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It would be hard to have a better Shabbat than Jack Frishman did this last week.

Frishman, the sole Jewish player and top starting pitcher for the West Linn High School Lions’ varsity baseball s...

Portland’s Jewish community has double the chance to celebrate Pride together this summer.

Jewish Pride Greater PDX will return to Portland’s Pride Parade on Sunday, July 19, and will join Bea...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Women’s Giving Circle wrapped up its 10th cohort by announcing $29,200 of grants to nine programs serving Portland’s Jewish community.

While the p...

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly described Seattle Kosher's delivery practices. 

Sourcing kosher food in Portland, already a challenge, just got that much harder.

Se...

When the speaker asked teachers from each decade to rise, the packed room of celebrants stood and cheered. May 31 marked the 70th anniversary of Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Foundation School, and...

What kind of year has it been for Portland’s Dignity Grows chapter? Only their biggest yet.

“We packed more totes than we ever have before, thanks to the addition of a new partner and increase...

Student to Student, the awareness and advocacy program that brings Jewish high school juniors and seniors to classrooms in their community to talk about Jewish lived experiences, is already setting...

Last weekend I traveled to Ashland to visit the Jewish community there and attend a bias response workshop. Asland can feel quite far away, but I was reminded that it’s an easy 4.5-hour drive wit...

Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Board Chair Leslie Beard marked a year in her role at the organization’s annual meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. What a ...

“There are volunteer leaders and then there are volunteer leaders; those who go above and beyond, are willing to do whatever it takes and provide incredible guidance and mentorship,” Jewish Fed...

Sammy Monk’s career thus far has not been what she initially planned.

An advertising major from Syracuse University, Monk was working as a copywriter for a firm contracted with Toyota’s North ...

“Until fourth grade, I think I honestly just thought everyone was Jewish,” Chapman University  rising sophomore Isabella Robinson said.

While that sentiment was, of course, disproved, it’s ...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland welcomed Dr. Michelle Fliman, Miles Newmark, Alona Shaked and Jacob Winkler to its Governing Board at its annual meeting Wednesday, May 27, at the Mittlema...

Luminaries past and present, from near and far, gathered to celebrate 20 years of the Portland Kollel Wednesday, May 13 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Two decades of learning and program...

Josh Frankel can still kick.

That quality was demonstrated as this year’s addition to the Oregon Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was inducted at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center’s Day for The ...

As a playwright, Portland’s Jodi Walder appreciates a good story, especially one in the vein of social justice. So, when she encountered a theater producer and volunteer board member from Forest ...

“A woman who was more motivated than anybody that I know of…she was all about tikkun olam,” is how award-winning filmmaker Abby Ginzberg described Henrietta Szold, her distant relative, at a...

When is a concert more than just a concert? Portlanders have a chance to find out for themselves tonight.

Israeli singer-songwriter Gilad Segev will present Project Heroes at the Mittleman Jewish ...