PHOTO: Abayudaya singer/songwriter and youth leader Rachman Nachman, of Uganda, chats with P’nai Or of Portland members Hilda and Bill Welch, Baruch Morris, Joanie Levine, YehudahWinter and Jacob Elder, who spent several months in Uganda studying indigenous healing arts and visited with the Abayudaya community for Rosh Hashanah 2014. Abayudaya Afro-rap artist and youth…
PHOTO: 1917 Willys Knight Touring Car, c. 1917. Gift of Harriet and George Bodner OJM 2162 “Auto | Biography – Portraits of People With Cars” will be on exhibit July 1-Nov. 8 at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. An opening party is planned at the museum 6-8 pm, Wednesday, July 8. The…
For two months, from June 19 to Aug. 23, Mikdash Portland will be renting a funky, old house in the Irvington neighborhood of Portland, transforming it from a 1900’s single-family home into a communal hub for Jewish life and experience on Portland’s eastside. Equipped with a backyard and dining room, an open kitchen and plenty of common space, this house, dubbed…
After two years of studying together, the first graduating class of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning in Eugene gathered together with their families and friends on June 5 for their graduation ceremony. The 30 Eugene graduates are part of 3,000 Melton students in 52 sites around the world graduating this season. Florence…
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s 95th Annual Meeting on June 9 at Rose Schnitzer Manor featured an inspiring talk by Avraham Infeld, who has invested a lifetime enhancing Jewish education and identity. In introducing Avraham, JFGP CEO and President Marc Blattner said that when he first met Avraham in 1993, he had an ah-ha…
From left, Ken Bailey, Matthew Rolland and Rabbi Ariel Stone with the texts ready to be buried on May 31 Jewish Cemetery at Riverview. On a sunny day at the end of May, more than 40 members and friends of Congregation Shir Tikvah gathered at the Jewish cemetery at Riverview. Following ancient tradition, they…
(Photo by Carole Glauber) The Jewish Women’s Round Table presented the 23rd Annual Song of Miriam awards to 19 women June 7. The Song of Miriam Awards honor women who volunteer their time and energy to ensure the continuity and vibrancy of the Jewish community of Oregon and Southwest Washington. This annual event is sponsored…
My Own Top 10 This past Wednesday night was David Letterman’s final late night show. Beyond his wit and humor, and along with wonderful and talented celebrity/musical/pet guests, were his daily Top 10 lists. According to reports, the first Top 10 list aired on September 18, 1985 (see below), a far cry from what they…
While Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin’s Jewish journey might seem exotically diverse to the casual observer, he describes each step as a natural progression. He says his upcoming “redeployment” from senior rabbi to rabbi emeritus at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene will be just as organic. “I loved music as a child and I loved spirituality,” says…
This summer will see major transitions in the rabbinical staff at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene. A fresh new face will appear in the person of Rabbi Ruhi Sophia Motzkin Rubenstein, a musically gifted social activist from Saratoga Springs, NY, and a recent graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College. Rabbi Ruhi Sophia has signed on…
