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Seattle Kosher ends retail delivery service

Editor's Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly described Seattle Kosher's delivery practices. 

Sourcing kosher food in Portland, already a challenge, just got that much harder.

Seattle Kosher announced in a May 31 email to customers that it was ending its retail delivery s…

70 years in the making: Neveh Shalom celebrates preschool's milestone

When the speaker asked teachers from each decade to rise, the packed room of celebrants stood and cheered. May 31 marked the 70th anniversary of Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Foundation School, and former parents, students, teachers, and administrators were ready to take a bow. Neveh Shalom�…

Dignity Grows celebrates multiple milestones

What kind of year has it been for Portland’s Dignity Grows chapter? Only their biggest yet.

“We packed more totes than we ever have before, thanks to the addition of a new partner and increased totes going to some of our existing partners,” Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Volunt…

Student to Student seeking new presenters

Student to Student, the awareness and advocacy program that brings Jewish high school juniors and seniors to classrooms in their community to talk about Jewish lived experiences, is already setting its sights on next year.

Rachel Nelson, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Chief P…

Security in action in Ashland

Last weekend I traveled to Ashland to visit the Jewish community there and attend a bias response workshop. Asland can feel quite far away, but I was reminded that it’s an easy 4.5-hour drive with a good audiobook playing. I traveled there a couple of years ago to do community training (As…