Just in time for Passover, the Six13 a capella group have released a parody medley of songs from the original animated film “The Lion King.” To celebrate the Israelites freedom from slavery, the boys use the nothing but the human voice to create “A Lion King Passover.” The group was inspired to create the video…
PHOTO:Holocaust survivor Lea Evron recounts her young life in Poland. See her story at https://bit.ly/2Ku54xf WORLD JEWISH RESTITUTION ORGANIZATION LAUNCHES SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN– #MyPropertyStory – BEHIND EVERY PROPERTY THERE IS A STORY In preparation for Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah), the World Jewish Restitution Organization has launched a month-long social media campaign – #MyPropertyStory –…
Airbnb announced the cancellation of their planned anti-Israel boycott with a press release on their website. The decision came as a result of the various lawsuits against Airbnb. The statement from Airbnb on April 9 reads as follows: Today, Airbnb is announcing that we have settled all lawsuits that were brought by hosts and potential…
Photo: Students in an engineering class at Technion. Photo courtesy Technion International. The Council for Higher Education (CHE) updated the multi-year forecast of the number of first-year students expected to study high-tech subjects. The original plan, which was formulated in 2016, set 2017 as the base year of the five-year plan. However, since the plan…
SpaceIL’s engineering team and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) this evening at 5:17 pm Israel time conducted the most critical manveuver to date of Beresheet’s journey to the moon – the Lunar Capture. This maneuver enabled the spacecraft to be captured by the moon’s gravity and begin orbiting the moon – and with the moon, orbiting…
Photo: Soldiers receiving personal care packages from FIDF (Courtesy of FIDF). Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) distributed personal care supplies earlier this week to Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers mobilized to serve on the Gaza Strip border following rocket attacks on Israel, as riots and violence intensify. The personal care packages include hygiene…
Photo: Yad Vashem: World Holocaust Center, Jerusalem. Photo courtesy Yad Vashem Five well-known German companies, including the country’s only publicly traded soccer club, are donating 1 million euros ($1.1 million) each to Israel’s Yad Vashem memorial for the development of a facility to preserve, catalog and store Holocaust-related artifacts. Borussia Dortmund managing director Carsten Cramer…
PHOTO: Rabbi Chayim Mishulovin, often accompanied by some of his children, visit seniors at local senior living communities around the city. CHABAD’S VISION that no Jew is forgotten inspires Chabad rabbis, their families and volunteers throughout the state visit senior communities. They visit around the holidays, before Shabbat or just because. In the greater Portland…
Kerry Politzer, a pianist on the adjunct jazz faculty at Portland State University, has received a Regional Arts & Culture Council grant for her work related to the upcoming concert “Bebop Meets Bossa Nova: The Music of Durval Ferreira.” Kerry is the NW Nosh columnist for Oregon Jewish Life. Bossa nova is a Brazilian music…
PHOTO: Carlos Kalmar Oregon Symphony Music Director Carlos Kalmar will speak on creativity, community and the immigrant experience at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Gala. OJMCHE’s 2019 Gala – Imagine – will begin at 5 pm, April 14, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Cocktails, small bites and a silent auction…
