This year the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland expands its Super Sunday phonathon into Community Action Day – with hands-on service projects and family-friendly activities including an afternoon concert by renowned Jewish rocker Rick Recht. Volunteers will raise critical funds that support the network of organizations that make the metro Jewish community vibrant and strong….
Rick Recht’s name may not be familiar to you, but you’ve probably heard his music. Recht, a rising star of the contemporary Jewish music scene, returns to Portland after a 10-year hiatus for a family concert on Nov. 18, as part of the Jewish Federation’s Super Sunday phonathon. Recht, a 42-year-old native of St. Louis,…
At least 10 Portland-area Jewish organizations plan November programs about My Father’s Paradise, by Ariel Sabar, as part of National Jewish Book Month. The month begins Nov. 4, when Congregation Beth Israel’s book club hosts a Skype interview with the author. He will respond to questions submitted by the audience. This event will begin at…
Kurdish Iraq comes alive in staged reading of first chapter of My Father’s Paradise. Fathers and sons. Land and language. Loss and reconciliation. Begin an epic journey back to Kurdish Iraq with Jewish Theatre Collaborative. Open the book with JTC’s staged reading of chapter one of My Father’s Paradise at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center….
Gregg Simon loves to reflect on how his family created and grew the Portland Luggage Company over the past 96 years. Gregg’s grandfather Robert Ganapole, who came from Russia in 1905, made a living using his hands as a craftsman, or, as Gregg calls it, “building stuff.” In 1910 Helen Sigel arrived from the same…
Oh, the chores that need doing before winter’s rains drive us all indoors! You’ll find myriad lists of button-up-the-garden suggestions this season in magazines, newspapers and online. Three things top my fall must-do list, because they make the biggest impact: planting, mulching and baiting for slugs. Planting: In the Northwest, fall is far superior to…
Even though Thanksgiving isn’t a religious holiday, foodies like me think it is pretty close. I look forward to coming up with the menu for our Thanksgiving feast every year. As soon as the leaves begin to turn, I start poring through articles and recipes, trying to put a new spin on this holiday’s meal….
Movement has always been important to former dancer and choreographer Jacqueline Rubinstein. After she pinched a nerve in her neck, her focus shifted to movement that would alleviate rather than aggravate pain. She discovered the Feldenkrais Method developed by Moshe Feldenkrais initially to treat his own debilitating pain from a knee injury that doctors told…
“What a beautiful way to expose these children to the arts,” exclaimed Portland Children’s Museum Board President Shawn DuBurg at the Sept. 28 opening of the Chagall for Children exhibit. As soon as the ribbon across the entrance was cut, children, parents and educators flowed into the exhibit space to explore the 14 reproductions of…
On Sept. 28 more than 85 people converged on B’nai B’rith Camp near Lincoln City, giggling and eager to see old friends, hopeful to make new ones and nervous about what their time at camp would hold. But these were no ordinary summer campers. They were adult Jewish women and they were at camp for…
