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School buses are lined up outside Silver Rail Elementary school, where a deadly shooting took place, on October 15, 2026, in Bend, Oregon. (AP Photo/Joe Kline)
October 16, 2026, 5:41 am
Three children, teacher killed in Oregon elementary school shooting
Police identify shooter as 16-year-old resident of Bend, who was killed by an armed bystander; another schoolkid and teacher rushed to the hospital with critical wounds
By Maggy DONALDSON
A worker installs a hand-painted billboard, painted by artist Virginia Axioti, for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming film 'The Odyssey,' starring Matt Damon as Odysseus, outside Athens’ Athinaion cinema, where every film is promoted with a hand-painted billboard, July 11, 2026 (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
July 22, 2026, 6:35 am
Oregon theater manager who added ‘the Jews’ to ‘Odyssey’ marquee claims antisemitism is ‘exaggerated’
Portland’s Jewish Federation says it asked the manager to change the sign but he refused, ‘making it very clear what his intention was’
By Andrew Lapin
University of Oregon students set up a tent encampment on campus to protest the Israel-Hamas war, April 29, 2024, in Eugene, Ore. (AP/Jenny Kane)
September 10, 2025, 8:20 pm
Judaic studies faculty spared budget cuts at University of Oregon
Though staffers had raised alarms, cutbacks aimed at addressing institution’s $29 million deficit won’t affect Holocaust studies chair
By Andrew Lapin
A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, October 28, 2024, in Portland, Oregon. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)
October 30, 2024, 8:24 pm
Ballot boxes in two US states set on fire, vandalized with ‘Free Gaza’ messages
Law enforcement investigating whether person behind attack was motivated by pro-Palestinian views or if they left the message to create confusion
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Volunteers at the Oregon Food Bank, 2023. (Screenshot via YouTube/ via JTA)
July 21, 2024, 3:26 am
When Portland charities condemned Israel, Jewish philanthropy was put to the test
After Oct. 7, groups have issued strident and one-sided statements on the war in Gaza, causing local Jews to reconsider longstanding relationships – regardless of optics
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative - A Boeing 707 refueling plane and C-130 Hercules transport aircraft demonstrate aerial refueling at a graduation ceremony for soldiers who completed the Israeli Air Force's flight course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev Desert, June 28, 2016. (Ofer Zidon/Flash90)
April 30, 2024, 8:51 am
Portland university ‘pauses’ Boeing ties amid Gaza protests, but students won’t budge
As Portland State University president promises to hold open forum in May to discuss donations from aerospace giant, students refuse to vacate encampment blocking campus library
By ToI Staff
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English literature professor at Linfield University, was fired from his job in 2021 after calling out what he said was antisemitic speech by its president. (Courtesy/Pollack-Pelzner via JTA)
February 7, 2023, 4:14 am
US university that fired teacher who reported antisemitism settles with him for $1m
Linfield University in Oregon ends lawsuit filed by English professor Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, who said school’s president made antisemitic remarks
By Andrew Lapin
A view of the Umpqua National Forest in Oregon, the home of Swastika Mountain. (Public domain)
August 30, 2022, 1:43 am
Oregon’s Swastika Mountain to soon be renamed
History of 4,000-feet mountain predates Nazi Germany, may soon be dubbed Mount Halo after a chief who led the area’s Indigenous Yoncalla Kalapuya tribe in the 1800s
By Andrew Lapin
Portland's Congregation Beth Israel. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
May 8, 2022, 10:03 pm
Man charged for Oregon synagogue and mosque vandalism spree
Michael Bivins, who has posted conspiracy theories about Biden administration, is accused of arson, smashing window, spraying graffiti at synagogues; fire at mosque
By PHILISSA CRAMER
In this file photo taken on August 28, 2016, a woman uses her iPhone in front of the building housing the Israeli NSO group, in Herzliya, near Tel Aviv. (Jack Guez/AFP)
August 5, 2021, 4:13 am
Ownership of Israeli NSO Group up in air amid latest Pegasus scandal
Oregon’s pension fund reconsiders its $233m investment in Novalpina Capital, which has majority ownership of Herzliya-based firm whose spyware is allegedly being misused worldwide
By ANDREW SELSKY
The Staten Island Ferry departs from the Manhattan terminal through a haze of smoke with the Statue of Liberty barely visible, on Tuesday, July 20, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
July 21, 2021, 11:20 pm
US East Coast skies filled with smoke and ash from West’s wildfires
Haze hangs over New York City, New Jersey and Pennsylvania as result of massive blazes 2,500 miles away
By Gillian Flaccus and Sara Cline
The Bootleg Fire burns at night in southern Oregon, July 17, 2021. (Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP)
July 21, 2021, 9:50 am
Monstrous Oregon wildfire now a third the size of Rhode Island
Pushed by strong winds from the southwest, 476-square-mile Bootleg Fire has caused no deaths but destroyed 70 homes
By Gillian Flaccus
In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, the Bootleg Fire burns at night near Highway 34 in southern Oregon on July 15, 2021 (Jason Pettigrew/Bootleg Fire Incident Command via AP)
July 17, 2021, 12:37 pm
Massive, erratic Oregon wildfire spreads miles a day, destroys dozens of homes
Bootleg Fire burns for 377 square miles — larger than the area of New York City — and is mostly uncontained; crews flee ‘fire cloud’; dry conditions and heat waves sweep region
By Gillian Flaccus
Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, an English literature professor at Linfield University, says he has been targeted with antisemitic attacks after calling out sexual harassment at the school. (Courtesy via JTA)
July 14, 2021, 9:13 am
Professor who alleged antisemitism sues Oregon university for $4m after firing
Lawyer for Daniel Pollack-Pelzner says Linfield University ‘demonized’ him for ‘taking a stand and speaking up’ against school president
By Ben Sales
Illustrative: The Holocaust Memorial in Portland, Oregon, 2006. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
May 4, 2021, 6:13 pm
Oregon Holocaust memorial vandalized with swastikas, antisemitic slurs
Police yet to identify suspects in defacing of US memorial created by Holocaust survivors and featuring names of their slain family members
By Ron Kampeas
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