“Moishe House Portland and Moishe Pod-West PDX are both central community resources that are helping make young adulthood one of the most exciting times to be Jewish,” says Nicole Tafoya, West Coast Director of Advancement for Moishe House.
BY RABBI BARRY COHEN
As I write these words, Passover is less than a month away, and I am preparing to take part in the Jewish Federation’s Israel mission. This will be my third visit to the Promised Land. I spent nearly a year there during my first year of rabbinical school in 1992-1993,…
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland has gathered resources to help families observe Passover.
Visit jewishportland.org/passoverhappenings to find organizations providing resources for different life stages, sources of Passover meals and recipes, and seders and other Pesach events .
B…
BY BOB HORENSTEIN
Like many American Jews, I’m deeply concerned about the Israeli governing coalition’s efforts to eviscerate the independence of the judiciary, legalize remote outposts in the West Bank and ban mixed-gender prayer at the Kotel. Yet, despite the government’s troubling h…
Marlene Edenzon will be the new executive director of Congregation Neveh Shalom effective May 1.
Marlene will succeed Fred Rothstein, who is retiring after 21 years of service to CNS and more than five decades of Jewish communal leadership.
Neveh Shalom President Liza Milliner thanked Ro…
