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Hip Hop International: Uniting the world through dance
Photo: Hip Hop International founders Howard and Karen Schwartz. Photo courtesy Hip Hop International What comes to mind when you…
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Israel is the crème de la crème of the culinary world
PHOTO: Diners enjoy brunch in Tel Aviv. JUST AS ISRAELI INNOVATION launched the small nation to international prominence in the…
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Henry Winkler: Hollywood’s leading mensch
One of the last times Henry Winkler was in Oregon was to treat Portlanders to a sneak peek of his…
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New play about Shanghai ghetto kicks off Proscenium Live Festival
Portland playwright Linda Alper’s new play about an adolescent who flees Nazi Europe and can find refuge only in Shanghai kicks off the fifth annual Proscenium Live Festival of New Work. Portland Shakespeare Project and Proscenium Journal present two days of fresh plays Aug. 3 and 4 (see schedule below). This year’s festival takes place…
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We can’t be silent on family separation
By David Fuks My country is locking up immigrant children to protect me. It’s not working. I don’t feel safer. Hundreds of children locked in cages with inadequate beds, poor hygiene and no adult caregivers is traumatizing for them and for us. Some children are dying. All of them are being emotionally scarred in ways…
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Holocaust and Genocide Education Bill Signed into Law
PHOTO: Above, Governor Kate Brown ceremonially signs historic bill at Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. At right, Sen. Rob Wagner, Gov. Brown, Rep. Janeen Sollman, OJMCHE Director Judy Margles and Bob Horenstein, community relations director of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. Sen. Wagner guided the bill through the state senate and…
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FREE OUTDOOR OPERA EXPECTED TO DRAW RECORD CROWDS
In what has become Portland’s favorite outdoor concert of the summer season, Portland Summerfest’s Opera in the Park presents its 17th annual opera extravaganza at 6 pm, Aug. 4. Admission is free. Thousands of attendees will bask in the evening air in the outdoor Washington Park Amphitheater as Metropolitan Opera star Angela Meade returns to the SummerFest stage, singing…
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Walk with Refugees & Immigrants at Sunday Parkways
PHOTOS: An estimated 5,000 people marched in last summer’s Walk with Refugees & Immigrants. Photos from 2018 walk courtesy of Portland Parks & Recreation. Top photo by Melisa Crosby, below by Mick Hangland and Ben Brink, right. The third annual Walk with Refugees & Immigrants will be in Northeast Portland July 21 (see details below)….
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Nefesh Mountain comes to The Old Church
Critically acclaimed, pioneering bluegrass band Nefesh Mountain will perform at The Old Church Concert Hall on July 31. Doors open at 7 pm, show starts at 8:00. The group last performed in Portland in 2017 for the MJCC’s outdoor summer concert series. Nefesh Mountain are on a 26-city tour from April to August of 2019. The group…
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Treat your palate to a refreshing tabbouleh salad
ISRAEL21c’s Tayim cooking series shows you how to put a Middle Eastern taste on your table with a cool bulgur-and-herb salad, no cooking required. Tabbouleh is a classic Mideast salad based on bulgur wheat, parsley and mint. Here we show you how to whip up this refreshing and satisfying dish for your summer table with…
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Custom cookbooks unite families around their culinary heritage
PHOTO: A page from a custom family cookbook, above, created by photographer Sarah Arnoff Yeoman shows a family cooking matzo brei together. Sarah recently photographed her own family cooking traditional recipes together including, at right, her father, Richard Arnoff, making the family-favorite matzo brei. After the death of her grandmother and great-grandmother, photographer Sarah…
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Full STEAM ahead
PHOTOS: Campers participate in last summer’s pilot ORT’s Start-up Challenge designed to introduce Jewish campers to Israeli innovation. Now campers at six Jewish camps are participating in the challenge. ORT brings Israeli innovation and interactive technology to Jewish summer campers Building on the success of last year’s pioneer program, this summer ORT will once again…
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Baby signers get a head start as Tiny Talkers
PHOTO: Tiny Talkers founder Shira Fogel leads a free Sign, Sing and Play session for infants and toddlers at Hoot-N-Annie Boutique in Hillsdale the second Wednesday of most months. Photos by Deborah Moon When Shira Fogel’s daughter, Eliana, was born 15 years ago, Shira used sign language to communicate with her pre-verbal child. As a…