Out of 150 applicants, Doug Blauer was selected as one of about a dozen members of the Portland Police Bureau’s Bureauwide Advisory Committee. BAC was created to help police strategize how to reshape/reimagine the department and their approach to public safety, says Doug.
Jodi Berris has been an tireless event-planning volunteer in Portland for some 15 years. She has organized Jewish events for Portland’s young adults, as well as modern Orthodox Shabbatons. Now she is dividing her time between Portland and Park City, Utah, where she is taking a new city by storm.
A class that began as a 10-week exploration of Kabbalah recently concluded a five-year study of the Tanya, an early work of Hasidic philosophy. The in-depth study of the Tanya concluded Nov. 16, 2020. The group, with about 10 people completing all five years, met each Monday night at Chabad…
Final crisis grants made; Women's Giving Circle accepting grant requests; Chaya Wilhelm certified as Nurtured Heart Trainer; and Monthly Mitzvah: Kashrut.
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