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Shabbat in Wilshire Park @ Wilshire Park

Aug 24 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

This summer, P’nai Or is taking it outside! Please join us at 6 pm on Friday, Aug 24 at Wilshire Park (NE 33rd & Skidmore) picnic area for a very joyful, very musical Kabbalat Shabbat with Bruce Morris and friends. We’ll start with a bring-your-own-picnic at 6 pm, then the service will start around 6:30. We will also offer our Community Food Program distribution prior to the service. See you there!

Jan

8

Tue

Moments of the Heart: 8-week class @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Jan 8 @ 7:30 pm – 1:26 am

Moments of the Heart- The 4 Relationships Everyone Must Have

Join educator and author Dorice Horenstein for this eight-week class (Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm, Jan. 8-Feb. 26).

Explore how to live life wholeheartedly. Moments of the Heart/ Rigei Lev is her upcoming book, focusing on Jewish thought and practice, Hebrew language and spiritual connection. Our heart has a tremendous influence on how we view life, how we act and how we build relationships. Just as the heart has four chambers, we will explore four different types of relationships: with oneself, with others, with the Creator, and with special and once-in-a-life time moments that define us, that give us the essence of who we are.

Dorice arrived in Portland, from Israel, after meeting her soon-to-be husband while volunteering on a kibbutz. In the States, she received her BA in English Literature and a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. She taught hundreds of children and adults, Jews and non-Jews, the gems of Judaism, with an emphasis on the Hebrew language. Dorice has worked in synagogues and a private school, led sessions for NewCAJE and Spring Conference of the North by Northwest Region of Women’s League of Conservative Judaism organizations, and was the Education Director at a synagogue in Portland for 16 years. Together with her husband, Bob, Dorice has three children. She enjoys dancing in her spare time.
Moments of the Heart is about the four relationships one should experience in their life-time! It is a book that encourages readers to live fully and wholeheartedly. Our heart has a tremendous influence on how we view life, how we act, and how we build relationships. In the Bible, the word heart—or in Hebrew, lev (לב)—is mentioned no fewer than 202 times. If one takes the first and last letter of the Torah, the word created is lev, heart. And so, my book is a compilation of entries that enable us to find inspiration, direction, concepts and encouragement to live a better life. It is about the universal experience of being human-through the Jewish lens. Join us to find out what are the four relationships that will help create the best YOU possible!

Tags: adult education hebrew Neveh Shalom spirituality

Nov

22

Fri

Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Nov 22 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

Friday, Nov 22, Dec 6, 6:15-7:15pm

Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan

Join us for this special Kabbalat Shabbat accompanied by Ilene Safyan.

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.

Tags: congregation neveh shalom family Ilene Safyan kabbalat shabbat Shabbat singing Young Families youth

Nov

23

Sat

Guest presenter Dr. Rachel Adelman @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Nov 23 @ 9:00 am – 2:30 pm

Guest presenter Dr. Rachel Adelman

Saturday Nov 23, 2019, at Services AND at 1:00-2:30pm

Join us for a special presentation with feminist Jewish writer and teacher, Dr. Rachel Adelman. She will offer the D’var Torah during Shabbat morning services and will be guest teaching on the topic “Hanukkah Heroines of Yore” in the afternoon. Dr. Adelman teaches Hebrew Bible in the rabbinical program at Hebrew College in Boston. Her most recent book is The Female Ruse — Women’s Deception and Divine Sanction in the Hebrew Bible.

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.

Tags: Congregation D’var Torah Dr. Rachel Adelman education guest teaching Hanukkah Heroines Hanukkah Heroines of Yore Hebrew Bible morning services Neveh Shalom Shabbat study The Female Ruse Women’s Deception and Divine Sanction

Painful Hope: Cultivating a Foundation for Peace Across the Great Divide @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Nov 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Roots/Shorashim/Judar is a unique collaboration of local Palestinians and Israelis building a model for co-existence by fostering a grassroots movement of understanding, nonviolence, and transformation. Please join us as Hanan Schlesinger, an Orthodox rabbi and passionate Zionist settler, and Palestinian Shadi Abu Awwad, the architect and coordinator of the Roots youth movement, visit us to share their personal stories and how they are working together to build a better future for their peoples through ROOTS. More at: www.friendsofroots.net. This event is part of Neveh Shalom’s Israel360 series. For a full listing of sponsors, go to https://nevehshalom.org/Israel360/.

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.

Tags: better future co-existence Congregation education Judar Neveh Shalom Palestinian Shadi Abu Awwad Palestinians and Israelis Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger Roots Roots youth movement Shadi Abu Awwad Shorashim study

Dec

6

Fri

Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Dec 6 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

Friday, Nov 22, Dec 6, 6:15-7:15pm

Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan

Join us for this special Kabbalat Shabbat accompanied by Ilene Safyan.

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.

Tags: congregation neveh shalom family Ilene Safyan kabbalat shabbat Shabbat singing Young Families youth

Jan

3

Fri

Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Jan 3 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

Bring your spirit and your voice for a special Kabbalat Shabbat. Accompanied by Ilene Safyan on guitar, this service is filled with beautiful music, singing and lots of participation.

Tags: community congregation neveh shalom family kabbalat shabbat kids live music Young Families

Jan

10

Fri

SHIR! A Musical Shabbat @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Jan 10 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm

SHIR! A Musical Shabbat, Friday, January 10, 6:15pm

Please join us for a musically enhanced Friday evening service with Cantor Eyal Bitton, the Koleinu choir, and the SHIR! Shabbat Musical Ensemble along with special guests.