PHOTOS: Above, Eric Kimmel reads his famous book Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins to children prior to the Public Menorah lighting in Director Square in downtown Portland. At right, Reuben Lev receives his prize from Eric Kimmel and MJDS Principal Rabbi Shneur Wilhelm. Photos by RobPro Photo Two students shared their award-winning essays on What Freedom…
In response to recent serious attempts by faculty at the University of Michigan and Pitzer College to thwart American students from studying in and about Israel, more than 100 national and local organizations on Dec. 4 called on the same 250 college and university leaders who in 2013 issued statements opposing the American Studies Association’s anti-Israel boycott to sign…
Nominations are now open for the 2019 JJ Greenberg Memorial Award, which honors foundation professionals engaged in grantmaking, age 40 and under, who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership in Jewish philanthropy. Nominations are due by 5 pm EST, Jan. 8. The award was created and endowed by JJ’s family, friends and colleagues following his untimely death…
NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo visited Israel’s Sheba Medical Center in the hopes of bringing Sheba’s cutting edge medical care to the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2019. Mutombo met with Sheba’s world-renowned medical experts to discuss this potential collaboration. He also visited with sick Israeli and Palestinian children, signed basketballs and gave away…
PHOTOS: Bnei Menashe lighting candles for the first night of Hanukkah in Churachandpur, India. Photos courtesy of Shavei Israel Thousands of members of the Bnei Menashe community from across northeastern India gathered Sunday, Dec. 3, in Churachandpur, in the southwestern corner of the Indian state of Manipur, to light candles for the first night…
Maimonides Jewish Day School has announced the winners of the Hanukkah Essay Contest the school sponsored for the second year. The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland provided support for the contest, which drew entries from dozens of third- through sixth-graders. Entries came from all three Jewish day schools in Portland and around the state, including…
PHOTO: President of SpaceIL, Morris Kahn (left) with Canadian businessman Sylvan Adams. SpaceIL announced Nov. 19 that Canadian billionaire and businessman Sylvan Adams, who brought the Giro d’Italia Big Start cycling race to Israel this year, joined the project to land the first Israeli spacecraft on the moon and contributed $5 million to the…
At a time when the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement against Israel continues to gain traction on college campuses and is bolstered by intersectionality, the framework linking aggrieved groups in society, author Jerome Ostrov offers a fact-rich and practical resource for Jewish parents to assess these issues on a campus-by-campus basis as they help…
PHOTO: Claudia Oshry The Gift of Life Marrow Registry is partnering with comedian and host Claudia Oshry, aka @girlwithnojob, to raise awareness and support for the registry ahead of Giving Tuesday, this Nov. 27. Oshry is the creator of the Instagram account @girlwithnojob (3M followers). A New York University graduate, she built up a huge social…
IMAGE: Parker Solar Probe approaching the sun. Image via Shutterstock with elements furnished by NASA; from Israel21c By Abigail Klein Leichman Israel 21c Onboard NASA’s breakthrough Parker Solar Probe mission is a high-performance CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) imager made by Israel-headquartered TowerJazz in collaboration with nonprofit research center SRI International of California…
