Weekly Wednesdays keep community informed

Weekly Wednesday Updates were created to keep our community informed of how COVID-19 is affecting all of us. Today, May 13, at 1 pm, U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will share fresh news and views from Washington. Register: jewishportland.org/covid-19-community-health-update-with-senator-ron-wyden

Mask maker, mask maker make me a mask

As doctors, nurses, other frontline workers and vulnerable individuals have scrambled to find masks during this pandemic, an army of volunteer sewers and people with connections to mask suppliers have stepped up to help fill the need.

News in brief May 13

OJMCHE & Yeshiva University seek to document pandemic life; Song of Miriam adds another 2020 nominee; "Girls in Trouble" brings women from Torah to online curriculum; Rabbi and Cantor Cahana's streamed services gain national audience; Milt Carl Way event postponed; Monthly Mitzvah: Ahavat Yisrael

Kids for kids

Rabbi Tzvi Fischer joked on a Zoom coffee klatch that his kids wanted a goat for their afikomen prize. Two hours later his brother-in-law had two kid goats delivered.

Milt Carl Way Awards event postponed

Initially scheduled for May 17, the second Milt Carl Way Awards event, presented by B’nai B’rith Camp and Congregation Shaarie Torah, has been postponed.  

Milt Carl was an icon in our community, a tremendous soul, a mensch, a dedicated father and grandfather, and a leader who changed…