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BULLETIN
March 22, 2012 / 28 Adar 5772
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LUCKY, INDEED!
Kadima is one lucky community! We had a four-leaf-clover of an auction on St. Patrick's Day: our guests, our auctioneer, our venue, and an array of irresistible auction items. The auction's outcome was on spot to meet projections, and we are grateful to everyone who participated.
Thank you, Bombay Grill, for the delicious and abundant food served in an intimate and glowing setting. The warm and cozy ambiance of the restaurant freed our minds from the cold weather for an evening. Bombay Grill's friendly thoughtful staff was the best ever. We thank them for accommodating Kadima in so many ways, from clearing out the furniture from the bar for the silent auction to running to the office to make a single photocopy for us. They did everything with a smile, which made us feel welcome.
Thank you, Howie Choder. He brought the auction to life. Howie is a skillful talented auctioneer who is also warm and funny. His flexibility and ability to think on his feet are priceless. He's like Guinness: He's good for you!
Thank you, Kadimaniks and friends for coming to the auction. We hope you enjoyed yourselves. Bidders, thank you for your interest in the silent auction items, and for battling for the live auction prizes and raising your paddles to donate cash. Thanks also for purchasing raffle tickets!
Kadima members, friends, and local merchants, thank you for donating a vast assortment of highly desirable goods, services, and entertainments.
We thank the Kadima Trio for playing us in (D'vorah Kost, vocals and accordion; Larry Greenberg, keyboard; Richard Ginnis, soprano sax and recorder). We overheard someone say that the trio sounds better every year!
Many thanks to those people who provided the fabulous desserts for the dessert auction. A wee bit o' heaven.
Thank you to the talent show participants. You were the pot of gold at the end of our rainbow: The Firebird Saxophone Ensemble's numbers were beautiful; Mary McKenzie's Irish dance was truly lovely; Michael Blum told very funny stories; Carla Ginnis and the Pips' (kidding) renditions of vocal standards were outstanding; and D'vorah Kost's clever reworking of the lyrics of Irish standards into lyrics with Jewish themes were hilarious.
Thank you to the volunteers who made the auction happen -- Kathy Gallagher, Mary Bea Gallagher, and Sharron Lerner, the auction's architect. She's magical. You can't appreciate what Sharron can do until you see it with your own eyes. Special thanks to Carla Ginnis for her help at the end of the evening.
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Tom Sawyer Would Be So Proud!
They cleaned, shined, mopped, scrubbed, washed, tidied, pruned and planted. Kadima House has never looked so clean and pretty...inside and out. Thanks to all of you who pitched in and truly made it a Community Work Party. Sure looked like fun!
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Begins tonight (March 22) at 7:00 pm
LEARN TO READ HEBREW IN
SIX EASY HOURS!
Classes for adults!
Free for Kadima members
$60 for students who are not Kadima members
Learn to read the (Kadima) prayer book! Learn to confidently decode the Hebrew alef-bet (alphabet): consonants and vowels. Why should the kids be the ones to decipher this secret code, and have all the fun, too!?!
Suzie Hellerstein, teacher: Suzie is a Kadima board member, and has nine years of K-8 teaching experience, as well as experience in adult education instruction and teacher training. She learned to read Hebrew as an adult, so understands the unique challenges.
The first session will be held at Suzie's home. Suzie would like to meet in students' homes thereafter. Class locations and the schedule will be determined at the first class. The class will meet weekly for six consecutive weeks.
To enroll in this class, or to learn more about it, please contact the Kadima office: office@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914.
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CHOCOLATE MATZAH ALMOND ROCA
GET YOURS BEFORE THEY ARE ALL GONE
For YOUR seder or give as a Passover gift to family, friends, colleagues, or neighbors.
Pre-order yours before March 30th. Call--(206) 547-3914--or email the Kadima office with your order.
Make arrangements to pick them up freshly-made on Sunday, April 1st, at Kadima House!
Help us sell them. Take home some boxes and sell them to your family and friends... just like other groups do with their cookies.
Chocolate Matza Almond Roca are made from all-kosher ingredients (although not all ingredients are kosher for Passover, but the matzah is kosher for Passover) by our Kadima teens and grads. This is their contribution to Kadima's fundraising efforts.
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First Movie Night of 2012! At the Home of Suzie and Joe Hellerstein
Saturday, March 31, 7:00 pm.
Please bring an hors d'oeuvre or dessert. Short discussion after the film for those interested. 
For My Father
(Sof Shavua B'Tel Aviv)
Tarek, a Palestinian on a suicide mission in Tel Aviv to redeem his father's honor, is given a second chance when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Forced to spend the weekend in Tel Aviv awaiting its repair, Tarek must live amongst the people he was planning to kill. To his surprise he connects with several Israelis on the outskirts of society, including the beautiful Keren, who has cut off contact with her Orthodox family and upbringing. With nothing to lose, Tarek and Keren open up to one another, and an unlikely love blooms between two isolated and damaged individuals, raised to be enemies.
With the deadly load of explosives still strapped to him, he must spend 48 hours in the city, caught between the men that sent him--who can blow up his bomb remotely--, the Israeli police patrolling the streets and his new-found companions. Spending this time with Keren and his new friends, Tarek discovers the spark of life returning to fill his soul, but when the weekend ends, Tarek must make the decision of his life.
2008. In Hebrew with subtitles.
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ON WOMEN WRITING TORAH--
TRADITION WRESTLES WITH ITSELF
with Rainer Waldman Adkins
Sunday, April 1 10:30 to noon at Kadima House
Learn the surprising diversity of 'traditional' Jewish voices when debating the roles of women, and specifically whether women can make or use a Torah, and why modernist progressives should care. We will use rabbinic texts as the catalyst for a lively discussion on ensuring inclusion of women--and others--in Jewish community, and deepening our relationship with powerful Jewish symbols from our spiritual toolbox. Rainer has been working on a curriculum on the Kadima's Women's Torah, and this is a chance for you to help him test approaches to a very complex and broad topic facet of Jewish identity.
Rainer Waldman Adkins teaches B'nei Mitzvah and is the immediate past Community Programs Director for Kadima. He has filled a diversity of staff leadership roles for Kadima. Rainer currently works as a lead teacher with the Community Day School at Kimball Elementary School, is a freelance artist, and the chair for J Street Seattle. He will be attending Making History, the J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., March 24-27.
Kadima House 12353 8th Ave NE |
Rosh Chodesh Gathering for Teen Girls Saturday, April 7, 1 - 3 pm Please contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, for more information.
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Kadima Passover seder
Saturday, April 7 at 5:30 pm Propect Church (1919 E. Prospect St., Seattle)
Kadima's annual community Passover Seder will take place at 5:30 on Saturday, April 7th, at Prospect Church (1919 E. Prospect St., on North Capitol Hill). This is the same church at which we have conducted our High Holidays Services for the last several years.
Kadima, through the efforts of volunteer shoppers and chefs, will provide a meal that will include chicken soup with matzah balls, roast chicken, fruit salad, vegetables, and "a starch to be named later." There will be vegetarian alternatives available for those that request them. There will be small charge (to be determined by the cost of the food) in the range of $12.00 per adult and $8.00 for children ages twelve and under. Attendees will be asked to contribute wine or dessert. (More details about that will follow.)
The Haggadah we will use is beautiful, current, and equally relevant to Jewish history, our ancient traditions, and today. The Seder will include rituals, songs, reflections, and a lot of fun.
For purposes of planning the Seder, we ask for your RSVP no later than March 31st (office@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914). Please indicate the number of adults and children who will attend, and whether any of you want a vegetarian meal.
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Book Look
 Kadimanik Leah H. is enjoying, recommending, and offering to lend her copy of The Dovekeepers, by Alice Hoffman.
"In 70 CE, nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on a mountain in the Judean desert, Masada. Only two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman weaves a spellbinding tale of four extraordinary bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom comes to Masada by a different path. Yael's mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker's wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by their own witness. Aziza is a warrior's daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.
"The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets - about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and who they love." alicehoffman.com
 Short story writer Edith Pearlman, The Bard of Brookline, has won the National Book Critics Circle award for fiction. "Pearlman was cited Thursday [3/8] for Binocular Vision: New and Selected Stories, continuing the run of belated appreciation for an author loved by critics but little known to the general public. ...Pearlman's collection was a finalist last fall for the National Book Awards and won the PEN/Malamud prize for outstanding short fiction.
"Many of her stories tell of Jewish life after World War II.
"'Some refugees from Europe came through my hometown during the war, and I have met others throughout my life, all trying with more or less success to make a home in the New World,' Pearlman, who grew up in Providence, R.I., explained during an interview in November. 'These people were traumatized by what had happened to their homeland and their co-religionists; yet they managed to be light when they could, and they banished self-pity from their outer life.'" blog.syracuse.com/entertainment
 Kosher Chinese: Living, Teaching, and Eating with China's Other Billion, by Michael Levy
"An irreverent account of the author's experiences as a Jewish-American Peace Corps volunteer serving in rural China describes his observations about the lives of China's interior populations and their complex relationships with local traditions and the rapid changes of modernization."
Kosher Chinese is Mr. Levy's first book. He is a 2011 Award-Winner from the Barnes and Noble Discover Great New Writers Program. |
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Shabbat morning service
May 5, 10:00 am
(no service in April)
Kadima House
Community spirit, song, and thoughtful discussion
Parshah Acharei-Kedoshim - Leviticus 16:1-20:27
The celebration of Shabbat includes a potluck: dairy/vegetarian (scaled fish okay).
RSVPs are helpful but not required: office@kadima.org or
(206) 547-3914. Please let us know if you will need child care.
Kadima House
12353 8th Ave. NE
Seattle, WA 98125 map)
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Enrollment is OPEN ♦ Come join Us!
NEW Pre-K Class!
For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills.
For single-parent families, interfaith parents, same-sex parents...for all parents raising Jewish children.
This Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values.
The Kadima Pre-Kindergarten meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10:00 a.m. - noon at Kadima House.
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SAVE the Date! Sunday, April 1 Open House Friday, April 27 Erev Shabbat dinner at the home of Andree Gagnon and Paul Duren Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20
Visit Kadima's booth at the University Street Fair! |
Kadima Sundays and Mondays Sundays (10 am to noon) April 1 & 29 May 6 & 20 Mondays March 19 & 26 April 2, 9, 23 & 30 Hebrew (5th grade) - 4:45-5:45 Hebrew 1 - 5:30-6:30 Hebrew (6th grade) - 5:45-6:45 B'nei Mitzvah - 7:00-8:00 |
PRE-K, SUNDAY SCHOOL, HEBREW, AND B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM Download an Enrollment and Membership Registration form. KADIMA OFFERS... MODERN CONVERSATIONAL HEBREW CLASSES For 3rd-8th grades. TWICE MONTHLY SUNDAY CLASSES FOR GRADES K-7 AND A B'NEI MITZVAH PROGRAM Visit Kadima's website for more information about our Sunday School and B'nei Mitzvah program, or contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, at slerner@kadima.org, or the office at (206) 547-3914. A PRE-KINDERGARTEN PROGRAM For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills. For single-parent families, inter-faith parents, same-sex parents...for all parents raising Jewish children. This Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values. The Kadima Pre-Kindergarten meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10:00 am to noon at Kadima House. View Pre-K flyer. Contact Sharron Lerner for more information. |
Be sure to 'like' Kadima and the WTP on Facebook. Kadima is on Facebook. 
The Women's Torah Project is on Facebook.
Two simple ways to connect with Kadima. |
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Seattle's premiere progressive Jewish Community integrates celebration, study, and work for social justice, through programs, holidays, Shabbatot, education for all generations, activism for a just, peaceful and healthy world, and many avenues to a warm Jewish community. Think of Kadima as your "Jewish Salon," a comfortable setting for the free exchange of ideas and experiences!
Kadima's Women's Torah Project has completed the first Torah in history to be scribed and completely embellished by an international community of women.Kadima is a co-founder of the Middle East Peace Camp for Children. 2012 MEPC dates: July 9-13! Registration form
Contact Kadima!
(206) 547-3914 |
Make Kadima House a sanctuary filled with learning, celebration, activism, spirit and warm community!
HOW TO DONATE
Donate via NetworkForGood.org, where Kadima is a non-profit client, and you can sign up to make a donation monthly -- easy on the pocketbook! · Send a check: Kadima, 12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle WA 98125 · Call the office, (206) 547-3914, with credit card info · Members may call to add a donation to their account.
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KADIMA CALENDAR |
Hebrew Reading Class for Adults begins
March 22, 7 pm
Kadima Movie Night at the home of Suzie & Joe Hellerstein. "For My Father" March 31, 7 pm
Open HouseApril 1
Adult Education:
"On Women Writing Torah -- Tradition Wrestles with Itself,"
with Rainer Waldman AdkinsApril 1, 10:30 to noon
Kadima House
Rosh Chodesh Gathering for Teen Girls
April 7, 1-3 pm
Passover seder
April 7, 5:30 pm
Prospect Church
Erev Shabbat Dinner at the home of Andree Gagnon and Paul Duren
April 27
Shabbat morning service
May 5, 10 amVisit Kadima's booth at the University Street Fair May 19-20 Regarding Rosh Chodesh for Teenage Girls. please contact Sharron Lerner. Regarding leading, attending, chanting Torah and/or helping with Shabbat services, contact the Kadima office.
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SHOP ONLINE --
YOUR PURCHASES REALLY DO GENERATE REVENUE FOR KADIMA
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JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS
If an event title is underlined you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Tonight! Thursday, March 22 · 6:30 pm · SJCC, Mercer Island A Ten-Carat Diamond Anniversary: The Ben Bridge Story, from a 1912 Start-Up to Warren Buffet and Beyond Join us for an evening with Herb and Jon Bridge to hear about building their family business and the customer service and community commitment that built a legendary business and attracted the investing mind of Warren Buffet. Learn about the core values that built a trusted brand over the past century. An SJCC Business Track Lecture Series lecture. Register here.
Now through March 25
Film schedule
Special events
SJFF12 Trailer
Now through March 24
United Way of King County and Jewish Family Service invite you to participate in Hunger Action Week.
March 23-24
Helping people around the world rejuvenate the ritual of Shabbat by signing off from technology. The Reboot organization challenges hyper-connected people of all backgrounds to unplug from their phones, computers and other technology for 24 hours -- from sundown on Friday, March 23 to sundown on Saturday, March 24. The National Day of Unplugging was inspired by the Sabbath Manifesto, an ongoing new take on the ancient notion of a day of rest. The Manifesto's ten principles are open for interpretation and encourage carving out one day per week to relax, reflect, and recharge: Avoid Technology, Connect With Loved Ones, Nurture Your Health, Get Outside, Avoid Commerce, Light Candles, Drink Wine, Eat Bread, Find Silence, Give Back. facebook.com/sabbathmanifesto.
Saturday, March 24 · 2 pm · Good Shepherd Center
Music of Remembrance
Part of MOR's FREE Sparks of Glory educational series. Two contemporary composers, Simon Sargon and Osvaldo Golijov, are on the program, along with the audacious and innovative Erwin Schulhoff, who died in the Wülzburg concentration camp. Artistic Director Mina Miller will discuss the varied ways living composers respond to the Holocaust.
11:15 am - 12:30 pm on Sundays · Temple B'nai Torah (15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue)
Attend one, or both:
March 25: The Middah of Patience
April 29: The Middah of Gratitude
We want our children to develop good values and character. The primary way they learn this is by watching us! Explore how parents can express their emotions and beliefs in balanced and healthy ways, consistently modeling traits we want to pass on. We'll draw from Musar, traditional Jewish writings focused on improving one's character, and from contemporary research and literature. Facilitated by Rabbi Kinberg and Marjorie Schnyder, LICSW; best for parents of children up to 12 years old. FREE. Advance registration encouraged. A limited amount of babysitting is provided by TBT teens with advance request. Contact Marjorie Schnyder at (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
Sunday, April 1 · 1 - 4 pm · Location disclosed upon registration
Passover & Yoga: From Oppression to Liberation
Presented by Project DVORA. Mindful Yoga Practice for those who have experienced intimate partner abuse. Passover commemorates the Jewish people's exodus from slavery and journey towards freedom. It provides an opportunity to explore restrictions, release, and expansiveness in our lives today. At this Passover yoga workshop we will move from the oppression of intimate partner violence towards our own liberation. No prior yoga experience is necessary. Space is limited. Register by March 28. Child care available with advanced registration. For more info or to register, contact Jackie Smith at (206) 861-3186.
Sunday, April 1 · 2 - 4 pm · 1601 16th Ave, Seattle
Jewish Family Service Community Open House!
Official ribbon cutting and short program at 2:15 pm. Light snacks, beverages and self-guided tours. No registration required, just stop by and see what's new!
Wednesday, April 4 · 4 - 7 pm · Whole Foods Market Roosevelt Square (1026 NE 64th, Seattle)
Learn about Passover foods and traditions with us as you "journey" through the aisles. Get ideas to spice up your seder and meal, and enjoy free tastings of gefilte fish, matzo ball soup and more. Free and open to anyone -- please join us! Questions? Contact Marjorie Schnyder, (206) 461-3240 or familylife@jfsseattle.org.
Wednesday, May 16 · 11:30 am - 1:30 pm · Westin Hotel (1900 5th Ave, Seattle)
Jewish Family Service 2012 Community of Caring Luncheon
The major annual fundraiser to benefit clients of Jewish Family Service. A minimum donation of $150 at the Luncheon is requested to help meet the unexpected and extraordinary challenges facing friends, neighbors and family members here at home. Register here. Pre-registration required. Tickets will not be available at the door.
Jewish Family Service Social Services
· Alternatives to Addiction. (206) 861-8782 or dburnett@jfsseattle.org
· Ongoing Alcoholics Anonymous meetings at JFS: www.jfsseattle.org/uploads/pdf
· Basic emergency services to those with the most critical needs in the Jewish community, and, where possible, the broader community: (206) 461-3240 - ask to speak with an Emergency Services Case Manager
· Project DVORA (Domestic Violence Outreach, Response & Advocacy): call (206) 461-3240 and ask to speak with a Project DVORA Advocate, or email contactus@jfsseattle.org.
On Your Mark, Get Set, Help Out with Jews in Sports!
2012 is here! Which means it's...The Year of Sports! The Instant Replay Committee of the Washington State Jewish Historical Society is collecting stories from anyone involved in sports in any capacity. The committee needs volunteers to help out with all kinds of sports programs. Love sports? Love the Society? Then they need you! To submit sports stories, to volunteer or for more info, contact Ralph at rmaimon@wsjhs.org.
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
If an event title is underscored you can click on the title to open a link to more information. 
Now thru April 10 · Douglass-Truth Branch, Seattle Public Library (2300 E. Yesler Way, Seattle)
View photographs taken by members of the Seattle Camera Club, a group of 1920s Japanese-American photographers. The photos feature:
· local sites and buildings
· Mount Rainer
· local or visiting artists and performers
The book Shadows of a Fleeting World: Pictorial Photography and the Seattle Camera Club was written by David F. Martin and Nicolette Bromberg. It provides a glimpse into the local history of the regional camera clubs that once spanned the United States, highlighting unique blends of individualistic styles with natural and cultural influences in the post-WWI Pacific Northwest. Now thru March 24
United Way of King County and Jewish Family Service invite you to participate in Hunger Action Week.
Saturday, March 24 · 10 am - 2 pm · King's School, Junior High Gym (N 195th St & Greenwood Ave N)
FREE. Presented by ParentMap and King's School.
Wednesdays, March 28 and April 4 · 7 - 9 pm · Temple Beth Am (2632 NE 80th St, Seattle)
March 28: Arab Spring: Looking Back After One Year
April 4: The New Middle East, Israel and the US Foreign Policy
Professor Kasaba is Chair and Director of the University of Washington Jackson School of International Studies. All members of the community are welcome. The cost is $35 for the series or $15 per lecture. Students free with valid ID.
Sunday, April 1 · 1 pm · Seattle Waldorf School Huckleberry Hall (2728 NE 100th St)
THE FROG PRINCE Marionette Performance
by The Willow Branch Puppet Theater
Advance Visa/MC Reservations: $7 child (to 12) and seniors · $8 general admission. At the Door: $8 child and seniors · $9 general admission. Call: (206) 985-2059.
Now through April 29 · Seattle Art Museum downtown
Through a balanced contextual analysis of Polynesian art alongside Gauguin's works, this exhibition brings Polynesian arts and culture into the center of Gauguin studies. The show displays about 60 works by Gauguin (paintings, sculpture, works on paper) that fully reveal the extent of the influence of Polynesian art and culture on his work. It also highlights about 60 works from the Pacific that exemplify the dynamic exchanges of Pacific Island peoples with Europeans throughout the nineteenth century.
May 24, 2012 to January 6, 2013 · Pacific Science Center
He coulda won a Grammy...
The exhibition features more than 100 objects from King Tut's tomb and from ancient sites representing important rulers throughout 2,000 years of ancient Egyptian history. More than twice the number of artifacts than in the original Tut exhibit that toured in the 1970s. On display for the last time in North America! Steve Martin performs King Tut here!
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