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Crowds gather to listen to Sen. Bernie Sanders, an Independent of Vermont, during a No Kings protest, in Washington, October 18, 2025. (Allison Robbert/AP)
October 19, 2025, 5:29 pm
Thousands of ‘No Kings’ protest rallies held across US, drawing mockery from Trump
Demonstrators march against what they see as US drift into authoritarianism; Trump responds with AI videos of himself wearing crown, dropping sewage on protesters
By MIKE PESOLI, Matt Brown and GARY FIELDS
Mark Dion, mayor of Portland, Maine, votes in support of a city council resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel, Sept. 4, 2024. (Screenshot via JTA)
September 5, 2024, 10:30 pm
Portland, Maine, city council votes to divest from companies doing business with Israel
Resolution listing dozens of companies passes unanimously following raucous public debate; mayor says vote is meant ‘to send a signal’ to Israel to end war
By Andrew Lapin
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
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
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
The interior of a Shalom Y'all restaurant in Portland, shown in a 2019 newscast. (Screenshot from YouTube via JTA)
January 12, 2021, 11:54 pm
Portland Israeli restaurants tagged with ‘Free Palestine’ graffiti
Owners of Shalom Y’all chain call attack anti-Semitic; vandals also target hummus eatery Aviv with message saying dish ‘is not Israeli’
By Ben Sales
A man standing with members of Patriot Prayer and other groups supporting gun rights wears a gun during a rally, Aug. 18, 2018, at City Hall in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
September 5, 2020, 10:45 am
Facebook removes accounts of far-right group Patriot Prayer
Group embroiled in recent Portland clashes with follower shot dead last week; organization rejects accusations it’s a white supremacist group
By AFP
Officials work at a scene late Sept. 3, 2020, where a man suspected of fatally shooting a supporter of a right-wing group in Portland, Oregon the week before was killed as investigators moved in to arrest him in Lacey, Washington (AP Photo/Ted Warren)
September 4, 2020, 11:31 am
US marshals shoot dead suspect in Portland killing of far-right protester
Michael Forest Reinoehl was prime suspect in the killing of 39-year-old Aaron ‘Jay’ Danielson on Saturday
By MICHAEL BALSAMO and ted warren
A man being treated after being shot in Portland, Oregon, August 29, 2020. (Paula Bronstein/AP)
August 30, 2020, 9:58 am
Man killed as Trump supporters, protesters clash in Portland
Victim appears to be member of right-wing Patriot Prayer group; incident comes amid skirmish between pro-US president caravan of 600 vehicles and Black Lives Matter demonstrators
By Gillian Flaccus
Illustrative -- A fire truck fuels in Washington on the way to fighting a fire in Oregon, Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Randy L. Rasmussen)
August 20, 2020, 9:30 am
Chabad Jewish Center in Portland damaged in second fire in 5 days
Jewish organization says blaze under investigation by an ‘arson team’; previous fire said caused by electrical fault with no foul play suspected
By Marcy Oster
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum attends a news conference near the White House, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018 in Washington. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
July 31, 2020, 2:36 am
As Portland seethes, Oregon’s Jewish AG takes a stand against federal agents
Ellen Rosenblum, who sued to get armed officers to leave her state, says agents sent by White House escalated violence; recalls role as synagogue leader
By Ben Sales
A New York Police Department officer uses a stun gun on a demonstrator during a 'Solidarity with Portland,' protest, July 25, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
July 27, 2020, 2:24 am
Police and protesters clash in violent weekend across the US
1 killed in Texas when driver of car that drove through a crowd opened fire on an armed demonstrator, as protests continue over racial injustice and the killing of George Floyd
By JEFF MARTIN
Federal officers launch tear gas at a group of demonstrators during a Black Lives Matter protest at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, July 26, 2020, in Portland, Oregon (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
July 27, 2020, 2:05 am
Portland protesters breach courthouse fence amid clashes with federal agents
Police declare a riot; Trump says he sent federal agents to halt unrest, but local and state officials say they are making it worse
By Gillian Flaccus and Sara Cline
Police stand as protesters gather during a demonstration in Portland, Oregon, July 16, 2020. (Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian via AP)
July 18, 2020, 5:36 am
Outrage over reports of unmarked US federal agents arresting Portland protesters
Mayor of Oregon City demands Trump withdraw militarized personnel after they grab people on city streets, reportedly detain them without explanation
By Agencies
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