Julie Diamond, who has been at the helm of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation as its executive director since 2010, is retiring and will begin serving the foundation as a consultant starting July 1. (Effective May 1, Chief Financial Officer Chris Vitron began serving as interim CEO and OJCF has begun the search for…
Photo: The Floom Family. If you are lucky, you have friends whose parents welcome you as part of the family. Lily Floom was one of those people. The Floom southwest Portland home was a gathering place for their friends, and their children’s friends, and was filled with laughter, and raucous competitions of Pictionary and…
On May 5, the rabbi of the Portland Kollel sent the following message: A Personal Letter From Rabbi Tzvi and Esther Fischer Over the past 15 years, our family has had the great opportunity to be engaged in building our Portland community through the Portland Kollel. Watching the Kollel community grow from its infancy into…
The Oregon Jewish Community Foundation is pleased to continue its long partnership with the Harold Grinspoon Foundation’s LIFE & LEGACY initiative for the first North American Legacy Donor Appreciation Event. This virtual event will take place on May 25 at 4:30 pm and will celebrate the 18,000 donors from 71 communities who have made legacy commitments through the initiative. This includes local donors who have made more than 550 legacy commitments to Jewish organizations in Oregon and…
An important message was sent by Mark Berkovitch, president of Ahavath Achim on April 18: Dear Congregation Ahavath Achim Members, I hope this email finds you and your family in good health and that you are finding your connection to Judaism and to our congregation a source of comfort during these difficult times. It…
Over the last year, Oregonians across the state have made an indelible mark on their communities, with so many working selflessly to support and care for others. To honor Oregon’s community heroes, Sunriver Resort is giving away 10 complimentary two-night stays every week for 10 weeks as part of its For the Love campaign….
The pilot for the Portland Street Response (PSR), an innovative non-police response to assist people experiencing houselessness or a behavioral/mental health crisis, hits the streets for the first time on Feb.16. Beginning at 10 am, the team started taking calls dispatched from 911 to offer an alternative to the police for people suffering mental…
By Kym Pokorny | For The Oregonian/OregonLive As freezing weather moves in, gardeners may be worrying about how to protect their plants from the cold. Experts with Oregon State University Extension Service recommend several ways to guard your landscape from frigid conditions. Consider this advice as you prepare your garden for the winter weather expected…
Recently, pet wellness company Honest Paws conducted a study on the most dog-friendly places in America. Guess what? Portland ranked #1 in most dog parks per capita* in the country. Here are some of the key insights about Portland: Portland has over 5 dog parks per 100,000 people, making it the city with the…
Eve and Gadi Levy are the rabissa and rabbi, respectively, at Congregation Ahavath Achim, Portland’s Sephardic Synagogue. Eve is also the executive director at Inspired Jewish Women and the former director of Women’s Programming at Portland Kollel. Eve and Gadi have been such an asset to the Jewish community of Portland, while we will…
