As we celebrate the holiday of sukkot, we are reminded that many people in our community lack shelter and food. This year the Eastside Jewish Commons is holding a sukkot open house event each night of the holiday (October 13-20). Each night one or more eastside families will open their sukkot to the community for…
Photo: Steve Reinisch, Eddy Shuldman and Gary Pearlman. Gary Pearlman, Steve Reinisch and Eddy Shuldman have been selected as this year’s recipients of the Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Community Enrichment Award. The three honorees have used their talents to make substantial contributions to the fields of art and education in the local area. Established to honor…
Photo: Oregon Holocaust Memorial. Photos courtesy of Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. Six Oregonian women – five of them Holocaust survivors and one the daughter of a survivor – gathered in 1994 to discuss creating a Holocaust memorial in Portland. It would honor all their lost family members and also the multitude…
Dear Helen I help writing a speech. I am an adult woman (45 in November) who decided to fulfill her lifelong dream of being b’nai mitzvah. Long family drama short: my father died before my 13th birthday and my grandparents and mother were in such shock that the whole celebration was cancelled as inappropriate. In…
Most of us were introduced to marshmallows around a campfire when someone handed us a decadent treat with the fluffy white confection sandwiched between golden graham crackers with melted chocolate oozing out – behold the s’more. Today, gourmet marshmallows are popping up as party favors and at candy stations at bar and bat mitzvahs across…
Oregon Jewish Community Foundation has created a new program designed to instill the tradition of giving at a formative time in a young person’s life. B’nai Tzedek Teen Charitable Giving Funds encourage teens to become involved in tzedakah by establishing an OJCF fund for Jewish charitable giving at the time of their bar or bat…
Photo: Olivia Schottenstein’s bat mitzvah service with WOW, from Rosh Hodesh Tamuz 2018. Photo courtesy Hila Shiloni Rosner For many young women, preparing for one’s bat mitzvah ceremony can be daunting: learning the intricate trope to confidently chant the Torah portion, bracing oneself to deliver a speech before the congregation, considering the weight of becoming…
SUBSCRIPTION CLOTHING BOXES ARE ALL THE RAGE Do you hate to go clothes shopping? Did you know that you can have clothing and accessories delivered to your door each month that have been custom picked for you by a stylist? It’s true! Today you can get monthly subscription boxes filled with makeup, books, food, pet…
Photo: Three of Mark’s relatives (Molly, Phil and Irene) who worked for Al Capone in the 1930s attended Mark’s bar mitzvah in 1961 (at right). Mark’s grandfather Philip Lewin with Mark’s mom Shirlie; and from left, Shirlie (mom), Malvena “Molly” Mandel (great grandmother), Mark and Irene Lewin (grandmother). At age 11, Mark Padgett was paid…
Photo: Bagels and borscht (and a whole lot more) are on the menu at Beetroot Market & Deli. Photos by Sonya Sanford A modern Jewish deli and specialty food store opened in Northwest Portland Aug. 21. Beetroot Market & Deli owner and Executive Chef Sonya Sanford describes the deli as “a warm, nourishing and safe…
