JR stories

I am your security director, too

BY JESSICA ANDERSON
As the Jewish Federation’s community security director, you may think I spend most of my days working with congregations and organizations. Yes, my days are mostly spent fielding questions about suspicious emails, helping organizations develop safety plans, following up…

Repair our souls and the cosmos

BY RABBI BARRY COHEN

Imagine a holiday so all-pervasive that it encompasses the preciousness of each person’s internal holiness with the grandeur of the creation of the cosmos.
Tu B’Shvat is that holiday.
This “New Year of the Trees” begins at sunset on Feb. 5. Originally, it was re…

OJMCHE galleries closed for construction

PHOTO: Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education galleries are closed while the museum's new 1,000-square-foot gallery space is integrated into the museum as shown in this architectural image.

The galleries at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education are cl…

Spotlight on Maayan Torah

Each issue, the Jewish Review is featuring a profile of one of the 18 local beneficiary agencies of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s 2022 Annual Campaign.

Oregon Hillel students connect with Birthright

BY ROMIE AVIVI STUHL
This winter, students from Oregon Hillel and Hillel Santa Cruz questioned their relationship to Israel, Judaism and each other while participating in a free 10-day trip to Israel. According to Birthright’s webpage, the trip was established to “motivate young people t…