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

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

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 …

New JFCS director well poised to expand mental health services

David Block, M.A., became executive director of Jewish Family & Child Service on Feb. 17, 2020. “One big goal is to be a critical resource for families with children and adolescents,” said Block. “My experience with mental health agencies and building community partnerships and…