Glen Coblens of Portland was named the Head Coach of the Team USA Men’s Over 45 Basketball Team for the 21st Maccabiah Games in Israel – which will take place in July 2022. The Maccabiah Games, also known as the Jewish Olympics, are the third largest international multi-sport event in the world. This will be Coblens’…
The London Olympics came to a close in what Israelis regard as a resounding and painful thud. The games began under a shadow with the offensive refusal of the International Olympic Committee to officially observe a moment of silence on the 40th anniversary of the Munich Olympic massacre in which 11 Israelis were killed by…
On Oct. 18 one of five Israeli athletes who survived the Munich Massacre at the Olympics 40 years ago will speak in Portland. Chabad of Oregon’s Benaroya Jewish Learning Academy will host former Olympic fencer Dan Alon at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center for an evening program. Alon recently authored a book on his harrowing…
LEARNED HAND AWARDS – The Oregon Area Jewish Committee presented its Learned Hand awards at a luncheon on June 13 at the Governor Hotel. Julia E. Markley of Perkins Coie LLP (left) received the Emerging Leadership Award, and Henry H. Hewitt of Stoel Rives LLP received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Oregon Supreme Court Justice Rives…
