Join for a chic playdate for moms & tots with music & movement, stories & crafts ages 0-3 years old.
Free of charge and open to all!
RSVPor for more information: www.PortlandJewishPreschool.com
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Contact Mimi Wilhelm mimi@portlandjewishschool.com, 503.977.7850
A project of The Gan – Portland Jewish Preschool in conjunction with PJ Library Portland
DEC. 24
Latke Ball: Live DJ, light hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and photo booth for those in their 20s and 30s. 8:30 pm – Midnight at the Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St, Portland. $18 early bird special for the first 50 people to register; $25 after and at the door. Sponsored by MJCC and B’nai B’rith Camp. 503-244-0111
bbcamp.org/latkeball
Join our entire community for this yearly tradition! Enjoy a Chinese inspired lunch, vote on your favorite kugel recipes and watch a family-friendly film. If you think you’re the kugel expert, then bring in your “soon to be famous” recipe for all to try and vote!
Fun for All!
* Candle-lighting with traditional, yiddish, sephardic, and renewal music by the P’nai Or band
* Children’s storytime, singing, dancing, and crafts
* All-ages Driedl Game!
* Potluck latke and salad bar with desserts
* Chanukah shuk (market) for last minute Chanukah gifts-including fair-trade Divine chocolate gelt and CDs by Michelle and the Mystics,& Rabbi Aryeh zt’l “Last Night of Chanukah”
Free Admission – Please bring a can or box of food to donate to the Oregon Food Bank.Michelle Alany is a passionate violinist and vocalist w…ho has delighted and wowed audiences worldwide. Specializing in a global acoustic sound that features lush strings, soulful vocals and rhythmic groove, Michelle delivers soulful interpretations of traditional and original Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish), Balkan and Israeli songs infused with her tasty Austin-blues stylings.
She is at home delivering haunting Mediterranean melodies, trading shredder blues licks or gently crafting a sensuous country solo on the fly, bringing her joyous abandon and enthusiasm to any world of music.
As an in-demand touring musician and recording artist, she has performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, played for sold-out events in theaters doing movie music or world music ensembles, and brought Texas music to packed Jazz and Blues listening rooms in Europe.
Putting Soul into the Season, Solo Blues Concert with Lazer Lloyd
On Sunday, December 25 at 7:30 PM Temple Emek Shalom and the Havurah Synagogue join in presenting a solo blues concert with Lazer Lloyd, Putting Soul into the Season.
Lazer Lloyd is a genre-defying artist whose self-titled new CD on Lots of Love Records topped the blues-rock charts through the summer of 2015 bringing comparisons to Santana at his best from Elmore Magazine’s sage Jim Hynes and “Muddy Waters on electric steroids” from veteran Canadian music & arts journalist, Bob Mersereau.
Whether smoking hot or meditative, Lloyd’s unique style is forged through the white-hot furnace of his three insatiable loves: songwriting, guitar, and communicating with the audience. At the core Lazer says, “Americana…roots rock, blues, folk, it’s real; it’s about everyone’s life story and it heals.”
The trailblazing singer/songwriter’s live shows and his brand of blues and psychedelic roots rock are legendary in his home base Israel. He is now blowing down the doors of clubs and festivals worldwide. Major influences include BB King, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Santana, and Middle Eastern oud. 2q1
Rabbi David says, “When it comes to blues in the style of BB King, Albert King, and Buddy Guy then Lazer Lloyd is sure to knock your sox off. He’s the real deal. The laser beam of the blues. A solo concert not to be missed.”
For many years Jewish people have had a tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Day, since usually those are the only restaurants open for business. In keeping with that tradition, a Chinese dinner will be offered before the concert, for those wishing to partake of both, catered by Yuan Yuan of Ashland.
Tickets are $15 for the concert or $30 including dinner and are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2720495
or at the Music Coop, 268 E. Main St. in Ashland. Space is limited. The Havurah is located at 185 N Mountain Ave. in Ashland. For more information call 541-488-7716 or visit www.havurahshirhadash.org.
PRESS QUOTES
“Fasten your seatbelts!” wrote 1970s Rolling Stone rock music sage Gary von Tersch of the self-titled “Lazer Lloyd” CD. “I’m impressed by Lazer’s tight compositions”, “deeply expressive writing, plangent vocals and crackerjack guitar and harmonica.”
“It’s one thing to be a student of the blues, which began as gospel, and it’s another to be able to release the emotion to make it authentic. Lazer Lloyd does both.” Tim Parsons, Editor “Tahoe On Stage”
“tough blues-rockers, soul ballads, and funky Hendrix-inspired rock.” – Vintage Guitar
“Exuberant Vocals and Razor Sharp Guitar Work” – Downbeat Magazine
Videos:
https://business.facebook.com/lazerlloyd/videos/1854850058091847/
https://www.facebook.com/lazerlloyd/videos/1857975884445931/
Come one, come all and join us for the CNS annual Chanukah party. There will be a fish/dairy dinner with latkes, music by the Koleinu Choir, prizes for the ugliest sweater, a donut bar and more. Bring your own menorah and candles for a community lighting. And bring multi-packs for unused toilet paper – the Men’s Club is working to wipe away poverty. They will build a giant TP menorah and then donate it all to Neighborhood House. Cost for dinner: $15/adult, $9/child, $48 family max.
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/cnschanukah2016
Wednesday, December 28th
4:30 pm – 9:00 pm
Candlelighting @ 5:30
Jazz Happy Hour starting at 6:30 pm
L’Chaverim will be on hand to provide some festive sounds!
Our doors will be open for the whole evening for folks to come and go as they please.
We’ll have light latke appetizers for everyone all evening.
MEMBERS/Nashira Families: Bring a veggie/dairy nosh to share, along with your favorite beverage. Registration not necessary.
Non-Members: $18/family; $9/individual, plus bring your favorite beverage. Registration required. Follow the link below to register.
The Ultimate Dreidel Smackdown makes a return, with other games and activities to chat over.
Candlelighting and sing along at 5:30.
Child care (and a movie) will be provided downstairs at 7:00 as we transition to a more adult atmosphere upstairs.
Chanukah Jewish Heritage Night
Portland Trailblazers V Sacremento Kings
Fifth Night of Chanukah, December 28th 2016
Chabad of Oregon and the Portland Trailblazers are once again partnering together for Chanukah Jewish Heritage Night, Portland’s largest Chanukah event.
Jewish Heritage will feature a grand halftime Menorah Lighting, Pre-game Chanukah party, a T-shirt give-away with “Trail Blazers” emblazoned in Hebrew script and a possible meet and greet with the Sacramento Kings small forward Omri Casspi, the first Israeli selected in an N.B.A. draft and a proud Jew who organizes an annual NBA Israel trip.
Tickets at www.Rosequarter.com/Chabad
Promo code: Chanukah
Havurah’s Chanukah Celebration offers fun for all ages. A potluck oneg of plate-free desserts at 6:30 pm will be followed by candle lighting, storytelling, and singing led by Beth Hamon, Aaron Pearlman and other Havurah musicians.
For all who are interested, we’ll have a few tables of dreidel playing too. If you have a dreidel, chanukiah and/or candles, please bring them with you. We’ll add lots of light and laughter to the night!
RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/ChanuHS
Join us for this fun family event as we ring in the New Year! Arts and crafts, games, bouncy house, dancing, snacks, pool float, and our annual countdown to 2017 at noon with the balloon drop!
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Pool Float: 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Free and open to the community