Rob and Mara Shlachter will receive the Oregon Area Jewish Committee’s 2012 Maurice D. Sussman Award at a dinner in their honor Dec. 13 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. OAJC presents the award annually in memory of the late Maurice Sussman to honor individuals whose personal lives and community contributions exemplify the high standards…
Jewish Family & Child Service, in collaboration with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, Portland Jewish Academy, Gan Israel Day Camp, Mittleman Jewish Community Center and more than 100 dedicated volunteers gathered at the MJCC on Nov. 18 for Super Sunday – Community Action Day to assemble and deliver 140 Thanksgiving Food Boxes to families…
Portland is on the map for gay couples in Israel who turn to surrogacy to fulfill their desire to become parents in a society where parenthood is the ultimate goal. That sentiment, backed up by a recent article published in the Journal of Family Psychology, was voiced by two gay couples who came to Portland…
Nov. 1 Celebrate Jewish Book Month with Lois Leveen, author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser (HarperCollins), a new novel based on the true story of a former slave who became a Union spy. Cosponsored by Shalom Chapter Hadassah, Vancouver, WA. 7-8 pm at Three Creeks Community Library, 800-C NE Tenney Road, Vancouver. 360-571-9696 Lawyers, Tyranny and the Rule of Law –…
Free Sephardic film festival begins Nov. 13 The sixth annual Sephardic Winter Film Festival begins Nov. 13 at Congregation Ahavath Achim, 3225 SW Barbur Blvd., Portland. Films are shown at 7 pm the second Tuesday of each month from November to April. The free evenings are followed by refreshments and a speaker. “Since we are…
Simon Benson Awards: Portland State University President Wim Wiewel, right, presents one of two Simon Benson Awards to Jordan Schnitzer, who shared the award recognizing philanthropists with his mother, Arlene Schnitzer. The other award recipients, Stephanie Fowler and Irving Levin, pose with Diane Keaton, who was the keynote speaker at the Oct. 9 event at…
The P’nai Or Community Food Program is a match made in heaven, right here in this world. In the old days of Jewish South Portland, it was told that before every Shabbat a gentleman would fill a bag to be shared with his neighbors. As he went from house to house, residents could either take…
B’nai B’rith Camp was named the state’s seventh-best large nonprofit to work for in Oregon Business magazine’s fourth annual 100 Best Nonprofits to Work for in Oregon. Winners were revealed Sept. 27 at the Portland Downtown Hilton. “We’re incredibly honored and humbled to have been chosen number seven out of the 100 Best Nonprofits in…
Ever since the 1990 National Jewish population survey revealed the extent of assimilation, the American Jewish community has focused on the challenge of passing along Jewish connection and commitment to the next generation. Numerous studies have shown youth benefit from attending sleep-away camps. Jewish sleep-away camps not only help young campers learn valuable life skills,…
On Sept. 28 more than 85 people converged on B’nai B’rith Camp near Lincoln City, giggling and eager to see old friends, hopeful to make new ones and nervous about what their time at camp would hold. But these were no ordinary summer campers. They were adult Jewish women and they were at camp for…
