In this episode, host Rockne Roll talks with Susan Greenberg and Kennedy Pate of Jewish Family & Child Service in Portland, Ore about how food insecurity affects Portland's Jewish community. They discuss the evolution of what food insecurity looks like, how it's being addressed, and the ways that issues like the ones JFCS focuses on intersect.

Read about how JFCS, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, the Oregon Board of Rabbis and one generous donor worked together to help alleviate the effects of the lapse in SNAP benefits during October's Federal government shutdown in the Nov. 19 edition of The Jewish Review at cdn.fedweb.org/fed-29/2/JR111925.pdf.

Learn more about JFCS's work at jfcs-portland.org.

Check out the Federation's Chanukah Happenings page for resources and more at jewishportland.org/ourcommunity/chanukahresources25.

On this episode, host Rockne Roll chats with Portland Ben Gurion Society Advisory Council members Whitney Kagan and Jeremy Greenberg about young adult leadership in Jewish communities. They discuss what the Ben Gurion Society is, their thoughts on the future of Jewish life and why putting their time, energy and money into Jewish community has been so richly rewarding.

Learn more about NextGen engagement opportunities within Portland's Jewish community at jewishportland.org/ourcommunity/nextgen.

Check out the Federation's Chanukah Happenings page at jewishportland.org/ourcommunity/chanukahresources25.

On this episode, host Rockne Roll speaks with Dr. Dean Bell of the Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership about the challenges of community building in Jewish life. They discuss how polarization has affected efforts to create community across divides and what history can show us about this work. They also discuss looking at resilience as a developable skill and a tool for dealing with fast-paced change.

Learn more at Spertus.edu.

Check out the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland's young adult Israeli-style Friendsgiving at jewishportland.org/israelifriendsgiving.