PHOTOS: Sadie Drucker runs through the mud to take third in the 4K race for 13/14-year-olds at the USA Track & Field National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships. Portland Jewish Academy eighth-grader Sadie Drucker won a bronze medal in the 4-kilometer race for 13/14-years-olds at the USATF National Junior Olympic Cross Country Championships in…
FEB. 10 MJCC SUMMER DAY CAMP INFO FAIR: 10 am-1 pm, at the MJCC, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Learn about the MJCC Summer Day Camp programs, register, and meet camp staff. 503-535-3555 FEB. 17 FAMILY FLICKS: AN AMERICAN TAIL: 3 pm at the MJCC. An afternoon of family fun with An American Tail (Rated G)…
OPENING EVENT RESCHEDULED FROM FEB. 10 TO FEB. 17 due to weather. PHOTO: From left, Rabbi Emeritus Joshua Stampfer, Senior Rabbi David Kosak and Rabbi Emeritus Daniel Isaak visit during an event at Neveh Shalom, where each has served as senior rabbi. The congregation’s clergy also includes Assistant Rabbi Eve Posen and Cantor Eyal Bitton….
PHOTO: Some members of this year’s OJCYF board. Photo by Eden Swartz Photography OJCYF’s annual benefit dinner March 14 The Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation will be holding its annual benefit dinner on Thursday, March 14, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Casino Royale: All In On Our Youth will showcase the strong relationship between…
“BEST COMMUNITY OR WHAT?! Positive Charge! has put collection bins (the NW and SW locations of Food Front, as well as Prosperity Pie Shoppe in Multnomah) to help meet the needs of the 650-700 federal employees working without pay and keeping us safe in the skies at Portland International Airport. Yesterday Positive Charge! co-founder Sallie…
The federal government shutdown is impacting thousands of our friends and neighbors. Uncertainty over the length of the furlough is causing additional anxiety and stress for those who are not getting paid during this time. We have heard from several Jewish agencies, groups and congregations about steps they are taking to help alleviate the stress…
PHOTO: Avi Naiman, left, and Nathan Fendrich look at prints of photos Nathan took during the Yom Kippur War. Nathan Fendrich and his Leica camera were swept up in the Yom Kippur War in 1973. As an American seventh-grader at that time, Avi Naiman was not fully aware of the war until his family moved…
Cedar Sinai Park enhances finance and operations management Cedar Sinai Park has enhanced its finance and operations management, starting with the appointment of Julie Norton Stewart as chief financial officer. Julie has nearly 20 years financial management experience including significant finance roles with Providence Health and Services and The Regence Group. Julie brings not only…
PHOTO: Museum and Holocaust Educator Amanda Solomon points to a photo from the Lodz Ghetto. She says when students see real people in the photos, they ask important questions that have no easy answers. After four years as a middle school math teacher, Amanda Solomon wanted to have a greater impact. On the March…
PHOTO: Tivnu gap year participants (from left) Devida Osher, Erik Walter, Tamir Eisenbach-Budner and Josh Grobart stand in front of one of the tiny homes under construction at Agape Village. The homes are raised to reduce problems with rodents. A Jewish gap year program based in Portland is working with a church and local nonprofit…
