Thank you to our generous donors

Thank you to our founding supporters who helped open the Eastside Jewish Commons' doors.

Bruce Melzer & Robyn Urbach

Lora & Jim Meyer (z’l)

Newfield Family

Harold Pollin z’l

Sharon Pollin

Ken & Mary Rait

Margot Feves Pearmine

Erik Richmond & Annette Demsey Family Fund of OJCF

Alysa Rose & David Finkelman

Marin & Grace Rosman Fund

Stewart & Stacy Rosman

Nissa Rost-Rothman

Vicki & Alan Rotstein

Brian Scott & Marianne Zarkin

Howard Shapiro z’l

Rebecca Shine

Rob & Mara Shlachter

Laurel Singer & David Striar

Jonathan Singer

Richard B. Solomon & Alyce Flitcraft

Rob & Sara Sturtz

Dina Temkin

Jeffrey & Mahri Weitz

Tamar Wyte-Lake & Josh Lake

Zenith Tzedakah Fund of OJCF

Lesley & Michael Alter

Shua & Bracha Bar-Lev

David & Marah Bean

Gabe Berg & Phyllis Jossy

Hannah Berg & Daniel Mandel

Bruce & Jennifer Birk Family Fund of OJCF

Birk-Coblens Family Fund of OJCF

Karen Blauer & Dvora Mencher

Aron & Lisa Borok

Steve & Joan Carples

Rob & Jen Coury

Rebecca Darling-Budner

Howard & Susan Freedman

David Forman & Julie Robinson

Bruce Frederick

Judah Gold-Markel

Daniel Gerber & Elaura Rifkin

Ellen Green

Seymour & Julia Hanfling

Michael & Mary Ruth Hanna

Brian & Martha Izensen

Gina Westhoff & Mike Khavul

J.D. Kleinke & Sara Radcliffe

Nan & Allan Lipton

Thomas Lux

Peter Mellman and Sandra Valle

Bold names indicate donations of $10,000 and above


Thank you to our supporters who have sustained Eastside Jewish Commons' since opening our doors on July 1, 2021.

Jenn Louis

Liz Lipoff

Nan & Allan Lipton

Marvin Lurie

Patty Magid-Volk

Russ Mahler

Marki Maizels

Carol Marcus

Melissa Marcus

John Martyn

Bruce Melzer & Robyn Urbach

Abby & Rick Menashe

Liz & Ruben Menashe z'l

Vic Menashe

Jesse Meyer-Crosby

Mark Meyer

Robert Meyers

Keith Miller

Lora + Jim Meyer Fund of OJCF

Jake Moffett

Debbi & Alan Montrose

Bob Mullen

Stephan Nance

Jack Nathanson

Newfield Family

Bonnie & Harris Newman

David Newman and Laura Orgel

Olive Bridge Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

Katie Paige

Martha Paige

Margot Feves Pearmine

Kathryn Pearson

Michael Perman

Hope Peskin-Shepherd

Rita & Bob Philip

Sharon Pollin, Pollin Family Fund

Ruthie Prasil

Anne Ramzy

Reich-Pearlman Family Fund of OJCF

Jerome M. Reich Memorial Fund of OJCF

Marla Resnick

Erik Richmond & Annette Demsey Family Fund of OJCF

Flauren Ricketts

Alysa Rose & David Finkelman

Gerson Robboy

Kim Rosenberg

Sarah Rosenberg Brown & family

Charlie Rosenblum

Dori Rosenblum

Nick Rothenberg

Douglas Ruth

Lesley & David Sacks

Nicole & Robert Sacks

Sonya Sanford

Katie Schneider

Schpee Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

Brian Scott

Morgan Senkal

Edward Shane

Rebecca Shine

Kenneth Shine

Karen Sherman

Rob & Mara Shlacter

Eddy Shulman

Lynne Siegel z’l

Ariel Singer

Laurel Singer & David Striar

Craig Smith & Amy Youngflesh

Cynthia Smith

Adam Steckel

Barbara Steinfeld

Rachel Stern

Rochelle & Joe Stilwell

Rabbi Ariel Stone

Judi Soloway

Eliana Temkin

Susan Tipton

Leora Troper

Aaron Vitells

Mike Vladimer

Benjamin Walters

Dana Weinstein

Anne Weiss

Jeffrey & Mahri Weitz

Carol Weliky

Michael Wendrow

Jim Winkler z'l

Marianne Zarkin

Zenith Tzedakah Fund of OJCF

Cara and Tony Abrams

Elly Adelman

Anonymous

Doug Baer

Troy Barnard

Mia Barnett

David & Marah Bean

Melinda Becker

Lee David Beller

Gabe Berg

Hannah Berg & Daniel Mandel

Keith & Rosalie Berne

Howie Bierbaum

Bruce & Jennifer Birk Family Fund of OJCF

Birk-Coblens Family Fund of OJCF

David & Diane Birk

Joyce Birk & Tommy Thompson

Andrew Black

Marc Blattner

Gerel Blauer z'l

Karen Blauer & Dvora Mencher

Janis Blauer-Chima

Shemaya Blauer

Tami Bloom

Aron Borok

Elise Brickner-Schulz

Adam Caplan

Elizabeth Caplan

Steve & Joan Carples

Karey Cashman

Julia Chaltiel

Cary Clarke

Walker & Nikki Clark

Sarah Coblens

Bradley Coffey

Arlene & Mitch Cogen

Beth Cohen

Yvonne Cohen/Cohen Family Fund

Alison Colman

Marge Congress

Leah Conley

Carol Danish

Loree Devery

Rob Donovan

William Diebold & Deb Freedberg

Aaron Friedman

Miles Ellenby & Robyn Tenenbaum

Nicole & Mitch Elovitz

Donna Erbs

Karen Erde

Carmella Ettinger

Kate & Jason Fagelman

Harriet Fasenfast

Howard and Jen Feldman

Donna Feuerherdt

Danielle Firestone

David Forman & Julie Robinson

Frucht Family

Eleyna Fugman

Desta Fury

Kim Fuson

John Gadon

Sue Gemmel

Andra Georges

Linda Ginenthal

David & Katie Gold

Jacob Goldbert

Adam Goldman

Ellie Simon Goldman

Emerald Goldman

Judith Gold-Markel

Ellen Green

Ann Grover

Susy Marci and Katrina Hammel

Janet Hammer

Seymour & Julia Hanfling

Michael & Mary Ruth Hanna

Wendy Hill

Holzman Family Fund

Myra Jackson

Debra Jarcho

Adam Jenkins

Laura Jeser

Marcia Kahn

Leslie Kantor

Laurie Kays

David Karlin Family Fund of OJCF

Andrew Tertes Kedem

Daniel Kempler

Adam Kettler

Simon Kipersztok

J.D. Kleinke & Sara Radcliffe

KC Knight

Larry & Karen Konick

Nell Kranz

Anne LeVant Prahl

Ken Lerner

Janice Kettler

William Kwitman

Jack Lazareck

Ken Levy

Linda Leyva

Diana Lindemann

Liuna Local 483

Bold names indicate donations of $10,000 and above

Donations listed were received as of December 1, 2024


Dedications

Stephan Nance

In memory of Itai Nir ben Leah v'Yosef (Itai Dewar)

Bonnie Newman

Happy 87th birthday to Hy Berger!

Bonnie Newman

Mazel tov to Howie Bierbaum on his new adventure with the EJC!

Ruthie Prasil

in memory of Howie Bierbaum’s good friend, Lynne Siegel

Roy Pulvers

In memory of Lynne F. Siegel

Reich-Pearlman Family Fund of OJCF

In honor of Mia Birk and her vision

Reich-Pearlman Family Fund of OJCF

In honor of Howie Bierbaum and Eric Stern’s cultural leadership

Jerome M. Reich Memorial Fund of OJCF

In honor of Mia Birk for her leadership and vision

Marla Resnick

In memory my parents Herb and Lee Resnick

Erik Richmond & Annette Demsey Family Fund of OJCF

In honor of Donna Winkler

Dori Rosenblum

To welcome my wonderful friend Howie as the new ED!!!!!

Arielle Ross

In solidarity with the Muslim Community Center in Beaverton

Rabbi Ariel Stone

In honor of Mia Birk, for her partnership in the beginning

Rabbi Ariel Stone

In honor of Kalyn Culler Cohen, who knew how to make it happen

Tony & Cara Abrams

In honor of our daughter, Ruth Micah Abrams

Keith and Rosalie Berne

To the memory of Donna Winkler, May it be for a blessing

Joyce Birk

In honor of Mia Birk and Glen Coblens

Joyce Birk

In memory of Tommy Thompson

Birk-Coblens Family Fund of OJCF

With appreciation to the Zidell Family Foundation

Birk-Coblens Fund of OJCF

In honor of Alysa Rose + Erik Richmond, for their many years of dedication to EJC

Shemaya Blauer

In honor of Karen Blauer

Elizabeth Caplan & Adam Caplan

In honor of Henry Blauer

Julia Chaltiel

In honor of Hannah Berg for all of the hard work that she commits to her community. We love you!

Myra Jackson

In honor of Mia Birk

Leslie Kantor

In memory of Sylvia Kantor

Larry & Karen Konick

In memory of Catherine Konick Dunton

Nell Kranz

In honor of Beryl Bar-Lev

John Martyn

In honor of Bruce Birk, MD.

Abby & Rick Menashe

In honor of Mia Birk-Coblens and her amazing role with EJC

Alan & Debbi Montrose

Honoring Mia Birk-Coblens


EJC thanks the following organizations and foundations for their generous support

  • Emily Georges Gottfried Fund of OJCF

  • Holzman Family Foundation

  • ITVS

  • Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

  • Multnomah County Cultural Coalition

  • Oregon Jewish Community Foundation (OJCF)

  • Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation

  • Oregon Cultural Trust

  • Oregon Public Broadcasting

  • Regional Arts + Culture Council

  • Leonard & Lois Schnitzer Charitable Supporting Foundation of OJCF

  • Schpee Fund of the Oregon Community Foundation

  • SE Uplift

  • Stern Grandchildren’s Fund of OJCF

  • Women’s Giving Circle

  • Yiddish Book Center

  • Zera Foundation

  • Zidell Family Foundation