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Oy Joy is what every Jewish child needs (and parents too)!

Iris Moran and Liora Goren recognize how hard it can be to maintain Jewish identity when you’re raising children in a secular environment. Finding the time and resources to nurture this bond can be challenging. That’s why these Israeli business partners launched a nonprofit digital platform that makes Jewish-themed crafts projects accessible…

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Spinning a yarn

Laurie Kimmelstiel weaves Jewish prayer shawls on a traditional Swedish loom. Their softness, their comfort, their beautiful design envelops the wearers, allowing them to focus on prayer and God’s presence. “It separates them from the rest of the world,” says Kimmelstiel of New York. Her spiritually-guided weaving is informed by hiddur mitzvah, she says, “the…

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An Israeli’s dream takes flight in Portland

Flying with his uncle as a child inspired Elad Segal, an Israeli native, to learn to pilot an airplane. Three decades later, he has realized his dream of opening his own flight training school, NW Wings Aviation, in Beaverton. The school offers courses for students seeking various piloting licenses including becoming a certified flight…

BB Camp at 100: Brand New and Branching Out

By Ellen Braunstein B’nai B’rith (BB) Camp of Oregon has completed a $14 million capital campaign, which has transformed the 100-year-old camp with new facilities built over the past decade. New cabins, a dining hall, an amphitheater, a lakefront lodge, a gym – all handicap accessible – are among the many structures dotting the…

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Oy Joy is what every Jewish child needs (and parents too)!

Spinning a yarn

An Israeli’s dream takes flight in Portland

BB Camp at 100: Brand New and Branching Out

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Oy Joy is what every Jewish child needs (and parents too)!

Spinning a yarn

“No One Left Behind”

An Israeli’s dream takes flight in Portland

BB Camp at 100: Brand New and Branching Out