For his directorial debut, veteran producer and writer James Schamus chose a Philip Roth novel set during a turning point in the Jewish-American experience. “Indignation” unfolds in 1951, when opportunities and prospects for young Jewish professionals were just beginning to expand. “You discover when you start to inhabit that world that there was a genuine…
Sara Wasserteil, 31, a Portland native, has been named to the fifth annual “Double Chai in the Chi: 36 Under 36” list of young Jewish movers and shakers in Chicago. Presented by JUF’s Young Leadership Division and Oy!Chicago — an outreach website for Chicago 20- and 30-somethings—the list shines a spotlight on the faces of…
B’nai B’rith Camp is planning its first-ever weekend for adults ages 23-35. Young adults are invited to enjoy a weekend of camp fun, adult-style, Aug. 26-28 near Lincoln City on the Oregon coast. Last Day of Camp is a full weekend of the summer camp experience you remember, but without the training wheels. This weekend…
JERUSALEM – Leading international breast cancer researchers attending a Soroka Medical Center and Israel Healthcare Foundation symposium addressing the question: “Should Ashkenazi Jews or even the general population be tested routinely for inherited predisposition to breast cancer?” concluded that the current testing model focusing on family history isn’t working and that data shows that half…
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education purchases the former Museum of Contemporary Craft from PNCA Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Executive Director Judy Margles and Board Chair Elaine Coughlin announced today (July 6) the signing of a purchase agreement for the facilities at 724 NW Davis in Portland –…
Photo by Kfir Sivan Joining a growing international trend, the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality recently opened Tel & Take, Israel’s first library of things. Tel Aviv residents can borrow stuff like drills, picnic tables, camping equipment or pet carriers for a contribution of 10 NIS (less than $3). The list of objects in the library was…
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education members packed the museum’s theater for OJMCHE June 29 annual meeting. Out-going president David Newman (inset) announced that the museum was close finalizing the purchase a permanent home for the museum, news that was confirmed on July 6 (see story). The meeting was also the opportunity to…
Oregon’s first long-term care residence created in partnership with the innovative Green House Project will open in late July at the campus of Cedar Sinai Park in Southwest Portland. It is the first of four 12-resident households, with the rest to be completed early in 2017. CSP is currently scheduling community tours to take place…
Photo of Jupiter courtesy of NASA’s NSSDCA Photo Gallery From the Weizmann Institute of Science On July 4, NASA’s Juno spacecraft will be entering orbit around Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System. Its extended trip – more than 2 billion kilometers over nearly five years – will be over, but its work…
PHOTO: Shown at Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2016, from left, are SolCold CMO Gadi Grotes, BwareIT founder Konstantin Berezin, Sonorapy head of business development Noemie Alliel, PresenTense Israel CEO Guy Spigelman, Mercu-Removal founder-CTO Zach Barnea, Sensilize cofounder Robi Stark, Waseem Abu Salem of Loop, and Sesame Enable cofounder Oded Ben Dov. By Abigail Klein Leichman…
