On April 1 I had the overwhelming, emotional, terrible, sad, joyful, exuberant and powerful honor of having my head shaved on a stage surrounded by my similarly shorn colleagues. We came together to raise money through shaving our heads for St. Balderick’s Foundation (not a religious organization – no such saint exists). St. Balderick’s raises…
On April 1 I had the overwhelming, emotional, terrible, sad, joyful, exuberant and powerful honor of having my head shaved on a stage surrounded by my similarly shorn colleagues. We came together to raise money through shaving our heads for St. Balderick’s Foundation (not a religious organization – no such saint exists). St. Balderick’s raises…
Many Jewish youths seeking a gap year experience between high school and college head to Israel. Steve Eisenbach-Budner has no qualms about that – as a teen, he participated in a Young Judaea program in Israel before the term “gap year” was even invented. Yet he recognizes that not every young adult has the desire…
All across the United States, Jewish organizations are seeing a trend among young adults that’s been long in the making. According to the latest Religious Landscape Survey conducted by the Pew Forum, nearly one-third of Jewish young adults (ages 18-29) don’t identify as religious, with only 15% of all Jewish adults saying that Judaism is…
Edgar Lazarus II, whose ancestors were among the early Sephardic arrivals in the United States, made important contributions to Portland life as an architect and in the city’s sports community. According to a biography by Edward H. Teague, head of the University of Oregon’s Architecture & Allied Arts Library, Lazarus said that his family, longtime…
Next month Portland’s Sephardic community will be celebrating “A Centennial of Sephardic Life in Portland,” with a major exhibit at the Oregon Jewish Museum and other activities. But before there was a Portland Sephardic community, there were individual Sephardic Jews who made their way to Oregon – and who became important leaders both in the…
Four days a week, Sterling is line services supervisor and new employee trainer at Global Aviation, a fixed-base operator that maintains and provides hangar space for corporate and private jets in Hillsboro. The other three days, he is an aviation illustrator who has attracted international attention from others in the field, been commissioned to draw…
As Israel celebrates its 66th birthday, we at Oregon Jewish Life thought it would be a good time to pay tribute to the gifts Israel has given the world. For a small nation with a tiny fraction of the world’s population, Israel boasts a surprisingly large number of Nobel Prizes in various sciences and so…
Renowned Jewish-Christian and Holocaust scholar Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg and noted Jewish feminist Blu Greenberg are coming to Portland for a four-day community experience. “Reshaping the World after the Holocaust: a Weekend of Learning,” April 24-28, is presented by the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center. The Greenbergs, who are husband and wife, will serve as keynote…
Drawing on the foods and cooking techniques she encountered living in Europe, Personal Chef Lisa Glickman has been creating authentic dining experiences for small groups in Bend for the past six years. Two years ago she won the only culinary contest she ever entered when her turkey and spinach meatballs were selected by the Cooking…
