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About
Rabbi Eli and Chaya Citron (along with their daughter Leah) moved to Portland in the fall of 2022 to establish Chabad on Campus SW Portland.
We are a Jewish Student Center serving the Jewish community in the urban Colleges throughout SW Portland, including Portland State University, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland Community College, with the main focus being on Lewis and Clark.
We accept every Jew. Whether you're religious or not affiliated at all, whether you eat a bagel with lox every day, or have never heard of pastrami on rye, we're here for you.
Our goal is to support the Jewish student community by providing opportunities to get in touch with our heritage. Including educational classes, holiday programming, communal experiences, Jewish retreats, and sometimes just being a listening ear. We are your one stop shop for everything Jewish!
This website is under construction, so stay tuned, subscribe to our mailing list, and follow us on Instagram for the latest updates. instagram.com/jewish_and_clark
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We are a Jewish Student Center serving the Jewish community in the urban Colleges throughout SW Portland, including Portland State University, Oregon Health and Science University, and Portland Community College, with the main focus being on Lewis and Clark.
We accept every Jew. Whether you're religious or not affiliated at all, whether you eat a bagel with lox every day, or have never heard of pastrami on rye, we're here for you.
Our goal is to support the Jewish student community by providing opportunities to get in touch with our heritage. Including educational classes, holiday programming, communal experiences, Jewish retreats, and sometimes just being a listening ear. We are your one stop shop for everything Jewish!
This website is under construction, so stay tuned, subscribe to our mailing list, and follow us on Instagram for the latest updates. instagram.com/jewish_and_clark
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Learning & Inspiration
- Come With Me to the OhelJoin the thousands of visitors coming in advance of 10 Shevat. Read More
- Upward Without Limit7 Teachings From Basi Legani 5725 Read More
- Why Did Pharaoh Pursue the Jews?After enduring the devastation of the Ten Plagues, what sense did it make for the Egyptians to pursu... Read More
- When G-d Is Hidden and Revealed“Tzimtzum” Through the Lens of the Chassidic Discourse Basi LeGani (5710, 5725 & 5745) Read More
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Daily Thought
Pharaoh’s advisers tried hard to explain away all the plagues.
Even when the Red Sea split, allowed the Jews free passage, and drowned their enemies, there were those who ascribed the entire event to natural causes.
Such is human nature, to reflexively seek out a natural explanation for every event.
But a Jew, quite the opposite, ponders a natural occurrence and sees a miracle.
Because a Jew has an innate inner conviction that there is nothing else...