On this episode, host Rockne Roll selects a collection of favorite clips from The Jewish Review Podcast's first 50 episodes. From Challah to Chabad to community building, from Portland to Ethiopia, there's something for everyone in this sound sampler of the show's first two-plus years,

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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.