The Red Electric Bridge, a part of the Red Electric Trail is now completed and ready for use. The Red Electric Bridge, located in Southwest Portland between SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway and SW Capitol Highway, provides pedestrians and people biking with a direct, car-free link to these main streets through a forested gulch. The bridge was developed,…
Growing up in Seattle Naomi Malka attended Hebrew School and Hebrew High, but she doesn’t recall anyone mentioning the mikvah. “I knew Judaism said something about marital sex and how the mikvah connected with that – I thought it sounded like a cool secret ritual,” says Naomi of her reaction to hearing about the mikvah…
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…
When I was young, I often visited my grandmother in the nursing home where she lived after a series of strokes left her unable to live alone. While the nursing home was bright and clean, it felt like a hospital. After she died, I often heard my parents say they hoped they wouldn’t have to…
