The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Challahman teamed up to bring the taste and texture of the High Holidays to seniors living in area retirement communities.
Volunteers at two drop-off sites unloaded 745 meal kits and hundreds of hotel-sized toiletries collected by more than 200 participants to aid the hungry and houseless.
About 5,000 people around the country tuned in to watch Chef Michael Solomonov cook up a Rosh Hashanah feast during a virtual program organized by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.
Three families who usually host friends and family galore, expect fewer guests of the human variety in their sukkah this year. Though maybe more cats and other critters will enjoy the holiday dwellings.
Measure 110 would shift Oregon to a health-based approach to drugs and addiction. Instead of punishing people for drug possession, we’d expand access to drug addiction treatment and recovery.
