Through Nov. 8 Auto|Biography, an OJMCHE exhibition that explores the social phenomenon of Jews and their cars. Regular exhibition gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday 10:30 am-4 pm, Friday 10:30 am-3 pm, and Saturday and Sunday noon-4 pm. Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for students and seniors, and free for members and children under…
A community-wide memorial service for Charlie Schiffman is scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 12 at 7:30 pm at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. The entire Jewish community is invited. Special thanks to Rabbis Motti Wilhelm and Joshua Stampfer, along with the Schiffman family, for their help and support in putting this together. Charlie Schiffman (Tzadok Reuven…
PHOTOS: Adinah Miller, left, and Rebecca Mather, right Tivnu: Building Justice has hired Adinah Miller as the group’s new Program Director. She has been the Dean of Jewish Life for the last six years at the American Hebrew Academy, the Jewish boarding school in North Carolina. She has a wealth of Jewish knowledge and practical experience,…
Jemi Kostiner Mansfield has been hired as the new Director of Spiritual Life for the Cedar Sinai Park campus. Jemi began her role on July 6, overseeing the Judaic content on the campus, organizing volunteers to lead Shabbat and holiday services and coordinating with Life Enrichment to present a well-rounded roster of programming designed to…
After a four-month national search that resulted in several well-qualified candidates, Shir Tikvah’s Steering Committee is pleased to announce that Debbi Bodie has accepted the role of Executive Director of Congregation Shir Tikvah. Debbi started her new job June 24. “Debbi brings us over 20 years of Jewish professional leadership and management experience in Portland….
The Board of Directors announced the appointment of Carrie Hoops to the position of executive director at Jewish Family & Child Service. Hoops has served as interim executive director since April 2014 and has been key in planning the recently announced consolidation of JFCS and Cedar Sinai Park, a human services agency in Portland focused…
PHOTO: Renee and Irwin Holzman On June 10 more than 120 people gathered in Rose Schnitzer Manor’s Zidell Hall at Cedar Sinai Park for OJCF’s Annual Reception to honor Renee and Irwin Holzman, the foundation’s 2015 Legacy Society Honorees. Guests also had the opportunity to learn about what is ahead for OJCF in the…
PHOTO: OJMCHE BOARD MEMBERS: Miriam Greenstein addresses the crowd while Kathleen Derrick awaits her turn to speak. The first meeting of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education took place on June 22, 2015, at the Multnomah Athletic Club. Well over 100 people enjoyed lunch while listening to upbeat reports about the…
(Photo of CSP CEO David Fuks by One Click Studio) At Cedar Sinai Park’s 95th annual meeting June 11, the CSP board unanimously approved the consolidation of Jewish Family & Child service with CSP, a proposal that had previously been approved unanimously by the JFCS board. The consolidation will make operations, endowment and development more…
