JR stories

Mensches share ways to aid houseless

In a wide-ranging Zoom program on houselessness, three Jewish panelists shared how their organizations are helping build up the houseless community with shelter and jobs. “We need to be able to build very, very affordable housing in Portland quickly and cost effectively and use…

Constructing Hope

From Michael Brown to George Floyd to the unrest in downtown Portland, race has become an ever more visible issue. Fortunately, we have a gem that has been creating career paths in the construction industry for the formerly incarcerated, who are disproportionately people of color.

National endowment initiative tops $1 billion – $28 million in OR, SW WA

In less than eight years, Life & Legacy, an initiative of the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, has motivated more than 17,000 donors in 63 communities across North America, including Oregon and SW Washington, to commit more than $1billion in current and after-lifetime assets to Jewish organizations.

Matthew Kahl receives ADL’s Ginsberg Award

ADL Pacific Northwest Region advisory board member Matthew Kahl received the 2020 ADL Daniel R. Ginsberg Award at the Anti-Defamation League’s annual meeting, which was held virtually this year. This award is presented annually to young leaders who have shown exceptional promise and dedica…

Listen to your body and focus on wellness

People respond to challenges in many different ways depending on whether they are optimists, pessimists or some mixture of different personalities. Much of life is about choices. Fitness, which is part of the much bigger world of wellness, is one of those choices.