Ruth Gruber, Photojournalist
Seats offered on a first-come first-served basis.
The Skin of Our Teeth
by Thornton Wilder
Artists Rep’s The Skin of Our Teeth includes 3 to 10 Community Guest Stars in walk-on roles for every single performance and employs massive multimedia projections, live video feed and a cornucopia of masks. This is a play in three acts and runs approximately 2 hours, 30 minutes, including two intermissions.
This comedic masterpiece takes on the entirety of history, with one ordinary American family who lives through it all. Dad’s just invented the wheel, Cain is throwing rocks at the neighbor kid, mammoths and dinosaurs lounge in the family room and mom frets about how to get all those animals on the boat two by two. Through Ice Ages, biblical floods and political conventions, the Antrobus family of Excelsior, New Jersey perseveres. With a huge cast and time-set across the ages, this theatrical allegory captures the human spirit – of brilliance, idiocy and ultimately sweet survival.
WHEN: May 17-June 19
WHERE: Artists
Repertory Theatre,
1515 SW Morrison St., Portland
TICKETS: 503-241-1278 or artistsrep.org
All adults and families with children 4th grade and above are invited to attend Congregation Shaarie Torah’s ten year tradition of praying together, learning together and being together. Led by Education Director Dorice Horenstein, this modified services touches everyone’s heart with song, prayers, and discussion galore! Join us for out of the box prayer service!
Preschool families, please join Shaarie Torah for Shirat Yeladim. This program of storytelling, music, mitzvah and experiential learning is geared towards children aged 3-5 years old and their parents.
Join us on the first Saturday of the month at 10:45 a.m.
The Jewish Women’s Round Table has announced its 24th annual Song of Miriam honorees. The Song of Miriam Awards honor women who volunteer their time and energy to ensure the continuity and vibrancy of the Jewish community of Oregon and SW Washington.
This annual event is sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Round Table, whose mission is to strengthen the Jewish community by honoring the excellent work of women volunteers and bringing the community together to celebrate Jewish life.
The 24th annual awards brunch will be held from 10 am to 12:15 pm, Sunday, June 5, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Highway, Portland. Member organizations have chosen outstanding women to be honored for their volunteer activities and dedication to promotion of Jewish life and values.
The 2016 honorees are Susan Aronson of Congregation Beit Am (Corvallis); Karin Stolz of Congregation Beit Haverim; Stephanie Siegel of Women of Reform Judaism/Beth Israel Sisterhood; Susan Lazareck of Havurah Shalom; Susan Marcus of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland; Susanna Perrin of Congregation Kesser Israel; Davida Jordan of Congregation Kol Shalom; Dana Sirkin of Congregation Neveh Shalom; Joanie Levine of Congregation P’nai Or; Alison Rosenfeld of Portland Jewish Academy; Margarita Wolf of Congregation Shaarie Torah Sisterhood; Kalyn Culler Cohen of Congregation Shir Tikvah; Barbara Atlas of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education; Sherry Dunning of Temple Beth Sholom (Salem); and Sara Charney Cohen of Temple Beth Tikvah (Bend).
The D’var Torah and Hamotzi will be given by Aviel Brodkin, principal at Maayan Torah Day School and rebbetzin of Congregation Kesser Israel. Music will be performed by Barry Lavine. Envelopes will be available for donations to the Oregon Food Bank.
Marki Maizels and Carole Glauber, both past honorees, will be the brunch emcees. Door prizes have been donated by various synagogue gift shops and area businesses.
To find out more about the Jewish Women’s Round Table, visit jwrt.org to learn about the history of the SOM awards, see a listing of past honorees and the JWRT board, and much more.
Honorees’ family and friends are encouraged to attend this annual community event. Ticket prices are patron $36; regular $24 by May 25 ($32 thereafter); and $10 for children 12 and younger.
Call Jerrie Roth at 503-246-4367 for reservations and answers to your questions.
CONDUCTING AN EFFECTIVE (AND FUN) ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
* “Oral history refers both to a method of recording and preserving oral testimony and to the product of that process.”
OJMCHE’s institutional mission is to interpret the Oregon Jewish experience, explore the lessons of the Holocaust and foster intercultural conversations.
Description: The Oral History Project is a key part of the OJMCHE’s mission to preserve and present the history of Oregon’s Jewish community The central goal is to develop a community oral history archive that provides a chronicle of the experiences of the Jews of Oregon. The project began by documenting the lives of the former residents of South Portland in the 1970s. Efforts have also included the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and liberators of death camps. Several focused efforts are currently underway to collect multiple histories from within particular geographic or communal areas throughout the state.
Bio: Anne LeVant Prahl, the Curator of Collections at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, has been working in collections management since 1987. She began doing oral history by interviewing former members of Texas’ Black gospel quartets for the Texas Music Museum as part of her masters work in anthropology at the University of Texas. In Oregon, as part of her position of curator, she runs the oral history program for the museum, training interviewers, identifying interview subjects, and maintaining the collection of nearly 700 oral histories.
*Oral History Association
Sunday, June 5:
How Jews of America Saved Jews of Europe During the Shoah: The Story of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) presented by Rabbi Jonathan Porath. Rabbi Porath spent 15 years with the JDC Senior Staff in the Russian Department and is intimately familiar with the spirit of the organization. He will bring lessons from his rich personal experiences.
Presented by the MJCC and OJMCHE
Sunday, June 5:
Please join Congregation Neveh Shalom in welcoming Alicia Svigals in concert. Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. She will be performing with Accordionist Christina Crowder. According to the Willamette Week, Alicia is, “a violinist who makes her instrument sing as if it had a human voice…”
Tickets and information are available at: nevehshalom.org/aliciasvigals
