Jonathan Singer was recognized as 2026’s inductee to the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation’s Julie Diamond, z”l, Legacy Society at the organization’s annual meeting Monday, June 15 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center in Portland.
“For nearly a decade, Jonathan has brought st…
Lipman Pike was the first Jewish ballplayer, Howard Goldstein explains.
Befitting this status, a painting of Pike is at the center of a wall of paintings in Goldstein’s home office in Southwest Portland. This wall – and every other wall of the room and the hall leading into it – are p…
In my last column, (“Security in action in Ashland,” June 4, 2026, pg. 8) I described my visit to Ashland to participate in a bias response workshop with the Ashland Jewish community. The moderators were a husband-and-wife team from the Mandala Center for Change in Port Townsend, Wash., …
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 squad, threw seven innings of one-run ball and got the win in the 2026 Oregon School Activities …
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 Beaverton’s 10th Annual Pride in the Park celebration Sunday, June 28 at Beaverton City Park.
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