You can now Pre-Order your Hamentaschen so you are ready for Purim!
Purchase online, here or print out an order form from our website and send it in. We’ve got three delicious flavors: fruit, moen (poppyseed), and apricot (nut free). Only pre-orders are guaranteed. Order before March 7th.
Volunteering:
Our Sisterhood is about to embark on the annual hamentashen baking and sale. They have customers from all over Portland who buy these tasty treats and in turn Sisterhood funds many wonderful aspects of our community. Our hardworking bakers are about to start a multi-week process that will eventually make about 30,000 hamentashen! You have never seen anything like it (unless you have previously helped). It’s great fun, and a great community builder. Everyone is invited to help, including children 12 and over. Click here to sign up for a volunteer slot or please contact Charlotte Tevet to volunteer at 503 319-7825 or [email protected].
The European Union points the direction, like all the Nobel Peace Laureates do in their own unique way; to the future and the evolution of democratic government that can be achieved peacefully. Like all governments, they must deal with challenges and in the process, evolve
The talk is part of the Wholistic Peace Institute’s 2017 Nobel Peace Laureate Forum. The Forum also includes a morning presentation at St. Mary’s Academy for students and educators only and a Peace Lunch requiring reservations from 11 am to 12:30 pm
What Does the EU have to do with Global Peace?
The European Union won the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize.
“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 is to be awarded to the European Union (EU). The union and its forerunners have for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe. In the inter-war years, the Norwegian Nobel Committee made several awards to persons who were seeking reconciliation between Germany and France. Since 1945, that reconciliation has become a reality. The dreadful suffering in World War II demonstrated the need for a new Europe. Over a seventy-year period, Germany and France had fought three wars. Today war between Germany and France is unthinkable. This shows how, through well-aimed efforts and by building up mutual confidence, historical enemies can become close partners.”
The European Union was set up with the aim of ending the frequent and bloody wars between neighbors, which culminated in the Second World War. As of 1950, the European Coal and Steel Community began to unite European countries economically and politically in order to secure lasting peace. The EU can trace its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Economic Community (EEC), formed in 1951 and 1958 respectively by the Inner Six countries of Belgium, France, West Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The fundamental purposes of the European Union are to promote greater social, political and economic harmony among the nations of Western Europe. The EU reasons that nations whose economies are interdependent are less likely to engage in conflict.
The European Union has 4 main aims: (1) to establish European citizenship. This means protection of fundamental human rights and freedoms. (2) To ensure freedom, security and justice. This means co-operation in the field of justice and home affairs. (3) To promote economic and social progress. (4) To assert Europe’s role in the world.
The demographics of the European Union show a highly populated, culturally diverse union of 28 member states. As of 1 January 2016, the population of the EU is about 510.1 million people. Collectively, it represents the seventh largest territory in the world by area.
Educating for Peace – The Wholistic Peace Institute has been pleased to host many EU officials over the last few years, starting with Ambassador Joao Vale; Ms. Sylvia Kofler, Head of Press and Public Diplomacy; Klaus Botzet, Head of Political, Security & Development Section. The EU points the direction, like all the Nobel Peace Laureates do in their own unique way; to the future and the evolution of democratic government that can be achieved peacefully. Like all governments, they must deal with challenges and in the process, evolve. We note that the steps the EU will take to overcome its challenges will be a model for all nations and we applaud them.
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Seeking marital intimacy? A rabbi has your answer
‘Sex is just a thing’; intimacy makes two people one
Mikvah Shoshanah, Portland’s Women’s Mikvah exists to keep the spark alive in Jewish marriages. An exaggeration? Not according to the world-renowned rabbi coming to town to speak about sexual intimacy and how to achieve it.
Mikvah Shoshana, a non-profit, is bringing Rabbi Manis Friedman from New Jersey to present his ideas at three different local venues. (Friedman’s name might ring a bell, as he was Bob Dylan’s rabbi.) Friedman combines ancient wisdom and modern wit in his talks all over the world. He asks, and answers the question, After all the pop-psychology and therapy, what is it that really holds relationships together?
Friedman will also present “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”: March 3, at Salem’s Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 6:30 pm, 1370 Crowley Ave. S., Salem. On March 4, the rabbi speaks about “Getting to Like the People you Love,” at Chabad Jewish Center of Hillsboro, 8 p.m., 965 SW Brookwood Ave.
Tickets start at $10, and are available at www.Portlandswomensmikvah.eventbrite.com.
A little background: Mikvah is a bath filled with natural, flowing water reserved for Jewish ritual purifications. The mikvah is an ancient Jewish tradition still practiced in the modern world, and Portland is home to two mikva’ot (the plural of mikvah).
Mikvah Shoshana’s mission is unique: To educate women from across the Jewish community about and inspire them to observe the monthly mitzvah (good deed) of family purity. It requires two weeks without physical contact followed by two weeks of reentering holy, loving, mindful intimacy. That practice — in Hebrew taharat mishpachah — appears in the Torah and is considered central to maintaining — or reintroducing — marital harmony and intimacy.
Friedman says there is a difference between sex and intimacy. “Sex is just a thing,” and two people can engage in and enjoy it but they’re not really connecting to each other, he said. But, follow the monthly rhythm of separating for two weeks and then reuniting for two weeks, and “The objective of becoming one is fulfilled.” And his talks include other exciting paths to intimacy, too.
Friedman’s first book, Doesn’t Anyone Blush Anymore? (Harper San Francisco, 1990) now is in its fourth printing. He will be signing and selling Blush at his appearances; Dylan himself was a huge fan of this publication.
About Mikvah Shoshanah — Portland’s Women’s Mikvah
Mikvah Shoshana, Portland’s Women’s Mikvah’s mission is to promote taharat hamishpacha, Hebrew for family purity. The practice requires women to immerse in mikvah once monthly in order to re-enter the holy, loving, mindful intimacy and mitzvah of the marital relationship. Opened in March 1998, Mikvah Shoshana educates and inspires women from across the entire Jewish community in the observance of this beautiful mitzvah.
Join us for this thought-provoking program that will bring an exceptional line up of authors and special events to our community.
Tuesday, March 7; 7:00 PM – Janis Cooke Newman: A Master Plan for Rescue
Tuesday, March 14; 7:00PM – Jennifer K Armstrong: Seinfeldia
Tuesday, March 21; 7:00 PM – Local Author Panel Discussion
Individual event tickets: Member Cost: $5; Guest: $8
Series Pass: Member Cost: $12; Guest: $20
Register at oregonjcc.org/authorseries
Congregation Ahavath Achim, in cooperation with the Sephardic Cultural Center of Oregon, will present the 10th Annual Sephardic Winter Film Series, a compilation of film screenings with Sephardic content, to be shown on the first Tuesday of each month, beginning November 2016 through April 2017. Film screenings are FREE to the public, (a modest voluntary donation is suggested but not required). After each film is screened, a discussion period will follow with a prominent local personality to lead the discussion. A Sephardic dessert and tea will be provided during the discussion period.
Remaining films:
March 7, 2017
The Truce. A biographical documentary about Italian chemist turned author Primo Levi, who was interned at Auschwitz during WWII. Following his release, he returned to his native Turin. This movie depicts his hellish nine month journey from the camp back to his home. He goes through many different countries, and along the way he meets and is befriended by assorted fellow travelers. Through them, his appreciation of life and freedom slowly returns, but with it also comes a deep rage and an abiding guilt at having survived.
English language, 118 minutes, 1997, Director Francesco Rosi, Discussion speaker: Ivonne Saed
April 4, 2017. The Ballad of the Weeping Spring. Musical instruments take the place of guns and an Iranian symphony takes the place of a gun fight in this clever, emotional homage to The Magnificent Seven. In this drama, a dying man’s last wish sends his oldest friend, Tawila, on a grand adventure to find the best symphony players around for a final performance of “The Ballad of Weeping Spring.” But will a guilty secret undo all of Tawila’s hard work? Winner of 4 Israeli Academy Awards, plus 5 nominations including Best Film, and winner Best Music at Jerusalem Film Festival.
Hebrew with subtitles, 105 minutes, 2012, Film by Benny Toraty, Discussion speaker: Charles Levy
Films shown FIRST Tuesday of each month at 7PM. Admission & Sephardic dessert are FREE.
Sponsors: Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, National Council of Synagogue Youth (NCSY),
Albert J. & Esther Menashe, Richard & Judi Matza, Charles & Jo Levy, Ron & Pam Sidis, Renee Ferrera,
Eve Stern & Les Gutfreund, Michael Menashe
For information call David 503-892-6634 or jewishfilmportland.org
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Mikvah Shoshanah – Portland’s Women’s MIkvah, invites you to:
An evening with Rabbi Manis Friedman – World renowned relationship guru
After all the pop-psychology and therapy, what is it that really holds relationships together?
For Men & Women
7:00 – Wine Bar Social
7:30 – Lecture by Rabbi Manis Friedman: “Whats Love Got To Do With It?”
At the Chabad Center for Jewish Life (2858 NE Sandy Blvd)
World-renowned author, counselor, lecturer and philosopher, Rabbi Manis Friedman uses ancient wisdom and modern wit as he captivates audiences around the country and around the world.
Rabbi Friedman’s first book, DOESN’T ANYONE BLUSH ANYMORE?, published by Harper San Francisco in 1990, was widely praised by the media. BLUSH is currently in its fourth printing.
You can find out more about Rabbi Friedman at www.rabbifriedman.org.
Sponsored in part by MIkvah USA – Lizchus Refuah Shleimah LIba Hinda Bas Miriam
About Mikvah Shoshanah – Portland’s Women’s Mikvah:
Opened in March of 1998, Mikvah Shoshana – Portland’s Women’s Mikvah’s mission is to educate & inspire women from across the entire community in the observance of the beautiful Mitzvah of Taharat Hamishpacha.
A focus point part of Taharat Hamishpacha; Family purity, is Mikvah, where women immerse in order to reenter the holy, loving, mindful intimacy and mitzvah of the marital relationship.
A monthly discussion covering a wide range of topics that will draw on our experiences.
March’s topic: Purim Torah
Free and open to the community.
Two competitions, one day! Enter your best Hamantaschen recipe AND come dressed in your best costume in this fun contest for Purim! Vote for your favorite in each! Non-Kosher entries are accepted. Purim storytime too!
Entries Due: 6:15 pm day of event
Tasting/Judging: 6:30 – 7:30 pm
Get ready for a beautifully Persian Shabbat service & dinner!
Friday, March 10th, 6:30 PM
Join us for a very special and delicious Kabbalat Shabbat for Purim. We’ve lots to celebrate and lots to discover on this special night of magic! Following services is an outstanding Persian and mediterranean meal with Moroccan Chicken, vegetarian persian tahdig, rice pilaf with raisins and lemon, and baklava!
Members: $12.00 adults, $8 child (6-21), under 6 years old comes free. $36 family max (4+)
Non-members: $15.00 adults , $10 child (6-21), under 6 years old comes free! $45 family max (4+)
Childcare provided upon reservation.