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MJCC fitness programs build healthy lives
Lauren Botney, 53, is just one of many Portlanders who have found a new, healthier lifestyle at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. read more »
Community’s living room also a gym and spa
Morning, noon or after work—the “J” offers members and day pass users free fitness classes ranging from ai-chi to zumba. read more »
Maimonides looks at justice on Jan. 20
Health care professionals will hear about “Fighting for Justice in the War on Terror from Portland to Peshawar” at the next gathering of The Maimonides Society of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. read more »
Hadassah VP needs kidney
Long an active member and officer in Hadassah, a women’s Zionist organization that actively supports organ donation, Peggy Elefant, 58, of Corvallis, now needs an organ donation herself. read more »
Death’s definition rules organ donation
“If you accept brain death, you should be an organ donor,” Rabbi Dr. Avraham Steinberg said after a medical ethics lecture that lured more than 100 people out in the midst of Portland’s worst snowstorm in 40 years. read more »