by Liz Rabiner Lippoff “Taking the path less traveled by exploring your spirituality can lead to a clearer life purpose, better personal relationships and enhanced stress management skills.” Is that quote from a learned rabbi? Robert Frost? The Dalai Lama? It’s actually from the staff at the Mayo Clinic. (“Spirituality and Stress Relief: Make the…
The Vancouver Symphony’s 34th season, which begins in early October, is titled “The Infinite Power of Music.” The careers of Israeli cellist Hillel Zori and his twin brother, violinist Nitai Zori, exemplify the abiding connections music creates. The brothers, who began making music in early childhood, are each noted performers in their own right. Hillel…
Poet and counselor Willa Schneberg knew her journey to Cambodia as a United Nations elections supervisor for that country’s first free elections in 1993 would be a momentous era in her life, so she decided to seek inspiration from “a true feminist.” Before she boarded the plane for Cambodia, she interviewed her mother, Esther Schneberg,…
Values like kindness, benevolence and compassion are key elements of Jewish identity. Portland Story Theater co-founder Lawrence Howard grew up no stranger to these values as the middle child in a Jewish family in New York. But the value that made the deepest impression on him as a teenager was fortitude. Fortitude runs deep in…
Renowned director and playwright Aaron Posner opens Artists Repertory Theatre’s 2012-13 30th Anniversary Season with the world premiere of his play And So It Goes…, adapted from Kurt Vonnegut’s first short story collection, Welcome to the Monkey House (1968). Posner’s award-winning adaptations of two novels by Chaim Potok, The Chosen and My Name Is Asher…
Murray Kaufman, 94, wants people to become advocates for the environment. A New York Times op-ed outlining the potential consequences of Canadian tar sand exploitation spurred Kaufman to energize his fellow Rose Schnitzer Manor residents to stand up for conservation. “There are always important issues to support,” said Kaufman, who writes at least one letter…
September fashion calls for clothes that keep us warm as well as stylishly layered. This fall season, the Northwest Fashionista is in luck. “The Portland Collection,” created by Pendleton Wool, is now available in Portland for the first time. That gives fashionistas the opportunity to reconnect with the roots of local fashion history. “The Portland…
I love my work, and the days I love most are the busiest and most intense. Recently one morning I joined in song with a young couple celebrating the bris of their newborn baby in their home, “Siman tov and mazal tov and mazal tov and siman tov!” I then drove to our cemetery to…
As Jews enter the most joyous and holiest time of year, most of us have much to be grateful for. The High Holy Days allow us to take time to reflect on another year gone by and think of all we did and didn’t get done. I’ve always thought Rosh Hashanah was a great time…
With his offbeat wit and flair for the unusual, Jeffrey Adam “Duff” Goldman has become one of the most popular cake artists in the country. Food Network viewers may know him from his television programs Ace of Cakes and Sugar High. Duff’s resume is diverse; at various points in his career, he has worn the…
