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Jan 6, 2021

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Student’s mocktail book helps feed hungry kids

BY DEBORAH MOON

Portland Jewish Academy seventh-grader Jake Chisholm did not let a global pandemic interfere with his yearlong community service project to raise funds for the Portland Backpack Project. The project provides backpacks full of food to kids who are experiencing food insecurity…

Jan 6, 2021

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Portland eateries reinvent themselves

BY KERRY POLITZER

As many Portland restaurant owners can attest, the COVID-19 pandemic has been challenging on an epic scale. The Portland Food and Drink blog keeps a running tally of area restaurant closures, which recently reached 100. Surviving eateries are recasting themselves as grocer…

Jan 5, 2021

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Request from Israel generates graveside prayers in Portland

BY SURA RUBENSTEIN

Through a long chain of Jewish connection, Abraham Mordechai Zaidel of Israel reached out for help locating the grave of his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor for whom he was named. His grandfather had come to Portland after the war and died here in 1960.
The family knew …

Dec 23, 2020

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Focus on Wellness: The Dawn is coming

This issue of the Jewish Review is chock-full of programs, events, resources and ideas to get you through the next few gray months.

Dec 23, 2020

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Zoom room opens door to Intro to Judaism

No geographic, transportation or time barriers will keep people from participating in the next 18-week session of the Introduction to Judaism class that begins Jan. 21. Classes taught by members of the Oregon Board of Rabbis normally meet at rotating Portland-area synagogues from 7 to 9 pm…