Did you know OJMCHE’s rooftop is a beautiful setting for summer events? On July 24 you can discover the magic when the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education presents a Rooftop Swing Jazz Concert. The 7 pm concert honors Benny Goodman’s legacy. Portland’s Cherry Blossom Orchestra will feature both standard and new arrangements…
Photo: Hip Hop International founders Howard and Karen Schwartz. Photo courtesy Hip Hop International What comes to mind when you hear the terms breaking, popping, locking or whacking? If you’re thinking it’s the sounds your middle-aged bones are making in the morning, you’re only partially right. For the thousands of dancers who will descend on…
Photo: Eurovision 2018 winner Netta Barzilai arrives at the opening event of the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest in Tel Aviv on May 12, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90 For everyone out there wondering what the fuss about the Eurovision Song Contest is all about, Sunday evening’s opening ceremony certainly provided a glamorous response. Hopeful contestants…
PHOTO: Yair Dalal Iraqi-Israeli international musician Yair Dalal will perform an intimate evening concert at Congregation Shir Tikvah on May 12. The evening is presented by local musicians Eric Stern and Michelle Alany, who will perform a short opening set. Dalal is a prolific composer, violinist, and oud player. In the early ’80s, a…
PHOTO: Displays created by juried artists at an ORA workshop designed to help artists learn display techniques and booth design. Artists interested in participating in the 13th Annual Celebration of Art at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center this fall are invited to a June 2 jurying event. The Celebration of Art is presented by…
Before she rocketed to 1980s TV fame as sex advisor Dr. Ruth, she was simply Ruth Westheimer. And long before she was Ruth Westheimer, she was Karola Ruth Siegel of Wiesenfeld, Germany. It is those formative early years that provide the most resonant and affecting passages in Ryan White’s solid documentary, “Ask Dr. Ruth,” opening…
A zoo is not the first venue you think of for a book signing, but that has been the setting across the country for New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Clinton to talk about her fifth children’s book, Don’t Let Them Disappear: 12 Endangered Species Across the Globe. In the book, Chelsea introduces readers to…
Just in time for Passover, the Six13 a capella group have released a parody medley of songs from the original animated film “The Lion King.” To celebrate the Israelites freedom from slavery, the boys use the nothing but the human voice to create “A Lion King Passover.” The group was inspired to create the video…
PHOTO: Cancer patient Kaitlyn receives her portrait from Kristen Eisenbraun. The portrait was painted by Leslie Peck of Greenwich, NY. Photo courtesy of The Daily Gazette When a Jewish farm mom meets another rural Jewish woman at the food coop, it’s a good bet that a friendship will blossom. Elaine Eisenbraun met Lily while…
Kerry Politzer, a pianist on the adjunct jazz faculty at Portland State University, has received a Regional Arts & Culture Council grant for her work related to the upcoming concert “Bebop Meets Bossa Nova: The Music of Durval Ferreira.” Kerry is the NW Nosh columnist for Oregon Jewish Life. Bossa nova is a Brazilian music…
