PHOTOS: Above, Jack Sinykin shakes hands with White Cloud, a Lakota Chief and Red Cloud’s adopted son. At right, Rbecca Clarren’s great-uncle, Louis Sinykin, aka Bronco Lou, a rodeo bronc champion. Photos from the Etta Orkin collection On April 10 award-winning, Portland-based journalist Rebecca Clarren will present “Little Shtetl on the Prairie: Reckoning with…
PHOTO: Shesh Besh, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s Arab-Jewish ensemble. The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra’s acclaimed Arab-Jewish ensemble, Shesh Besh, will conclude its 12-concert U.S. tour in Portland. The tour began March 23 with four concerts at the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, DC. The ensemble will perform in Philadelphia and California before coming to Portland. Congregation Beth…
PHOTOS: David Meyers and Andrea White Two Jewish actors explore the meaning of tolerance in “The No Play,” set in the racially divided world of Halifax, NC, in 1949 during the apex of the Jim Crow era. PassinArt: A Theatre Company presents this exploration of deep family bonds, profound love and cultural connections. The title…
Jewish classical pianist Florence Deutsch began playing piano in her native Romania at age 6. Raised in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, Sergio Botelho has been playing the guitar since age 10. As Duo Becar, the musicians will perform at the 11th annual Sounds of Brazil PDX March 31. Florence followed an international path to Brazilian…
IMAGE: Complain by Mel Bochner. 2007 OJMCHE presents Mel Bochner The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education presents “Mel Bochner – Enough Said” March 7-May 26. From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundations, this body of recent works, 2007-2018, challenge audiences to reflect on the nature and structure…
Mike Wolfe, Frank Fritz and their team plan to return to Oregon in April to film episodes of the hit series AMERICAN PICKERS throughout the region. The pair hopes to give historically significant objects a new lease on life, while learning a thing or two about America’s past along the way. AMERICAN PICKERS is a…
PHOTO: Hayley Rouselle portrays Anne in the Beaverton Civic Theatre production of The Diary of Anne Frank, which opens March 1. The Beaverton Civic Theatre is hosting two exhibits from the Anne Frank House at their expanded space, The Playhouse, from Feb. 23-March 1 with free conversations programmed throughout the week with speakers ranging from…
PHOTOS: Left, George Landau and filmmaker Nancy Margulies; right, Rabbi Ariel Stone and Dr. Joseph Thaler. A Holocaust film being screened in Portland this month has a strong local connection. “Lies and Miracles: Childhood in a Siberian Labor Camp” will screen at 7 pm, Feb. 20, at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust…
Courtesy of American Associates, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Etgar Keret, renowned Israeli author and lecturer in the Department of Hebrew Literature at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), has received Israel’s most prestigious literary award, the Sapir Prize, for his collection of short stories, A Glitch at the Edge of the Galaxy. “I’m surprised…it’s the…
IMAGES: Above: Piece by David Kolasky, glass blower, ceramaticist, wood turner and welder; and Shabbat Cat, watercolor, by Tamar Hammer. Right: Tropical Flower, by Ellen Green. Celebrate Jewish Arts Month at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Each week, from Feb. 24 through March 29, the works of different artists will be on display in the…
