“The Making of a Mensch,” a new film premiering this fall on Character Day 2015, will be shown globally and at five Oregon groups, including Congregation Shaarie Torah in Portland. Character Development Day is a global day created to engage Jewish and secular communities around the world in different perspectives and teachings around character. The…
Repair the World staffers Amy Goldsmith and Danielle Kirshenblat were in Portland July 17-19 to encourage local participation in a new national campaign to inspire a different kind of High Holiday “service” this fall. As part of September’s Hunger Action Month, Repair the World is recruiting volunteers to raise awareness about food justice, while fostering…
Dear Helen: It’s been a long time since I’ve been a good practicing Jew. I support my synagogue financially and I attend the High Holiday services, but it’s mostly to connect with family and clients, not because I’m truly drawn towards a deeper relationship with religion. But one of my best friends has just been…
Note: Jewish holidays start at sundown the day before the first day of the holiday. Rosh Hashanah (Sept. 14-15, 2015) Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, is celebrated each year on the first day of Tishrei, early in the fall. The day is a special time of rejoicing as we wish each other L’Shanah Tovah,…
MEMORIAL DAY AT CEDAR SINAI PARK– Cedar Sinai Park held its annual Memorial Day Veterans Recognition on Tuesday, May 26th in front of the flagpole at Robison Jewish Health Center. This yearly event recognizes Robison and Rose Schnitzer Manor residents, CSP Adult Day Services participants, and Robison and Rose Schnitzer Manor staff who have served…
EUROPEAN BORDERLANDS MUSIC REVIVED The vibrant folk music of the European Borderlands will be revived in a one-night performance at the Alberta Rose Theater on April 30 at 8 pm. “On an Overgrown Path: Dreamscapes, Dances and Love Stories of the European Borderlands” is a multimedia performance starring the Lyrical Strings Duo, the Agnieszka Laska…
We’re just weeks away from experiencing the wonderful Passover festivities with our families and friends. Our limited food options create culinary challenges, but we can still create amazing meals for the seder and for the week. Along with not consuming chametz (leavened bread), many of us do not consume kitniyot, which include rice, corn, millet…
Students of the Max Rayne Hand in Hand Bilingual School in Jerusalem, where Jewish and Arab-Israeli children study together, participated in the first of two Hanukkah receptions at the White House Dec. 17. “The invitation to the White House came after the arson attack on the Hand in Hand school on Nov. 29 and (was)…
I lost count of the lavishly lit Christmas trees and the abundant decorations in green, red and gold. But for those of us honored to be invited to a Wednesday evening, Dec. 17, holiday reception at the White House, it was Hanukkah heaven. I was in great company. Some 500 of us, Jewish religious and…
After 17 Hanukkahs here, one thing about the way the Festival of Lights is celebrated in Israel never ceases to amaze me: the total absence of Christmas. In the States, Hanukkah’s relation to Christmas is of crucial concern. The more the two holidays overlap, the more that Jews will be celebrating their winter holiday at…
