Parenting teens in unconventional times

To assist parents helping our teens cope with this difficult time, Maimonides Jewish Day School presents an online publication, Back to School in Unconventional Times, featuring articles by child and adoles...

ORA: Northwest Jewish Artists presents “Virtual Marketplace: Gifts for All Occasions” to provide a safe holiday shopping experience in the era of COVID.

In the best of times, the Rose Schnitzer Manor Health Services Department focuses on the health and welfare of its residents. In the worst of times, the mandate to optimize health and welfare is the same, but it takes more time, effort and commitm...

“Civil discourse grows increasingly difficult.” Rabbi Elka Abrahamson said she wrote those or similar words “a decade ago, five years ago, and of course today I can say that again without any equivocating.”
Rabbi Abrahamson, President of T...

Israeli innovation and technology will be in the spotlight for the third straight year when TechFestNW takes the virtual stage Dec. 2-4.

Per the governor’s statewide freeze to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19, the Mittleman Jewish Community Center is closed for four weeks; but the J continues to offer online fitness for members, and virtual arts and culture programs for everyone.

Super Sunday is going virtual and will be on Zoom like everything else this year. Volunteer callers are needed for two shifts on Sunday, Dec. 20, when the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland presents its first home-based Super Sunday phonathon. ...

Nineteen diverse young Jewish professionals have been selected for the first virtual cohort of PDX Pathways, a mentoring and leadership program for ages 21 through 35ish. 

This is probably the most bizarre holiday season most of us will ever experience.
"Go outside" is just one tip to help you emotionally prepare for being away from extended family and friends on Thanksgiving and Chanukah.

Thanksgiving and Chanukah can be cheerful and celebratory if you take some time to put more thought than usual into how to make the holidays meaningful. 

Though it will not be the Thanksgiving we hoped for, let us ask ourselves: What are we grateful for? What blessings exist in our lives that we often take for granted?

Registration for B’nai B’rith Camp’s 100th summer is open. After the mandated closure of overnight camps for 2020, BB Camp's idyllic campus on Devil's Lake is ready to welcome campers for a joyous 2021. 

Recognizing service work revolves around education and advocacy, Portland Jewish Academy seventh-grader and dolphin-lover Lily created an informational slideshow for first-graders.

PHOTO: Chef Michael Solomonov returns for a Chanukah cooking demonstration Dec. 2.

Repair the world: Volunteer
As the effects of the pandemic are prolonged, social issues are exacerbated and volunteerism is needed more than ever. To connect peop...

Though its galleries are closed, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education has unveiled Good Trouble, a new virtual exhibit on the museum’s website, and an exhibit of Oregon Jewish Stories in the museum's highly visible ground ...

Israel360 will present an SWU Discover interactive Zoom tour of the Old City’s Jewish Quarter Dec. 13. Master guide Yoni Zierler will blend history, storytelling and trivia to bring extra light to your Chanukah.

Beginning in mid-March, the Portland Jewish community raised $900,000 with the Greater Portland Jewish Community COVID Emergency Fund, a joint project of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation. 
By ea...

Moods are getting as gray as the skies as nights creep in sooner and rain keeps us away from socially distanced get-togethers. But being mindful can help ease the stress.

To understand mindfulness, Rabbi Barry Cohen suggests viewing "The Bill Murray Stories." Bill Murray shows us how we can stop dwelling in the past, resist the urge to worry about the future, and for a few precious hours, exist in the present, conn...

Chase away the winter blues. Explore the new virtual world with these online programs: Chanukah cooking; PJ Library Havdalah-la-la; Hillel College Fair; OneTable Vegan Friendsgiving; PJA Auction; Business of cannabis; Next Generations; PJA open ho...

Thanksgiving is definitely different this year. Most of us will not be cooking a giant turkey for our extended family, while some might not even feel like preparing anything at all. Fortunately, Portland’s great restaurants are cooking up nouris...

From Colonial time to the present, Jews have been a continual and dependable presence in the defense of the United States of America. This Veterans Day we reflect on the Oregon Jews who served in the United States armed forces and share stories fr...