Photo: Eden Alene reacting to the news that she is a finalist in the 2021 Eurovision Song Contest. Israel’s first Eurovision contestant of Ethiopian ancestry was chosen as one of 26 finalists to compete on May 22. By Abigail Klein Leichman In the midst of a war and civil unrest, Israelis rejoiced to…
Sheba Medical Center, Israel’s largest medical center rated by Newsweek as one of the top ten hospitals in the world for the third year running, recently published a study undertaken over three years by its Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology in conjunction with Sheba Genetic Institute and The Genetics Institute in the Tel Aviv…
Photo: Wounded Israeli veterans Yahel Landau and Shoval Sha’ar enjoying their hotel stay at the Kedem Hotel in Haifa Amid the massive rocket attacks on Israeli people from Gaza in the past week, the New York-based nonprofit Belev Echad has already placed 17 Israel Defense Forces (IDF) veterans with PTSD and their families, who…
Photo courtesy Focus Features At the beginning of “Final Account,” you realize that this is unlike any other documentary on the Holocaust that you’ve ever watched. It starts with an elderly gentleman, Hugo Gote, singing a song with the verses, “Sharpen the long knives … so that they go better … into the Jewish…
Amos Meron is a name that many in the community will remember with fond memories. Amos was a Shaliach (emissary from Israel) who in 2011, was brought to Portland to work with the community at large and specifically college-age and young adults. He did a great job of educating people about Israel and was…
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 Last Days,” the Academy Award-winning documentary feature executive produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by James Moll, produced by June Beallor and Ken Lipper, and featuring music by Hans Zimmer, has been remastered and will be available on Netflix beginning May 19, 2021. The film was also re-released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment to…
Portland City Hall, photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. Photo by Jonathan Bach/Portland Business Journal By Jonathan Bach – Staff Reporter, Portland Business Journal A dustup between the mayor’s office and a prominent developer over $5 million shows ongoing tensions over the state of the city. On May 5, Menashe Properties founder Barry Menashe…
Photo: Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm is the executive director of Chabad of Oregon. Three renowned and inspiring international speakers will talk on Zoom about Life After COVID, the initial offering of the inspirational series “Chai-LightTalks,” developed by Rabbi Moshe Wilhelm, executive director of Chabad of Oregon in Portland. Each 18-minute talk will bring meaningful inspiration…
