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Coming Events (Virtual)

June 12: BB Camp Shabbat walk
Join B’nai B’rith Camp’s  Shabbat Walk at 4 pm, June 12. 
Register in advance for this meeting (registration required to access this event). Together we will light candles, do kiddush and motzi and sing. In perfect BB Camp style we invite each household …

Graduation 2020 – An experience like no other

Whether graduating from middle school, high school or college, young people this year say they feel they have missed important milestones and academic opportunities while facing an uncertain future.

Emergency aid is available – don’t be afraid to ask for help

Thanks to the local Jewish community’s COVID-19-Emergency Campaign, funds are available to help individuals and families weather the economic storm triggered by the pandemic that threatens our health. Yet many people suffering financially hesitate to reach out for that aid.

Searching for good, mapping Tikkun Olam

Maps these days tend to be depressing – showing COVID deaths and cases being typical – so Mark Lawton recruited two Jewish students to help him create a tikkun olam map to share uplifting, positive stories from around the globe.

Website highlights OJMCHE's virtual vibrance

Over the past six months the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education has been working with Bryan Potter Design on the design of a new website. This week they launched ojmche.org, which highlights ways that the museum has pivoted to become “virtually vibrant.” (Including t…