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Social action grants for teens

PHOTO: Portland teen Michael Ioffe, back row in glasses, was one of the 2017 recipients of the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award. Jewish teens involved in social action projects are eligible for $36,000 awards from The Helen Diller Family Foundation. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Awards. The program…

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Kol Shalom celebrates 25th anniversary

Kol Shalom-Community for Humanistic Judaism celebrated its 25th Anniversary on Oct. 21 at the Lagunita’s Community Room in Portland. The celebration for Humanistic Judaism in Oregon was planned by Sue  Greenspan, Karen Hyatt Sharon Lezin and DeBi Strode, and included music from the Dusty Boys  (with Jim Coon sitting in and our Kol Shalom’s “Dusty”…

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Mark Gaucher Awareness Month with genetic screening

PHOTO: Young couples thinking of having children are encourage to consider genetic screening. JScreen, the national nonprofit community-based public health initiative dedicated to education and carrier screening for Jewish and other genetic diseases, has joined with the National Gaucher Foundation to mark National Gaucher Awareness Month during October 2018. The NGF is celebrating National Gaucher…