Campus Life | Community Service

Portland Jewish Academy is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and is proud of our partnership with them in strengthening our local Jewish community as well as the global community.

Portland Jewish Academy and Schnitzer Family Campus partner Mittleman Jewish Community Center are proud partners with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland to bring the Harold Grinspoon Foundation's PJ Library program to Jewish children in Portland.

Community Service

A Good Start to Giving Back

Tikkun olam (repairing the world) is an age-old Jewish value that teaches responsibility for the world around us. Our students learn this principle and live it during their years at PJA by participating in such activities as:

Planting native trees in a local park
Reclaiming a nearby wetland from neglect and litter
Becoming more green and energy efficient as a school and community
Packaging foods to feed indigent Oregonians
Raising funds for destitute Jews in the Former Soviet Union
Sending care packages to Israeli soldiers

Recently, students at Portland Jewish Academy collected a donation of 654 pounds of food to help fight hunger in our community through the Oregon Food Bank, a collective, community-minded task that made us feel PJA PROUD.

And our 8th Grade students collected art supplies and stuffed animals to give to the children at the Sheba Medical Center, helping to put some much needed smiles on faces.

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