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Congregation Shaarei Tellah Lubavitch and Menachem Mendel Seattle Cheder Events
Family Chanukah Party Saturday, November 30 at 6:30 pm
Chabad at UW Events
Greek Chanukah Lighting Monday, December 2nd at 5:00 pm at AEPi Young Professionals Chanukah Party Tuesday, December 3rd at 7:00 pm Menorah Lighting and Undergraduate Chanukah Party Wednesday, December 4th at 5:00 pm For more information, please visit, www.ChabadUW.org
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Chanukah Bowling Party Wednesday, December 4th at 5:30 pm For more information, please visit www.FriendshipCircleWA.org
In memory of Shmuel ben Nisan O.B.M. Samuel Stroum Yartzeit March 9, 2001/14 Adar 5761 Sponsored by a friend of Samuel Stroum and Chabad-Lubavitch. For more information on any of these events and/or service times in all Washington State locations, please contact Chabad House at 206-527-1411, info@chabadofseattle.org, or visit our website at chabadofseattle.org.
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Burien, the small city in South King County, has a new city councilwoman. Lauren Berkowitz survived a blistering campaign to serve a community that was feeling underrepresented.
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Palestinian negotiators walked away from peace talks this week, citing the approval of more settlement building by Israel. Will they come back to the table?
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From the Jewish Transcript, November 17, 1995. This photo showed Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin walking with President Bill Clinton in Washington, D.C. after the signing of the Oslo peace agreement but before Rabins assassination on Nov. 5, 1995. This issue of the Jewish Transcript examined Rabins accomplishments, and included firstperson accounts of local people who had been at the rally in Tel Aviv where a lone gunman took the prime ministers life.
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The once-in-a-lifetime celebration of Thanksgivukkah is nearly upon us, and weve got tasty food ideas to make the holiday even more special.
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Each year, a number of Hanukkah books gets released for young children, and this year is no exception. Weve got the pick of the litter.
Our Jewish lives, on the page Books in brief The history of the family
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On the heels of the Pew Research Centers study of American Jewish life, a selection of books approaches the different ways Jews live.
Seattle author David Laskin went back to his familys early history for his most recent book, but the experiences he has had in meeting his readers has been just as illuminating.
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As we prepare for Thanksgivukkah, local photographer Eric Radman has some tips to make your pictures sparkle and shine.
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Ellen Hendin at endlessopps@jfsseattle.org or 206-461-3240 or jfsseattle.org Join Jewish Family Service for an in-depth presentation about MOHAI, which focuses on innovation and technology around the Puget Sound. $5 MOHAI members; non-members $16 (nonrefundable, due prior to outing). At MOHAI, 860 Terry Ave. N, Seattle. 6:30 p.m. SJCC: Hanukkah Cooking Class
Kim Lawson at klawson@sjcc.org or 206-388-0823 or www.sjcc.org The head chef of Stopskys Delicatessen will lead a hands-on cooking class, putting a new spin on classic Hanukkah dishes. SJCC member $65/ guest $80. At Stopskys Delicatessen, 3016 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island.
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kcts9.org/tv-schedule PBS Fall Arts Festival brings world-class arts to your living room. This episode features Rogers and Hammersteins Oklahoma. Record Friday nights broadcast to watch after Shabbat. On KCTS Channel 9.
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Irit Levin at IritLevin@bethshalomseattle.org or 206-524-0075 Marine biologist and Jewish educator Marci Greenberg joins Pajama Havdallah for a special service followed by programs including Jewish arts and crafts, music, ocean themed cookies, story time, and more. RSVP requested. Free. At Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle. 810 p.m. Ensemble Lucidarium: Una Festa Ebraica Celebrating Life
August Denhard at emg@earlymusicguild.org or 206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org Reecting the importance of each stage of life, a large amount of Jewish medieval party music
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12 p.m. Ensemble Lucidarium (Plus Kids!): Un Bel Matin dAmor: Discovering the Music of Medieval Italy
August Denhard at emg@earlymusicguild.org or 206-325-7066 or www.earlymusicguild.org The party keeps going Sunday morning: Discover the detective work behind modern reproductions of historical instruments. $10/adults, $5/seniors and children. At Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle. 23:30 p.m. Global Day of Jewish Learning: Focus on Creating Friendship
Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org What is the essence of friendship? Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg will explore friendships in the Bible, Talmud, and the ancient world. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue. 3 p.m. WSJHS Presents: In the Land of Rain and Salmon
www.wsjhs.org/events.php Witness the experiences of Washington States Jewish pioneers, brought to life on stage by the Washington State Jewish Historical Society and Book-It Repertory Theatre. Doors open at 2:30 p.m. At Temple Beth El, 5975 S 12th St., Tacoma. 59 p.m. SHAs Annual Gala
Bev Falgione at bfalgione@sha613.org or 206-323-5750 or www.seattlehebrewacademy.org Please join Seattle Hebrew Academy for an evening honoring Hazzan Isaac Azose. At The Showbox SoDo, 1700 1st Ave. S, Seattle. 59 p.m. AIPAC Gala Event
Seattle Ofce at seattle_ofce@aipac.org or 206-624-5152 or www.aipac.org Annual AIPAC gala dinner. Contact the ofce for details and location.
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206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Join the J for a Storybook Land-themed camp day. Travel to the land of storybook characters. SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Daliah Silver at daliahs@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Join the J for an Aliens vs. Cowboys-themed camp day. Come dressed as either a cowboy or an alien. SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 7:30 p.m. Catching Fire Pre-Screening for Hunger Awareness & Advocacy
Benjamin Starsky at bstarsky@bbyo.org or www.bbyo.org/hunger/seattle Join BBYO for an exclusive pre-screening of Catching Fire to raise hunger awareness. Admission $8 (pre-sale only) plus two food items to be donated to Jewish Family Service. At the AMC Factoria 8, 3505 Factoria Blvd. SE, Bellevue.
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Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Centuries ago, a group of passionate Jews in Tzfat walked outside of their synagogue during the Friday service. Why? Cantor David Serkin-Poole will answer these questions and more. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue. 58 p.m. Fall Spice Night
Rabbi Jill Levy at rabbi.levy@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555 or www.h-nt.org A family event open to the community. More information and registration available online. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. 5:307:30 p.m. SJCC: Hanukkah Under the Stars
Mark Rosenberg at MarkR@sjcc.org or www.sjcc.org Sing and dance with kids band Recess Monkey, do storytelling with PJ Library, gorge on latkes, pizza, kosher Chinese, and more. Cosponsored by the Jewish Day School. Admission free with the donation of a personal item to JFS. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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a few minutes we had gone from turning away from each other to listening carefully to each other and finding common ground. There is never a perfect time to reach out. We can spend our whole lives waiting for Sadat, whether we are talking about two nations, or two family members. Peace is not made between perfect people. If we were perfect, we would not have to make peace in the first place. The sky didnt open up when I visited
Bethlehem. I didnt fundamentally change my views on the Middle East. Nor did any Palestinian I met jump up and shout, I will go to Jerusalem. But over the course of the two days I spent in Bethlehem, there were several times I felt a human being on the other side who was listening as well as speaking. Could that feeling be expanded? I dont know. But, Id like to be caught trying.
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book, Chicken Soup for The Soul: Think Positive for Kids. Free. At Island Books, 3014 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island. 23:15 p.m. Oil Press Demonstration
Julie Greene at julie@bcmhseattle.org With Rabbi Emlen of Chabad for Kids. At Bikur CholimMachzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle.
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Daliah Silver at daliahs@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Join the J for an Across the USA-themed camp day. Make a movie in LA or climb to the top of the Empire State Building. SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Daliah Silver at daliahs@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Themed camp day: Cupcake Wars. Ready, set, decorate! Who can design the best cupcake? SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Daliah Silver at daliahs@sjcc.org or 206-388-0839 or www.sjcc.org Themed camp day: Survivor. Campers divide into teams for a day of fun and physical survival challenges. SJCC member/$25, guest/$35. At the SJCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
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Shelly Goldman at sgoldman@ a.templebnaitorah.org or 425-603-9677 or www.templebnaitorah.org Drop-in discussion group led by Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg on messages from Torah and Jewish values in relation to high-prole issues in todays news. Free. At Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue. 5 p.m. BCMH Shabbos Hanukkah Dinner
Julie Greene at 206-721-0970 or julie@bcmhseattle.org or www.bcmhseattle.org Hanukkah dinner at BCMH with Rabbi Zev Goldberg, assistant rabbi of Young Israel of Century City in Los Angeles. Vegetarian options available. RSVPs no later than November 25. $20 adult/$10 child (ages 4-11)/$60 family. At BCMH Volotin Social Hall, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. 6:158:30 p.m. Hanukkah Shabbat Dinner
Wendy Marcus at wendy@templebetham. org or Barbara Bernstein at barbbern53@ gmail.com Service begins at 6:15 p.m. with a potluck dinner following at 7:30. Latkes, sour cream, applesauce and dreidels will be provided. Bring a main dish, side dish, dessert or beverages to share. RSVP attendance to Wendy and email Barbara with what you will bring. At Temple Beth Am, 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. 911 p.m. Barbra Streisand Back to Brooklyn on PBS
kcts9.org/tv-schedule Barbra Streisand makes a historic homecoming to Brooklyn. Streisand performs an extensive selection from her ve-decade career, including a duet with her son, Jason Gould. Record Friday nights airing and watch after Shabbat. On KCTS Channel 9.
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The advent of crowdfunding has changed the relationship of people to projects that they care about. Entrepreneur Dan Shapiro, creator of a very successful Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign, on the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattles new J-Kick initiative. See the story on page 7.
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Make a Pilgrimage
by Mike Selinker
Jerusalems Pilgrim Road is constructed of two stairs, then a long landing, then two stairs, then another landing, and so on. So here in this puzzle, where the circled spaces go two up, then over, and repeat, picking up below after they reach a wall. Along the road, youll nd some words of wisdom.
ACROSS 1 One of two in a football game 5 Steak purchase 10 See 7-Down 14 Break ___! 15 Baklava ingredient 16 Web addresses 17 Drug on Breaking Bad 18 Speechmake 19 Irritate greatly 20 In ___ (as originally placed) 22 Person like Judi Dench 24 Mission ___, CA 26 Comic offering 29 Berliners statement of gratitude 32 I found it! 33 Some midwesterners 36 Overly 37 Bye! 39 Just a little shy 40 Q ___ Queen 41 Make lovey-dovey sounds 43 Ms. Longoria 45 Reluctant 48 Volt/ampere 51 Attacks 55 McChord is one, for short 56 Is cleverer than 59 Mahmoud Abbass grp. 60 Sean Lennons relatives 62 Gotcha! 63 Citi dropped this in 1998 64 Attending, as a nightclub 66 Infuse 68 Go dancing, in 1920s slang 70 Like many a terrible hotel 72 Sufx for liberal or crony 73 Time period 74 1051, in Rome 75 Ice cream bigwig Joseph 76 Date 77 ___ Given Sunday 78 Class with ropes 79 Make batik DOWN 1 Denver omelet ingredient 2 Tavern quaff 3 Come and get it! 4 Alphabetical string 5 Biblical pronoun 6 Abbr. for NYC divisions 7 Im ___ (Lonely Island song, with 10-Across) 8 One of two in a hockey game 9 Black ___ Peas 10 Myanmar, sometimes 11 Directs, as to a compass point 12 Detergent brand 13 See 45-Down 21 Tik ___ (Ke$ha song) 23 Spots on your TV 24 Large tank 25 Guitarist James formerly of the Smashing Pumpkins 26 Wildebeest 27 Poisonous critter 28 Where to buy Levis 30 Pond denizens 31 Long period 34 Past 35 Bill, the Science Guy 38 Do Brad Pitts job 40 Type of battery 42 I found it! 44 Letters on a 1980s tape 45 With 13-Down, quote speaker 46 Valueless 47 Explanatory section of a blog 48 Extra periods, for short 49 I-5, e.g. 50 It may be connected to an amp 52 Issued, as nonsense 53 So far 54 Spinny thing 57 Sign of progress 58 Word before veiled 61 Depot, briey 63 Under the Dome network 65 Region 67 Catch ___ Falling (1987 Pretty Poison hit) 68 Prex used to contrast with trans- before 69 Oft-debated type of marriage 70 Shocking! in internet slang 71 Deli bread Answers on page 15 2013 Eltana Wood-Fired Bagel Cafe, 1538 12th Avenue, Seattle. All rights reserved. Puzzle created by Lone Shark Games, Inc. Edited by Mike Selinker and Gaby Weidling.
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Lauren Berkowitz, right, discusses neighborhood issues with outgoing Burien mayor Brian Bennett and Spanish interpreter Margarita Gallo in the Olde Burien neighborhood during her successful city council campaign.
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and concentrate on a law degree that specializes in public-interest labor laws. The call to serve her community came about from her need for social justice where she lives. After living in North Highline for three and a half years, Berkowitz felt frustrated that the city wouldnt meet basic neighborhood needs. Our neighbors were promised things like sidewalks and havent seen them built, she said. Only one or two parts of Burien have all of those services, but they already have representation. I needed to get involved in order to get representation. Once she decided to run and began to go door to door to campaign, Berkowitz realized her neighbors concerns lined up with her own. They want sidewalks, animal control, traffic regulation, she said. Im a person who knows how to bring people together. While another grueling year of law school at the UW lies ahead of her, Berkowitz will be taking her Position 1 seat in January. Its definitely tough, but I like to be busy and social justice is paramount, she said.
an organizer would bring more citizen involvement in the city. That was the basis of Berkowitzs message: More citizen involvement, more input, more listening to peoples needs, such as the need for sidewalks, streetlights, safe routes to school, traffic control, and other neighborhood issues. We raised about $14,000, which is fairly large amount in a Burien race, said Upthegrove. [Her opponent] Jack Block, Jr. outspent us by a few thousand dollars. Berkowitzs campaign primarily used that money for direct mailings, but the primary focus was voter contact knocking on every door possible. Upthegrove said that between Berkowitz and her supporters, they knocked on about 5,000 doors. Thats why I believe she won, said Upthegrove. When you meet a candidate face to face, its compelling. Block has held the council seat for eight years. Berkowitz said the biggest difference between them was her coalition-building experience. I have the ability to find common ground and have people come together in
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Laurie uses the five-and-aI was intrigued by half hours her son is in kinderLaurie Frankels second garten to sit down and write, novel, Good-bye For write, write, write. She is hard Now. When Lauries protagat work on her next novel. onist Sam, a brilliant computer programmer, is fired from his job, he begins casting about Issaquah author Jane for something to do. Seeing Isenberg received his girlfriend Meredith so a WILLA award bereaved by her grandmothrecently from Women Writers unexpected death, Sam ing in the West. Jane won devises a way to virtually recrein the original softcover ficate and communicate with her. Member of tion category for her SeatThis book is very much tle-centric historical novel the Tribe about death, so I fully expected The Bones and the Book. some form of religion or spiriThe competition seeks out tuality to pop up, but Laurie cleverly skirts the best of published literature concerning the issue throughout. womens or girls stories set in the North It didnt start out that way, the author American West. told me. Originally, Meredith and her A retired professor who also penned family were Jewish, she shared, but I the Bel Barrett mystery series, Jane maintook it out. It started to make certain tains a blog of appreciation for other
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A new edition of David Volks Cheap Bastards Guide to Seattle is out with a new covera new introduction[and] 40 new listings in the first four chapters alone theater, film, music and comedy, the author tells me. Plus, he adds, it comes fully loaded with rack-and-pinion steering. And yes, this guide to everything cheap or free in the Seattle area comes fully loaded with Davids quirky sense of humor. David maintains a blog of daily deals at cheapbastardseattle.com. He suggests the book will make a great Hanukkah present, too. If you want to see David in person, check out upcoming readings at the Mercer Island Library at 7 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 14 and at the Bellevue Library at 1 p.m. on Sat., Nov. 16.
It was a strange coincidence. This summer the Seattle Times published an article on Soap Lake, the small Eastern Washington town known for its medicinal mud. Ten days later I got an email from retired Hollywood screenwriter Michael Druxman, saying a screenplay hed written about Soap Lake was going to be performed there this coming summer. The Summer Folk is a slightly fictionalized account of the summers that our family spent in Soap Lake in the late 1940s to early 50s, the Seattle native wrote. Although it now turns out the play wont be produced, Michael continues to publish his screenplays on Amazon.com and produces promotional videos. Hes also just written his second memoir, Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Hollywood. Find these, audio plays, and more of his work at www.druxmanworks.com.
Author Laurie Frankel puts in her writing time while her son is at school.
plot elements too complicated in a book already dealing with complex issues. In my brain, my heart, I think their family is Jewish, says the Seattle author. A lot of things had to fall away to talk about the things I wanted to keep, she reflects, calling it the painful cutting part. The Seattle author points out that she got to make the characters in her first novel Atlas Jewish. The former University of Puget Sound writing and literature professor grew up in Columbia, Md., near Baltimore, and comes from a long line of Baltimoreans. She moved out here because I met a boy, she laughs, who she eventually married. I was teaching in Baltimore and would spend summers in Seattle, which caused me to believe that Seattle was a sparkling, light-filled city, she says. And then there was February. That said, she adds, I love it out here. The mother of a 5-year-old son, Laurie now writes full time. It was hard to teach full-time, and raise a child full-time, and write full-time, she observes.
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cheesecake ($6.99), which got raves all around. Smooth and good flavor, noted Becky. Cheryl loved the Jewel Date Co.s organic date pecan rolls (Central Co-op, $8.99.) Heavenly, she exclaimed. Dikla concurred with a simple, Yum! Lynn said they were okay if you like dates. Trader Joes joined the pecan party with its pecan pralines ($5.49), which got ratings that ranged from Beckys good flavor to great! to Lynns delicious! Or, as Shoshannah put it, Pecans are perfect! Some other notables: Licorice twists are a quality product and should be part of everyones Hanukkah gifts, noted Jean. You can find Newmans Own Sour Apple Licorice Twists at Central Co-op ($2.29). To drink, we tried Genesis organic apple-ginger juice from Central Co-op
($3.69), which got competing requests for both more apple and more ginger. While one taster thought it had a very sharp ginger taste with just an essence of apple at the end, Emily found it wasnt flavorful enough. But it still tastes good, she said.
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Factorys garlic cheese pretzel thins (QFC, $2) with some Bone Suckin Mustard (QFC, $5.99) also got great reviews. Bone Suckin Mustard is da bomb, exclaimed Cheryl. Very tasty, said Nicole, while Addison noted it is very good with pretzel crisps. The chip market has clearly gone Middle Eastern, judging from the Boulder Chip Companys sesame hummus tortilla
chips (Central Co-op, $3.29) delicious and totally addicting, said Emily and Flamous Os falafel chips (Central Co-op, $5.19). Yum, without the mess, said another of our tasters. Try either of them with Sabras cucumber dip (QFC $5.99), also known to you Mediterranean connoisseurs as tzatziki. And in case, after all this food (and maybe some beer), youre not already feeling pickled, how about some actual pickles? We tried Dietz & Watson kosher spears from Albertsons (3.59) which got
one vote of perfect, though Jean considered them too be too bland. I like mine
I couldnt agree more, even after it had cooled. We tried it on La Brea Bakerys sweet potato pecan bread (Albertsons, $4.99) my favorite! said Dikla and Schwartz Bros. rustic black olive loaf (QFC, $3.99), which she called crunchy, with a nice texture. For the gluten-free folks, Back to Natures glutenfree crackers (Whole
with more crunch, said Emily. But also on the plate we tried Bubbies pickled tomatoes, which Dee said were just like New York. Surprisingly good, echoed Benjamina.
Foods, $3.99) seemed to do the trick. Cheryl couldnt stop raving about Trader Joes dukkah spice mix ($2.99), which, when mixed with their XV black truffle olive oil ($4.99) and sopped up with the olive loaf, rocked her world. If youre looking for a little sweet to
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go with the savory, we tried three different goat cheeses from Trader Joes: Called holiday logs, each was coated with wild blueberries ($4.49), apples and cinnamon ($4.49), or cranberries ($3.99). Benjamina found the apples and cinnamon a little too sweet while I liked the sour bite that came with the cranberry. Perfect for the fall, agreed Sara.
Dessert last
Yes, yes, we know. We also tried the dessert first. But why not finish with something sweet, as well? So well go Hanukkah style with Silver Lake Cookie Companys Hanukkah butter cookies, in lovely little star and dreidel shapes topped with blue sugar crystals (QFC, $3.49). Bland! said Emily. Delicious! I said but Im a sucker for a good butter cookie, especially when theyre as cute as this. Shoshannah found them kind of dry. Brown & Haleys Almond Roca cookies (Albertsons, $3.99) thats right, theyve taken those yummy, foil-wrapped bits and turned them into cookies got a warmer reception. Nice looking, and taste good, too, said Lynn, but Nicole didnt like the flavor of the chocolate, plus it had a weird texture. Well finish off with an Israeli favorite, which Dikla said reminded her of her childhood, Galil-Hashahar HAoles cocoa spread (Albertsons, $4.89). Yummy, said Lynn. Dip in a Trader Joes wholegrain pretzel stick ($1.99) or your finger and youll be in heaven. We certainly were. Happy Thanksgivukkah!
Cautionary tales
As much as we recommend so many items each year, we did find a couple you should avoid as well. Taste, of course, is subjective, but everybody who tried these items strongly disliked them. We picked up Katzs gluten-free cinnamon donuts from Whole Foods ($5.99) because we thought something thats been certified gluten-free in the kosher world might be held to a higher standard than the current GF marketing craze. No such luck. We couldnt even chew em. Well sum it up with this simple review from Ruth: Tastes like a dry sock. Same with Brads Pia Kale-Ada leafy kale chips from QFC ($7.99). Atrocious! Gross! said Emily. Ew, agreed Cheryl. I will stick to real kale.
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Nearly 30 participants joined the one-year anniversary of the Eastside Israeli dance group on Oct. 24, which has been led by instructor Esti Karson Livne and held at the Jewish Day School in Bellevue. The group has danced together virtually every Thursday night since October 2012.
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the holiday with her family while trying to figure out how to protect her favorite backyard tree, which hes gradually devouring. This entertaining story provides insight into life in Alaska, shows a miraculous burst of light in the sky on the night of the last Hanukkah candle, and introduces a practical new use for freshly fried latkes as moose bait. A different approach and fun Jane Yolen and Mark Teague have done it again. Since their How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night (2000) delighted children and became an ALA Notable book and a New York Times bestseller, over 14 million dinosaur books have looked at love, sickness, school, eating, dogs, cats, birthdays and Christmas through the eyes of their mischievous dinosaur. Now its Hanukkahs turn. We meet Dinosaur as he cavorts through both the bad manners possible and the good manners preferred in the observance of the eight festive days. The marriage of text and picture will entertain, the small letters identifying each kind of celebratory dinosaur will educate, and the artists exuberance will exhilarate.
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entrepreneurial model. He suggests that our model be the Enlightenment, with encouragement of learning, education and values. This reviewer lacks the academic qualifications to evaluate the history, but Becks interpretations and ideas are fascinating. Susan Katz Millers Being Both (Beacon, cloth, $25.95), subtitled Embracing Two Religions in One Interfaith Family, draws on personal experience and others anecdotes to broadly demonstrate the success of intermarried couples and children. Brought up Jewish by a Jewish father and a non-practicing Christian mother, and the product of Hebrew school and a Bat Mitzvah, Miller grated at being told throughout her life that she was not really Jewish. After marrying a non-Jew and having children, she and her husband began to look for a faith community to which they could both comfortably belong. It turns out that there are such communities around the country not many, but numbers are increasing that serve Jews and Christians together with religion school and religious celebration.
Of course, the approach on both ends is quite liberal. Jews will want to know What about Jesus? and Christians might ask, wheres Jesus? These dual-religion communities are not proselytizing, so Jesus becomes more a historical figure, a Jewish one, and an ecumenical understanding is fostered. Children brought up like this are not guaranteed to become Jews. Many of them end up as Quakers, Unitarians, or claim both religions, comparing it in one case to bisexuality. That brings us to the question of Jewish continuity. Fortunately and again, this has probably been true throughout the ages there are people like Vladimir Tsesis, M.D., who escaped Soviet religious oppression and chose to rediscover the religion of his birth. In Why We Remain Jews: The Path to Faith (Academy, paper, $19.95), Dr. Tsesis talks about
his life, his views, and why he thinks Judaism is so great. Having emigrated from the Soviet Union, Tsesis and his wife were complete Jewish neophytes and had to learn their way around a culture, a system, really, that wasnt always welcoming. Christian churches were often
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more welcoming and how they resisted this proselytizing makes for interesting reading. Local author David Blatner probably didnt expect his science book Spectrums: Our Mind-Boggling Universe from Infinitesimal to Infinity (Walker, cloth, $25) to appear in an article about religion, but in his clever, well-written
book about the physical world, he makes a point about the array of Judaism represented here. Whether we are considering the nature of sound molecules in motion that vibrate our eardrums or the nature of belief a mixture of ideas, practice and faith that vibrate the strings of our soul our perception and experience is always on a spectrum. I think these authors would all agree that to acknowledge the spectrum of Jewish experience
from the beginning until now would increase our acceptance and our understanding. Finally, if we are so concerned about the supposed diminishing numbers of Jews, and if we combine the information generated by the Pew study and recent genetic research that shows that there is no unified Judaism if we accept that Judaism is a religion, that is, a system of beliefs, and we put this all together, why not count
all the folks who say they are Jews, who want to be Jews, who have a Jewish parent? Much of what is seen as new in Pew is actually old. The difference, as our first author would hopefully agree, is that now we can let the hidden Jews the intermarried, the dual-religionists stand up and be counted. A true Jew, writes Beck, maintains his pride in being Jewish and his commitment to Jewish continuity.
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Yet honoring Americas push for a negotiated settlement, even in the unlikely scenario of a peace deal, is a responsibility that Israel must bear, Inbar believes. After all, America is our greatest ally. We are deferential to the Americans. It is very difficult for us to tell them to stay home, he said. Recent reports have stated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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David Laskin will appear at Stopskys Delicatessen, 3016 78th Ave. SE, Mercer Island on Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. Check his website for more appearances and for much more information on the author and his work at www.davidlaskin.com.
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and Laskin says he is a type of scribe. I write history, I write family stories. In writing the book, I came to feel that I am also a religious Jew. Even if he doesnt attend synagogue, he adds, it doesnt mean I dont revere Judaism, I dont revere Torah and the survival of our people. The writing drew him to the most meaningful and the most powerful parts of our religion. To write the story, Laskin took two roots trips, one to Israel to meet his Israeli cousins, and one to Belarus to see where his family had once lived both those who survived through emigration and those killed in the Holocaust. At the Western Wall, I felt the generations were bridged, he says, and felt how much my ancestors would have wanted to be there. He felt that again at Rodef Shalom, moved by the beauty of the prayers, the
beauty of the songsI felt this was my place. A freelance journalist whose pieces often appear in the New York Times, Seattle Met and the Seattle Times, Laskin describes in the introduction how the book started with a bubbe meise, Yiddish for apocryphal story. Because the Russian form of the familys name was Kaganovich, a cousin suggested that Stalins notorious henchman Lazar Kaganovich was a relative. Laskin was taken by the idea that while his great aunt Itel (Ida) Rosenthal was building Maidenform Bra Company, her cousin was engineering a famine that killed over 7 million people in Ukraine. It wasnt true, Laskin quickly learned from his Israeli cousin, but that got me going. The real gift of his research, he says, was a treasure trove of letters Laskins cousin Benny had in Israel, most written by people who were killed in the Holocaust. Together the cousins, who have become great friends, translated letters from Yiddish into Hebrew and English. Back in Seattle, Laskin got Hebrew translation help from local tutor and Israeli native Aza Hadas, who offered insights as well as translation.
Laskin and his wife Kate ONeill moved to Seattle in 1993 when she was offered a job at the University of Washington law school. He loves the beauty, the recreation, the library systems, the gardening, he says. I even love the weather. Hes written two other books: A World War I history, The Long Way Home, and for kids, The Childrens Blizzard. Laskin also enjoys Seattles vibrant literary community, where he counts many local writers as friends. He got both guidance and inspiration from local history writer Jackie Williams, who herself has done extensive genealogical research, and who steered Laskin to JewishGen.org, a great resource. The Family was featured on Amazon as one of Octobers best books, which the author attributes partly to the allure of the Maidenform connection, a great American success story about a four-foot-eleven Jewish chain-smoking tycoon, who started out as a socialist and ended up as the Henry Ford of brassieres. What Laskin does so well in The Family is insert his familys personal and intimate story into the larger world history that swirled around them. Outside and sometimes inside the walls of their houses, pogroms raged, countries fought wars, and borders shifted. The line of demarcation between Germany and Russia in World War I cut through one of the familys shtetlach. The world changed. Young people were drawn to Zionism or Socialism. Yet inside their houses they tried to keep the traditions of a thousand years alive until history drove them from their homes.
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Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m. Ernest Bochs Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody Concert The first concert of the Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras 71st season will feature composer Ernest Blochs Schelomo: Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra. In his works, composed between 1912 and 1916, Bloch sought to compel people to hear the Jewish spirit, the greatness and the destiny of this race. Many consider the crowning achievement of Blochs Jewish Cycle to be the Hebraic Rhapsody. The intricacies of this work showcase the virtuosic cello performance of 2013 SYSO concerto competition winner Hana Cohon. Cohon, 17, currently attends the Center School. She began cello at the age of 7 and is currently a student at the Seattle Conservatory of Music. Tickets range from $15 to $45 with discounts available for students, seniors, and rush tickets. Tickets can be purchased at the door or reserved now by calling 206-362-2300. At Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle.
Saturday, November 30 at 8 p.m. Bubbes Old Fashioned Hanukkah Shindig Music/Performing Arts Come celebrate Thanksgivukkah with four Jewish, Klezmer, and Balkan-inspired party bands that will keep you on the dance floor. Get ready for the high-octane Hanukkah event of the year. Featuring live music by Bucharest Drinking Team, Erev Rav, The Debaucherauntes and The Mongrel Jews. But the evening doesnt stop there. Along with the bands there will be fire dancers, burlesque and more. This is not your bubbes Hanukkah party. Or is it? Either way, its sure to be a wild, miraculous night. This event is 21 and over. Happy hour 7 p.m., doors at 8 p.m., menorah lighting at 8:30 p.m. and music starts at 9 p.m. General admission is $10, available online at www.ticketweb.com/fb/3893454/nectarlounge. At the Nectar Lounge, 412 N 36th St., Seattle.
Sunday, December 1, 4 and 15 Seattle Jewish Chorale: A Feast of Grace and Light Concert Usher in the festival of lights with A Feast of Grace and Light, songs of gratitude for the season. Seattle Jewish Chorales 2013 Hanukkah concerts distinctively blend beautiful sound, high energy, and lighthearted humor. Dance along to the jazzy Brubeckinspired rhythms of Five-Sided Svivon and the bouncing Mayim Mayim, and walk away humming the heartfelt anthem of hope and peace Al Kol Eileh by Naomi Shemer. The 30 voices of Seattle Jewish Chorale, conducted by artistic director Mary Pat Graham, will be joined by pianist Harumi Makiyama, percussionist Will Dowd, and clarinetist John Stiffler. Appropriate for all ages and backgrounds. The first concert, on Dec. 1, takes place at 4 p.m. at Temple Beth Hatfiloh, 201 Eighth Ave. SE, Olympia. Tickets cost $5-$12. Following on Dec. 4 at 7:30 p.m. the chorale will join the Shalom Klezmer Band at Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St., Bellevue and on Dec. 15 at 3 p.m. at Seattle Jewish Community School, 12351 8th Ave. NE, Seattle. For tickets and information, visit www.seattlejewishchorale.org or call Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006.
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Esther the Gorilla, determined to give each of her friends just the perfect Hanukkah gift, spends the day shopping till she almost drops. The result is shown in Esthers Hanukkah Disaster by Jane Sutton, illustrated by Andy Rowland. When Esther delivers each perfect present, she is appalled to realize that not one of them is suited to its recipient. Meanwhile, each of her friends gives her a gift perfectly chosen for Esthers pleasure. Embarrassed and unhappy, she thinks of a solution: Shell have a party on the last night and have everyone bring the gift she gave them. The party is a great success; even better is the gift swap Esther suggests they carry out when it is over. Everyone ends up happy with their final choice.
other a very special item, not realizing this sacrifice might backfire. The story has a real warm and uplifting O. Henry twist the last words are exactly what to say to make the reader and listener feel better. Selina Alko has written and illustrated a work that acknowledges todays reality of so many families celebrating both Christmas and Hanukkah, sharing traditions of both religions. Her picture book, Daddy Christmas and Hanukkah Mama, contains page after page of mixed symbols and actions: Daddy makes latkes and leaves them on the mantle with milk, near where Mama hung the stockings. Theres gelt under the tree, candy canes on the menorah branches, and songs about dreidels and silent nights. While probably not acceptable to more traditional families or schools, this book, published by Alfred A. Knopf, should be welcomed by many families looking for read-alouds that mirror their family experience and carry a message of acceptance and respect.
Benedict and pretzel recipes are among the 100 deli-style recipes found here. The West Coast gets a nod with Left Coast Gefilte Fish, handed down to author Zusman from his paternal grandmother Edith, the daughter of Portlands kosher butcher Harry Schnitzer and his wife Maritka. Mouth-watering photos, clear instructions, and heart-stopping photography are part of this review of traditional and contemporary Jewish fare. Jewish Fairy Tale Feasts, by Jane Yolen, Heidi E.Y. Stemple and Sima Elizabeth Shefrin (Crocodile, cloth, $25). For each Jewish folk tale in this book, retold by Yolen, author Stemple has provided a child-friendly recipe simple enough to prepare with children or at least food that children generally enjoy. Illustrator Shefrin of Gabriola Island, BC, illustrates with charming cloth collages reminiscent of Eric Carle, but the pancakes here are latkes and blintzes of course!
written that fascinating story in this short book, including the trauma and anti-Semitism his family suffered in Kiev, and his return there as a free adult, finally able to visit his grandparents graves. Self-published, the book suffers a bit from lack of design and typos, but the story still holds. Songs from the Territories, by Chaim Bezalel, (iUniverse, paper, $5 Amazon download or author website www.stanwoodhouse.com). Camano Island resident Bezalel combines poetry, photographs and an essay to create an interesting approach to memoir. The poems are very accessible and some of the most interesting concern his service in the IDF. The convoluted path that took him to Israel makes for thought-provoking reading. The black and white photographs, unfortunately, dont translate well to the printed page, but clearer versions can be seen at the authors website (above).
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17 Cents and a Dream, by Daniel Milstein (self/Amazon, paper, $13.33). When Milstein published The ABC of Sales last year, it was clear he had another story to tell of how he arrived in the U.S. from Russia as a penniless teenager and became one of our countrys most successful mortgage brokers. Milstein has now
Unterzakhn , by Leela Corman (Schocken, cloth, $24.95). For fans of this art form, and for those interested in the darkest underbelly of life on the Lower East Side in the early 1900s, comes this graphic novel whose title translates as underthings. Corman brings us the story of two sisters and their struggles in a world filled with poverty, sexism and anti-Semitism.
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