Calendar

Feb
16
Mon
Israeli Folk Dancing at Leedy Grange
Feb 16 @ 7:15 pm – 9:30 pm
Learn easy and fun Israeli folk dances 7:30 to 8:30 pm followed by review and open dancing til 9:30 pm.Great for beginners. Leedy Grange 835 NW Saltzman Rd., Ptld. $6 at the door. See PIFD News for details sites.google.com/site/pifdnews. – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/israeli-folk-dancing-leedy-grange#sthash.gJQcKPFJ.dpuf
Feb
17
Tue
A Life in Balance
Feb 17 @ 6:45 pm

Please join us for the third lecture in our “Age Smart – Age Strong” series at Rose Schnitzer Manor.

Bayla O’Brien, PT, and Jacqueline Sinke of Fitness & Function LLC will explain how your body uses and processes information from your muscles and joints, inner ear, vision and brain to help keep you upright and prevent or reduce your risk of falling. They will also review the age-related changes to all of these balance systems and show how changes in balance and mobility can be reversed.

Please RSVP at 503.535.4004 or deborah.elliott@cedarsinaipark.org. Or visit www.roseschnitzermanor.org.

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Simple Cooking for Complicated Lives
Feb 17 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Joanne Stone, restaurant owner and consultant, will show us how to plan, shop, prep, and serve in new ways. Mix and match menus, cut, and use tools in your kitchen.

Tues., Feb. 10 and 17, 7:00-8:30 pm

$24 (G:$30) CG203

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

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Feb
18
Wed
OJMCHE Cinema: Above and Beyond
Feb 18 @ 7:00 pm

In 1948, just three years after the liberation of Nazi death camps, a group of Jewish American pilots answered a call for help. In secret and at great personal risk, they smuggled planes out of the U.S., trained behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia and flew for Israel in its War of Independence. As members of Machal – “volunteers from abroad” – this ragtag band of brothers not only turned the tide of the war; they also embarked on personal journeys of discovery and renewed Jewish pride.

ABOVE AND BEYOND is their story. Directed by Roberta Grossman and produced by Nancy Spielberg

You can watch the trailer here: http://vimeo.com/101766720

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Feb
20
Fri
Foundation Fridays: A Shabbat Celebration
Feb 20 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 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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Feb
21
Sat
Holocaust Survivor to Speak at the Havurah in Ashland
Feb 21 @ 7:30 pm

Holocaust Survivor/International Speaker Irving Roth, The Havurah Synagogue, Saturday, February 21, 7:30 PM

On Saturday, February 21, 7:30 PM the Havurah will host an event featuring Irving Roth, Holocaust survivor and international speaker.

Irving Roth was born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia on September 2, 1929 and landed in New York Harbor in 1947 via Auschwitz and Buchenwald. The memories of the Nazi death camps never faded and he devotes his time and efforts to educating young and old on the horrors of the Holocaust and the evils of prejudice and anti-Semitism.

Mr. Roth is the Director of the Holocaust Resource Center – Temple Judea of Manhasset and an Adjunct Professor at the University of Maine. He is a recognized speaker on anti-Semitism and the Holocaust and is a frequent lecturer at colleges and universities in the United States, Canada and Europe. As a Holocaust survivor, he provides personal testimony on his experiences during WWII.

Mr. Roth received the Spirit of Anne Frank Outstanding Citizen Award from the Anne Frank Center USA for promoting human rights, social justice and for conceiving, developing and initiating the Adopt a Survivor program. This program has been instituted nationally and internationally in public and parochial high schools and colleges. Mr. Roth edited and coordinated the publishing of a book titled Adopt a Survivor – An Antidote to Holocaust Amnesia. He and his son, Rabbi Dr. Edward S. Roth, co-authored and published Bondi’s Brother, a book about his experiences before, during and after the Holocaust. They also published a Holocaust Study Guide for Social Studies and Language Arts Teachers, which encompasses a complete curriculum on the Holocaust and is taught in conjunction with Bondi’s Brother in elementary, middle and high schools as well as colleges. Bondi’s Brother has been translated into Hungarian and Hebrew.

Mr. Roth presented “papers” at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, The Scholars Conference on the Holocaust and the Churches, CAJE (Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education) and Facing History and Ourselves. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his work in Holocaust education and community service.

Mr. Roth received a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering from Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and resides in Nassau County, NY.

The event is free and open to the public. The Havurah Synagogue is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. Call 541-488-7716 for more info or visit www.havurahshirhadash.org. Havurah Synagogue and Christians United for Israel are co-sponsoring this event. Christians United For Israel has over two million members in the US. Visit CUFI.ORG to learn more.

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Feb
22
Sun
Boker Tov Bunch
Feb 22 @ 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 – See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/boker-tov-bunch-5#sthash.3oEtdvay.dpuf
Friends of the Center Brunch
Feb 22 @ 10:00 am

Celebrate Champions at the MJCC Friends of the Center Brunch, featuring Ethan Zohn, Survivor: Africa winner, Cancer Survivor and Co-founder of Grassroot Soccer. Be inspired by Ethan who tours the world speaking about character, leadership, resilience, service and how his challenges have become the source of his strength.

When: Sunday, February 22
Time: 10:00 AM
Where: Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Tickets: $54. Purchase tickets at http://www.oregonjcc.org/brunch
Free childcare available: ages 6 mo. – 12 yrs.
Space is limited. RSVP required by Feb. 16.

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12th Annual Mah Jongg Tournament
Feb 22 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm

12th Annual Mah Jongg Tournament
Sunday, February 22, 11am
Sisterhood announces the 11th Annual Marianne Wollstein Mah Jongg Tournament. Sunday, February 23, 2014, 11 AM – 4 PM $25.00 registration fee includes a light brunch, snacks, tournament and prizes. Proceeds from this event are used to support our Religious School Scholarship Fund. Players of all genders and levels are welcome, however we will not be offering instructions. Registration and payment must be received by February 78th by sending to Neveh Shalom, Attn: Sisterhood – Mah Jongg. For more information contact: Judi Goodman at 503-531-7205 or Sarah Coblens at 503-466-2256 or scoblens@comcast.net.
Registration form at http://www.nevehshalom.org/flyers/mahjongg2015.pdf

Congregation Neveh Shalom
www.nevehshalom.org

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My Memories of Anne Frank; My Work with her Diaries
Feb 22 @ 2:00 pm

Laureen Nussbaum, Anne Frank scholar and Holocaust survivor, will speak on Holocaust history and the legacy of Anne Frank’s work during this afternoon lecture. Professor Emerita at Portland State University’s Department of Languages and Literature, Nussbaum has written and taught at length on the literary and social implications of Anne Frank’s diary.

This lecture is presented in partnership with the OJMCHE Next Generations Group.

– See more at: http://www.ojlife.com/content/my-memories-anne-frank-my-work-her-diaries#sthash.kSyPLaBx.dpuf