Calendar

Feb
6
Fri
Foundation Fridays: A Shabbat Celebration
Feb 6 @ 9:00 am – 10:30 am

Join us for Foundation Fridays, a free young families Shabbat experience on
Friday mornings from 9:00am-10:30am, Running Room at Foundation School
Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97239

Open to all children 0-5 and their parents,
grandparents, friends, caregivers

Schedule:
9am-10am open play in our indoor running room
10am-10:15am singing, Shabbat stories and age-appropriate service
10:15am-10:30am Shabbat snack and PJ Library Story

* Free!
Co- Hosted by PJ Library Portland
Questions? Call Leah Conley at 503-293-7307 lconley@nevehshalom.org

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Exploring Jewish Meditation Weekend: Erev Shabbat Kirtan service
Feb 6 @ 5:45 pm – 8:00 pm

Begin Friday evening with a Kabbalat Shabbat Kirtan musical meditation service. J.D. Kleinke and Tasha Danner, who created Portland’s first Jewish Kirtan, join Rabbi Ariel Stone.

5:45-6:30 pm Meet and Greet
6:30- 8:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Kirtan Service

Please make sure to RSVP. Reservations are required. This event is free, but a donation is always gladly accepted.

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/exploring-jewish-meditation-weekend-erev-shabbat-kirtan-service#sthash.2b5pbVAf.dpuf

Tu’B’Shevat Seder in Ashland
Feb 6 @ 6:00 pm
On Friday evening at 6 PM Cyrise Beatty Schachter will lead a community Tu’B’Shevat Potluck Seder, filled with music and storytelling by Rebbitzen and Maggidah, Devorah Zaslow at the Havurah Synagogue. The Seder is free to attend, and everyone is asked to bring a potluck veggie dish to share following the Seder, as well as fruit or nuts and wine/juice for the ritual Seder. Visit http://havurahshirhadash.org/2014/12/04/upcoming-events-post/ for more information and to view the list of potluck options. Call 541-488-7716 for more info. The Havurah is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/tubshevat-seder-ashland#sthash.IzvJEi45.dpuf
Feb
7
Sat
Exploring Jewish Meditation Weekend: Tefilah and Meditation Workshop with Rabbi Yoel Glick
Feb 7 @ 10:30 am – 2:00 pm

An evocative exploration of the silence between the notes and the words of the tefillah service.

Rabbi Yoel Glick, author of ‘Living the Life of Jewish Meditation: A Comprehensive Guide to Practice and Experience,’ will join Shir Tikvah to share his experience of meditation as a way of life.

Other Jewish communities who have had the opportunity to study with Rabbi Yoel have stated: “he inspires, he teaches the tradition and opens up new ways of knowing the world… you leave larger in spirit…”

10:30 am-12:15 pm Shabbat Services with a meditative twist
12:30 -2 pm Daily Meditation Workshop

Reservations are required. This event is free, but a donation is always gladly accepted.

Make your reservations at rsvp@shirtikvahpdx.org

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/exploring-jewish-meditation-weekend-tefilah-and-meditation-workshop-rabbi-yoel-glick#sthash.Ky1XABUP.dpuf

SE Portland Shabbat Services followed by lavish Shabbat lunch
Feb 7 @ 10:30 am

The Joy of Judaism- Locally
SE Portland Chabad holds Monthly Shabbat services for all- loved by both-beginners and advanced shul goers! The services are meditative, joyous and inspirational. Prayers are translated, tranliterated and explained.

Services are held the first Saturday of every month at 10:30am-

Join us for this months Shabbat services on Saturday, Feb. 7th at 10:30am!

Every week SE Portland Chabad hosts a Shabbat lavish lunch! Saturdays at 1pm! It’s lively, fun and delicious!

Location: SE Portland Chabad House: 3355 SE Steele St. Portland, OR 97202

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/se-portland-shabbat-services-followed-lavish-shabbat-lunch#sthash.GNHuIgJi.dpuf

Tu B’shvat Seder & Radio Play “The Sap is Rising”
Feb 7 @ 6:00 pm
P’nai Or 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd. Portland, OR 97219 Please join us for an interfaith evening of inspiration, prayer, story, and song. Celebrate the New Year of the Trees in the Jewish tradition We will join with the rising energy of the trees at this season to explore the connections between our economic system and climate change. We will seriously entertain optimistic, equitable, inspiring, radical responses. The play will be followed by Havdalah and a Tu B’shvat seder, including ritual fruit, song and story. All are welcome to attend! Please arrive early for light refreshments. Doors open at 5:45. Play begins promptly at 6:13! https://www.facebook.com/events/374807039348003/ – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/tu-bshvat-seder-radio-play-sap-rising#sthash.BKEdxXo5.dpuf
Feb
8
Sun
Boker Tov Bunch
Feb 8 @ 9:15 am – 10:00 am

Boker Tov Bunch. Sunday,  Jan 18, Jan 25, Feb 1, Feb 8, Feb 22  at 9:15am-10am. Join in on the fun with our librarian, Kaiya Goldhammer in the Feldstein Library at Congregation Neveh Shalom. Bring your younger kids after Aliyah drop-offs.  Kids ages 0-4 are welcome. Questions? kgoldhammer@nevehshalom.org

Powerful Tools for Caregivers: Managing Stress
Feb 8 @ 1:30 pm

This presentation will highlight some of the tools from the six-week Powerful Tools for Caregivers program. This interactive workshop will identify signs and sources of stress, relaxation tools, stress reducers and how to create an action plan. The PTC program is an evidence-based education program designed to give family caregivers skills to practice self-care while caring for others.
Meets at Rose Schnitzer Manor

RSVP to 503-535-4004 or deborah.elliott@cedarsinaipark.org

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/powerful-tools-caregivers-managing-stress#sthash.MIyE9Pud.dpuf

Jewish Community Orchestra
Feb 8 @ 3:00 pm

Berwald, Bloch, MacDowell, Saint-Saens,Beethoven, Harberg, Randy Zhang, Tristan Jong, Sunny Oh, and Christine Wey.

Sun., Feb. 8, 3:00 pm

$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students Children under 6 free.

Tickets at the door.

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/jewish-community-orchestra#sthash.deGr11ys.dpuf

God’s Goodness in View of Hate
Feb 8 @ 4:00 pm
4th Annual Rabbi Marcus Simmons Lecture Professor Andrew J. Riley Temple Beth Israel 1175 East 29th Avenue, Eugene www.tbieugene.org FREE; Donations gratefully accepted The Hebrew Bible explicitly affirms God’s goodness. For example, Psalms 136:1 says, “Give thanks to God, for God is good.” Psalms 25:8 says, “God is good and upright.” Furthermore, divine benevolence is implied in several biblical narratives. A hallmark example is God’s deliverance of Israel from bondage in the exodus. Despite such evidence, interpreters have debated God’s goodness since antiquity. Those who insist that the God of the Hebrew Bible is not good maintain the holy war of the book of Joshua or divine wrath in the prophets undermines divine benevolence. This lecture is an orientation to the debate in the field of biblical studies and considers the role of divine hate in the larger discussion. Andrew Riley is a visiting assistant professor of Hebrew Bible in the University of Oregon’s Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies. He received his Ph.D. from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he studied the Bible and its ancient Near Eastern context. His research focuses on negative depictions of deities in biblical and cognate texts. – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/god%E2%80%99s-goodness-view-hate#sthash.Ee6D3L1T.dpuf