May 5, 18, 19 & 31 and June 1 MJCC VACATION DAY CAMPS: Need something for your kids to do during school breaks? Keep them busy and having fun at the MJCC with sports, swimming, gymnastics, arts and crafts, games and more! Ages 3-11. Half-day: 8 am-1 pm, $30; members $25. Full-day: 8 am-5:30 pm,…
Israeli shaliach Timna Rockman, 26, is pinning her hopes for peace on the next generation – in Israel and here in Oregon. In the middle of her six-month Portland assignment, Timna has visited at least 15 high schools around the state. She is in Portland with StandWithUs funded by a grant from the Jewish Federation…
Now in its 14th year, the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation continues to be a dynamic program for high school students. OJCYF’s Annual Benefit Dinner, A Festival of Giving, will be April 27. At monthly meetings from September through May, the teens discuss the importance of giving back to their community and the Jewish values…
APRIL 2 GOOD DEEDS DAY & J SERVE: Volunteer opportunities for all ages at the MJCC. 503-245-6449 RECURRING: NORTHEAST STORY HOUR WITH PJ LIBRARY: 9:30-10:15 am, Sundays at New Seasons, 3445 N Williams Ave., Portland. Story hour and music. rachelr@jewishportland.org or 503-892-7415 MONTHLY HEBREW STORY HOUR WITH PJ LIBRARY: 2:30 pm, second Sunday at the…
Teens, preteens, children and families can step up and change the world on April 2 by participating in a variety of tikkun olam projects on Good Deeds Day. Family-friendly projects will include packing Passover food boxes, making blankets for children in crisis, making birthday cards for seniors, assembling hygiene kits for the homeless, preparing lunch…
MARCH 10-12 Happy Purim. Family Friendly Purim parties are included in the calendar on page 66. MARCH 26 The Jewish Holiday Culinary Experience is an innovative program for adults and children ages 5-12. Passover cooking, 6-8 pm at Portland Kollel, 6688 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. 503-245-5420 APRIL 2 Good Deeds Day. See page 41 RECURRING:…
The air may still have a winter’s chill, but working parents are already thinking of summer – and how they will keep their children entertained during the months off from school. But summer camp is about so much more than keeping children safe and happy. It is an opportunity for them to grow in so…
Numerous studies have shown youth benefit from attending sleepaway camps. Jewish sleepaway camps not only help young campers learn valuable life skills, they have the added benefit of creating confident, engaged Jewish adults. A study by the Foundation for Jewish Camp on the long-term impact of Jewish overnight camp offers compelling evidence that camp builds…
How do you ensure your child will be a happy camper this summer? Kevin Nissen, camp director of Friendly Pines overnight camp in Prescott, has been helping do just that since 1990. Established in 1941 by Bud and Isabelle Brown, the camp is owned by their daughter, Bebe Brown May. Kevin started his career with…
I spent seven of the best summers of my life at camp in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. As an adult, I became a public health professional turned ADHD advocate, spiritual seeker, essayist and author – and a mother of three. As they say, “l’dor v’dor,” from generation to generation: one of the…
