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Delegation of US mayors visit Israel, talk to families of hostages

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The mayors of cities in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Oregon returned last week from a four-day visit to Israel, where they met with political officials, business leaders, academics and regional experts. The three U.S. municipal leaders—Jon Mitchell,...

Oregon man charged with ‘repeatedly’ defacing Reconstructionist synagogue

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Adam Edward Braun, 34, was charged with hate crimes for allegedly defacing a Reconstructionist synagogue in Eugene, Ore., four times “because it was a place of religious worship for Jewish people,” the U.S. Justice...
Oregon House of Representatives. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Amendment to Oregon law adds teaching Jewish history in public schools

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In a unanimous vote of the Oregon legislature, H.B. 2905 now adds Jews to the list of marginalized peoples, whose histories and contributions public schools must teach under state law. The law, which state representatives passed in...
A fire and anti-Semitic graffiti were discovered outside the historic Congregation Beth Israel in Portland, Ore., on May 2, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Historic Oregon synagogue becomes target of anti-Semitic attack

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Police and other law-enforcement officials are investigating a fire and anti-Semitic graffiti discovered on Monday outside a historical synagogue in Portland, Ore. Congregation Beth Israel, which was completed in 1928 and is on the National...
Oregon’s state capitol. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Oregon enacts law requiring public schools to teach Holocaust education

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Oregon public schools will be required to teach students about the Holocaust and other genocides after Gov. Kate Brown signed on Monday a bill, which unanimously passed in the state legislature, into law. “Today more...