Portland Trail Blazer’s founder and decorated WWII veteran, Harry Glickman will be the honored guest at The Mighty Endeavor’s Night at the Museum event on Saturday, Nov. 9. Harry Glickman was born and raised in Portland, Oregon and is a graduate of Lincoln High School and the University of Oregon. During WWII, he served for…
Oregon’s Jewish settlers may or may not have studied the Talmud’s precepts, but they definitely took Rabbi Hillel’s advice to heart. During the state’s first century – and especially during its first 50 years – Oregon Jews made impressive contributions to political and civic life. While those contributions continue into the present day, with Sen….
Oregon’s Jewish pioneers may have come to the far reaches of the frontier, but they, too, remembered their traditions. Almost as soon as enough Jewish men came to a town to constitute a minyan, they began organizing, at least for major services. Although the earliest Jewish settlers in Oregon, according to most accounts, were Jacob…
