Issue Number 16 Volume 49
Rising stars
JERUSALEM (JTA)—With the Labor leadership primary less than two weeks away, it's becoming increasingly clear that the party's next leader will decide the future of Ehud Olmert's government. read more »
Sharon Weil hospitalized after attack
The co-chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Annual Campaign was struck in the head with a hammer while grocery shopping in the baked goods aisle the Saturday before Mother's Day. read more »
AIPAC flip-flops, will pay ex-official's legal fees
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The American Israel Public Affairs Committee has agreed to pay legal fees for a former staffer who is accused of receiving and relaying classified information on Iran, the latest blow to the prosecution's efforts to isolate the defendants. read more »
Portlander pushes to finish tracing Shoah victims
A Portland woman is hard at work to make sure the Holocaust and War Victims Tracing Service of the American Red Cross finishes its current work before it is folded into the larger International Family Tracing Office of the American Red Cross. read more »
Attorney hits terrorists where it hurts
Her legal battles are gargantuan. She fights terror in the Middle East by stanching the flow of funds to Palestinian and Islamic terrorist organizations. Her battlefield is the courtroom. read more »
Outreach leader speaks to federation June 11
A man whose mission is to bring Judaism to interfaith families and to unaffiliated Jews will be the featured guest June 11 at the 2007 annual meeting of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland. read more »
Israeli, U.S. leaders converge here June 6-7
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and three current members of Israel's Knesset will take part in a two-day conference in Vancouver, Wash., June 6-7 at which the ongoing crisis in the Middle East will be examined. read more »
Israeli, U.S. leaders converge here June 6-7
The Convergence Northwest Conference 2007 that will take place in Vancouver, Wash., in June takes its name from a similar gathering in Savannah, Ga., last October. read more »
Oregon Jewish Museum's art auction raises $145,000
The Oregon Jewish Museum's sixth annual art auction held May 6 at the Governor Hotel attracted about 330 people and raised about $145,000. read more »
Jewish Vets from former USSR celebrate Victory Day
In his welcoming speech (in Russian) Izrail Dekhtyar, president of the Portland Association of former Soviet Union Veterans of WWII said they were at the Victory Day celebration at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center to remember the price veterans paid during World War II to bring peace, especially for the Jewish people. read more »