Many, many years from now, Andy Olshin hopes his tombstone notes: “He built a thousand homes for the homeless.” To date the coalition he created has built four “safe sleep shelter pods,” which Andy says are “a place to live, but not home. It is temporary shelter.” Two of the mobile shelters have been deployed…
The furniture Steve and Michelle Gradow brought to Oregon from Maryland in 2002 was a perfect fit for the dark walls and fireplace in their Lake Oswego home. But after 14 years, the couple decided their 1993 home needed a facelift. “It’s so gray here outside, we decided we needed something to brighten us up,”…
The son of immigrants from India, Milan Chatterjee grew up deeply immersed in Indian and Hindu culture. Though he became president of the UCLA Graduate Students Association, he was apolitical. So when he was targeted by supporters of the Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement, he was very surprised but assumed the university would deal with it….
For Israel Fellow Eyal Ben Zeev, the BDS movement is an opportunity to build relationships with students – to inform and support them as their campus community promotes an agenda to delegitimize Israel. Having spent two years as an Israel fellow at the multi-campus Metro Chicago Hillel, he was the ideal candidate to come to…
When Ron Doctor earned his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering in 1967, he became known as Dr. Doctor. He would not learn until many years later that in so doing he was mirroring his ancestors, who also had a surname that reflected their professions. Near the end of his lengthy career in the energy industry and…
Observant seniors who want to stay in Portland or move to town to be near relatives have a new option for senior living. In November, Peaks & Valleys opened Barbur Vista Residential Care in Southwest Portland, providing a kosher kitchen certified by Oregon Kosher for up to 16 residents. The facility features 12 bedrooms with…
I remember years ago one of my sons telling his brother that the secret of reading was to “be in the book.” It was a comment I wholeheartedly believe. Books have the power to transport us to different worlds, to help us understand others’ struggles, to inspire us to explore. For all of those reasons,…
Nearly 400 people turned out to hear The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg speak about this year’s historic presidential campaign at the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Gala Celebration: 2016 Election Edition with Jeffrey Goldberg on Oct. 26. Speaking before the election when polls indicated Donald Trump would lose, Goldberg urged people to not dismiss Trump’s…
Lee Weinstein, 57, has followed a long path to reclaim his Jewish, liberal, entrepreneurial heritage. He served on the staff of a congressman and a governor, developed the first AIDS nutrition news source in the nation and spent 15 years on Nike’s communication team. Then he quit the corporate world to launch his own boutique…
Nominate the 2017 Harry Glickman Scholar Athlete of the Year Applications must be submitted by midnight, Nov. 30, 2016. The Oregon Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and the Mittleman Jewish Community Center are seeking applications for a male and a female high school student as its Harry Glickman Scholar Athletes of the Year. Any Jewish…
