PHOTO: Bella Phillips accepts her Stars for Kids Award at the Janus Youth Programs annual dinner on Nov. 7, 2018. Photo by Peggy Valenti By Lisa Katon Last spring, Bella Phillips, then an eighth-grader at Portland Jewish Academy, organized a Family Fun Run for Janus Youth Programs, raising nearly $2,000 for the organization. Bella orchestrated…
Maimonides Jewish Day School has announced the winners of the Hanukkah Essay Contest the school sponsored for the second year. The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland provided support for the contest, which drew entries from dozens of third- through sixth-graders. Entries came from all three Jewish day schools in Portland and around the state, including…
PHOTO: Eric Kimmel returns to Green Bean Books on Dec. 2 for his annual Hanukkah reading for PJ Library. NOV. 14 PORTLAND JEWISH ACADEMY OPEN HOUSE: 10 am at PJA, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland. Come tour the campus, meet the faculty and see the school that is an inclusive community school providing a…
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…
In December, 20 Portland-area Jewish moms enjoyed a free tour of Israel and came home with new connections to the land of Israel, to Jewish traditions and to the women who shared the experience. Momentum is an eight-day journey through Israel created by the Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project in 2008. Thousands of women from 19…
Bonnie Davis lost her son Adam to Tay-Sachs disease in 2001. Since then, she has been involved in several programs to promote carrier screening, which can reduce the chance of other parents watch- ing their children suffer from one of the 19 recessive genetic diseases known to be more common among Ashkenazi Jews than in…
When I enrolled my sons in Portland Jewish Academy, I had no idea of the myriad benefits I would reap from that involvement. As both a woman and a journalist working in the Jewish press, the connections and experi- ences proved invaluable. Two of those benefits relate directly to the special sections in this edition…
When Portland Jewish Academy launched a school bus to serve families on the east side of the Willamette River, students thrived and parents sighed with relief that they could skip the commute across rush hour-clogged bridges. It’s been so well received that PJA is not only continuing the service this school year, the school is…
Congregation Beth Israel 1972 NW Flanders St. 503-222-2037 www.bethisrael-pdx.org Congregation Beth Israel’s Religious School creates an environment where students in kindergarten through 12th grade learn to be comfortable being Jewish. Younger students (K-5th grade) experience Judaism through their senses; music, art, cooking and stories expose them to the richness of Jewish culture. Intermediate students search…
Winter begins to die, flowers begin to bloom and the sun’s rays start to peek through the clouds. We are ready to dress in simpler, lighter attire. Our thoughts drift to what we might look like in these clothes, and we think about why we just can’t achieve the body we want so badly, no…
