During the month of May, the MJCC and PJA communities will collecting Canned Fruit for Shavuot for Neighborhood House Food Pantry. Items can be dropped off in the blue pin located in the MJCC lobby.
Sculpt your body with this new class that combines powerful yoga poses with light weights, therabands and exercise balls to increase strength, tone muscles, and improve flexibility.
Instructor: Tara Atkinson
Wednesdays, April 5 – June 7
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT308
Learn the four main toxic communication styles that create tension in relationships. See where you are contributing to toxic situations, and how you can manage your own reactions in order to lessen, rather than fuel, toxicity. Leave with your own personal plan to move you toward healthier, more productive, interactions with “difficult people.” Come on your own or with a partner – and learn these skills together!
Led by Certified Professional Coach Christine Gilmore.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT312
FEATURING DR. KENNETH WALTZER
Executive Director of the Academic Engagement Network
The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement is duplicitous and deceptive, devoting itself to demonizing Israel and seeking to contribute to ending its existence. But BDS can be beaten and its one-sided narrative about the Middle East challenged effectively – both on campus and in the professional associations. Hear from Dr. Waltzer about how BDS continues to gain a foothold on American college campuses and in academia and what can be done about it.
ABOUT DR. WALTZER: Professor Emeritus of History and former Director of Jewish Studies at Michigan State University, Dr. Kenneth Waltzer is a historian educated at the State University of New York at Binghamton (BA) and at Harvard (PhD). He came to Michigan to help build James Madison College, MSU’s highly reputed residential college in public affairs. During his career, Waltzer served as Dean and Associate Dean of the college and co-founder of MSU’s Jewish Studies Program and its study abroad initiatives in Israel. His several teaching awards include the State of Michigan Teaching Excellence Award and the Mid-Michigan Alumni Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award. In recent years, he became well known for work on the rescue of children and youths at Buchenwald and served as historical consultant for the film “Kinderblock 66: Return to Buchenwald.” His essays opposing BDS, defending academic freedom and free speech, and exploring the new antisemitism appear in numerous journals.
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class. Every Wednesday from April 19 to June 28.
Note: No class May 31
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration; CG300
Spend a relaxing 90 minutes as Christine guides you through a short visualization during which you will meet your “future self.” Come away with a strong sense of connection to your ideal self, and a re-connection to your own hopes, dreams, and inner wisdom. Leave with a clear sense of the path you’re on, identifying what you want to stay the same and what you want to change.
Led by Certified Professional Coach Christine Gilmore.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT307
SHABBAT , CELEBRATION, CANOEING, CLIMBING TOWER, ARTS & CRAFTS, ARCHERY, SPORTS, ROPES COURSE, MUSIC, GA-GA … AND MORE!
Enjoy a weekend of non-stop family activities and laughs at B BCamp the Oregon Coast!
COST: ADULTS $118, KIDS 2+ $85, KIDS UNDER 2 FREE
Includes six meals, two nights, and activities
REGISTER NOW!
503-452-3443 bcharlton@bbcamp.org
Co Sponsored by PJ Library and PJ Our Way
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
Join other young families for singing, dancing, stories, indoor picnic-style lunch, and Shabbat fun. Held every 1st and 3rd Saturday in Zidell Chapel.