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JTC season begins Nov. 3-5 with “Chapter One”

WHO: Jewish Theatre Collaborative WHAT: PAGE2STAGE Season WHEN: November 2013-April 2014 WHERE: Milagro Theatre, Mittleman Jewish Community Center, PSU Lincoln Hall SEASON SUBSCRIPTIONS: 503-512-0582 or jewishtheatrecollaborative.org The Jewish Theatre Collaborative kicks off its 2013-2014 season with a brand new program format: PAGE2STAGE. This exciting format begins with one book and an invitation for audiences to…

Editor's Letter

Tradition (just ask Tevye) is intimately intertwined with Judaism. Yet in Judaism tradition is always evolving and changing (again – ask Tevye!). In our Seniors special section this month, Golde Barde recalls the Old South Portland neighborhood where so many Jewish families lived. The richness of that close-knit community was scattered across the metro area…

Ask Helen

Dear Helen, I am 54 and recently reconnected with my first true love on Facebook. We were a couple in high school and would probably have gotten married except for my mother’s interference. Insert vivid fights with her, and bad relationships for me, until I finally met my husband, who reminded me of my first…

Life on the Other Side

I like to joke that Israeli customer service is an oxymoron. If you’re used to an American attitude that “The Customer is Always Right,” you’re going to have to do some major attitude adjustment while in the Holy Land. Don’t get me wrong – I do love living here. I just don’t like the service…

Israel advocacy pilot project put to test

As one of the four pilot sites of the national Israel advocacy training program developed over the past year, Portland is poised to put the intensive preparation to the test. This spring about 20 Portlanders attended three programs presented by Israel Action Network Deputy Managing Director David Dabscheck and his assistant Noam Gilboord. The training…

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FIBER ARTIST FINDS CALLING IN HATS

Local artists and art lovers alike eagerly anticipate the annual Portland Open Studios tour, which takes place during the second and third weekends in October, but probably no one is looking forward to it more than Diana Unterspan. Unterspan is a fiber artist who works primarily with wool and silk to create both decorative and…