Portland’s skyline is changing, and four Jewish family-owned development companies are doing their part to ensure the change is positive. “Portland seems like a very healthy real estate market now, and with proper stewardship can continue to be,” says Jack Menashe, president of Ruben J. Menashe, Inc., the company founded by his father in 1962….
From its roots in the lumber industry, the Oregon Pacific Investment and Development Company has grown into the owner/manager of multifamily housing, retail and industrial properties in three states. Despite the firm’s name, “we are no longer developers,” says Co-President Julie Saltzman Leuvrey, daughter of company founder Jack Saltzman, z’l. “We have switched our strategy…
When you buy a home, you need to consider what is most important to your happiness. “It’s a game of trade-offs,” says Matt Parker, author of three real estate books, including his 2015 book Real Estate Smart: The New Home Buying Guide. The Seattle real estate professional has contributed to regional and national print and…
The air may still have a winter’s chill, but working parents are already thinking of summer – and how they will keep their children entertained during the months off from school. But summer camp is about so much more than keeping children safe and happy. It is an opportunity for them to grow in so…
Panelists at a Jan. 25 program on the risks and rewards of serving on a nonprofit board spent most of the program ensuring that attendees understood how to avoid potential risks to themselves and the organizations they serve. Presented by the Professional Advisors Group of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, the lunch program drew 75…
Billy Crystal invites Portlanders to sit down for an informal after-dinner conversation at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall March 3 as he spins stories from his multi-faceted life and career. The evening is part of the comedian/actor/director/author’s “Spend the Night with Billy Crystal” U.S. tour. Calling it a sit-down show, Billy says the audience will…
Yosef Abramowitz, aka Captain Sunshine, was a member of the negotiating team representing Israel at the 2015 Paris climate talks. Serious business, yes, but he spent much of his time there getting hugged by African energy officials. As the only one of the 50,000 or so attendees wearing a yarmulke, he was easy to spot….
It all began with a desire to make their rural home warmer. Though they are avid mountain climbers, Leora Gregory and Jay Avery still felt their 1980s’ home on five acres that backs up to state forest land was too cold. Initially they just planned to install a high efficiency Carrier furnace and replace the…
Though it’s often given only fleeting consideration in wedding planning, music is a great way to set the mood a couple wants for their special day. “What do you hear in your head that you want to hear at your wedding?” asks Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, senior cantor of Congregation Beth Israel. “The bride and…
About half of first-time marriages end in divorce; be in the half that rides off into the sunset together,” says Laura in the introduction on her website laurakosak.com. “My coaching program The Divorce Vaccine can inoculate your marriage against the challenges you will encounter.” The Kosak family moved to Portland from Cleveland in July 2015…
