Shalom Portland brings local, national and international issues from a variety of Jewish perspectives. Hosted by Ed Kraus, co-host of Portland’s Yiddish Hour, this new program focuses on public affairs, bringing news and current events to radio from Jewish perspectives. In the pilot program, the legal and political challenges of water scarcity and its affect on the Israel/Palestine conflict are discussed by international water law expert Gabriel Eckstein. Holocaust survivor and artist Alice Lok Cahana tells the story of inspiration for her ceramic Torah scroll sculptures and Imam Mamadou Toure’s words at the memorial for Rabbi Aryeh Hirshfield are shared. Tune in at 11 a.m. on all of KBOO’s fm signals (90.7 in Portland, 100.7 Corvallis, 91.9 Hood River). You can also listen live on their internet stream at www.kboo.fm. or later as a podcast.