ALEFBET: The Alphabet of Memory
OJMCHE’s inaugural exhibit in the main gallery features a visually stunning collection of works by Russian Jewish artist Grisha Bruskin, who is featured in Russia’s pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. Bruskin’s “The ALEFBET: the Alphabet of Memory” features large-scale tapestries draping the walls of the main gallery accompanied by the artist’s preparatory drawings and related gouache paintings, all referencing Kabbalistic and Talmudic teaching, biblical narratives and Russian folklore.
June 11-Oct. 1, 2017
Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm
Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 pm
Grand Opening: June 11, noon-4 pm. Free
Bring your family or join your child at camp for a special Shabbat. Enjoy a Shabbat set to the theme of camp this week with stories, songs and more.
Free and open to the community
Join Havurah Shalom at 5:30 pm at Picnic Area D of Laurelhurst Park, near the intersection of Ankeny and Cesar Chavez.
Our Dorot musicians, Tanja Lux, Sarah Shine, Gabe Adoff & Jacob Mandelsberg will bring our family-friendly, musical Dorot service from the sanctuary to the beautiful grounds of Laurelhurst Park. Please bring a veggie dish to share and your blankets to spread as we welcome Shabbat in true summer style. Who knows …. we just may break into a camp-style song session while we’re at it. Kiddos and parents are welcome to bring a music-making instrument and/or spirit!
We have Picnic Area D reserved from 4 pm until closing, and the site contains five picnic benches. For questions, contact jmandelsberg@gmail.com or sarah.shine@gmail.com. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/DorPark.
July 14, 6:30 pm, RSVP here
Summer is finally here! Kabbalat Shabbat services followed by an all American BBQ: chicken & vegetarian options, grilled vegetables, corn, potato salad, seasonal strawberry dessert (hoods are in!), watermelon, and more! BYO Beer & Kosher Wine!
Join Rabbi Rose and Cantor Vitells for special Kabbalat Shabbat treat! We’ll welcome in Shabbat with meaningful prayer and a wonderful drash by Rabbi Rose.
Never been to Shaarie Torah’s Kabbalat Shabbat? Give our office a call for a new guest discount! (503)226-6131
Members: $12 per adult / $8 child (ages 6-21)
Non-members: $15 per adult / $10 child (ages 6-21)
Children under 6 are free! **Childcare available upon registration
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.
On Saturday, July 15, Havurah Shalom will welcome Emanuel Ben-David as our Scholar in Residence. As a rabbinical student, longtime service leader, and native Israeli, Emanuel notices nuances in Hebrew that result in teachings of great depth.
Emanuel will lead a community minyan from 10 am to noon, which will be followed by a potluck vegetarian lunch. In the afternoon, he will give two presentations.
The first presentation begins at 1:30 pm, and examines some of the driving forces and origins that make Israelis who they are. Emanuel will present “Ten Commandments” that define the typical Israeli, with each commandment supported by examples and facts. Many of the examples come from Emanuel’s personal experience and are presented in a light and humorous fashion.
The second presentation begins at 3 pm and unveils Emanuel’s personal experience working for decades for Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, one of the major three defense contractors in Israel. Among the technologies and products he will describe are the Iron Dome and David’s Sling, two of the three layers of Israel’s Missile Defense Architecture. He will also give an example of how defense technology has been transposed to the medical arena, providing breakthroughs in life saving practices.
All are welcome. Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/EmBenDa.
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!
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
Help create traditional burial clothing which will then be used by the Chevra Kavod haMet for their work. No sewing skills are necessary. Sewing machines welcome! Contact Sandy Axel: sandyaxel@msn.com.
Everyone loves being outside in Portland during the summer and so do we! Join our community for this new program which will take place through the summer. With her guitar and props, musician Kim Schneiderman shares the joy of Jewish music with families and friends of all ages.
All concerts will be held on our lawn. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Sponsored by JCC Association’s Making Music Happen Centennial Grant Initiative, funded by a grant from Marvin J. Pertzik and the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation. Additional support provided by the Holzman Foundation and the Leonard and Lois Schnitzer Charitable Supporting Foundation.