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INSIDE

Security promotion
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Historic bar mitzvah
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Nov. 10, 2021 / Kislev 6, 5782 Volume 56, Issue 23 Shaarie Torah, new
rabbi enthused for
future – page 4

Honors: Youth
ambassador, Lions
award – page 5

Tivnu hires three new
Chanukah starts Nov. 28! Are you ready? staffers – page 6

This year, Chanukah begins early on the sec- during the holiday season. Find Chanukah 101 JFCS nourishes
ular calendar – the evening of Nov. 28 – and information about candle-lighting, the Macca-
continues through Dec. 5. The Jewish Federa- bees, latkes and more at My Jewish Learning. community – page 6
tion of Greater Portland has curated a webpage, Interfaith couples and families can build confi-

jewishportland.org/chanukah-resources, jam- dence celebrating the holiday at 18 Doors: Un- Psychiatrist talks
packed with resources to help you celebrate this locking Jewish. You can also find DIY Chanukah pandemic anxiety
year’s Chanukah. tips and rituals at Custom & Craft.
Explore local Chanukah events on the Commu- You can find Chanukah pop-up stores and Ju- – page 7
nity Calendar. PJ Library shares everything you daic gift shops with holiday fare on pages 10-11.
need to know to celebrate the Festival of Lights. In addition, many grocery stores carry Chanukah What can be done for
Visit Blue Dove’s Chanukah connection to men- candles and chocolate gelt in their kosher food downtown? – page 8
tal health to help you stay grounded and healthy sections.
Pearl gains an Oasis Malka Diamonds finds
home in Pearl – page 9

BY DEBORAH MOON Engaged: Rothstein-
A Jewish Oasis is coming to Portland’s Pearl District.
Following the August 2020 fire that destroyed the Chabad Elkaim – page 9
House and Everything Jewish store near Hillsdale, a
fund-raising campaign has allowed Chabad to purchase Chanukah pop-ups &
(with a mortgage) a 2,500-square-foot building at 1218 shops – pages 10-11
Climate change: NW Glisan St. Now Rabbi Chayim and Simi Mishulovin The comfort of a good
are working on phase 1 renovations to create a Jewish Oa-
A call to action sis featuring the return of the popular store and resource book (group) – page 12
center, a lounge area, a coffee/tea stand, free Wi-Fi, ADA
BY DEBORAH MOON bathrooms and a high bar along the windows facing Glisan.
“You have a call to action,” modera- “I’d rather go to the Oasis and have a cup of tea and do Knitting community at
tor Rob Shlachter told attendees at the a bit of work than go to Starbucks,” says Sen. Elizabeth EJC – page 12
Oct. 27 Solomon’s Legacy program on Steiner Hayward, whose NW Portland/Beaverton district
climate change from a legal perspec- encompasses the new Oasis. “It is taking something people Chaplain's Corner:
tive. “You have to start somewhere.” like to do and creating a Jewish space to do it where people
Shlachter called Climate Change and can feel welcome. For the uninvolved, it is less threatening, Time – page 14
the Public Trust, “one of the most im- and for the involved, it is a place that feels more like home.”
portant programs I have ever attended.” David Howitt, who helped lead the planning committee, Jobs Board: CNSCOS,
It featured University of Oregon Pro- says they looked at what makes a Jewish home welcoming. Preschool – page 14
fessor Mary Wood and Nigel Savage, “The feeling of being loved and warm is usually found in
founder of Hazon, the Jewish Lab for the kitchen and living room,” says Howitt. “We are creating PJA diversity – page 15
Sustainability. Solomon’s Legacy is a Jewish kitchen and living room in the middle of Portland.”
the Jewish Federation of Greater Port- Howitt grew up in Grand Rapids, Mich., a largely Dutch
land’s affinity group for local Jewish Christian town. About the time his parents divorced, he met Hillel cooking – page 15
attorneys, judges and law students. the local Chabad rabbi.
See CLIMATE, page 13 See OASIS, page 8 Obituaries – page 16