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FeBrUarY 2012
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Song of Miriam honorees for 2012 are, from left (seated): Teri Giangreco, Enid Beck,
Miryam Brewer, Debra Rycus Brown, Barbara Enkelis, Lynn Taylor, Carol Glauber, Rachel
Pollak and Dena Gutterman, and (standing) emcee Barbara Barde, Melissa Cohen, Connie
Cambreleng, Sheila Weiner, Lauren Fortgang, Miriam Greenstein, Roberta Hellman, Dale
Oller and emcee Kim Rosenberg; and not pictured: Barbara Cohen and Miriam Levitt.
Photo by Deborah Moon
Song of Miriam sings praises of women who keep community humming along
More than 300 people turned out June 3 to honor 18 women at the Jewish Women’s Round
Table’s annual Song of Miriam Award Brunch to celebrate the contributions volunteers
make to Jewish organizations.
JWRT President Ellen Beck thanked the record crowd for honoring “those who do so much
for our community.”
“Without their continuing commitment many of these organizations would not exist or have
the strength and depth they do,” she added.
JWRT is a group of women representing organizations and congregations in Oregon and
Southwest Washington. Its mission is to strengthen the Jewish community by honoring
the excellent work of women volunteers and bringing the community together to celebrate
Jewish life.
The 20th annual brunch was held at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
This year 19 organizations (two organizations named the same woman) from across the
region named honorees and provided rich vignettes on the contributions the women have
made to Jewish life.
For more information on JWRT and a list of all past honorees, visit www.jwrt.org.
Art &
Coffee
The perfect pair
Introducing artist Aithan Shapira
and coffee activist Debra Rosenthal
SERVING OREGON AND SW WASHINGTON
Young
Talented
&Making Music
Jessica Sindell
Inaugural issue
A Peek Inside
RenAissAnCe mAn
Irving Levin
mizRAChi musiC
from Israel
PedAl PoweR
The Jewish bicycle obsession
MAY 2012
Highlights
Getting Real with Real Estate
Fit and Fabulous Seniors
Introducing the NW Fashionista!
JUNE 2012
Volunteer and celebrate
Help Oregon Food Bank to celebrate 25 years of world-class blues and fighting hunger.
Volunteer at the 2012 Safeway Waterfront Blues Festival, presented by First Tech Federal
Credit Union, July 4-8.
Owned and operated by Oregon Food Bank, the festival is not only the biggest blues festival
west of the Mississippi, it’s also Oregon Food Bank’s largest fundraiser. Oregon Food Bank
depends on more than 2,000 volunteers to help this year’s five-day festival run smoothly.
The festival still has more than 100 volunteer slots to fill. To sign up to volunteer, visit www.
waterfrontbluesfest.com and click on the volunteer button.
If you can’t volunteer, you can still help reduce hunger by bringing two cans of food and
a $10 donation to enjoy some of the 150 acts slated for this year’s festival on Portland’s
Waterfront along Naito Parkway. 100 percent of all donations benefit Oregon Food Bank’s
mission: To eliminate hunger and its root causes … because no one should be hungry.
Other opportunities to help end hunger:
Oregon Food Bank also seeks volunteers for its Cooking Matters program. Volunteer chefs,
nutritionists and home cooks are needed to share hands-on cooking, food safety, food
budgeting and nutrition information with people who are at risk of hunger. Training begins in
July. To sign up, contact Liz Long, 971-223-3372, llong@oregonfoodbank.org.
Other ways to help: Oregon Food Bank offers a myriad of volunteer opportunities from food
repacking to helping in the office. Visit www.oregonfoodbank.org for more information and
to sign up.
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