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Mar 13, 2024

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Oregon's unique resources make reporting hate easy

By JESSICA ANDERSON
In my last column, I talked about the importance of reporting antisemitic incidents to me through my incident reporting form at https://jewishportland.org/security. Continuing that thread, I want to share information about a unique resource we have here in Oregon. Oregon …

Feb 28, 2024

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The value of incident reporting

By JESSICA ANDERSON
It won’t be news to most of you reading this that according to the FBI, the Jewish community is on the receiving end of about 60% of religious bias crime, and that between 2021 and 2022, Jews experienced a 36% increase in reported crimes. Given recent events, we can exp…

Feb 28, 2024

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Rabbi Cohen to depart Portland

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review Rabbi Barry Cohen, who has served as Portland’s Jewish Community Chaplain for over five years, will depart his position next month to become the Chaplain Manager of The Velva G. and H. Fred Levine Jewish Chaplaincy Program at the Joan and Stanford…

Feb 28, 2024

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From "A to Z," exhibit shows breadth of Jewish Oregon

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review Everything can be Jewish. From A to Z. Visitors to the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education can see the evidence of that laid out in the museum’s main floor gallery in “Oregon Jews, A to Z,” now through May 26. “We rarely, if…

Feb 28, 2024

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Goldberg's latest tells a special Sephardic story

By ROCKNE ROLL
The Jewish Review
Bonni Goldberg has written plenty over the years, on a variety of subjects, but it took a special story to make firsy traditionally published children’s book.
A special Jewish story. 
That special story was the genesis of “Dona Gracia Saved Worlds,” pu…