When Portlanders enjoy hearing journalist E.J. Dionne at Congregation Beth Israel on May 5, they may recall other speakers in the annual Oseran Family Lecture series. The syndicated Washington Post columnist and National Book Award nominee follows greats including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon and national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg….
Come one, come all. The Portland Mitzvah Network’s website is up, running and waiting for you to join. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and developed by representatives throughout the Jewish community, this online, easy-to-use, automated matchmaker provides one-stop shopping for hands- on volunteer opportunities. Visit portlandmitzvah.org and check out the setup. Volunteers…
The glamorous Art Deco hotel suite in “The Thin Man” long ago caught Eric Friedenwald-Fishman’s eye. He knew the style captured in the 1934 movie starring Myrna Loy and William Powell would one day live on. So as he and his wife, Rebecca, restored their 1909 dream house in keeping with its Arts and Crafts…
It looks like any other business park. Then you turn a corner and come upon a different world. The Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County’s new home radiates warmth and light with elegant Northwest materials and architecture. Stop by for a cup of tea in the living room, grab a book from the library or…
A 20th anniversary deserves a celebration, and Jane Goldhamer is doing it right. As a founding member of Kol Shalom, she’s planning the party to coincide with this year’s J-West Conference for Cultural, Humanistic and Secular Judaism (j- west.net), which will be held in Portland Aug. 30 through Sept. 1. Hoping to attract supporters throughout…
It’s the largest purchase most of us will ever make. It’s the place we call home. So should you seek the help of a professional real estate broker when you’re ready to buy a house? With online information and financial decisions, things get confusing fast. We asked local pros to share how brokers help first-time…
Visit an Odessa café filled with intelligentsia or watch a shtetl family recite Sabbath prayers. At Moscow’s Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, interactive exhibits combine audio and video to recreate history. Conceived by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, the designers of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Europe’s largest museum devoted to Jewish history and culture opened…
Stanley held spends hours by the window of his 1899 farmhouse in the city. here amid the finches, hummingbirds, possums and resident family of squirrels, nearby Powell Boulevard seems miles away. now retired, the former zookeeper and raptor rescuer is also a self-made expert at making backyard wildlife feel right at home. “The sunflower seed…
Hoping to break barriers and promote discussion among Israel supporters of all stripes, J Street Portland worked with local Jewish organizations to bring Israeli journalist Gershom Gorenberg to speak on Feb. 16 at Congregation Neveh Shalom. The American-born Orthodox Jew’s recent book The Unmaking of Israel has received wide critical acclaim. Arriving jet-lagged from the…
You’ve brought your camera to a Portland Timbers game and have so much to do. You scamper up the stadium for a panorama of Jeld-Wen field, hike for a closeup of your family in the stands, run to that fan with his giant balloon, and – here comes a goal. But, what if you could…
