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MARCH 2014 SERVING OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON Kids & Teens Debuts Inside “Pigeon” carries Jewish theater to new heights Bon Appetit Special Section: Chef Michael Karman Camps toasts our food issue THE CHICKEN SOUP LECTURE SERIES Auction Appraisals Asian Art March, Portland A Bonhams specialist will be visiting Portland to provide complimentary auction estimates with a view to selling at upcoming auctions in New York and San Francisco. By appointment only +1 (503) 312 6023 [email protected] Packing Your Caregiver Success Kit Sunday, March 30 • 1:30pm to 3:00pm The road to a healthy caregiving experience is easier to navigate when you’re aware of the common roadblocks. Vicki Schmall, Ph.D., author of The Caregiver Helpbook: Powerful Tools for Caregiving, will teach how to maintain your personal well- being, while providing care and support. The first five people who RSVP and attend the workshop will receive a FREE copy of Dr. Schmall’s book, The Caregiver Helpbook: Powerful Tools for Caregiving. Call (503) 535-4004 or visit us at www.RoseSchnitzerManor.org. Bryan Fogel’s hilarious off-broadway one-man show comes to Portland for the first time Please RSVP by Sunday, March 23. MAY 18TH, 2014 4:30-7:30 PM PCC SYLVANIA, PERFORMING ARTS CENTER A GIFT & A NOSH Schedule a visit to see Rose TICKETS ON SALE MARCH 2014 Schnitzer Manor for yourself and 503.535.4422 www.cedarsinaipark.org/jewtopia receive a $10 New Seasons Market Found in Portland, gift card, plus a box full of delicious goodies — Sold in San Francisco for $509,000 Made possible by: R&H Construction, Greg Baurer A fine nephrite carving of a mythical beast Floor Covering, Holzman Foundation, Inc., McKes- fresh from our on-site, kosher bakery. 17th/18th century son Medical Surgical, Ruben J. & Elizabeth Menashe, Solomon D. & Rosalyn Menashe, The Presentation Company, Steinberg Investment Honor and benefit those who need you most, the International Auctioneers and Appraisers Group...and other generous supporters residents at the Robison Jewish Health Center. bonhams.com/oregon ©2014 Bonhams & Butterfields Auctioneers Corp. All Rights Reserved. Bond No. 57bsbes3248 A Cena’s kitchen staff visited Florence two years ago. During the trip they visited three of vineyards whose wine they serve. From left at Felsina Vineyards are: Douglas Frierott, Gina Rollo (server), Jeremy Hansen REDEFINING SERVICE (line cook), Gabe Gabreski (chef), Chris Custer (owner), Melissa Dolinsky (now PORTLAND Karman), Michael Karman (sous chef) and HEIGHTS PENDING Caterina Massocolin, granddaughter of the Felsina Vineyards owner. NE SW PORTLAND PORTLAND 18 MJ STEEN Principal Broker | Premier Director J KIDS & TEENS TOO 47-62 [email protected] The benefits of overnight and day camps .................................................................................... 48 www.mjsteen.com Incentive grants for first-time campers ....................................................................................... 50 503-497-5199 Inside Sports and Judaism meet at new residential camp ...................................................................... 52 March 2014/ Adar I-II 5774 | Volume 3/Issue 2 Day camp at BB Camp ............................................................................................................... 54 Camp Gesher returns to Ashland ................................................................................................ 54 COLUMNS Winter Funfest ........................................................................................................................... 56 Unplug and Reconnect ............................................................................................................... 58 17 Ask Helen Windermere Cronin & Caplan Realty Group, Inc. 30 Chef’s Corner by guest columnist Lucia Schnitzer Guest Opinion: Help our Southwest neighbors ............................................................................ 60 32 NW Nosh by Kerry Politzer Events for kids and teens ............................................................................................................ 62 33 Soundbites 34 Fashionista by Kira Brown FEATURES 63 Life on the Other Side by Anne Kleinberg COVER STORIES: FOOD Family law and estate planning expertise to guide your sure and stable future. 64 An Oregonian in Israel by Mylan Tanzer Steady The Zen of Pasta .......................................................................................................................18 Personal Chef Lisa Glickman .....................................................................................................22 CONNECT A Taste of Israel ......................................................................................................................... 24 66 Happenings: Faces Eugene Food Scene: Waffles .....................................................................................................26 68 Happenings: Previews Food & Social Action .................................................................................................................28 69 Happenings: Calendar Keeping Kosher .........................................................................................................................29 Purim Food Gifts .......................................................................................................................30 Hidden Gems: Seafood .............................................................................................................32 Who would you invite to dinner? ................................................................................................33 UPFRONT Stories move people ................................................................................................................... 8 BUSINESS Ins & Outs ................................................................................................................................. 11 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Jewish Theatre Collaborative soars ............................................................................................12 Michael Allen Harrison & Benny Friedman in Salem ................................................................... 16 HISTORY Ben Selling: Portland’s first First Citizen ....................................................................................36 SENIORS Affordable housing does exist in Portland ..................................................................................38 Arlene Schnitzer donates to Cedar Sinai .................................................................................... 41 The man behind OMSI’s gravitram .............................................................................................42 ISRAEL J Kids & Teens Too Purim Israeli-style .....................................................................................................................63 Peres and Israeli students set world record ................................................................................64 OREGON | WASHINGTON 47-62 Celebrity heroes ........................................................................................................................65 503.227.1515 | 360.823.0410 GevurtzMenashe.com Cover photo: Chef Michael Karman. Photo by Images by Floom 4 MARCH 2014 | OREGON JEWISH LIFE Editor’s Letter ™ Food is such an integral part of Jewish While it’s healthy to take a day to unplug from technology culture, that this month we devoted not and reconnect with family and friends face to face, we recognize just our cover story, but an entire section that technology can be a great way to connect to family and SERVING OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON to the topic that nearly everyone loves. We friends who live too far away to see regularly. Facebook and Publishers have highlighted chefs, bakers and other other social media are ideal ways to share your children’s latest Robert Philip and Cindy Saltzman culinary mavens as they share their views achievements. In future issues of J Kids & Teens too, we invite Advertising and Editorial Director on food, wine, restaurants and cooking. parents to share those cute moments or astute observations with Cindy Saltzman Assisting 1200 people here at home last This month Oregon Jewish Life Oregon’s Jewish community. Just email me ([email protected]) Editor-In-Chief year, with 12,000 services. introduces our expanded coverage for kids, funny or insightful comments from your kids, along with photos, Deborah Moon and we’ll share them in future issues. teens and their parents. We hope you’ll Art Director find our new “J Kids & Teens too” section a valuable resource. Although my sons are now grown, I well remember the de- Susan Garfield The debut section features a special coverage of camp options light or horror of hearing my child share a truth unencumbered Copy Editors JFCS & YOU for the coming summer. With spring break this month, summer by the perceived limitations of society. I refer to horror in the Susan Moon Saving Lives, Restoring Hope vacation is just around the corner, and so are some of the camps sense of embarrassment when that truth was regarding a nearby Sally Swire we feature. We also introduce a new Jewish overnight camp adult – like the time my first-grader asked loudly, “Mommy, why Online Content Editor Each one of us will need devoted to sport enthusiasts; the West Coast camp is part of the does that man want to die?” As I sat momentarily stunned, he Kira Brown help sometime in life. Foundation for Jewish Camp Specialty