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Jun 7, 2022

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PSU students create Middle East friendships

PHOTOS: Portland State University students from PDX Hillel, CHAI (the Cultural and Historical Association for Israel) and MENASA (the Middle East North Africa South Asia) cultural center came together for a night of friendship, coexistence and dialogue centered around cooking (and eating!) M…

Jun 7, 2022

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June is Pride Month: Support LGBTQ+ Jews

PHOTO: Last year Liza and Beth Milliner, Danit Rothstein and Rachel Nelson represented the Jewish community in Pride at the 2021 PrideNW parade in a car draped with Pride banners from the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, Portland Jewish Academy and Congregation Neveh Shalom. This  ye…

May 27, 2022

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Brodkin farewell honors 17 years of building community

BY DEBORAH MOON
Congregation Kesser Israel invites the community to help celebrate the contributions and vibrancy Rabbi Kenneth and Aviel Brodkin have shared with the local Jewish community during their 17 years in Portland. 
Before the couple moves to take on fresh challenges at a new cong…

May 27, 2022

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Where will your march take you?

 Reflections after Portland's civil rights trip to the South

PHOTO: Portlanders participating in a civil rights trip to the South march across the Edmund Pettus Bridge as part of their journey toward a more just society. The bridge, now a National Historic Landmark, was the site of the bru…

May 26, 2022

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Mental Health Awareness Month: Resources, End Stigma, Reduce Human Cost

These three stories will help you find resources to promote mental health, explore ways to end the stigma of mental illness and learn how to easily reduce the human and organizational cost of mental illness with Mental Health First Aid.