PDX Jazz Presents Kerry Politzer & Idit Schner On Feb. 21 from 5 to 7 pm, pianist Kerry Politzer and saxophonist Idit Shner will perform at Portland Prime (121 SW Third Ave.) as part of the 2017 PDX Jazz Festival. The duo will play a variety of original jazz compositions as well as some Brazilian…
Feb. 2 Film: “The Flat.” 7- 9:30 pm at MJCC. Arnon Goldfinger’s documentary follows long-buried family secrets. Then playwright Andrea Stolowitz discusses her play Berlin Diary to explore similar themes of national history and private lives. Free. 503-535-3555 Feb. 5 Humanistic View of Death. See page 55 Feb. 6 Return engagement of “Ahead of Time,…
By Alicia Gutman Mannix As a child growing up in a small town in western Poland, being Jewish meant that I was decidedly UN-Polish. Small town anti-Semitism was relentless in the 1950s and ’60s. Being called “dirty Jew” or being accused of killing Jesus was fairly routine in school, even among friends. It was painful….
My cell phone rings and Mom’s name flashes on the screen. “I’m ashamed of myself,” she whispers into the phone. “Oh, hi Mom. About what?” I ask. My mother typically begins our phone conversations as if we have been talking for a while. “I played bridge today and was stuck with a real dud for…
Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen in Portland Feb. 10 AC2 An Intimate Evening with Anderson Cooper & Andy Cohen. Join this duo for an unscripted, uncensored and unforgettable night of conversation at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall at 8 pm, Feb. 10. The late night talk show host and the journalist, longtime friends, interview each…
Through Jan. 31 Multnomah Historical Society Display at Multnomah Arts Center. See page 36 Jan 2 Israeli Folk Dancing at Leedy Grange. Learn easy and intermediate level dances led by Sue Wendel. 6:30-7: beginners class; 7-8: easy dances; 8-9 intermediate dances. Leedy Grange, 835 NW Saltzman Road, Portland. Repeats Jan 16 and 30. On Jan…
Nearly 400 people turned out to hear The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg speak about this year’s historic presidential campaign at the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Gala Celebration: 2016 Election Edition with Jeffrey Goldberg on Oct. 26. Speaking before the election when polls indicated Donald Trump would lose, Goldberg urged people to not dismiss Trump’s…
Museum fundraiser presents Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin This year’s annual theater fundraiser for the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education is not only a theater event, it is a musical tour of Jewish and American history. OJMCHE presents Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin at the Dec. 18 matinee at Portland Center Stage…
Through Dec. 30 Hershey Felder is Irving Berlin at Portland Center Stage. Experience the remarkable story of “America’s Composer.” Felder takes us from the depths of anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia to New York’s Lower East Side – and ultimately throughout America and the world. 503-445-3700, pcs.org Through Jan. 1 Exhibit: Andy Warhol: Prints from the…
Brian Suher and Arnold Roth share a connection no one wants to have – they both lost loved one’s to a terrorist bomb. Arnold Roth, whose 15-year-old daughter was killed in a 2001 bombing in Jerusalem, seemed a natural choice for the first Yoni Suher (z”l) Memorial Scholar-in-Residence program, according to Yoni’s uncle, Brian, currently…
