April 12 Congregation Shir Tikvah marked Passover with a rather unusual event. While most Jews spent the holiday celebrating our long-ago liberation from slavery in Egypt, Shir Tikvah spotlighted a contemporary story: the celebration of American society’s shift in attitude toward equal rights for all, particularly those in the LGBTQ community. “This program is connected…
When I moved to the Pacific Northwest 22 years ago, I quickly became enchanted by the easy access to both beautiful mountains and ocean. I enjoyed many lazy days reading a book on the beach and frolicking with kids and dogs in the waves. I hiked many a trail exploring out of the way waterfalls…
Rabbi Eve Posen to Join Neveh Shalom in August Rabbi Eve Posen will join Congregation Neveh Shalom as youth director and rabbinic educator in August. Rabbi Posen was born and raised in the suburbs of Detroit. She attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she received a B.A. in Judaic Studies. She was ordained…
Anita Belil joins Cascadian Group in Bend Cascadian Group, LLC, in Bend, hired Anita R. Belil March 24 as the firm’s director of marketing engagements. Anita’s responsibilities include business development and marketing services for the firm and marketing consulting for Cascadian Group clients. Cascadian Group, LLC is a private firm dedicated to venture development, executive…
On April 1 I had the overwhelming, emotional, terrible, sad, joyful, exuberant and powerful honor of having my head shaved on a stage surrounded by my similarly shorn colleagues. We came together to raise money through shaving our heads for St. Balderick’s Foundation (not a religious organization – no such saint exists). St. Balderick’s raises…
On April 1 I had the overwhelming, emotional, terrible, sad, joyful, exuberant and powerful honor of having my head shaved on a stage surrounded by my similarly shorn colleagues. We came together to raise money through shaving our heads for St. Balderick’s Foundation (not a religious organization – no such saint exists). St. Balderick’s raises…
Several Oregon teens are spending a gap year in Israel before they start college in the fall. Maya Hendin, Matan Horenstein, Joseph Spector, Isaiah Elder, Josh Brauntstein, Shoshana Singer, Avi Berne, Gabe Adler and Jordan Runstein are all spending this year deepening their connections with the Jewish homeland. Many benefits are associated with students spending…
Holocaust survivor Alter Wiener recently spoke to children at the Tulen Center, a martial arts studio celebrating its 10th anniversary. Wiener is the author of From A Name to A Number: A Holocaust Survivor’s Autobiography. “Alter Wiener was amazing,” says Silvia Smart, who founded Tulen Center 10 years ago with her husband, Jeff Denson. “I…
The traditional 10-year anniversary gift is tin. But at Tulen Center the milestone gift is something more permanent and much less flimsy: self-confidence. And the center doles that out daily, not just for special occasions. Tulen Center, in Scholls Plaza in Raleigh Hills, teaches the Indonesian martial art of Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. The center’s founders,…
The traditional 10-year anniversary gift is tin. But at Tulen Center the milestone gift is something more permanent and much less flimsy: self-confidence. And the center doles that out daily, not just for special occasions. Tulen Center, in Scholls Plaza in Raleigh Hills, teaches the Indonesian martial art of Poekoelan Tjimindie Tulen. The center’s founders,…
