The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education had much to share at its annual meeting Tuesday, June 23. Most of that news was celebratory – the members elected Dan Sharp and Lisa Kaner to the museum’s board of directors and elected Jennifer Yoken as the board’s new president al…
Jonathan Singer was recognized as 2026’s inductee to the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation’s Julie Diamond, z”l, Legacy Society at the organization’s annual meeting Monday, June 15 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center in Portland.
“For nearly a decade, Jonathan has brought steady judgm…
Lipman Pike was the first Jewish ballplayer, Howard Goldstein explains.
Befitting this status, a painting of Pike is at the center of a wall of paintings in Goldstein’s home office in Southwest Portland. This wall – and every other wall of the room and the hall leading into it – are packed …
Portland’s Jewish community has double the chance to celebrate Pride together this summer.
Jewish Pride Greater PDX will return to Portland’s Pride Parade on Sunday, July 19, and will join Beaverton’s 10th Annual Pride in the Park celebration Sunday, June 28 at Beaverton City Park.
Rachel …
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Women’s Giving Circle wrapped up its 10th cohort by announcing $29,200 of grants to nine programs serving Portland’s Jewish community.
While the primary function of the Giving Circle – gathering philanthropically-minded Jewish women to collectivel…
Editor's Note: A previous version of this article incorrectly described Seattle Kosher's delivery practices.
Sourcing kosher food in Portland, already a challenge, just got that much harder.
Seattle Kosher announced in a May 31 email to customers that it was ending its retail delivery ser…
What kind of year has it been for Portland’s Dignity Grows chapter? Only their biggest yet.
“We packed more totes than we ever have before, thanks to the addition of a new partner and increased totes going to some of our existing partners,” Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Volunteer Co…
Student to Student, the awareness and advocacy program that brings Jewish high school juniors and seniors to classrooms in their community to talk about Jewish lived experiences, is already setting its sights on next year.
Rachel Nelson, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Chief Pla…
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Board Chair Leslie Beard marked a year in her role at the organization’s annual meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. What a year it’s been.
“It has been a year of unexpected growth, profound learning and many lessons in …
“There are volunteer leaders and then there are volunteer leaders; those who go above and beyond, are willing to do whatever it takes and provide incredible guidance and mentorship,” Jewish Federation of Greater Portland President and CEO Marc Blattner said at the organization’s annual meeti…
Sammy Monk’s career thus far has not been what she initially planned.
An advertising major from Syracuse University, Monk was working as a copywriter for a firm contracted with Toyota’s North American operations in Los Angeles when it hit her that none of it was for her. Selling cars, adver…
“Until fourth grade, I think I honestly just thought everyone was Jewish,” Chapman University rising sophomore Isabella Robinson said.
While that sentiment was, of course, disproved, it’s indicative of the level of Jewish engagement the Portland Jewish Academy and Ida B. Wells High School …
Luminaries past and present, from near and far, gathered to celebrate 20 years of the Portland Kollel Wednesday, May 13 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Two decades of learning and programming started with one meeting. “In the summer of 2005, Rabbi [Nate] Segal convinced Esther…
Josh Frankel can still kick. That quality was demonstrated as this year’s addition to the Oregon Jewish Sports Hall of Fame was inducted at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center’s Day for The J celebration Sunday, May 17 at the center. Frankel, who played four seasons for the University…
As a playwright, Portland’s Jodi Walder appreciates a good story, especially one in the vein of social justice. So, when she encountered a theater producer and volunteer board member from Forest Grove non-profit GG’s House, which serves homeless people in Western Washington County, the seed…
