Owen Broder and partner Shelly Zeiserl have embarked on an ambitious and dynamic project for the young adults of Portland with the Moishe House Pod, a two-person Moishe House. Portland’s original Moishe House, located in Southeast Portland began in 2008. Moishe House is the global leader in Jewish peer-led young adult engagement programs Moishe Houses…
The Portland Metropolitan Association of Realtors (PMAR) is honored to present the annual Portland Future First Citizen Award and $5,000 college scholarship to Benjamin Olshin, a graduate of Catlin Gable School. PMAR’s Future First Citizen Award honors a high school senior in the Portland metropolitan area who has made an extraordinary commitment to improving…
The first poll to specifically examine rates of anti-Semitism among college students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel finds that, among this group, students are feeling unsafe and, as a result, are learning that to avoid anti-Semitism they must view their religion as something to hide, not celebrate….
Photo: Sarit Cahana The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) presented its 2021 Portrait of Empowerment series, which featured the AAPD Summer Interns. Sarit Cahana, daughter of Congregation Beth Israel’s Senior Rabbi Michael Cahana and Senior Cantor Ida Rae Cahana, participated in this summer internship program. For Summer 2021, AAPD hosted the Summer…
After a year without Birthright Israel trips for young adults from across the United States, the first group arrived in Tel Aviv in late May organized and operated by the Orthodox Union’s (OU) Israel Free Spirit. The group, made up of 17 fully vaccinated young adults from diverse Jewish backgrounds, 14 of them from…
OneTable, an organization that empowers people in their 20s and 30s to envision new rituals and build community through Shabbat dinner, is reopening with indoor dinners of up to ten guests as it marks its 500,000th dinner guest, including repeat engagers, since its founding in 2014. As the pandemic wanes, young adults are eager…
The Peres Center for Peace and Innovation, in partnership with the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities and Yala Young Leaders, hosted a virtual conference on hate speech on addressing rising levels of the problem in society. The workshop aimed to educate youth on the different forms of hate, the impact it has on individuals…
Photo: TischPDX cohort member, Brooke A, hosts a new year event called “High Holy Days,” at the Skidmore Bluffs as part of her new group, Portland Queer Jewish Experience. By Eleyna Fugman In 2018, TischPDX: Unaffiliated Jewish Leadership Incubator was launched with support from local private donors, to boost as well as learn from…
Photo: Hayle Meyerhoff. Courtesy Emily Williams Avodah is a national network of Jewish leaders working to fight domestic poverty and promote social justice. In addition to service at leading nonprofits, participants in their Jewish Service Corps live together as a community and engage in weekly educational programs to deepen their understanding of domestic poverty,…
By Cole Keister Where I grew up in rural Oregon people denied the Holocaust. I experienced a lot of anti-Semitism from people who really had never met Jewish people. I don’t identify as being religious, but being Jewish is an important part of who I am. I remember that starting around when I was just…
