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Another year of change, gain and loss

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:06:35 -0700

SEPTEMBER 2007

• After 43 years in business, the National Council of Jewish Women’s Council Thrift Shop at Southwest Morrison and 12th streets staged its final storewide sale beginning in September. Once profitable, the thrift shop had been losing about $3,000 a month for the past three years. read more »

American-friendly holiday services offered in Hillsboro

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:32:31 -0700

Last year, American Jews who came to High Holiday services at the Chabad Jewish Center in Hillsboro might have felt a bit overwhelmed by the approximately 150 Israeli families at the services. read more »

Muskin's flying high at 93

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:28:28 -0700

Mel and Elaine Ball returned from Israel to find their travel bug had spread—to Elaine Ball’s 93-year-old mother, Malca Muskin. “You guys go everywhere, I want to go somewhere, too,” Muskin said, when they visited her at Rose Schnitzer Manor. read more »

Student dinner marks birth here of Jewish campus organization

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:38:32 -0700

Lewis and Clark’s student body kicked off its fall semester in a typical co-ed fashion.

Freshmen anxiously meandered around campus, becoming familiar with the place they will call home for the next four years. Upperclassmen confidently reconnected with friends. Professors disseminated syllabi, while involved undergraduates flung flyers at fellow classmates, advertising their programs and organizations of choice. read more »

In Darfur, ‘Money is desperately needed’

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:42:11 -0700

Rabbi Lee Bycel’s keynote address on Darfur capped the community-wide Social Justice Institute held at the MJCC on Sept. 14. read more »

Federal defender says U.S. response to 9/11 damaged basic liberties

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:45:04 -0700

Americans sometimes take liberties for granted—like the right to a fair trial and knowing why you’ve been arrested. On Sept. 11, 75 people gathered at Congregation Havurah Shalom to hear Federal Public Defender Steven Wax discuss why he believes government reaction to the World Trade Center attack seven years ago resulted in damage to these basic liberties. read more »

Blue Knot group gets lowdown on high-tech medicine

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:47:44 -0700

Some of the world’s most exciting biomedical discoveries have originated at the Oregon Medical Laser Center, one of the top biomedical laser research facilities in the world. read more »

Eugene teen: It’s never to early to make a difference

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:07:22 -0700

“I may still be in high school, but I’ve learned that it’s not too early to make a difference in the world,” said Eugene teenager Ahaviah Bessemer after creating and running a basketball camp for Ethiopian youth in Israel. read more »

December trip to take Muslims, Jews, Christians to multifaceted Israel

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:53:30 -0700

On Dec. 28 an interfaith group of local Jewish, Christian and Muslim Americans will depart for Israel for a 12-day visit. Called “An Interfaith Journey of Peace to Israel and Palestine,” the trip is co-sponsored by the Oregon Board of Rabbis, Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon and the Islamic Society of Greater Portland. read more »

Jewish values can get lost in your child’s virtual worlds

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:57:09 -0700

Speaking about Jewish cyber-parenting, Sharon Duke Estroff, author of “Can I Have a Cell Phone for Hanukkah? The Essential Scoop on Raising Modern Jewish Kids,” said her book is a culmination of teaching at a Jewish Day School in Atlanta for 15 years and being a mom of four. read more »

Mittleman Center names Nemer to develoment post

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:00:11 -0700

For the new development director of the Mittleman Jewish Community Center/Portland Jewish Academy, her new job is like coming home. read more »

NCSY honors Meira Spivak

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:02:08 -0700

Meira Spivak, NCSY Portland co-director with her husband Rabbi Chanan Spivak, won the “Best of the Best” award at the chapter level during the Aug. 19-21 national conference for advisors and directors of NCSY youth groups. read more »

Women’s Day of Learning focus biblical women who spoke to God

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:04:45 -0700

Next year’s Women’s Day of Jewish Learning will be Sunday, Feb. 1. read more »

Ted Werbel traces family roots in Austria

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:14:26 -0700

Portlander Ted Werbel went back to his roots in Vienna and with the help of the Austrian government walked the halls and hills where his family had lived before the Holocaust. read more »

Portlanders get on course for Young Judaea Israel trip

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:36:25 -0700

Instead of going to the movies, or hanging out with friends, 10 Jewish high school juniors and seniors spent the Saturday night, Sept. 6, gathered in Congregation Shaarie Torah’s auditorium toying with the idea of spending a year in Israel after graduation. read more »

Preschool helps drive enrollment at PJA

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When the waiting list for Portland Jewish Academy’s childcare and preschool programs topped 50 last year, the staff started brainstorming ways to expand space. read more »

Challah-baking workshop in Bend

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The Jewish Women’s Circle, a group designed to unite women of diverse Jewish backgrounds, will hold “A Challah Baking Workshop,” on Sept. 22, at 8 p.m. read more »

Chabad welcomes freshmen to Reed

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:51:57 -0700

Freshmen ended their orientation week at Reed College with a pre-Shabbat dinner and orientation to the Chabad Jewish Student Center for Portland-area campuses. read more »

MJCC, Portland Center Stage, library partner to explore Jewish role in U.S. musical theater

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:59:33 -0700

How did immigrant Jews develop a remarkable, universal art form—the Broadway musical—during the process of becoming Americans? read more »

Announcements

admin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:02:19 -0700

WEDDING

REITER/HOLLANDER

Stephanie Reiter married Todd Hollander on June 21 at the Portland Hilton Hotel. Rabbi Cahana from Congregation Beth Israel officiated. Reiter is the daughter of Dr. Greg and Eleanore Reiter of Portland. Grandparents are Susan Gerson and Phillip and Dorothy Reiter. Hollander is the son of Steve and Ann Hollander of Scottsdale, Ariz. read more »