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Editor’s Letter, March 2012

Thanks to all of you who took the time to write and tell us what you liked about the inaugural issue of Oregon Jewish Life and what other things you’d like to see. We were overwhelmed by emails and phone calls congratulating us on our first issue (some of those comments are excerpted at right)….

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Art & Coffee: The Perfect Pair

Introducing artist Aithan Shapira and coffee activist Debra Rosenthal Thanks to the draw of a young woman with deep roots in social action and Portland, the Rose City is now home to a rising young artist who already has made a big splash in the international art world. Aithan Shapira – like his heroes –…

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Smoke Signals

Roy Kaufmann wears many hats: political enthusiast, PR consultant, comedian, husband and dad. But there’s another hat this 34-year-old father of three recently began wearing that he never really expected. “A few years ago, had you asked me what I’d be doing, running Oregon’s marijuana regulation campaign would have been an unlikely response,” says Kaufmann….