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stories you may have missed

Every weekday at 3 p.m., we send out an email with stories from near and far about
whats happening in our Jewish world. Here are some stories you may have missed over
the past two weeks:
Oops?
Taking Madrid to court
Israel comes to Balkans aid
Leading the fight
Barking up the wrong tree
Want to be in the know? Sign up for the 3 OClock News by visiting our website at
www.jewishsound.org, scrolling down, and entering your name and email address. Find
all of these articles on our new website, The Jewish Sound. We will return next week with
original content.
Enjoy our history

Find more of it online!
Twenty of our ninety years have been

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mission is to meet the interests of our Jewish
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local, national and international news, opinion and
information. We seek to expose our readers to diverse viewpoints and vibrant debate on many fronts,
including the news and events in Israel. We strive
to contribute to the continued growth of our local
Jewish community as we carry out our mission.
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Welcome to our celebration

of 90 years
This paper you hold in your hand is a labor of love and hard work. It reflects not only
the hard work of the editors of the Jewish Transcript, starting with Herman Horowitz 90
years ago until today with me, but also the hard work of the staff of the JTNews and a team
of volunteers who looked through decades worth of old print copies of the Jewish Transcript as well as the approximately 20 years of newspapers that were archived digitally and
posted online earlier this year.
What we are trying to tell in these 32 pages is the story of Washington States Jewish
community over the past 90 years, in a way that reflects the people who built our institutions, our families, our strength. Sometimes these stories are significant, sometimes they
made us laugh out loud at the differences between then and now. At the same time, we
wanted to make sure that world events didnt get ignored, such as how early we knew about
what was happening in Nazi Germany, or this regions undying dedication to Soviet Jewry.
Youll also hear from the people who built the Jewish Transcript, four of our past editors (myself included).
The most difficult part of producing this issue of JTNews was to figure out what not to
include. So much of it was valuable, so much of it was important, but not all of it could fit.
But thats the nature of the news business.
Also included are Bar and Bat Mitzvah announcements, wedding announcements, and
even anniversaries that were sponsored by many of our readers. Rather than limit those
visits to the past to just this one issue, we have decided to begin re-running previous lifecycles moving forward. More information about how to find your familys events will be
forthcoming.
If you want to see more, or get a more complete story from something you found in this
issue, you can do that in a number of ways. First, you can find the digitally archived editions online at http://jtn.stparchive.com. Second, if youve got the ability, head to the Seattle
Room on the tenth floor of the Seattle Public Librarys main downtown building and request
a look at our bound copies of the Jewish Transcript. And finally, you can help us put more
of these bound editions online by making a donation to complete the next phase of digital archiving. Each batch costs about $5,000 to ship, scan and post, so every little bit helps.
Finally, we would like to offer thanks to the people and organizations that made this
90th edition of JTNews possible. First, our associate editor Emily K. Alhadeff spearheaded
the entire effort, from writing grants to leading volunteers to the library and our offices
to help find our communitys story; volunteers Steven Cohn, Linda Elman, Charlene
Kahn, Dikla Tuchman, Joanne Rossignol, and Jeffrey Barton, who spent hours hunched
over our archives; our art director Susan Beardsley, who took on more than we all bargained for when laying out this issue; the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle and King
Countys 4Culture, who provided grants to launch our digital archiving process; and the
Seattle Public Library, which graciously lent out its copies of our bound archives to allow
this entire project to happen.
We hope you enjoy our celebration of 90 years, and we look forward to 90 more!
Joel Magalnick
Publisher and Editor, JTNews, The Voice of Jewish Washington
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Candlelighting times
May 23...................................8:31 p.m.
May 30...................................8:39 p.m.
June 6....................................8:45 p.m.
June 13..................................8:50 p.m.
Friday
23 May
11 a.m. Ravenna Jewish Junction PJ

Library Storytime
Kate Speizer at 206-315-7429 or

kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org
PJ Library educator Betsy Dischel leads a free
community storytime for tots and their caregivers
the fourth Friday of the month. At Ravenna Third
Place Books, 6504 20th Ave. NE, Seattle.
2 p.m. NCSY Spring Regional
Ari Hoffman at 206-295-5888 or

thehoffather@gmail.com
Year-end Shabbaton on Keats Island off of
Vancouver, B.C. Mountain biking, rock climbing,
hiking, kayaking, friends, Havdalah awards
ceremony and more.
Saturday
24 May
10 a.m. Family Shabbat Morning
Kate Speizer at 206-315-7429 or

kspeizer@tdhs-nw.org
Brief prayer service (with guitar) and snack, a
project or story, and free play. All are welcome,
no membership or experience required. Free. At
Temple De Hirsch Sinai, 1441 16th Ave., Seattle.
89 p.m. Extraordinary Women: Hedy
Lamarr
Nancy Geiger at 206-443-6701 or

ngeiger@kcts9.org
This episode of Extraordinary Women features
Hedy Lamarr, the most beautiful woman in film,
and one of the most controversial. On KCTS
Channel 9, Seattle.
Sunday
@jewishcal
25 May
46:30 p.m. J.Team Livnot Chai
Robert Beiser at info@livnotchai.org or

www.livnotchai.org/j-team-monthly-option
J.Team focuses on developing youth philanthropy
and civic engagement through the principles
of tzedakah (charitable acts) and tikkun olam
(repairing the world). At the Stroum Jewish
Community Center, 3801 E Mercer Way, Mercer
Island.
Monday
26 May
9:4511:30 a.m. Memorial Day Learning
The Seattle Kollel at 206-722-8289 or

info@seattlekollel.org or www.seattlekollel.org
9:45: Bagels and coffee. 10: lecture by Rabbi
Roy Neuberger: Hope for Redemption in a
Chaotic World: Based on 2020 Vision. 11:30:
Learning for boys and girls 3rd grade and up.
Neuberger is the author of three books, From
Central Park to Sinai: How I Found My Jewish
Soul, Worldstorm, and his novel of Jewish
redemption, 2020 Vision. Free. At The Seattle
Kollel, 5305 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
79 p.m. TDS Wine and Dine
Sasha Mail at 206-722-1200 or

sashamail@tdsseattle.org
An elegant evening with gourmet food and wine
with guest wine steward Michael Bernstein from the
Cask. $180. At a private location, RSVP for details.
Wednesday
28 May
121:30 p.m. CLE: The Law of Holocaust

Reparations
Shayna Rosen at 206-774-2219 or

shaynar@jewishinseattle.org
Foster Pepper hosts and sponsors a Cardozo
Society CLE focusing on the law of Holocaust
reparations. Learn about the complex law
governing Holocaust reparations, the funds and
resources available, the efforts of attorneys around
the world, and how to volunteer. 1.5 CLE credits
pending. Kosher lunch provided. $36. At Foster
Pepper PLLC, 1111 Third Ave. #3400, Seattle.
78:30 p.m. Holy Tongues and Mother

Tongues: Learning about Jewish Languages
Congregation Beth Shalom at 206-524-0075

or naomikramer@bethshalomseattle.org or
www.bethshalomseattle.org
Join professors from the UW Stroum Center for
Jewish Studies for a global tour of the history and
culture of Jewish languages. Find out why Yiddish
connects to popular culture and learn about the
role of Ladino in Sephardic communities. Part
three of three. At Congregation Beth Shalom,
6800 35th Ave. NE, Seattle.
Thursday
29 May
10:30 a.m.12 p.m. Christian Science:

Religion, Science and Healing
Ellen Hendin at 206-461-3240 or

endlessopps@jfsseattle.org
Brian Talcott, Christian Science practitioner,
will give an overview of the religion. Hell
discuss founder Mary Baker Eddy, the churchs
organization, and share Christian Sciences
concepts of healing, faith and prayer. At Temple
Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St., Bellevue.
68 p.m. Cardozo Society Annual Ldor
Vdor Reception
Shayna Rosen at 206-774-2219 or

shaynar@jewishinseattle.org
Honoring Rochelle Kleinberg Goffe. At the Law
Offices of Dorsey and Whitney LLP, 701 5th Ave.
#6100, Seattle.
69 p.m. Challah Baking Class
Masha Shtern at 206-684-7245

Taught by chef Carrie Ancel Carrillo, learn
the entire process from flour to loaf: Mixing,
kneading, rising, and baking, plus several braiding
techniques. Ingredients provided. Bring your own
apron. Leave with your own warm bread. $25. At
Montlake Community Center, 1618 E Calhoun St.,
Seattle.
6:309 p.m. NYHS Gourmet Food and
Dessert Auction
Joy Maimon at joyalegra@gmail.com or

206-232-5272
Sample and bid and buy delicacies whipped up

by community chefs. All proceeds benefit NYHS.
Free and open to all. At a private home, call for
location.
78:30 p.m. Synagogue Open House
Jewish Junction at 206-384-6020 or info@

jewishjunction.net or jewishjunction.net
Have you thought about joining a synagogue, but
not sure where to start? Meet representatives
from Seattle-area Jewish congregations all in one
place, at one time. Free. At the Seattle Jewish
Community School, 12351 Eighth Ave. NE,
Seattle.
Saturday
31 May
10 a.m. J Explorers Campout
Stroum Jewish Community Center at

206-232-7115 or saraht@sjcc.org or
www.sjcc.org
Gaga, canoeing, archery, arts and crafts, smores,
campfires, a Havdalah celebration, and more.
Lunch and dinner on Saturday and breakfast
Sunday are provided. At Camp Kalsman, 14724
184th St. NE, Arlington.
Sunday 1 June
9:30 a.m.12:15 p.m. Frankel Religious
School Brunch and Open House
Leslie Mickel at 206-232-8555, ext. 220 or

LeslieM@h-nt.org or h-nt.org/calendar
Visit the preschool and kindergarten classrooms.
The preschool, for ages 3-5, is open to the
community. At Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative
Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer Island.
5 p.m. Basarfest
Ari Hoffman at 206-295-5888 or

thehoffather@gmail.com
NCSYs annual BBQ and meat cookoff. At
Sephardic Bikur Holim, 6500 52nd Ave. S, Seattle.
7:3011 p.m. Hoedown at Helene Behars
Melissa Rivkin at mrivkin@nyhs.net

Free. At Helene Behars House, RSVP for location
information.
the arts
Jews and Israel at SIFF
Films
Through June 8
This years Seattle International Film Festival has multiple films
of Jewish interest. Here are a few:
Belle & Sebastian (France, 2013)
A boy and his dog guide Jewish refugees to safety across the
Alps during World War II.
Sun., May 25, 10:30 a.m. at Pacific Place
Fri., May 30, 11 a.m. at Pacific Place
Sun., June 1, 12 p.m. at Kirkland Performance Center
A Place in Heaven (Israel, 2013)
The fateful contract between a secular Israeli army officer and
a devout young Holocaust survivor has profound and unexpected consequences.
Sat., May 24, 6:30 p.m. at Harvard Exit
Sun., May 25, 1 p.m. at Harvard Exit
Mon., May 26, 5:30 p.m. at Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center
The Pawnbroker (USA, 1964)

Sidney Lumets 1964 drama about a Holocaust survivor-turnedpawnbroker in East Harlem haunted by the wickedness of the
world, boasts Quincy Jones groundbreaking score and Rod
Steigers star-making lead performance.
Tues., June 3, 7 p.m. at Harvard Exit
You Must Be Joking (USA, 2014)
Sas Goldberg plays Barb, a listless woman inspired by her
childhood best friend, a ballet dancer, to pick up her longshelved passion for standup comedy.
Fri., May 23, 7 p.m. at Pacific Place
Sat., May 24, 4 p.m. at Pacific Place
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier

& Clay
Through July 13
Staged Reading
In 1939, Joe Kavalier smuggles himself,
Houdini-style, out of Nazi-occupied
Prague and reappears in New York to
live with his cousin, Sammy Clay. Its
the golden age of comic books and the
ambitious pair invent the perfect
superhero for America on the brink of
the Second World War. Book-It
Repertory Theatre presents Michael
Chabons tale of escape, transformation, magic, and moxie as a theatrical
event, with a dinner break. At the
Center Theatre at the Seattle Center
Armory. Tickets cost $2342. Information and tickets at book-it.org/
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Writing our history: Four editors reflect

Emily K. Alhadeff Associate Editor, JTNews
Phil Scheier moves slowly and uses a
walker to shuffle from place to place, but
his presence is as imposing as ever, and his
mind and opinions are as sharp as tacks.
The 98-year-old former Jewish Transcript editor makes no mention of his age.
I aint never been good at arithmetic, he says.
Scheier took over the Transcript in
1975, when he was already in his 50s.
I didnt think Id be around here for
this interview, he admits.
Scheier joined former editor Craig
Degginger and current editor and publisher Joel Magalnick last week to reflect
on the 90th anniversary of the Jewish
Transcript.
Scheier came to Seattle from Massachusetts, where he churned out three daily
newspapers. The
temperate weather
here appealed to
him, and hes glad he
took the job. What he
didnt know, when
he got here, was that
the paper was about
to go under.
They were thinking of junking the
paper, he said. No
one was reading it.
Theyd have it mimeographed twice a
month.
Within two years,
Scheier had the
Transcript operating
Joel Magalnick
Current editor Joel Magalnick edits this story onscreen. As Phil Scheier,
Jewish Transcript editor from 1975-1984 noted, putting the paper to bed is
much easier today than it was when each page had to be built manually,
from the ground up, to fit onto the press.
Congratulations to JTNews
on your 90th anniversary!
Peter & Peggy Horvitz
in the black. The community was reading

the paper again and paying for subscriptions.
It was on the cusp of the electronic
way of doing papers, Scheier reflects. Id
have to walk down to Murray Publishing on Third Avenue [to proof the galleys], and I think that was what kept me in
good shape.
The really the big moment came in
early 1987 with the advent of desktop publishing, says Degginger, who was hired by
Scheier to write a campus column for $1
an inch in the early 1980s.
We saw that as a savior of the paper.
We quickly went to the computer store
and bought a little Apple Plus, with a little
screen, and an external hard drive. And
now look where you are today.
The world of galleys and paste-ups and

waxing machines is a fond, albeit somewhat anxious memory for the editors.
The stuff from JTA came by mail,
remembers Degginger of wire stories
from the Jewish Telegraphic Agency,
which now arrive like clockwork in email
inboxes, or on the JTA website.
Scheier used to leave space for a breaking story, call JTA in New York, and have
them read it to him while he typed it up
on deadline.
He laughs. What do these kids know?
Soon after Magalnick started in 2002,
he got tired of driving the completed flats
the paper laid out on tabloid-sized
graph paper down to the printing plant
in Kent.
Pretty quickly I pushed us into electronic publishing, he says.
Times have changed, but theyve also
stayed the same. Thats sort of the theme
this year. When we look at the 90 years of
Transcript stories, op-eds and letters, we
are struck both by outrageous advances
and stunning sameness.
Sometimes it feels like I could come
back tomorrow and nothing would have
changed, says Degginger. I look at the
most recent issue: Disinvestment at the
University of Washington. Been there,
wrote that. When I left in 1996, Benjamin
Netanyahu was prime minister of the State
of Israel. Its 2014. Benjamin Netanyahu is
prime minister of the State of Israel. It just
feels sometimes like things havent moved
along as much as I thought they would.
Yet Degginger claims he had an interesting decade as the editor between 1986
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and 1996. This University of Washington campus columnist went on to cover

the handshake, the plights of Soviet and
Ethiopian Jews, Yitzhak Rabins assassination, and the Gulf War. Back in the day, he
published columns by Wolf Blitzer.
I wrote $25 checks to Wolf Blitzer,
he says.
Until one day, when Blitzer let him
know he would be moving on to CNN.
I write back and I said, Whats
CNN? Degginger recalls with a laugh.
Degginger remembers one of his more
controversial stories being the coming-out-of-the-closet announcement of
Temple Bnai Torah cantor David SerkinPoole in 1986. Serkin-Poole, who now sits
on the JTNews board, has since married
his longtime partner after decades of fighting for that right.
Theres an example of where the Jewish
community has evolved, he says. I dont
mind telling you, I got in a lot of trouble for
that. That was earth-shaking stuff. I think

weve all had an issue where Federation
wasnt happy with what we did.
Scheier laughs.
The more often you get them riled up
and I used to get them riled up all the
time that means youre doing your job,
Scheier says.
I dont think I ran anything that
embarrassed my mother, says Degginger.
That was a measure for me.
Donna Blankinship, who edited the
Transcript between Degginger and Magalnick in the late 1990s-early 2000s, is no
stranger to controversy, and eventually
left the paper because of it. Blankinship
made waves with a story about an Israel
rally, when she reported on arrests of some
Jewish community members.
I caught up with her at the Associated
Press office in Seattle, where she has been
for several years.
People were livid because
they just wanted me to write

that there was this lovely, wellattended Israel rally, she says.
It was the first time the paper took
on some of the tougher issues, Blankinship recalls. She also infiltrated local messianic Jewish groups, and she plastered the
front page in January 1999 with the first
Jewish baby of the year born to a lesbian
couple. But she may have paved the way
for more honesty and openness.
Ive seen stuff in the JT way beyond
anything I would have considered doing,
she says.
For Blankinship, the big stories were
the World Trade Organization protests in
11
1999 and the September 11, 2001 attacks.

The WTO almost shut down the
paper, she says, noting she had to walk
some employees home during the riots.
The WTO had a good local connection.
People sent me poems. The WTO was
huge.
The perennial question for Jewish
organizations is about relevancy. Especially during this era of the 24-hour digital
news cycle, whats the purpose of a twicemonthly Jewish newspaper?
In the end its about community,
says Degginger. News comes and goes,
and people will always want to read about
people.
Its a question Magalnick grapples with
on a regular basis.
When it comes down to it, this is
information that people will not find anyplace else, he says.
To me its a real precious legacy,
Degginger adds. I was proud to do this
job. No matter where I go, its the job
everybody remembers. I cant go to any
Jewish event without someone talking
about it.
Blankinship recalls someone telling
her, Five years from now, people will
stop you on the street and say, Arent you
Donna Blankinship? I was like, Yeah,
right. It still happens. Twelve years later.
A community newspaper is the gel
that holds the community together, says
Scheier. Its a challenge, though. Believe
me, its a challenge.
JDS congratulates
JTNews on 90 years.
Thank you for preserving the history of
Seattles Jewish community, including the nearly 35 years of
the Jewish Day School of Metropolitan Seattle,
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jtnews
Rabbinical words of comfort in the face of tragedy

Last Friday afternoon our community
was targeted by a terrorist seeking to harm
Jews. Pamela Waechter was murdered in
cold blood, and five others were wounded.
I would like to offer a word of condolence
to the family of Pam Waechter and to all
those who were privileged to know her,
and to benefit from her compassion and
dedication. In the traditional expression of
consolation, we pray that The Omnipresent should comfort you among the other
mourners of Zion and Jerusalem.
In a letter to former prime minister Ariel
Sharon upon the loss of his son, the Rebbe,
of blessed memory, explained the solace
inherent in mentioning the destruction of
Jerusalem. Our enemies, no matter how
vicious, are never able to destroy our spiritual essence. The Babylonians and Romans
who sacked the Beit Hamikdash, the Holy
Temple, only affected its wood and stone.
They had absolutely no power over the
inner Beit Hamikdash in the heart of every
Jew, the spiritual accomplishment of mitzvot and good deeds. So too, death can only
affect the body, but the soul, and the mitzvot one does are eternal. Indeed, the merit
of Pamela Waechters work on behalf of the
community will remain forever.
May the Almighty, healer of all flesh,
send a speedy recovery to all those wounded
in this horrific attack, and may we all see the

fulfillment of the verse in Isaiah 8:10, Our
enemies will plot and plan, but it will come
to naught, for God is with us.
Rabbi Elazar Bogomilsky
Northwest Friends of Chabad
The ancient Psalmist must have been
confronting the same kind of pain, loss, and
fear we feel when he sang, I lift up my eyes
to the mountains. From where does my help
come? My help comes from the One Eternal,
Creator of all that is.... (Psalm 121:1,2)
Anger and violence are consequences
of forgetting the true nature of our being.
When we collapse into our separate selves,
each striving to protect what is ours from
others, each suspicious and watchful and
fearful, we are vulnerable to prejudice, to
programmed hatred, to demonizing and
dehumanizing the other.
While we strive for solutions to human
hate and violence on the level they express
themselves, we somehow intuit that true
healing requires a greater vision. We look
to the mountains, seeking a more inclusive awareness.
What we need now is a greater vision.
We need to remember who we are: unique
expressions of One Life, One Awareness,
One Being. Each being is sacred. Each being
is held in the embrace of the Eternal Presence, from which none can ever be lost.
The Eternal One guards you as you
come and go, now and forever. (Psalm
121:8)
Rabbi Ted Falcon
Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue
Judaism is a religion not of why but of
how. There are no satisfactory answers for
why last weeks horror at the Seattle Jewish
Federation took place. And our tradition
does not focus on answering these why
questions. Rather our focus is on how.
How, after this tragedy, to once again laugh,
have faith, find meaning, create sacred
moments and be community.
Most of our prayers (just look at kaddish or the Amidah) end with a prayer for
Shalom. Why do we need to keep repeating this same request for peace? Because
it is elusive and fragile, and yet of absolute
importance. As Jews, we are committed to
Shalom: shalom nafshi internal peace,
shalom bayit peace in our homes,
shalom bimromav peace in the heavens
and shalom aleinu peace upon us. We
commit ourselves to the hope expressed
in the morning silent prayer, calling for
Sim Shalom tova uvrecha baolam chen
vachesed vrahamim Grant peace, well-
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being and
blessing
with grace and loving kindness and mercy.
And we call to the Eternal One Ufros aleinu
sukkat shlomecha spread over us the
sheltering presence of Your peace.
Rabbi Jill Borodin
Congregation Beth Shalom
Alas, how lonely is the City. As we

recite that verse from Lamentations this
week in memory of the Destruction of the
Temple and Jerusalem long ago, we feel a
similar sense of devastation over the murder
of our dear Pam Waechter and the senseless
shootings of the five of her fellow colleagues
Layla Bush, Carol Goldman, Dayna Klein,
Christina Rexroad, Cheryl Stumbo who
we pray are in the midst of recovery.
We cannot yet fully appreciate the
trauma of this incident. The healing of
our community will require years and
decades, rather than weeks and months.
But it is the death of Pam that wrenches
our very souls. What a wonderful person
and dedicated Jew. She was beloved and
precious in her lifetime, and death will not
part her from us nor us from her.
Rabbi James Mirel
Temple Bnai Torah, excerpted from his
eulogy for Pam Waechter

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