On Feb. 4, just before enrollment for the COVID-19 vaccine was about to open up for seniors age 80 and up in Oregon, a board member of the nonprofit Positive Charge! PDX sent an email to co-founder, Sallie Pearlman Cohen about a post they had seen where someone offered to assist seniors with…
“A Kaddish for Bernie Madoff,” a feature-length hybrid of docudrama and musical memoir co-adapted and directed by Alicia J. Rose (The Benefits of Gusbandry), based on the original one-woman show by poet and composer Alicia Jo Rabins, is set to make its U.S. premiere at the Portland International Film Festival and will be screening virtually from March…
The pilot for the Portland Street Response (PSR), an innovative non-police response to assist people experiencing houselessness or a behavioral/mental health crisis, hits the streets for the first time on Feb.16. Beginning at 10 am, the team started taking calls dispatched from 911 to offer an alternative to the police for people suffering mental…
Israeli actress Shira Haas is having quite the year. Fresh off the heels of a Golden Globes nomination for best performance in the hit German-American Netflix series “Unorthodox,” Haas has now been named to TIME Magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in 2021 in the “Artists” category. Haas, 25, celebrated the achievement…
Researchers at The National Autism Research Center of Israel at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Soroka University Medical Center have found in utero abnormalities in fetal head growth among children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in childhood. The findings on the largest and most comprehensive study of this type to date,…
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country’s top infectious disease specialist, was awarded a $1 million Dan David Prize for “courageously defending science in the face of uninformed opposition during the challenging COVID crisis.” The Israel-based Dan David Foundation on Feb. 15 named President Joe Biden’s chief medical adviser as the winner of one of three…
Photo courtesy Klein Films Ken Klein, a Portland filmmaker, won an Award of Merit at the February IndieFEST 2021 for his short film, “Almost There.” The film also won Best Short Film Award at the Oasis Festival, and was chosen as an Official Selection of the NYC Independent Film Festival and Action on Film…
Photo: A wedding photo of Holocaust survivors married in the Weiden displaced persons camp in 1947. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of William and Helen Luksenburg In celebration of love and friendship on Valentine’s Day this weekend, the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will be presenting its forthcoming Facebook Live virtual event on exploring how love…
The Genesis Prize Foundation has announced film director, producer and philanthropist Steven Spielberg as the 2021 Genesis Prize Laureate. The annual $1 million Genesis Prize, dubbed the “Jewish Nobel” by TIME magazine, honors extraordinary individuals for their outstanding professional achievement, contribution to humanity, and commitment to Jewish values. The award recognizes Spielberg’s outstanding achievement…
Oregon Private Schools Appreciation Day has been proclaimed by the governor every year since 1991. It’s celebrated on the first Thursday in February and this year it falls on Feb. 4. Colt Gill, Director of the Oregon Department of Education, shared in a letter to Oregon private schools, his acknowledgment that private schools “represent…
