The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University welcomes Ayelet Waldman to campus for its 2016 Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Lecture. This is the renowned author and journalist’s only Portland appearance; she last came to town in 2009. For the Ninth Cogan Lecture, Waldman presents “There’s No Business Like Shoah Business:…
Very few American Jews marry before they finish college. And even high school sweethearts are usually prepared to wait – or are convinced by their parents to do so – until they turn 21. In Israel, with university coming after a lengthy post-high school period (including army service, travel, making up for screw-ups in high…
By Becca Marx This year over the academic spring break, the Oregon Hillel Foundation will take college students to do a community service trip in San Marcos, Texas. Students attending the University of Oregon and Oregon State University are thrilled to take part in this tikkun olam, repairing the world, initiative! The trip is in…
PHOTO: Past, current and future presidents of Cedar Sinai Park break ground for new senior housing. Robison Jewish Health Center received the highest possible overall rating of five stars in U.S. News & World Report’s fifth annual Best Nursing Homes, the day before the senior campus it sits on broke ground for a new, even…
WHAT: Jewish Family & Child Service’s Celebrating Our Caring Community Luncheon WHEN: May 19, 11:30 am-1 pm WHERE: Multnomah Athletic Club FEATURING: Stephen Elliott COST: FREE RESERVATIONS: Visit jfcs-portland.org or call 503-226-7079, ext. 111 to reserve your free tickets.
(Originally published in the Jerusalem Report Magazine) Most American Jews are well aware of the alarming upsurge in European anti-Semitism. In fact, Jewish advocacy organizations on this side of the Atlantic have become quite vocal in demanding that European governments combat this spreading scourge. Ironically, when it comes to the rise in anti-Semitism in our…
Oregon-grown Corie Hinton is a muralist who specializes in interior and exterior walls. If you can think it, Corie can create it. Talking Walls, the name Corie has given her business, was a process that took her a few years to figure out. Her time in the Peace Corps was pivotal to making that happen….
Five years ago B’nai B’rith Camp introduced an inclusion program named Kehila (community) so that all children, even those with disabilities, could have a Jewish camp experience. Several campers have graduated from the one-week session to attend multiple weeks, and even the 15-day wilderness trek, very successfully. This year, thanks to two selective grants, BB…
As a judge of the Voices Israel poetry competition, Portland poet and artist Willa Schneberg listened to the diverse voices of some 300 poets and also shared her own voice with the members of a group dedicated to English poetry in Israel. Willa says through both the poems and homestays, she learned that “the diversity…
BrainTech 2015, a global conference to explore ways in which brain technology will change the human landscape, was held in Tel Aviv March 11-12. The conference was organized by Israel’s brain initiative, Israel Brain Technologies, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to advance Israel’s neurotechnology industry by accelerating neuro-innovation and fostering international collaboration. President Shimon…
