After Ethan Adelman-Sil, a sophomore at Haverford College, spent 20 years as a student, he was ready for a change. He decided a year’s break to see the world was the perfect fit. The avid backpacker began his adventure on the Chilean side of Patagonia last January and spent the next six months exploring. Through…
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A summer internship in Washington, D.C., was an eye-opening experience for Portlander Talia Berniker, now a sophomore in the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. The daughter of David & Susan Berniker, Talia participated in the Machon Kaplan Summer Internship Program of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. The RAC assigned Talia…
By Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz Jewish life is centered around the cycle of life. While daily spiritual living is cherished, it’s the unique moments that bring us together, bring tears to our eyes and remind us of what matters. These moments truly center us. In this review, I will not go into depth about “how…
PHOTOS: Adinah Miller, left, and Rebecca Mather, right Tivnu: Building Justice has hired Adinah Miller as the group’s new Program Director. She has been the Dean of Jewish Life for the last six years at the American Hebrew Academy, the Jewish boarding school in North Carolina. She has a wealth of Jewish knowledge and practical experience,…
In June 2007, the Portland Jewish newspaper the Jewish Review ran this photo along with a story about how Marshal Spector donated one of his healthy kidneys to save the life of long-time friend David Rosenberg. Gabrielle Glaser met Rosenberg that year and wrote an article for the Oregonian about the donation that enabled him…
(Photo of CSP CEO David Fuks by One Click Studio) At Cedar Sinai Park’s 95th annual meeting June 11, the CSP board unanimously approved the consolidation of Jewish Family & Child service with CSP, a proposal that had previously been approved unanimously by the JFCS board. The consolidation will make operations, endowment and development more…
PHOTO: Golfers, from left, Mike Jaffe, Yossi Malka, Ron Sidis and Tim Martin enjoyed last year’s Kishka Klassic Golf Tournament. The annual Kishka Klassic Golf Tournament benefitting NCSY will be Aug. 9 at Lewis River Golf Course in Woodland, WA. In addition to the four-person scramble tournament, the day includes: the chance to…
Camp Solomon Schechter announces the introduction of a new summer, camp-wide initiative, Derech Schechter (The Schechter Way). The program is a spin-off of the phrase derech eretz (respect), which is a cornerstone value of CSS. With Derech Schechter, the camp aims to promote mensch-like (a person of integrity and honor) behavior in their campers and…
Last year, 29-year-old Portlander Jessica Stone was among nearly 100 U.S. volunteers who went to Israel to teach English to underprivileged elementary school students in Israel’s rural areas as part of an experimental summer immersion class. Soon after Jessie arrived, the war in Gaza erupted, putting the entire country on high alert as a barrage…
