Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education members packed the museum’s theater for OJMCHE June 29 annual meeting. Out-going president David Newman (inset) announced that the museum was close finalizing the purchase a permanent home for the museum, news that was confirmed on July 6 (see story). The meeting was also the opportunity to…
Oregon’s first long-term care residence created in partnership with the innovative Green House Project will open in late July at the campus of Cedar Sinai Park in Southwest Portland. It is the first of four 12-resident households, with the rest to be completed early in 2017. CSP is currently scheduling community tours to take place…
Photo of Jupiter courtesy of NASA’s NSSDCA Photo Gallery From the Weizmann Institute of Science On July 4, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will be entering orbit around Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System. Its extended trip – more than 2 billion kilometers over nearly five years – will be over, but its work…
PHOTO: Shown at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016, from left, are SolCold CMO Gadi Grotes, BwareIT founder Konstantin Berezin, Sonorapy head of business development Noemie Alliel, PresenTense Israel CEO Guy Spigelman, Mercu-Removal founder-CTO Zach Barnea, Sensilize cofounder Robi Stark, Waseem Abu Salem of Loop, and Sesame Enable cofounder Oded Ben Dov. By Abigail Klein Leichman…
Fifty-one new immigrants from the North America, including 15 soon-to-be IDF lone soldiers, landed in Israel June 29 on a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight. “This flight is the kickoff of our summer aliyah season during which we are expecting close to 2,000 olim to arrive from North America,” said Nefesh B’Nefesh Executive VP Zev…
PHOTO: Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus, z”l Courtesy of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev A substantial gift of approximately $400 million to Ben-Gurion University of the Negev from the estate of Dr. Howard and Lottie Marcus of San Diego, CA, may be the single largest gift ever donated on behalf of…
PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro with AMIT students and teachers. RA’ANANA, Israel – U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro visited AMIT’s state-of-the-art Gogya Education Innovation Center recently to see the latest innovations in the way that education and training are being taught to more than 32,000 students throughout the country. AMIT is Israel’s…
PHOTOS: Dani L. and Norman; IGDCB CEO and Founder Noach Braunwith one of man’s best friends. Distributed by the American Jewish Press Association Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind is one of only 49 charities to receive a perfect score of 100% from Charity Navigator. IGDCB’s sound fiscal management practices and commitment to accountability…
Jordan Schnitzer’s Harsch Investment Properties has told Verity Baptist Church that it’s lease will not be renewed and asking the church to consider leaving early without penalty. The notice came after the pastor of the Sacramento church praised the Orlando shooter who killed 49 patrons of a gay bar. For the full story see the…
PHOTO: Rambam “State of the Heart” 2016 Summit participants observe a simulated surgery in one of the underground’s operating theatres in Rambam’s underground 2,000 bed hospital. Haifa, Israel – Leading researchers, healthcare professionals and supporters gathered at the Rambam Health Care Campus for its annual healthcare summit recently where they showcased some of the…
