrey Goldberg, Deborah Lipstadt, Simon Schama, and David Remnick explore the careers of world-class, and not-so-world-class, Jewish athletes. The book opens with The Kings Pugilist Daniel Mendoza, an 18th-century British boxer whose notoriety merited him a meeting with King George III, and concludes with Theo Epstein, president of baseball operations for the Chicago Cubs. In between are Hank Greenberg and
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Business advice
To appreciate The ABC of Sales: Lessons from a Superstar (Gold Star, paper, $19.95) it helps to know about the author, Daniel Milstein. The founder and CEO of Gold Star Mortgage Financial was a teen when his family left post-Soviet Russia for the U.S., where he struggled to learn the language, floundered in school, and found refuge in work. He worked fast and furiously compulsively, even which resulted in his successful mortgage and financial business. He shares how he did it with lots of prac-
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Scholar and rabbi Joshua Eli Plaut brings both scholarship and entertainment to A Kosher Christmas (Rutgers University, paper, $22.95). The short but fact-filled examination of the role of Christmas in the lives of American Jews is part history and part sociology (its priced like a textbook the hardcover will run you $68), but there is much to interest the general audience.
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W SPRINg BOOkS Page 14 monday, march 4 at 7:30 p.m. stephen greenblatt author event Seattle Arts and Lectures Literary Arts Series hosts Stephen Greenblatt, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Swerve: How the World Became Modern, and Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare. Greenblatt argues in The Swerve that Roman poet and philosopher Lucretius On the Nature of Things, which posited that the world operated without gods and that matter consisted of small particles in motion, changed the course of history and thought. SAL lectures aim to foster ideas, imagination, and a love of reading and writing. At Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle. For more information visit www. lectures.org.
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tuesday and wednesday, march 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m. oz noy music Oz Noy started his guitar career at age 13 in Israel, and by 16 he was playing with some of the countrys leading musicians. Since 1996, when he moved to New York, hes been developing and perfecting his blend of rock, blues, pop, jazz, and funk. Guitar Player magazine named Noy best new talent in 2008 and awarded him best guitar riff on a record in 2007. Noy will appear with Anthony Jackson on bass and Dave Weckl on drums. Doors open at 5:30. Tickets cost $20.50. At Dimitrious Jazz Alley, 2033 Sixth Ave. S, Seattle. For more information visit www.jazzalley.com.
Marquezs One Hundred Years of Solitude, this whimsical story is set in a small northern Israeli village populated by bemusing and idiosyncratic characters from the Old Country a piece, certainly, of Israels soul. Our narrator is a boy named Zayde, grandfather, so called by his mother Judith to confuse the Angel of Death. Zayde grows up thinking he is immune to fatalities. Hes also a boy with three fathers, Rabinovitch, Sheinfeld, and Globerman, and Zayde has inherited a characteristic from each. Zaydes whimsical view of the world and his fascination with birds enchants. Doves cooed when he was born, clever crows fascinate him, and on a hot summer night the darkness of the village surrounded them with the silence of owls wings. The overriding theme of this book, full of Yiddish language, lore, and the superstitions of Eastern European culture, is a mensh trakht un Gott lakht a man plans, and God laughs. As the book takes us from the 1930s to the 1960s, and as Zayde tries to piece the story of his genesis together, plans certainly go awry. Perhaps God laughs a bit, and cries, too. whom he met a day before the interview. He knew instantly the man was Israeli, but only back in the car, on the way back, did I realize he is an Israeli Arab, a Christian Arab from Haifa. He spoke of Israel with a lot of passion, Simchon said. I fully understand that his heart is in his home in Israel. On the other hand, I understand that Israel is too small for him. I asked him, When will you return home? He answered, I dont know, but he did say, My heart is there. The minister said that was far from unusual. Frankly speaking, I think that part of the Israelis that actually live here know in their hearts that they will not return, but they still think about it, he said. This is part of our objective in this visit...We will try first to interact with them and then see how we can make the opportunity for them.
Sandy Koufax and plenty of others probably unknown to most. Theres even a profile of competitive eater Don Lerman, who holds the world record for the most butter eaten in five minutes (3-1/2 pounds).
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In A Light Unto My Path: A Mezuzah Anthology (Maon Noam, cloth, $15), Dr. Alexander Poltorak takes on a subject everpresent in Jewish life, but which he says has almost never been comprehensively examined: The mezuzah. Poltorak, who holds a Ph.D. in theoretical physics and is the CEO of General Patent Corporation, also writes on Torah and science for Chabad.org, where this book can be found in electronic format. In addition to explaining the history and significance of the mezuzah, Poltorak describes the Chassidic and mystical aspects in depth. You most certainly know the banana you sliced into your cereal this morning did not come from the United States. The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of Americas Banana King by Rich Cohen (Farrar, Straus, Giroux, cloth, $27) is the story of how that fruit became ubiquitous in America, and its the story of a penniless Russian Jewish immigrant who saw an opportunity on the docks of New Orleans in the early part of the 20th century. Sam Zemurry started buying and quickly selling the bananas that had ripened in transport, which would spoil before hitting the markets and therefore be discarded. He eventually took over United Fruit, amassing a multimillion dollar fortune on the way. Naomi Wolf tackles the social and scientific history of the defining female organ in Vagina: A New Biography (Ecco, cloth, $27.99). This is a fascinating look at biology and behavior toward the subject that has, over human history, gone from object of veneration to object of derision. Wolf explores the science that reveals the complex nerve system that connects vagina to brain, and how both language and sexual assault are used not for gratification, but for subjugation. Its a radical and enlightening book that should be read by both sexes.
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northeast of Tel Aviv, Simchon is married, has two children and lives in Moshav Even Menahem, about 10 miles inland from the Mediterranean Sea in the far north of Israel. Simchon began his political career with the Labor Party and later switched to the newer Kadima party, which fared poorly in the recent Israeli elections. Serving in the Knesset from 1996 until shortly before the trade mission arrived in San Francisco, he considers himself the principal voice for moshavim and kibbutzim, Israels collectivist communities, in the central government. He was minister of agriculture and rural development in 2001 02, minister of the environment in 2005, and minister of agriculture in 200611. Planning to return to civil service, Simchon said his agency should fare well and
gain prominence in the next ruling coalition. It is actually the right and exact ministry to deal with the two biggest problems that the Israeli society has in these days, he said. Dealing with the middle class and decreasing the cost of living. In addition, he said the government should focus on moving more Arabs and ultra-Orthodox Jews into the labor force, he said. Meanwhile, during his final trade mission, talking up Apple, Google, and Samsung in California, and Boeing and Microsoft in Washington State for new and expanded joint ventures in research and development, as well as for investment in and partnerships with Israeli businesses, Simchon said, We put a lot of effort in order to first locate [expatriates]. Simchon sees them as unofficially on reserve duty from Israeli citizenship. He cited a senior vice president at Apple
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Make your childs Bar or Bat Mitzvah the most talked about party of the year at the Burke Museum! Your guests will enjoy dancing among dinosaurs and exploring gemstones and works of art from around the globe. Located on the beautiful University of Washington campus, their event spaces feature beautiful, quirky, and fascinating treasures. Whatever your vision and budget, the Burke Museum provides a variety of options that will have your guests talking about your party for years to come. For more information, contact them today atuseburke@uw.edu or 206-221-7083, or visit their website at www.burkemuseum.org/rentals. Cinema Books is the film bookstore of the Northwest. Collections include biographies of movie stars and directors, glamorous picture books of Hollywood, posters, stills, and cards of the stars, and technical filmmaking books for the novice or professional. They also carry criticism and reference film books to lead you to movies you may have missed. Call 206-547-7667 or visit www.cinemabooks.net. Dani Weiss has traveled the world perfecting her skills as a photographer and building a portfolio of her specialty, people and places. Portraits, weddings, Bnai Mitzvah, anniversaries, and family reunions are captured by Dani in a true-to-life documentary style.
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Within the budget range you have established, Dennis Warshal can create the mitzvah event you envision! Enrich your religious ceremony with a beautiful bimah display of fresh seasonal fruits and vegetables that can be taken to a food bank. Use live plants and flowers you can plant in your garden. Beautiful flower arrangements can be repurposed for other family gatherings. At your kiddush reception, Dennis Warshal will work with your caterer to design the layout, color scheme and centerpieces. If you are having a special evening party, collaborate with Dennis Warshal to develop the celebration party theme and dcor which reflect both the personality of your
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We like to think of our guests as friends visiting from out of town. Give your guests a suite experience at Larkspur Landings all-suite hotel in Bellevue. Their hotel is conveniently located near local synagogues and provides an ideal place to stay for families visiting from out of town for Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, weddings, or other social events. Let your guests enjoy their comfortable FeatherBorne beds, complimentary healthy-start breakfast each morning, and full in-room kitchens. Group rates are available. Contact sales and catering coordinator Megan Frodge at 425-201-1262 or mfrodge@larkspurhotels.com. By Karen Binder, formerly of the Madison Park Caf. Full-service professional catering for all life passages in the Jewish community for over 32 years. Let Madison Park Caf Catering help you plan and enjoy your Bar/Bat Mitzvah, wedding, rehearsal dinner, special occasion or any other simcha. Providing delicious, seasonal food, professional service, rentals, flowers, and bar service. Retail wine offered at discount prices at Binders Bottles. Contact Karen Binder at 206-324-4411 or madisonparkcafe@aol.com. For Bar/Bat Mitzvahs and any other simchas. Experienced cantor-tutor all levels. Officiates all lifecycles. Experienced piano and music teacher. Jewish and world music, traditional and contemporary, dance and concert. Many years of experience in all types ofmusic. Contact 206-715-8796 orcantormarina@gmail.com or visit www.cantormarina.com.
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Dear Rivy, On one hand, the good news is that everything turns out okay for us at the end of the Megillah a fine installment of They tried to kill us. We won. Lets eat. However, I cannot help but think that there is a lot more in that Megillah than a simple Phew, we narrowly escaped that attempt at annihilation. The personalities of the main characters seem almost caricature-like: The beautiful queen, the evil nemesis, the bumbling king, the heroic saint. Its clear that it makes for rich fodder for dress-up, spiels, and comic relief. But what does it all mean? The good news is that there is no shortage of interpretations and approaches to the central text of the holiday of Purim, the Megillah, a.k.a. the Book of Esther. There are numerous articles, commentaries, even complete books offering a broad range of approaches or lenses into this section of scripture. Some see in it a pointed Persian satire, others a sober object lesson in Machiavellian political intrigue. For still others the Megillah is a feminist treatise on finding ones voice. Then there are those for whom the Book of Esther is a powerful lesson in Providence and Jewish destiny. All good. Seeing as our saga centers around some critical leadership moves, lets get practical. In this day and age of mass proliferation of how-to books, journals, and seminars on leadership, lets do it: Lets get in that Megillah and siphon out some hardcore leadership takeaways. Think youre not leader? Think again. Every one of us is a leader. Yes, thats right. Once upon a time, I thought that was ridiculous. I scorned campaigns that would promote whole institutional leadership training. I would wonder, Who are the followers if we are all leading? Ah, then I became a Steven Covey devotee. We each lead by virtue of our actions. Picture this scenario: Walking down the street, you see litter and pick it up. Others are watching. Youre a leader. So no opting out here. There is a leader in each of us. Where to begin? Some say the true test of a leaders mettle is crisis management. See under: Mayor Bloomberg response to 2010 Christmas blizzard, or consider CEO Tony Hayward, BP oil spill control. Crisis can either make or break you. As luck would have it, there is no shortage of crisis in our humble scroll. So on we go to our crash course Megillah Management Manual: Learning to Lead from Mayhem and Madness. As the Megillah dramatically unfurls, crisis after crisis, calamity after calamity presents itself to our central characters. From being summoned, to loss of power, to impending annihilation, Shushan becomes catastrophe central. How do our crisisbesot leaders behave? The Vashti Chronicles: Let the carnival begin. Or not. Mikhail Bakhtin teaches that through the carnival and carnivalesque, a world upside-down is created, and ideas and truths are endlessly tested and contested. Our opening extravaganza fits this genre, setting the scene for resistance to authority and the place where cultural and potentially political change can take place. This was not happening for our Vashti. In her moment of crisis, her leadership mode of choice is uncompromising and proves to be self-destructive. While we applaud her pithy insubordination, her one step too far is her own undoing. She refuses to appear and the vanquished Vashti becomes history. Achashverosh the Flamboyant Flimflammer: Frank Bruni, in his recent New York Times Op-Ed, The Land of Binge, makes a perceptive connection between excessive indulgences and extreme political stances. He writes, America these days is an immoderate land of fixed opinions and outsized fixations. Gluttony is all-pervasive, as is extremism. Welcome to Shushan: The king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the castle, both great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the kings palace; there were hangings of white, fine cotton, and blue, bordered with cords of fine linen and purple, upon silver rods and pillars of marble; the couches were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of green, and white, and shell, and onyx marble. And they gave them drink in vessels of gold the vessels being diverse one from another and royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king. This extreme excess is soon matched with extreme evil. And our king flimflams his way through the crises. The Achashverosh leadership legacy? Buffoonery. This leads us to Haman, the archetypal tyrant, familiar to many and loved by none. Megalomaniacal, autocratic, power hungry, diabolical you name it. These traits are driven by self-advancement disguised as idealism for the masses. These are the leaders who capitalize on racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, and nationalistic insecurities solely for their own promotion. Who can count of all historys leaders who fall into this category? Let us not
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Carol Benedick at carolbenedick@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 or bethshalomseattle.org Megillah reading for all. Klez Katz. Shushan masquerade ball. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 7:10 p.m. BCmh Purim Party
Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org or 206-721-0970 Purim bash with live band, food, moon bounce and a costume contest for adults and kids with prizes. Free. At Bikur Cholim Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. children ages 0-5). Purim carnival. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 11 a.m. Purim in Africa
info@chabadissaquah.com or www.ChabadIssaquah.com Drum circle, African and jungle masquerade, brunch with tropical dessert, multimedia megillah reading, hamentaschen and groggers. $5 suggested donation. At Blakely Hall, 2550 NE Park Dr., Issaquah. 123 p.m. SJCC Annual Purim Carnival
Zach Duitch at ZachD@sjcc.org or 206-232-7115 or www.sjcc.org Carnival games, prizes, dancing, and music. Purchase tickets for carnival games. Free. At the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 35 p.m. Purim Celebration for People of All Abilities
Marjorie Schnyder at familylife@jfsseattle.org or 206-861-3146 or www.jfsseattle.org A joyful, inclusive, and accessible community-wide celebration with music, activities and a special Purim spiel. All ages welcome. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 48 p.m. Pirate Purim
Chanala Kornfeld at Chanakornfeld@gmail.com or 561-628-8184 or www.shevetachim.com Join Shevet Achim for a pirate-themed Purim. Megillah reading at 4 p.m., seudah at 5 p.m. $28/ adults, $15/children, $90/family. At Northwest Yeshiva High School, 5017 90th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
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townhallseattle.org/splebbc-madeleinealbright-prague-winter/ Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will speak about her new book, Prague Winter, the story of her discovery of her familys Jewish roots and their survival through the years of war. Free. At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. 69 p.m. mitriyahs Purim in a living room
Mitriyah at info@mitriyah.org or 206-651-5891 or mitriyah.org Mitriyah, South Seattles progressive Jewish community, celebrates Purim with a shpiel, hamantashen, mask making and a potluck. At a Columbia City home. Free. RSVP for address. 7 p.m. Purim Spiel
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Rachel Nemhauser at rnemhauser@templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Celebrate Purim dressed as your favorite sea creature. Songs, prizes, and a costume parade. For ages 3-12. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Purim
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Rob Jacobs at Northwest@StandWithUs.com or 206-801-0902 or www.standwithus.com/ northwest Professor of law Avi Bell will examine legal issues concerning claims in property and sovereignty law in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including the contentious issue of settlements. This is a continuing legal education workshop worth 1.5 credits, and is also open to the public. $25 includes kosher lunch and materials ($10 for materials and no lunch). At Riddel Williams, 1001 Fourth Ave., Seattle. 23:30 p.m. learning from the Quantum universe
Judy Kinney at info@nestseattle.org or 206-525-6378 or www.nestseattle.org Elsa Bowman, an instructor in the Dying Consciously program, explores connections between spirituality and quantum physics. Free. At Magnuson Park, 7400 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle.
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Rabbi Yehuda Greer at rabbigreer@gmail.com or 732-534-2284 or seattlekollel.org Hundreds of synagogues and thousands of Jews across the country join to celebrate Shabbat. All Jews, all ages are welcome. Please RSVP. Call for West Seattle address. 6:45 p.m. Shabbat Across America
Rabbi Avrohom David at info@seattlekollel.org or 206-722-8289 or seattlekollel.org Guest speaker Rabbi Yehuda Silver, former director of outreach for Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem, will speak on Shabbat: A Ray of Light in a World of Darkness. $18/adults, $9/children, $60/family. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
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Elizabeth Fagin at elizabeth@betalef.org or 206-527-9399 or www.betalef.org Purim party and Friday night Shabbat service. Dig out your tie-dyes and bell-bottoms and give tribute to the generation of love. Free. At Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue, 1111 Harvard Ave., Seattle.
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Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org or 206-721-0970 Shabbat morning sermon, The Golden Calf, Rabbi Akiva, and 9/11, followed by lunch and A Tale of Two Miracles. At 5:35 p.m., Hashem, Im On Your Side. Sunday morning at 10:30, Seven Attributes of Highly Spiritual Women for women only at the home of Linda Wegodsky. Pay and RSVP by Feb. 25. Childcare available. $15/adults, $10/children 4-11. At BCMH, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. 5:307 p.m. Cupcakes and Cocoa havdalah
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The ECS and SJCC communities come together to celebrate Havdalah with cupcakes and cocoa, music and crafts. Appropriate for children of all ages. Free. At the Northend Stroum JCC, 2618 NE 80th St., Seattle. 6:30 p.m. Seattle Jewish Film Festival 2013: opening Night
Pamela Lavitt, Director at sjff@sjcc.org or 206-232-7115, ext. 269 or www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org Happy hour until 7:30, then opening night film, The Day I Saw Your Heart starring Mlanie Laurent, followed by cake from Holly Levin, The Cake Lady. At AMC Pacific Place, 600 Pine St., Seattle.
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Pamela Lavitt, Director at sjff@sjcc.org or 206-232-7115, ext. 269 or www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org Brunch, klezmer, and a giant hora, followed by a screening of Hava Nagila, a documentary about the classic song. At AMC Pacific Place, 600 Pine St., Seattle. 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m. Women of the Book Art: Creating a Special Space
Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Explore and express your vision with words, colors, textures, and found items. Create a portable sanctuary to accompany and inspire you in your lifes journey. Bring a book or use one provided. $5 payable at the door. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue. 25 p.m. Baking with Chef eli
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Pamela Lavitt at sjff@sjcc.org or 206-232-7115, ext. 269 or www.seattlejewishfilmfestival.org Miriam Weissenstein and her grandson, Ben, join forces to save her late husbands lifes work: Nearly one million negatives documenting Israels most defining moments. At SIFF Uptown, 511 Queen Anne Ave. N, Seattle.
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W LeTTeRS Page 3 courageous than that. But, if they lived in Israel, fair enough. As a Jew and World War II Ninth Air Force combat airman with two overseas tours in Europe, I find their self-description vile and offensive. They parrot the terrorist line of non-violent resistance. Resistance against what? Resistance against Israelis fighting to survive? Pushing the terrorists back from their doorsteps to avoid even worse attacks? This, er, Jewish Voice group ignores when massed Arab armies advanced in 1948 on the tiny reborn Jewish nation, vowing to kill or drive them all into the sea. They just dont care or know, or want to know, that after repeated attacks, the Israelis had to push these attacking hordes from their front steps to even survive. So this splinter group joins with Palestinians under the deceptive tag of non-violent resistance. Ugh! Philip r. scheier shoreline
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Eitan Isaacson and Wendy Elisheva Somersons op-ed (Solidarity with Palestinian non-violent resistance, Feb. 8) is interesting in its focus on Palestinian non-violent resistance. Unfortunately, Palestinians are using it against the wrong side. Instead of blaming Israel for all their misery, Palestinians would benefit by demonstrating weekly against their own leadership. As long as that leadership refuses to acknowledge Israels right to exist in its ancient homeland and refuses to negotiate a two-state solution, that same leadership will continue to be the problem. Isaacson and Somerson falsely accuse the IDF and Israel of violence and aggression. Ironically, pro-Palestinian groups like JVP and SUPER accuse Israel of abusing Palestinians civil rights when Palestinian media, schools, and mosques teach hatred of Jews and glorify terrorism instead of preparing Palestinians to live in peaceful co-existence with Israelis. That is why its difficult to take 5 Broken Cameras and liberal pro-Palestinian rhetoric seriously. Belinda timpke tacoma
The authors of the JVP article (Solidarity with Palestinian Non-Violent Resistance, Feb. 8) pretend there is a Palestinian non-violent resistance movement. But there is no such thing and never has been. Instead, historically, the Palestinian Arabs have seen their cause as a zero-sum game: Palestinian Arab rights can only be obtained when the country is ethnically cleansed of its Jewish population. Moreover, to achieve this end, Palestinian Arab leaders have consistently chosen violence, not as the last resort, but as the first and only means for achieving their goals. Palestinian Arab leaders and organizations, starting with Haj Amin Al-Husseini, a virulently anti-Jewish cleric who led the Arabs in Palestine during the 1920s and 1930s, chose mob violence, warfare, and terrorism as their one and only policy toward Zionism and Jews, at least until 1993. Since 1993, the time of the failed Oslo accords, the Palestinians have been divided between the Hamas camp, which continues to pursue Israels destruction through violent confrontation, and the Fatah camp, which claims to want peace with Israel but refuses to engage in meaningful dialogue while focusing its energy instead on an anti-Israel publicity. The JVP article focused on a small, localized movement in Bilin as their example of non-violent resistance, but this group, too, has a history of violence (e.g., Feb. 18, 2011, as seen on YouTube). The irony is that, because no broad-based, non-violent Palestinian campaign exists seeking to end the West Bank occupation, it continues out of necessity. Israels 2005 unilateral withdrawal from Gaza resulted in a Hamas-led enclave committed to Israels destruction and still attacks Israeli civilians. Israel cannot afford the same thing on the West Bank. Frankly, I wish a Gandhi-style non-violent protest movement existed. Most Israelis would support it, especially the soldiers stationed in Bilin, who would get to go home, since its goals would be met quickly. Perhaps JVP should try urging its Arab comrades to start having serious and respectful dialogue with Israelis instead of engaging in the kind of behavior and vindictive rhetoric described by Hen Mazzig in his article. David shayne seattle
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relationship toward ethnicity in general, he says. I dont think Jews are unique in that. But theres a great fascination in mainstream French culture with anything that has to do with former French colonies, and The Rabbis Cat fits that craving. Some of Sfars appeal and certainly his sensitivity stem from the fact that his father is Algerian and his mother is French, which makes him Sephardic-Ashkenazi. Ball served as associate director of the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival from 1996 to 2000, and started the New Jewish Filmmaking Project for teenagers and young adults which he continues to produce through his company, Citizen Film with the festival the following year. His list of current projects includes a film about Pearls of Yiddish Poetry, the column Yosl and Hannah Mlotek wrote for The Jewish Daily Forward for many years. All of which is to say that Ball is an
expert on films about Jewish culture and Jewish artists, and resists the tried and trite. I think its refreshing to see depictions of Jews that arent about gefilte fish or the Holocaust or Yiddishkeit, as much as I love Yiddishkeit, he said. This is a movie about the creative process. Thats probably the central preoccupation of the film: How do you take what youve been given, both in terms of whats been handed down to you and your own lived experience? Its through the act of creation that you grapple with that. When Ball embarked on Joann Sfar Draws From Memory, he discovered Sfars vast illustrated diaries filled with the everyday incidents in his young childrens lives. Joann told me that theres something Chagall said that really resonates with him: If you want to keep people safe, you put them in paintings. For Joann, he puts them in comic books.
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vote for write-in candidates again. It creates a lot of extra work. Marc, who has worked for the criminal division of the Seattle City Attorneys office since 1990, says, it was really fascinating, Im glad I did itI would do it again. ent courage, preparedness, good communication skills, and absolute dedication to company culture. Mordechai scores on all points. Esther, the star of our story, is the accidental leader par excellence. She is reluctant and cautious to act, never having imagined herself as a leader. It takes Mordechais nudging to get her going. Yet she rises to the occasion, embodying the rabbinic notion in a place where there is no leader, strive to be one. As Emmanuel Levinas would have it, she is in the throes of responsibility prior to ever choosing to be. In this way, she is perhaps the most relatable of all the Megillahs leadership models as the reluctant leader. Though we have five to pick from, theres a reason its called Megillat Esther.
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forget even those close by, on the smaller scale of leadership who embody these Haman characteristics watch out! Which brings us to Mordechai. He is the unyielding archetype of civil disobedience, the ancient model of the modern community organizer, our up-stander par excellence. He refuses to bow. He demonstrates at the gate of the palace in sackcloth and ashes. Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Natan Sharansky, Mohamed Bouazizi. They lead by passionate resistance. To be a success, John Bell in his piece Crisis Management: The Ultimate Test of a Leader suggests that a leader must have these five traits in place: The right values and beliefs, inher-
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Its hard to believe that Madeleine Albright, who fled Prague with her parents in 1939 and lost three grandparents in the Holocaust, never had any idea her family was Jewish. Stunned is not even a word, said the former secretary of state to the Clinton administration. In the process of being vetted for office in 1997, the pieces started to come together. At some point, she told herself, I have to get back and put the story together. That story part love poem to her native Czechoslovakia, part play by play of the war, part family history is finally told in Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 19371948 (Harper Perennial). Albright will be in Seattle on February 23 to speak about the book at Town Hall. JTNews had the honor of speaking with her by phone before the visit. Albright is aware of the skepticism around her ignorance of her familys history. I feel, in retrospect, stupid, she said. But, if you have no reason to ask questions, you dont ask questionsI had a complete story of my life, I thought. Prague Winter is Albrights in-depth study of her familys history, which, she explains in the introduction to the book, was impossible to write without placing my parents within the context of the times in which they lived, particularly 19371948 Europe. The result of extensive research, including sorting through her fathers writings, speeches, and recordings stored in boxes in the garage, Prague Winter expresses in palpable detail the national pride and pain shared by Czechoslovaks as Hitler began grabbing chunks of the continent, closing in on their homeland. The history, while laden with names, dates, places, details, is riveting. Prague Winter is an important read, especially for anyone who still fails to grasp how World War II could have possibly unfolded and led to such unthinkable cruelty. The notion that the summit of the human race was represented by the homely Austrian and his pear-shaped colleagues was laughable and people did laugh, Albright writes at the top of chapter 6. Yet reading Prague Winter is like watching a slow-moving car you know is going to crash. You cant help but hope the other drivers will stop him. To this end, Albright has more than a few choice words about the British. The thing that I try to explain to myself: Why didnt the British and French do something earlier? she pondered. The only thing she can come up with is, They were exhausted from World War I. They couldnt make themselves believe that Hitler was the monster he was. My sense is, from readings that I did, the people that stayed behind couldnt begin to imagine the monstrosity that was going to happen to them. Albrights maternal grandmother boarded a train to Terezn and was never seen or accounted for again, and her paternal grandparents calmly packed, cleaned, and sent their dog to the pound once they were summoned to Terezn. They were telling Jews that this was a pretty nice place, said Albright. Why not go to this place in the country? It was sold to them that way. Thats the only thing I can imagine. Given the fear of the future under Hitlers reign, the Jews, Albright presumes, thought it might be the safer option.
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There werent people to come back to tell them what was going on, she continued. Its a little town. They had enough people to have a symphony orchestra. It was hypocrisy at its highest. Prague Winter has three levels, Albright explained: The personal story, the war account, and the lessons for humanity. She hopes readers will walk away less judgmental. I kept trying to put myself in someone elses shoes [writing the book] she said. I didnt go through the horrors that some of my relatives did. I think we all need a little bit of humility. Rather than succumb to the darkness of winter, Albright stressed her intent to continue finding the shafts of light. The main lesson is about the resilience of the human spirit, she said. The necessity to stand up to evil. Trying to analyze what could happen. The unintended consequences. I hope people get that out of it. There are definitely lessons.
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