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BULLETIN
March 28, 2013 / 17 Nissan 5773
Happy Passover!
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CONTENTS: Click on any item to go to it. FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS, DO SCROLL DOWN PAST THE KADIMA NEWS.
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Kadima's Passover Seder, March 31, 4:30 pm, at Prospect Church
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Shabbat morning service, April 13, 10 am, at Kadima House
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Kadima community annual brunch, April 28, 10 to 12:30, at Kadima House
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Kadima work party, May 5, 10 am, at Kadima House
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Bulletin Board: Lois Gaylord, Akiva Kenny Segan, Writing/art/digital media contest for 5th-12th graders
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Some articles in the Be'chol Lashon newsletter
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Sundays & Mondays schedules
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Kadima Social Justice Group
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Judaic Studies, Hebrew Classes, and B'nei Mitzvah preparation program -- enrollment remains open
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Donate to Kadima
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Kadima Calendar
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Shop on line!
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 Kadima Passover seder
March 31, 4:30 pm
Prospect Church1919 E Prospect St., Seattle
Map
We will gather at 4:30 to schmooze. The seder will begin at 5:00.You may have missed the RSVP deadline, but if you want to attend the seder, you can! Just let us know that you're coming ( office@kadima.org or 206-547-3914), and bring something for the potluck. If your last name begins with...please bring, to feed 10 people: A - G Poultry, fish, or meat entree H - N Vegetarian entree O - S Side dish, soup, or salad (including matzoh ball soup or gefilte fish) T - Z Dessert. Beverages: Please bring wine or juice for you and your companions and a bottle to share with your table mates. Thank you and Happy Passover!
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Celebrate Shabbat
Kadima Shabbat morning service
Saturday, April 13, 10 am
This Shabbat the reading is from Parshah Tazria-Metzora - Leviticus 12:1-15:33.
Our celebration of Shabbat includes a potluck vegetarian lunch (scaled fish okay).
At Kadima House
12353 8th Ave. NE, Seattle ( map)
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Kadima Sunday, April 28
Kadima Community Annual Brunch
Everyone is welcome to be there!
10 am to 12:30 (extended morning)
- Welcoming our new families
- Honoring our Teachers & Volunteers
- Celebrating Israel with food, art, music, and dance
- The Kadima Trio will perform and D'vorah Kost will lead the dancing!
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Consider Tom Sawyer. He got that fence painted!
The Best Community Builder All Year. FUN!
Community Work Party, Sunday, May 5th! 10 'til noon
You are welcome to stay as long as you like, or need, to complete your self-assigned task!
Invite your friends, or work together and make new friends.
Bring your own supplies: What will you need to get the job done? Rake, gloves, rags, shovel, mop, vac, broom, paint, squeegee, cleaning supplies, etc.
Here is a list of tasks that we hope to accomplish at Kadima House, if we all work together. You are welcome to think up your own project, too:
Inside--upstairs and downstairs
- Bathrooms x2 upstairs and one downstairs
- Kitchen, refrigerator, stove, microwave
- Floors
- Cobwebs (high and low)
- Windows
- Shelve books and label library shelves
- Re-organize the closet with Kadima's siddurim, machzorim, and other ritual items
Outdoors
- Beautify our front space. Now is a good time to thin or divide plants in your own yard. Bring something interesting and plant it in Kadima's yard.
- Trimming, pruning.
- Wash windows.
Sprucing up for Spring!
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BULLETIN BOARD 
Lois Gaylord's
Solo Pro Radio Interview
Last week Kadimanik Lois Gaylord was interviewed on the Solo Pro Radio's Better Smarter Richer show! Show host Jackie B. Peterson and Lois discussed how Lois has "...turned her passion for arts and crafts into a profitable Solo Pro business. She started out as an architectural model maker, but as the technology and the economy evolved, she shares how she transitioned into a business focused on her passion for fiber art, lessons on connecting with the arts community, and the power of collaboration and working in groups."
Listen to the interview here. _______________________________________________________________
Now through May 21 at Hillel UW (4745 17th Ave NE, Seattle)
Art exhibit --
Akiva Kenny Segan: Selections from the
Under the Wings of G-d art series
Reception: Sunday, April 7, 1-5 pm; artist-led tours, 1:30 and 3:30
Selections from Akiva's Under the Wings of G-d Holocaust art series include two mosaic-drawing combos, four human rights drawings
from the Sight-seeing with Dignity series and an additional Holocaust
drawing: Giorgio Bassani & 3 scenes of Ferrara, Italy.
The exhibit will be accessible for all ages including children. Visit the Hillel website for more info and the viewing schedule. _______________________________________________________________
April 1-25
Seattle Central Community College Rosetta M. Hunter Gallery
1701 Broadway #BE2116
Art exhibit --
Akiva Kenny Segan: Selections from the Under the Wings of G-d art series
Reception Wednesday, April 3, 5-7:30 pm. Selections from Akiva's Under the Wings of G-d art series include drawings, mosaic-drawing combos; selected drawings from the Sight-Seeing with Dignity Human Rights art series; and one other Holocaust drawing, Primo Levi with Arrrgh! fish. More information can be found on the gallery's website. _________________________________________________
Entries accepted now through April 19. Open to students in grades 5-12 in WA, OR, ID and AK. Click here for contest theme and guidelines.
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Some articles in the Be'chol Lashon March 2013 newsletter
The Kitniyot Dilemma
Professor David Golinkin, CJ Online
Every spring, Ashkenazic Jews ask: since kitniyot (legumes) and rice are not chametz, why can't we eat them on Pesach? Go to article.
New pope, Jorge Mario Bergogli of Argentina, has Jewish connections
JTA, March 13, 2013
Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the Argentinian cardinal who was elected pope late Wednesday and will take the name Francis I, is said to have a good relationship with Argentinian Jews. Go to article.
Do 1 Rabba, 2 Rabbis and 1 Yeshiva = a New Denomination?
Sarah Breger, Moment Magazine, March 8, 2013
As mainstream Orthodoxy moves to the Right, a liberal faction gains momentum. Go to article.
Five Star Refuge: A Week at the Pen
Erica Lyons, Asian Jewish Life, January, 2013
With its grandeur and elegance, it is difficult to imagine that the Peninsula Hotel was once a temporary shelter for post-World War II Jewish refugees. Go to article.
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Kadima Sundays & Mondays
April 7 & 28
May 5 & 19
Mondays
April 1, 8, 22 & 29
May 6, 13 & 20
Hebrew 1: 4:30-5:30
Hebrew 2: 5:30-6:30
Hebrew 4: 5:45-6:45
B'nei Mitzvah 7:00-8:00
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Kadima Social Justice Group!
If you are interested in joining the Social Justice Group's listserv please contact Sima Kahn via office@kadima.org. The listserv will keep people apprised of opportunities for engagement in various areas in which the Social Justice Group is interested.
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Pre-K, Judaic Studies, Hebrew, and B'nei Mitzvah program Download an Enrollment and Registration form. Kadima offers... Modern Conversational Hebrew Classes For 3rd-8th grades. Twice Monthly Sunday School Classes for Grades K-7 and a B'nei Mitzvah Program Visit our website for more information about our Sunday School and B'nei Mitzvah program, or contact Sharron Lerner, Education Director, at slerner@kadima.org or (206) 547-3914. Pre-Kindergarten Program For children 4-5 years old. Developing Jewish identity and kindergarten readiness skills. The Pre-K program will serve as an introduction to Jewish songs, stories, traditions, and progressive Jewish values. The class meets Sundays, twice monthly, 10 to noon at Kadima House. View or download the Pre-K flyer. Contact Sharron Lerner for more information. |
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Seattle's premier 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, and to be sewn together in community.Kadima is a co-founder of the Middle East Peace Camp for Children, which has been held every summer for more than ten years.
Contact Kadima!
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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
Kadima Passover Seder
Sunday, March 31
4:30 pm
at Prospect Church
Shabbat morning service
Kabbalat Shabbat & potluck dinner
Friday, April 26
at the home of Leah and David Haseley
Kadima Community Annual Brunch
Sunday, April 28
10 am to 12:30
at Kadima House
Welcome new families;
honor teachers & volunteers; celebrate Israel with food, art, music & dance
Kadima Community Work Party
Sunday, May 5
10 am
at Kadima House
Spruce up Kadima House, indoors & out
Regarding leading, attending, chanting Torah and/or helping with Shabbat services, contact the Kadima office.
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SHOP ONLINE --
YOUR PURCHASES GENERATE REVENUE FOR KADIMA
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If an event title is underlined you can click on the title to open a link to more information. Sunday, April 7 Yom Hashoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day Community Programs
Memorial Service at 10:30 am, SJCC Mercer Island
"Liberator and Liberated" at 2:30 pm, Kane Hall, Room 210, University of Washington
The Washington State Holocaust Education Resource Center is hosting a community memorial service at the Holocaust Memorial on the SJCC Mercer Island campus. Programming continues that afternoon at the University of Washington with Liberator and Liberated: a liberator of Buchenwald and a survivor of Buchenwald share their stories. Sundays, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm · Temple B'nai Torah (15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue) Mindfulness -- it's a practice that can improve your family life! Explore how parents can express emotions and beliefs in balanced ways as role models and leaders, helping children develop good values and character. We'll look at both traditional Jewish writings and contemporary research and literature in social work, psychology and more. Facilitated by Rabbi Kinberg and Marjorie Schnyder, LICSW. Best for parents of children up to 12 years old. Come to one, some, or all of the sessions! - April 14: The Middah of Calmness
- May 19: The Middah of Responsibility
FREE. Advance registration encouraged. A limited amount of babysitting is provided with advance request. Parents and others from all backgrounds welcome! Contact Marjorie Schnyder at (206) 861-3146 or familylife@jfsseattle.org. Thursday, April 18 · 7-9 pm · Jewish Family Service (1601 16th Ave, Seattle) Transition to Parenthood: A workshop for LGBTQ Couples & Individuals
The arrival of a new family member can be exciting and stressful. What are some ways to balance joys and responsibilities of the parenting journey? Psychotherapist and Certified Gottman Educator, Larry Nicholas, MA, will offer insight into LGBTQ parenthood and strategies for coping and staying connected. $15/person, $25/couple; scholarships available. Register by April 5 to get $5 off admission! RSVP: Leonid Orlov at (206) 861-8784, familylife@jfsseattle.org or facebook. Friday, April 19, at 5 pm, through noon on Sunday, April 21 · Camp Solomon Schechter (Olympia) Third Annual Northwest Women's Retreat
Come join a group of spirited women from throughout the Northwest for a relaxing, fun, and enriching weekend of activities, great food, and Jewish learning. A beautiful venue with a choice of fun and educational events throughout the weekend. Take this time for yourself in the spring to join us at camp, make new friends, have fun, and be inspired! $225 for the weekend (limited scholarships available for those who are unable to afford the fee). NEW flyer here!
Wednesday, April 24 · 6 pm · SJCC Mercer Island (3801 E Mercer Way)
The Spring Garden: Get Outside and Get Growing
Learn how to start a veggie garden this spring: - garden beds: in-ground, above-ground and containers
- soil and fertilizer do's and don'ts
- seed selection, including organic and heirloom seeds
- crop spacing ~ so you can plant more in the summer
- watering tips
- pest management
- maximizing spring harvest
Register now for spring, summer or fall - or the entire series:
The Summer Garden: Birds & Bees, Tomatoes & Potatoes
Wednesday, June 12, 6 pm.
The Fall Garden: Eat Your Veggies, Put Your Beds to Rest
Wednesday, August 18, 6 pm. Sunday, April 28 · 5:30 - 7 pm · SJCC Mercer Island - Kesher Community Garden Meet in the Kesher Community Garden for a dinner picnic, music and s'mores around the fire. Baked potato bar, fruit, popcorn made over the fire, and s'mores.
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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. Parent Map's 10th Annual Lecture Series April 10 - Susan Cain, Quiet Kids: Raising an Introvert in a World That Won't Stop TalkingApril 30 - Adele Diamond, Ph.D., Bright Young Minds: Early Learning, Play and Executive FunctionMay 7, John Gottman, Ph.D., Making Love Last and Marriage Work.Purchase tickets here.   
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