*ticket not needed for this event, Free
High Holiday services at Neveh Shalom, an open and egalitarian community, are led by Rabbi David Kosak, Cantor Deborah Bletstein and Rabbi Eve Posen. We offer lively young child services as well as k-6 appropriate family experiences. We welcome all to experience the New Year with Neveh Shalom. Ticket is not required for Sukkot/Shemini Atzert/Simchat Torah
Read our High Holy Day Information online – http://nevehshalom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/HHD5776.pdf
For ticket information and to order a ticket call 503.246.8831
Membership information at http://nevehshalom.org/membership/
Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for their Simchat Torah Service led by Rabbi Josh Rose.
Rabbi Alan Berg will lead Simchat Torah morning service. Please join us.
Cedar Sinai Park CEO David Fuks retired effective Sept. 8 after 18 years at the helm of the senior campus. He will serve as Chief Executive Officer Emeritus until October 31, 2015.
Come celebrate the David’s accomplishments and retirement with refreshment, music, dancing and fun at the MJCC, 7-9 pm, Oct. 8.
He retires after 18 years at CSP. During his tenure, he was responsible for significant growth and expansion of the scope and services of Cedar Sinai Park. He will now be working as a consultant and pursuing his many evocations.
“The 18 years I’ve spent at Cedar Sinai Park have been a great adventure,” he says. “It has been a delight to work with a remarkable staff, dedicated community volunteers, and with the people we serve and their families. I am very pleased that Sandra Simon will be my successor. Her skills and talents are ideal as we move to develop the system of care that will best serve our community. I hope all will join me in supporting her as she undertakes this important work.”
RSVP to Teri Patapoff at 503-535-4360 or patapofft@cedarsinaipark.org
Shabbat and Simchat Torah Family Service led by Rabbi Alan Berg. We will also consecrate our Religious School students. This will be a joyous celebration and you are welcome to attend.
Rabbi Alan Berg will lead this morning service. All are welcome.
This class focuses on giving contemporary parents the tools they need to bring holiness into their daily lives. We’ll begin by taking a look at the soul planted within us and how we can integrate it into other aspects of our life. We’ll rediscover the spiritual side of food and eating; and appreciate the wonder of the human body. We’ll explore the many blessings that invoke holiness at bedtime, when we awake, and when we are outside appreciating the wonders of nature. We’ll learn the central core at the heart of every Jewish prayer service. Each class will introduce blessings and prayers with an explanation of their meaning and their accompanying melodies. Come be inspired and have your joy of life expanded and enriched.Taught by Natan Meir. Free to Neveh Shalom members, $36 for non-members. (no class on Oct. 11)
Lake Oswego United Church of Christ and Beit Haverim Host a Conversation:
“Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History” – October 11, 2015 – 12:30 to 2:00 pm
Lake Oswego, OR – Oct. 4, 2015 – Lake Oswego United Church of Christ (LOUCC) and Beit Haverim (BH) in collaboration with Oregon Humanities’ statewide Conversation Project will sponsor a discussion on Oregon’s historic struggle with race on Oct. 11, 2015.
FREE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN OREGON
Lake Oswego, OR – Have you ever wondered why the Black population in Oregon is so small? Oregon has a history not only of Black exclusion and discrimination, but also of a vibrant Black culture that helped sustain many communities throughout the state – a history that is not taught in schools.
This is the focus of “Why Aren’t There More Black People in Oregon? A Hidden History,” a free conversation with Portland State University author and adjunct professor Walidah Imarisha on Sunday, October 11, 2015 from 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm at 1111 SW Country Club Road, Lake Oswego, OR 97034. This program is hosted by Lake Oswego United Church of Christ and Beit Haverim and sponsored by Oregon Humanities. Imarisha has taught in Portland State University’s Black Studies department, where she has created classes about topics as diverse as the history of the Black Panther Party, race and the history of prisons, Hurricane Katrina, and hip hop as literature. She has facilitated writing workshops for students in third to twelfth grade, in community centers, youth detention facilities, and women’s prisons.
Reverend Jennie Ott states, “We are thrilled to host Walidah Imarisha and offer this important dialogue in our community. For both Lake Oswego United Church of Christ and Beit Haverim, our faith compels us to help dismantle racism in our society. A critical part of this work is understanding our history.”
Rabbi Alan Berg agrees adding, “Joining together with Rev. Ott and the Lake Oswego United Church of Christ has advanced Beit Haverim’s social justice commitment. We join hands together to become a source of strength to the larger community. We are blessed to share a vision of community, a valuing of diversity and a hands on approach to doing something about it.’”
Through the Conversation Project, Oregon Humanities offers free programs that engage community members in thoughtful, challenging conversations about ideas critical to our daily lives and our state’s future. For more information about this free community discussion, please contact Rev. Jennie Ott at 503-635-4348 or pastor@loucc.org and Rabbi Alan Berg at 503-568-1241 or alanbfpd@gmail.com.
Oregon Humanities (921 SW Washington St., Suite 150, Portland, OR 97205) connects Oregonians to ideas to change lives and transform communities. More information about Oregon Humanities’ programs and publications, which include the Conversation Project, Think & Drink, Humanity in Perspective, Idea Lab, Public, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities and a partner of the Oregon Cultural Trust.
Both the Jewish and African-American communities have suffered atrocities in the past. What can first-person narratives tell us about the commonalities between these experiences? How do they differ? What can an Italian chemist who survived Auschwitz tell us about a road map for healing race relations going forward? A lecture by nationally-known scholar Nancy Harrowitz, “Connecting the Legacies: Primo Levi, Holocaust Testimonies and ’12 Years a Slave’” offers an opportunity for all of us to see how our collective histories affect our present and our future.
We will gather each week to find some moments of quiet. We’ll start with a brief teaching and/or song, and then sit together in silence. We’ll end with brief optional hevruta (Jewish study) sharing. This is for folks with experience in meditation, those with curiosity but no experience, and those who wonder what happens when Jews aren’t talking the whole time. The group will be led by Deborah Eisenbach-Budner and community members. Please call 503-248-4662 ext 5 with any questions. Come when you can.