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rabbi may have been used to mean “my how might we describe him? Reading Daniel Matt has referred to Jesus as “a
teacher” or “my master,” but would not the stories about him, it seems that he is Galilean hasid, someone passionately
have indicated any formal training or an itinerant preacher, healer and mir- in love with God, drunk on the divine,
ordination. With the destruction of the acle worker. It is impossible to deter- unconventional and extreme in his devo-
Temple, however, the process of formal mine whether the healing and miracles tion to God and to fellow human beings.”
study and ordination was developed and ascribed to him actually occurred, but it These scholars and others have tried to
Rabbi Bruce the term rabbi was then used to recog- is significant to note that at least some of discover the appropriate theological per-
Kadden nize one who had completed this process. the stories are similar to those of Elijah spective that we Jews should have toward
Temple Beth El, Thus it is confusing, at the very least, to as well as stories of healing and miracles Jesus. As our fellow Christians celebrate
Tacoma call Jesus a rabbi, since the significance ascribed to individuals in the Talmud. his birth, it is an appropriate time to
of the term at the end of the first century And Jesus’ conflict with the Pharisees can reflect on how we, as Jews, view this first-
Like most rabbis, I often speak to non- and later was quite a bit different than its also be understood as conflict that often century Jew who had a lasting impact on
Jewish groups who want to learn more meaning in Jesus’ day. occurred among Jewish sages. Some the world.
about Judaism. One of the most common As for the term prophet, Judaism scholars even claim Jesus was a Pharisee, Letters
questions I get is: “What do Jews believe insists that prophecy ended with Mal- though it is difficult if not impossible to
about Jesus?” Although most Christians achai in the fifth century B.C.E. While validate such a claim. Where’s the condemnation?
understand that we do not believe he was until then God communicated with many Throughout our history, Jewish think- After reading the Jewish Federation’s
the Messiah, they usually are not sure individuals, from that point on our com- ers have offered a variety of views of Jesus. response to the Haq guilty verdict, I had
why. And many assume that, at the very munication with God is through the Rabbi Moses ben Maimon observed that the following angry reaction:
least, we consider him to be a rabbi or Torah and its interpretation. In a famous we humans cannot “fathom the designs I saw no condemnation of Islamic
prophet. Talmudic discussion (Baba Matzia, 59b), of the Creator” and that both Jesus and extremist ideology/Muslim hatred — the
However, both of these titles are prob- a Divine Voice comes to the support of Mohammed “served to clear the way motivation and driving force of Haq’s
lematic for different reasons. Accord- Rabbi Eliezer in his dispute with Rabbi for King Messiah, to prepare the whole actions. The Federation is against “hatred”
ing to the book of John in the Christian Joshua and the sages. But Rabbi Jeremiah world to worship God with one accord.” in general — so Muslim fanatics are off
scriptures, Jesus was called “rabbi.” Some responds to this voice by stating that the Eighteenth-century rabbi Jacob Emden the hook and free to commit the next out-
scholars have suggested that the writer of Torah has already been given at Mount claimed that Jesus did the world a great rage against Jews and other Americans.
John was familiar with the term and used Sinai. We do not give authority to a Divine favor by distilling the teachings of the The Federation sanitizes Muslim outrages,
it, although it was not used in Jesus’ day. Voice, for it is already written at Mount Torah, and draw ing non-Jews away and protects Muslim extremists from con-
But even if it was used then and his fol- Sinai in the Torah: “One must incline from false gods and idolatry and toward demnation!
lowers did call him “rabbi,” the mean- after the majority” (Exodus 23:2). observing the Noahide laws. Lawrence Black
ing and significance of the term was far If Jesus is neither a rabbi nor a prophet, More recent ly, Kabbalah scholar Seattle
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Leyna Krow “No sanction that Southern California, filled in a few of the
Assistant Editor, JTNews has ever been gaps through his assessment of the state
enacted unilaterally of Iran’s nuclear program at this time.
On Dec. 16, a day after the U.S. House by the U.S. has ever He presented Iran’s drive for nuclear
of Representatives approved a sanctions gotten anyone to do weapons as a program of national secu-
plan that would restrict the sale of refined anything,” he said. rity rather than part of any ambition to
petroleum to Iran, a group of about 40 The best thing the attack another country.
people gathered at Town Hall Seattle to U.S. can do right now, “The lesson Iran has learned from
listen to a panel of experts discuss the Weissman argued, is other countries in the Middle East is if
U.S. and Israel’s policies toward Iran. to take a wait-and-see you have the bomb, they will leave you
The views shared at the Town Hall event, approach. Since Iran’s alone,” he said. “Iran, just like Israel, has
intended to be a left-leaning counter to a contested elections in Cliff Wells legitimate security concerns.”
similar Jewish Federation-sponsored event June, the country has Prof. Muhammad Sahimi, left, and Keith Weissman, share He stressed that despite Iran’s hostility
held in October, have become increasingly been in a state of tur- comments during the “Iran-Israel-U.S.: Breaking the Nuclear toward Israel, an actual attack is unlikely,
less popular among the Jewish community moil, lack ing in a Impasse” panel discussion on Dec. 16. given the horrendous consequences such
in the past few months. clear chain of com- an attack would have for Iran itself.
According to a recent survey by the mand or cohesive political ideology. sons for wanting to curtail Iran’s nuclear “I cannot think of any conceivable sce-
American Jewish Committee, more than “When we say ‘dealing with Iran,’ who activities, they too have overestimated nario in which they would use a bomb
60 percent of American Jews would sup- exactly are we talking about?” Weissman the risk Iran actually poses. [against Israel],” Sahimi said.
port an attack on Iran by the U.S. Even left- asked. “There is really no way for us to tell “There is no bona fide threat from Iran to Since the threat of real aggression
leaning lobbying organization J Street has how decisions are being made on [the Israel,” Lustick said. “Why then the hysteria from Iran is so low, he said, the best way to
voiced its support of sanctions, a tactic it nuclear] issue.” if not for actual risk of a nuclear attack?” inf luence Iran’s nuclear policy is to
initially opposed. The political landscape of Iran may Lustick painted a picture of Israel as a encourage the nation to move toward real
Still, a good deal of the American change dramatically over the next couple country still mired in the trauma of the democracy.
public sees sanctions as a poor choice for of years, negating the need for aggressive Holocaust, unable to see the political “The way to go is to support Iran’s dem-
dealing with Iran, and they deserve to action on the part of other nations want- reality of the Iran situation. ocratic efforts,” Sahimi said. He noted that
have their opinions heard, said organizer ing to halt its nuclear program. But right “If you want to understand Israeli for- if Iran were to become a more democratic
and local blogger Richard Silverstein . now, Weissman insisted, Iran’s future is eign policy, it is really kind of a Post-Trau- nation, there would be less international
“We’re here because we want to hear too hazy for the U.S. or any other country matic Stress Disorder situation,” he said. concern about their nuclear program.
intelligent, thoughtful discussion on this to be able to see what threat, if any, Iran Lustick neglected to explain why “India has the bomb, but no one wor-
topic,” he said. will actually pose. Israel should disregard the consistent ries about it because India is a democracy
Keith Weissman, former director of “We have no control over this and no threats of violence and anti-Semitic rhet- and we can talk with them,” he said.
AIPAC’s Iran desk, kicked off the event reason to try to control it,” he said. oric from Iranian leaders as less than Sahimi stressed that supporting dem-
with a discussion about why sanctions Ian Lustick, political science professor legitimate, however. ocratic movement in Iran does not mean
won’t work in Iran and what he feels the U.S. at the University of Pennsylvania, said Muhammad Sahimi, a professor of military intervention, however. What it
ought to do instead. that although Israelis have different rea- chemical engineering at the University of does mean, he did not say.
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Janis Siegel phrase could be excised from the statute.” would render the meat not fit for kosher They argue that if a Christian were to use
JTNews Correspondent By allowing the slaughtering of an use, even if slaughtered afterwards. In the same kosher slaughter technique as
animal without stunning it first, he said, order to be kosher, the animal must be the Jewish method, the Christian slaugh-
For Adam Karp, it’s usually about the the law also unconstitutionally pre- healthy and uninjured at the time of terer would be criminally charged and the
animals. This time, religion has gotten scribes different punishments to groups slaughter and must die as a result of the Jewish slaughterer would not.
involved. and individuals according to their reli- slaughter.” “If you’re not religiously qualified,”
That’s how Karp, a Bellingham-based gious practices. Kletenik also said that Jewish slaugh- Karp asked, “is the state qualified to judge
attorney who pioneered the field of animal “Washington’s Humane Slaughter Act ter laws are in compliance with Wash- who is religious and if their methods are
law in Washington State, waded into violates its religious establishment clause ington’s Humane Slaughter Act because in accordance with the religious laws
church/state issues. Karp told members of by allowing a religious person or group Jewish law puts the highest priority on practiced by that sect?”
the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle’s to conduct ritual slaughter without the slaughtering practices that would pre- W hen a Jew ish ritual slaughterer
attorneys’ affinity group the Cardozo threat of criminal prosecution,” Karp told vent the needless suffering of the animal. approaches an animal to take its life, the
Society of Washington State at its Dec. 1 the attorneys, “while secular slaughterers Current ly, Washing ton State law requirement to cut the carotid arteries
meeting that his client wants to see the must conform to the stringent rules against exempts ritual religious slaughter from the quickly, with a surgically sharp knife, is
Washington Humane Slaughter Act, animal cruelty set forth in the state law.” guidelines detailed in the Humane Slaugh- only one of the many laws found in the
which exempts religious ritual slaughter- The suit would affect not just the ter Act. It states: “Nothing…shall be con- Hebrew Bible, The Torah, and its com-
ers from meeting state guidelines and Jewish community, but observant Mus- strued to prohibit, abridge, or in any way mentaries, said Kletenik.
criminal prosecution, changed. lims as well, whose meat is similarly hinder the religious freedom of any person These laws, he said, must be closely
Representing Pasado’s Safe Haven in slaughtered for it to be considered halal. or group…. Ritual slaughter and the han- followed to spare the animal any pain
a lawsuit filed in King County Superior Washington State currently does not have dling or other preparation of livestock for and render the meat kosher.
Court against Snohomish County and the any slaughterhouses that kill animals for ritual slaughter is defined as humane.” “The Talmud, Maimonides’ Code of
State of Washington, Karp said that if they kosher or halal consumers. The law allows two humane methods Jewish Law, and the Code of Jewish Law,
prevail, all religious ritual slaughterers Present ing t he v iew t hat kosher of slaughter for livestock: The first requires the Shulchan Aruch, discuss the five basic
would lose their religious exemption and slaughtering laws are humane and that the animal to be rendered insensible to elements of slaughter,” Kletenik said. “If
be required to “stun” an animal before the legal exemption should remain was pain by “mechanical, electrical, chemical there is any pause in the act of the slaugh-
slaughtering them. Rabbi Moshe Kletenik of Orthodox con- or other means that is rapid and effective.” ter, that disqualifies the act…. There has
“The question is whether the state g regat ion Bik ur Cholim-Machzikay The second is “a method in accordance to be a back and forth motion, with a sur-
has created an unconstitutional exemp- Hadath in Seattle. with the ritual requirements of any reli- gically sharp instrument — there cannot
tion in favor of religion,” said Karp, who Kletenik is also president of the Rab- gious faith whereby the animal suffers be dow nward pressure against t he
founded the Washington State Bar Asso- binical Council of America, and a board loss of consciousness by anemia of the esophagus or the trachea. The knife has
ciation’s Animal Law Section. member of the Va’ad HaRabanim of brain caused by the simultaneous and to be long enough to always be seen and
“Eliminate, ‘In accordance with the Greater Seattle, the state’s kosher-certifi- instantaneous severance of the carotid not covered by the feathers or the skin or
ritual requirements of any religious faith,’” cation body. arteries with a sharp instrument.” another object that would obscure the
said Karp, who disclosed he is a strict “The proposed change would require This second method, according to the view…. The slaughter will almost inevi-
kosher vegan and that his personal views stunning the animal first,” Kletenik told Pasado lawsuit, would be a misdemeanor
would prohibit slaughter entirely. “That JTNews. “If the animal is stunned, that when not performed as a religious ritual. u Page 10
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The verdict
Thoughts on Naveed Haq
pass to reach his target. U.S. and Europe who, despite an appar- eration shootings was not so different
On that Friday afternoon in late July, ently thorough acculturation to their new from any of the dozens of Muslim college
2006, Haq was no doubt “crazy.” But only homelands, find their “true” identities students whom I have had the pleasure
in the colloquial sense that we apply to in one or another internet Islamist chat of teaching in my years at the UW. Their
people whose judgment seems clouded room, and re-brand themselves as “sol- ancestry spans the Islamic globe; Ameri-
by passion. In the same way, perhaps, that diers of Islam” in the “global jihad.” can-born or foreign, they claim origins in
certain well-married politicos risk every- We are all still reeling, after all, from lands as diverse as Somalia, Egypt, Indo-
Martin Jaffee thing in their world for some cheap trysts. the shock of Nidal Malik Hassan’s attack nesia, Sudan, Nigeria, Morocco, Paki-
JTNews Columnist It’s the kind of “craziness” embodied in the in Ft. Hood. And we have even more stan, Bosnia, and, yes, Palestine.
words of the old Merle Haggard tune, “I’m recently learned of the five Pakistani- They are uniformly excellent stu-
Like most everyone I know, my first old enough to know better, and still young American youngsters who tried to join dents, and one or two have become close
reaction at hearing about the guilty ver- enough not to care.” This sort of “crazy” the “global jihad” against American friends and colleagues, sharing meals
dict delivered against Naveed Haq was doesn’t get you off the hook for murder. forces in Afghanistan. at the family table and swapping stories
relief. Not joy. Not exultation. Not even a But the relief I shared with so many Had I known in July 2006 what I know about immigration to America, the trials
rush of vindication. Just relief. others in the Jewish and general commu- now, I would have interpreted Naveed of assimilation, and so forth.
Relief that a jury agreed upon what nities is not unmixed with other feelings. Haq more cautiously as yet a further Their curiosity about Jews leads them
was so obvious — Haq’s attack on the For one thing, it is colored by remorse at example of a personality warped by the to routinely seek out my courses on Juda-
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle con- my own error. combination, in equal measures, of pow- ism or anti-Semitism. This past quarter I
sciously targeted a Jewish institution for Readers may remember the column I erful personal resentment toward Jews was honored to have some 20 Muslim stu-
murderous assault in order to make a wrote in this paper about Haq’s attack (it and the religiously legitimized language dents among the 200 who took my course
political point. Relief also that, somehow, is still on the JTNews Web site under the of divine vengeance that Islam, after all, on “Globalization & the Monotheistic Tra-
Jewish sensibilities about the deadly seri- title, “A Muslim-American mad at Israel”). shares with its “sister traditions.” ditions.” Many of them were among the
ousness of contemporary anti-Semitism There, writing a day or two after the event It is too much to dismiss Haq as a strongest students, eager to master a way
— whether it decks itself in the rhetoric itself, I argued that we should not rush to “Muslim terrorist.” I don’t believe that of speaking about religions which both
of contemporary Islamist ideology, in the chalk up Haq’s crime to “Islamic terror- “Islam” transformed him from being honors their own, yet compares it — warts
fantasies of Christian Identity “evange- ism.” Rather, on the basis of what we knew “angry at Israel” (and who isn’t these and all — with fair-minded representations
lists,” or in the “anti-Zionism” of so many at the time — his psychiatric history with days?) to being a murderer of American of Judaism and Christianity. And two of
of those educated enough to know better a manic-depressive disorder, a recent Jews. I am convinced that he acted in these students, I am proud to say, are now
— are validated in this verdict. conversion to an obscure Christian sect, response to private, personal demons who registered in my course on the Talmud.
Whatever Haq’s clinical portrait might and other erratic behavior — this shoot- spoke in the convenient language of a reli- Do I have a budding Internet jihadist
be on his medical chart, the bottom line ing seemed more like the deadly assaults gious tradition that — again, like its sisters among my students? Rachmana litzlan!
is that this guy wanted to kill some Jews, in American public spaces colorfully — can and has been too easily hijacked in But I must say this: Despite what the
searched out a vulnerable target that summarized as “going postal.” the service of psychopathic hatreds. news cont inues to bring about t he
symbolized the American Jewish con- Well, now I know better. Since 2006 And here my relief turns to anxiety and extremities of Islamic anti-Westernism
nection with Israel, selected his weap- we all have read frequently of middle- concern. For the Naveed Haq who walked
ons with care, and took a day trip over the class, second-generation Muslims in the the streets as a free man prior to the Fed- u Page 13
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the lesson God teaches Elijah the prophet
dish opening to the movie itself? What and his immediate rebuff of that lesson in
is a dybbuk? What are we to think about Kings I. Elijah has run away from Jezebel
the rabbis? And what about the Hebrew and those seeking to kill him. Elijah of the
letters on the teeth? Bible is a prophet greatly confident in his
belief, yet finds himself not, so to speak,
Whenever Jewish movies come out
they inevitably evoke a range of emotional
responses. A reasonable reminder about
on the same page as the people.
community event.
us squirming. What should Jewish learn- response.
ing look like for children? What should Bar And He said, ‘Go out, and stand
Mitzvah preparation entail? What does it upon the mount before the Lord.”
Holy communication
Synagogues blogging and tweeting their way to new kinds of member outreach
Sue Fishkoff and understand new media’s potential. gregation yet, had been in a car accident. potato dish one woman planned to bring
JTA World News Service “Organizations don’t have a monopoly on “Within an hour they got calls from all and linking to her blog.
organizing anymore. People can talk to our clergy and me,” Volodarsky reports. “I Her blog linked back to the syna-
SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Congrega- each other directly.” asked what our Caring Community could gogue’s Web page — better advertising
tion Ner Tamid in Henderson, Nev., web- W hen sy nagog ues a nd rel ig ious bring them. Because I saw that posting, than anything else the synagogue might
casts its Bar and Bat Mitzvah services for schools first turn to new media, Colton I was able to reach out and make them have come up with, says Meredith Jacobs,
family and friends who cannot attend. says, they tend to use them to perform feel cared about. Now they’re among our director of family programming.
The preschool director at Congrega- typical tasks, just more efficiently. They most active members.” “Why do young people come to syn-
tion Beth Israel in Charlottesville, Va., send event invitations by e-mail instead People often share information online agogue? For community,” Jacobs posits.
tweets from the classroom several times a of snail mail, or create a Web site that that they would not share face to face. “They could see who else is going [to
day, so parents can feel part of what their clergy and staff use as an online bulle- That’s especially true of younger people, events] and get the word out fast.”
children are learning. tin board. The messages arrive quicker at says Rabbi Jonathan Blake of Westchester Temple Bet h Sholom i n Rosly n
Within this past year, synagogues, homes, and without stamps, but it’s still Reform Temple in Scarsdale, N.Y., who Heights, N.Y., did something even riskier
religious schools and other Jewish groups one-way, top-down communication. uses Facebook to keep in touch with his — the congregation gave its senior rabbi a
have been signing on to Facebook, blogs, By delving deeper, Colton continues, religious school graduates when they video camera.
Twitter and other social media eager to Jewish clergy, educators and others dis- head off to college. Although many older folks hesitate to
learn how new technology can strengthen cover that these media tools demand a When he first set up his page, Blake use new media, Rabbi Alan Lucas took
their organizations and improve their different way of talking and listening, was pleasantly surprised that so many of to the gadget immediately. Last week he
outreach. encouraging active participation and his former students “friended” him. Now posted his first YouTube video discussing
Faith-based organizations have been grass-roots involvement. the rabbi is an ongoing presence in their the recent Hanukkah song written by Sen.
“the last to the social media party,” say “Even at the simplest level, social lives, a link to their hometown Jewish Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).
experts at NTEN: The Nonprofit Tech- media tools allow people to come together community. Lucas already is preparing a second
nology Network. Now they’re jumping in around a shared idea and shared goals in “I’m not there to spy on them,” Blake YouTube video, says Rabbi Jeni Fried-
with enthusiasm — even the pope has a a decentralized and asynchronous way,” says. “But I know more about what they’re man, who works with Lucas at Beth
Facebook page, with nearly 80,000 fans. Colton says. doing Friday night than their parents.” Sholom. Friedman at tended Darim
What they’re finding out is that these Fancy words, but what do they mean? If they’re involved in anything dan- Online’s first Social Media Boot Camp
tools are transforming who they are and For Gabby Volodarsky, program direc- gerous, he can step in — as a pastor, not at UJA-Federation of New York’s Long
how they operate. That can be scary to tor at Temple Sinai in Oakland, Calif., a parent. Island office in October, and is a huge fan
leaders comfortable with old organiza- they mean being able to rally support Social media enables congregants to of how new technology can help syna-
tional models. quickly for someone in need. talk to each other as well as to clergy or gogues stay vital.
“Social media changes the way people Someone posted a note recently on the staff — a fact used by the Sixth and I His- “I anticipate these videos will be a
look at their faith-based institutions,” temple’s year-old Facebook page saying she toric Synagogue in Washington, D.C. to regular part of our congregational life,”
says former Seattleite Lisa Colton, founder was “praying for the speedy recovery” of help promote its Hanukkah cooking con- Friedman says. “Our congregants are
and president of Darim Online, a Vir- two new members. Volodarsky wrote back test. Instead of sending out a straightfor- already on Facebook. They are using
ginia-based nonprofit that helps Jewish immediately and found out that the couple, ward invitation, the staff used Twitter to these tools, and it behooves us to get on
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Leyna Krow dance instructor, has decided to expand party, co-hosted by Jconnect, will take “Seattle has a history of a lot of differ-
Assistant Editor, JTNews on this theme and make it into a commu- place downtown at the Triple Door, with ent things happening on Christmas Eve.
nity event. proceeds from the event benefiting after- I don’t look at is as any kind of competi-
The routine of going out for Chinese “The idea came about because I was school programs for children in Kiryat tion,” she said.
food and a movie on Christmas Eve is meeting with some friends of mine in the Malachi, Israel. Mai Li Pittard, who will be the MC
so ubiquitous among Jews that it seems 30-plus demographic and we were talk- Cameron Levin, director of YLD, said for the music stage at Moo Shoo, Matzoh
to have moved from the realm of tradi- ing about what was going on Christmas the facility at the Triple Door allows this Balls, and A Couple of Wise Guys, said
tion to cliché. But the problem remains Eve,” he said. year’s Latkepalooza to be a little different she wasn’t worried about drawing crowds
— what to do while everyone celebrates When no one was able to offer up a from previous parties. away from Latkepalooza either.
Christmas? suitable answer, Levitt suggested they “We will have the whole space for use, “Latkepalooza is a dance party where
“There’s a void to be filled. All our take matters into their own hands. The so this year is different to other years in people go drinking. That’s very differ-
friends are celebrating. We know that result is Moo Shoo, Matzoh Balls, and a that people can actually dine — they have ent from a night of live performance art,
others are celebrating, having family Couple of Wise Guys, a night of live music, a full meal instead of just nosh,” she said. music and film,” Pittard said. “I don’t
moments, and we want that experience as stand-up comedy, film, and, of course, Lat kepalooza w ill also feature a think we’ll be competing over the same
well. So we’ve hit upon the Chinese food Chinese food. The event will take place screening of the film Showgirls 2, hosted people.”
and movie tradition,” said Ari Levitt. the evening of Dec. 24 (obviously) at the by The Stranger’s associate editor David Moo Shoo organizers also stressed
This year, however, Levitt, a 43-year- Little Red Bistro in South Lake Union. Schmader prior to the main party. that their event is open to all ages, and
old Seattle physician, entrepreneur, and Levitt said Moo Shoo, Matzoh Balls, And as always, there will be plenty of that kids are invited, at least for the first
and a Couple of Wise Guys is modeled dance music, provided this year by DJ part of the night.
after an annual Christmas Eve party he Piha and Team Photogenic. “Everything before 10:30 p.m. is really
If you go had attended in San Francisco called Still, Latkepalooza may not appeal to family friendly. The late night stuff,
Kung Pow Comedy. everyone. maybe a little less so,” Pittard said.
Tickets for Moo Shoo, Matzoh Balls, “It’s always very popular, and really Levitt said most of his friends felt “they Levitt said that because the party at the
and A Couple of Wise Guys are $25 a lot of fun, with food and different per- were out of that age bracket and energy Little Red Bistro came together as some-
in advance or $30 at the door. The formers,” he said. “And I thought, why not level.” thing of a last-minute affair, most of the per-
Little Red Bistro is located at 400 do something like that here in Seattle?” Although Levin stressed that Latkepal- formers are either friends of his, or friends
Dexter Ave. N, Seattle. The event may Moo Shoo, Matzoh Balls, and a Couple ooza organizers seek to make the event as of friends. Still, it’s quite an ensemble.
sell out, so order tickets early at www. of Wise Guys isn’t Seattle’s first or only inclusive as possible, she noted that the Attendees can expect to hear music
brownpapertickets.com. Jewish Christmas eve party, of course. age range of participants has been incon- from local bands Sasson and The Lathe
Latkepalooza will be held at the Triple For almost 15 years, the Young Leader- sistent in the past, with some years bring- Symphonic as well as musicians Keith
Door, 216 Union St., Seattle. Tickets ship Division of the Jewish Federation ing in partiers of all ages, while other Judelman, Benjamin Gown, Adam Kes-
cost $15 in advance or $20 at the of Greater Seattle has been hosting Lat- years seem to be dominated by the just- sler and Aaron Shay. Pittard added that
door. Visit www.jconnectseattle.org kepalooza, a night out at a Seattle club for out-of-college crowd. And she allowed in addition to her hosting duties, she
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Innovators t Page 3 know it. There is no doubt I would benefit Eight lights t Page 6
tremendously from the kind of guidance tor for Equal Rights Washington earlier
mark. Since I’ve spent my entire career and support these programs offer — if rights for several years, both as a member this year to give his full efforts to manag-
working within the Jewish nonprofit only they were offered after work hours, to of Kol HaNeshamah and, since 2003, as a ing the campaign to approve Referendum
sector, my savings look more like an emer- accommodate those of us in need of full- board member of the Legal Marriage Alli- 71, which conferred the rights of married
gency fund than a capital investment. time work. But that opportunity exists ance of Washington. couples in Washington State to same-sex
So what’s a broke social entrepreneur nowhere, as of yet. couples. That referendum came in a chal-
to do? When subjecting oneself to pauperdom Josh Friedes lenge to the law passed by the state legis-
I couldn’t help but decide that social is the only way to get a shot at making a dif- Friedes left his post as advocacy direc- lature that gave couples those rights.
entrepreneurship is a privilege of the ference, our communa l leadership
wealthy, or at least those with no other pro- shouldn’t be surprised when the best and
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current innovation ecosphere, as it were, is ment elsewhere. He added that the buffet won’t exactly
reinforcing that impression, with unrealis- As for me, looking at such prospects, will be performing a musical set as well. be the standard Chinese takeout fare.
tic requirements and compensation for I’ve got one foot out the door. A second stage will feature comedy — Instead, the meal will be prepared in-
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He’s also “the only white guy who’s
ever been adopted into the Chaak Kudi Joyce Sherman Emily and Elan are engaged to be married
Hit” — Eagle Nest House — part of an Morry Israel and the one that didn’t get on August 1, 2010. The ceremony will be
amalgamation of Tlingit clans. He’s away. Jonah would be proud. officiated by Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum and Cantor
changed “a lot of cultural things, behav- Brad Kurland at the Golf Club at Newcastle.
ioral things,” he says, to get along in the the lodge. Emily is the daughter of Stephen and Robin
village, including learning to speak softly, “Sometimes I take a big vacation,” Boehler of Mercer Island and the granddaugh-
but says there are shared “basic values” including visits to Israel. He once caught ter of Winfield Boehler of New York, N.Y., the
among Jews and Tlingits. a trout in the Jordan River (they escape late Jane Boehler, and the late Sheldon and Zelda Hamroff.
Morry now has his own guide service from kibbutz fish farms). Emily is a graduate of Mercer Island High School and holds a B.S. in early childhood
and has developed a Web site where you “I found one thing that Israelis and education from the University of Vermont. She is a preschool teacher at the Stroum Jewish
can see photos of him and his environs Arabs have in common…if they see an Community Center.
at www.alaskamorry.com. Summer, of American release a fish they both think Elan is the son of Raquel Shapiro of Newcastle and the late Gary Shapiro. His grand-
course, is the best time to come. In winter the American is crazy,” he laughs. “I got parents are Genia Guberek of Colombia, the late Bernard Guberek, Sol Shapiro of Seattle
Morry sometimes teaches at the local yelled at in Hebrew and Arabic for releas- and the late Yetta Shapiro.
school and does marketing for himself or ing trout.” He is a graduate of Newport High School and has a B.S. in communications from
Washington State University. He works as a recruiting manager at Revel Consulting.
A View from the U t Page 7 trust and honor has more a claim to being
rooted in Islam than anything dished out community news
and rank anti-Semitism, and despite the by Naveed Haq.
very close-to-home example of Naveed
Haq, I feel privileged that my work has Martin S. Jaffee currently holds the University Lecture Series Locating Yourself on the
brought me to a closer knowledge of Islam Samuel & Althea Stroum Chair in Jewish with Scott Noegel Spectrum of Faith
as embodied not only in academic books Studies at the University of Washington. Professor Scott B. Noegel will This four-part series led by
and fiery blogs, but primarily in the simple His award-winning columns for JTNews conduct a series of lectures on Rabbi Zari Weiss will highlight
mentschlichkeit of my Muslim students. have recently been published in book the topic “From Pithom to Sinai: different ideas and beliefs about
By trusting my teaching, they have form as The End of Jewish Radar: Exodus in the Light of Ancient Egypt.” God from various stages in Jewish his-
honored me and they have honored the Snapshots of a Post-Ethnic American Noegel serves as professor of Biblical and tory. Participants will have opportuni-
Jewish sources that nourish me. And that Judaism by iUniverse press. Ancient Near Eastern Studies and chairs ties to explore their own personal ideas
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and Civilization at the University of Wash- welcome. Classes will be held Jan. 6, 13,
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What’s your JQ? t Pull-out Page 3 therein…or so that I will escape the light on several key narratives in the Book $65-$95, depending upon students’ abil-
curses therein. It is improper to serve of Exodus. Cost is $35 for the series. Classes ity to pay. For more information, contact
Airplane lyric: “When the truth is found the Lord in such a way, for whoso- will be held Jan. 13, 20, and 27 at 7 p.m. For Rainer Waldman Adkins at 206-547-3914
to be lies/and all the joy within you dies.” ever serves the Lord in such a way, he more information, contact Alysa Rosen or office@kadima.org. At Kadima House,
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