RECURRING EVENTS FRIDAYS Fourth Friday Shabbat Celebration. Rabbi Eve Posen leads this interactive service that welcomes Shabbat through song, stories and a little Torah learning. 5:15 pm at Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland. Free. RSVP: 503-293-7307 or lconley@nevehshalom.org. SATURDAYS Tot Shabbat: First Saturdays at 9 am in Pollin Chapel, Congregation Beth Israel,…
Jewish Federation to install board June 8 On June 8 the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland will welcome new board chair Ed Tonkin and the 2016-17 governing board during JFGP’s 96th annual meeting. The annual meeting will be 4:30-6 pm at Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland. New board members Charles Levy and…
Through June 12 “The Skin of our Teeth” at Artists Repertory Theatre, 1515 SW Morrison St., Portland. 503-241-1278 or artistsrep.org Through June 13 Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist at OJMCHE. See page 65 Through July 15 Portland Soul: Portraits in Jazz & Blues at Portland International Airport. See page 34 June 3 Shabbat on the Farm with…
Help Shira Einstein become the 2016 Leukemia Lymphoma Society Woman of the Year. Every dollar raised is a vote for Shira and vote for ending cancer. “Surviving my disease came with a powerful sense of responsibility to commit my life to caring for others,” says Shira on her fundraising web page. The Oregon & SW…
CBI hires Josh Kashinsky as new executive director Congregation Beth Israel has hired Josh Kashinsky as the Reform congregation’s new executive director. Josh assumes his new post May 1. Prior to joining the CBI family, Josh served as the Assistant Executive Director at the Siegel JCC in Wilmington, DE, during which time he helped complete…
Winners of an art and writing contest that encourages youth to evaluate history and foster an awareness of the Holocaust have been announced by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. The competition is dedicated to the memory of Sala Kryszek, a Holocaust survivor who came to Portland after World War II and…
Miriam Greenstein, 86, remembers vividly the atrocities of the Holocaust. She was 15 when she was liberated from Bergen-Belsen. As a survivor, she has made it her mission to ensure nothing like that will ever happen again. She was 9 when Germany invaded Poland, turning her life upside down. Born to Ruth and Zalman Kominkowski,…
Dancing and cake have been big draws at past Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations in Portland. On May 11, the Mittleman Jewish Community Center once again will host a community-wide celebration of Israel’s Independence Day. Yom Ha’atzmaut festivities from 5:30 to 8:30 pm will feature Israeli food, activities and games for all ages and Israeli dancing. The…
Portland has become renowned as a culinary destination. Drawing on traditional cuisines from New York, Israel and beyond, Portland food has its own personality. Kornblatt’s New York Style Delicatessen In 2011 the New York Times food blog called Kornblatt’s Delicatessen “one of the truly great New York delis outside the five boroughs.” Established in 1999,…
During National Volunteer Month in April, Store to Door honored dedicated volunteers who support homebound seniors and people with disabilities. With the help of more than 600 volunteers who gave more than 16,000 hours of service last year, Store to Door made 8,322 grocery deliveries to homebound seniors and people with disabilities. Over the past…
