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Popowich MD Members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons JewishPDX REDEFINING REAL ESTATE InsideNovember 2014/ Cheshvan-Kislev 5775 | Volume 3/Issue 9 J Kids & Teens too CANNON BEACH PORTLAND HEIGHTS NW GALES RIDGE Sukkot Fun.........................................................................................................................19 Summer Camp supplements modern life ............................................................................20 A family of menschen .........................................................................................................22 Socially minded teens can get funding................................................................................24 Events ...............................................................................................................................25 26 Features COVER STORY Natalie Linn knows Native American baskets ......................................................................26 SW COUNCIL CREST SW RIVINGTON SW SHERIDAN UPFRONT Local doctor works to Save Our Veterans .............................................................................10 BUSINESS Ins & Outs ..........................................................................................................................13 CHARITABLE GIVING Legacy giving – a passionate gift ........................................................................................14 What price happiness? ......................................................................................................16 Gifts make a difference ......................................................................................................18 FOOD Tomatoes grace page and plate ..........................................................................................46 Hidden Gems: La Panza Cafe ..............................................................................................48 MJ STEEN Principal Broker | Premier Director ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT Windermere Stellar 503-497-5199 | [email protected] | www.mjsteen.com Jewish Book Month schedule .............................................................................................50 Working Stiff surprisingly upbeat ........................................................................................50 Terror Tunnels a wakeup call for world .................................................................................52 Holocaust memoir helps battle deniers...............................................................................53 Local and national book roundup .......................................................................................54 Story Soundbites ...............................................................................................................57 Innovative Special Section: Seniors Communitywide senior calendar debuts .............................................................................32 Jakob Kryszek honored with Stampfer Award ..................................................................... 34 Israeli researchers unravel secrets of aging brain................................................................36 The woman behind Portland’s Jewish Book Month ..............................................................38 Sharing grim past to create better future ............................................................................40 Second career: Auction maven ...........................................................................................43 Columns 46 46 Chef’s Corner by Lisa Glickman 48 NW Nosh by Kerry Politzer 57 Soundbites 58 Ask Helen Connect 59 Happenings: Faces 60 Happenings: Previews CORRECTION 62 Happenings: Calendar This photo from the October issue of Audrey and Abigail Minch from the upcoming book Wild at Heart, failed to credit the photographer Melissa Farlow (Olsonfarlow.com). 52 Farlow is the photographer for the book. 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