Between well-meaning social studies teachers without the background to understand Middle East complexities and BDS supporters who flood the Internet with anti-Israel information, many high school and middle school students are getting a skewed perspective of the Arab-Israeli peace process. “Most teachers have no agenda – they pull stuff from the Internet without understanding what…
After three years of providing programs and Shabbat and holiday meals out of their home or rented spaces, Rabbi Chaim and Mushka Wilhelm are looking forward to meeting the needs of Eastside Jews through expanded programming in the new Chabad Center for Jewish Life. Located on a busy thoroughfare in Northeast Portland, the 1,400-square-foot center…
Timbers executive Mike Golub says that winning a major sports championship “crystallizes” the phenomenal connection between Portland fans and their sports teams. In just their fifth year as a Major League Soccer team, the Portland Timbers won the MLS Cup in December – the city’s first major sports championship since the 1977 Portland Trail Blazers’…
A couple who met performing circus stunts about 35 years ago is now helping Portlanders optimize their own performance by offering a diverse array of Pilates and yoga classes at their studio in Northeast Portland. Begin Pilates classes include Danny Mankin’s Yoga for the Inflexible Man (aka Stretch and Kvetch) and Maria Mankin’s trademark Grace…
Laughter is often called the best medicine. A free performance in April not only uses the power of humor to heal, it also uses comedy and music to inspire women to seek a potentially life-saving genetics screening. On April 3, Seattle actress Eva Moon brings her one-woman show, “The Mutant Diaries: Unzipping My Genes,” to…
High school students and their parents are invited to a Jewish College Night program March 14 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. This free joint program of Portland Area Jewish Educators (a program of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland) and the MJCC runs from 6:30 to 8 pm. The evening will present information about…
This year’s Cedar Sinai Park gala benefiting the residents of the Robison Jewish Health Center on April 2 promises to be especially magical. There’s always a magical feeling in the air when CSP brings the community together to ensure the elderly can, as the website says, “live in comfort, independence and dignity in a manner…
Synchronized swimmer Jeanne Newmark won the Joe Loprinzi Inspirational Athlete of the Year during Multnomah Athletic Club’s annual Banquet of Champions Jan. 21. There are many elite and inspiring athletes at Multnomah Athletic Club. But each year a few stand out, says MAC Communications Manager Tony Roberts. They win world championships, compete on national teams…
In recognition of decades of volunteerism and philanthropic leadership, Portland Realtor Carolyn Weinstein will receive the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award this fall at the International Lion of Judah Conference (see sidebar at https://orjewishlife.com/lion-of-judah-award/). Carolyn began her volunteer career as a Sunday School teacher at Congregation Neveh Shalom and as fundraising chair for the March of Dimes Ventura…
CAPTION: B’nai B’rith Camp received a $150,000 grant from the Marcus Foundation in Atlanta to help build this first double cabin, which will serve as a model the camp replaces all its cabins with double cabins. The Avi Chai Foundation has provided a total of $900,000 in three interest-free loans, which combined with another anonymous…
