Beautiful Ashland makes a great getaway with enough indoor and outdoor activities to keep the whole family happy. Home to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival with its Elizabethan stage and variety of plays, the compact city is the perfect place to kick back and have it all. Browse the shops or sip wine at an outdoor…
With its pristine environment, breathtaking scenery and wealth of outdoor activities, Bend is one of the most popular vacation destinations in the Pacific Northwest. No matter what the season, visitors can enjoy a diverse range of activities such as cross-country skiing, hiking and even llama-riding. Young professionals, families and active retirees are increasingly finding their…
In these hard times that have come to be known as the Great Recession, many Americans have been scaling back their travel plans. The staycation, or vacationing near or even at home, has steadily gained in popularity. It may not be as glamorous as a traditional vacation, but there’s no reason it can’t be a…
The three Jewish co-founders of Alum.ni have moved from Israel to Portland to start their innovative online platform for alumni networks. Alum.ni is an online social network that provides alumni with tools to keep in touch, network and better leverage their connections. Edoe Cohen, Ori Weiss and Pauline Vorms were tired of inadequate alumni platforms…
When Portlanders enjoy hearing journalist E.J. Dionne at Congregation Beth Israel on May 5, they may recall other speakers in the annual Oseran Family Lecture series. The syndicated Washington Post columnist and National Book Award nominee follows greats including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Michael Chabon and national correspondent Jeffrey Goldberg….
Come one, come all. The Portland Mitzvah Network’s website is up, running and waiting for you to join. Sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and developed by representatives throughout the Jewish community, this online, easy-to-use, automated matchmaker provides one-stop shopping for hands- on volunteer opportunities. Visit portlandmitzvah.org and check out the setup. Volunteers…
Having just celebrated Israel’s 65th birthday, I wanted to take you back and remind you about Israel’s symbols – where do they come from and how long have they been around. THE FLAG OF ISRAEL: The official flag of the State of Israel represents the state, its sovereignty, its institutions and its citizens, in Israel…
When Brian Yablon was 8 years old, his father taught him an important lesson: support of israel is not only a matter of words – it is something you do. Yablon, the new chair of Oregon AIPAC, remembers it well. it was 1973. the Yom Kippur War had broken out. the family came home from…
A project to aid impoverished women and children in rural Honduras is rooted in Oregon. Eugene native Shmuel Rubinstein spent 1998-99 living and working in Israel through Project OTZMA thanks to funding from Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. He says the value of tikkun olam (healing the world), which he learned growing up at Eugene’s…
Realtors know that spiffed-up homes sell faster and for more money, so they sometimes recommend hiring a staging company to spruce them up. But all it takes, really, to vastly improve the look of a home going on the market is some elbow grease, serious decluttering and fresh color. Curb appeal is what gets potential…
