Photo: Larry Levy and his wife Pamela Lindholm-Levy are sponsoring a May symposium at Portland State University dedicated to the theme of Jews and violence in antiquity. MJCC hosts College Info Night and Fair College Info Night and Fair is set for 6:30 pm, Jan. 15, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol…
JAN. 10 PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE: 10 am-noon at PJA, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Stop by and get a feel for PJA, infant-eighth grade, from the people who are most dedicated – our PJA families and staff. PJA students at all ages experience small classes; committed, skilled teachers; and an environment that is…
Paula Shoyer’s journey from attorney to kosher innovator and cookbook author crossed two continents, with an important stop in Portland. Paula says her career as a cookbook author took off thanks to a culinary conference she attended in Portland. Brandeis University Press published Paula’s first cookbook in August 2010. She brought a galley of the…
As an assistant professor at the Jewish Theological Seminar in 1989, David Fishman was asked to help evaluate an archive of Jewish materials discovered in Vilnius, Lithuania. Over the next two decades, David followed the trail of the Jewish books and documents that Jewish writers and thinkers smuggled out of Nazi hands to be hidden…
With the help of volunteers, Jewish Family & Child Service assembled and delivered Thanksgiving food boxes to 162 families, feeding 755 individuals. The community donated $4,354 worth of nonperishable food and the balance was covered via a grant from the Safeway Foundation and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Turner Grant. The Nov. 18 event…
Havurah Shalom is hosting an interactive workshop on white nationalism and anti-Semitism 7-9 pm, Thursday, Dec. 20. Over the past two years, there has been a marked rise in the presence of visible white nationalism in the United States. Since the 2016 elections, Oregon has had the highest increase in reported hate crimes of any…
Celebrate Hanukkah this year with latkes, donuts, dancing and the blazers. Learn more about these holiday parties on our calendar. Dec. 1 3rd Annual Portland Young Adult Latke Ball: Join us for the annual Latke Ball! Come celebrate Hanukkah with food, friends, games, drinks, and dancing. https://orjewishlife.com/event/young-adult-latke-ball/?instance_id=160893 Dec. 2 Hanukkah Donuts + Dancing:…
In the original Hanukkah miracle, a small amount of oil miraculously burned for eight days when the Maccabees rededicated the Temple in Jerusalem after defeating the Greek-Syrian invaders. In a modern cooking miracle, kosher chef Paula Shoyer uses a small amount of oil to fry crisp latkes in the oven. “Oven frying uses two tablespoons…
Thanksgiving is a special holiday for kosher chef Paula Shoyer. “Thanksgiving is such a beautiful American holiday and since it is always on Thursday, Shabbat comes up 24 hours later,” says Paula. “My American and Jewish culinary traditions come together with 48 hours of gratitude.” For the Shabbat after Thanksgiving, Paula says she traditionally makes…
PHOTO: Kim Stafford, PhD, Oregon’s ninth poet laureate, speaks to students at Maimonides Jewish Day School on Election Day 2018. He is the director of Lewis & Clark College’s Northwest Writing Institute and has published 20 books of poetry and prose. Photos by Deborah Moon “After the last election, I devoted myself to healing…
