With this year’s shift to a virtual program, Weekend in Quest will likely reach a far wider audience.On Sunday, March 7, multidisciplinary performer and academic Stav Meishar will Zoom into Portland to present “Circus Jews Under National Socialism: A Lecture/Performance.”
At Congregation Beth Israel, high schoolers use Minecraft’s Creative Mode to build replicas of the ancient Masada fortress and reenact Jewish history, while younger children do live-action role play in Survival Mode.
Reed College professor Dr. Laura Arnold Leibman won three categories with her impressive book The Art of the Jewish Family: A History of Women in Early New York in Five Objects in the 2020 National Jewish Book Awards. PSU professor Dr. Natan Meir was a finalist for the history award won by Leibman.
Passover begins at sundown March 27, 2021. Get ready for the most widely celebrated Jewish holiday with the new book How to make Pesach in 5 Days or by checking out these two online events from the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.
After a 32-year journey across three continents, Lou Levit feels at home in Portland, where she has created “one of the biggest passions of my life” – the Kindness Farm. It is an all-volunteer project created to sustainably grow fruits and vegetables on donated land using donated…
