Jan. 4 and Jan. 5 ChIME workshops: “Pastoral Care,” Jan. 4 with the Rev. Anna Schmulowitz-Schutz and “Judaism,” Jan. 5 with the Rev. Joel Grossman and Rabbi Hillel Katzir. Both programs are held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and are open to the public. The fee is $60. Call ChIME at 347-6740 for details […]

Every year I make a New Year’s resolution to study French. Again. Mostly I start. I take an adult education class. I listen to CDs in the car. I do a few minutes of Rosetta Stone every day. But when the verb tenses go further than my knowledge, I quit. “It’s too hard,” I tell […]

A gathering in Jerusalem focuses on ways to bring young unaffiliated Jews back to their roots.

  Editor’s note: Please contact individual places of worship for information about Christmas Eve and Christmas Day religious services. Saturday Live Nativity, noon to 2 p.m., with sheep, goats and alpacas, carols and hot chocolate and cookies. Free and everyone is welcome. Deering Center Community Church, 4 Brentwood St., Portland Holy Grounds Coffee House, doors […]

Only half of about 2,000 people who responded to a survey say that they consider Dec. 25 a religious holiday.

It’s about who we are and how we were made.