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Region’s Reconstructionists invite community to explore how ‘place’ impacts identity

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:59:53 -0800

On Jan. 29, Havurah Shalom invites the community to join members of Pacific Northwest Reconstructionist congregations for a Jewish Day of Learning—Yom Iyun. read more »

Riverdale seniors from PJA heal world in India

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:56:23 -0800

Three Portland Jewish Academy graduates who are now seniors at Riverdale High School were part of a 12-student group from Riverdale that spent three weeks in India read more »

Layla Smackdown: ‘Roller derby is my temple’

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:50:04 -0800

Any day of the week here in Portland that you happen to run into Alix Zimmermann—two final n’s, the Jewish spelling, she says—right away you hear in her voice traces of her native Lawn Guyland. read more »

New era begins in reporting of Jewish community news

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:37:24 -0800

With the closure of the Jewish Review comes a new era in communication within the Jewish community. read more »

New school honors two couples Feb. 11

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:33:55 -0800

By Ma’ayan HaTorah, a new community day school in Portland, will be honoring two families at a Saturday night celebration Feb. 11 read more »

A half century and then some of the Jewish Review

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:18:50 -0800

Portland 1959. Not the scene we know today. Not according to a 1957 survey taken by the Jewish Welfare Federation of Portland, now known as the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. Out of a population of 570,000, they said, 7,892 were Jews. read more »

Matchmaker, matchmaker find me a volunteer online

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:54:00 -0800

Volunteers are the lifeblood of Jewish Portland’s synagogues, schools, senior facilities and social services. There are thousands of opportunities to do a mitzvah, whether that act of goodness takes a day or a lifetime. read more »

Morah Dina turns 80

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:35:26 -0800

This month Dina Feuer celebrates her 80th birthday at a party in her home’s “Seder Room,” a large multipurpose room added to their house specifically for Pesach Seders and other simcha events. read more »

Friedman steps back from Israel lobby remark

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:20:08 -0800

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman said that he should have used a more “precise term” when he wrote that congressional ovations for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were “bought and paid for by the Israel lobby.” read more »

Insights to Health expands with third naturopathic physician

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:11:43 -0800

Founded by Neveh Shalom members and naturopathic physicians Gil and Christie Winkelman, N.D., in November 2008, Insights to Health Clinic in Multnomah Village has hired another physician read more »

MJCC Living Room Fund gets grant to help groups use center

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 11:01:29 -0800

The Mittleman Jewish Community Center’s Living Room Fund received a $1,000 grant in December from the Community Endowment Fund of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation. read more »

Israelis focus on Beit Shemesh violence aimed at women

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:53:56 -0800

For several years now, the Jerusalem suburb of Beit Shemesh has been the site of on-again, off-again religious violence. read more »

Review’s last editor continued paper’s traditions

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:47:41 -0800

When Paul Haist arrived at the Jewish Review in 1992, the paper announced he would “continue to serve the Jewish community with high quality journalism.” read more »

Event planner returns to Portland

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:36:07 -0800

Melissa Bloom has returned to Portland to start her own business as an event planner focusing on giving back to the community that gave her so much. read more »

Chabad gives ‘family base’ to Eugene's Jewish students

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:33:22 -0800

Exactly a year ago this month, a new rabbi showed up in Eugene to take over the helm of the local Chabad chapter. read more »

January talks explore Alzheimer’s

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:26:05 -0800

Rose Schnitzer Manor at Cedar Sinai Park will present “Mind Matters,” a series of lectures exploring new research in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and the effects of music on brain chemistry and function. read more »

Maimonides to honor Gersham Goldstein at March 22 auction

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:23:40 -0800

At its annual auction March 22, Maimonides Jewish Day School will honor long-time supporter Gersham Goldstein. read more »

FINAL EDITION: Review lived up to its mission

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:13:30 -0800

With this edition, the Jewish Review comes to the end of its 53 years of service to a family of readers in Portland, across Oregon and in southwest Washington. read more »

Q back Jan. 28

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:05:14 -0800

The Q, the fun trivia event that benefits youth programs in Oregon, returns for a fourth year at 8 p.m., Jan. 28 read more »

Teamwork with community, among students key for MJDS

admin — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:02:57 -0800

Maimonides Jewish Day School takes its partnership with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland—to enhance Jewish education for the benefit of the entire Jewish community—very seriously. read more »