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
Calling All Crafty Ladies –
Make colorful tissue paper flowers, enjoy tea, coffee, and pastries, and help us decorate the Synagogue for Shavuot.
A monthly discussion covering a range of topics that draw on our experiences.
Topic: How do we receive the Torah?
Enter your cheesecake from your favorite recipe in this food-lovers contest for Shavuot!
Non-Kosher entries are accepted.
Entries Due: 6:15 pm day of event
Tasting/Judging: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Copy of recipe due: Tuesday, June 7 to Mara Zellinger at mzellinger@oregonjcc.org
Shabbat on the Plaza and Summer Camp Blessing
Friday, June 10, 6:00 PM
Congregation Beth Israel Temple Lawn (1972 NW Flanders)
Join Congregation Beth Israel as we gather on the Temple lawn for a beautiful outdoor Shabbat Service. Together, we’ll celebrate our community’s youngest members as they cap off another school year and prepare for their busy summers at Camp Kalsman, our very own Camp Sababa, and other summer activities.
Please join us for this engaging evening of memoir readings by students of Rob Freedman’s workshop, “Memoir Writing from a Jewish Perspective.” Each year this eight-week workshop helps participants to discover the stories they want to write and share. The emphasis is on those experiences that are uniquely Jewish in nature, reflective of our culture and identity – whether the writers are Jews by birth or by choice, or among the still perplexed.
The evening will include a brief Kabbalat Shabbat service, and will be followed by a potluck dessert oneg. To help us plan for the oneg, please RSVP here by June 6.
Congregation Shaarie Torah and PJ Library Portland present Torah Yoga.
Please join professional yoga instructor Rachel Stern as she engages with preschoolers and their parents, celebrating the 2015-16 theme of Mishpacha Shelanu (Our Family). Come each month to explore various holidays and Torah stories. This event is FREE & open to all on every 2nd Saturday of the month.
Join us for interactive and participatory Tikun Liel Shavuot as we study into the night, and climb the Torah of Relationships mountain. What is the secret to productive as well as positive relationship with your partner, colleagues and children? Are there any gender differences in relationship expectations? What would you like your ultimate relationship with God to encompass? Join Professionals Jacqueline Cape and Bob Gitelson as well as Education Director, Dorice Horenstein and Rabbi Rose for this fascinating evening!
Light supper and cheesy desserts will sweeten our learning. Special MS and HS session will take place throughout the night with experienced teen Educators!
This event is free, but donations are welcome and appreciated. RSVP required: shaarietorah.org/shavuot
Celebrate the holiday of Shavuot, also called “Chag Habikkurim” (Holiday of the First Fruits) with a parade and fruit drive for Neighborhood House.
Kids should bring a basket filled with fruit to donate, and be ready to walk through the Synagogue for the “Bikkurim Parade”.