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Events Past & Future

The Schechter Spark will honor Rabbi Joshua and Goldie Stampfer, z"l; BB Bash raises funds; CSP to celebrate celebrate 100 years; Super Sunday aids community; Play explores history of Jewish theater; Talk to look at Israel tech boom

Interfaith breakfast offers inclusion strategies

The Interfaith Disabilities Network of Oregon, an all-volunteer nonprofit that provides information and support to religious organizations to “Welcome, Celebrate & Include” people with disabilities, held a Breakfast Forum for local religious and disabilities leaders on Feb. 13. IDNO was …

IJS finds new home for film fest, other programs

BY DEBORAH MOON
 
When Institute for Judaic Studies Executive Director Sylvia Frankel announced her departure, the board decided the organization’s overwhelming success had rendered it superfluous.
“We accomplished our mission,” says Frankel. “IJS tried to fill in the niche of Je…

News in brief

MJCC tapped for Energy Trust Cohort; Shaliach available to visit high school classes, other groups; Donations sought for Passover boxes; Rabbi Joshua Rose to leave Shaarie Torah in 2021; YouTube channel: Jewish Oregon TV; Alicia Jo Rabins receives Oregon Literary Fellowship

Holocaust education bill signed into law for 2020-21

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By Deborah Moon

Senate Bill 664 mandating Holocaust and Genocide Education was ceremonially signed into law the morning of July 15. 2019, by Gov. Kate Brown at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.

“Knowledge is power,” said Gov. Brown to an audience that filled …