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ALEFBET: Tapestries of Grisha Bruskin 11:00 am
ALEFBET: Tapestries of Grisha Bruskin @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Jun 11 @ 11:00 am – Oct 1 @ 5:00 pm
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...
EXHIBIT: This Is Where I Live 12:00 pm
EXHIBIT: This Is Where I Live @ Blue Sky Gallery
Jun 16 @ 12:00 pm – Jul 2 @ 12:11 pm
Exhibition Theme: This Is Where I Live is a collective photographic portrait of Israel and the West Bank as seen by the people who call this region home. From 2010–2013, photographer Wendy Ewald worked with...
Tefilla Lab Shabbat Services at Neveh Shalom 9:00 am
Tefilla Lab Shabbat Services at Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 1 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
During Tefilla Lab services, we will introduce the community to different melodies, niggunim and other innovations. The goal is to provide a space for experimentation where we can try out what prayer forms might deepen...
Kiddush Club for K-2nd Grade 10:15 am
Kiddush Club for K-2nd Grade @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 1 @ 10:15 am – 11:30 am
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
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Mah Jongg Beginners 10:30 am
Mah Jongg Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 4 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Mah Jongg Intermediate 1:00 pm
Mah Jongg Intermediate @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 4 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout! Registration code: CG 403 Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan 6:15 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat with Ilene Safyan @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 7 @ 6:15 pm – 7:15 pm
Bring your spirit and your voice together for this special Kabbalat Shabbat. Accompanied by Ilene Safyan on guitar, this service is one of beautiful music, filled with singing and participation. New melodies are intermixed with...
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Tot Shabbat 9:00 am
Tot Shabbat @ Congregation Beth Israel
Jul 8 @ 9:00 am
Dance and sing, listen to a story from the Beth Israel clergy and enjoy a lovely morning together. After the service, we will share an Oneg and work on a craft project. This is a wonderful...
Women’s Torah Study at Neveh Shalom 12:30 pm
Women’s Torah Study at Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 8 @ 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Delve into biblical and midrashic text to finding meaning from Jewish traditions that relate to our modern lives. Taught by Mel Berwin.
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Young Family Berry Picking with Neveh Shalom 10:30 am
Young Family Berry Picking with Neveh Shalom @ Smith Berry Barn
Jul 9 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Pick berries with your young ones on a fun farm outing at Smith Berry Barn. Families 5 & under! RSVP: eposen@nevehshalom.org
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Wondering Jews Field Trip to Oregon Botanical Gardens 10:00 am
Wondering Jews Field Trip to Oregon Botanical Gardens
Jul 10 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Join the Wondering Jews community for an enjoyable trip to the Oregon Botanical Gardens. RSVP to: lwoloshin@nevehshalom.org.
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Mah Jongg Beginners 10:30 am
Mah Jongg Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 11 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Mah Jongg Intermediate 1:00 pm
Mah Jongg Intermediate @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 11 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout! Registration code: CG 403 Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 12 @ 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. Register code: CG401 Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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Nosh and Drash with Rabbi Eve Posen 3:00 pm
Nosh and Drash with Rabbi Eve Posen @ MJCC
Jul 13 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Please join Rabbi Eve Posen for a special hour of study. This months topic: Immigrant Rights. Aug 10 topic will be: Healthcare and Jewish Law. Free & open to all.
Kruger’s Farm Live Music Series with Neveh Shalom 5:00 pm
Kruger’s Farm Live Music Series with Neveh Shalom @ Kruger's Farm
Jul 13 @ 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Join the Neveh Shalom community for a fun night listening to great local live music in the idyllic setting of Kruger’s Farm in Sauvie Island. Bring your own picnic, a blanket, lawn chair, and get...
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Shaba-lah Family Shabbat BBQ 3:30 pm
Shaba-lah Family Shabbat BBQ @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 14 @ 3:30 pm – 5:30 pm
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
Dorot Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck Picnic 5:30 pm
Dorot Kabbalat Shabbat & Potluck Picnic @ Laurelhurst Park
Jul 14 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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...
Kabbalat Shabbat & American BBQ 6:30 pm
Kabbalat Shabbat & American BBQ @ Congregation Shaarie Torah
Jul 14 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
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,...
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Tiferet Shabbat 9:15 am
Tiferet Shabbat @ Congregation Shaarie Torah
Jul 15 @ 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...
Emanuel Ben-David, Scholar in Residence 10:00 am
Emanuel Ben-David, Scholar in Residence @ Havurah Shalom
Jul 15 @ 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
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...
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders 10:00 am
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 15 @ 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...
Kiddush Club for K-2nd Grade 10:15 am
Kiddush Club for K-2nd Grade @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 15 @ 10:15 am – 11:30 am
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
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The Shroud Crowd Meeting 2:00 pm
The Shroud Crowd Meeting @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 16 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
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.
Outdoor Summer Concert Series featuring Kimberly Schneiderman 5:00 pm
Outdoor Summer Concert Series featuring Kimberly Schneiderman @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 16 @ 5:00 pm
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...
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OJMCHE Exhibit Tours 1:00 pm
OJMCHE Exhibit Tours @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Jul 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
OJMCHE Exhibit Tours @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education | Portland | Oregon | United States
OJMCHE has exhibition tours every Wednesday at 1 pm. Tours are free with admission and members, of course, can always visit for free. Come early or stay after and enjoy lunch in the museum’s Lefty’s...
Young Adults – Walking Tour of Jewish PDX 5:30 pm
Young Adults – Walking Tour of Jewish PDX @ Lair Hill Bistro
Jul 19 @ 5:30 pm
Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods with other young adults. Wednesday, July 19; 5:30 PM Happy Hour, Tour begins at 6:30 PM In partnership with OJMCHE, JFGP, MJCC
Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 19 @ 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. Register code: CG401 Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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Neveh Shalom Book/Film Club 6:00 pm
Neveh Shalom Book/Film Club @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 20 @ 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm
Love to read, watch films and make new friends? Then this club is for you! We will be reading books and watching film adaptations that relate to some aspect of Judaism. Our first book/film is...
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Dad’s Night Family Shabbat Picnic 6:00 pm
Dad’s Night Family Shabbat Picnic @ Willamette Park
Jul 21 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join the Dad’s Night community at Willamette Park (6805 SW Macadam Ave.) for a special Shabbat picnic for the family with challah, blessings and storytelling with Rabbi David Kosak and Rabbi Michael Cahana. Music by...
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Tefilla Lab Shabbat Services at Neveh Shalom 9:00 am
Tefilla Lab Shabbat Services at Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 22 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
During Tefilla Lab services, we will introduce the community to different melodies, niggunim and other innovations. The goal is to provide a space for experimentation where we can try out what prayer forms might deepen...
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Camp Chaverim Summer Day Camp 9:00 am
Camp Chaverim Summer Day Camp @ Temple Beth Israel
Jul 24 @ 9:00 am – Jul 28 @ 3:00 pm
Making your summer plans? Looking for a fun Jewish experience for your kids? Give your kids the opportunity to celebrate their Jewish identities and to build and strengthen friendships with Jewish peers at Eugene’s Temple...
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OJMCHE Exhibit Tours 1:00 pm
OJMCHE Exhibit Tours @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Jul 26 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
OJMCHE Exhibit Tours @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education | Portland | Oregon | United States
OJMCHE has exhibition tours every Wednesday at 1 pm. Tours are free with admission and members, of course, can always visit for free. Come early or stay after and enjoy lunch in the museum’s Lefty’s...
Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women 6:00 pm
Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women @ Hillsdale Library
Jul 26 @ 6:00 pm
Pirkei Imahot: The Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women @ Hillsdale Library
Pirkei Imahot: Wisdom of Mothers, Voices of Women,” with co-author Rabbi Eve Posen. An interactive look at the recently published book Pirkei Imahot, the Wisdom of Mothers, the Voices of Women. Together we will look...
Fruit of the Vine Program with Rabbi Robert Kahn 7:00 pm
Fruit of the Vine Program with Rabbi Robert Kahn @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 26 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Fruit of the Vine Program with Rabbi Robert Kahn @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Rabbi Robert Kahn will present: From the Gaga Pit at CSS to the Holy City of Jerusalem: An informal and educational journey. The son of Judith and Garry Kahn, Rob Kahn grew up in Portland...
Israeli Dancing 7:00 pm
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jul 26 @ 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. Register code: CG401 Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
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Shabbat in the Park with Shaarie Torah 5:30 pm
Shabbat in the Park with Shaarie Torah @ Wallace Park
Jul 28 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Shabbat in the Park at Wallace Park Free; RSVP here Come join Rabbi Josh Rose, guest musicians, and the Shaarie Torah community at Wallace Park in NW Portland for our special B’Kol Echad (In One...
North Coast Shabbat 8:00 pm
North Coast Shabbat @ Bob Chisholm Center
Jul 28 @ 8:00 pm
The first service for the North Coast Shabbat group will be held on Friday, March31 at 8:00 pm at the Bob Chisholm Center in Seaside. Services are usually held on the last Friday of the...
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Storytime at Hillsdale Farmer’s Market with Rabbi Eve Posen 10:30 am
Storytime at Hillsdale Farmer’s Market with Rabbi Eve Posen @ Rieke Playground
Jul 30 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am
Join Rabbi Eve at Rieke Playground for a special story hour during the Hillsdale Farmer’s Market. Fun for all ages! Co-sponsored by PJ Library.
TEN GRANDS ON THE GREEN 6:00 pm
TEN GRANDS ON THE GREEN @ The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club
Jul 30 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
TEN GRANDS ON THE GREEN @ The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club
One stage, one night, ten of the most accomplished pianists in the world performing music we all love – from Classical, Jazz, New Age, to Pop Contemporary – arranged by brilliant composer and musician Michael...
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Erev Tisha B’Av Services 8:30 pm
Erev Tisha B’Av Services @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jul 31 @ 8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Join us for our Erev Tisha B’Av Services