PHOTOS: Above, Tivnu participants meet with Gov. Kate Brown in Salem while attending the proclamation of Cesar Chavez Day at the Capitol in March. At right, Tivnu participants canvas against Measure 105 before last year’s election. From Staff and PR Reports Portland-based Tivnu: Building Justice was one of seven organizations to receive the 2018-19 Lippman…
Light, Solidarity & Prayer was the title of the April 29 community gathering following the shooting in Poway. About 375 people gathered for the event at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. The attack took place April 27, the last day of Pesach, during services, at Chabad of Poway, CA. One woman, Lori Gilbert-Kaye, z”l, was…
The tide of environmental studies showing the harmful effects of litter and mismanaged waste on oceans are seemingly everywhere. For example, 8 million metric tons of plastics wind up in streams, rivers and waterways each year, according to research published in Science. According to the Ocean Conservancy, plastic product consumption is predicted to double over…
When Judith Kleinstein retired in 2004, she drew on the skills and interests she had cultivated during 31 years as a Portland teacher to craft a rewarding and active life. Even before she retired, she already was active as a lay leader at Congregation Beit Haverim and at Providence Milwaukie, where she volunteered in the…
PHOTO: Cancer patient Kaitlyn receives her portrait from Kristen Eisenbraun. The portrait was painted by Leslie Peck of Greenwich, NY. Photo courtesy of The Daily Gazette When a Jewish farm mom meets another rural Jewish woman at the food coop, it’s a good bet that a friendship will blossom. Elaine Eisenbraun met Lily while…
PHOTO: Volunteers pack bags of corn at the Oregon Food Bank at the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Doing Tuesday mitzvah project. In addition to the Jewish Federation, Portland Jewish Academy and Havurah Shalom have recently sent groups to volunteer with Oregon Food Bank. At the dawn of the new millennium, Oregon topped…
Rabbi Daniel Isaak at the Oregon Food Bank. PHOTOS BY CAROL ISAAK By Rabbi Daniel Isaak The mitzvah of practicing hospitality in Jewish thought derives from earliest Jewish memory. In Genesis we read that when strangers pass by, though recuperating from surgery, our forefather Abraham urgently welcomed them to his tent, offering water…
PHOTO: AmericCorps Team Leader Amy Singer in Grants Pass. At just 23 years old, Amy Singer is one of the younger team leaders for AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. She has led her team as they mentored and interacted with 435 students in Sacramento. They removed invasive species and planted 5,000 trees and native…
PHOTO: AJWS Global Justice Fellows, including Portland Rabbi Eve Posen (center), will be in Washington, DC, in March for an advocacy day to raise awareness and help mitigate the Rohingya genocide. In January the fellows were in Guatemala studying human rights issues in that country. The Jewish Rohingya Justice Network – a coalition of 19…
PHOTO: Rabbi Eve Posen, center, in Guatamala with other members of the Global Justice Fellowship run by American Jewish World Service. Listening to one Guatemalan after another tell stories of a wife, mother or sister who “disappeared” or was raped, Rabbi Eve Posen felt tears in her eyes. “One man saw the tears and said,…
