Photo credit: Kachka owners photo credit: Carly Diaz On April 20th, Kachka will host a Passover Seder meal to benefit HIAS (a global Jewish nonprofit that assists and protects refugees of all faiths), which is currently providing instrumental aid to displaced Ukrainians. Kachka has served Seder meals at various venues in Oregon, as well as…
PHOTO: (from left) HIAS Rabbi-in-Residence Rachel Grant Meyer; HIAS Border Fellow Nicolas Palazzo; Rabbi Elyse Wechterman, Executive Director RRA; Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld, Congregation Albert, Albuquerque, NM; Rabbi Devorah Marcus, Temple Emanu-El, San Diego, CA; Meggie Weiler; Smita Dazzo and Rebecca Kirzner. HIAS convenes faith leaders and attorneys in Washington, DC, to deliver petition to…
Today, Sunday, Oct. 28, at 4 pm the Oregon Board of Rabbis and the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland will sponsor a community vigil at Congregation Beth Israel (1972 NW Flanders St., Portland, OR 97209). Love Your Neighbor: A Community Gathering of Peace is open to all who wish to stand together following the massacre…
Two Oregon congregations are participating in the Oct. 19-20 HIAS National Refugee Shabbat. Havurah Shalom in Portland and Temple Beth Israel in Eugene both plan special Shabbat programs focused on the plight of refugees. HIAS, the global Jewish movement that protects refugees, is sponsoring the National Refugee Shabbat, a series of weekend-long events taking place…
