After a four-month national search that resulted in several well-qualified candidates, Shir Tikvah’s Steering Committee is pleased to announce that Debbi Bodie has accepted the role of Executive Director of Congregation Shir Tikvah. Debbi started her new job June 24. “Debbi brings us over 20 years of Jewish professional leadership and management experience in Portland….
The Board of Directors announced the appointment of Carrie Hoops to the position of executive director at Jewish Family & Child Service. Hoops has served as interim executive director since April 2014 and has been key in planning the recently announced consolidation of JFCS and Cedar Sinai Park, a human services agency in Portland focused…
PHOTO: Renee and Irwin Holzman On June 10 more than 120 people gathered in Rose Schnitzer Manor’s Zidell Hall at Cedar Sinai Park for OJCF’s Annual Reception to honor Renee and Irwin Holzman, the foundation’s 2015 Legacy Society Honorees. Guests also had the opportunity to learn about what is ahead for OJCF in the…
PHOTO: OJMCHE BOARD MEMBERS: Miriam Greenstein addresses the crowd while Kathleen Derrick awaits her turn to speak. The first meeting of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education took place on June 22, 2015, at the Multnomah Athletic Club. Well over 100 people enjoyed lunch while listening to upbeat reports about the…
PHOTO: Abayudaya singer/songwriter and youth leader Rachman Nachman, of Uganda, chats with P’nai Or of Portland members Hilda and Bill Welch, Baruch Morris, Joanie Levine, YehudahWinter and Jacob Elder, who spent several months in Uganda studying indigenous healing arts and visited with the Abayudaya community for Rosh Hashanah 2014. Abayudaya Afro-rap artist and youth…
PHOTO: 1917 Willys Knight Touring Car, c. 1917. Gift of Harriet and George Bodner OJM 2162 “Auto | Biography – Portraits of People With Cars” will be on exhibit July 1-Nov. 8 at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. An opening party is planned at the museum 6-8 pm, Wednesday, July 8. The…
For two months, from June 19 to Aug. 23, Mikdash Portland will be renting a funky, old house in the Irvington neighborhood of Portland, transforming it from a 1900’s single-family home into a communal hub for Jewish life and experience on Portland’s eastside. Equipped with a backyard and dining room, an open kitchen and plenty of common space, this house, dubbed…
After two years of studying together, the first graduating class of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in Eugene gathered together with their families and friends on June 5 for their graduation ceremony. The 30 Eugene graduates are part of 3,000 Melton students in 52 sites around the world graduating this season. Florence…
