Calendar

Mar
14
Tue
MJCC Author Series @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 14 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for this thought-provoking program that will bring an exceptional line up of authors and special events to our community.

Tuesday, March 7; 7:00 PM – Janis Cooke Newman: A Master Plan for Rescue
Tuesday, March 14; 7:00PM – Jennifer K Armstrong: Seinfeldia
Tuesday, March 21; 7:00 PM – Local Author Panel Discussion

Individual event tickets: Member Cost: $5; Guest: $8
Series Pass: Member Cost: $12; Guest: $20

Register at oregonjcc.org/authorseries

Mar
16
Thu
Artists Panel Discussion – Why We Should Buy Art @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 16 @ 6:30 pm

Come to a lively panel discussion about the joys, benefits, and risks of collecting art. More details to follow!

Free and open to the community

Mar
18
Sat
Tiferet Shabbat @ Congregation Shaarie Torah
Mar 18 @ 9:15 am – 12:15 pm

Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for a special Shabbat morning service. At this service, we will include new melodies, explore the service with some reflections on the prayers themselves, and chant according to the Triennial cycle of Torah readings.  It will be a mix of the beautiful and familiar traditional Shabbat morning service and new ideas and energy.  This service meets in the Chapel downstairs on the third Saturday of the month.

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 18 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders

1st and 3rd Shabbat every month at 10:00am

Meet in the MAIN service (Stampfer Chapel or Main Sanctuary) for the beginning of the Torah service, and then come out with your friends for a fun and active lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week. Return to the service to help lead Adon Olam, and join the community for lunch!

Kiddush Club for K-2nd Grade @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 18 @ 10:15 am – 11:30 am

Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.

Mar
19
Sun
Taste of Temple @ Castaway
Mar 19 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Congregation Beth Israel fund-raiser featuring many of Portland’s best restaurants, wineries, distilleries and breweries.

General Admission Tickets are now $72 per person

Mar
21
Tue
MJCC Author Series @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 21 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for this thought-provoking program that will bring an exceptional line up of authors and special events to our community.

Tuesday, March 7; 7:00 PM – Janis Cooke Newman: A Master Plan for Rescue
Tuesday, March 14; 7:00PM – Jennifer K Armstrong: Seinfeldia
Tuesday, March 21; 7:00 PM – Local Author Panel Discussion

Individual event tickets: Member Cost: $5; Guest: $8
Series Pass: Member Cost: $12; Guest: $20

Register at oregonjcc.org/authorseries

Mar
22
Wed
Ritual Unmoored Opening Reception @ PSU Broadway Gallery, Lincoln Hall, Ground Floor
Mar 22 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
 
Opening reception for Ritual Unmoored, an exhibit featuring works by noted Jewish ceramists Patricia Berman, Linda Bourne, Betty Feves, Kenneth Pincus, Willa Schneberg and Maria Simon. Some pieces are secular in nature, while others are informed by the celebration of the natural world and the feminine divine. Some adhere to Jewish tradition as re-envisioned forms unmoored from ritual tradition. All find final form, perfected over time, through each artist’s particular ritual: wedging, throwing, hand-building and carving, performed with practice and discipline in his or her studio space.  An album of the work can be found here.
The free exhibit continues through Sept. 15, 2017.
Ritual Unmoored: Works by Six Jewish Ceramists is presented by Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education at Portland State University’s College of the Arts Broadway Gallery, in conjunction with the National Council on Education for the Ceramics Arts conference in Portland, March 22-25, 2017.
Book Launch – Reimagining Exodus; a Freedom Story, by Rabbi David Zaslow @ Havurah Shir Hadash
Mar 22 @ 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm

On Wednesday, March 22 at 7:15 PM, the Havurah hosts a book launch of Rabbi David Zaslow’s newly published book “Reimagining Exodus; A Freedom Story,” published by Paraclete Press. The Exodus saga is explored from both Jewish and Christian perspectives since it is the foundational story of each religion. Zaslow will give a presentation on how the Exodus has been used by the Puritans, American Revolutionaries, the abolitionists, Mormons, and in the modern Civil Rights movement. In addition, Rabbi David will explore how the Exodus has always been a template for personal growth as we search for personal freedom. The event is free and open to the public. A book signing will follow the talk and refreshments will be served. The Havurah is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. Call 541-488-5146 for more info.

Mar
23
Thu
Needle Felt Owls Workshop @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 23 @ 6:30 pm

Using barbed needles to tangle and compact natural wool fibers you will learn to create adorable little owl friends.
No experience necessary. All supplies will be provided.

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration; CG203C