By Cindy Saltzman Photos courtesy of Rockne Roll/The Jewish Review For one Sunday in late August, Portland’s waterfront looked—and sounded—a little different. Nearly 4,000 people came to Zidell Yards for the Portland Jewish Festival, filling the sprawling South Waterfront venue with music, dancing, food, families, artists, Jewish organizations and something that felt especially important…
Hollywood pushes back. Over 1,200 actors, producers, and creators — from Liev Schreiber and Mayim Bialik to Debra Messing, Gene Simmons, and Haim Saban — just signed a powerful open letter rejecting the cultural boycott of Israel. The statement, released by Creative Community for Peace and The Brigade, calls out the attempt to blacklist Israeli…
Iris Moran and Liora Goren recognize how hard it can be to maintain Jewish identity when you’re raising children in a secular environment. Finding the time and resources to nurture this bond can be challenging. That’s why these Israeli business partners launched a nonprofit digital platform that makes Jewish-themed crafts projects accessible…
Photo credit Maarten De Boer The March 12 event in Los Angeles will honor Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren and philanthropist Moses Libitzky with the Museum’s National Leadership Award; Brown University student and TEDx presenter Emma Blankstein will deliver keynote address LOS ANGELES (February 16, 2024) — Amid the current surge of antisemitism on campuses, online, and on streets worldwide, supporters of…
By Debra Rich Gettleman Todd Shotz is like the Jewish Kevin Bacon. No matter who you are, if you’re Jewish, you are somehow connected to him in less than six degrees. We found shared connections with dear friends in La Jolla, after about 42 seconds. Maybe his gift of creating community wherever he goes is…
Saturday, January 13 | 7pm Gold Lead Sponsor: Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Portland Jewish Academy Community Partner: Reboot and Eastside Jewish Commons Nathan-ism: At the end of World War II, Nathan Hilu, the son of Syrian Jewish immigrants to New York received a life-changing assignment from the U.S. Army: to guard the top Nazi war criminals at the Nuremberg…
On April 13th, join Creative Community for Peace for ‘Stoking Hate: How Israel Is Covered In The Media’ with Matti Friedman. This is part of a series of conversations with thought leaders in the Jewish and Israeli world. Matti is a former Associated Press correspondent in Jerusalem, and his work as a reporter has taken him…
Actor Josh Malina (West Wing, Scandal) and Rabbi Shira Stutman have teamed up to create a podcast about Judaism and life through a serious and not so serious lens. Malina is an outspoken social media Jewish activist and staunch supporter of Israel. Most people don’t know that he went to an Orthodox yeshiva and though…
In an unprecedented historical year, Anya Anand was elected 2020 Queen of Rosaria by a vote of her peers. The Lincoln High School senior was crowned today in a special limited Queen’s Coronation presented by Unitus Community Credit Union and in partnership with the Royal Rosarians, at the Queens’ Walk in the International Rose Test…
101 Things to do When You’re Stuck at Home Yes, it’s important to stay safe indoors to protect ourselves and others – but that doesn’t mean we can’t have a good time. Time Out has created an epic list of streaming culture, movies, podcasts, games, workouts and learning – plus some curveballs. All Classical Portland…
