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…
From left: SWU Pacific-Northwest Campus Coordinator Matt Levin at the August conference with SWU Emerson Fellows: Jackson Anderson-Kovacs, Oregon State University; Chasen Daniels, University of Oregon; and Moussa Kone, Portland State University. StandWithUs Northwest is poised to again meet the challenges of the 2018-19 school year with its campus Emerson Fellows and High…
PHOTO: Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi, president of Portland State University Dr. Rahmat Shoureshi, who last year became the ninth president of Portland State University, will be the keynote speaker at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Greater Portland Hillel (see below). “We are thrilled that President Shoureshi will be our keynote speaker for the event…
Ever since the 2010 Sports Illustrated cover story on concussions in the NFL, the subsequent suicides of Junior Seau, famed Pro Bowl linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, and other high profile players, the world has taken a serious look at the dangers of concussions, CTE and other sport-related brain injuries. Junior Seau’s autopsy revealed…
By Steven Nemer The Jewish Federations of North America General Assembly was the apex of my involvement with Oregon State Hillel. As the only student from Oregon, I was not only able to take part in the Hillel International Scholars program (one of 36 national students chosen by Hillel International to attend), but also to…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
They grew up to be mensches, which is what their father hoped for. Today Ben Yablon, 21, and his brother Jonathan, 19, proudly serve their country – though it isn’t the same country. After making aliyah, Ben joined the Israel Defense Forces. And Jon, who always wanted to be a United States Marine, finishes basic…
