Andrew Morse
Andrew Morse recieved his B.A. in History from Portland State University in 2010 and his M.A. in American and Medieval History from PSU in 2013. His thesis is on 19th century Mormon theology; religion is his research focus. He is a native Oregonian and life-long resident.
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Congregation Ahavath Achim
Founded in Portland in 1916, Ahavath Achim was the first Sephardic Jewish congregation in Oregon. The earliest members of the congregation came to Oregon from Turkey and the island of Rhodes, descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492. A few arrived by way of Seattle, where a Sephardic community …
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