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...

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...

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!

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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.”