PHOTO: Participants at last year’s camp for young adults. Photo by Yoav Magid Who says summer camp is just for kids? Now young adults can relive (or discover) the unwired fun, creativity and friendship of Jewish summer camp. Presented by Moishe House, Camp Nai Nai Nai offers a weekend of adventure for young adults in…
PHOTO: The fifth cohort of the Tivnu: Building Justice program arrived in Portland in late August. Upon their arrival, participants completed construction training, where they learned skills that they have used on the job site building tiny homes at Agape Village. In its relatively short lifetime, Portland’s Tivnu: Building Justice has won the attention…
PHOTO: Adam and Gila Milstein, center, at the 2018 AIPAC Student Reception. The Adam and Gila Milstein Family Foundation is collecting submissions for its second Innovation Competition, which will help fund a never-been-done-before, out-of-the-box idea, initiative, project, program or event to advance pro-Israel advocacy on college campuses. This is the second year of the Milstein…
PHOTO: Laurie Rogoway and Kathy Davis-Weiner present the first Laurie Rogoway Outstanding Jewish Professional Award to Andy Gitelson of Oregon Hillel in 2015. The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland established the Laurie Rogoway Outstanding Jewish Professional Award five years ago to honor our esteemed colleague and friend Laurie Rogoway, a pillar of Jewish professional leadership…
PHOTO: Pink Shabbatluck at the Moishe House in Sydney, Australia, Feb16, 2018. The world’s largest peer-led program for post-college-age Jews is teaming up with the leading organization for Jewish cancer education to get young Jews thinking about inherited risks of breast, ovarian and other cancers. Moishe House and Sharsheret are collaborating on a nation-wide effort…
In a world where mattresses are customized to people’s bodies, coffee drinks reflect elaborate personal tastes, and nearly any product can be ordered and delivered with a click of a button, meaningful volunteer work now can be catered to participants in the same way. That’s the mentality behind Repair the World’s new, fun online quiz,…
Here Next Year, in partnership with Nefesh B’Nefesh, hosted its 5th annual Israel Fair Saturday night, Dec. 22, in the center of Jerusalem. The fair is designed to help young potential Olim, currently in their gap year, learn about their options for IDF service, Israel National Service (Sherut Leumi), Ulpan, and higher education in Israel….
PHOTO: Tivnu gap year participants (from left) Devida Osher, Erik Walter, Tamir Eisenbach-Budner and Josh Grobart stand in front of one of the tiny homes under construction at Agape Village. The homes are raised to reduce problems with rodents. A Jewish gap year program based in Portland is working with a church and local nonprofit…
PHOTO: Refounding fathers of Sigma Alpha Mu at University of Oregon. By Sam Klebanow Many students find a second home at Oregon Hillel. Hillel is an organization for Jewish students, and its mission is to provide a Jewish home away from home and enrich the lives of students so that they may enhance the lives of…
Photo: Larry Levy and his wife Pamela Lindholm-Levy are sponsoring a May symposium at Portland State University dedicated to the theme of Jews and violence in antiquity. MJCC hosts College Info Night and Fair College Info Night and Fair is set for 6:30 pm, Jan. 15, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol…
