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Portland’s Jewish Community takes center stage – 4,000 celebrate on the waterfront

By Cindy Saltzman / All photos courtesy of Rockne Roll/The Portland Jewish Review For one Sunday in late August, Portland’s waterfront looked—and sounded—a little different. Nearly 4,000 people came to Zidell Yards for the Portland Jewish Festival, filling the...

Meghan Markle-turning pain into gain?

You may think this is harsh. But this isn’t new. It’s a pattern. From Uvalde— to photo ops around American military cemeteries— to carefully curated “humanitarian” appearances that somehow always circle back to monetization and exploitation. And now—Bondi Beach. A...

Launching for Rosh Hashanah 2026-The South Florida Jewish Life Resource Guide

Jewish Life Now is building on the success of our established resource guides in other communities by launching a Resource Guide for South Florida - just in time for Rosh Hashanah.  We are so looking forward to being a part of this vital, growing and dynamic community!

Israel-A timeline September 2024 September 2025

It's now nearly two years since the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attack triggered an ongoing war that has shaken the very foundations of our lives here in Israel. It’s been another immensely trying year for Israel, as the war has not ended and terror groups in...

WSJ JEWISH JOURNALIST EVAN GERSHKOVICH HAS BEEN RELEASED

Great news! According to numerous news sources Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former marine Paul Whelan have been released in a prisoner swap. Gershkovich and Whelan had been imprisoned I’m Russia based on spying charges. ​In what has been described...

Life is a song

By Tara Dublin The Songbirds Choir brings the sound of music to senior living Every Wednesday morning, a small group of volunteers assembles just off the lobby of the Rose Schnitzer Senior Center in Portland, Oregon, to gather around a grand piano and sing old...

Comedian Shawn Pelofsky -Activism through Comedy

By Masada Siegel Standing strong for Israel is not the first time comedian Shawn Pelofsky, who has received death threats for her activism, has stood in the line of fire. She was one of the first female comics to perform in Afghanistan after Sept 11. “When I told my...

Leave No One Behind

One Jewish man's mission to save a Muslim family. The creed “leave no one behind” has become a mandate for a loosely connected network of veterans, active military and law enforcement. They are dedicated to stealthily evacuating, resettling and advocating for Afghans...

100 Years of Innovation – The Technion by Debra Rich Gettleman

“The Israelis are the strongest in the world, when we are united, we are invincible.”

Go to Israel. NOW!

Whenever I told people I was going to Israel, they always said the same thing. “Why? Why would you go now? It’s a war zone.”

Foreskin Frenzy

Foreskin Frenzy

by Debra Rich Gettleman Ok, can we be frank for one minute? There are times to make political statements, and then there are times to make yourself look like an idiot. Disrupting an entire rock concert with a message about foreskin, seems to fall into the idiot...

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#hiptheatre

#hiptheatre

By Debra Rich Gettleman You know that hilarious story about the two interns at a Jewish publication struggling with their latest assignment: how to rebrand Zionism as progressive, #girlboss, and Gen Z via Instagram?   No? Well, I guess you don’t know about Jewish...

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Real talk about the war

  by Debra Rich Gettleman Ariel Shapiro is a modern orthodox Jew from Kiryat Gat in Israel. He, his wife, and three children, ages 8, 5, and 2, are taking safe haven in London. I spoke with Ariel about the war, his children, and what we in America need to know....

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Where are the facts?

Where are the facts?

By Debra Rich Gettleman The Jerusalem Post headline, October 22nd, 2023 Detroit Jewish leader found stabbed to death outside her home The caption under Samantha's photo reads: "Samantha Woll, an interfaith activist who also worked in politics, was 40. It is unclear if...

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Ditch Tiktok and Do Shabbat Dinner Right

Ditch Tiktok and Do Shabbat Dinner Right

By Tara Dublin It’s hard enough to get Gen Z to look up from TikTok, let alone regularly sit down to share a proper meal and interact with others. So, imagine how much harder it might be to get younger generations of Jewish Americans to come together every Friday...

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Smart Cookies

Smart Cookies

By Debra Rich Gettleman In 2008, three modern orthodox women, Laurie Wexler, Sara Portman Milner, and Dina Leener, all guided by a sweet tooth and a passion to repair the  world, came up with an idea of using pastry arts and baking to help young adults with learning...

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