Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism

08/26/2025

04/01/2025

Join KOL SHALOM for a Community PASSOVER SEDER
Saturday, April 19, 4 p.m.
Portland Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd. Portland, OR

✔ We will share a humanistic seder with a haggadah reading, music, wine, and the traditional seder plate. There will be a hidden afikomen for the kids.
✔ While we’re not serving dinner, we’ll have a social time with hors d’oeuvres prior to the seder for relaxation and friendship.
✔ We will finish by 5:30 pm, in time for you to make dinner arrangements on your own.

Please register by April 15 to attend.
Members: Free.
Non-members: Adult $20, Student/Teen/ $15, Under 12 Free.
Registration link in comments.

Email info .org or call 503-459-4210 for information.

Kol Shalom offers a positive connection to Jewishculture, values and heritage from a humanist perspective.We are a welcoming community.

02/19/2025

From Jenn Meeropol, Ethel Rosenberg's granddaughter: We are incredibly gratified to share that on February 10th, Rep. McGovern made a speech on the House floor to share my grandmother's story and issue an apology to my family. This was the first time a sitting politician in Washington has made a public admission of the tragedy of Ethel's ex*****on, admonishing a government that would allow such an injustice. My family was moved to tears by the gesture. Rosenberg Fund for Children

Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern addressed the House floor on February 10, 2025. A key ally in the effort to clear Ethel Rosenberg's good name, the Representative issued an apology to Ethel's family after President Biden failed to do so before leaving office in January. Below is a transcript o...

12/26/2024

Get a jump on Kol Shalom's January 2025 Socrates Café:
"Is Humanism a religion?" on 1-25-25 at 10am Pacific time.
Zoom link and suggested readings (optional) in the comments.

12/17/2024

Friday, Dec 20, 5pm PST - Short and Sweet Shabbat

Join us for the final Shabbat of 2024: a Hanukkah and solstice Shabbat. Stay on after the short service to recount memories and thoughts about Hanukkah. Hope you can join in!

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12/06/2024

Morality in Technology - Mon., Dec. 9, 7:30 ET
Register here: https://bit.ly/shjepstein

11/14/2024

Kol Shalom's "Short and Sweet Shabbat" is Nov.15 at 5 pm PST.

Please join us! You are welcome to come to just be part of it, to enjoy seeing the candles being lit, to light candles yourself.

Following the short Shabbat service, we'll have an open opportunity for participants to share feelings after the election.

Our Zoom link is below. Hope to see you!

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11/09/2024

Today we remember, never to forget, KRISTALLNACHT: The Night of Broken Glass -- the N**i dictatorship’s declaration of war against German and Austrian Jews in November 1938.

On November 9–10, 1938, Jewish people in Germany, Austria, and parts of Czechoslovakia faced an extreme escalation of violence. Jennifer Putnam, Ph.D. explor...

11/07/2024

Statement on the election, from Jews for a Secular Democracy:

Our statement on the election -

10/24/2024

Join Jews for a Secular Democracy online to explore the vital intersection of religious freedom and LGBTQ+ rights.
https://bit.ly/lgbtqjfasd

10/22/2024

SOCRATES CAFÉ - Saturday - 10 CDT
Join us for a discussion of Ecclesiastes, the traditional reading for Sukkot, and one with almost no Godly authority. Join on zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88928046105?pwd=Hct4abgLmoIrnDrbQ4HW80avFzZZ7e.1
See comments for suggested discussion questions and readings.

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