NOMINATIONS DUE for PEACE EDUCATOR of THE YEAR
PEACE LEADERSHIP IS CHANGING OREGON’S EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE – TELL US WHAT TEACHERS YOU FEEL DESERVE RECOGNITION and NOMINATE TEACHERS FOR A $500 AWARD and RECOGNITION STATE-WIDE WITH STUDENT PARENT TEACHER and EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS JOURNALS
APPLICATION CONTENTS:
NOMINEE CONTACT INFORMATION
o Nominators Name or Name of Organization Nominating the Educator:
o Teacher & School Contact Information:
o Teacher Name & Phone: Work Phone; Cell Phone; FAX
o Teacher Email:
o Mailing Address:
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What are the reasons, i.e., words, actions, leadership qualities relative to peace that this educator portrays that moved you to nominate them for this year’s educator of the year award.
This award is presented by the Wholistic Peace Institute and sponsored by the Rotarian Peace-builder Committees of District 5100 and the Canby Education Association. We have honored educators who have made inroads toward interfaith dialogue within our Portland-Metro community; teachers that have dedicated their career to better understanding of how conflict can be reduced through adopting the values of His Holiness the Dalai lama, considered the spiritual guise of Nobel Peace Laureates. Or teachers that have included peace-making curriculum in their school’s educational offerings. Example, the West Linn Wilsonville School District’s annual celebration of the “Season of Non-violence” or studies of key Nobels within their middle or high school history classes. The Institute has several Nobel Peace Laureate Partners that we can provide educational materials to interested teachers for their use: President Kim Dae-jung and His widow Madam Li (2000); President Lech Walesa (1983); President Oscar Arias Sanchez (1987); President F. W. De Klerk (1993); His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama (1989); Al Gore (2007); Betty Williams (1976); Adolfo Perez Esquivel (1980); Jody Williams (1997); Amnesty (1977); PSR (1985); European Union (2012)
CONTACT: Nancy Spanovich, Executive Director, Educating for Peace 503 701-9987
OJCF‘s Annual Meeting and Reception
Celebrating Steve and Elaine Kantor as our OJCF Legacy Society honorees.
See story at https://orjewishlife.com/a-legacy-to-celebrate-steve-and-elaine-kantor/
Wine and hors d’oeuvres at the MJCC, 5PM-7PM
.No charge to attend and no fundraising. RSVP Nates@ojcf.org.
WANT TO DO SHABBAT BUT HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO FALL ASLEEP EARLY?
Congregation Shaarie Torah & PJ Library Present:
A Little Shabbat at Shaarie Torah
Join Rabbi Josh Rose and Dorice Horenstein for a lively Shabbat full of singing, greeting, stories, eating and new friends. Come welcome Shabbat together with our young community. Appropriate for families with children in preschool, 2 years and older.
Free and open to all, no prior knowledge/Hebrew required
Interfaith families welcome!
3rd Friday of the Month
5-6:30 pm
Jewish Food: Justice, Cuisine and the Sacred
The First Annual Eugene Jewish Food conference is devoted to the exploration of classical Jewish sources on Agriculture, Food Production, Cuisine and Foodways, in addition to Sabbatical Principles of Food Justice, Cuisine and Nutrition, Gender and contemporary notions of Eco-Kosher. Our goal is to provide an educational forum to launch a discussion within the Jewish community and the larger Lane County population on key issues in Jewish Food Studies as it intersects with the Sacred and the Good Life from a variety of perspectives.
With the participation of Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubinstein, Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin, Rabbi Maurice, Rabbi Joshua Rose, the organizers of Tuv Ha’aretz, Alan Adese, David Kamrat, and YOUR voice.
Sponsored by the Oregon Jewish Culture Project: Co-Directors: Rabbi Jonathan Seidel and Ahavah Oblak
The annual Ovarian Cancer Medical Update on Monday, June 20 will focus on ovarian cancer information including the latest developments in diagnosis and treatment. There will also be a segment on genetic counseling and testing.
Dr. Lisa McCluskey, MD, is the featured speaker along with an expert on genetic counseling, Becky Clark, MS, CGC. This event is presented in conjunction with Compass Oncology.
Register now for this free event: Ovarian Cancer Medical Update
Shabbat on the Plaza and Sisterhood Installation
Friday, June 24, 6:00 PM
Congregation Beth Israel Temple Lawn (1972 NW Flanders)
Congregation Beth Israel’s cherished summer tradition continues with a Shabbat on the Plaza Service honoring the WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood’s incoming leadership and the tireless work and countless volunteer hours Sisterhood logs in support of our community.
In the early 1900s, Eastern European and Sephardic Jews settled in South
Portland.
It was a close and largely self-contained neighborhood. There were kosher
butcher shops and bakeries, a Jewish orphanage and an old age home, social
activism and immigrant benevolent societies. There were schools, a library
with Yiddish books, and the Neighborhood House, a community focal point
with Hebrew lessons, citizenship classes and a medical clinic.
In 1958, Portland voted to create the South Auditorium Urban Renewal
District and bulldozers demolished 54 blocks of the immigrant community.
Despite this, today there are intact reminders of the way life used to be. Based on
her books A Walking Tour of Historic Jewish Portland,The Immigrants’ Children:
Jewish and Italian Memories of Old South Portland, and Stories From Jewish
Portland, Polina Olsen shows you places that remain as she shares first-hand
memories of people who grew up in the neighborhood.
$10 per person, all proceeds are donated to the Jewish Federation of Greater
Portland. RSVP and learn the starting location at ojfas@comcast.net.
B’nai B’rith Camp’s
Friends and Family day
Mercaz opening.
June 26, 11am-3pm
Join us for a day of celebration!
Spend the day enjoying camp activities (water sports, zip line, ropes course, swimming, etc…) and celebrate the grand opening of our new central programing building, the Mercaz Campus Center! Lunch will be served at noon followed by opening Ceremony at 1:30pm.
Please e-mail jbenjamin@bbcamp.org to RSVP with the number of people attending.
Sunday, June 26 / 5:30 pm / Tickets: $54 per person / Sponsorship Levels Available
The Shaarie Torah Men’s Club will present the Harry R. Nemer Award to Shelly Klapper at the annual Service Award dinner. Since joining Shaarie Torah Shelly has devoted countless hours of involvement in numerous fundraising projects benefiting all of us at Shaarie Torah. Without his “behind the scenes” volunteer work, two remodel projects may not have come to fruition. He currently serves on the Congregation Shaarie Torah Fundraising Committee.
The Men’s Club encourages you to mark your calendars for June 26, 2016 and plan to attend this yearly event. For information regarding tickets or becoming a sponsor of the Harry R. Nemer Service Award Dinner please contact the synagogue office at 503-226-6131, or visit: shaarietorah.org/nemerdinner2016