Just in time for Mother’s Day, Pirkei Imahot, the Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women is available to share with mothers and those who love them. Co-authored by Rabbi Eve Posen and Jewish educator Lois Shenker, the book grew from the pair’s one-on-one study project. Pirkei Imahot explores women’s voices, insights, experiences and –…
Young adults invited to PDX Community Hackathon The PDX Community Hackathon invites Jewish professionals in their 20s and 30s for a free weekend of networking and community teamwork. The weekend kicks off with a festive and fun camp-style Shabbat dinner. 6-8:30 pm May 19 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. The main program will be…
May 1-31 Monthly Mitzvah Project: MJCC and PJA collect canned fruit for Shavuot for the Neighborhood House Food Pantry. Drop off in the blue bin located in the MJCC lobby. 503-244-0111 May 1 Yom Ha’atzmaut: Celebrate Israel’s 69th year of independence! Israeli music and dancing, arts and crafts, explore Israel in a unique way, hear…
On April 18, Jonathan Cohen donated a kidney to longtime Portland Jewish professional Jen Feldman. Both are recovering at their homes. We profiled Jonathan in our April issue not knowing that later in the month, he would save Jen’s life. We are planning a story for our June/July issue about Jen, kidney donors, people who…
(Condensed from history provided by Nechama Namal, Resource Development Director of Women of the Wall) 2003: Supreme Court decision gives women the right to pray as they wish at the Kotel, but only at Robinson’s Arch. 2009: WOW stops praying at Robinson’s Arch because it remained in disrepair and was not yet suitable for worship….
WHAT Women of the Wall Executive Director Lesley Sachs will update Portlanders on the rapidly evolving legal battle over women’s rights to pray at the Western Wall. Light dessert reception will follow. WHEN 7 pm, April 26, Rosh Hodesh Iyar WHERE Congregation Beth Israel sanctuary PRESENTED BY CBI with the support and partnership of the…
Rabbi Benjamin Barnett Leaves Beit Am for Portland Rabbi Benjamin Barnett will leave Beit Am in Corvallis this summer to become the new rabbi of Portland’s Havurah Shalom, from which Rabbi Joey Wolf is retiring this spring (see page 60). Rabbi Benjamin had served as rabbi of Beit Am since August 2006. Beit Am supports…
Local events commemorating the Holocaust begin at noon, April 23, with a public tour of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial. Memorial docents Jill Slansky and Evelyn Banko will lead a one-hour tour, sharing stories of survival and loss. The Oregon Holocaust Memorial is located in Washington Park at the intersection of SW Washington Way and Wright…
Yom Hazikaron: Commemoration honoring those who have given their lives for the State of Israel. 8 pm, April 30 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Yom Ha’atzmaut: Celebrate Israel’s 69th year of independence! Israeli music and dancing, arts and crafts, explore Israel in a unique way, hear from teens who…
Nefesh B’Nefesh and EL AL Israel Airlines are partnering to offer partially subsidized plane tickets between any EL AL gateway city in North America and Israel for parents of Lone Soldiers. The tickets will be allocated to families whose financial limitations prevent them from otherwise reuniting. EL AL and Nefesh B’Nefesh created the program to…
