By JESSICA ANDERSON
In 2023, the US Jewish community reported 1,005 false bomb threats and “swatting” calls (“Swatting” is the act of making false emergency calls, often to 911, to trigger a response from law enforcement.) This was a 774% increase from 2022 when only 115 incidents we…
By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review While waging a successful strike for a better member contract, the Portland Association of Teachers was making a foray into another conflict; this one larger, more divisive and infinitely more complex than teacher pay and benefits. This time, it was the…
By ROCKNE ROLL
The Jewish Review
Jaimie Harper has worked in geriatrics and end-of-life care for over 20 years. For much of that time, she hadn’t experienced the next step; what happens in Jewish tradition after death. She knew about it but hadn’t witnessed it or met the people who perfo…
By KERRY POLITZER
For The Jewish Review
A museum visit isn’t complete without a good nosh. Rachel and Aaron Brashear of Sweet Lorraine’s Latkes & More are now ensuring that your trip to the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education will end on a tasty note.
The musical duo,…
By RABBI BARRY COHEN
When I was an undergraduate, young, idealistic and optimistic, I had my first encounter with existentialist philosophy. What is the point of being? Where can we find meaning and purpose? What is our motivation to wake up in the morning and live yet another day?
The writi…
