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When is a concert more than just a concert? Portlanders have a chance to find out for themselves tonight.

Israeli singer-songwriter Gilad Segev will present Project Heroes at the Mittleman Jewish ...

Dalia Ziada grew up with an exceptionally small bookshelf in her parents’ house in Egypt. Aside from a few dusty school textbooks, its surface held the two prominent scripts of her childhood: the...

Art/Lab is kicking off summer with a pair of early June events cultivating Jewish culture and artistic expression in Portland and beyond.

The group will host its Exhibition Opening + Music, Poetry...

The recent vehicle ramming at the Multnomah Athletic Club (MAC) was a reminder to me about the increasing commonality of this type of violence. Thankfully, in this case, no one was in the building,...

Like thousands of non-Orthodox American Jews, I have enjoyed the privilege of participating in b’nai mitzvah and Shabbat services at the southern egalitarian prayer section of the Western Wall, o...

Twelve people arranged themselves in a row at the front of a room at Beaverton’s Elsie Stuhr Center last Wednesday evening to ask for the same thing – votes.

The 12 were candidates in six diff...

The Jewish Review is moving to a weekly publication schedule effective Thursday, May 7.

The move comes following feedback from the Review’s reader survey earlier this year. A significant portion...

Jews across the greater Portland area – and around the world – are kvelling about Deni Avdija, a 25-year-old basketball sensation who is largely responsible for returning the Portland Trail Bla...

Yom HaZikaron, literally “Remembrance Day,” honors those who have fallen in battle to create and defend the modern State of Israel and those civilians who have died in terror attacks. They numb...

The Mittleman Jewish Community Center was dressed up Israeli-style for the Oregon Jewish Community Youth Foundation’s “A Night in Tel Aviv” fundraiser Thursday, Apr. 16. The white and blue Ma...

I’m writing this from 30,000 feet in the air, en route to the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, a yearly event featuring all genres of music and great food over two weekends. New Orleans is o...

Dr. Alan Morinis’ first book in 12 years takes a little explaining.

“I’ve written a book about Shabbat, and also not about Shabbat,” he said. “The part that’s not about Shabbat is abou...

The Jewish communities of Oregon are fortunate to have access to $250,000 per year to defray security costs for a three-year cycle that began in late 2024. These funds, granted by the Jewish Federa...

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland will host the Portland Jewish Festival Sunday, Aug. 30 at Zidell Yards in Portland’s South Waterfront neighborhood.

“It is going to be filled with foo...

Passover is about freedom, but it’s also about food. Very specific food.

Whether you are looking for a pre-made feast or sourcing the ingredients to make your own kosher for Pesach spread, a ran...

“I try really hard as a parent to model,” Arielle Goranson, chair of Portland’s chapter of Dignity Grows, said. “I don’t tell them to be involved. I show them what it looks like to be inv...

I’ve fielded a lot of questions in the past week following the car ramming at the Michigan synagogue. You’ve probably read that Temple Israel is one of, if not the, largest Reform synagogues in...

In the days leading up to the founding of Greater Portland Hillel eighteen years ago, a study examined the number and needs of Jewish students at Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College a...