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OJL WEB (1).Pdf JULY 2013 SERVING OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON Denise & AnnA WEtHEREll Mother-Daughter Duo Pamper Portlanders, Aid African Refugees SPeciAl SecTiOn | FOOD chefs, Restaurants, Stores: They Want You To eat Well MACCABIAH Ten Oregonians Bound for Jewish Olympics in Israel ENERGY Renewables Are Big in Green Northwest Northwest Investment Counselors Team 15 years of Independent Advice and Integrity You’ve always known this day would come. We value transparency, prudence and creating Whether your wealth was part of an employer tailored portfolios for our clients, freeing them savings plan, locked up in a family trust, part from the worry about their fi nancial future. We of a loved one’s will or simply someone else’s align with our clients’ interests, charging solely responsibility, the worry of managing those a fee for management services, never any sales investments wasn’t yours. Now it is. commissions, account set-up fees or research fees. 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Lake Oswego table of Contents July 2013/ Tammuz-Av 5773 | Volume 2/Issue 6 [Cover Story] 32 Pamper for a Purpose: Care for yourself while aiding African refugees [Focus] UPFRONT 10 Rachel & Renewables ARTS & ENTErtainMENT 42 Artist paints visions of shtetls 44 Sisterhood revisits needlepoint SENIORS 46 Vera Katz Q&A 48 Edward Glick shares father’s wisdom FITNESS 51 10 Oregonians bound for Jewish Olympics TRAVEL 54 Jewish life reborn in Berlin 32 HISTORY 56 A century of Sephardic life in Portland HOMES 60 Tour features early Jewish homes ISRAEL 62 Media turns on Lapid 64 Beat the heat with salads VOLUNTEERS 66 Update on Nicaraguan water project [Food/Special Section 14-30] Sweet summer bounty, Feast Portland brings us Michael Solomonov 24 and Scott Snyder, Profile of foodie Arnaldo Cohen, Lincoln’s honest food, Kosher Express has bison, Chef reflects on food and family, Finding bagels and more in Bend, Kosher food in Oregon [Columns] 14 Chef’s Corner by Lisa Glickman 38 Fashionista by Kira Brown 41 Money Matters by Christel Turkiewicz 61 Advice: Ask Helen 62 An Oregonian in Israel by Mylan Tanzer 64 Life on the Other Side by Anne Kleinberg [Connect] 67 Happenings: Previews & Reviews 68 Happenings: Faces 70 Happenings: Calendar Cover photo: Denise and Anna Wetherell in Director Park. 51 Photo by Images by Floom 4 JULY 2013 | OREGON JEWISH LIFE July 2013/ Tammuz-Av 5773 | Volume 2/Issue 6 THE CLASSIC CHOICE 5837 NW Skyline Blvd. 6191 SW Wilhelm Rd. 2432 SW Broadway Dr. 424 NW Hermosa Blvd. 2911 NW Cornell Rd. 3415 SW Brentwood Dr. MJ STEEN Principal Broker | Premier Director 503-497-5199 | [email protected] | www.mjsteen.com Windermere Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc. 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Portland, Oregon 97219 ENJOY A FREE NOSH www.ojlife.com Schedule a visit to see Rose Schnitzer Manor for yourself and receive a $10 New Seasons Market gift card, plus a box full of delicious goodies—fresh from our A Prince Hal Production on-site bakery. (TGMR18) The content and opinions in Oregon Jewish Life do not necessarily reflect those of the publishers, staff or contractors. Articles and columns are for informational purposes only and not intended as a substitute for professional advice. Although every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of our published materials, Oregon Jewish Life, and its agents, publishers, employees and contractors will not be held responsible for the misuse of any information contained herein. The publishers reserve the right to refuse any advertisement. Publication of advertisements does not constitute endorsement of products or services. PROUD MEMBER OF OREGON JEWISH LIFE | JULY 2013 7 Editor’s Letter y June was full of celebrations. Probably most of those celebrations When we lose, I eat. When we win, I eat. I also eat when were shared by many. we’re rained out. —Tommy Lasorda There was of course Father’s Day; my M Initially doctors thought he had a fractured pelvis. Facing 2-8 weeks younger son Josh’s graduation from college; on crutches in the heart of bicycle racing season was not something he the middle school, high school and college was looking forward to. But he scrupulously followed orders to keep graduations of numerous family friends; Josh’s weight off his left leg. When a follow-up visit to an orthopedist a week move to his first solo apartment; and my sister’s later revealed only severe trauma, but no crack in the bone, it was once birthday. All involved food. again time to celebrate! Dinner, sans crutches, at our favorite restaurant! After Josh’s college graduation, we invited But looking back at the month, it made me wonder. Why is it his friend since first grade and family to dinner. that when celebrating life’s milestones, or more importantly life itself, When we helped Josh move into his apartment we turn to communal food experiences? To some extent, I’m sure it’s in Eugene to attend grad school, we celebrated with pizza in his first cultural. Yet I think it is an experience shared by most cultures in human home of his own. When we went to celebrate the graduation of a long- history. One can find quotes about food and celebrations from most eras time family friend, it was over dinner. Just how many times can you eat, of recorded history. laugh and reminisce with friends and family in one weekend? And though the celebrations of June are now behind us, there are But the celebration that was most poignant for me this past month plenty of other occasions coming up when we will need to turn to good is hopefully one that none of my readers shared. Early in June I received food and friends. So, this issue includes a special section devoted to a phone call that was both terrifying and reassuring at the same time. food – where to get it, who is making it and what food means to great Terrifying because I was told my husband had been hit by a car while chefs.
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