GLITTERAZZI—Co-chairs of the Jewish Federation of Portland’s premier Annual Campaign kickoff event Opening Night Mara Shlachter, left and Marge Cohn, right, pause with Broadway musical headliner and Opening Night featured guest Shoshana Bean.
Opening night elegant and swell
By Jewish Review
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Co-chairs of the Jewish Federation of Portland’s premier Annual Campaign kickoff event Opening Night Mara Shlachter, and Marge Cohn pause for a photo with Broadway musical headliner and Opening Night featured guest Shoshana Bean, a Portland native, during the gala celebration Oct. 25 in the elegantly appointed ballroom of the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
Bean commanded the rapt attention of the 318 people in attendance when she performed several of the songs she is known for on Broadway, as well as several classic standards.
The lavish affair, sumptuously catered by Alan Levin’s Century Catering, was fully underwritten by 22 generous community members led by sponsors Don Rasmussen Co. and Morgan Stanley/Mark Workman and Doug Greenberg, so that no campaign funds were expended. The evening was a fund-raising event for the Annual Campaign. An initial tabulation of 140 pledge cards from the event totaled $366,577, representing a 14-percent card-for-card increase over last year.