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Heading home to SpainOne familys history in Seattle, and its preparations to return to the country of their roots.Page 10

Community seder listingsA list of seders around the state tocelebrate Passover.Page 17

More film festival reviewsGet ready as the Seattle Jewish FilmFestival launches this weekend.Page 24

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Two local cookbook authors have new booksBy Diana Brement, JewishSound Columnist

1 Just look on the cover, was Rachel Almelehs response when I asked what her favorite recipe was in her just-published cookbook, A Legacy of Sephardic, Mediterra-nean, and American Recipes.

There, a plate of lightly browned bourekas, plump with potatoes and two kinds of cheese, tempt the reader and the cook.

As the title reveals, this is Rachels tribute to her triplet her-itages. Her parents were raised on the Isle of Rhodes, came to the U.S. with Italian passports, and met and married here. Growing up in a multi-lingual household, it seems natural that Rachel became a Spanish and French teacher.

At age 12, when her mother died, Rachel and her sister took over cooking for the household, so this book is a tribute, too, to her aunties and cousins who taught her traditional Sephardic and other recipes.

Rachel used LifeRich Pub-lishing, the self-publishing arm of Readers Digest, to bring out her book. Under their guidance, Rachel did almost all the work on the book herself, including the photography, which took two

tries to meet the publishers stan-dards.

It was a labor of love, in every sense, she says, even requiring her to learn how to create an index in Microsoft Word not as easy as it sounds.

Rachel says her recipes are simple and incorporate a lot of tips...from my aunts and my cousins.

Released this month, the book has sold well through the Ezra Bessaroth ladies auxiliary

and their recent Purim bake sale. Rachel is the secretary of that busy group. And Purim means Passover is not far behind, so I also had to ask about the authors favorite Pass-over recipe, which is megina, a matzoh meat pie.

Rachels website is www. sephardicdelicacies.com, where shell start blogging after Pesach. Shell make another book pre-sentation at the May 5 general meeting of the Renton South King Retired Teachers shes co-president of that group, as well. The book is also available on

Amazon.com.

2 Theyre no relation at all, but their common last name led to neighboring lockers at Bastyr University in Kenmore, which is how they met. Throw in a dash of growing up in New York and Susan Price Gins and Dr. Lisa Price soon became friends. Now they have published Cooking Through Cancer Treat-ment to Recovery: Easy, Flavorful Recipes to Prevent and Decrease Side Effects at Every Stage of Conventional Therapy (Demos Health).

Dr. Price had been seeing cancer patients for quite a while, and they always asked her about what they should eat, says Susan.

Studying at Bastyr, Lisa to become a naturopathic doctor and Susan a nutrition-ist, wed worked on projects before, says Susan.

When Lisa wanted to write a book to help patients eat in a way that supported them while they went through treatment, she asked Susan for help.

They found an agent and publisher quickly, which helped a lot.

We felt like we were going with the flow, Susan says.

Though there are other cancer cook-books, theirs is distinguished by its organiza-

tion by treatment phases.Say youre going to see a

friend [who is] going through radiation, Susan says. You look up radiation and it lists all the recipes that have nutrients that help when you are going through radiation.

Recipes use readily avail-able ingredients (with online resources for those living out-side urban areas) and are delib-erately simple to avoid putting any additional burden on some-one who is going through...treat-ment, Susan says.

Dishes are anti-inflammatory, free of gluten, soy, sugar and dairy. Susan cooked them all and says everyone who has sampled them has been happy with the taste.

Each recipe has a health tip and a nutri-tion fact. Sesame Noodles, for example, includes the fact that tahini (sesame paste) is rich in calcium and copper, great for bones and cartilage.

Susan grew up on Long Island, N.Y., and arrived in Seattle just after the eruption of Mt. St. Helens in 1980. She remembers walking out on the lawn and having her shoes cov-ered with dust. Before returning to school at age 47 she was a custom fabric artist known

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From the Jewish Transcript, March 12, 1945.Mrs. Elsa Neumann, left, 60, survived three concentrations camps and two weeks

without food and water in a cellar in Italy during the Holocaust and was one of 900 refugees at the Oswego refugee camp sponsored by the U.S. She is joined by Mrs. Irving M. Engle (no first name given), the national chair of service to the foreign-born of the National Council for Jewish Women, who helped Neumann gain passage to Capetown, S. Africa, to reunite with her four children.

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Arab-Israeli victim of ISISIslamic State has executed a young man it believes was trying to infiltrate the terrorist

organization as an Israeli spy. In a video released Tuesday, Muhammad Musallam, a 19- year-old from East Jerusalem, is shot several times after explaining that he was a spy for Mossad, Israels intelligence agency. No confirmation has been given either way, though the teens parents say he was not a spy.

JTA No place for hateAnti-Semitism is a growing problem on college campuses in the U.S., according to a

new report from the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Trin-ity College. Their survey, which polled 1,157 Jewish students on 55 campuses about their campus experience, found that 54 percent of students experienced some form of anti-Semitism on campus during the first six months of the 2013-2014 academic year.

Haaretz

Frat rowThe Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity at the University of Arizona is on an interim sus-

pension and is facing possible expulsion after a report that 15 of its members attacked members of a Jewish frat. Fifteen students are being investigated after they allegedly forced entry into the off-campus residence of UA students, yelling discriminatory com-ments at the UA students and physically assaulting them, according to a letter from the schools dean of students. Police said the attack is not being investigated as a hate crime.

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Late night in IsraelOn the heels of Chelsea Handlers visit to Israel, another well-known late-night host

will make his way to the Holy Land in June. Jay Leno will host the award ceremony for the second annual Genesis Prize. The $1 million award will be handed to actor Michael Douglas in recognition of his passion for his Jewish heritage and Israel. Leno describes himself as a big supporter of Israel.

The Jerusalem Post

Not so sweetA German Coca-Cola TV spot recounting the inception of Fanta during World War

II to celebrate the soft drinks 75th anniversary was pulled after the ad suggested Nazi Germany was the good old times. A Coca-Cola spokesperson apologized for the video and said that the videos goal was to evoke positive childhood memories.

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Rabbis Turn: The real you 5Rabbi Mark Spiro tells you to use the upcoming Passover holiday to ask yourself who you are, and if youre the person you want to be.

Challenging the J Street Challenge 5Rabbi Anson Laytner watched a film critical of the left-leaning pro-Israel organization J Street, and was disappointed with what he saw.

Fighting boycotts on campus and in the community 6Prof. Ken Stein of Emory University spoke around Seattle this week on how students learn about Israel on campus, and what can be done to create honest education.

Ten years on the open road 7The Tribe Jewish motorcycle club will celebrate its 10th anniversary this year.

From temporary to permanent 9Rabbi David Lipper planned to serve Temple Bnai Torah for a year while it searched for its new rabbi. It turns out he was the right man for the job.

Heading home to Spain 10The Chiprut family has a history in Spain that goes back more than a millennium. Now some of its mem-bers are preparing to return home. The first in a two-part series.

Prepping for #Seder2015 11Hey Millennials, what are you doing for Passover? If youre sick of the tried and true, theres a little some-thing new being launched on the Interwebs this year to get you better involved.

The seder for kids 12Lets face it. So many kids think spending hours at a table telling obscure stories is, at best, a recipe for boredom. Looking back, writer Edmon Rodman wants to let them know theyre not alone.

Seder placemat fun! 1415Heres an activity to keep those kids from complaining a placemat with the order of the seder for coloring!

Looking for a seder? 17Every year we post a listing of all of our communitys seders for anyone looking for a place to celebrate.

And for the grownups 20The other thing we do every year is taste delicious, kosher-for-Passover wines so those four cups feel less like a syrupy chore and more like an inspiration.

Encore! Encore! 24The Seattle Jewish Film Festival begins this weekend, and we have more reviews to add on from last weeks issue to plan your viewing schedule.

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MonDAy, MARCH 166 p.m. AJC Diplomatic Seder

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Friendship Circle ^ 425-603-9677 or rsvp@templebnaitorah.org

or templebnaitorah.org , Temple Bnai Torah, 15727 NE Fourth St.,

BellevueDiscuss The Jewish Book of Days: A Companion for All Seasons by Jill Hammer. Lively discussions and new friendships. Facilitators: Anna Satenstein and Donna Blankinship. Free.

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^ 206-275-1539 or info@shevetachim.com or www.shevetachim.com

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3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer IslandJoin Daytimers lunch and a Jewish-themed film. Please RSVP by the Friday before. $7.

78:30 p.m. Beth Shaloms Artists Beit Midrash Class on Exodus: The Ten Plagues ^ Nancy Current at 206-604-8298 or

nancy@ncurrent.com or ncurrent.com , Congregation Beth Shalom, 6800 35th

Avenue NE, SeattleThe Genesis of Creativity taught by Jeremy Alk and Robin Atlas. Study midrashim and make your own visual interpretations about the stories of the plagues. Register online or by phone to Congregation Beth Shaloms Adult Ed Program.

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in the Post-Soviet Region ^ Alexis Kort at 206-525-0915 or

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^ Erin Kiema at ErinK@SJCC.org or 206-388-0828 or www.sjcc.org

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, Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation, 3700 E Mercer Way, Mercer IslandFeaturing Rabbi Irwin Kula.

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^ Araya Sol and Zann Jacobrown at 206-218-3213 or aurayah@gmail.com or nwretreat.wordpress.com

, Camp Indianola Retreat Center, IndianolaArik Labowitz and Zann Jacobrown lead an intimate spiritual weekend retreat in nature. Be inspired, deepen connections to Pesach, and renew connection to community.

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Dr. Joseph Benatov offers an overview of the Jewish presence in Bulgaria and focuses on the conflicting opinions about the role played by King Boris III, church officials, and politicians in the rescue of Bulgarias Jewish population. Free.

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We get together to ride, but it is my belief that anytime you get Jews together it can be a holy event.Jeffrey Kay, one of the founders of The Tribe Jewish motorcycle club. Read about their travels on page 8.

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THE RAbbIS TURN 5Challenging The J Street ChallengeBy rabbi anson Laytner, Special to the Jewish Sound

After the Washington Coalition of Rabbis, the umbrella body for non-Orthodox rabbis in our state, wrote a letter criticizing the showing of The J Street Challenge here in Seattle because it potentially would sow seeds of mis-trust among Jews here, we each received a complimentary copy of the video cour-tesy of its executive producer, director and writer Avi Goldwasser.

I watched the 64-minute video and found myself wishing that Americans for Peace and Tolerance, the organiza-tion that sponsored the movie, had been more politically transparent, because the video is simply yet another occasion for a right-of-center pro-Israel group to attack its left-of-center counterpart.

As someone with 35 or so years of working in Jewish communal affairs, I could agree with the films rehearsal of the facts of the Israeli-Arab conflict; I also agree that it is important to criticize the Arab states and the Palestinian leaders for their many, many failings and short-comings. No argument there.

But the point of the film is to discredit J Street, first by making it appear as if J Street disputes the facts of this history, second by trying to set J Street apart from similar organizations and political par-ties in Israel, and third by suggesting that J Street does not actually support Israel. (Actually, J Street is an avowedly pro-Israel organization.)

What really bothers Americans for Peace and Tolerance is that J Street sup-ports a different part of the Israeli polit-ical spectrum than it does, and since Americans for Peace and Tolerance cant legitimately criticize Israeli parties of the center-left for being anti-Israel, it mar-shals its spokespeople to attack J Street instead.

Let me be clear: Americans for Peace and Tolerance, like the Zionist Organi-zation of America, favor the Likud or Jewish Home; J Street would be more supportive of Kadima, Meretz or Labor if it took sides with regards to Israeli

political parties. It is Democrats versus Republicans; Adelson versus Soros. When Americans for Peace and Tol-erance talks about strong Israel advo-cacy, it means advocating for more settlements and a harder line on territo-rial compromise with the Palestinians. But Israel officially is still committed to a two-state solution with the Palestinians so who really is in opposition to Israeli policy? However, by cutting and pasting the facts, Americans for Peace and Toler-ance can make it appear as though it is J Street and not itself that is dissenting and potentially undermining Israels stated positions. I honestly would have pre-ferred for Americans for Peace and Tol-erance to simply say what it believes and why it believes what it does, rather than assassinating the character of another well-meaning pro-Israel organization.

Members of the Washington Coali-tion of Rabbis did not want to censor the video per se when it screened late last year. Though this article was not written on behalf of the coalition, these members remain opposed to efforts by either side to denigrate other legitimate pro-Israel voices in our community. Our letter stated that we cherish being part of a Jewish community that recognizes a multiplicity of ways to support the State of Israel.

When Americans for Peace and Tol-erance is interested in an honest conver-sation that acknowledges the legitimate perspective of other Jewish organiza-tions with which it disagrees, then there is a path forward. Unfortunately, The J Street Challenge fails to recognize our peoples shared though differing love of Israel insisting instead that its point of view is the only correct one. And that attitude only sows dissent and mistrust in our community.

rabbi anson Laytner is a proud member of J Street and a lifelong Zionist. He manages the interreligious initiative at Seattle Universitys School of Theology and Ministry.

Rediscovering youBy rabbi Mark Spiro, Living Judaism

Obese Ohio man found fused to chair he sat in for 2 years

A morbid ly obese Ohio man was in the hospi-tal Tuesday after police found him fused to a chair he

had not moved from in two years and were forced to cut a hole in the wall of his house just to get him out, WTRF-TV reported. Officers who responded to the scene said that the mans skin was fused to the fabric of the chair, and that he was sitting in his own feces and urine with maggots visible. One offi-cer said it was the worst thing he had ever responded to. The landlord told WTRF that the man used to be an active person, and said she had no idea how bad his condition had become.

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He used to be an active person. Those words reverberate in my head. Obviously he wasnt like this all of his life. Obviously he once led an active life, and before that he was someones child with hopes and dreams just like you and me. Nevertheless, the image of that pure and innocent child slowly being enveloped in rolls of flesh until hes no longer recognizable evokes a trou-bling question: How can someone lose him-self so completely that he literally begins to fuse with the material that he has ingested and accumulated over the course of his life?

All around the world, Jewish families will begin their seders by pointing to a piece of matzoh and saying: This is the bread of poverty. Rabbi Yehudah Loew, known as the Maharal of Prague (15201609), asks why matzoh, the quintessential symbol of freedom, is referred to as the bread of pov-erty, since we generally do not equate pov-erty with freedom. He answers that the true definition of a poor person is someone who has nothing but himself. Matzoh is there-fore called the bread of poverty because it is bread that has been stripped to its essence. It is pure flour and water without the fluff. It possesses nothing but itself.

According to the Maharal, the poverty of the matzoh teaches us how to become free. We dont have to be impoverished in a literal sense, but from time to time we must strip away everything that is not essential to our true identity so we can reconnect with our innermost self. If we fail to do this, we run the risk of being overwhelmed by the

life we have created. If we lose sight of who we are, we can never be truly free.

Pesach comes around once a year pre-cisely because its so easy for us to lose sight of ourselves. If you ask people who they are, some will tell you where they came from, others will tell you what they have or do, and still others will describe what they think and feel. But none of these things are us. They all can and do change, yet we wake up every morning with a remarkable sense of continuity. Even the dramatic changes our bodies go through from birth to death cannot alter our unshakable sense of self.

But what exactly is that self? If we could peel away the various aspects of our lives like the leaves of an artichoke, what would we find at the very core of our being?

Judaism teaches that we are fundamen-tally spiritual beings. We are souls, not bodies. But our souls are not monolithic entities, either. They are comprised of dif-ferent levels, each deeper or more essential than the next. The most external or super-ficial level of the soul is the life force that animates us and enables us to live and act in the world. Deeper levels enable us to feel, speak and think. But according to our mystical tradition, the deepest and most authentic source of the soul the true core of our being is our creative will. Our will is what creates our thoughts, feelings and actions. It exists on a higher level than our intellect, which is why it is paradoxi-cally both the most essential and the most elusive aspect of our identity. This is why its so easy to lose sight of who we are. The ever-changing, formless source of our creativity is ultimately beyond our ability to define or even grasp with our minds.

Matzoh reminds us of the most funda-mental aspect of what it means to be free: That at our essence, we are creators, and that our thoughts, feelings, and actions are our creations. Even our sense of identity, or ego, is nothing more than a product of the thinking we make up about ourselves. As products they may be important aspects of our lives, but we must never allow them to define us to the point where they limit our freedom to choose. We must never forget that we have the ability, at any moment, to create something entirely new, regardless of our past. We must never confuse what we produce with who we are. Because when-ever we lose sight of our true nature, we run the very real risk of being trapped, weighed down, and sometimes even crushed, by the overwhelming weight of our own creation.

Wishing you a meaningful and joyful Pesach!

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Confidence in israel must begin at a young age, says prominent prof.By Janis Siegel, Jewish Sound Correspondent

Kenneth Stein has learned a few things about his students. The profes-sor and history scholar from Atlantas Emory University, who spoke to a crowd of over 50 Seattleites at Hillel at the Uni-versity of Washington, that during his 37 years of teaching Israel studies, polit-ical science and Middle Eastern history, students today dont have the context they need to understand the Middle East. And hes asking pre-college Jewish educators to raise the bar in the class-room.

Blame it on the ease of a thumbs-driven database like Google or a gen-eral academic malaise from decades of under-teaching of Jewish history, but students today, he told The Jewish Sound in a pre-lecture interview on March 10, dont have enough back-ground to meet the verbal challenges of a narrative as nuanced as the one in the Middle East.

Anyone can spin a story, said Stein, but are you sophisticated enough to know what the spin is and are you smart enough to know whats left out?

Stein, the director of the Emory Insti-tute for the Study of Modern Israel and president of the Center for Israel Educa-tion, has spent much of his out-of-class time during the last 13 years conduct-ing workshops and seminars teaching the teachers in 2,100 supplementary and congregational schools, summer camps, and JCCs across the U.S.

He said that these schools are missing an opportunity.

They spend most of their time learn-ing about traditions, lifecycle events, and holidays, Stein said, and they know very little about American Jewish history and European Jewish history.

Stein, who was honored with an endowed professorship established in his name at the Emory College of Arts and Sciences in 2011 for the study of modern Israel, wishes that the nearly 800,000 Jewish students attending col-leges in the U.S. can at least be able to refute false claims about Israel with con-fidence.

Students in general are coming to college today with a lack of knowledge of foreign affairs international relations, and geography, said Stein. Its partic-ularly harmful if youre a minority and dont know your history. Of course, that can be turned around if the kids knew about a Jewish connection to people-hood and a Jewish identity that included the land of Israel.

I would expect a kid or an adult to know that when someone asked a defen-sive question, they could say, Wait a minute, thats not the whole story.

In addition to writing an extensive

collection of books and histories on the Middle East, Stein was the expert chosen to contribute to the Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia entries for PLO, 1948 Israeli Independence War, June 1967 War, 1973 October War, Hamas, and Intifadah for its 1999 and 2002 editions. He spoke at Hillel UW on March 10 about the Assault on Israel: on Campus and Beyond. On March 11, he spoke at Temple De Hirsch Sinai on the implications of the changing Middle East.

According to Stein, one of the most contentious and pervasive political movements against Israel on Ameri-can college campuses are the boycott, divestment and sanctions efforts that have become a significant and rallying issue for those who consider themselves against Israel.

Designed to target Israels economy, he said the movement instead affects the emotional lives of Jewish students. But it doesnt have to.

The BDS movement is a real nega-tive for kids on campus because they feel like theyre being singled out because theyre Jewish, said Stein. In terms of actual imports and exports, the impact is probably minimal, but the hurt is a psy-chological hurt. They want to go, like their computers, into silent mode.

Students, he said, must learn the facts and understand that history is complex, often without clearly identifiable villains and heroes.

In the case of Israels founding, the growth of the Jewish State was a two-way street, he said, with Arabs who partici-pated in its expansion by selling land to the Jews, often without the knowledge or consent of their Arab populations.

Had there not been Arab collu-sion, Jews could not have purchased the nucleus for a state to build buildings, kibbutzim, and cities, and villages that gave them the toehold from the 1880s right through 1948, Stein said. The documentation is everywhere.

Did the Zionists know what they were doing? Of course. Did they know that Arabs were being displaced because of land purchases? Yes. Did they com-pensate some of them for their displace-ment? Yes. Did they want them not to settle near Jewish settlements? Yes, because they wanted to create contigu-ous areas.

But if you dont have someone whos willing to line their pockets and say pub-licly, I didnt do it and then privately go ahead and do it, if youre a Zion-ist you say Well just keep on buying land as best we can, even when were not allowed to.

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Kosher hogs celebrate a decade on the roadBy Dan aznoff, Jewish Sound Correspondent

They meet religiously on Sunday morn-ings to worship the open road and the two-wheeled bond that brought them all together. Members of The Tribe, the regions club for Jewish motorcycle riders, have met once every month rain or shine for almost a decade to share the cultural and mechanical bond that stretches beyond carburetors and kippot.

There is very little about this group that is religious, said Jeffrey Kay, who helped establish the local club in 2005. We get together to ride, but it is my belief that anytime you get Jews together it can be a holy event.

The Tribe is one of 45 organizations across the country in the Jewish Motorcy-cle Alliance, many of them with amusing names like the Kippah Kruisers, the Hillel Angels, and the Rebbe Riders.

Kay began riding motorcycles with his father in Virginia and joined a group of Jewish two-wheeled motorists in the Wash-ington, D.C. area also known as The Tribe. He was determined to establish a local ver-sion of the club after he moved west.

The 30-plus members of The Tribe include doctors, accountants, college profes-sors, real estate investors, techies, one reg-istered nurse, and an auto mechanic. The motorcycles vary from Harley Davidson touring models and some upscale BMWs to a few Honda Gold Wings and one or two V-Stars from Yamaha.

These are not inexpensive vehicles were driving, said Kay, a software engineer at Microsoft. Some of us just ride on the week-ends. Others ride their bikes to work when the days are long and the weather is nice.

Members of The Tribe will celebrate the groups 10-year anniversary this summer with a picnic with spouses and represen-tatives from the many organizations with which the club has interacted over the years. Those include the Stroum Jewish Community Center and Jewish Family Ser-vices Seattle Association for Jewish with Disabilities, for which The Tribe sponsors an annual picnic.

Kay described The Tribe as a casual orga-nization with civic-minded members who enjoy giving their time to help others when were not on the road. He said members contribute double chai ($36) in dues each year to cover the cost of the club website (www.seattletribe.com), t-shirts, patches and the annual picnic. Founding members of The Tribe each received a leather yar-mulke that bears The Tribes insignia.

The senior member of the club is Ned Porges, 74, who began riding motorcycles

as a freshman in col-lege when he and his roommate paid $45 for joint owner-ship of a used cycle. He stopped riding, but picked up the sport again after a 25-year hiatus when he accepted a posi-tion as a professor at the Seattle branch of Washington State

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tor rode. My wife approved because it did not look like a typical motorcycle, said Porges. Its a sweet machine.

Club members meet in Bellevue at the Starbucks near Factoria on the last Sunday of every month. The group selects one member as the Ride Rabbi, who chooses the route and the destination. The rabbi then leads members in the Travelers Prayer before merging onto the lanes of I-90.

The destination is often less impor-tant than the path, said Porges. Past out-ings have taken club members to the grave of Jimi Hendrix, over Snoqualmie Pass into the sunshine of Eastern Washington, and along the twisting roads that lead to Mt. Rainier. Members recently traveled south for what was described as a Neds Mystery Tour, which ended with a guided excur-sion through a private motorcycle collection in Tacoma.

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Giving back is an important part of what we do and probably the best way we can all demonstrate our commitment as Jews, said Kay.

Several members of The Tribe have taken part in the Ride to Remember sponsored by the national organization to help raise awareness of the Holocaust. Porges met up with a friend from Portland last year for the journey to California, where they joined the Ride to Remember in Orange County. The procession was escorted by motorcy-cle officers from the Orange County Sher-iffs Department.

Taking part in something as large and well-organized as the national Ride to Remember helped bring home why we seek out people of the same faith, Porges said. Every rider Ive met from across the coun-try is as passionate about their religion as they are about their bike. And thats really saying something.

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a temporary rabbi will stick around for the long haulBy Joel Magalnick, Editor, The Jewish Sound

Nobody had planned for things to work out this way. But you might call it a happy accident that Rabbi David Lipper and the congregation to which hed been assigned as an interim rabbi decided to remove the interim from his title.

I came in expecting to stay for a year or maybe two, Lipper told The Jewish Sound. Being a permanent candidate in a congre-gation that I am serving as interim is really off the table from the beginning because the things that have to happen in order for me to even be considered a candidate are so dif-ficult.

But on Feb. 26, the board and congrega-tion of Temple Bnai Torah in Bellevue voted to install Lipper as its new senior rabbi.

Hes a fantastic rabbi. And even better, hes an incredible organizational consultant, said Cliff Cantor, president of Temple Bnai Torahs board. Both the congregation and the board realized that he was, as our interim rabbi, fulfilling all of our needs and was supe-rior to the candidates that were applying for the permanent position.

Lippers title officially becomes senior rabbi as of July 1, but in reality, the duties are not any different, Cantor said. Theres no point where he stops doing one thing and starts doing everything else.

Lipper succeeds senior Rabbi James Mirel, who retired last year, and former asso-

ciate rabbi Yohanna Kinberg, who was passed over for the senior position and now leads Congre-gation Kol Ami in Woodinville.

We lost our two previous rabbis and that has some con-siderable effect on the congregation, so the interim has to bridge that gap, Cantor said.

Oftentimes that means mending hurt feelings, improving processes in how the syn-agogue runs both administratively and spir-itually, and helping to adjust the frames of mind so were able to receive a new rabbi, Cantor said, so the congregation can hire a new rabbi that can be successful rather than hire a rabbi into an environment that might not be conducive to success.

Until his approval as Bnai Torahs per-manent rabbi, Lipper had served for six years in the interim rabbi program of the Union for Reform Judaisms Central Con-ference of American Rabbis (CCAR). This program does exactly what Temple Bnai Torah had hoped Lipper would do: Bring in rabbis specially trained as interims for a year

and sometimes two, depending upon how a synagogues search process goes to pave the way for the next permanent rabbi.

According to Rabbi Alan Henkin, CCARs director of rabbinic placement, interim rabbis are contractually obli-gated to not seek the

permanent position.This gives them the freedom to speak

hard truths to synagogue leaders, something we have learned is crucial for congregations in transition and one of the reasons many congregations have come to value the pro-gram, Henkin told The Jewish Sound via email. It also strengthens a congregations search for a new long-term rabbi, as potential applicants are assured that they dont have competition from a rabbi already in place.

There are, however, rare occasions where the rabbis are released from that obliga-tion. Both the temple and Lipper petitioned CCAR, and given that both parties felt such a strong connection with each other, we felt a waiver was warranted, Henkin said.

Before joining the interim program,

Lipper spent three decades on pulpits in Wisconsin, Ohio and Texas, but he consid-ers Houston home. To this day, he begins each board meeting with Lets gather yall, according to the temples cantor, David Serkin-Poole.

Both Lipper and his board agree that a luxury of being in an interim position is the ability to speak more candidly and honestly about issues where a permanent rabbi may feel the need to be more politic.

I tend to speak my mind, Lipper said. One of the members of the leadership team here came up to me during the process of me becoming the permanent replacement and said to me, Promise me you will not stop being as brutally honest as you have been.

As he ingrains himself further into the community, Lipper said he will put more effort into education and study, as well as increasing engagement with worship. Also, were working hard to re-envision a social action profile for Temple Bnai Torah and to continue to expand that, he said.

On the bima itself, Cantor Serkin-Poole said hes excited to more permanently be able to work alongside a man he has come to admire over the past several months.

Both of us were thinking that its too bad that were going to have to be saying good-bye, he said. Its very exciting that the hello is going to be a long-term hello.

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Rabbi david lipper, who takes over as senior rabbi of Temple bnai Torah.

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one familys thousand-year history, from Spain to Seattle and back againBy Barbara Winkelman, Special to The Jewish Sound

Vivian Blum has a story to tell. It starts in Spain in the 900s, moves to Turkey in 1492, when the Jews were expelled from Spain, and lands in the United States in 1909, where it remains to this day. Soon there will be a chance for Vivian to look back and reclaim what was taken from her family: Spanish citizenship.

Currently, the Spanish government is working on legislation that will grant citi-zenship to those who can prove their con-nections to Sephardic Spain in 1492. It is intended to correct a historic mistake committed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella in 1492 when they issued an edict expelling or converting all the Jews of Spain. The laws passage is imminent, and may be approved as early as next month.

A persons ties to Spain can be proven by one or more factors proving Sephardic ancestry, such as a family name, holiday and cooking traditions, and fluency in Ladino, the Sephardic language.

Vivians connection to Spain is through her mothers family, the Chipruts, a well-known surname to Sephardic historians. Vivian speaks some Ladino, prepares Sep-hardic food, and belongs to Sephardic Bikur Holim. She and her cousins called their grandmother, Behora Kadun Louise Azose Chiprut, Nona, the Ladino term for grandmother. Behor Judah Chiprut, their grandfather, was Papu.

Outside looking in, Vivians Sephardic roots could not be clearer, but there is more than just a Sephardic bloodline that she inherited from her mother. There is the rich legacy handed down and changes from generation to generation. These make the bonds that enrich her family and keep it together.

It all starts with our famous ancestor from the 10th century, explains Vivian. From generation to generation, all

Chipruts are taught that they are descen-dants of Hasdai Ibn Shaprut, from Cor-doba.

Makes sense. The surnames are practi-cally the same.

Hasdai Ibn Shaprut was the court phy-sician and adviser to the caliph in Moor-ish Cordoba. He negotiated treaties with other kingdoms. Hasdai used his influ-ence to improve conditions for Jews in Cordoba. Under his tutelage, Jewish cul-ture thrived.

Sephardic people are intense when it comes to tracing families, says Vivians cousin, Louise Chiprut Berman, simply in the way we name our kids in a spe-cific order: The first-born son is named after the fathers father, the first-born girl is named after the fathers mother, the second-born son after the mothers father, and it goes down from there. You can trace our family through the names.

There are four L o u i s e s i n t h e extended family, continues Louise. F i r s t t h e r e i s P a p u s m o t h e r , whose name was Behora Kadun Louise Azose Chiprut. I also have two cousins with Louise in their names: Linda Louise and Lissa Louise.

And then theres the name Chiprut itself.

My cousin Louise finds Chipruts all over the world, says Vivian.

For example, Louise found a Joe Chiprut in Washington, D.C. through a Google search.

We got to emailing back and forth, Louise recalls. Hes the same age as me. We exchanged family trees and the first names were all the same. We figured that we were probably related!

Before the Internet, Louise wrote letters to Chipruts that she came across in newspapers and magazines.

Were all from the same sprout, she says.

In 1492, Vivians ancestors migrated to Turkey, in the Ottoman Empire, where they stayed until the 1900s, when the Empire began to fall apart. Life in Turkey was tough for the Sephardic Jews.

Vivians mother, Esther Kahn Chiprut, describes her Nona and Papus jobs

in Turkey: My m o t h e r w a s a domestic, clean-ing wealthy homes from the age of 12 through 18, when she married my father, who was a longshoreman.

In 1909, Vivi-ans Papu Behor emigrated from

Tekirdag, Turkey, to New York, and then on to Seattle. Before Behor set sail, his

cousin Sam Barokas offered to find him a job in the same Seattle coal mine where he worked. The catch was that Behor had to pose as Sams brother. When he arrived at Ellis Island, therefore, he told the immi-gration officials that his name was Behor Barokas.

Nona was not happy about that, and

Behor eventually changed the family name back to Chiprut after their first four children were born with the Baro-kas name.

Two years after he arrived in New York, Behor sent for Behora. They settled in Seattles Central District, along with other Turkish Sephardim from Tekirdag,

The synagogue was the center of life for the Sephardim. The Turkish Sephardim moved within walking distance of Sep-hardic Bikur Holim Congregation.

It was a tight-knit community, says Vivian.

Everyone in the community knew each other, adds Louise. They took care of each other, they socialized together, they vacationed together.

Sephardic Bikur Holim Congrega-tion was incorporated in 1910. About 15 years later, Behor Chiprut became the first gabbai of the congregation, meaning he collected the funds for the synagogue and escorted people to the bima.

Behor had a strong, imposing presence. As gabbai, he took on the responsibility to ensure that proper decorum was upheld at all times.

Heres a story that Vivians cousin,

Courtesy ViVian Blum

behora and behor Chiprut, with their first two children, Jack and anita, in 1914.

Courtesy ViVian Blum

behor and behora Chiprut in their car in 1912 holding Jack, the eldest of their 8 kids.

Courtesy ViVian Blum

The Seattle workers waterfront pass for behor barokas, using his wrong surname, so he and cousin Sam barokas could appear to be brothers.

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#Seder2015 hopes to bring millennials to the Passover tableBy ryan Torok, L.a. Jewish Journal

Millennials, what are you doing this Passover? If youre not sure, perhaps look to Seder2015.

Seder2015 is the latest brainchild of Michael Hebb, 39, a self-described food provocateur who last grabbed national attention for launching Death Over Dinner, a movement that brought people together around the dinner table to discuss end-of-life issues.

Seder2015 is a one-stop-shop for how to host a modern seder, Hebb said in a phone interview. Using the crowdfund-ing source Indiegogo, the campaign raised about $21,000 toward its overall goal of $25,000, including a matching pledge from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation for every dollar raised.

Seder2015s official website, www.seder2015.org, launches on March 13 during the 2015 SXSW Interactive Festival. Hebb, a teaching fellow for the University of Washingtons Communication Leadership digital media department, will be on-hand to discuss the project, which will provide users with digital haggadot that feature interactive Hebrew script calligraphy, Pass-

over-themed playlists culled from trendy musicians, recipes from leading chefs, hol-iday anecdotes from thought leaders, and more. It is the pilot project of a three year effort Hebb anticipates Seder2016 and 2017 and it is one close to Hebbs heart.

I have always wanted to know what it would be like to invigorate and tangle with and create a major inquiry into Passover and see how the digital word can help the fact that its in a state of decline, he said. Its a big conversation effort in some ways, a way to bring in new voices and new experiences.

Hebbs concern is based on statistics. According to the 2013 Pew survey, Por-trait of Jewish Americans, 70 percent of American Jews said they had participated in a seder in the past year. In the 1990s, that number was around 90 percent.

To reverse the trend, Hebb has garnered a wide array of support. The Reed College Calligraphy Initiative, Seattle artist Cathy Shiovitz, and the cutting-edge design com-pany Civilization are involved.

Stories about Passover that can be used during a seder will be posted on the Tablet Magazine website, and JewishJournal.com

will host to a repository of cutting-edge seder recipes from a new generation of chefs, includ-ing Ari Taymor of Alma. The Jewish Jour-nals Rob Eshman and David Suissa are on the Seder2015 advisory board. Jewish Sound editor and publisher Joel Magalnick is a con-tributor to the project as well. Significant ini-tial funding for the effort came from the Los Angeles-based Glazer Family Foundation.

Beyond wanting to reinvigorate Pass-over for new generations, Hebb cites his fas-cination with the dinner table and its role in society as additional motivation. And because Passover is in many respects the ultimate dinner-party, with its seemingly never-ending meal and ability to convene family members who often do not see each otherwise, Passover was the perfect focus of Hebb, a non-practicing Jew.

Ive been on an almost 20-year trek inquiry adventure to understand the role that the table has played historically in shap-ing culture and how it can have a trans-formative effect going forward, the basic context being that we have forgotten how to eat together, he said.

My father got ill when I was young and

scattered our family into various parts of the house, he said, when asked if he had had family dinners as a child. Dinners were not an important part until later.

Meanwhile, he delivered a talk at the 2013 TEDMED conference on his previous national campaign, Death over Dinner, and told the Journal that 70,000 people or more have had these experiences, death dinners, in under a year and a half.

Its success made him confident that he can change Passover.

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Crunching the childhood lessons of PassoverBy Edmon J. rodman, JTa World News Service

LOS ANGELES (JTA) What did I really learn at the seder table? That is, besides discovering that the white horse-radish was way hotter than the red and that my very worldly uncles couldnt read a word of Hebrew?

Its a question worth considering as we invite new generations of participants to sit down at our seder tables.

Today we have a whole Haggadah of apps, texts and websites that help us drain every last drop of meaning out of our yearly dinners remembering the going-out from Egypt. But in the midst of all this learning, have we somehow taken for granted the childhood lessons simmered into our meal built with a set order?

At my family seders, which were held in my suburban Southern California home, I

recall that little Hebrew was read from the red-and-yellow-covered Goldberg Pass-over Haggadah we used. Yet I also remem-ber them as a welcome break, a time that set me free for a few hours from my child-hood pattern of Koufax, Gumby and all things rockets.

My sister Wendy, five years my senior and a school district administrator special-izing in literacy and language, remembers being uncomfortable due to the behavior of the adults: One relative refused to read anything and others participated with a mocking tone, upsetting my mother. But even in that environment, she says that besides learning to endure, she was allowed the space to sit and find her own meaning in the proceedings.

I remember having lots of questions,

none of them Exodus-related: Where did these dishes comes from? We didnt we use them any other time of the year? Why did my sister get to sit up near the head of the table? Was it because she had started Hebrew school and was the only one who could read the Hebrew?

The answers were there for even a simple son to see: The seder was a special time, something you prepared for as indi-

cated by the table settings and plastic. And as for my sisters raised status, a little bit of knowledge gets you a better seat.

For many of us, our first serious encounter with the seder comes when an adult tells you that as the youngest, its your turn to chant the Four Questions. Why the youngest? was my fifth ques-tion. Why not someone older and more experienced, like my sister?

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Though my 1st-grade Hebrew school teacher and synagogue cantor prepped us in leading the Four Questions, little did they know that this lesson would teach us so much more. Or maybe they did. Even though I didnt understand completely what I was doing, I did get the impres-sion that this was serious stuff, meant to be studied and not messed up, especially in front of my family. I also learned that I could repeat it in front of a group of people, and remember feeling how good it felt to finally get it out. My recitation also made me a participant: That was now my page in the Haggadah.

I also realized that I could learn stuff after school and my head would not explode.

And the answers? They were in a book, and the seder made it seem per-fectly normal to read one before and after dinner.

I also learned from listening to the adults who did enjoy the seder that it was important to read the words with feeling the mighty hand was awesome, the plagues solemn and sorrowful.

My wife Brenda, who had difficulty reading when she was a child, remembers at her family seders trying to anticipate which paragraph she would be asked to read, so she could prepare and not have to be helped.

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W leSSonS oF PaSSoveR Page 12 to embarrass someone, but we do, and however much the corrections might momentarily sting, they do teach another lesson: If someone corrects you, you wont die.

At the seder, a child also learns how to defeat boredom, an important life lesson, as anyone who watches cable TV can tell you. I remember my mother saying, People who say they are bored are boring. Not wanting to fit into that category, I entertained myself during

what seemed like forever by following the Haggadahs instructions. I leaned and dipped and pointed and crunched hard, and when that failed, I checked out the plague drawings and thought about the weird matzoh sandwiches I would be finding in my lunch bag all that week.

Most of all, I think, a child learns at the seder that there is order in their uni-verse. In a body that changes weekly, occupied by interests that come and go in a flash, order is kind of a relief.

As I recall, the order of our seder was quite simple: It began with my sister singing the Kiddush and me learning what wine tasted like. The halfway point was marked by my mothers brisket, from which I gained a taste for Jewish food.

And the end? That was when my mother and uncles argued, the lesson being that sweet reason doesnt always prevail.

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Chabad of Greater seattle Contact and RSVP: chabadofseattle.orgsederFriday, April 3 at 7:30 p.m.

Congregation tikvah Chadashah (Puget sounds lGBt Chavurah)Graham Visitors Center at the WashingtonPark Arboretum Contact and RSVP: 206-355-1414 or www.tikvahchadashah.orgsederSaturday, April 4 at 6 p.m.Potluck meat seder (ritual foods, wine and juice provided). No hametz, please. RSVP byMarch 27. Requested donation: $20 per attendee ($10 for students/low income; children under 13 free). All are welcome.

hillel at the university of Washington4745 17th Ave. NE, SeattleContact: silver@hilleluw.org or 206-527-1997 and www.hilleluw.org/PassoversederFriday, April 3 at 6 p.m.Join Hillel undergraduates, Jconnectors, and members of the community for festive seders led by Hillel staff and volunteers. Seating is limited, please register. Community lunChesApril 8 and 9, 11 a.m.1:30 p.m.Its a Seattle Jewish community tradition you

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temple de hirsch sinai1441 16th Ave., SeattleContact:jrasmus@tdhs-nw.orgsederSaturday, April 4 at 6 p.m. A festive celebration of freedom and redemption. $30 members, $50 non-members.

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Congregation kol amiCarol Edwards Community Center, 17401 133rd Ave. NE, WoodinvilleContact: 425-844-1604 oradmin@kolaminw.org or www.kolaminw.orgsederSaturday, April 4, 5:308 p.m.Catered meal with plenty of wine, sweets, songs and great tradition.Featuring childrens service and activities. Special prices for college students and persons with limited income.Adults $36, children $18, under 5 free.

eastside torah Center16199 Northup Way, BellevueRegistration: bit.ly/1MlSGUMsederFriday, April 38:15 p.m. (Mincha first at 7:15)Experience and be inspired. Traditional dinner including gefilte fish, chicken soup with egg noodles, roasted chicken, potato kugel, salads and desserts. Unlimited shmurah matza and wine. Led by Rabbi Mordechai Farkash and Rabbi Sholom Elishevitz. RSVP required.$40 adults, $30 children 312.

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Bet Chaverim: Community synagogue of south king County25701 14th Pl. S, Des MoinesContact and RSVP: betchaverim.orgsederSaturday, April 4, 5:307:30 p.m.Annual second night Passover community seder led by Rabbi Rick Harkavy. Foods include matzoh ball soup (including a vegetarian version), Sephardic and Askhenazic charosets,

sederPotluck, community-run seder at a small Reform synagogue. All Jews welcome, especially if you are a retired rabbi and want to help out. Free. RSVP by April 1.

Congregation Beth sholomRichland, WAContact and RSVP: Debbie Greene at509-735-1149 or www.cbstricities.org/seder seder Saturday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. From Dr. Seuss to Afikomen, the requisite four glasses of wine (or juice), welcoming Elijah and celebrating freedom. Join a convivial seder and celebration with a gourmet kosher dinner. Adults $39.50, kids (713) $17, children 46 $7. RSVP/pay byMarch 27.

Congregation emanu-elUnitarian Universalist Church, 4340 W Fort George Wright Dr.,Spokane

W SedeR Page 18Contact and RSVP: 509-835-5050 or info@spokaneemanu-el.orgor www.spokaneemanu-el.orgsederSaturday, April 4, 4:30-7:30 p.m.Community seder led by Rabbi Tamar Malino. RSVP/pay by March 27. Non-members $37,non-members ages 713 $20, college students $20, children under age 7 $5, active military free.

temple shalomCascade Gardens, YakimaContact and RSVP: zack.marcia@gmail.comsederSaturday, April 4 at5 p.m.Student rabbi Erik Uriarte will lead the community seder. Adults $50, children $18. RSVP by March 30.

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Congregationolympic Bnai shalom Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 73 Howe Rd., between Port Angeles and SequimContact and RSVP: 360-452-2471 or congregationobs@olypen.comsederSunday, April 5 at 4 p.m.Adults $20, children under 16 $13, under 5 free.Reservation and payment required byMarch 22.

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pot roast, Mediterranean chicken, vegetarian entre, gefilte fish, deviled eggs, chopped liver, roasted potatoes, tsimmes, fruit salad, tossed green salad, and desserts. Adults $34, children under 13 $20. RSVP by March 20.

Chabad of Pierce County 2146 N Mildred St., TacomaContact and RSVP: 253-565-8770 or Seder@ChabadPierceCounty.com or www.ChabadPierceCounty.comsederFriday, April 3 at 7:45 p.m. Enjoy an in-depth Hebrew/English Passover experience,with plenty of translation, traditional songs and lively discussion. Relive the triumph of Passover and discover the seders relevance to todays Jew. RSVP requested. Adults $25, children under 12 $18. (No one will be turned away due to lack of funds.)

temple Beth el5975 S 12th St., TacomaContact and RSVP: Rebecca Kendziora at253-564-7101 orrebecca@tbetacoma.org orwww.tbeseder2015.eventbrite.comexPeCtinG Freedom Womens sederSaturday, March 28 at 5:45 p.m.Hosted by Temple Beth El Sisterhood. Adults $24, $18 ages 12-22, reserve by March 18. sederSaturday, April 4 at 5 p.m.Rabbi Bruce Kadden and Cantor Leah Elstein lead a family-friendly, multimedia seder. Adults $25, children 512 $10, children under 4 free. RSVP by March 31.

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Congregation Beth israel1202 E Alder St., Walla WallaContact and RSVP: winchelljennifer@yahoo.com

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To life! one last time By Emily K. alhadeff, associate Editor, The Jewish Sound

Thirteen years ago, our annual Pass-over wine tasting was born. Today, it becomes a man. Like every lifecycle event in Jewish tradition, each one says goodbye to the past and marks the start of something new.

Please join us in toasting The Jewish Sound on its last Passover wine tasting.

We owe enormous thanks to Michael Friend of Royal Wine Corp. and before Michael, his wife Esther for taking us on a journey through the best of the kosher wine industry every year. These tastings have been a highlight of the year each spring, and we hope you have been able to use our reviews to pop-ulate your Passover tables with delicious libations.

We would also like to thank the Summit at First Hill for offering us its penthouse suite for the past three years, and for helping us taste in style!

Finally, thank you to all of our tasters over the years, and to this years tasters: Cheryl Hanson, Ari and Rachel Polsky, Adam Balkany, Douglas Weisfield, Ned Porges, Joel Magalnick and myself.

Most of these wines are avai l- ab le through Af fordab le Kosher (affordablekosher.com), and the wine stewards at Albertsons and QFC on Mercer Island and QFC at University Village should be willing to special order them as well.

One last time, with feeling: Lchaim!

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Barkan reserve Barrel aged Chardonnay$19.95israel

This white is made with grapes from the Upper Galilee and the Jerusalem Mountains that experience a nightly temperature drop due to the high alti-tude of the vineyards. The result is a

smooth, semi-dry, restrained wine, with notes of pear and butter. Our tasters picked up on a yeasty qual-ity. Recommended with full-flavored chicken or fish.

Try this with apples and honey. Cheryl

Smooth, woody, balanced. Ned

Bartenura Prosecco $17.49mevushalitaly

From the makers of everyones favor-ite blue bottle Moscato comes this ter-rific prosecco. A great stand-in for Champagne, its not as dry as a brut and not as sweet as Moscato. This also pairs well with appetizers, pasta, pizza, or seafood. Its well balanced, slightly fruity, and appropriately bubbly. Tast-ers picked up citrus and even a hint of cotton candy. This prosescco will sur-prise you, Michael said as he poured. Indeed, it makes the favorites list.

Clean finish, peach, pear. Ari

Carmel selected sauvignon Blanc$10.99mevushalisrael

Given a rating of 89 by Wine Spectator and noted as a best buy, this bargain white is a great Pesach wine, said Michael. The wine is young, un-oaked, and easy to drink, the downside being a flat finish and thin flavor. It would be well paired with fish, hors doeurves, or salad. Its not an exciting wine, but who says wine always has to be exciting? Sometimes a simple, light flavor hits the spot.

Pineapple, fruity. Adam

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domaine netofa Galilee $25.95israel

This Syrah-Mouvedre blend is a smooth wine without much complexity. Smoky and berry on the nose, our tast-ers picked up raisin and nutmeg in the flavor. This would pair well with hard cheeses or grilled meats.

Not as bold as I would like, but its got a nice flavor to it. Adam

elvi herenza rioja$16spain

This Rioja hails from northern Spain and received mediocre feedback from some the tasters, who were thrown by hints of sulfur on the nose. Nevertheless, its a smooth wine with notes of pepper, leather, and berry. This wine is only available currently in Portland.

Big nose very smooth. Easy drink-ing. Douglas

domaine du Castel Petit Castel

$30israel

The 15 percent alco-hol content hits you in the nose, along with rhu-barb, pepper, and rasp-berry. Domaine du Castel is known for creating Bor-deaux blends with Israeli g r a p e s , a c c o r d i n g t o Michael, and this little Castel is a blend of wines not used