Stampfer Award to honor Zidells

By JEWISH REVIEW

article created on: 2009-04-01T00:00:00

The Zidell family will receive the 11th Rabbi Joshua Stampfer Community Enrichment Award April 30 at the Benson Hotel.

“The Zidell family has been chosen to be this year’s recipient for their long tradition of enriching our community,” according to the invitation.

The invitation goes on to quote Vic Rosenfeld: “Perhaps our community is just a little spoiled, knowing full well the Zidells will rise to the need, always with genuine humility and never make a fuss or demand special attention.”

Created in 1999 to honor Stampfer on the 50th anniversary of his ordination, the award honors an individual, family or organization who has enriched Jewish cultural, educational and/or community life with the dedication that is exemplified by Stampfer.

The award is sponsored by the six organizations that the rabbi helped establish: Institute for Judaic Studies, Oregon Jewish Museum, Oregon Holocaust Resource Center, Camp Solomon Schechter, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University and Congregation Neveh Shalom.

The evening will begin with a no-host bar at 6 p.m., April 30. Dinner and program begin at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $60 per person. Reservations are due April 24; call 503-246-8831.