Oregonian oboist Gabe Young performed the “Marcello Oboe Concerto” with the National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute Orchestra on July 25 on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Gabe, who was born and raised in Ashland, was featured in the April 2014 issue of Oregon Jewish Life (orjewishlife.com/gabe-young-named-national-youth-orchestra). He now attends the Jacobs School of Music…
Jewish Theatre Collaborative’s third Page2Stage season will bring to life a little-known story that reflects Jewish history. Previous Page2Stage seasons have featured settings in Argentina and Israel. This season brings readers and audience members to the gritty landscape of New York City during the turbulent 1920s and ’30s. In the stormy melting pot that was…
Artists Repertory Theatre announces an ambitious and stylistically diverse 2015-16 season of eight engaging plays. These selections emphasize Artists Rep’s role as Portland’s premiere mid-size regional theater company by offering five critically acclaimed contemporary plays, alongside two magnificent mid-20th century classics and the world premiere production of the Broadway-scale musical, “Cuba Libre.” “This season’s lineup…
Gary Pearlman adjusts the Tree of Life sculpture he designed for Congregation Neveh Shalom’s foyer, which has been named the The Isaak Foyer in honor of Rabbi Daniel and Carol Isaak, following Rabbi Isaak’s retirement as the senior rabbi of the congregation. Metalsmiths Richard Cawley and Gustav Sculptor crafted the sculpture and Eddy Shuldman created…
“May our goal for these High Holidays be to examine where we’ve been and where we are going through the lens of acceptance.” ~ Rabbi Rachel Joseph “This year, 5776, ushers in a Hakhel year. May we use the blessing of this year to unite all Jews, encourage each other to increase in Torah observance…
“The Making of a Mensch,” a new film premiering this fall on Character Day 2015, will be shown globally and at five Oregon groups, including Congregation Shaarie Torah in Portland. Character Development Day is a global day created to engage Jewish and secular communities around the world in different perspectives and teachings around character. The…
Repair the World staffers Amy Goldsmith and Danielle Kirshenblat were in Portland July 17-19 to encourage local participation in a new national campaign to inspire a different kind of High Holiday “service” this fall. As part of September’s Hunger Action Month, Repair the World is recruiting volunteers to raise awareness about food justice, while fostering…
Families in Ashland enjoy Jewish stories, songs and movement at a PJ Library Sunday morning program in Lithia Park. On Sept. 11, Ashland launches PJ Library Connection Adventures with a Tot Shabbat at Pioneer Hall in Ashland. All families with kids 6 months to 8 years are invited to welcome Shabbat with blessings, song, storytelling…
Nordia House hosts exhibit on boatlift that rescued thousands of Danish Jews In the autumn of 1943, the efforts of Danish citizens successfully rescued 7,000 Danish Jews from imminent arrest and deportation to concentration camps. Using fishing boats, private vessels and other small crafts, Danes ferried their Jewish neighbors to safety in neutral Sweden. The…
Through Nov. 8 Auto|Biography, an OJMCHE exhibition that explores the social phenomenon of Jews and their cars. Regular exhibition gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 10:30 am-4 pm, Friday 10:30 am-3 pm, and Saturday and Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors, and free for members and children under…
