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Event briefs Dec. 9, 2020

College: A Conversation on Zoom Dec. 17; COVID team presents mental health panel Dec. 15; and Community Wellness Havdalah Jan. 9.

Family and Youth News Nov. 25, 2020

Parenting teens in unconventional times

To assist parents helping our teens cope with this difficult time, Maimonides Jewish Day School presents an online publication, Back to School in Unconventional Times, featuring articles by child and adolescent mental health professionals from across …

Find gift of art in virtual market

ORA: Northwest Jewish Artists presents “Virtual Marketplace: Gifts for All Occasions” to provide a safe holiday shopping experience in the era of COVID.

Health staff excels at CSP's Manor

In the best of times, the Rose Schnitzer Manor Health Services Department focuses on the health and welfare of its residents. In the worst of times, the mandate to optimize health and welfare is the same, but it takes more time, effort and commitment to get there. The COVID-19 pandemic and…

Reclaiming the lost art of civil discourse

“Civil discourse grows increasingly difficult.” Rabbi Elka Abrahamson said she wrote those or similar words “a decade ago, five years ago, and of course today I can say that again without any equivocating.” Rabbi Abrahamson, President of The Wexner Foundation, spoke on the history,…