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But it’s what came after that never lenge, attune your ear to what the people The leaders show their mettle by their
fails to astound. The people of Nineveh are saying and your eyes to what the ability to embrace the collective moral
immediately got the message. They did people are doing. insights of the community and to find the
repent. But there is a nuance in the story The wisdom of the king of Nineveh was means to elevate and inspire. The turning
that is ever more remarkable — once the found in his ability to take the people’s point in the Book of Jonah is not found in
Rabbi people repented, the King of Nineveh fol- example and follow it, but also to artic- the midst of the great fish, but when the
James L. Mirel lowed suit. ulate it in a thoughtful and organized king of Nineveh rises from his throne and
Temple “When the news reached the king of response with a clear goal in mind. joins the people in their cathartic act of
B’nai Torah Nineveh, he rose from his throne, took In Judaism, wisdom resides with the repentance.
off his robe, pit on sackcloth, and sat in people, not with the leaders.
The Book of Jonah (read as the Haf- ashes.”
tarah on Yom Kippur afternoon) is a con- Then the king sent forth a decree that
stant source of wisdom and insight. Like everyone in the city should fast and pray
every great work of literature, it can be with the hope that God’s judgment will be
read over and over again, always with overturned.
new discoveries and insights. Familiar words read and re-read thou-
The narrative is relatively simple. A sands of times over the centuries. In the
man named Jonah seemed to be arbi- midst of our own fasting and praying, do
trarily singled out by God for a diffi- we miss the subtle lesson imbedded in
cult task: “Go immediately to Nineveh, the story? The people must repent first,
that great city, and proclaim judgment and then the leaders follow.
upon it; for their wickedness has come Whether it is the context of our com-
before Me.” munity, our congregations, the State of
Every child knows what happened Israel, or the United States, the people set
next. Jonah tried to escape the call. He the moral agenda and only then can the
took the next ship out of town and ended leaders take up the call. As Hillel reflected
up in the belly of the beast. From the when confronted with a challenging
darkness of “the big fish,” he found that question of Jewish law: Pay attention to
no one can escape the call of destiny. the people, if they themselves are not
Before long he was in Nineveh speak- prophets they are certainly the descen-
ing the message God put in his mouth: dants of prophets.
“Forty days more, and Nineveh shall be Every community leader eventually
overthrown.” learns this lesson. In times of great chal-
Letters
Wedge between does not address these subjects in a mean- Israel, then against each other. Nowhere
peacemakers ingful way. does Kadima ever come up with balanced
Contrary to Naim Ateek’s assertion, the Ateek’s silence on this issue is odd facts of ongoing rocket barrages or sui-
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East given that he routinely invokes the teach- cide bombing attacks against Israelis. It’s
Reporting in America, (CAMERA), does ings of the Hebrew prophets to critique always Israel’s fault.
The JTNews is the Voice of Jewish not believe that he is “worse than Hamas” what he regards as primitive Jewish And in a strange outburst of being fac-
Washington. Our mission is to meet (“A prophet for peace or a wedge between understandings of God. For peace to tual, the Kadima program director report-
the interests of our Jewish community
through fair and accurate coverage of local,
peacemakers?” July 24). Hamas has killed come, Ateek asserts, extremist Jews must edly said, “We’re not in the business of
national and international news, opinion hundreds; Ateek has killed no one. abandon this primitive theology in favor trying to defend him.” Gee, thanks. Hence
and information. We seek to expose our CAMERA does object, however, to of justice. By way of comparison, Ateek the puzzlement of the huge amount of
readers to diverse viewpoints and vibrant Ateek’s false assertion (published in his has very little to say to Muslim extrem- space and page 1 placement on this noth-
debate on many fronts, including the news
and events in Israel. We strive to contribute to
most recent book) that Israel has perpe- ists in the Middle East about their theo- ing story.
the continued growth of our local Jewish trated a “slow and creeping genocide” logical beliefs. When will this wide-eyed group stop
community as we carry out our mission. against the Palestinians, whose popula- Why the silence? swallowing the traditional Islamic art
tion has quadrupled since Israel’s creation. Dexter Van Zile of taqiyya? This is the deceptive art of
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Account Executive Lynn Feldhammer 264 a cosmic level” and “mythologizes the identified as Naim Ateek, was described Racism is not a problem
Account Executive David Stahl 235 conflict as a clash between ‘the powers of as “an activist for Palestinian indepen- I strongly disagree with Gila Orkin’s
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God,’ on the one hand, and the ‘destruc- dence,” eliminated the need for any one-sided column (“Jews should confront
Art Director Susan Beardsley 239 tive powers’ and ‘forces of darkness that question mark in the headline. What this racism in Israel,” July 24).
Accountant Louise Kornreich 234 undermine life itself,’ on the other.” extensive report did was to provide the Orkin’s depiction of Avigdor Lieber-
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analogy is not misunderstood, he makes JTNews platform. incorrect. Was it wrong for him to get
this explicit: On one side are the Chris- Since the sponsor of the talk was the the 20 percent Palestinian Arab minority
Board of Directors tians, who, like Jesus, boldly ‘confront Kadima Reconstructionist Community, that enjoy Israeli citizenship to swear alle-
Scott Michelson, Chair*; Robin Boehler; Don
Edmond; Lisa Eggers; Nancy Geiger; Cynthia evil.’ On the other side are the Jews, who that certainly, to this reader, made a mock- giance to the “State of Israel as a Jewish,
Flash Hemphill*; Allen Israel*; Stan Mark; Daniel maintain ‘evil structures,’ support the ‘evil ery of the question mark. Zionist and democratic state?”
Mayer; Cantor David Serkin-Poole*; Sandy Sidell of racism,’ carry out the ‘evil of lies,’ and Kadima, while claiming to be so very, As citizens of the U.S. we have to swear
Richard Fruchter, CEO and President,
Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle symbolize ‘the spiritual forces of evil.’” very sincere in its lengthy efforts for a Mid- allegiance to our country.
Ron Leibsohn, Federation Board Chair CAMERA also laments Ateek’s failure east peace, down through the years has Clearly Orkin dislikes Lieberman and
*Member, JTNews Editorial Board to address the role Muslim theology has yet to show understanding of the facts, or his party. Lieberman is no racist. His stand
played in prolonging the Arab-Israeli con- even understand, or comprehend a basic against Israel’s enemies is intended to
flict. Muslim theology regarding the land fact of Israeli survival. Somehow it seems ensure her safety from both internal and
and the Jewish people plays a significant, to bemoan (kvetch) that Israel insists on external threats.
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A learning experience
Stroum Lectures for a basic return: Intel- Zerubavel had some surprising and pro-
lectual stimulation, new perspectives vocative answers rooted in Israel’s need, as
into Jewish thought and history, and per- a “nation in formation,” for a “usable past.”
The Stroum Lectures of 2009 haps, above all, some insights into the Despite her lecture’s excellence as
evolving relationship of Jews to the world an exposition of its topic, it was by most
Jewish Studies is no longer the Jewish in which they must plan their personal accounts a popular flop. Judging from
Starship Enterprise, “going boldly where and communal futures. comments offered to several facult y
no Jew has gone before.” At the University Too often, it seems, they leave disap- members, the problem was not what Prof.
of Washington, as in many other places, pointed. Zerubavel had to say.
Jewish Studies has won its victory in the This gap between reality and expec- The problem appears to have been her
Academy, and is now recognized as an tation resurfaced this past May in the delivery — reading out a prepared text
Martin Jaffee integral field of study routinely consulted Stroum Lectures offered by Prof. Yael dotted with a few too many unexplained
JTNews across the various social scientific and Zerubavel, a prominent pioneer of “Israeli technical terms. This would have been a
Columnist humanistic disciplines. Cultural-Historical Studies,” who cur- perfectly acceptable presentation at, say, an
One result of this success is that the rently teaches at Rutgers. Her announced Association of Jewish Studies conference.
With the possible exception of the primary audience for Jewish Studies is no title, “Encounters with the Past: Remem- But in the Stroum context, it came off to
Seattle Jewish Film Festival, the Samuel longer the Jewish community, but aca- bering the ‘Bygone’ in Israeli culture,” many as “boring” and “pitched too high.”
and Althea Stroum Lectures in Jewish demics in various fields hoping to illumine drew an opening night crowd that packed Naturally, the packed house of the
Studies are the most high-profile “Jewish” their own research questions with insights Kane 220 to the rafters. first lecture dwindled, on the evening of
event in Seattle’s cultural calendar. drawn from the study of the Jews. That evening’s lecture, “Bridges to the second, to a fraction of its former size.
But I fear that, after a run of 34 years, But this victory in capturing the aca- Antiquity,” explored the ways pre-1948 And the third lecture, victimized as well
they may be in trouble. The problem is demic audience has come at the expense Zionist settlers and post-1948 Israelis of by an enormous traffic snafu that tied
neither a lack of qualified lecturers nor of another — the audience of the Jewish the state’s first generation mined ancient up the commute from Bellevue, drew an
a lack of interest on the part of the com- community, whose local support and Jewish history for values and cultural even smaller collection of witnesses.
munity. No, the problem, really, is the sponsorship over many decades has models to support the Zionist revolu- Too bad! For Prof. Zerubavel’s second
growing abyss between the reality of enabled academic Jewish Studies to tion that created and sustained the new and third lectures were everything the
Jewish Studies and the expectations of command the international academic Jewish State. first was not.
the Jewish communities that support platform it currently enjoys. Jewish com- Ever wonder why Israelis are tradition- In rounds t wo a nd t hree, Prof.
its work. munities invest in events such as the ally crazy about archeology? Well, Prof. Zerubavel came out of her corner right at
the bell. With her text firmly planted on the
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Olympic sadness
Finding the balance between the games’ political byproducts and the immense effort of the athletes who participate
Masada Siegel and one g randmot her was murdered in and being the best. I swam about 2,500 pened, I most likely would have been
Stefanie Zweig Auschwitz. The other two had the luck meters yesterday at practice, and as my German!
JTNews Columnists of dying before 1933. leg was cramping up, I kept thinking, Hugs,
Yesterday was a grand day — the little “What would Michael Phelps do?” so Masada
Generations is an across-the-world e-mail boy, my grand-nephew, crawled faster I kept on swimming! It’s silly — but it
conversation between 30-something than ever and, could he say a word, he inspired me.
writer Masada Siegel and 70-something would tell the world that birthdays are Also with modern technology today, From: Stefanie Zweig
author Stefanie Zweig. wonderful. This morning I am deserting I was looking on Facebook, and became Thurs, Aug. 14, 2008, 11:49 p.m.
my book and going to a street market in fans of Michael Phelps and Dara Torres, To: Masada Siegel
town. I also asked them to be my friends.... Subject: Olympics
From: Stefanie Zweig I love buying fruit and vegetables and Can you imagine? Today I got an e-mail Dear Masada,
Wed, Aug. 13, 2008, 11:46 p.m. all things to eat — a leftover of hungry from Dara Torres and she became my Happy you w ith a homeland and
To: Masada Siegel times when we came from Kenya and friend online. She won a silver medal Dara Torres for an online friend. I have,
Subject: Olympics Frankfurt was all in ruins and the only at the Olympics the other day, and at 41 as you know, neither, and I must con-
Dear Masada, hope to fill your stomach was an Ameri- years old, she is competing with women fess, I am not interested in sports. After
W hy do I watch Oly mpia w it h a can boyfriend. I was only 14 then and very half her age. Modern technology in some eight years in a British boarding school
touch of sadness? Reason one: Because strictly guarded by a loving, loveable and ways is making the world a place where and compulsor y sports and hockey
all the folks march into China and are jealous father. we know what is happening right away, counting more than the ability to read
most keen to forget what China does Love, and in some cases can hopefully make a or write, you get sick of the subject.
to t hose who are not on t heir line. Stefanie difference. And as for water: I nearly drowned in
The same thing happened in 1936. All I think maybe if athletes can com- a well at the age of six. It happened on
nations f locked to Berlin — includ- pete with one another and work out and a farm where my father was applying
ing the Americans and the Jews — and From: Masada Siegel go to practices together, maybe world for a job as a manager, and I was sent
raised their arms and said “Heil Hitler” Thurs., Aug. 14, 2008, 8:33 a.m. leaders should see it’s about people, not out to play with the kids of the boss, all
— and the concentration camps were To: Stefanie Zweig politics! mighty big boys with strong arms and
already in use, and the benches with Subject: Olympics I can’t dispute your point about no brains who thought it wonderful to
signs “not for Jews” had been cleaned Hi Stefanie! what happened in Germany. You are tease a little girl — at least one of them
— for the duration of the Olympics. Y i kes, t hat ma kes t he Oly mpics right, but I guess I would prefer to see pulled me out of the well and I ran bawl-
Reason two: As I have no homeland to and human nature sound quite awful. the Olympics as a place where posi- ing to my parents. Do you think that
be proud of, I really don’t care who wins I like focusing on the positive. China tive changes can be made. We have they comforted me? No, they were very
a gold medal. In times like this, I am after all did allow a lot of Jews in during talked in the past how you don’t feel you anxious that I had spoiled my father’s
more aware than ever what Hitler did to World War II, or so I understand. Plus, have a homeland, and it still bums me chance of getting the job. I had not, but
us. That, too, applies to my grandpar- I also think the Olympics should be out that you feel that way. I am so proud ever after that I hated water. Give my
ents. My one grandfather was murdered a time to concentrate on people who to be an American... and what’s really best regards to you parents and take a
by an SS man on a street in Russia; my have dedicated their lives to their sport funny is that if World War II never hap- hug, water lady, from Stefanie.
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12:30–1:00 pm: Brown Bag picnic lunch
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Please register for all or for any part of the program with information and for registration forms.
Education Director Melanie Berman, Melanieb@h-nt.org. melanieb@h-nt.org or 206-232-8555 ext. 220.
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and mo Ongoing t Page 9 ■■9:30 p.m. – Talking to God, Pt. II
Marilyn Leibert at 206-722-8289
■■8:30 p.m. – Talmud in Hebrew or info@seattlekollel.org
Ride Tickets, Game Tickets & Concessions rabbifarkash@earthlink.net Shirley Edelstone shares stories to transform
An in-depth Talmud class in Hebrew for personal prayer experience into a divine
Available for Purchase at the Park. men taught by Rabbi Mordechai Farkash. communiqué. $25. At the Seattle Kollel,
Questions? miparks.net / 206.275.7609 At the Eastside Torah Center, 1837 156th 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
Ave. NE, Suite 303, Bellevue.
■■8:30 p.m. – Talmud, Yeshiva-Style Wednesday
eastsidechabad@earthlink.net ■■11 a.m.-12 p.m. – Torah with a Twist
STAGE COMBAT, Fall Classes A chance for parents and kids to explore the
child’s world through story, song, cooking,
Westlake Center, 400 Pine St., Seattle.
■■1:30 p.m. – Stroum JCC Book Club
for ages 3 - 18 crafts and circle time. At a private address. Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269
SKETCH COMEDY Call for location. Book discussions the first Wednesday of
■■12 p.m. – Torah for Women every month. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E
AND MUCH MORE. Rochie Farkash at 206-383-8441 Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
or eastsidechabad@earthlink.net ■■3 p.m. – The Mother’s Circle
Rochie Farkash leads a group of Eastside Marjorie Schnyder 206-461-3240,
REGISTER TODAY! women in a discussion of the weekly Torah ext. 3146
portion. At Starbucks (backroom), Bellevue A program for moms from other backgrounds
206-232-4145 ext. 100 raising Jewish kids to get support, learn about
Galleria, Bellevue.
Visit www.youththeatre.org ■■6:30 p.m. – Hebrew Reading Crash Jewish rituals, practices and values, and get
for class descriptions. connected to the Jewish community.
Course
Dovid Fredman at 206-251-4063 Sponsored by Jewish Family Service. Every
or rabbifredman@seattlekollel.org other Wednesday. At Whole Foods Market,
Learn to read Hebrew in six classes with the 1026 NE 64th St., Seattle.
■■7–9 p.m. – Teen Lounge for Middle
SPECIAL 25% DISCOUNT
nationally acclaimed Hebrew program
developed by the National Jewish Outreach Schoolers
FOR FIRST TIME STUDENTS! Program. Free. At Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ari at 206-295-5888
REGISTER TODAY! Call 206-232-4145 ext. 100 Ave. S, Seattle. Foosball, ping-pong, pool, basketball,
arcade games and optional classes. At the
ear
Visit www.youththeatre.org for class descriptions.
■■7:45 p.m. – Mystical Understanding of
wY the Hebrew Alphabet Yavneh building at Congregation Bikur
Dovid Fredman at 206-251-4063 Cholim-Machzikay Hadath, 5145 S Morgan
or rabbifredman@seattlekollel.org St., Seattle.
Discover the mystifying depth and beauty ■■7 p.m. – Beginning Israeli Dancing for
of the Hebrew letters. Free. At Seattle Kollel, Adults with Rhona Feldman
5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle. Carol Benedick at 206-524-0075
■■7 p.m. – Alcoholics Anonymous Older teens and all experience levels are
Eve M. Ruff at 206-461-3240 welcome. $40 for a five-session punch card.
or emruff@jfsseattle.org Discount for members. At Congregation
Meeting for anyone who has stopped or Beth Shalom, 6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
would like to stop drinking. At Jewish Family ■■7 p.m. – Wisdom for Women 14+
Service, 1601 16th Ave., Seattle. Rabbi Bresler at 206-331-8767
■■7 - 8:30 p.m. – Intermediate Conversa- or info@seattlekollel.org
tional Hebrew Jewish Women ages 14 and up are invited
Janine Rosenbaum at 206-760 -7812 to take part in an afternoon of thought-
A course for students with some Hebrew provoking learning, wisdom, and ideas from
background interested in expanding their the Torah. At the Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd
conversational skills and understanding Ave. S, Seattle.
Hebrew grammar. $65 plus materials. At ■■7-10 p.m. – Parsha and Poker
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, info@h-nt.org
3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. A look at the Torah portion of the week
■■7:30 p.m. – Weekly Round Table followed by a friendly game of poker with
Kabbalah Class proceeds going to tzedakah. Led by Rabbi
eastsidechabad@earthlink.net Josh Hearshen. At Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700
Men and women join together to explore E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
the mystical teachings of the Kabbalah. At ■■7:15 p.m. – The Jewish Journey
a private home. 206-722-8289 or info@seattlekollel.org
■■8:30 p.m. – Jewish Business Ethics This two-year comprehensive program guides
Marilyn Leibert at 206-722-8289 students through the historical, philosophical
or info@seattlekollel.org and mystical wonders of Judaism’s 3,500-year
The Island’s favorite gathering place for the past 36 years. An exploration of employee/employer rela- heritage. $360 plus a $36 registration fee.
We look forward to serving you. tionships, fiduciary responsibilities, ethical Seattle Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
business and marketing practices. $25. Seattle
206-232-4780 2707 78th Ave SE, Mercer Island Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
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Now-August 11
The Jerusalem Post
Bad Poetry Contest
www.myjewishlearning.com/hot_topics/ht/bad_poetry.shtml Crossword Puzzle
MyJewishLearning.com is hosting a bad Jewish poetry contest.
Poems on any topic pertaining to Judaism or Jewish life are
acceptable. To enter, submit bad poetry to badpoetry@
myjewishlearning.com by Aug. 11. Winners will be
announced Aug. 18 and rewarded with an iPod Shuffle, free
By Matt Gaffney
music and a rubber chicken.
Jconnect hosts an outing to see The Garden, a documentary about a 14-acre community
garden in South Central Los Angeles that allows neighbors in one of L.A.’s most impoverished
communities to grow their own food. The movie will be followed by a trip to Pretty Kitty Ice
Cream for a free scoop, courtesy of Jconnect. RSVP to Robert at robert@hilleluw.org. At the
Grand Illusion Cinema, 1403 NE 50th St., Seattle.
Calendar t Page 12 Janine Rosenbaum at 206-760 -7812 drinks, chips, nuts, cookies, and fruit provided. Wednesday 19
Helps students build fluency and comprehen- At Crossroads Park, 164th Ave. NE and NE ■■12 p.m. – Health Talk
■■7:30 p.m. – Parshas Hashavuah sion of the prayers of the Friday evening 8th St., Bellevue. Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269
eastsidechabad@earthlink.net service. $50. At Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E Naturopathic Physician Dr. Adam Rinde gives
This class provides an overview of the week’s Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Friday 14 a talk on understanding irritable bowel
Torah portion accompanied by Midrashic ■■7 p.m. – Beginners Bridge Class ■■6:15 p.m. – Shabbat Barbecue syndrome. At the Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer
commentaries, philosophical insight, and Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115 ext. 269 rsvp@templebetham.org Way, Mercer Island.
practical lessons. Eastside Torah Center, 1837 or ronia@sjcc.org Barbecue and potluck. At Temple Beth Am, ■■6:30 p.m. – SHA Alumni Dinner
156th Ave. NE #303, Bellevue. An eight-week class to familiarize students 2632 NE 80th St., Seattle. Sasha Mail at 206-323-7933, ext. 301
with the basic principles of bridge. $60/JCC The Seattle Hebrew Academy invites alumni,
Thursday members, $70/non-members. At the Stroum Saturday 15 old and new, to a casual summer dinner with
■■9:30-10:30 a.m. – Women’s Talmud JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. ■■6:30 p.m. – Poker and Pizza at Hillel Asian flavor. $15 per person. At SHA, 1617
Sasha Mail at 206-323-7933, ext. 301 ■■ 7:30 p.m. – Judaism: The Ultimate Journey Avi at mizrahia@comcast.net Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle.
Talmud from women’s perspectives, presented info@h-nt.org Jconnect hosts a night of cards, pizza and soda.
by Rivy Poupko Kletenik. Free. Seattle Hebrew Rabbi Jay Rosenbaum leads a course called At UW Hillel, 4745 17th Ave. NE, Seattle. Thursday 20
Academy, 1617 Interlaken Dr. E, Seattle. “From Slavery to Freedom: Political Activism ■■6 - 8 p.m. – Nimble Finger Knitting
■■ 12 p.m.–Women’s Ramban on Chumash and Personal Ethics in the Bible and the Age Sunday 16 Anna Frankfort at 206-774-2226
Marilyn Leibert at 206-722-8289 of Democracy.” At Herzl-Ner Tamid, 3700 E ■■ 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. – Hike to Rattlesnake Ridge or annaf@jewishinseattle.org
Discussion of foundational Jewish concepts Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Michael at mavzaradel@pcrg.com Group for beginning and advanced women
through the eyes of Nachmanides on Chumash ■■8:30–10 p.m. – Teen Lounge for High A moderate hike with beautiful viewpoints knitters sponsored by Women’s Philanthropy
in the Book of Genesis, and an analysis of key Schoolers along the way. Meet at UW Hillel, 4745 17th in conjunction with the Jewish Federation of
Rashis. Must be able to recognize Hebrew letters Ari at 206-295-5888 Ave. NE, Seattle. Greater Seattle. Location upon RSVP, Seattle.
and want to learn Hebrew grammar. Women Foosball, ping-pong, pool, basketball, arcade ■■11 a.m. – Seattle Jewish Young Adult Vol-
only. $25. Sponsored by the Seattle Kollel. At games and snacks. At the Yavneh building at leyball Challenge Friday 21
a private home, Mercer Island. Congregation Bikur Cholim-Machzikay www.h-nt.org/nextgen/events.php ■■7:15 p.m. – Summer Barbecue
■■6:50 p.m. – Introduction to Hebrew Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. Volleyball tournament hosted by NextGen rsvp@templebetham.org
and JewSEA. Entry fee is $30 per team, with Shabbat barbecue and potluck dinner followed
to meet other Jewish young adults. Sponsored net proceeds going to the winning team’s by Ultimate Frisbee. At Temple Beth Am, 2632
Candle Lighting Times by Jconnect. At Wilde Rover Pub, 111 Central charity of choice. Teams should be made up NE 80th St., Seattle.
8/7/09 8:18 p.m. Way, Kirkland. of 5-6 players.
8/14/09 8:07 p.m. ■■11 a.m. – BCMH Summer Barbecue Bash Saturday 22
8/21/09 7:54 p.m. Monday 10 Julie Greene at 206-721-0970, ext. 6 ■■10 a.m. - 1 p.m. – Walk/Jog/Rollerblade
8/28/09 7:41 p.m. ■■1 - 2 p.m. – Current Events Discussion BCMH Summer barbecue with games and a Around Green Lake with Jconnect
Group vendors’ fair. At Bikur Cholim-Machzikay Jared Brown at orbs@rogers.com
August Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269 Hadath, 5145 S Morgan St., Seattle. A jaunt around the lake followed by lunch.
Al Ziontz leads a discussion called “What’s Meet at the Greenlake Starbucks, 7100 E
Sunday 9 Wrong With Our Politicians?” At the Stroum Monday 17 Green Lake Dr. N, Seattle.
■■10 a.m. – Women’s Bike & Brunch JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. ■■1 - 2 p.m. – Al Ziontz’s Memoir
Anna Frankfort at 206-774-2226 Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269 Sunday 23
or AnnaF@jewishinseattle.org Wednesday 12 Al Ziontz shares from his personal memoirs a ■■10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Zoo Day
Women’s Philanthropy Group bike ride ■■11:30 a.m. – Daytimers Summer Film story titled, “My Partner Robert Pirtle.” Stroum estherbogo@msn.com
— easy, flat routes, approx. 20 miles with Series JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. A trip to the zoo with the Friendship Circle.
a brunch stop midway. Pace will accom- Leslie Reibman, 206-232-8555, ext. 207 Kids should bring a bag lunch. At Woodland
modate the group, but will generally be in or leslie@h-nt.org Tuesday 18 Park Zoo, 5500 Phinney Ave. N, Seattle.
the 10-13 mph range. Location provided A homemade lunch and a screening of the ■■10 a.m. – Free Computer Class
upon RSVP. film The Band’s Visit. At Herzl-Ner Tamid, Roni Antebi at 206-232-7115, ext. 269 Monday 24
■■10 a.m. – Etz Hayim-er Park Clean-up 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island. Computer class taught by a trained instructor ■■6:30 p.m. – Class of 2012 Family Dinner
Blakely Lord at 661-492-5383 ■■6:30 p.m. – Class of 2013 Family Dinner of the King County Library System. At the Melissa Rivkin at 206-232-5272, ext. 515
or blord@mindspring.com Melissa Rivkin at 206-232-5272, ext. 515 Stroum JCC, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer Welcome party for incoming sophomores at
The Tribe of Temple De Hirsch Sinai hosts a or mrivkin@nyhs.net Island. Northwest Yeshiva High School and their
day of volunteer service to clean up part of Welcoming dinner for the incoming Northwest ■■5:30 – 8:30 p.m. — Dolls for Democracy families. At Robert and Leah Gladstein’s home,
Warren G. Magnuson Park. Yeshiva High School freshman class and their and Diversity location provided upon RSVP.
■■4:30 - 7:30 p.m. – Summer Barbecue families. At Don and Deanne Etsekson’s home, 206-774-2277 or reservations@wsjhs.org
206-905-4633 address provided upon RSVP. Opening reception for an exhibit on hand-made Tuesday 25
Family barbecue hosted by the Friendship portrait dolls of historical figures commissioned ■■7 p.m. – NYHS Orientation
Circle. View Ridge Park, 4408 NE 70th St., Thursday 13 by B’nai B’rith Women. Exhibit will be on Michelle Haston at 206-232-5272, ext. 12
Seattle. ■■10:30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. – Active Seniors display through Nov. 18. Sponsored by the or admin@nyhs.net
■■8 - 10 p.m. – Jews ‘n’ Brews: Eastside Club Annual Picnic Washington State Jewish Historical Society. Meeting for parents of new students at
Bryan at Blevi44@aol.com Fred Jaffe at 425-746-3814 RSVP by Aug. 10. At Rosalie Whyel Museum Northwest Yeshiva High School. At NYHS,
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The Wagner question t Page 15 some Wagner apol- Semitic stereotypes in several of his
ogists do, is simply characters. I don’t find the former con-
home to the composer’s family and to d i shonest . But to vincing, and the latter only occasionally
summer festivals of his operas, became hea r on ly Na zism rings true. Today, much depends on how
a place of pilgrimage for the faithful. and anti-Semitism the operas are presented and the charac-
Loving the music was only part of it. in t he music is to ters portrayed.
Many of Wagner’s admirers adopted — or miss out on some Despite his bigotry, Wagner is simply
already shared — viewpoints that Wagner very beautiful, pow- too great and important a composer
expressed in his prolific writings. erful and important to dismiss. His unifying of music and
This included anti-Semitism. Under music. drama in long composed works is a mon-
Cosima’s guidance, Bayreuth became Musical associ- umental achievement. He took chro-
a magnet for Jew-haters and extreme ations are a funny matic harmony to its limits, and paved
German nationalists. One was the Brit- thing. Play Rossini’s the way for 20th-century music. His
ish-born Houston Stewart Chamber- “William Tell Over- orchestrations show a tonal imagination
lain, who married Wagner’s daughter ture” to anyone my Rozarii Lynch/Seattle Opera second to none. At his best, Wagner can
Eva, and called Hitler “God’s gift to age or older, and we Siegfried (Alan Woodrow) meets Fafner the Dragon. stir the senses and emotions like no one
Germany.” Chamberlain’s racism-laced i ne v it a bl y t h i n k , except Mahler.
history The Foundations of the Nine- “The Lone Ranger.” Consider this: Theodor Herzl was a
teenth Century had great influence on That’s not what Rossini had in mind, but that the Nazis certainly shared. But it is great admirer of Wagner’s music, and
Nazi ideology. years of hearing the overture as a radio precisely these “Nazi” values — undy- first conceived of creating a Jewish state
Adolf Hitler adored Wagner’s operas. and television theme have cemented the ing hatred, revenge, brute force, absence during a performance of Tannhäuser.
There is much evidence that he saw connection. of conscience and the lust for absolute On the other hand, a Web search for the
the world through a lens shaped by the So it is with Wagner. Those who lived power — that lead to the destruction of terms “anti-Semitism” and “Wagner”
g randiose my t h-telling of Wag ner’s during the Nazi period heard Wagner’s Valhalla and the world. And a recurring brings up a disturbing number of white
Ring cycle, the revolutionary heroics of music as the soundtrack behind Jewish theme in Wagner’s operas, including the supremacist and neo-Nazi sites. Wagner
Rienzi, and the ritual of Parsifal. Begin- descent into non-personhood and the Ring, is redemption through love — not is quoted in the online book by James
ning in 1923, Hitler regularly visited death camps, and Europe’s descent into something Hitler had in mind. von Brunn, who murdered a guard when
Bayreuth. He found a great friend and flames. Is it any wonder that many of Much has been written about pos- he opened fire at the U.S. Holocaust
supporter in Winifred Wagner, wife of them found that music too horrible or sible racist and proto-Nazi messages Museum in June.
the composer’s son Siegfried, who took painful to bear, and conveyed these feel- coded into Wagner’s music, and of anti- As I said, it’s complicated.
over the Bayreuth Festival after Sieg- ings to their children?
fried’s death in 1930. Hitler subsidized I myself came face to face with this
the festival after coming to power, was a when I reviewed Seattle Opera’s 1985 Gay Israelis Reeling t Page 1 I don’t know if it changes the reality,
frequent guest of the Wagner family, and production of Die Walküre, the second but it changes the picture in my head. It
became “Uncle Wolf” to the composer’s of the Ring operas. Act III opens with the Tel Aviv municipality. A trickle of smashes the bubble.”
grandchildren. the famous “Ride of the Valkyries.” The mourners lit memorial candles on the Israel has repealed anti-sodomy laws
Hitler used his friendship with the st ring tremolos began. The curtain sidewalk entrance to the building’s and gays and lesbians are open about
Wagner family to link his image to the rose. The Valkyries flew on wired car- courtyard. their sexual identity in the nation’s mili-
composer’s. Wagner’s music is heard in ousel horses above a stage filled with A f ter k neeling to light a candle, tary. Same-sex marriages are not legally
Leni Riefenstahl’s propaganda film Tri- backlit mist. It was a perfect theatrical Yarden, a 22-year-old army medic, said recognized and couples are not always
umph of Will. Nazi mass rallies were moment. I felt that ecstatic sensation his mother called him Saturday night to eligible to receive certain social benefits.
staged w ith Wagnerian spectacle in one gets in the theater when everything see if he was at the club. Mike Prashker, the founder of Mer-
mind, and began, by Hitler’s order, with is just so right. Then the brass began “I used to come here when I was chavim, a group that promotes pluralism
Wagnerian overtures. Historian Wil- to play the “Ride” melody, and I began younger. I’m shocked,” he said. “People among Israeli youth, said that regard-
liam L. Shirer wrote in his Berlin Dia- to cry. say that they don’t know what the reason less of the shooter’s motive, the attack has
ries: “Wagner’s influence on Nazism, on I felt soiled, unclean. I was actually was, but it was obv ious that it was highlighted the difficulty of promoting
Hitler, has never been grasped abroad.” enjoying the theme song of those who homophobia. This is the first time some- tolerance among Israel’s diverse groups.
Hitler himself declared, “To under- murdered millions. How could I? I have thing like this has happened in Israel.” “We need to do a better job at helping
stand National Socialism, you must first not had this reaction since, but I’ll never Pinni Altman, an Israeli American vis- Israelis of all backgrounds feel comfort-
understand Wagner.” forget it. iting from San Francisco, came with his able with their fellow citizens,” he said.
The Nazis used the music of other W hy did I react so strongly? Two life partner and 9-year-old son. Altman “Ignorant attitudes toward diversity must
Romantic composers, particularly Bruck- of my family members were gassed at said he raised money for the center back be delegitimized, whether it’s homopho-
ner (another Hitler favorite), Liszt, and Auschwitz. My mother believed that in the 1990s. bia or xenophobia.”
Beethoven. But only Wagner had been a Wagner inspired the people who did it. It wasn’t so long ago that the gay com- Avner Berenheimer, who co-wrote
public anti-Semite. Yes, the Nazis appro- Whenever Wagner was played on the munity huddled into one club not much Yossi & Jagger, a film about a gay couple in
priated Wagner, but he fit too easily and radio in my boyhood home, she switched bigger than a car and feared harassment the Israeli military, said the Israeli public
too well. it off. Even after I spent years learn- by police and roughnecks in public areas, has undergone a dramatic change in its
Which leads us to the fundamen- ing to appreciate Wagner for the great he said. Now, Altman said, he points to attitudes over the past decade.
tal question: Can we separate Wag- musician he was, those old associations Tel Aviv’s embrace of gays to counter anti- “If it’s a hate crime, then it’s the first
ner’s music from its creator’s odious remained. Israel rhetoric from the American left. major hate crime in Israel since the foun-
views? It’s complicated. Wagner’s anti- The Ring and its mythology figured “I always thought Tel Aviv was the dation of the country,” Berenheimer said.
Semitism is a fact. The link between prominently in Hitler’s vision of German San Francisco of Israel,” Altman said. “Suddenly we’ve joined all these coun-
Wagner and Hitler is real. To deny or glory. And on the surface, the operas seem “You have to go thousands of miles to tries with violence and bigotry against
minimize these inconvenient truths, as to glorify some pretty deplorable values find another city that’s as gay friendly. gay people.”
Former rocker finds solace and inspiration in Judaism’s rich teachings Dan Reed will perform with Manda
Mosher Sun., Aug. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at
Leyna Krow with the Dan Reed Network, a funk/rock the Triple Door, 216 Union St., Seattle.
Assistant Editor, JTNews ensemble based out of Portland, Ore. The Visit www.tripledoor.net for ticket
band broke up in 1993 and since then, information.
Musician Dan Reed may not be Jewish, Reed has worked as a writer, filmmaker
but that didn’t stop him from spending and nightclub owner. But after so many was also piqued, and upon returning to
nine months studying at a yeshiva while years in the spotlight (or behind the spot- U.S. he decided he wanted to play a role in
living in an ultra-Orthodox neighbor- light), Reed felt he needed a break. About the peace process.
hood outside of Jerusalem. five years ago, he decided to take some Today, Reed is a vice chairman of the
“I met some of the rabbis in the neigh- time off and travel in hopes of re-center- board for the Middle East Peace Civic
borhood, and they invited me down to ing himself spiritually and creatively. Forum, a Washington D.C.-based organi-
check out the yeshiva. So I went. And then In 2005, Reed began what would zation that promotes a two-state solution
I kept going back,” he said. “It was this become a four-year journey by traveling to for Israel. According to Reed, the group’s
experience that felt like a great honor, to Dharamsala, India, where he befriended a primary goal is to get people working
be invited in.” pair of Buddhist monks who invited him Sofia Lindberg toward a resolution, be they activists,
It was there, in Jerusalem, submerged to stay in the guesthouse of their monas- Dan Reed diplomats, or legislators, together to try
in a faith with which he’d had little previ- tery. While there, he studied daily Buddhist and find common ground.
ous contact, that Reed composed the bulk prayers, throat singing and meditation, household, Reed said he has long been “We’re just trying to get people to see
of his upcoming album, Coming Up for Air. and taught the monks about rock ’n’ roll fascinated by a variety of religious tradi- eye to eye,” he explained. “We don’t lobby
The result, according to Reed, is a col- (one of them, it turns out, was a huge Queen tions, as well as the people who peruse or try to get bills passed.”
lection of songs that delve into his personal fan). It was also while he was in India that them. More than anything else, it was the Now he’s back in the States, living in
exploration of faith and selfhood — a radi- Reed became fascinated with Israel. energy of Jerusalem that attracted him to New York, and devoting himself to music
cal departure from the music of his youth. “[In India], I met a lot of Israelis — a lot the place. full-time for the first time in more than
“It’s mostly been a realization that of former soldiers. I had read a lot about “I just really enjoyed living in a city 20 years. In April, he began a solo tour
music can be more than just something to the conflict, but the more I learned from where 90 percent of people are searching through northern Europe and the U.S.
satisfy me as an artist — it can be a mode talking to people, the less I felt like I knew. I for a connection with God,” he said. “You His Seattle show will be one of the last
of communication between me and audi- wanted to go an see it for myself,” he said. can feel that in the air. It’s very different stops on that tour.
ence. And music can release some of the After a year in India, Reed got the from the United States.” Reed said that although both the
negative energy of the day,” he said. “I motivation he needed to visit the Holy The place inspired him not only to message and presentation of his music
find I’m writing songs more about soul Land. While traveling through Delhi, he study with local rabbis, however. He was have changed dramatically since he first
searching, not just libido or lost love.” befriended a fashion designer from Haifa. also moved to write music. In fact, he started the Dan Reed Network, a number
Reed will be performing a solo acous- The woman asked Reed if he would visit relocated his recording studio from Port- of his fans have stuck with him through
tic show on Aug. 16 at the Triple Door in her in Israel. He agreed. land to Jerusalem and started work on the transition.
Seattle. “Once I saw Jerusalem, I had no choice some new songs with a new sound. “Of course, I do get some e-mails
Reed has been w riting and play- but to stay,” Reed recalled. He remained It wasn’t just Reed’s musical career that saying, ‘How come you don’t rock any-
ing music on and off for more than two in Israel for three years. got a jump-start while he was in Israel. His more? You’re making us think too much,
decades. He began his career in the 1980s Although he was raised in a Christian interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict stop it,’” he said.
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Michael Fox
Special to JTNews If you go:
Finding himself with a free hour in If you go: Adam opens Aug. 14 at the
Washington, D.C. not too long ago, Max Harvard Exit theater, 807 E Roy, Seattle.
Mayer visited the U.S. Holocaust Memo- Call 206-781-5755 or visit www.
rial Museum. He boarded the elevator landmarktheatres.com. Check listings
with the crowd to go to the permanent for showtimes.
exhibit, when something unexpected
happened.
“The last thing, just before they close theater was a dog’s life and I should stay
the doors, they ask, ‘Who here has lost away from it, and also that it was the only
family in the Holocaust?’” Mayer recalls. thing worth doing. So I was confused,
“I raised my hand. And I realized that essentially, until I went to college and got
I was the only one. I had this sense of involved.”
shame, and a sense of pride, and a sense Mayer confides that his mother, whose
of otherness, which I hadn’t felt for a long maiden name was Helen Waren, worked
time.” undercover for the Hagana, first while
As a red diaper baby growing up on she was still in the USO and after the war
the Upper West Side of Manhattan, Mayer Julia Griner when her cover was as a correspondent
hardly felt like an anomaly. Looking back, Rose Byrne and Hugh Dancy in the Max Mayer film Adam. for the New York Star. She took a boat-
the veteran theater and television direc- load of mostly illegal Jews from Genoa to
tor thinks being an only child had a larger Despite her attorney father’s oppo- won’t see a menorah or any such bric-a- Haifa, and was eventually arrested and
effect. But there was something else that sition to a relationship with a high- brac in their house. A key subplot involves held by the British. When she returned in
made him feel separate from the great maintenance partner, Beth pursues her a complaint brought against Beth’s father, the U.S., she wrote The Buried Are Scream-
swath of Americans. attraction to Adam. The film doesn’t and Mayer confides that — long before ing (1948), with the purpose of raising
“For my generation, the identification emphasize her Jewishness, but it’s there if Bernie Madoff — he consciously avoided money for the state of Israel.
with the Holocaust made you understand you look for it, and it was fully present for feeding into negative stereotypes. “She wrote about her experiences in
that you were outside, in some way,” he Mayer when he wrote the screenplay. “Honestly, I knew that Beth was Jewish Europe but she couldn’t write about any-
says. “I think that the sense of not being at and her family is Jewish, in terms of the out- thing that was secret, so it’s less interest-
The experience of being an outsider the exact center of the society, for all of us line, in terms of making up the story, long ing than it could be,” Mayer says. Waren
deeply informs the central characters [Jews], hopefully encourages a lot of us to before there was a legal issue in the story,” also wrote Out of the Dust (1952), a novel
in Adam, Mayer’s altogether lovely and be curious about others,” Mayer says in Mayer explains. “I guess once there was a about a kibbutz in the desert.
touching film about an unusual New an interview in a downtown hotel the day legal issue in the story, I didn’t really want Mayer has his own connection with
York romance between two 20-some- before a packed screening of Adam in the to bring those things too close together.” Israel, forged when he was 13. At the
t h i ng s. Je w i s h element a r y s c hool San Francisco Jewish Film Festival. “And A slightly shy fellow in his mid-50s Wailing Wall with his parents, he met a
teacher Beth Buchwald (Rose Byrne) have maybe a little bit more compassion who picks his words carefully, Mayer Chassidic boy who was horrified to learn
i s rebou nd i ng f rom a d i sappoi nt- or empathy for a sense of outsiderness, a allows that he may have inherited his that Max hadn’t become a Bar Mitzvah.
ing break-up, while Adam Raki (Hugh sense of outsideness.” artistic inclinations from his mother, an “He wrapped me up [in tefillin] and
Dancy) has Asperger’s Sy ndrome, a Beth’s parents, played by Amy Irving actress with the USO who entertained very seriously had me go over the prayers
type of high-functioning autism dis- (who’s Jewish) and Peter Gallagher (who’s the troops in Italy and Germany during after him, correcting me at essentially
tinguished by extreme intelligence and played numerous Jewish characters, World War II. every word,” Mayer recalls. “So in some
extreme difficulty reaching beyond the notably in “The O.C.” and Robert Altman’s “I got very ambivalent signals from her spiritual sense I was Bar Mitzvahed at the
internal world. The Player), are clearly Jewish, but you about that,” Mayer says. “She said that Wailing Wall.”
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City Council t Page 1 ness nearby, you know there will be a cer- Of course, She said that she chose to take on
tain amount of foot traffic there, which getting elected to Licata for Position 6 because “it’s time for
Ginsberg noted he’s already had encourages economic development in political office in a new approach and new energy.”
some success, at the very least, in forcing those places. Areas that are considered Seattle requires Kaplan was a little more direct in his
Conlin to address issues that he might walkable are not suffering as much [from more than just criticism of the incumbent, however.
otherwise have avoided. the recession] as those that aren’t.” having an influ- “After 12 years, Nick really hasn’t pro-
“I have managed to shift the terms of Without a résumé of previous politi- ential bubbie. vided a lot of leadership on the council.
the debate and what my opponent is talk- cal experience, aside from serving as the K a pl a n h a s In fact, he obstructed a lot of important
ing about,” he said. “So for a first-time 34th Legislative District Captain during been running his things,” Kaplan said.
Marty Kaplan
challenger, that’s a good sign.” the 2008 presidential election, Ginsberg own architecture He cited Licata’s opposition to both the
Ginsberg sees the major challenges is hoping practical ideas like this will firm for 30 years. In addition, he has served plan to replace the Alaska Way Viaduct
currently facing Seattle as intercon- be what it takes to swing the vote in his on the Seattle Planning Commission, with a tunnel and the Mercer Corridor
nected. For example, he suggests that favor. neighborhood councils, the INTIMAN project as examples as points of disagree-
coupling affordable housing with effec- Ginsberg lives in West Seattle with his Theatre board of directors, and the Social ment between the two candidates.
tive transportation solutions can help to partner, Mike, and their 7-year-old twins, Action Committee at Temple Beth Am. Licata has criticized the tunnel as
stimulate the local economy by encour- Anthony and Anya. They are members of Although Israel is only 35 years old being far too costly and the Mercer Corri-
aging people to shop where they live. Kol HaNeshamah. (meaning she was just a kindergartener dor as unnecessary.
“We should aim to build urban vil- when Kaplan started his business), she Kaplan, however, described both as
lages that can be connected with transit, Position 6 – Jessie Israel too has amassed an impressive résumé “very important infrastructure invest-
the backbone of which should be rail,” he and Marty Kaplan of involvement in community planning ments,” and sees Licata’s anti-growth
explained. “When you build a rail station, Jessie Israel’s and finance. She works for King County tendencies as out of synch with Seat-
you know it will be there for an indefinite family has been Parks and Recreation, a position she says tle’s needs, particularly when it comes to
period of time. And if you open a busi- a part of Seat- prepares her for the realities of a city in a transportation.
t le’s Sephardic recession. Israel voiced similar concerns about
community for a “With the parks, we lost 80 percent finding transportation solutions that are
long time — four of our budget almost overnight,” Israel both financially viable and could be put
SJCC Coed generations to be said. “I was on the team that had to figure to use sooner rather than later.
exact. out how to keep programs strong with so “We have a huge amount of growth
Softball League “M y g r a nd- much less money, and we did it. Unfor- coming into this region — an estimated
Standings as of August 3 parents still go Jessie Israel tunately, that skill set is very much in million and half people in the next 20
to Ezra Bessa- demand right now.” years,” she said. “Light rail is great and
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Incentives for organ donation t Page 2 The level of communal guilt voiced — for compensation? That it is a good deed to save a life, even
by Jews not involved in the scandal — has Clearly the incentive to save a life isn’t for compensation, is a Jewish value we
This failed status quo is no more eth- reached new levels. The news broke at the enough, or synagogues would be sponsor- should embrace in response to the chilul
ical than exploring new approaches, start of the Nine Days, a period seemingly ing kidney drives alongside their blood Hashem, desecration of God’s name, of
which actually could save lives, even if reserved for bad news for Jews. drives. It would help to know that accord- this crisis.
we cannot foresee all the possible down- This, however, is a time not for self- ing to the halachic authority Rabbi Shlomo Even the most tightly regulated system
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shorten the line for an organ, and they instead of crying about the misdeeds of only permissible, it is a mitzvah. save lives, reduce the shortages that pro-
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New Idan Raichel Project album excites, but it also disappoints. The Idan Raichel Project plays the
Triple Door, 216 Union St., on Aug.
Joel Magalnick his homework in finding his artists for 10 at 7 p.m. and Aug. 11 at 7 and 10
Editor, JTNews this album, because Gomez, more than p.m. Visit www.tripledoor.net for
any of the other vocalists, sets the tone for tickets and information.
When the Idan Raichel Project came Within My Walls.
to Hillel at the UW four years ago, I was The piano sets a tone as well, partic-
blown away — and I wasn’t alone. I hadn’t ularly for one of the other two female Buskila: “Min Nhar Li Mshiti,” or “From
seen so many Israelis since being stuck in vocalists to grace this recording. Cuban- the Day You Left.” The song would sound
a traffic jam in Tel Aviv. Seeing the Project born singer Maya Andrade, who grew up like any Arabic dirge you might hear
again, this time in their home country of off the coast of Africa on the isle of Cape blaring from a radio above some Middle
Israel, in 2007 was no less exciting. Their Verde, was surrounded by music in her Eastern shouk, were it not for Idan’s
blend of rock with traditional Arabic and youth and recorded “Ôdjus Fitxadu” — excellent production behind Buskila’s
North African music had me — and much “With My Eyes Shut” — in her island’s wailing voice. The song builds to a cre-
of Israel — at hello. native Portugese. scendo before letting itself go, but it is
Raichel, a dred-locked musician Nitzan Treystman Thankfully the liner notes have all exactly the type of collaboration that
whose real talent lies in bringing out the been translated into English for us dumb got me excited about the Idan Raichel
best in the musicians that climb over more than anything, like Raichel is trying Americans, because I would have been Project in the first place. The liner notes,
each other to surround him — nearly 70 to be more like Pink Martini, cram- happy to enjoy the music and Andrade’s incidentally, are printed in the original
in all on his earlier efforts — is probably ming three, four, five languages onto the lovely voice and never realize how sad Arabic as well.
the closest thing Israel has to a musical album. Not that he can faulted for that. a song this is: “When I looked at the sky W hich is why it’s so disappoint-
superstar these days. He’s been hailed as a world musician, and today/ All I could see were stars/ Telling ing that virtually everything else (with
The Idan Raichel Project plays three when he’s producing tracks beyond his me that you are gone/ Forever my love…. the exception of “Nin’al Be’Mabato,”
shows at the Triple Door on Aug. 10 and 11. native language, the results are stellar. Bearing the sword and the power of long- Hebrew for “Locked in His Gaze,”)
Songs from the Project’s releases, Kicking off the album with “Todas ing and pain/ With my soul free in time/ sounds like something rejected by an
beginning with its self-titled 2002 album Las Palabras,” which you Spanish speak- I vow to live with my eyes shut/ And thus ’80s glam band. It’s almost as if Raichel,
(released here in 2006), to 2005’s Israeli ers can translate as “All the Words,” keep you with me/ With me….” when writing in Hebrew, felt like he had
release Out of the Depths, wowed me renow ned Colombian singer Mar tá “Maisha,” sung in Swahili African to play to the lowest common denomi-
and they’ve created a musical genre that Gomez shows off the chops that have by jazz musician Somi (though she was nator of Israeli Top 40 radio. It’s over-
has found fans who might otherwise not made her famous in her own coun- actually born in Illinois) was probably produced, over-electric, and just not
be fans of anything Israeli. The wail- try (she’s got four critically acclaimed what most made me compare this album that interesting. Perhaps in a live set-
ing horns, the bass grooves, the soulful albums of her own). to just about anything by Pink Martini: ting, which is where the Idan Raichel
voices from all corners of the world — I’m Also in Spanish, and also sung by Powerful vocals backed up by what could Project shines, they can do something
breathless just thinking about it. Gomez, is “Cada Dia,” “Every Day,” which be called a chamber orchestra, though that better showcases what Raichel is
Which is why the Idan Raichel Proj- strips down the instrumental to piano, it lacks the brass that got me so excited trying to do, but instead it comes off as
ect’s latest album, Within My Walls, is clarinet and a light percussion, and lets about the Portland band’s early stuff. an unfortunate counterpoint to what
something of a letdown. Don’t get me her voice really shine through, to remark- My favorite track, however, is the one otherwise could have been the Project’s
wrong: It’s good. But it’s not great. It feels, able effect. It’s obvious Raichel has done sung in Arabic, by Moroccan Shimon strongest album yet.
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