The only constant at this year’s Portland Jewish Film Fest is that the films have broad appeal and Jewish content. The 24th annual film fest presents films during 15 time slots from June 15 to 29 (see schedule pages 32-33). (In consideration of Shabbat, no films screen on Friday evenings or Saturday afternoons.) The films…
Photo: PDX Hillel Managing Director Shiran Halfon strategizes with PSU students before the senate meeting. From left are: JSU president Kelsey Kaplan, CHAI co-president Brennan Thorpe, Shiran and CHAI co-president Anthony Safir. On May 23 Portland State University’s student senate restarted an effort to divest from companies doing business in Israel. Following this first…
PHOTO: From left, OJCF Past President Sharon Morell, OJCF Executive Director Julie Diamond, OJCF Past President Eric Rosenfeld and Harold Grinspoon. While on a West Coast tour to meet with recipients of his varied philanthropic projects, Harold Grinspoon spent May 23 in Portland. During his daylong visit, he spent the morning at the BB Camp…
When cannabis became recreationally legal in Oregon, Portland ceramic artist Ariel Zimman decided to create a spin-off from her ceramic home décor business, Relm Studios, to create aesthetically focused ceramic smoking wares. After Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in New Hampshire (her parents Robert and Marilyn Zimman live in Portsmouth, NH), Ariel wanted to…
Near the end of her 27-year career illustrating the women’s catalogue for Pendleton Woolen Mills, Diane Russell drew on her passion for music to paint Linda Hornbuckle, known as the matriarch of Portland’s blues scene. The portrait of Hornbuckle, who died in 2014, is one of 16 of Diane’s paintings of local musicians on display…
The Third Annual Lefty Sing Along will again present special guest Joe Hickerson, folklorist and co-composer, with Pete Seeger, of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” The Tikkun Olam Committee of P’nai Or hosts the event 7-9:30 pm, June 25, in a private home as a fundraiser for P’nai Or and Plant for the Planet…
Alan Kantor, 69, has five children and five grandchildren. His three youngest children, ages 6 months to 8 years, are benefiting from his experience raising the older children, Stephan, 40, and Evan, 36, as well as his time as a Jewish Big Brother. “I am involved with my wife and kids, and other things are…
Just 22 years old, Jennie Spector has already taken steps to elevate women’s voices on the bimah and the world stage. From her bat mitzvah decision to her college co-op in Istanbul, she has worked to move women’s voices onto equal footing with those of men. The daughter of Marshal Spector and Sharon Pollin, Jennie…
When the first of four new households open at Cedar Sinai Park at the end of July, the 12 residents who move in from Robison Home will enjoy more control of all aspects of their daily life. The Green House Project, under which the new households will operate, focuses on creating real homes, meaningful lives…
When summer arrives, Oregonians flock to the outdoors to enjoy hiking, biking, beachcombing, paddling, windsurfing, picnicking, playing and a host of other traditional outdoor activities. But that doesn’t mean we abandon our cultural pastimes from the rainy months. Concerts, plays and art all find venues under the sun. Even Shabbat observance heads outside. Congregation Beth…
