Oasis News - Jewish Oasis

Rising from the ashes, store reopens early to provide light in winter’s dark for people of the Jewish faith

Tuesday, November 23, 2021 - 7:50 AM

A menorah is central to the celebration of Hanukkah.LC- See source article.

After Everything Jewish, a place where people of the Jewish faith could come to buy religious items, burned last year, leaders decided to move the Chabad of Oregon operation from Southwest Portland to a building they bought in the Pearl District.

The new site needed to be gutted, and the plan was to finish the remodel and open for business in February 2022.

But believing the world is in a dark place, leaders opened a popup store this week in the middle of the construction site in time for Hanukkah. The shop is open 3 to 7 p.m. Monday-Thursday and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and Sunday through Nov. 30 at 1218 N.W. Glisan St.

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The Pearl is gaining an Oasis

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - 12:00 AM

PHOTO: When Simi Mishulovin, left, gave her sister-in-law a tour of the new space in the Pearl that will become Oasis, Mushka Wilhelm, of NE Chabad, said, "This is food for the soul, to be with others." See source article.

A Jewish Oasis is coming to Portland’s Pearl District.

Following the August 2020 fire that destroyed the Chabad House and Everything Jewish store near Hillsdale, a fund-raising campaign has allowed Chabad to purchase (with a mortgage) a 2,500-square-foot building at 1218 NW Glisan St. Now Rabbi Chayim and Simi Mishulovin are working on phase 1 renovations to create a Jewish Oasis featuring the return of the popular store and resource center, a lounge area, a coffee/tea stand, free Wi-Fi… Read More »