PHOTO: Gala Chair Ed Tonkin invites the community to join him Oct. 8 for the party of the century! (See Gala details below story.)

BY DEBORAH MOON
The Jewish Federation’s Centennial Gala will be a glamourous evening of reconnecting and celebrating a century of community building in Jewish Port...

PHOTO: Portland-area pitcher Jojo Zober Appling led the tournament in strikeouts. Photo courtesy of EMRYT Coollecchio

BY DEBORAH MOON

The Israel Softball Association 12U Israeli national team won the silver medal in the European Massimo Romero Youth Tournament. Portland-area pitcher Josephine �...

PHOTO: September National Tay-Sachs Awareness Month (see below) and Shari Ungerleider shares the story of her son, Evan (pictured), who lost his battle with Tay-Sachs when he was almost 4½ years old.

BY SHARI UNGERLEIDER 

When I gave birth to my first child, Evan, in August of 1994, my husban...

Trio of stories: Eastside Jewish Commons has a new director. The EJC summer intern helped plan fall events. Fall calendar has music, stories, food, families, more

OneTable expands Shabbat dinner subsidies; Tabor & Tea; Jewish Movie in the Park; Russian and Ukrainian Narratives; Jewcology; Sha-barbeque with Moishe Pod; BB Camp YA weekend; Moishe Pod Clothing Exchange; YA day camp; OneTable Shabbat dinner subsidies

Ever since she was an infant, Cedar Sinai Park/Robison Jewish Health Center (or the Home, as it is fondly called) has been a second home for Barbie Enkelis, 71.
Her mom and dad, Velma Zelda (Cissi) and Milt Carl, z”l, used to bring her to the Robison Home to visit her grandparents, Gussie and N...

The Jewish Women’s Round Table presents the Song of Miriam Awards to outstanding women volunteers. The 14 Song of Miriam honorees for 2022 are Myra Blatt, Lois Eaton, Judy Freeman, Lauren Goldstein, Robbie Lambert, Shoshanna Lansberg, Carol Lavender, Shirona Lurie, Niomi Morr, Danelle Romain, A...

PHOTO: Maimonides Jewish Day School and Chabad of Northeast Portland are purchasing this former preschool at 4635 NE 9th Ave. to house the day school, a preschool and all of Chabad NE's programs.

BY DEBORAH MOON

Portland’s east side will finally have a Jewish day school and a new preschool wh...

PHOTO: Physical Therapist Patty Magid-Volk and Cantor Linda Shivers prepare a wheelchair for someone needing a lift following surgery, injury or illness. The durable medical-equipment lending library could use more wheelchairs.

BY DEBORAH MOON

Shortly after I wrote an article announcing the cre...

PHOTO: Jodi Garber-Simon, right, interviews Multnomah County Commissioner Susheela Jayapal for the film “Shattered: How Women Broke the Glass Ceiling in Oregon Politics.”  

During the pandemic, Jodi Garber-Simon realized that all five of the Multnomah County Commissioners are women. Then An...

PHOTO: Sophie Lippert, an international correspondent for All Classical Portland, plays the piano on a patio overlooking the Tel Aviv beach.

BY KERRY POLITZER
Pianist and educator Sophie Lippert has worn many hats during her professional life, from concert series curator to community-builder and...

PHOTO: Students from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University show their pride at Tiberias, Israel, while on a Birthright Israel trip with Oregon Hillel.

BY DEBORAH MOON
Following a two-year, Covid-related hiatus of Birthright trips, Oregon Hillel returned to Israel June 19-29 with i...

PHOTO: Portland’s Wexner Heritage Fellows and several of their spouses pose for a group photo at Hebrew University on Mt. Scopus overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem during their July visit to Israel as part of their two-year leadership program.

BY DEBORAH MOON

The Portland class of the Wexn...

PHOTOS: New leaders from left: Rabbi Sholom Skolnik becomes the rabbi of Congregation Kesser Israel on Sept. 1; Congregation Ahavath Achim welcomes new leader Rabbi Devin Maimon Villarreal on Shabbat July 30; and Eastside Jewish Commons has hired Howie Bierbaum as its new executive director.

Mindy Zeitzer, the new board chair of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, brings a wealth of experience and a lifelong commitment to Jewish community to her new role.

PHOTO: A Lag B'Omer bonfire at Moishe Pod-WestPDX was a great opportunity to make s'mores. July 23, Moishe Pod will host a Havdallah Bonfire, so more s'mores will be on offer!

Young adults in Portland have several July events to choose from at Moishe House on the east side and Moishe Pod on the ...

Two articles share reactions to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade: Rabbis speak out on Roe decision & Historic, rabbinic and medical perspectives on court overturning Roe

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...