Now in its 12th season, the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation, a program of the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, continues to evolve. Currently 62 high school-aged teens from throughout the Portland metro area, including representa- tives from many high schools and synagogues, participate in the program. OJCYF teens meet monthly in three groups: first-year participants…
It was like a Kiddush cup filled to the brim with wine spilling over, says Eli Gregory, when asked about Passover 2014 at Moishe House, a Portland young adult organization. Sixty-five people crammed onto couches, giant beanbags and extra chairs borrowed from the Oregon Jewish Museum. They followed Eli’s socially conscious adaptation of the Haggadah…
The recently released census of Jewish day schools in the United States sponsored by the Avi Chai Foundation demonstrates an overall increase in day school enrollment since the surveys began in the 1998-99 school year. Conducted at five-year intervals, this research provides a clear picture of trends in the day school system over an extended…
B’nai B’rith Camp and BBYO are just a couple of the highlights Emily Glasgow remembers from growing up Jewish in Portland. After graduating from Lincoln High and finishing her M.A. at Amherst College in Boston, Emily began teaching third grade at an inner city school in Oakland, CA. Applying and getting into Harvard Graduate School…
