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Day off school? Join us for BB Breaks!
9am -5pm on:
Oct 14, Nov 9-11 & 23, Dec 23 & 26-30, Jan 16, Feb 20

Come have fun with BB Camp!
Spend the mornings running and playing at PDX
Sportscenter and go on a field trip in the afternoon.

For 1st-6th graders | $55 per child per day
RSVP at bbcamp.org/bb-breaks

Complimentary early and late care available.
Pick up and drop off are at our Beaverton office
9400 SW Beaverton-Hillsdale Hwy #200

Contact Alex for more information at
amansfield@bbcamp.org
503.496.7444 x7016

Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for a special Shabbat morning service. At this service, we will include new melodies, explore the service with some reflections on the prayers themselves, and chant according to the Triennial cycle of Torah readings.  It will be a mix of the beautiful and familiar traditional Shabbat morning service and new ideas and energy.  This service meets in the Chapel downstairs on the third Saturday of the month.

Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7-9:30 pm: The MJCC, 6651 SW Capitol Hwy., Portland, hosts Pissarro, Pinot & Palette: Impressionism and Beyond. Local artist Jeffery Hall will talk briefly about how his work relates to The Marriage of Opposites. Following the discussion, participate in a two-hour creative art instruction session led by Hall. He will guide you to explore your inner artist in an informal, no-pressure environment. Transform a blank canvas into a finished representation to take home with you at the end of the night. There will be a $36 charge with reservations required.

This event is part of the 6^th annual Many Stories, One Community: Portland Jewish Book Celebration focusing on one book in November — The Marriage of Opposites by best-selling author Alice Hoffman.

Sukkot: This seven-day festival (eight days in the Diaspora) celebrates the abundance of the fall harvest and commemorates the 40 years the Jewish people wandered in the desert after the exodus from slavery. The sukkah, a temporary three-sided dwelling covered with leafy branches, gives the holiday its name. The sukkah is a reminder of the temporary dwellings our ancestors in ancient Israel used for shelter in the fields during the harvest, as well as the booths they lived in for 40 years in the desert. The festival has two additional main symbols: the lulav and etrog. The lulav consists of palm, myrtle and willow branches bound together. The etrog is a citron, a yellow citrus fruit that looks and smells like a bumpy lemon. It is traditional to bless the Four Species (the lulav and etrog held together) while waving them towards the four compass points, heaven and earth on each day of the holiday except Shabbat.

Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah (Oct. 24-25) The days immediately following the end of the festival of Sukkot are the semi-independent holidays Shemini Atzeret and Simchat Torah. Some liberal congregations celebrate both in one day as Atzeret-Simchat Torah. These two holidays formally end the season of the High Holy Days. The Torah is a central symbol of Simchat Torah as we read the final verses of Deuteronomy, then immediately recommence the cycle by reading the opening verses of Genesis. The celebration of the annual cycle includes marching around the synagogue with Torah scrolls and flags.

Sukkot Service followed by Community Lunch in the Sukkah

Temple Beth Israel, 1175 East 29th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Info: www.tbieugene.org. 541-485-7218 info@tbieugene.org

Sukkot Second Day Service

Temple Beth Israel, 1175 East 29th Avenue, Eugene, OR

All welcome. Registration and donations appreciated. Info: www.tbieugene.org. 541-485-7218 info@tbieugene.org

The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, the Oregon Board of Rabbis and LCD (BuildLCD.com) announce the official groundbreaking ceremony of the Portland Community Mikvah. The mikvah will be located on the Schnitzer Family Campus just west of the MJCC.

Mikvah is a Jewish ritual bath used for traditional purposes such as a component of a conversion to Judaism process, and ritual family purity. Contemporary purposes are numerous but all have in common the idea of marking a transition or milestone in one’s life. This is an ancient Jewish tradition with contemporary innovations where the waters provide an opportunity to celebrate, mark a transition or heal. The facility is a resource for learning, spiritual discovery and creativity where women and men of all ages and backgrounds can mark milestones.

The project consists of a beautiful waiting area, preparation rooms and ritual bath. There is also a separate “dish mikvah” available to make dishes and cookware kosher. Some of the unique aspects of the project include collecting rain water to fill the bath as well as many other traditional construction practices to adhere to the kosher laws and traditions.

The project kicks off Thursday Oct. 20 with a ceremonial groundbreaking at 3:30 pm located at 6651 SW Capitol Hwy Portland OR 97219 (MJCC).  

Please join the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, the Oregon Board of Rabbis, the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and members of the local Jewish community and local businesses.

For almost a century, the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland has been your means of connecting with your community, discovering new ways to do good and giving back to those who came before you. By raising funds that support a broad network of organizations and through innovative programming and initiatives, we are able to meet the ongoing needs of people at home, in Israel and around the world for today and for future generations.

Learn the basics of Improv Theater! Students will learn short-form games that teach the skills of listening and responding, working together as a group to create a story on the spot, and building self-confidence. The class will be working towards a demo that showcases their favorite improv games, and shows off their new comedy chops!

Thursdays starting Oct. 13 – December, no class Nov. 24; 3:45 – 4:45pm

Cost: $95/student; CG 108

In partnership with PJA and the NW Children’s Theater and School 

5:45: Bring a vegetarian picnic to the Sukkah.

7 pm: Friends & Family Shabbat Service and Oneg in the Sukkah

Temple Beth Israel, 1175 East 29th Avenue, Eugene, OR

Info: www.tbieugene.org. 541-485-7218 info@tbieugene.org