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Her synagogue, which has also counted Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden and Rep. Suzanne Bonamici as members, has a history of encouraging public service. Another longtime congregant and local elected official, Multnomah County Commissioner Sharon Meieran, was teargassed during protests on Saturday night, according to an account she posted on Twitter.

Rosenblum also makes a point of being at Beth Israel's annual Friday night service in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The synagogue has brought in prominent civil rights activists as speakers and the attorney general has sung with a visiting gospel choir.

"I think that she is really pleased that we're a congregation that's very vocal about social action and about putting our Jewish values out into the community," Cahana said. "Singing those gospel songs in a Jewish service and connecting them to our prayers as well, and to be a part of hearing these great heroes of the civil rights movement, I think that has been something that's been very meaningful to her."