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Jul
5
Thu
Art Gallery Exhibit: Boris Uan-Zo-li @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 5 – Sep 7 all-day
Art Gallery Exhibit: Boris Uan-Zo-li @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center | Portland | Oregon | United States

Boris Uan-Zo-li’s artwork reflects his fascinating life, big, bold, varied and colorful. His work is abstract, but his figures are identifiable like the portraits of Woody Allen and personal hero Bob Dylan. Boris was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1938. During the Soviet times, Boris participated in four exhibitions and at one of the exhibitions in the USSR his paintings were withdrawn from the gallery by the Soviet bureaucrat because they did not fit the communist vision. After the fall of communism, Boris’s paintings were exhibited in a number of places, including the Central House of the Artists, one of the most prestigious Russian exhibitions.

Sep
1
Sat
Monthly Mitzvah Project @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Sep 1 – Sep 30 all-day

Monthly Mitzvah Project

Throughout the month of September, the MJCC and PJA communities will be collecting Back-to-School Items for Schoolhouse Supplies.

Items can be dropped off in the blue bin located in the MJCC Lobby.

Sep
5
Wed
What’s Buzzing in Marcy’s Bar @ Marcy's Bar, Rose Schnitzer Manor, CSP
Sep 5 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Come to the hottest bar in town at the Rose Schnitzer Manor.
Apple tasting with New Seasons, honey cake recipes, apple cocktails and friendraising.
Hosted by Michelle Gradow Marcy Tonkin.
Please RSVP with Nathan Gregg at 971-717-7152 or nathan.gregg@cedarsinaipark.org
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Sep 5 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class. The class starts July 11 and continues every Wednesday through Sept. 12.

Cost: $100 Members + Guests.
Drop-in: $15 per class

Registration information: CG402, oregonjcc.org/registration

In the Dance Studio

Sep
6
Thu
How Does our Jewish Year Invite Wonder? @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Sep 6 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

How Does our Jewish Year Invite Wonder in our Children and in Ourselves?

Explore several of our Jewish holidays and how they are connected to our Jewish beliefs around civic responsibility (Tikkun Olam), Kind community (Kehillah), the power of storytelling (Torah), and more. You will come away with ways to engage young children in meaningful interaction/conversation/activities around the Jewish holidays, and delight at participating in some of our favorite sensory activities from Foundation School. RSVP to receptionist@nevehshalom.org.

Introduction to Judaism Course @ various local synagogues
Sep 6 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues.

Pianist David Rothman in Recital @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Sep 6 @ 7:00 pm

Pianist David Rothman in Recital

Piano virtuoso David Rothman tackles the masterworks of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Frederic Chopin in a four-part concert series in September and December.

David Rothman was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1962.  At age 6, he began to study piano, and he was accepted into the Menuhin School in England at age 10. At 17, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute where he studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski.

Thursdays, Sept. 6 and 20

Cost: $10. Member Cost: $5.

Register: oregonjcc.org/pianoconcert

Sep
9
Sun
Erev Rosh Hashanah @ West Hills Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
Sep 9 @ 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism for a Unique warm welcoming, human centered, inspiring  ceremony which reflects the great Jewish traditions and offers a meaningful alternative for all Jews and intercultural families. – All are welcome!   Oneg to follow service

Join us for a pre-service discussion at 6:00 pm.

Reservations suggested, but not required. Sign up online

Rosh Hashanah Seder, Teshuvah Workshop and Services at Gesher @ Gesher
Sep 9 @ 4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Gesher’s Rosh Hashanah Evening, Sunday September 9th begins early, at 4pm, and will be a three-part celebration:
A Teshuvah (spiritually re-aligning ourselves) workshop  – offering handmade Midrash as an opportunity
A very festive and delicious pescatarian Rosh Hashanah Seder – following Moroccan Jewish customs
Rosh Hashanah Evening Prayers in the Forest – we welcome you to bring a flashlight
These three experiences are all integrated and we would like our participants to attend the entire evening with us.
Donation requested is $36 for adults, $10 for children 10 and up, Free for college students
RSVP is NECESSARY for this evening – 503 246-5070.
Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at Congregation Beth Israel @ Congregation Beth Israel
Sep 9 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Erev Rosh Hashanah Services at CBI

Erev Rosh Hashanah will start with a 5:00 PM Tot Service in Goodman Hall for the youngest members of our community (and their grownups). Expect songs, stories, celebrations and a seasonal craft, all led by our CBI Clergy and the musical talent of Kim Schneiderman .

The 7:30 PM Traditional Service, led by our CBI clergy, will take place in our Main Sanctuary.