Rose Rustin was 40 years old in 1972 when she married Portland resident Arnold Rustin. As usually happens, his friends became hers, and hers his. When one of her new friends, Joan Liebreich, invited Rose to join the National Council of Jewish Women, she jumped at the chance, thinking it was a good way to…
Recording artist, composer, educator and peace activist Yuval Ron returns to Oregon for three days of concerts and a workshop in January. While he has performed in Ashland and the Eugene/Corvallis area in recent years, he says this will be his first return to Portland in nearly a decade. With his concerts around the world…
The recently released census of Jewish day schools in the United States sponsored by the Avi Chai Foundation demonstrates an overall increase in day school enrollment since the surveys began in the 1998-99 school year. Conducted at five-year intervals, this research provides a clear picture of trends in the day school system over an extended…
B’nai B’rith Camp and BBYO are just a couple of the highlights Emily Glasgow remembers from growing up Jewish in Portland. After graduating from Lincoln High and finishing her M.A. at Amherst College in Boston, Emily began teaching third grade at an inner city school in Oakland, CA. Applying and getting into Harvard Graduate School…
Sandra Stone says she started writing seriously at age 5; in the decades since she has won a host of awards including an Oregon Book Award and a trip to Japan. In 1998 her Cocktails with Breughel at the Museum Café won the Oregon Book Award. The next year she was standing in line at…
In “The Sound of Music” Julie Andrews explains, “when you sing you begin with Do Re Mi.” While the Von Trapp family singers indeed possessed natural talent, the talented home cook knows that great food requires patience to coax optimum flavor from foods to produce perfect harmony on the plate. The first-year culinary student learns…
As the University of Oregon’s fall quarter began drawing to a close, Oregon Hillel Executive Director Andy Gitelson enjoyed a rare quiet afternoon in his office, reflecting on the busiest High Holiday season of his three years in Eugene. “What we’ve seen overall is more and more different students engaging in smaller-scale programs, which is…
As a child, I always dreaded going to Hebrew School. Although it was only a few blocks from my public school, the lonely bike ride felt like miles as I watched my friends walk away in the opposite direction, arms linked together like a human gum wrapper chain. Being Jewish in the small town where…
As a nurse practitioner, Lisa Weiner’s favorite thing was patient education to help people make positive changes. When she and her husband, Andrew Cohen, had their first son, Ezra, 10 years ago, she decided to leave her practice to spend more time with her family. Now with Ezra and his younger brother, Reuben, 6, both…
