The Jerusalem Quartet, among the best-known of Israel’s chamber music ensembles, is one of the world’s most highly regarded string quartets. The Strad magazine calls it “one of the young, yet great quartets of our time.” Several years ago, violinists Alexander Pavlovsky and Sergei Bresler, violist Ori Kam and cellist Kyril Zlotnikov embarked on a…
Bob Priest, creator of March Music Moderne, is a heavy lifter when it comes to creating musical events. Photo by Chris Leck One doesn’t often get the chance to meet a genuine impresario. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines impresario as 1) the promoter, manager or conductor of an opera or concert company and 2) a person who…
“We don’t live in Southern California,” points out landscape designer Lynn Wolfstone. Portland summers are beautiful, but let’s be realistic. “Chances are we are going to look at our garden more than we will be in our garden.” Lynn was born and raised in Portland, so she knows whereof she speaks. “I always ask a…
Spring’s hottest colors and styles are bold and beautiful. Look for spring greens, hot pinks, bright colors, feminine lace and sophisticated black-and-white patterns for this seasons’ dresses, maxis and more. Dresses are the one-piece wonder, when it comes to fashion, pulling together a look in just one piece. If you’re pressed for time, having a…
Can beads, glitter and markers make a difference? Thirteen-year-old Jennifer Caplan believes that the art at B’nai B’rith’s Kehila program is one wonderful way children with special needs can express themselves. When Jennifer sat down with her parents to decide on a community service project for her bat mitzvah on Dec. 29 at Congregation Neveh…
CARL CAMP EXPANDS TO INCLUDE 7- AND 8-YEAR-OLDS The Carl Summer Camp is expanding the age range for their summer camp program. The camp has traditionally offered sessions for children ages 3 to 6. This summer new programs are being designed for 7- to 8-year-olds. Weekly camp sessions begin in June and run Monday- Friday…
For generations of Jewish youngsters, summer camp has opened new worlds, broadened vistas and created opportunities for lifelong friendships. That was the goal – when the B’nai B’rith Camp started in 1921 in Oregon, when Sephardic Adventure Camp and Camp Solomon Schechter began in Washington a generation later, or as re- cently as 2007, when…
Portlander Morriah Kaplan will head the summer program this year at Camp Miriam, one of seven Habonim Dror youth movement camps in North America. Camp Miriam is located on 20 waterfront acres on Gabriola Island, a 20-minute ferry ride from Vancouver Island, BC. With its focus on developing Jewish leadership, the camp selects a new…
Honoring their 108-year heritage as they step into the 21st century, members of Congregation Shaarie Torah looked to their founding families in deciding to affiliate with the Conservative movement in January 2013. The change will have little effect on the practices of the past 10 years but is expected to have great impact on the…
By the time an Israeli military pilot saluted Jeff Silver on the kibbutz where he spent his 17th summer in 1978, Jeff was already pre-disposed toward a career in aviation and the military. But Jeff couldn’t know that now, 34 years later, he would be poised to ascend to heights few others reach in that…
