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Even as they struggle to help families hit hard by the coronavirus and the economic downtown, Jewish organizations in California and the Pacific Northwest are mobilized — once again — to help victims of the wildfires that have devastated large swaths of region. “The mood and tone here?” said Marc Blattner, president and chief executive…
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News Portland rabbis to federal agents: Leave our community
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(JTA) — From the mayor to the governor to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, many in positions of power want to stop the Trump administration’s crackdown on protesters in Portland, Oregon. The person in the best position to make it happen now is the state’s Jewish attorney general, Ellen Rosenblum. On Friday, Rosenblum sued the Department…
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Fast Forward Portland rabbis call on DHS to withdraw federal agents
(JTA) — Seven rabbis from the Portland, Oregon, area are pushing back against the Department of Homeland Security’s covert activity against protesters in their city. Portland has been the site of protests against racial inequality and police brutality for the past 50 nights, in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands…
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Food In The Heart Of Oregon — A Kosher Brewery Thrives
To make the Janis Hoplin beer from Leikam Brewery, first gather all the ingredients for a 6-8 hour brew day. Meld the grains for an hour and a half. Put in about 400 pounds of barley. Then put the beer in the fermenter for about three weeks. Then bring the beer to a conditioning tank….
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Fast Forward Far-Right Activists Clash With Counter-Protesters In Portland
PORTLAND, Ore. (Reuters) – Scores of right-wing and anti-fascist demonstrators squared off on Saturday in Portland, Oregon, where four people were injured in similar rallies on June 30. Police tried to keep the two sides apart as protesters chanted and hurled insults at each other. Authorities set up a security perimeter around a waterfront park…
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