As awareness grows of the essential role grandparents play in the lives of their grandchildren, the Jewish Grandparents Network (JGN) is expanding its offerings and engagement to support families who want to engage in, and even rely on, multi-generational Jewish experiences. JGN’s redesigned website offers grandparents curated, timely, and varied resources to deepen their knowledge. It…
February 19, 2018 And there it is. The look. The look I knew I would see. And I will get it again and again, from this moment forward. I just didn’t expect it to happen so quickly. As my family checked into our hotel tonight, after two nights of choppy, if any sleep, countless hours…
A child is born. It is perfection, a miracle. Often long before the birth, we have begun creating a vision for our child’s future. She will grow up to have a full and satisfying life, independent and whole. Then comes the shock. Something is wrong with my child! As the realization that something is wrong…
Over the years Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation has gone through a lot of changes. With more members than ever (53 Jewish high school students), we focused on group work and made other changes to accommodate all the budding philanthropists. For example, we created three groups based on experience in OJCYF: Lomdim (apprentices), Bonim (builders)…
A zipline tops fifth-grader Javier Vollmayer’s list. Jared Norman wants a GaGa Pit. In fact, everyone at the Residential Camp Fair held at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center Jan. 12 had something special in mind for this summer’s fun. The Jewish camp experience, an important indicator of future attachment and engagement with the community, was…
To the residents of Lincoln City, the Day Camp at B’nai B’rith Camp is a hidden treasure. To the Jewish community, it epitomizes the spirit of performing a mitzvah and strives to achieve tikkun olam. Born in 2006 as a trailblazing effort to fulfill a community need, BB Day Camp is a thriving, unique camp…
The subject of women’s health is naturally tied to a bat mitzvah – for age 12 is when the average young woman will start to experience the time our hormones awaken. The average woman today may want to run away from all of the conflicting information and avoid doctors altogether! Beginning with menses – even…
Make the High Holidays meaningful for children The Days of Awe are an auspicious time of year for parents to connect with their children. The contrast of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and the days of reflection that bind them together present parent and child alike with a profusion of opportunities for joy, growth and…
With summer around the corner, parents and kids can start gearing up for some fun local activities that they may not have tried before. For locals and tourists alike, summer in Oregon has a magical quality. Restaurants spill onto the streets, serving fresh bread and local cuisine at sidewalk tables, kids who are almost translucent…
The Jewish Theatre Collaborative presents The Loman Family Picnic by Don Margulies, a hysterically funny drama/musical of a 1960s’ Jewish family coming apart at the seams as they struggle for the American Dream and prepare for their son’s bar mitzvah. It’s 1965. Herbie is chronically overworked and underpaid; his wife, Doris, tells herself she loves…
