Issue Number 3 Volume 48

Broad swathes of growth on the part of congregations, fund-raising and national recognition tempered by isolated setbacks and some anti-Semitic incidents marked 5765 as a generally positive year for  read more »

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israel's unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank dominated the year 5765.  read more »

NEW YORK (JTA)—Looking back, it seems fitting that during the year in which Deep Throat was at last unmasked, events in the American Jewish world would unfold like a top-notch political thrille  read more »

ROME (JTA)—The 60th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 15th anniversary of the fall of communism took place this year amid a ferment of transition and concern within Europe as a who  read more »

Portland Jewish Academy was the only Oregon school recognized by the U.S. Dept.  read more »

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ariel Sharon may have beaten back his most immediate challenge in his Likud Party, but the possibility of a split in the ruling party still looms large.  read more »

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Spearheading massive federal assistance to rebuild areas hit by Hurricane Katrina, President Bush wants the faith-based community to play a role as well.  read more »

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is undergoing major restructuring in the wake of recent growth, JTA has learned.  read more »

NEW YORK (JTA) — In an effort to fortify its institutions against terrorist attacks, the U.S.  read more »

WASHINGTON (JTA)—With the U.S.  read more »

Portland native Glen Coblens has been appointed to the national board of directors for Maccabi USA/Sports for Israel, sponsor of the United States team to the World Maccabiah Games.  read more »

Two Portland natives forged remarkable bonds to Israel this summer as part of a contingent of 7,700 athletes from 64 countries competing in the 17th Maccabiah Games, also known as the Jewish Olympics  read more »

More than 1,700 people visited the Oregon Holocaust Memorial as part of organized tours led by docents from the Oregon Holocaust Resource Center in the first approximately 12 months since the memoria  read more »

Jessica Marsden's personal quest for Jewish identity has resulted in a revitalized Jewish Student Union at Portland State University designed to help other college-age Jews find connections in th  read more »

A Seattle-based company with an Oregon tie is selling fresh-frozen kosher fish, which it will deliver to the customer's door.  read more »

A spellbinding speaker, Rabbi Abner Weiss elucidated the complex world of kabbalah for an audience of about 135 at the Oregon Board of Rabbis' ninth annual Jewish Education Shuk at the Mittleman  read more »

Two Portland women were among the 27 international past presidents of B'nai B'rith Youth Organization who attended the International Conventions of BBG (girls) and AZA (boys), now celebrating  read more »

Sometimes when playwright Glen Berger hears music, he can hear the play inside it.  read more »

Cynthia Ozick focused primarily on two creative sources of her latest novel, "Heir to the Glimmering World," in her presentation Sept. 22 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland.  read more »

Marney Pike didn't start painting until she was in her 50s. Now she's in her 60s.  read more »

The Oregon Ballet Theater has brought Jewish choreographer Julia Adam back to Portland to stage her work "Angelo," which is a balletic interpretation of Shakespeare's well known "A  read more »

This year's Portland Open Studios features at least eight Jewish artists in its annual tour of 93 artists' studios in the Portland area.  read more »

After two summers of performing Shakespeare for fun, a troupe of young actors expanded their Shakespearian enterprise this year to include fund-raising for two shelters for victims of domestic violen  read more »

In the aftermath of Israel's withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and some West Bank territories, some U.S.  read more »

LOS ANGELES (JTA)—A Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor and Korean War veteran received the Congressional Medal of Honor Sept. 23 in a ceremony at the White House that was 55 years late.  read more »

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (JTA) — Simon Wiesenthal, who died in Vienna on Sept. 20 at age 96, often was called the "Conscience of the Holocaust."  read more »

From self-proclaimed Israel junkies to a couple new to town, a Portland community mission to Israel planned for May 14-24, 2006, has attracted the interest of a diverse group interested in visiting a  read more »

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (JTA) — Lawrence Franklin's plea-bargain pledge to cooperate with the U.S.  read more »

JERUSALEM, Oct. 10 (JTA)—It may sound uncanny, but an Israeli has educated the world on conflict resolution.  read more »