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Celebrate studying Talmud – a page a day

BY DEBORAH MOON

A couple dozen students gathered at the Portland Kollel March 7 to celebrate completing the first of 63 tractates that they will study, a page a day, until they complete the 2,711 pages that make up the Talmud.
In the previous 7½ year cycle, which ended Jan. 4, 2020, the Ne…

OPB recalls impact of "The Three Rabbis"

“The Three Rabbis,” a film documenting the contributions of Rabbis Joshua Stampfer, Emanuel Rose and Yonah Geller, z"l, premiered Oct. 23, 2005, at Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum before airing on Oregon Public Broadcasting later that month. It re-airs April 6.

Teen Corner: NCSY

NCSY goes virtual: As coronavirus countermeasures go into effect, NCSY is joining the move to virtual programming. Visit westcoast.ncsy.org/virtual-programming/ to explore classes and ruach building online.

BY NISHAMA PARIS

I was crawling inside of a brilliant yellow bounce house with a d…

Pre-Closure Events

With the world's current shift to a virtual existence for the foreseeable future, these may be the last in person events the Jewish Review features for a while. But we want to keep receiving your virtual news items.

Six Jewish day camps serve Portland-area families

Six summer camps are poised to serve Portland if restrictions lift: MJCC Summer Day Camp, PJA Summer Discovery, BB Day Camp Portland, Camp Seed, Gan Israel Day Camp and Clark County Gan Israel Day Camp. BB Camp is offering a virtual spring break camp.