From farmers’ markets to restaurants, Portland has become a culinary destination. The state’s kosher options have expanded too. The rules regarding what foods are proper to eat originate in the Bible. The Israelites were given a long list of forbidden foods, including animals that didn’t both chew their cud and have split hooves, rodents, birds…
The Arts and Judaism have been intrinsically linked since the beginning of time. There are an overwhelming number of Jews creating or performing in the areas of music, visual arts, creative writing, dance and theater. And if they’re not performing, they are attending and supporting! Culture has always been one of the pillars of Judaism…
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PHOTO: A SUPER University of Washington event on campus to commemorate the Nakba contained a sign saying, “Nakba, the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine.” Another sign read “Stolen Land.” Taken all together the signs demonize both Israel and Jews. Source Credit: SUPER UW Facebook Page (May 16, 2016) Nearly 100 more incidents of anti-Semitism…
PHOTO: French Jews from Lyon, Nice, Paris, and Toulouse fleeing anti-Semitism and terror in France arrive in Israel. Photo courtesy of The Fellowship. TEL AVIV– Propelled by worsening anti-Semitism and increasing radical Islamic terror, some 150 French Jews arrived at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport July 20 on a special International Fellowship of Christians and…
Sara Wasserteil, 31, a Portland native, has been named to the fifth annual “Double Chai in the Chi: 36 Under 36” list of young Jewish movers and shakers in Chicago. Presented by JUF’s Young Leadership Division and Oy!Chicago — an outreach website for Chicago 20- and 30-somethings—the list shines a spotlight on the faces of…
B’nai B’rith Camp is planning its first-ever weekend for adults ages 23-35. Young adults are invited to enjoy a weekend of camp fun, adult-style, Aug. 26-28 near Lincoln City on the Oregon coast. Last Day of Camp is a full weekend of the summer camp experience you remember, but without the training wheels. This weekend…
JERUSALEM – Leading international breast cancer researchers attending a Soroka Medical Center and Israel Healthcare Foundation symposium addressing the question: “Should Ashkenazi Jews or even the general population be tested routinely for inherited predisposition to breast cancer?” concluded that the current testing model focusing on family history isn’t working and that data shows that half…
Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education purchases the former Museum of Contemporary Craft from PNCA Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Executive Director Judy Margles and Board Chair Elaine Coughlin announced today (July 6) the signing of a purchase agreement for the facilities at 724 NW Davis in Portland –…
