Rosen teaches antisemitism history at PSU

Dr. Yosef Rosen, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Director of Jewish Life and Learning, is back in the classroom.

Rosen is teaching History of Antisemitism this term through Portland State University’s Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies. The course, an upper-divisi…

ElevatEd program takes off to support ECE

Early childhood education can be a challenging field; putting “Jewish” in front of that doesn’t change that. Jewish early childhood education is, however, a huge part of Jewish life for many children and their families, as well as the entirety of Jewish community.

“There’s so many families t…

Judaism's original trailblazer

Lech Lecha (Genesis 12-17) - Recap

This week’s parsha shifts both focus and style: from the sweeping story of humanity across generations to the detailed lives of Abraham and his household. God calls Abram to leave home for Canaan, promising him descendants, land, and a future as a source o…

Goldberg-Polin visits Portland for 'One Night...'

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland hosted “One Night with Rachel Goldberg-Polin” Sunday, Oct. 11.

The event welcomed nearly 300 people to the Mittleman Jewish Community Center for a conversation between Goldberg-Polin and Janine Kurnoff Gottheiner, Co-Founder and Chief Innovation Off…

JCO, Federation mark Oct. 7's third anniversary

“A day devoted to joy became a day that we struggled to speak about without tears.”

This was Congregation Neveh Shalom Senior Rabbi Eve Posen’s description of that day that a packed ballroom at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center came together to mark exactly three years after its occurre…