A young couple who met at Portland’s Moishe House realizes that building a foundation for a solid marriage and planning a wedding to celebrate that union both take time and effort. Just a month into their engagement, Rochelle Schwartz, 30, and Ryan Abitz, 36, have already learned the two rules of wedding planning. Rule number…
PHOTO: University of Oregon Ducks at the Golan Heights at the start of their Birthright experience with Oregon Hillel. Over the holiday break Oregon Hillel sent 19 students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University to travel through Israel on their free Winter Taglit: Birthright Trip. Joining Oregon’s Ducks and Beavers were 14…
Pacific Northwest native files report from Colorado college town By David Kravitz The fourth annual “Interfaith Friendsgiving” was hosted by Colorado State University Hillel in partnership with the Geller Center, Lutheran Campus Ministry, Key Communities, Multifaith and Belief Student Council, and Fort Collins Interfaith Council. The Geller Center is a local organization that teaches nonviolent…
PHOTO: Oregon Hillel staff (from left) Loren Murphy, Brittany Lenhart, Rachel Chodorow-Reich and Andy Gitelson accept the Hillel International Campus Partner of the Year award on behalf of Oregon Hillel. Oregon and Greater Portland Hillel representatives were among the more than 1,100 Hillel professionals, partners and stakeholders who gathered in Denver Dec. 4-7 for…
Oregon Hillel is on track to impact a record number of students this year. By Nov. 1 more than 400 students (325 at the University of Oregon and 77 at Oregon State University) had connected with Hillel at one of the many programs, events and Shabbat dinners, or through one-on-one interactions with Oregon Hillel’s staff…
By Alex Raphael StandWithUs, an Israel education organization, has offered students at more than 80 North American universities the opportunity to apply for the Emerson Fellowship since 2001. Our role as Emerson Fellows and as student leaders in pro-Israel or Jewish clubs is to bring events to campus that educate our fellow students about Israel….
One of the greatest challenges for new college students can be finding a place on campus where they feel at home and can form a community in an unfamiliar place. As the center for Jewish life on 550 college campuses around the world, Hillel can help ease students into the college experience and provide ways…
This summer Sarit Cahana’s passion for Judaism, social justice and advocacy brought her to Washington, D.C., for the Machon Kaplan program at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism. Sarit is the daughter or Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana and Cantor Ida Rae Cahana of Portland’s Congregation Beth Israel. “We are very proud,” says Rabbi…
PHOTO: Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-CA), second from left, poses with three Planned Parenthood summer interns at in Washingtion, D.C., including Melissa Diamond of Portland (second from right). Two Portland sisters are spending their summer on opposite sides of the country, but both are serving internships with Planned Parenthood. Melissa Diamond, the daughter…
Hillel at the Oregon State University is finally off the ground thanks to a grant that has funded a part-time position for a staff member on campus. Until winter term began in January, a staff person from Hillel at University of Oregon would shuttle between Eugene and Corvallis, bringing limited programming but also a growing…
