“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times… it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair…” Thus wrote Charles Dickens in A Tale of Two Cities. I think of those words as we approach Yom…
While Israel is naturally concerned by the ever-present dangers that hover over us, the inequitable social burden and the direction of Israeli society have become so omnipresent in our daily life that they pre-occupy Israelis more than the prospect of Iranian weapons grade uranium or Palestinian missiles and terror. Those concerns drove Yair Lapid to…
Each month Oregon Jewish Life will ask a group of rabbis, cantors, educators and/or members of the community a question relevant to the season or a theme in that issue. For April, we asked rabbis to reflect on Passover’s message of freedom. Rabbi Glenn Ettman Temple Beth Tikvah, Bend The holiday of Passover is the…
Lake Oswego is a fashion destination extravaganza in a charming village atmosphere just minutes from downtown. Here’s a trio of hip boutiques that I enjoy slipping into regularly. e. g. page (333 S. State St., 503-699-8940) is located in Lake Place Center just off State Street (aka Hwy. 43, parallel to the Willamette River). Known…
Do I give a bride-to-be the pink slip before or after the wedding? Dear Helen: I need to do a round of layoffs ASAP because of corporate budget cuts. My saddest problem is a young woman who’s getting married in two months, but whose job is on the chopping block. She’s been planning her wedding…
The Sunshine Pantry, which now helps more than 1,000 families a month, was started 30 years ago by Sharon Straus as a project for her son’s Cub Scout Pack. Almost six years ago her pantry moved from her home into the Reif Business Park located just off of Hall Boulevard at 7795 Cirrus Dr., Bldg….
Sports fans and museum lovers alike will have a lot to celebrate May 6 when the Oregon Jewish Museum’s annual gala provides a tantalizing taste of the museum’s summer sports exhibit. “Let’s Have a Ball!” will be a distinct departure from the museum’s previous galas, which have featured art auctions. The event promises to be…
Cedar Sinai Park’s annual benefit gala with Super Diamond brought friends and supporters to The Nines on March 10 to express love, honor and respect for the residents of Robison Jewish Health Center. Taylor Goodman, who accompanied Whistlin’ Rufus on vocals during cocktail hour, visits with event co-chairs Christi Goodman and Michelle Gradow, right. The…
Maimonides Jewish Day School raised $90,000 as it honored Gersham Goldstein before 180 attendees at their annual dinner March 14 in the Benson Hotel’s Mayfair Ballroom. Tribute was paid to Goldstein by his children, Deborah and Marcus Goldstein, by Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm, director of Chabad of Oregon; and by Federation’s past Executive Vice President Charles…
Just before Purim, Rabbi Shawn Fields-Meyer returned to her native Portland to address the annual women’s Impact event where she urged women to reflect on Esther’s discovery that perhaps we are where we are at a particular time for a reason. The rabbi was the featured speaker at “Impact: Ripples of Hope-Waves of Change,” the…
