A capacity crowd of more than 500 people filled the space at Castaway on Feb. 8 to truly get a Taste of Temple. Congregation Beth Israel’s fourth annual friendraiser and FUNdraiser brought together a dynamic and multifaceted committee. CBI clergy (Rabbi Rachel Joseph, Rabbi Michael Cahana and Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, right, embrace chairs Tony…
Emma Rosenthal OJCYF & Neveh Shalom Portland When I was at Camp Ramah we did an IDF training simulation. I met my best friends crawling through the obstacle course. Jon Caplan Neveh Shalom Beaverton We got sick together at BB Camp. Gary Rubin and I were in the infirmary together eating green Jell-O and drinking…
From 1991 through last spring, Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi, z”l, and Eve Ilsen came to Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland for a weekend of ecstatic music, deep learning and prayer. Members of Jewish Renewal, Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist communities from around the country would descend on the Havurah to be a part of the transformational magic…
On March 16 The Community Without Walls series presents Borders and Biodiversity: How Cultures Across the Israeli-Jordanian Border Enhance Biodiversity. “Different human cultures on the two sides of the Israeli-Jordanian border may have different impacts on the land that will result in species differences and sometime even difference in behavior of species across the border,”…
For brides, grooms and the wedding party-alike, stylish trends are in season this spring 2015. Of course, the bride and her dress is always front and center of wedding fashions, but this year more than ever, men’s trends are increasingly more versatile and important for the overall wedding celebration. This year, bohemian, light, more organic…
Families with children in kindergarten through fifth grade are invited to explore Portland sites and learn about Jewish teachings through a three-part program this spring presented by Congregation Shaarie Torah. Education Director Dorice Horenstein says she and Rabbi Joshua Rose created the program to make Jewish learning more fun while offering activities that families can do…
Fifteen years ago Millie Estrin started a one-woman campaign to eliminate the use of plastic foam cups at onegs and other gatherings at Temple Beth Sholom in Salem. “The overwhelming evidence I saw of global warming compelled me to try and bring the congregation to sustainability,” says Millie. “I felt it was my responsibility as…
In December, 20 Portland-area Jewish moms enjoyed a free tour of Israel and came home with new connections to the land of Israel, to Jewish traditions and to the women who shared the experience. Momentum is an eight-day journey through Israel created by the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project in 2008. Thousands of women from 19…
A few months ago, Neveh Shalom Rabbi Daniel Isaak announced plans for a May 17 collective wedding ceremony, noting that many Jewish married couples were married in civil ceremonies here or in the former Soviet Union. In announcing plans for the ceremony, he wrote, “In some cases one of the couple converted to Judaism since…
