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INSIDE

Hands-on tzedakah &
grant apps – pages 2-3
Helping educators
cope – page 4

UO Hebrew – page 4
Jan. 19, 2022 / Shevat 17, 5782 Volume 57, Issue 2
Tu B'Shevat – page 5
Texas rabbi: Training saved lives American Jews: Who

counts? – page 5
Texas Rabbi Charlie
Cytron-Walker credits Afraid or Angry?
security training with Process it: Noon, Jan. 19 People news: CSP,
helping him and three CNS, county – page 8
congregants escape from In response to the frightening incident
the gunman who took outside Dallas-Fort Worth, Jewish Family & Resources & jobs for
the four hostage during Child Service will offer a free online oppor- jobseekers – page 9
livestreamed Shabbat tunity to process your feelings – fear, anger,
services Jan. 15. The grief or confusion. With JFCS Clinical Chaplain: Power of
hostage taker died in a Director Douglass Ruth, LCSW, and Jewish
gunfight with the FBI af- Rabbi Cytron-Walker Community Chaplain Rabbi Barry Cohen. blue skies – page 10
ter the hostages escaped. To join at noon, Jan. 19, click tinyurl.com/
“Over the years, my congregation and I have JFCS-Portland-connect Rabbi: Is religion a
participated in multiple security courses from dirty word? – page 11
the Colleyville Police Department, the FBI, the ing classes and report suspicious incidents at
Anti-Defamation League and Secure Communi- jewishportland.org/security. Classes include Harsch rebrands as
ty Network,” Rabbi Cytron-Walker told the Star Situational Awareness, Counter-Active Threat,
Telegram in an emailed statement. “We are alive Stop The Bleed and Usher/Greeter Training. Schnitzer – page 11
today because of that education. I encourage all Since he began his SCN role in Portland in May
Jewish congregations, religious groups, schools, 2019, Moss also has conducted numerous risk Kesser dedicates
and others to participate in active-shooter and and vulnerability assessments, which can be lev- sefer Torah – page 12
security courses.” eraged to apply for nonprofit security grant fund-
Locally that training is provided through SCN ing in support of increasing the security posture Obituaries: Sherman,
Regional Security Director Gene Moss. Orga- of a local organization.
nizations and individuals can sign up for train- See SECURE COMMUNITY, page 12 Bodner, Arfer – page 12
Study to allow data-driven decisions in future

BY DEBORAH MOON JEWISH COMMUNITY
An upcoming study of the greater Port-
land Jewish community will enable Jew- STUDY TIMELINE
ish organizations to enhance and create May-June 2022:
programs, services and infrastructure that
will serve our community more deeply and Kickoff meetings with commu-
broadly. nity leaders/organizations
“These studies are incredibly difficult, but July-October 2022:
what makes them fun is how much impact
they can have,” says principal investigator Draft and finalize survey
Matthew Boxer, an assistant research pro- October 2022-January 2023:
fessor at Brandeis University. “It can make Conduct survey
a community stronger … (it helps) improve
its strengths and confront its weaknesses.” April-May 2023:
The Jewish Federation of Greater Port- Final report
land has commissioned Brandeis Universi- “This study is a guide for our community
ty’s Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Stud- to focus our communal investments for the
ies/Steinhardt Social Research Institute next 10 years,” says JFGP President and that for its last study in 2008, funding lim-
to “collect, analyze and report accurate, CEO Marc Blattner. “This will be the most itations did not allow Federation to hire a
actionable data to support and promote vi- comprehensive, scientifically valid study nationally recognized leading provider.
brant Jewish life in Greater Portland.” in Jewish Portland’s history.” He notes See COMMUNITY STUDY, page 6