By Sharon Gelbach Top epidemiologists the world over are warning that this fall’s flu season could be catastrophic, with patients suffering from flu and/or COVID overwhelming the health systems. One way of mitigating those effects, they say, is for as many people as possible to take the influenza vaccination. Professor Arnon Afek, the deputy director…
Aardvark Israel and Big Idea are thrilled to announce a new partnership enabling participants the best of both organizations’ Gap Year experiences! Introducing…Big Idea Gap Year @ Aardvark Israel. Designed for Jewish young adults, ages 17-21, who are interested in technology and expanding their professional skills, this new program brings together participants from around the…
In an unprecedented historical year, Anya Anand was elected 2020 Queen of Rosaria by a vote of her peers. The Lincoln High School senior was crowned today in a special limited Queen’s Coronation presented by Unitus Community Credit Union and in partnership with the Royal Rosarians, at the Queens’ Walk in the International Rose Test…
Portland’5 Centers for the Arts leads the performing arts world as one of the first performing arts centers (PAC) to pursue Global Biorisk Advisory Council® (GBAC) STAR™ accreditation, the gold standard for prepared facilities. Under the guidance of GBAC, a Division of ISSA, the worldwide cleaning industry association, Portland’5 will implement the most stringent protocols…
In 2019, Jewish Life Television launched “Bubbies Know Best,” a dating show with a Jewish twist – where three Jewish grandmothers act as matchmakers for young and old, straight and gay, Jewish and non-Jewish. Based upon the show’s great success in season one, “Bubbies Know Best” began pre-production on season two earlier this year. With…
By Lee Gordon I am in total support of the growing protests in Portland against police brutality and against the presence here of Federal agents who have been tear-gassing and harassing peaceful demonstrators on a nightly basis. (And this kind of brutality is not only the monopoly of the Federal agents, as the Portland Police…
By Ben Horodenker A pilot program has been launched for a rapid COVID-19 detection test, employing a revolutionary device that uses light waves to analyze molecular content. Israeli startup Newsight is collaborating with Sheba Medical Center to identify and classify evidence of coronavirus in the body in less than a second, using a sample of…
As cases of COVID-19 spread quickly through the state of Oregon and all our communities, the Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is developing a pool of trained staff and uniform contact tracing tools to help fill gaps and increase capacity to meet criteria for reopening and ensure a coordinated, equitable approach across the state. The OHA…
By Julie Diamond In less than eight years, LIFE & LEGACY, an initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, has motivated more than 17,000 donors in 63 communities across North America, including Oregon and SW Washington, to commit more than $1 billion in current and after-lifetime assets to Jewish organizations. What a fantastic milestone to celebrate, especially in…
Photo: Joe with his daughter. By Joe Seitz I am always fascinated by how people respond to challenges. There are optimists, pessimists, different personalities, and all of the conditions of human fabric that make our life at times so beautiful, and so tragic. Much of life is about choices, and most of us know that…
