EDITOR’S NOTE: This version is updated from the February print edition to reflect Carol Leifer’s presence at the Academy Awards March 4. NPR’s Susan Stamberg will be the featured guest at the MJCC’s annual Friends of the Center Brunch. Carol Leifer promises Portlanders “a laugh and a heartlight moment” on March 4. Carol had planned…
In the historic Alberta Arts Neighborhood of Northeast Portland, developers have had their eye on a modest wooden building that once served as a home for Jewish community in NE Portland. While home builders see a demolition and million dollar houses being built, members of Portland’s eastside Jewish communities see a building with a history…
PHOTO Portland teen Maya Rayle shows off the gold medal she won in the 800-meter race at the 20th Maccabiah Games in Israel this summer. On her left is Noa Yaish is from Israel with the silver medal; on her right is American teammate Rylee Pustilnik with the bronze. Portland teen Maya Rayle won a…
Attorney Edie Rogoway Wins OCDLA President’s Award Attorney Edie Rogoway was named the recipient of the 2017 Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association’s President’s award for her pro bono work organizing volunteer attorneys and interpreters to assist people affected by President Trump’s Muslim travel-ban Executive Order. The award acknowledged Ms. Rogoway for “… standing up for…
PHOTO: The winners of last year’s Kishka Klassic, from left: Jonathan Singer, Evan Bernstein, Les Gutfreund and Brad Stern. On Sept. 10, NCSY will host its 4th annual Kishka Klassic Golf Tournament. The event is set up as a four-person scramble and includes 18 holes of golf, green fees, golf carts, a BBQ lunch, a dessert…
Jordana Levenick rappelled down the 24-story 1000 Broadway Buildings on July 15 supporting Girls Inc. Team Be Bold. As of July 17 Jordana’s feat has brought in $3,959, exceeding her goal of $3,750. But she still hopes more people will donate to help all girls to be strong, smart and bold. Jordana is the incoming…
PHOTO: Israel Sci-Tech Schools Director General Zvi Peleg, left, talks to students in the Air Force program in Kfar Saba. Israel Sci-Tech Schools, the largest independent network of science and technology educational institutions in Israel, will convene an international conference on Nov. 29 in Jerusalem that will focus on correcting global deficiencies in STEM…
Activists in the Boycott, Divest and Sanction campaign against Israel frequently inject their cause into diverse social justice campaigns implying that those who stand for the oppressed should also stand for Palestinians. LGBT and animal rights groups, as well as churches, have had their debate or even official platforms appropriated by the BDS Movement. The…
After 64 years, the Oregon Board of Rabbis held a short ritual ceremony July 24 to close the Portland Ritualarium (aka Portland Community Mikvah), which has served the full spectrum of the Jewish community for 64 years. The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland in partnership with the Oregon Board of Rabbis and others is building…
PHOTO: A SUPER University of Washington event on campus to commemorate the Nakba contained a sign saying, “Nakba, the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” Another sign read “Stolen Land.” Taken all together the signs demonize both Israel and Jews. Source Credit: SUPER UW Facebook Page (May 16, 2016) Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism…
