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LEV EISENBACH TALI HASTINGS YANIV HORENSTEIN ABIGAIL MINCH SAMUEL ROTHSTEIN
Parents: Deborah and Parents: Oren Kosansky Parents: Bob and Parents: Michelle Parents: Caron Blau Roth-
Steven Eisenbach- and Julie Hastings Dorice Horenstein Bombet Minch and stein and Ari Rothstein
Budner Affiliations: Havurah Affiliations: Congrega- David Minch Affiliations: NCSY, Ore-
Affiliations: Havurah Shalom, Habonim Dror, tion Neveh Shalom, ADL Affiliations: Congrega- gon Jewish Community
Shalom, Habonim Dror Camp Miriam Ida B. Wells-Barnett tion Beth Israel, Hillel Youth Foundation, Camp
(youth group), Tivnu Franklin High School High School West Linn High School Ramah
Cleveland High School (Valedictorian) College: University (2019) Beaverton High School
College: undecided College: Whitman of Oregon with direct College: University of (National Merit Finalist)
College admittance into the Oregon, Sophomore College: Cal Poly San
Lundquist College of Luis Obispo (General
Business Engineering)
Scholarships aid students now, JFGP 101ST
ANNUAL MEETING
Jewish community in the future Monday, June 14, 2021
4:30 pm via Zoom
BY DEBORAH MOON “I think our community is says Abby. “Receiving this jewishportland.org/
Five Portland-area Jewish better because of it (Sussman grant … shows that my Jewish jewish-federation-of-
students will join the ranks of scholarship),” says Rich. “Re- community at home appreciates greater-portlands-
the dozens who have received cipients from past decades have what I am doing here in Eugene
scholarships from the Sussman given back to our Jewish com- and sees the effort I am putting 101st-annual-meeting
Fund to pursue undergraduate munity here in Portland and in to continue being part of the
degrees. other places in so many ways.” Jewish world at college.” community, I am also a member
Scholarship honorees Lev Many past recipients (who re- Samuel Rothstein agrees the of the National Society of High
Eisenbach, Tali Hastings, Yaniv ceived the grants anonymously hometown support is meaning- School Scholars,” he says.
Horenstein, Abigail Minch and in the early years) now serve ful. “Having been involved in Lev Eisenbach participated
Samuel Rothstein will be fea- in lay and professional roles in the community through various in several important programs
tured at the virtual annual meet- Portland Jewish organizations organizations – youth group, during high school. He was
ing of the Jewish Federation of and congregations. synagogue, etc. – it feels mean- involved in SAFER club (Stu-
Greater Portland (see box). Three of this year’s recipients ingful to have their support.” dent Activist for Ending Rape)
“The applicant pool was in- will graduate from high school Like Abby, Samuel looks for- and the Portland Fire and
credibly impressive,” says this month, one is finishing a ward to the vaccinated world Rescue Cadet Program, and
Lois Shenker, daughter of Lil- gap year with Tivnu: Building that will enable him “to meet he volunteered with a trauma
lian and Gilbert Sussman, z”l, Justice and one is a sophomore and connect with new people, intervention program. He also
who created the fund in 1981. at the University of Oregon. especially after all the separa- spent four months as a person-
“When applicants are equally Majoring in journalism with tion of the past year. Learning al support worker for a young
capable, we choose students a Judaic studies minor, Abby from and reacting to others is person with Tourette syndrome.
who will give back to the com- Minch is already fulfilling the an excellent way to push your- After graduating from high
munity in future years.” promise of ongoing Jewish in- self to grow.” school, he attended a “folk
Lois chaired the selection volvement. She has participat- Rich says the committee en- school” in Norway for a year
committee for many years, but ed in Oregon Hillel, where she joys reviewing the applications before returning to Portland to
she has now handed the reins hopes vaccines will allow her and seeing the contributions the participate in Tivnu, the Jewish
to Richard Meyer, who became to meet more Jewish students students have already made to gap year program founded by
an “adopted grandson” of her and enable her to experience “a the Jewish community and be- his father, Steve Eisenbach-
parents when his family moved true University of Oregon stu- yond. Budner.
to Portland when he was young. dent experience.” Yaniv Horenstein has spent Tali Hastings was valedictori-
“He calls me Aunt Lois,” she “Receiving the Sussman schol- the past two years participating an at her high school, where she
says, adding she is pleased he arship from my Jewish commu- in the ADL No Place For Hate found time to be “in every pro-
accepted chairmanship of the nity makes me feel even more program at his high school. In duction in my high school the-
committee to select scholarship connected to the community addition to “working to reduce ater department.” She worked
recipients. I left when I went to college,” the hate and bias in our school as a counselor at Camp Miriam.
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