The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland celebrated 102 years of supporting a vibrant Jewish community locally and globally at its annual meeting June 13 in the Mittleman Jewish Community Center Ballroom.
“I love seeing all these amazing faces in person,” said outgoing JFGP Board Chair Laure...

Portland Jewish Academy graduate Elianna Beard scored the winning goal in the final of the Women’s National Cup in Israel.
Portland-area athlete Josephine “Jojo” Zober Appling will be on the first Israel Softball Association 12U Israeli national team for one of the biggest international sta...

Women volunteers honored with the Song of Miriam include: Niomi Morr, Sue Wendel, Francine Shetterly, Ahuva Zaslavsky and Carol Lavender. A total of 14 honorees will be featured in the Jewish Review over the summer.

PHOTO: Could this camel be waiting for more people to sign up for the March 2023 Portland to Israel trip? He actually took this break during a 2018 planning trip for trip co-chairs and staff. Hurry and snag one of the remaining openings for the trip and experience the wonders of Israel – inclu...

PHOTO: Lauren Goldstein. Photo by Kitta Bodmer Photography.

BY DEBORAH MOON
Lauren Goldstein had an agenda to bring Jewish Portlanders together when she became board chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland in June 2019.
With her rallying cry of “When we come together as a communit...

PHOTOS: Portland State University students from PDX Hillel, CHAI (the Cultural and Historical Association for Israel) and MENASA (the Middle East North Africa South Asia) cultural center came together for a night of friendship, coexistence and dialogue centered around cooking (and eating!) Middle...

PHOTO: Last year Liza and Beth Milliner, Danit Rothstein and Rachel Nelson represented the Jewish community in Pride at the 2021 PrideNW parade in a car draped with Pride banners from the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, Portland Jewish Academy and Congregation Neveh Shalom. This  year th...

BY DEBORAH MOON
Congregation Kesser Israel invites the community to help celebrate the contributions and vibrancy Rabbi Kenneth and Aviel Brodkin have shared with the local Jewish community during their 17 years in Portland. 
Before the couple moves to take on fresh challenges at a new congregat...

 Reflections after Portland's civil rights trip to the South

PHOTO: Portlanders participating in a civil rights trip to the South march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as part of their journey toward a more just society. The bridge, now a National Historic Landmark, was the site of the brutal B...

These three stories will help you find resources to promote mental health, explore ways to end the stigma of mental illness and learn how to easily reduce the human and organizational cost of mental illness with Mental Health First Aid.

“Just talk to people. Those who don’t talk like you, don’t look like you, don’t think like you, don’t pray like you," Jewish Atlantan Billy Planer, the founder of Etgar 36: An American Journey, told his 39 charges from Portland during their recent three-day civil rights trip.

When I look back on my so-called high school education, specifically my one and only U.S. history course, I feel cheated. Cheated because what I was taught at that time glossed over important – and uncomfortable – parts of American history, downplaying the ugly legacy of slavery and Jim Crow ...

Jessica Rehfield’s studies have led her to write and illustrate Mayn Kneydl, a new book about matzah ball soup that doubles as a Yiddish-English primer. The artist aims to spread awareness of the Yiddish language among younger generations while helping older generations reconnect with the langu...

PHOTOS: Twenty-six Reform rabbis and cantors from across the United States and Israel traveled to Krakow, Poland, to bring assistance to Ukrainian refugees at the Krakow Jewish Commuinty Centre. They returned to their communities to share the refugees' stories. Below, Congregation Beth Israel Rab...

Want to change the world? If you are ages 20 to 24, the Jewish Federations of North America have just the program for you.
In 2020 a cohort of seven Portland-area young adults completed the three-week fellowship to become Jewish Changemakers.

Trio of climate action stories: Jewish Environmentalism has long history; Climate Action Committee plans recycling event May 15; Climate activists use Pesach symbols to urge financial institutions to halt investment in fossil fuels.

Day camps traditionally have been a place for youth to have fun, socialize and learn new skills. At Jewish camps, children also gain a sense of Jewish culture and community through Jewish values-based programs.
Two years into a global pandemic, the need for socialization and community are greater...

PHOTO: Supplies for Ukrainian children line the lobby and hallway at Congregation Neveh Shalom after the Foundation School hosted a donation drive March 29 and 30.

BY DEBORAH MOON

The news and images from Ukraine and bordering countries swarming with refugees have torn at the heartstrings of ...