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BULLETIN
April 5, 2012 / 13 Nissan 5772
Have a Happy Passover!
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That was another darn good party!
Now it's a tradition!
Thank you Kadima B'nei Mitzvah students, Kadima grads, Kathy Gallagher, and Sharron Lerner, for spending last Saturday making and packing Matzah Almond Roca for Kadima's Pesach Fundraiser.
Guided by Sharron's leadership and her expertise at planning and organizing, a gaggle of Kadima B'nei Mitzvah students and grads made and packed around 70 cartons of delicious Matzah Almond Roca.
Making the Roca is a multi-step process that involves melting, spreading, stacking, baking, more melting, more spreading, sprinkling, more baking, freezing, waiting, breaking apart, sorting, packing, and labeling. It's very involved and labor intensive. And the end product is s-o-o-o good!
Teamwork, camaraderie, music, pizza, and unfettered mess making -- what a party!
We predict that we'll raise upwards of $500!
Next year: 100 boxes!
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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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Welcome Shabbat Together Friday, April 27
Join us to welcome the Shabbas bride with a Shabbat evening observance and a potluck dinner at the home of Andree Gagnon and Paul Duren. Further details forthcoming.
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Kadima Sunday, April 29
Kadima Community Annual Brunch!
10 am to 12:30 (extended morning) ♦ Welcoming our new families
♦ Honoring our Teachers & Volunteers
♦ Celebrating Israel with food, art, music and dance
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Saturday, May 5, 5:30 pm
At the home of Sandy Silberstein and
Doug Brown
Come help us imagine what a new Kadima Social Justice group could be!
Join us for a first gathering--a Cinco de Mayo potluck dinner for schmoozing and discussion. Help us imagine what this space could be for progressive Jews! Perhaps a place to address homelessness, police and judicial injustice, or other local events? A group to consider how to respond to the threat of intervention in Iran or to develop a progressive Jewish response to the evolving reality of the Israeli occupation in Palestine?
Call the Kadima office for Doug and Sandy's address. RSVPs to office@Kadima or (206) 547-3914 by Wednesday, May 2, would be appreciated but are not required.
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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: [email protected] 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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SAVE the Date! Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20
Visit Kadima's booth at the University Street Fair! |
Kadima Sundays and Mondays Sundays (10 am to noon) April 29 (extended morning -- 10 to 12:30) May 6 & 20 Mondays April 9, 23 & 30 May 7, 14 & 21 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 |
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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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 [email protected], 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. |
Book Look
Hot Pink by Adam Levin
Chicago-based writer Adam Levin shows his mastery of more than one form as he has followed his massive, extraordinary, award-winning debut novel, The Instructions, with a superb first book of stories, Hot Pink.... "From walls that ooze unnameable, unidentifiable gel, through makers of children's dolls designed to mimic the stages of digestive health, to older widowers in retirement looking back over their marriages, Levin manages to find the pathos and the humor in living an 'ordinary' existence. Enter his world if you dare!" - The Jewish Times.
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less
by Sarah Glidden
When Sarah Glidden took a "Birthright Israel" tour, she thought she knew what she was getting herself into. But when she got to Israel, she found that things weren't quite so simple. How to Understand Israel is Sarah's memoir not only of her Israeli government sponsored trip through Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, the Golan Heights, Masada and other famous locations, but of the emotional journey she never expected to take while she was there.
The Unmaking of Israel
By Gershom Gorenberg
"In this penetrating and provocative look at the state of contemporary Israel, acclaimed Israeli historian and journalist Gershom Gorenberg reveals how the nation's policies are undermining its democracy and existence as a Jewish state, and explains what must be done to bring it back from the brink. Refuting shrill defenses of Israel and equally strident attacks, Gorenberg shows that the Jewish state is, in fact, unique among countries born in the post-colonial era: It began as a parliamentary democracy and has remained one. An activist judiciary has established civil rights. Despite discrimination against its Arab minority, Israel has given a political voice to everyone within its borders. "Yet shortsighted policies, unintended consequences, and the refusal to heed warnings now threaten those accomplishments. By keeping the territories it occupied in the Six-Day War, Israel has crippled its democracy and the rule of law. The unholy ties between state, settlement, and synagogue have promoted a new brand of extremism, transforming Judaism from a humanistic to a militant faith. And the religious right is rapidly gaining power within the Israeli army, with possibly catastrophic consequences. "In order to save itself, Gorenberg argues, Israel must end the occupation, separate state from religion, and create a new civil Israeli identity that can be shared by Jews and Arabs. Based on groundbreaking historical research-including documents released through the author's Israeli Supreme Court challenge to military secrecy-and on a quarter century of experience reporting in the region, The Unmaking of Israel is a brilliant, deeply personal critique by a progressive Israeli, and a plea for realizing the nation's potential.
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door: Storiesby Israeli author Etgar Keret
Bringing up a child, lying to the boss, placing an order in a fast-food restaurant: in Etgar Keret's new collection, daily life is complicated, dangerous, and full of yearning. In his most playful and most mature work yet, the living and the dead, silent children and talking animals, dreams and waking life coexist in an uneasy world. Overflowing with absurdity, humor, sadness, and compassion, the tales in Suddenly, a Knock on the Door establish Etgar Keret--declared a "genius" by The New York Times--as one of the most original writers of his generation.
Second Person Singularby Palestinian/Israeli author Sayed Kashua
"In his newest novel, Kashua explores what it means to be a Palestinian and an Israeli; a father and a working man. The preoccupations of Second Person Singular strike me as adult preoccupations, ones many readers will relate to.... "Sayed Kashua is a brilliant, funny, humane writer who effortlessly overturns any and all preconceptions about the Middle East. God, I love him." -- Gary Shytengart.
The New American Haggadah
by Jonathan Safran Foer, editor, trans. by Nathan Englander With thousands of versions of the Passover Haggadah in existence, it's fair to ask whether we need yet another one to narrate the familiar story of the Jewish people's exodus from Egypt. Even a cursory perusal of the striking New American Haggadah created by Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander provides an enthusiastic affirmative answer to that question.
--By Harvey Freedenberg, attorney and freelance reviewer,
The Crisis of Zionism by Peter Beinart "Unlike some Jewish commentators who are highly critical of Israel's policies toward Palestinians in the West Bank, Peter Beinart, a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, is a committed Zionist. He contends that nearly 45 years after it began, the occupation of the West Bank endangers the liberal Zionist vision that animated the formation of the Jewish state. For him, 'Israel's legitimacy is bound up with its democratic character,' a perspective antithetical to those who harbor a 'dream in which Jewish ethics no longer hinder Jewish power.'
"Beinart makes a persuasive case that Zionism's future is at risk from two segments of American Jewry: Orthodox Jews tolerant of Israeli policies he considers antidemocratic, and other Jews whose connection to their heritage is so tenuous as to lead them to indifference. He urges 'American Jews most committed to democratic values [to] remain Jews and pass Judaism on to their children.'... "Beinart's argument is passionate, but his tone is sorrowful, not belligerent. His perspective, he believes, offers the last, best hope for the preservation of a liberal democratic Israel that most American Jews can eagerly support.... "
--Harvey Freedenberg, attorney and freelance reviewer,
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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
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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 |
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 27Kadima Annual Brunch
April 29, 10 - 12:30
Potluck dinner & meeting to discuss forming new Social Justice group
May 2, 5:30 pm
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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JEWISH COMMUNITY EVENTS
If an event title is underlined you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Tues, April 17 � 7 pm � Temple De Hirsch Sinai (1511 E Pike St, Seattle)
Author Gershom Gorenberg Discusses Israeli Democracy
"Spring blossoms are finally arriving in Puget Sound, while Passover brings us a message of hope and freedom this Friday night." You will have a unique opportunity to hear Gershom Gorenberg as he discusses the seasonal topics of freedom and democracy in the contemporary context of the future of the state of Israel! Mr. Gorenberg is the author of The Unmaking of Israel, reviewed as one of the most important books to be written about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in decades.
Gershom Gorenberg will speak on Israeli Democracy: What threatens it, how to save it -- how settlement policy and encroaching fundamentalism within Israel's civic institutions are undermining the Jewish state, and what must be done to bring it back from the brink. A reception and book signing with Mr. Gorenberg will follow the presentation. RSVP here.
This event is presented by J Street Seattle and co-sponsored by: Temple De Hirsch Sinai, Temple B'nai Torah, and Herzl Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, with the support from Congregation Beth Shalom and Temple Beth Am.
Saturday, April 21 � 2 pm � Seattle Art Museum Free concert presented by Music of Remembrance. Works from three composers imprisoned in concentration camps.
Sunday, April 22 � 1 - 3:30 pm � Herzl-Ner Tamid, Mercer Island
Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Program
From Generation to Generation: Reclaiming the Legacy
Fern Schumer Chapman will speak about her book, Motherland - Beyond the Holocaust: A Mother-Daughter Journey to Reclaim the Past. Fern and her mother visited Germany to rediscover their past and face the Holocaust tragedy that haunted them. Motherland was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Her second book, Is It Night or Day? is an account of her mother's immigration to the United States.
Sunday, April 22 � 5 - 6 pm � Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island
Yom HaZikaron Ceremony
Yom HaZikaron is a day to remember those soldiers who have fallen for the State of Israel. All are welcomed to join for the ceremony. More information to come.
Sunday, April 29 � 11:15 am - 12:30 pm � Temple B'nai Torah, Bellevue 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 [email protected].
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 not available at the door.
Jewish Family Service Social Services
� Alternatives to Addiction. (206) 861-8782 or [email protected] � 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 [email protected].
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 [email protected].
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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 U.S., highlighting unique blends of individualistic styles with natural and cultural influences in the post-WWI Pacific Northwest.
Tuesday, April 10 � 7-9 pm � Nesholm Family Lecture Hall, McCaw Hall, Seattle Center
Rosetta Lee:
Beyond Sticks and Stones: Parenting Essentials to Prevent and Address Bullying
What every parent needs to know about bullying: warning signs, cultural and gender differences, guidance for how to handle at home and school, helping your child to speak up and stay safe. Tickets: $20. Topic age range: 8-16 years.
Tuesday, May 1 � 7-9 pm � Seattle Children's Theatre
Julie Metzger and Rob Lehman: Will Puberty Last My Whole Life?
Real questions and real answers for parents having conversations with their kids about puberty and sex. Learn how to guide your child on their journey through adolescence. Tickets: $20. Topic age range: 9-14 years.
Thursday, May 10 � 7-9 pm � Town Hall, Seattle
John Gottman, Ph.D.
Making Marriage Work: Building Trust, Love and Loyalty
The Science of Trust -- new research on marriage and parenting from award-winning Dr.Gottman. The author of 40 books including The New York Times bestseller The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work and Why Marriages Succeed or Fail...and How You Can Make Yours Last. Tickets: $20.
Tuesday, May 15 � 7-9 pm � Village Theatre, Issaquah
Howard Behar
Coffee Talk: A Conversation with Teens on Passions and Life Purpose
An empowering talk on leadership for teens and their parents. Drawing on his incredible life experiences, the former president of Starbucks inspires teens to explore their values and begin plotting a course to realize their dreams.Tickets: $20. Topic age range: 13-18 years. Friday, April 13 � Thursday, April 26 � Wednesday, May 9One God, Three Faiths: Building Community Through PrayerThe Intercommunity Peace & Justice Center invites you to a series of interfaith visits to learn about the Jewish, Muslim and Christian traditions, explore sacred space and share community. �The first event will be at Temple B'nai Torah (15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue), on April 13, 7:30 - 9:30 pm. �The second event will be at Masjid Ar-Rahmah (Muslim Assoc. of Puget Sound), 17550 NE 67th Ct, Redmond, on April 26, 7 - 9:30 pm. �The final event will be at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church (10021 NE 124th St, Kirkland), on May 9, 6 - 8 pm. �Pre-register for 1, 2, or 3 visits by calling (206) 223-1138 or emailing [email protected]. Wednesday, April 18 � 7:30 pm � Chapel of St. Ignatius, Seattle University campusYom HaShoah Interreligious Prayer Service
The Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry invites you to Yom HaShoah: Remembering the Holocaust service. Join as people of many faiths come together in a service of readings, music and prayer to remember the Holocaust in an inspiring interfaith service. For more information, contact Rachel Stacy at [email protected] or (206) 220-8588. Thursday, April 19 � 7 - 8:30 pm � Mount Zion Baptist Church (1634 19th Ave, Seattle)David Lacks Discusses His Mother's Medical Legacy
David "Sonny" Lacks will discuss his mother's contributions to medicine and science as cataloged in Rebecca Skloot's, The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. The international success of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, has left people keenly interested in the Lacks family and Henrietta's legacy. In his appearances, Sonny shares with audiences what it meant to find out, decades after the fact, that his mother's cells were being used in labs around the world, bought and sold by the billions. Sonny's visits put a personal face to big issues such as the dark history of experimentation on African Americans, the birth of bioethics, and the legal battles over "informed consent" and whether we control the stuff we're made of, and should share in the profits. Henrietta Lacks was a poor black tobacco farmer whose cells, taken without her knowledge in 1951, went on to become the first immortal human cells ever grown in the laboratory. Those cells, nicknamed HeLa, became one of the most important tools in modern medicine, vital for developing the polio vaccine, cloning, gene mapping, in vitro fertilization, and more. Though Henrietta died in 1951, her cells-alive and growing to this day-are still the most widely used cell line in the world. Free tickets for this event can be reserved at Brown Paper Tickets. RSVPs are for reasons of planning and security only; all comers will be seated. Sponsored by Seattle University, Mount Zion Baptist Church, and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Wed, April 25 � 7:30 pm � Town Hall SeattleEtgar Keret has been one of the most avidly read writers at work anywhere. Seattle Arts & Lectures presents this evening with Mr. Keret, occasioned by the US publication of his newest book of stories, Suddenly, a Knock on the Door, translated from the Hebrew. "Etgar Keret's stories are funny, with tons of feeling, driving towards destinations you never see coming. They're written in the most unpretentious, chatty voice possible, but they're also weirdly poetic." --Ira Glass. "Keret's greatest book yet-the most funny, dark, and poignant. It's tempting to say these stories are his most Kafkaesque, but in fact they are his most Keretesque." --Jonathan Safran Foer. TICKETS REQUIRED. For tickets and info visit SAL, or call (206) 621-2230. Wed, April 25 � 7 pm � Elliott Bay Book Co.Sayed Kashua, writing in Hebrew, is a celebrated novelist, columnist ( Haaretz), and creator of what's considered a groundbreaking sitcom, Arab Labor. He is here with his third novel, Second Person Singular. "In his newest novel, Kashua explores what it means to be a Palestinian and an Israeli; a father and a working man. The preoccupations of Second Person Singular strike me as adult preoccupations, ones many readers will relate to. Kashua has long been seen as Larry David meets Edward Said, but in this novel he comes into his own. Incomparable." - Randa Jarrar. "Sayed Kashua is a brilliant, funny, humane writer who effortlessly overturns any and all preconceptions about the Middle East. God, I love him." -- Gary Shytengart. Thurs, April 26 � 7 pm � Elliott Bay Book Co. (1521 10th Ave, Seattle)Chicago-based writer Adam Levin shows his mastery of more than one form as he follows his massive, extraordinary, award-winning debut novel, The Instructions, with a superb first book of stories, Hot Pink. "From walls that ooze unnameable, unidentifiable gel, through makers of children's dolls designed to mimic the stages of digestive health, to older widowers in retirement looking back over their marriages, Levin manages to find the pathos and the humor in living an 'ordinary' existence. Enter his world if you dare!" - The Jewish Times.
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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