As Rosh Hashanah approaches on the eve of September 18, most people who ordinarily attend High Holiday services will be unable to attend synagogue in person this year due to COVID-19, and are seeking alternative ways to celebrate the holiday. Recognizing that blowing the Shofar, as the Jewish people have done for millenia, is the…
PHOTO: Rabbi Chayim Mishulovin, often accompanied by some of his children, visit seniors at local senior living communities around the city. CHABAD’S VISION that no Jew is forgotten inspires Chabad rabbis, their families and volunteers throughout the state visit senior communities. They visit around the holidays, before Shabbat or just because. In the greater Portland…
PHOTO: Throughout the school year, five students have visited seniors at Cedar Sinai Park in Portland each week as part of a program called “Torah & Us.” From left, bottom row, are: Rabbi Shneur Wilhelm, principal of Maimonides Jewish Day School and the boys’ teacher; Noach Both, Menachem Wilhelm, Ari Becker, Mendel Greenberg and Shmuel…
