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Yes, its freezing out there. Make some soup!
MICHAEL NATKIN JTNews ColumnistsTings this soup will not
do: Win any beauty contests.
Tings this soup will do:
Warm you to your core ona cold day. Nourish you. Fill
your belly. Leave you with an
abiding sense o contentment.
Possibly wash and old your
clothes.
Tis is a tradeoff I can live
with.
I havent been completely
sold on the arro revolution. I
like the flavor, but I find that
the chewy texture becomes
bothersome afer a while when served as
a basic grain side dish or in a risotto-style
presentation.
In soup it is a different story.
It doesnt all apart in the broth. It
makes the soup eel substantial, bordering
on a stew that can be a one-pot meal.
Te arro I use is grown in Eastern
Washington by a amily armer, Lena
Lentz Hardt, who was able to jump off
the treadmill o industrial crop pricing or
commodity wheat by growing this very
special, organic grain. You can find this
wonderul grain at CheShop.com, online
or at their Elliott Ave. loca-
tion in Seattle.
You can vary this soup by
switching in a different beanor the chickpeas (cannellini
would be very Italian), or a
different green or the mus-
tard greens. Any kind o kale
would be very appropriate. I
probably wouldnt use spin-
ach, as the more delicate tex-
ture might not hold up to the
arro.
Farro and Chickpea Soup
Vegetarian, vegan, and kosher
2 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for serving
1/2 white onion, diced
1 rib celery, diced
3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
Pinch crushed red pepper
1-1/2 tsp. kosher salt
1 bunch mustard greens, stems removed and cut
into 1" ribbons
1 cup uncooked farro
1 cup fully cooked chickpeas
Juice of 1 lemon
Fresh ground black pepper
Parsley
Flaky sea salt
In a large pot with
a lid or a pressure
cooker, heat theolive oil over me-
dium-high heat.
When it shimmers,
add the onion, cel-
ery, garlic, crushed
red pepper, and
salt. Cook, stir-
ring occasionally,
until the onion has
softened, about 3
minutes.
Add the mustard
greens and cook for a couple of min-
utes until they have begun to soften.
Add the farro and 4 cups water. Cover
and simmer until the farro is tender
but still a bit chewy, about 50 minutes
(or if using a pressure cooker, 32 min-
utes at high pressure followed by a
quick pressure release).
Remove the lid and add the chick-
peas and lemon juice. Stir and sim-
mer for a few minutes to allow the
flavors to meld, then taste and adjust
seasoning.
To serve, divide among bowls, garnis
with more good olive oil, fresh groun
black pepper, parsley and sea salt.
Preparation time: 1 hour total (15 mi
utes active).
Serves 4.
Local food writer and chef Michael Natkins
2012 cookbook Herbivoracious, A Flavor
Revolution with 150 Vibrant and Original
Vegetarian Recipes, was a finalist this year fo
a James Beard award. The recipes are based
on his food blog, herbivoracious.com.
Jewish and
Veggie
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REMEMBER WHEN
From he Jewish ran-
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Gordon L. Walgren, the
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One billion dollars later, Rabbi Aaron Meyer questions whether the investment in Birthright Israel has
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Facing retirement in uncertain times 2
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Bring an unwrapped gift to this post-Hanukkah
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Shayna Rosen at [email protected]
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The Jewish Federations Annual Super Sunday
Phone-a-thon! With a simple phone call, you
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34 p.m. Hanukkah Concert Seattle
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All 7th and 8th graders are invited to participate
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Theres a reason for each one of those holidays, its not just getting together and having the food.
Desiree Pollock of Bellevue, who isnt Jewish, but whose family celebrated Hanukkah for several years. Meet more people like her on page 14.
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Why Birthright Israel is hafuch
RABBI AARON MEYER Temple De Hirsch SinaiSo named or the little bit
o coffee added to a greater
quantity o milk, turning thenorm on its head, or per-
haps or the order in which
the ingredients are combined,
Cae Hauch, upside-down
coffee, is the Israeli answer to
cappuccino. hough pleas-
ant tasting and popular, these
hollow calories are ofen the
first to go when a diet is in
order. Birthright Israel is increasingly
showing signs o becoming the upside-
down answer to promoting Jewish lie and
a much-needed paradigm shit cannot
come soon enough.
ake young Jews, 18-26, on a ree
trip to Israel and they will return rededi-
cated to Jewish lie, says the conventional
wisdom. hey will develop a connec-
tion to Israel. As under Sheldon Adel-
son expressed to an auditorium ull o
Birthright participants, they will engage in
some hanky-panky. Tey will overcome
the orces o assimilation and affiliate with
the established Jewish community.
Tis wisdom, promoted by a philan-
thropic, well-intentioned, and above-all-
else different generation, has proven itsel
outdated.
It isnt working.
A 2009 study by Brandeis University,
the first to comprehensively look at par-
ticipants engagement five years ollow-
ing their trip, reported that Participants...
were not more likely to report eeling con-
nected to Jewish customs and traditions
or their local Jewish community and that
any increase in involvement was only
marginally statistically signiicant. A
2012 update revealed that aglit [Birth-
right] participants and nonparticipants
who are intermarried are equally likely to
be raising their oldest children Jewish,
and that while Birthright participants are
more likely to belong to a Jewish congre-
gation, to have a special meal on Shabbat,
or to celebrate Jewish holidays, the effects
were small. (www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/
researchareas/taglit-publications.html)
Tis is not to take away rom the lie-
changing experience that some Birthright
participants have had, and indeed there
are other ways to measure the success o
these trips. Many participants report sig-
nificantly elevated eelings toward Israel
and the Jewish community upon their
return, and many say they eel positive
about being Jewish. rue, yet with more
than 330,000 young adults having par-
ticipated in this trip at a cost
o $3,000 per participant, the
time to ask the now-billion-dollar question has come: Is
eeling positive about being
Jewish without translat-
ing those eelings into action
worth such a significant
expenditure o resources?
his model would have
worked a generation ago.
Jewish identity or the baby
boomers those unding Birthright
was built around memories o the Holo-
caust and a visceral deense o the State
o Israel against the enemies seeking its
destruction. Supporting Israel was a way
to show, and in act to be, Jewish. For
too many millennials, though, and par-
ticularly those on the margins o Jewish
lie, the Holocaust is ancient history and
Israel is seen as the aggressor rather than
the underdog. Tese core elements, which
once drove Jews toward Jewish lie, are
no longer the predominant reasons to be
Jewish. Motivations are undamentally
different than they were just one genera-
tion ago, and our models o engagement
need to change accordingly.
I we want to ensure vibrant Jewish lie,
and with it strong American Jewish sup-
port or Israel rom among my generation,
we need to invest more philanthropic dol-
lars domestically in programs that reach
the hearts o our 20-somethings: Social
justice. Meaningul relationships taken
offline. A moral existence beyond concern
or the sel. Judaism that can be experi-
enced and lived in the here and now rather
than while on vacation, confined within
the borders o the State o Israel.
Tis winter, the Jewish community in
North America, Israel, and around the
world will reach the $1 billion dollar mark
in our support o Birthright Israel. Are the
positive eelings that have been generated
about being Jewish without translating
those eelings into action worth such a
significant expenditure o resources? Lets
try spending the same money domestically
and see what happens. What wont happen
is an erosion o support or Israel to the
contrary: support or the Jewish State in
my generation comes more ofen rom a
strong Jewish identity than Jewish identity
comes rom supporting the State o Israel.
When young Jews are engaged Jew-
ishly, they will pay us to visit the Jewish
homeland, and the dynamic will again be
right-side up.
GLAD TO BE CAUGHT
Yasher Koach to Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum for writing, and to JTNews for publishing, one
of the most heartfelt and thought-provoking opinion pieces relating to the conflict in Israel
and Palestine Ive read in any publication. (Getting Caught Trying, Rabbis Turn, Nov. 15) In
the article, the rabbi shared his own experience meeting the other and cited sources from
Torah about the value and importance of making the effort or getting caught trying
as former president Bill Clinton calls it.
Reading the rabbis account of his trip to Israel and the West Bank, and his subsequent inter-
actions with a young Palestinian peace activist, the initiative toward peace becomes less of an
abstract vision or a radical concept, and instead a realistic possibility worth the very great effort.
If Rabbi Rosenbaum has taken a risk in speaking out on the issue, he may be a voice for
the significant number of American rabbis who are afraid to share their feelings on Israel,
according to a JCPA study released Oct. 8, 2013 (Reluctant or Repressed? Aversion to
Expressing Views on Israel Among American Rabbis.)
Within a few minutes we had gone from turning away from each other to listening care-
fully to each other and finding common ground. Finding common ground is what the nego-
tiators in renewed peace talks are looking for.
But because I hung in there a little longer, I found out that our differences were not irrep-
arable. Those words are a metaphor for the renewed effort, spearheaded by Sec. of State
Kerry to negotiate a two-state solution.
As a member of J Street, I hope his congregation and the community at large appreciate
and respect the rabbis effort to construct a bridge of communication over these troubled
waters and, as well, enhance that spark of hope for a resolution that is becoming more and
more talked about in the mainstream Jewish community.
Charlene Freadman Kahn
Seattle
WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR
What with the too frequent selectivity of the JTNewss articles and specifically Donniel Hart-
mans piece (The Hanukkah identity crisis, Nov. 29), is there nothing sacred? Psychoanalysis
or an inventive critique about Hanukkah does not increase our love or respect for our identity.
The holiday is a simple and straightforward one. We celebrate it as a memorial to Hash-
ems miracles, wonders and favors that occurred in historys first recorded victorious battle
for freedom of religion against tremendous odds. Period.
However, I lament that while we won that battle in 167 BCE, there has been little public-
ity that we lost the war.
The last two sons of the Hasmonean Dynasty, Hyrcanus and Aristobulus, became Hel-
lenists and created a terrible civil war over which son would rule after the Queen Mother
Alexandras death. Both sons invited in Pompey, Romes general, to resolve the dispute. But
Pompey instead took over the country and so from 63 BCE until 1948 we were without our
land and independence.
Jack Greenberg
Seattle
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Help stem hunger during the holidays
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In the course of a year Food Lifeline will distribute over 36 million pounds of food,
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Due to the continued recession and long-term unemployment, the number of
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enough to eat beyond the holidays and whenever there is need.
According to Food Lifeline, the very low income people that food banks and mealprograms have traditionally served still have tremendous need and represent 53%
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Te donations that QFC collects during this two month period will help feed hungry
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Tere are many ways in which QFC customers can help support Bringing Hope
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Wh w must rmmbr
JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNewsJosephine
Jack
Charlotte
Jessica
DylanAllison
Madeline
James
Avielle
Benjamin
Olivia
Caroline
Jesse
Daniel
Emilie
Chase
Ana
Grace
Catherine
Noah
Look at those names. Look at them
again. Now put a ace to a name, perhaps
a child you know. Now imagine that as the
parent o one o these kids, you sent her off
to school one sunny December day and
you never saw her alive again. Tats what
happened to 20 sets o parents in New-
town, Connecticut, who lost their children
one year ago this Saturday in one o the
biggest mass murders in American history.
Now think about the day afer. And the
day afer that. Maybe, just
possibly, that will put you
into the heads o these par-
ents parents who have
woken up every morningor the past year to a house
thats just a little bit quieter,
and much, much emptier
than it should be.
Did something change in
America that day? For many
people, the Sandy Hook
shooting lit a spark that
allowed them to raise their
voices and say they werent
going to take it anymore.
It took 26 caskets to allow
them to stand up and demand change, and
despite strong pushback, they continue to
move orward.
In some cases that change has been
heard loud and clear. Te shooting pushed
Connecticut to enact the most stringent
gun-control laws in the nation. It has
brought conversations to the highest levels
o government in other states, though not
in ours at least not meaningully. Tat
absence o conversation will result in more
gun deaths. Given how many thousands
o shootings have occurred since Sandy
Hook, its almost guaranteed.
When I first saw the pic-
ture o 6-year-old Noah
Pozner, the youngest o the
children to all to those bul-
lets a year ago, one thingcame to mind: He looks just
like my son. Tat hit ar too
close to home.
Do you know what else
hit close to home? Tat a
gunman launched a kill-
ing spree in what should
have been a place o saety
or Noah, his school. Sound
amiliar? It has been seven
years since an armed, crimi-
nally insane man burst into
my workplace in the offices o the Jewish
Federation o Greater Seattle and shot a
hal-dozen women. Every morning I let
mysel into the building is a reminder o
some o the innocence everyone in this
community lost that day. Tankully, we
didnt hold nearly as many unerals as
they did in Newtown. But one was still
too many.
At the grassroots, change is happen-
ing. Cheryl Stumbo, my ormer colleague
who underwent more surgeries than we
can count to fix what that gunman took
rom her has finally ound her voice. So
has Rabbi Daniel Weiner o emple D
Hirsch Sinai, who was present ollowin
the Federation shootings, and at the ma
murder at a house party on Capitol H
a ew months beore that. With StumbWeiner has been at the oreront in Was
ington State to keep guns out o the hand
o people too mentally ill or criminal to b
allowed access to them. Seventeen loc
Jewish organizations and counting a
behind them. We should ollow their ligh
not the darkness that also emerged ro
Sandy Hook.
Te idea that Sandy Hook could hav
been prevented by posting an armed gua
at the door o a ortified school is inco
rect, and it misses the point. We shouldn
accept a lesson that militarization ca
be the solution to school shootings. W
shouldnt accept that the hundreds o tho
sands o dollars a year in security enhanc
ments would come at the expense
children whose only hot meal comes ro
the caeteria, that armed guards mea
another year or two o outdated, disint
grating textbooks. For some districts, tho
are the choices they must make.
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shouldnt be so nave to think that ju
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How Manda won ovr th Jwsh communt
ABRAHAM H. FOXMAN JTA World News ServiceNEW YORK (JA) Nelson Mandela
will always be remembered as a symbol o
courageous resistance to the racist policies
o apartheid South Arica. He was a true
hero o conscience. But he also will alwayshave a special place in the memory o the
Jewish community.
I first met Mandela in Geneva in 1990
as part o a delegation o American Jewish
leaders. My colleagues and I spent 2-1/2
memorable hours with the then-newly
ree Arican National Congress leader. It
was a warm session with good personal
eelings on all sides.
Mandela, who died last week at 95,
understood ar more than we antici-
pated about the Jewish experience and
the meaning o Israel as a Jewish state. He
expressed deep appreciation or the Jewish
community o South Aricas support or
him during the long years o his imprison-
ment and expressed a desire to reciprocate
that riendship and appreciation.
Over the years, the Jewish community
had not always seen eye to eye with Man-
dela. Many were unhappy with his support
or the Palestine Liberation Organization,
and particularly his embrace o then-Pal-
estinian leader Yasser Araat.
Another concern was that Mandela, in
repeatedly reerring to Israel as a colo-
nialist regime, seemed to be questioning
the undamental legitimacy o the Jewish
state. It was difficult or American Jewish
leaders to consider joining in the welcome
or this great reedom ighter without
having a better understanding o his views
toward Israel and the Jewish community.
here were con-
cerns as well about
how Mandela would
be received on his
irst visit to theUnited States. Clearly
he was a hero to the
Arican-American
community. But the
1990 meeting was
pivotal to clear the
air and better under-
stand the man. Te
encounter was mag-
nificent in the sense that Mandela said to us,
Look, I appreciate what the Jewish com-
munity has done or me. On the other hand,
i the test o my riendship with you is that I
have to be an enemy o your enemy, then I
cannot be your riend.
Reerring to his personal struggle and
years in imprisonment and isolation, he
said, I needed the support o anybody I
could get. And Araat gave me support.
At the same time, Mandela understood
that while Israel was being boycotted by
most o the countries in the world, the white
South Arican government was one o the
ew countries dealing with it. Mandela said
he understood that relationship, too.
Im not angry at you and Israel
because Israel was dealing with the apart-
heid South Arican government, he
told us. Tereore, dont be angry at me
because I was dealing with Castro and
Araat. I you can understand that, we can
go orward.
Tis was quintessential Mandela. Tis
pragmatic approach
to lie and relation-
ships explain what
he achieved with
South Aricas post-apartheid ruth
and Re conci l i a-
tion Commission.
It was not a matter
o hatred, or o ven-
geance or getting
even. It was a matter
o addressing prag-
matic, practical real-
ities.
At our meeting, Mandela spoke not
only o his unequivocal support or Isra-
els right to exist but also o his proound
respect or its leaders, including David
Ben-Gurion, Golda Meir and Menachem
Begin. He also assured us that he sup-
ported Israels right to security and to pro-
tect itsel rom terrorism.
We came away rom that encounter
with no doubt about his recognition o the
legitimacy o the Zionist endeavor and the
right o the Jewish people to a state in the
Middle East.
It was also during the meeting that
I irst suggested that Mandela should
meet with Natan Sharansky. o the Ari-
can-American community, Mandela was
their prisoner o conscience. Sharan-
sky was ours. I told Mandela I believed
it would be appropriate or them to meet
and exchange their experiences and dia-
logue toward mutual understanding and
common ground. He agreed, having
avidly read Sharanskys book, Fear N
Evil, while in prison.
Te meeting took place on June 2
1990 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angele
It was a very emotional meeting betweethe two prisoners o conscience and a po
gnant moment or the Arican-America
and Jewish communities. We embrace
two o our modern-day heroes. When
look back on my lies accomplishment
that moment was among the most deep
meaningul and personally significant.
Nelson Mandelas strength o chara
ter, commitment to justice and abidin
passionate belie in the commonality th
binds all humanity are the touchstones
every great leader. He will be long remem
bered in the Jewish community both o
his legacy o ending apartheid and build
ing a ree and democratic South Aric
and or maintaining close ties o riend
ship to Israel and the Jewish community
anyone can be allowed to waltz into
school with a Bushmaster semi-automat
and blast away. Schools need to be sae, b
they also need to be welcoming spaces
provide an atmosphere conducive to lear
ing. Teres a place in between that ca
allow or both.
oday, however, we need to remem
ber these kids rom Sandy Hook. Look
those names again. Remember them. Te
are children who died needlessly. Dont l
their deaths be in vain.
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Use Your Illusionby Mike Selinker
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.
Answers on page 23
Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure
instead, Sigmund Freud wrote. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they
sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. Here, youll
discover the psychology terms for some cognitive self-delusions. Do you fall prey to any of them?
ACROSS
1 Type of drive5 Punish for impertinence
9 Viewed12 Aware of
13 Hollywoods Rogen
14 Light-diffracting stone16 What you fall prey to if you say
My experiments will confirm mytheories
20 He recorded the R&B albumRaymond v. Raymond
21 There ___ spoon (The Matrixline)
22 Fight (with)
23 What you fall prey to if you sayThis is not happening to me
27 Its often outside a bank29 Greenskeepers purchase
30 ABCs competition for Today31 Hover
33 Plate in a Spanish restaurant
36 One of six in a hexagon
40 What you fall prey to if you say
Im not a racist, so what I said isfine
43 American soccer star Lalas44 Horrors!
45 They own Budget46 OR inserts
48 Homophone of knew
50 Before, poetically
51 What you fall prey to if you say Ifit doesnt fit, you must acquit issounder than If it doesnt fit, you
must exonerate57 Shrieky sound
58 Singer like Pink or Fergie59 Type of exam given in June
62 What you fall prey to if you say
I havent won for a while, so Imdue
66 Place like Tats in Pioneer Square67 Now would be awesome
68 Muscat wine doesnt come fromhere, surprisingly
69 Dancing with the Starsdancer Bill70 Where cones come from
71 Bar plant
DOWN
1 Mon ___!2 Band that called it quits in November 2012,
15 years after its singer died3 Nineteen-year-old, perhaps
4 Anatomical shock absorbers
5 Theres one at the Museum of Flight6 Gleeactress ___ Michele
7 Cobwebbed locale8 Group that started as a Grateful Dead cover
band9 Biblical phrase that may or may not refer to
Jesus10 Alert from the SPD
11 Dont insist upon
15 Not from the clergy17 Components of old TV screens
18 Acceleration equal to 9.80665 meters persecond squared
19 Game involving making groupings of threecolorful cards
24 Campus mil. group
25 Beginning of a challenge
26 Fruit-flavored drink brand
27 ___ mater28 Awl, for one
32 Uppercase, its a magazine; lowercase, itsa proverbial saying
34 Tapered pin35 Uppercase, its a magazine; lowercase, its
a proverbial saying
37 Mine is Michael
38 Den39 Otherwise41 Experience too many of this puzzles theme
entries, perhaps42 Bart Simpsons teacher, Ms. Krabappel
47 Store event49 1980s gridiron assn. in which the Oakland
Invaders played
51 It might mean med.52 Part of a nail
53 Neighbor of 68-Across54 Computer bag component
55 Actress Portia di ___56 ___ Olay
60 Words in 45-Acrosss full title61 Countrys Loretta
63 Iron John author Robert
64 Enthusiast65 Zoo resident
Twnt ars of Jwshspirituality in Seattle
DIKLA TUCHMAN JTNews CorrespondentFor some, it may seem like only yester-
day. Yet it was just over 20 years ago that
Bet Ale Meditative Synagogues charter
members first ushered in the Jewish NewYear together in Seattle.
Back in the summer o 1993, a rabbi
and his amily had just arrived in the
Pacific Northwest rom Los Angeles, with
the hopes o integrating a more spiritual
Jewish practice into an evolving Seattle
Jewish community.
I appealed largely to people who were
not connected with synagogues, said
Rabbi ed Falcon, Bet Ales ounding
rabbi. Falcon started out as a Reorm rabbi
in Los Angeles, but became engaged in
spirituality in the 1970s.
I got involved in spirituality and what
was called non-duality back then, said
Falcon. In those days, synagogues were
not interested in that, but one could pursue
spiritual paths through psychology.
He sought a degree in psychology and,
in pursuit o Jewish spirituality, in 1976
began to teach. He then helped establish
the Jewish Renewal congregation, Makom
Ohr Shalom, in 1978 and served there until
his amily headed north to Seattle.
By the all o 1993, Falcon had ormed
a group that called itsel Bet Ale Medita-
tional Synagogue, and the approximately
40 members celebrated as they opened the
doors to their first High Holiday services.
Bet Ale is a different kind o animal
than what I had in Los Angeles, Falcon
said. Te first couple years were kind o
shaky, but then it ound its own way.
Falcon ound that, by and large, Bet
Ale appealed to those who sought out
other spiritual traditions, particularly
attracting those who hadnt known spiri-
tuality in their Jewish upbringing.
Te goal was to provide a spiritual
alternative or those who the existing insti-
tutions were not as helpul as they mig
have been, said Falcon. Tis sentime
resonated or Jews like Olivier BenHaim
Currently the rabbi at Bet Ale as it ceebrates the 20-year mark, BenHaim nev
thought he would be the spiritual leader
a meditative synagogue, let alone a rabb
He laughed when he said he didnt take
straight path to becoming a rabbi.
Having grown up in France, BenHai
had ew Jewish options. With a back
ground in modern Orthodoxy, he decide
at 18 to make aliyah and study in Israel.
Tose were difficult years living
Israel, said BenHaim. Tere was a lot
political turmoil, and during the first int
ada, I was called to the army. At the sam
time, in the middle o my service, Yitzha
Rabin was murdered.
BenHaim saw Israels population ra
ture and divide, with many Israelis chee
ing on the stalemate o the peace proces
With so much in flux around him, he exp
rienced a spiritual crisis and decided
leave both Israel and Judaism behind.
I met my wie, ollowed her back to th
U.S., and decided to stay, BenHaim sai
Te two moved to Seattle, at which poi
he began to embark upon a spiritual pa
through Buddhism.
Tere was a Buddhist-Jewish dialogu
at that time at the Museum o History an
Industry, BenHaim recalled. A Bu
dhist nun was having a conversation wi
a Rabbi Rabbi ed and he was talkin
about spirituality.
BenHaim described experiencing a
Aha! moment.
I didnt realize that this was part o ou
practice, he said. He began to understan
he didnt have to go outside o Judais
to find spirituality, but instead, he cou
come home.
At that point, it became clear to Be
Haim that Bet Ale was a good fit or hi
perhaps too good a fit.
Rabbi ed started to involve me
different aspects o the synagogue, Be
Haim said. I led services a couple tim
and thought I could do this.
Bet Ale hired BenHaim to work
administration at the synagogue an
slowly but surely, he began to work his w
up to taking over the reins as rabbi. I g
a BA and then MA in Jewish Studies at th
Hebrew College o Boston and in those fiv
years, I was Rabbi eds apprentice, sa
BenHaim. I was running the office so
learned to do the office side o things. A
the same time he was teaching classes an
officiating at liecycle events.
In June o 2009, BenHaim received h
ordination. As Falcon retired, there w
a six-month transition period, and the
BenHaim took over officially as the rab
in January 2010.
Looking at the changing tapestry
COURTESY BET ALEF
Rabbi Olivier BenHaim shows off the new ark
commissioned for Bet Alef Meditative
Synagogues 20th anniversary.
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On stag nar and far
DIANA BREMENT JTNews Columnist
1Tis is the first time
Ive been the main, lead
part, notes Jack Fleis-
chmann, 12, one o the two
boys playing Oliver in Te 5th
Avenue Teatre productiono Oliver! which opened in
Seattle last week.
In an interview with him
a ew hours beore opening
night, Jack showed all the
enthusiasm youd expect or
such a momentous occasion.
His amily, including grand-
parents, had been there or
the inal preview the night
beore and his mom and sister would be
attending opening night.
A lot o people are coming, he said.
Jack demanded to start acting at the age
o 3. His sister Hannahwas appearing in
a Broadway Bound drama school produc-
tion and he insisted on the same. At age 4,
he debuted in How to Eat Like a Child
and Te Jungle Book and credits the pro-
grams director, Jimmy Nixon, or encour-
aging him and getting him a successul
audition or the movie Switchmas.
Tat got me wanting to be in more
proessional things in theater, he says.
Afer appearing in the chorus o El:
Te Musical at the 5th Avenue last year,
he learned the theater was
presenting Oliver! this year.
He went into study mode,
watching the movie, learning
the music.
Oliver and Fagins gangare double-cast, and Jack
shares the role with Mark Jef-
frey James Weber. Divided
into two teams, they perorm
three days on and three days
off. Jack perormed opening
night and Jeffrey will perorm
closing night.
Having just started 6th
grade at Seattle Academy this
year, Jack says his schoolwork has been
a bit tougher than I imagined. Hes
keeping up with most classes, but will have
much make-up work when the show ends
on Dec. 31. Te school has been support-
ive and even eatured a notice about his
role on its website.
When time permits, Jack enjoys playing
soccer and basketball, my avorite sport.
Te Jewish community is well repre-
sented among this kid-heavy cast, includ-
ing Jasmine Harrick (eatured in this
column on Feb. 8, 2013 or her role in
Music Man) and Eliana Harrick, Boaz
Malako, Amalya Benhaim, Eliana Coe,
and Sophie Poole. For more inormation
on the show, visit the theaters website at
www.5thavenue.org.
2Meanwhile, on a stage on another
shore, Seattles unique olk band
Uncle Bonsai has begun its annual
holiday tour. Starting in Framingham,
Mass., and finishing in acoma on New
Years Eve, the band is touring with Chris-
tine Lavin and singing songs rom their
Just One Angel and Just One Angel
v2.0 CDs.
Band leader Andrew Ratshin, orig
nally rom arrytown, N.Y., describes th
two albums selections as alternativ
and songs you wouldnt hear on an elev
tor. Tey include Uncle Bonsai origina
such as the sardonic Dougs GreateChristmas Ever, and other artists wor
(Doug, the fictional subject o an ong
ing series o songs and an album o th
name, is Jewish.)
Uncle Bonsai ormed in Seattle in th
mid-1980s when three Bennington Colle
grads Andrew, Arni Adlerand Ashl
OKeee got together to sing Irish mus
Tey busked outside the gates o Bumbe
shoot, Andrew recalls, made enough to g
in, and the next year they were a eature
act, opening or Fireside Teater.
Ater a ew years, the band took
break and Andrew went solo as the Ele
tric Bonsai Band (its not electric, and i
not a band), and ormed another singin
group, Te Mel Cooleys. In 1998, Unc
Bonsai reunited or a one-off reunio
concert. Te new songs Andrew wro
or that concert turned into an albu
called Apology, he says, which led
more reunion concerts. Te band start
touring regularly again about six years ag
with Patrice ONeill, replacing Ashle
M.O.T.Member of
the Tribe
MARK KITAOKA
Jack Fleischmann plays Oliver Twist in alternating
performances of Oliver at the 5th Avenue
Theatre.
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How Mar Jan can hp MS patnts
JANIS SIEGEL JTNews ColumnistWhen it comes to finding
a cure or even understand-
ing why someone develops
multiple sclerosis, scientists
in Israel, who in 1964 were
among the first in the world toidentiy the therapeutic effects
o compounds in marijuana,
could transorm the ace o the
disease or many including
patients in Washington.
Wash ington State i s
known globally or its high
levels o incidences o multi-
ple sclerosis, a neurodegen-
erative disease where the immune system
attacks the nervous system. Researchers
really dont know who is at risk or devel-
oping the disease or why certain people
become affected by it.
But researchers at Israels el Aviv Uni-
versity and Weizmann Institute o Science
recently completed a second round o suc-
cessul research using cannabidiol or CBD,
a non-psychotropic extract rom cannabis,
the high-inducing substance in marijuana.
It reduces, and in some cases stopped, cell
inflammation, the condition now known to
be the cause o the debilitating effects o MS.
Both the 2011 study and
the latest 2013 study were pub-
lished in the Journal o Neuro-
immune Pharmacology.
Our study looks at how
compounds isolated rommarijuana can be used to reg-
ulate inflammation to pro-
tect the nervous system and
its unctions, said Dr. Ewa
Kozela o el Aviv Univer-
sitys Dr. Miriam and Shel-
don G. Adelson Center or
the Biology o Addictive Dis-
eases and the Sackler Faculty
o Medicine. Inflammation is part o the
bodys natural immune response, but in
cases like MS it gets out o hand.
Doctors rom the immunology depart-
ment and the neurobiology department at
Weizmann co-authored the study report.
Several compounds in marijuana can
reduce the inflammation in a patients brain
and spinal cord, thereby retarding the effects
and the progress o MSs most debilitating
symptoms its attack on a persons motor
skills, mental aculties, and body unctions.
In the 2011 study, scientists ollowed
a commonly used MS-inducing research
model, experimental autoimmune enceph-
alomyelitis or EAE, and injected 30 male
mice twice in eight days with MOG 35-55
ragments, a protective nerve sheath gly-
coprotein, while the control group o mice
did not receive the MOG 35-55.hose mice treated with the CBD
during the onset o the disease showed
much less severe effects o MS symptoms
than those that werent. Te injections also
protected against the development o the
diseases symptoms.
In addition, the mice treated with CBD
showed significantly less inflammation in
the spinal cord than the mice not treated
with CBD.
In 2013, the researchers ocused on the
immune system to see i the CBD com-
pound could have an anti-inflammatory
effect on the immune system the initia-
tor o the inflammation.
hey ound that by treating the
immune cells o MS-induced mice with
CBD, these cells were much less likely
to become inflamed and then less likely
to trigger inflamed molecules that could
reach the brain and spinal cord o a poten-
tial MS sufferer.
Not only did the immune cells pro-
duce less inflamed molecules, they al
showed a dramatic reduction in the deve
opment o a particular one, interleuk
17, which is known as the molecule mo
commonly associated with cell damage
MS patients.In many countries, CBD is prescribe
or the management o MS symptom
but it is not necessarily legal. Accordin
to Pain Management o America, a med
cal marijuana online inormation hub, th
use o medical marijuana helps patien
with a variety o symptoms includin
chronic pain, depression, atigue, num
ness, spasticity, ataxia, emotional change
and sexual dysunction.
Te PMA cited survey results that we
presented at the 10th World Congress o
Pain, which showed that most medic
marijuana patients with multiple scler
sis reported relie rom spasms and pain
In the U.S, 10 drugs are current
approved or use in treating its symptom
according to the National Multiple Scler
sis Society. It does not endorse the use
marijuana to manage the disease, sayin
that early studies showed mixed resul
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PAIGE STOCKLEY
Daisy, when she was a toddler, had her own stuffed menorah to celebrate
Hanukkah, despite the fact that her familys not Jewish.
COURTESY AYA DAVENPORT
Fifteen-year-old Aya Davenport took
pictures of each night she lit her Hanukkah
candles, and even shared the ceremony with
Jewish friends over Skype.
Mor mnorahs than Jws
JOEL MAGALNICK Editor, JTNewsAmong the many millions o us who
celebrated Hanukkah alongside Tanks-
giving, a ew active Facebook users came
upon a small phenomenon: People who
observed Hanukkah who arent even
Jewish. hese arent people who haveJewish spouses or amily members who
brought their holidays into the relation-
ship. Instead, on their own they learned
about the holiday and decided lighting a
menorah would fit nicely into their lives.
Lisa Davenport o Bellevue grew up
without religion, but Ive always had a lot
o Jewish riends and always had a great
deal o respect or the Jewish aith and
drawn a lot o inspiration rom Jewish
writers, she said.
She would have been satisfied to leave
her Jewish involvement at that, were it not
or her daughter Aya, 15.
She was invited to several Bar Mitz-
vahs and Bat Mitzvahs and she loved it.
She kept saying, Why arent we Jewish?
Davenport said. She really wanted to cel-
ebrate Hanukkah.
Aya wanted her own menorah, so this
year, Davenport said, I went out and got
a menorah.
For eight nights the amily lit the can-
dles. Tey didnt know the prayers, but
they talked about the Hanukkah story,
and compared it to difficult times in their
own lives.
And, Davenport added, I went to
Goldbergs and had a latke.
Debra Kumars interest in Judaism
goes back to 1994, upon the sudden deatho her mother. For part o her lie she
had been raised Catholic, but her amily
lef the church and she dabbled in other
Christian denominations. But then when
my mother died, she said, everything
flew out the window.
So Kumar took it
upon hersel to learn
about dierent world
religions, and when I got
done, it was Judaism that
spoke to me most logi-
cally, she said. I loved
reading about the rituals,
and the amily traditions, and the traditions
that are carried on in the community.
Te first o Kumars three children came
along in 1995, and since then she and her
husband, who is Hindu and comes rom
India, always made a point o talking about
different aith traditions, thoug
they dont adhere to any sing
one. Tey put up a Christm
tree each year, she said, and th
also light candles.
Weve had a menorah orlong time. I ound it at a garag
sale, she said. Well light th
candles, and well know wh
the meaning o it is.
Tough they have a lot
Jewish riends, Kumar note
they havent actually celebrate
the holiday with them.
Ive been to Bar Mitzva
and Bat Mitzvahs, thats abo
it, she said, but she finds the
to be beautiul ceremonies.
Im always moved when
attend one o those and listen
the child read rom the orah
she said.
Paige Stockley grew up in
very liberal Episcopalian ami
and never knew any Jewish people grow
ing up in Bellevue, but Te Diary
Anne Frank sparked an interest in th
Holocaust at the age o 13.
Gradually, I read more and mo
about the Holocaust, to the point whe
or the last 15 years, it is the only subje
I read about (WW2 in general) because
continue to be shocked that such a thin
could have happened, Stockley to
JNews in an email.
When Stockley, a cellist, went to Ne
York to attend the Manhattan School
Music, she made many Jewish riends.
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PAIGE STOCKLEY
Dick Asia, who died of cancer in 2012, lights the candles and reads the story
of the Maccabees at one of his annual Hanukkah blowout parties.
Occasionally they would
invite me to Passover celebra-
tions, she wrote, but she had yet
to celebrate Hanukkah.
Fast orward to a decade ago,
when she bought a house in
Seattles Eastlake neighborhood
next door to Dick and Kim Asia.
Te Asias would hold a lavish
Hanukkah party each year, towhich Stockley and her amily
were invited.
I was thrilled to be a part
o his Hanukkah celebration, in
particular because it was a great
way or my daughter to learn
about Jewish traditions in a way
that was very meaningul, con-
sidering that Dick was our neighbor, she
said.
In addition, she said, it fits in with my
politics I think she should know about
other traditions.
What made the party more special,
Stockley said, was that the Asias had been
like parents to her afer her own parents
went down in Alaska Flight 261 in 2000.
Last year was different, however. Dick
Asia was diagnosed with cancer in all
2012. Because there was no party, her
daughter Daisy lit our menorah and put
it in the kitchen window acing Dick and
Kims living room, Stockley said. She
cried and prayed or Dick. He died a ew
weeks later.
Tis year, Stockley held the party. By
this time, Daisy was an expert on spinning
the dreidel, knew the Hanukkah story
inside out, and looked orward to the ood
and games and presents, she said.
And with her other Jewish riends
who joined her or this years celebra-
tions, Stockley said that going orward,
her home is the place to be or Hanukkah.
Desiree Pollock, also o Bellevue, hasnt
lit candles recently, but she did or quite a
ew years. It all started with her husband
Aaron, who isnt Jewish. But his college
raternity had a bunch o Jewish guys, so
he would celebrate with them.
Troughout the years we just were
always around those kinds o holidays,
Pollock said.
When one o those Jewish rat bud-
dies moved to the area with his wie and
needed a place to stay while they built
their house, the Pollocks volunteered their
home or Jewish celebrations.
Depending on what was needed,
weve had some Hanukkah celebrations,
we did Passover a couple times, she said.
Te amily doesnt practice a religion,
Pollock said, but shes always enjoyed the
Jewish celebrations.
Teres a reason or each one o those
holidays, its not just getting together
and having the ood, she said. Tere is
a amily involvement, and so I like that.
Pollocks two kids, both o whom have
lef the nest, actually attended Catholic
school, so they had exposure to world reli-
gions, at least on an academic level.
When you go to a religious school,
thats built into the curriculum, she said.
Teres no getting away rom that.
And while the kids were invited to
plenty o Bar and Bat Mitzvah celebrations,
I dont think it had much o an affect on
them, other than understanding
another culture, she said.
While all o these amilies
are happy to celebrate, they also
wanted to educate. Stockleys
8-year-old daughter Daisy knows
exactly why her amily celebrates
Hanukkah: Because we have
many Jewish riends and we want
to celebrate their traditions, too.Respect plays a role as well.
Ive been very careul because
I dont want to be disrespectul,
Davenport said.
Kumar echoed those senti-
ments.
Its kind o unny that we
still adhere to this little ritual, and I hop
that Jewish people dont find it offensive
she said. Were acknowledging Hanu
kah, were acknowledging the events th
occurred, and the customs that are bu
up around that.
Kumar noted that her amilys candl
lighting tradition was or her kids to lea
about a different tradition. She is positiv
that as adults they will have a better apprciation or all aiths.
Maybe I wouldnt have done it had
not had a certain affinity or Jewish ai
to begin with, she said. Were a blende
amily and we already come rom pret
distinctive upbringings, and it work
beautiully.
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TEEN CALENDAR
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1311:30 a.m. Livnot Chai Environmental RetreatKate Koester at [email protected] or www.livnotchai.org/our-program/retreats
Livnot Chai is the first teen group being welcomed to UW Friday Harbor Labortories, a premier research and retreat facility on San Juan Island. Spend the weeend exploring tide pools, learning about marine life, and learning about the compleand distinct obligation Jews have to protecting our environment. Meet at Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle, on Friday, return Sunday at 5 p.m4 p.m. Jewish High ShabbatonAri Hoffman at [email protected] or 206-295-5888
Weekend with friends, teachers, food, activities, and a party bus ride tEnchanted Village/Wild Waves. Open to prospective students for the 2015-1
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Educating students on individualityBy Esther Goldberg
Overwhelming. That was my feelingwhen I arrived at the American IsraelPublic Affairs Commission (AIPAC) Shus-terman Advocacy Institute for highschool students. I flew 3,000 miles, toWashington, D.C., where I found myselfin a sea of 400 high school students fromacross the United States. All of us werethere to learn how to be effective advo-cates for the U.S.-Israel relationship.
When I first arrived at the high schoolsummit, the organizers immediately putme into action. They divided all 400 stu-dents into different rooms to discusswhy were there and our individual stories. This was the foundation. By making usrecall and really analyze the reason we were there, we had to dig deep into ourown motives driving us to be active.
We began to delve into methods in which we should engage others aboutIsrael. At the end, after much role-playing, we went to Capitol Hill to lobby mem-bers of Congress. My group lobbied Congressman Adam Smiths office. We reit-
erated, if not educated, what tensionwere taking place in the Middle East anexplained what he can do to help.
Overall, the experience opened meyes. AIPAC supports the idea that prmoting the well-being of Israel is not thsame as defending it. Moreover, AIPAbelieves that the time for action is nownot later. Most important, AIPAC strivefor activism wherein each participacontributes in a meaningful way. AIPAfosters an individuality that must btreasured within the organization. ThShusterman Advocacy Institute for Hig
School Summit instilled that individuality and stimulated action. I came to the reognition that my activism comes from a deep identification with Israel and hoI can be a part of our collective efforts to ensure a strong US-Israel relationship
And it all begins with the choice of one individual.
Esther Goldberg is a JTNews intern.
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Esther Goldbergs cohort of lobbyists at the AIPAC Shusterman Advocacy Institute.
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