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Dec 8, 2020

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Volunteers bring televised Chanukah to CSP & community

PHOTO: Rose Zepkowitz "lights" the menorah candles in her room at Tonkin House on the Cedar Sinai Park campus.

“The miraculous eternal light of our tradition shines at Cedar Sinai Park,” says CSP Spiritual Life Coordinator Cathy Zheutlin. 
Each night of Chanukah, blessings and songs or…

Dec 8, 2020

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Two families talk COVID Chanukah

By Gloria Hammer

Deep into a pandemic, Jewish families plan to celebrate Chanukah with the spirit of tradition and good memories from their childhoods. Two families shared how COVID has impacted their lives and how they hope to create a few new holiday memories for their young families. 
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Dec 8, 2020

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Pondering the power of Chanukah in a pandemic

Jewish children from 18 different schools participated in Maimonides Jewish Day School’s fourth annual essay contest on how to help their community in today’s challenging times. MJDS in Southwest Portland announced the two winners of Oregon’s fourth annual Chanukah Essay Contest on…

Dec 8, 2020

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Chaplain's Corner: Chanukah’s Nuanced Lessons

BY RABBI BARRY COHEN

Chanukah is one of the hardest Jewish holidays to explain. 
Here’s a typical explanation for young children: More than 2,200 years ago, an evil king named Antiochus Epiphanes tried to make the Jewish people just like everyone else. He made Jewish prayer, rituals and …

Dec 8, 2020

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COVID Column: Chanukah lights can brighten this dark winter

This Chanukah may feel far removed from “a great miracle,” as we continue to struggle through the COVID-19 pandemic. As of Dec. 3, Oregon has hit 79,293 cases and nearly 1,000 deaths from the coronavirus.