Reel vs. Real: Media Stereotypes and Islamophobia “Reel vs. Real: Muslim Media Stereotypes and Islamophobia” will look at the American media’s long history of using stereotypes to support foreign policy, military presence abroad and domestic divides. This free April 7 program is presented by Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Muslim Educational Trust,…
Nosh of Jewish Wisdom: There’s a time to be silent and a time to speak up. Know the difference. Dear Helen: I helped get a friend a job after he’d been fired from his last one. I left the final hiring decision to the owner, even though I am the human resources manager, because of…
Through April 9 Davita’s Harp world premiere presented by Jewish Theatre Collaborative at Milagro Theatre, 525 SE Stark, Portland. A new play based on the novel by Chaim Potok. 7:30 pm, Thursday-Saturday; 2 pm, Sunday. jewishtheatrecollaborative.org Through June 13 Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist at OJMCHE. Exhibit features Gruber’s photographs from her groundbreaking reportage of the Soviet…
“Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist” will be on display at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education March 13-June 13. The exhibit celebrates the remarkable life, vision and heroic tenacity of a 20th-century pioneer and trailblazer. Once the world’s youngest Ph.D., Ruth Gruber is now in her 104th year. The film “Ahead of Time: The…
When Rabbi Debra Kolodny wanted to serve Portland’s Jewish community, she started by considering why people come here. Connecting the dots between the city’s low percentage of affiliated Jews on the one hand and political, artistic and environmental activism on the other, she hit on the concept of the UnShul, a way of providing teaching…
Risa Levitt Kohn is going to have to talk fast when she comes to Portland March 13 to speak on “Eve, Feminism and the Jewish Feminist Movement” at this year’s Women’s Day of Jewish Learning. A professor of Hebrew Bible and Judaism at San Diego State University, Risa has a lot to say about Eve….
By Ted Nelson It’s never been a good time for me to visit Israel, and it still isn’t. First, my husband and I were immersed in our lives as parents raising two children and then as caretakers for my dying father. Now my job requires monthly travel to Sweden and China, our daughter and grandson…
Portland Jewish Book Celebration continues The annual Portland Jewish Book Month celebration was expanded this year to reach beyond one book and one month. The six-month celebration that began last November continues with several events in March and April. In March the Mittleman Jewish Community Center hosts its first Authors’ Series. The talks at the…
March 2 Conversos: A presentation by Rabbi Joshua Stampfer, Co-founder of the Society for Crypto Judaic Studies. 7-9 pm at Congregation Beth Israel, 1972 NW Flanders, Portland. 503-222-1069 March 3 Alzheimer’s Association Caregivers Support Group. Open to the whole community, the support group will provide emotional and educational support for caregivers and care partners of…
Only humans imagine the future. Parents make decisions with the present and future in mind. Oregon Jewish Community Foundation does the same. The Life & Legacy program, a partnership of OJCF and the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, helps local organizations promote bequests and estate gifts to the Jewish community to ensure a Jewish future for generations…
