On this episode, host Rockne Roll chats with Eric Stern of Portland's Eastside Jewish Commons about Jewish music and the upcoming Portland Jewish Music Festival. They discuss the history of klezmer, the plethora of Jewish musical traditions beyond klezmer and how musical genres influence one another.

Get tickets for the 2026 Portland Jewish Music Festival online at ejcpdx.org/pjmf26.

Register for Portland's NextGen Community Educational Evening at jewishportland.org/nextgened.

On this episode, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland Director of Jewish Life and Learning (and Friend of the Podcast) Dr. Yosef Rosen talks about the basic elements of a Passover Seder, the history of the practice and how to make this tradition your own.

Today's episode is adapted from Dr. Rosen's 2015 "How to Host a Passover Seder," available in full at youtube.com/watch?v=Gf1qLhWZDjk.

On this episode, host Rockne Roll concludes the Art of Judaism series with Portland mixed-media artist and Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Acquisitions Committee member Jennifer Rabin. They talk about her journey into art, the museum's Collecting Forward initiative to support local artists and take another shot at defining "What is Jewish art?"

Learn more about OJMCHE's Collecting Forward Initiative at https://www.ojmche.org/collections/collecting-forward.

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland's Gather Grants program is back to help you do Jewish your way! Learn more and apply today at https://jewishportland.org/ourcommunity/gathergrants.