Tag: Oregon
Delegation of US mayors visit Israel, talk to families of hostages
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
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...
Amendment to Oregon law adds teaching Jewish history in public schools
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...
Historic Oregon synagogue becomes target of anti-Semitic attack
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 enacts law requiring public schools to teach Holocaust education
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...