Students’ interactions with their campus Hillels correlate to a significant increase in the students’ positive connections with Jewish life concluded a study by Hillel International. Hillel’s 2016 survey of more than 10,000 Jewish college students from across North America and the former Soviet Union found that the students’ connections to Jewish life grows with each…
Jewish Family & Child Service invites the community to participate in two holiday programs to help people who are facing adversity feel more connected to their community. The Torah tells us, “When we eat and drink in celebration, we are obligated to feed the stranger, the orphan and the widow.” Continuing a 15-year tradition, JFCS…
For the two-thirds of Americans who confess their finances need work, now is the time to take a fresh look at personal finances. The Security Index* from Country Financial Country Financial, which assesses Americans’ sentiments of their personal financial security, found Americans need to: clean up credit card debt; get spending habits in check; and…
Israeli startup LivinGift is a new crowdfunding platform that allows contributors to provide zero-interest loans for ventures that have a positive social impact. Eligible ventures must fulfill two simple criteria according to the website livingift.org. The venture must improve the lives of people or communities, and have a sustainable economic model and a fixed income….
CHARITABLE GIVING ALBERTINA KERR Mailing address Portland, OR 503-262-0188 AlbertinaKerr.org For more than 100 years, Albertina Kerr has been providing programs and services to children and adults with developmental disabilities and mental health challenges, empowering them to live richer lives. Donors help ensure Albertina Kerr will be her for those in need for the next…
Dor l’ dor, from generation to generation, isn’t just a saying at Cedar Sinai Park. Preschoolers and schoolchildren are frequent visitors to the senior living campus. Maimonides Jewish Day School brought kindergarten and first-grade students to the campus for a pre-Rosh Hashanah program on Sept. 15; pre-Hanukkah and pre-Pesach programs are also planned. Three older…
The three residents at Rose Schnitzer Manor studied Hebrew with Eddy Shuldman during the past year so each could become a bat mitzvah. These senior women grew up when the transition to adulthood for girls was seldom marked in the synagogue as it was for boys, so a bat mitzvah celebration was not an option…
SUNDAYS Havurah Mah Jongg: 1 Sunday/month. losninos6@gmail.com. Mah Jongg: noon at MJCC. MONDAYS Mah Jongg: 12:30 pm at MJCC. Gentle Yoga: 4 pm at MJCC. Gentle Pilates: 11 am at MJCC. TUESDAY Book Club: 2nd Tuesdays, noon, at MJCC. Knit Together: A Crafting Community: 1 pm at MJCC. Mah Jongg: 1 pm at MJCC. Forever…
Seven Jewish mothers from Portland participated in the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project Leadership Conference, Sept. 18-20, in College Park, MD. Allison Sherman, Janine Gottheiner, Lee Lazarus, Eve Levy, Sandy Nemer, Paula Reed and Jodi Garber-Simon attended from Oregon. The conference, held in collaboration with Israel’s Ministry of Diaspora Affairs, gathered Jewish women from across the…
Nov. 5 & Dec 3 pm on select Saturdays: KIDS NIGHT OUT WITH BB CAMP: 5-9 pm. Come hang out with your friends and give your parents the night off! K-6th Graders. $25, $5 sibling discount. Drop off at BB Camp Office, 9400 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy, #200. amansfield@bbcamp.org or 503-496-7444 ext. 7015 Nov. 6 Info…
