PHOTO: Jodi Garber-Simon from Portland was one of 100 women from around the world attending the lay leadership conference. The Orthodox Union Women’s Initiative hosted its inaugural Leadership Summit, a lay leadership conference designed to encourage and develop women serving as lay leaders within their communities. The 100 participants were nominated by 56 communities (including Portland)…
The first experimental robot drone that flies like a typical quadcopter, drives on tough terrain and squeezes into tight spaces using the same motors, has been developed by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev researchers. The hybrid FSTAR (flying sprawl-tuned autonomous robot) was introduced at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2019 in Montreal on…
PHOTO: MAZON briefing and EAF cohort participants with Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio). MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger held a congressional briefing “Local Perspectives on Hunger in Rural America” on May 16, 2019, with its Emerging Advocacy Fund partners representing the most food-insecure states in the nation. The briefing provided an opportunity to address…
PHOTOS: Above, a JCT student works with a Magen David Adom training device. At right, Daniel Vofchuk, David Zimberknopf and Daniel Grunberger won the hackathon by developing a lifesaving device for MDA ambulances. Photos by Michael Erenburg The 3rd annual Great Minds Hackathon also saw challenges presented by Intel, IBM and Rafael Advanced Defense…
PHOTO: 66% of Arab students in undergraduate programs at Israeli academic intuitions are women. Photo by Shlomi Amsalem The Council for Higher Education’s 2017-22 multiyear plan to double the representation of Arabs in higher education was met three years early. The goal was set on the basis of the proportion of Arabs in Israeli…
PHOTOS: Researchers gathered data from 17,576 Jewish teens between the ages of 13 to 19 in a national survey administered through the 14 participating Jewish youth groups. Responses from More than 17,000 Teens Reveal Ambitions and Fears, Positive Influence of Jewish Youth Organizations The largest study ever on American Jewish teens paints a picture of…
Summary: Following a horrific house fire, medical experts at Sheba Medical Center, Tel HaShomer in Israel saved the life of an 18-month-old Palestinian toddler. The hospital’s highly skilled surgeons used a treatment that had never before been performed in Israel, utilizing an innovative skin bank to stabilize the child’s condition and help her begin the long…
Photo: Marnie Fienberg, the daughter-in-law of Joyce Fienberg, who was murdered in the Pittsburgh synagogue attack, lights a memorial torch together with Chairman of The Jewish Agency for Israel Isaac Herzog (Credit: Noam Sharon) On Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers and victims of terror, The Jewish Agency for Israel paid special tribute to the…
Military Spouse Appreciation Day is May 10 and DAV RecruitMilitary’s hiring event on Thursday offers employment opportunities for Portland-area military spouses who currently experience a staggering unemployment rate of nearly 25%. DAV RecruitMilitary will host the Portland Veterans Job Fair on Thursday, May 9, from 11 am to 3 pm at University Place Hotel &…
OneTable, the social dining platform for millennials to find their Friday at a Shabbat, has come to Portland with the generous support of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. The program is managed by OneTable Associate Director of West Coast Programs Analucía Lopezrevoredo. “I am thrilled to be expanding OneTable to Portland, a city with…
