Past Newsletters

PJA’s 2021 Auction, celebrating the school’s 60th anniversary, was indeed a smashing success!

Each year, students in kindergarten, first, and second grade look forward to partnering up with a middle school buddy.

The Caldecott Club has been reading the best picture books of the year during voluntary lunchtime sessions

We recently had the opportunity to catch up with PJA alum, Sarit Cahana.

Enrollment is up at non-Orthodox Jewish day schools across the continent.

PJA eighth grader, Jake Chisholm, is getting a lot of press these days, and with good reason.

Since 2015, the Schnitzer Family Campus has been fortunate to receive funding for upgrades to campus security...

Monthly Donation Drives have been a PJA tradition for over a decade.

This year, for Hanukkah, we wanted to shine a light on our Early Childhood community.

This fall, PJA was delighted to offer cross country to our middle school students.

The moment you’ve all been waiting for is here - the Makerspace is open and ready for Makers! 

At PJA, students, faculty and families have always looked forward to Kabbalat Shabbat.

At the start of the pandemic, twin sisters, and PJA Class of 2020 graduates, Liana and Sylvie Kressel, started baking.

Molly discusses how to broaden your worldview with books.

We are grateful to the following donors who made recent grants in support of PJA:

Five PJA alumni talked about the transition from Portland Jewish Academy to high school in front of a Zoom audience...

We are Life & Legacy donors because we want a PJA education to be available for our grandchild and our grandchild’s children.

Way back in 2018, this year’s eighth grade class was in fifth grade!

This fall, the PJA Garden was awarded a $3,000 Whole Kids Garden Grant.

What a celebratory ending to the school year our 8th graders had. After many months of being at home and not being able to have the milestone year our 8th graders usually do...

This year, PJA launched an initiative to examine Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA).

In the fall of 2020, Jonathan Glass approached Merrill Hendin, the Principal of Portland Jewish
Academy (PJA), with an idea...

We are thrilled to announce our new Director of Afterschool Programs, Sean Bartlett.

On March 16, 2021, PJA Grandparents gathered via Zoom for a program called From the Mouths of Babes...

Choosing a meaningful and doable capstone service project under the best of circumstances can be a challenge, but throw in a pandemic, and it can seem impossible.

Check out updates from our class of 2017. See and download the full article with images here.

It has been pretty much non-stop business in the admission office since November of 2019.

One of our favorite things to do at PJA is to celebrate Jewish holidays as a kehillah (community)

PJA and MJCC have been focused on enhanced sustainability for a number of years...

Longtime early childhood educator, Kim Krikorian, has accepted the position of PJA’s Assistant Director of Early Childhood Education.

We want to welcome our new faculty and staff who will be joining PJA this coming year. 

As part of the CARES Act that became law in 2020, the government provided the universal charitable tax deduction.

Summer Discovery is open to everyone ages 4-15,  weekly through July 16!

We are Life & Legacy donors because we want a PJA education to be available for our grandchild and our grandchild’s children.

For the past few years, PJA has undertaken the important work of defining and better understanding diversity, equity, inclusion, anti-bias education and anti-racism.

Since mid-March of 2020, Portland Jewish Academy has been delivering our teaching and instruction online due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Jacob Glass and Evan Horwitz, PJA alumni from the Class of 2019, recently joined the Student Advisory Board of the OJMCHE.

Although we have not been able to give the PJA garden as much love as usual, we have been lucky to have a few opportunities to gather together...

During these dark times, it’s important for us to find opportunities to focus on the light and the blessings we have before us each day.

For the third year in a row, PJA students have received the Harold Schnitzer Spirit of Unity Award from the Wholistic Peace Institute.

This year’s production of Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins marks the first time Kindergarten has not performed a Hanukkah play live.

We were delighted to catch up recently with PJA alumna, Emma Rosenthal, Class of 2012.

The MJCC is thrilled to offer fun, safe social interaction for children, and a break for families this winter.

In a first for PJA, the 2020 Annual Auction was held entirely virtually on Sunday, December 6th

If you have come to the Schnitzer Family Campus lately, you may have noticed that the sukkah in the MJCC courtyard is still up.

How do you celebrate Chanukah in a pandemic? At PJA, the magic, joy and light of Chanukah was as bright as ever.

PJA has always made health and safety a number one priority for its students, families, staff and the broader community.

Please remember PJA in your will, trust, retirement plan or life insurance policy.

Learn about 529 plans (tax-advantaged plans for paying educational expenses) from expert, Eric J. Kodesch.

We are grateful to the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation and Jewish Federation of Greater Portland for an emergency grant...