BY PRISCILLA KOSTINER Seventeen years ago, Dr. Merritt Linn created an award to honor Rabbi Stampfer on the 50th anniversary of his ordination. This year, Gary and Carolyn Weinstein will receive the Joshua Stampfer Community Enrichment Award. For the first several years, the dinner event was held at outside venues; but in 2014, the celebration was permanently…
When Michael Weiner and Kathy Davis-Weiner decided to downsize from a 4,300-square-foot Lake Oswego home to a 1,972-square-foot urban condo, they had an unusual quandary. It wasn’t that they wouldn’t have room when their children visited with their families. “We have occasional visits from our four kids and two grandkids, who live in four different…
In recognition of decades of volunteerism and philanthropic leadership, Portland Realtor Carolyn Weinstein will receive the Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award this fall at the International Lion of Judah Conference (see sidebar at https://orjewishlife.com/lion-of-judah-award/). Carolyn began her volunteer career as a Sunday School teacher at Congregation Neveh Shalom and as fundraising chair for the March of Dimes Ventura…
The Kipnis-Wilson/Friedland Award honors the extraordinary contribution of Norma Kipnis-Wilson and Toby Friedland (z”l), the founders of the Lion of Judah, and the women from around the country who continue to embody the spirit and vision of Lion of Judah through a commitment to tzedakah and tikkun olam. The Lions pin was created in 1972…
