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Feb 14, 2024

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Synagogues, Kollel share space while Maayan repairs damage

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review Through the recent ice storm, there were numerous stories of members of Portland’s Jewish community supporting one another. Many of these were on an individual level – friends and family staying over to cope with a loss of power or a damaged home. But…

Feb 14, 2024

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Frieda Cohen, 'a force of nature,' passes at 103

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review Frieda Cohen, z”l, “was a force of nature,” her son, Richard Cohen said. Frieda Cohen, who passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24 at the age of 103, certainly had an immense impact—in her lifetime-- in business, with her family and at Congregation Shaarie…

Feb 14, 2024

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'That’s my approach' - Vilan stands for hostages

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review Every weekend, Noga Vilan is standing outside, holding a sign. In rain, sunshine or even – as happened late in January - ice. Sometimes there are many people around her, sometimes only a few. The signs she holds each weekend bear the faces and the…

Feb 14, 2024

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The power of holding hands

By RABBI BARRY COHEN
“I was sitting on a beach one summer day, watching two children, a boy and a girl, playing in the sand. They were hard at work building an elaborate sandcastle by the water’s edge, with gates and towers and moats and internal passages. Just when they had nearly finis…

Jan 31, 2024

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'Somebody has to start' - Sharaka seeks to build on push for peace

By ROCKNE ROLL The Jewish Review “You all know the joke: An Orthodox Jew, a Christian and three Arabs walk into a shul,” Dan Feferman, executive director of Sharaka started his remarks at Congregation Neveh Shalom with. “We’re the punch line.” The five panelists on Neveh…