ALEFBET: The Alphabet of Memory
OJMCHE’s inaugural exhibit in the main gallery features a visually stunning collection of works by Russian Jewish artist Grisha Bruskin, who is featured in Russia’s pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. Bruskin’s “The ALEFBET: the Alphabet of Memory” features large-scale tapestries draping the walls of the main gallery accompanied by the artist’s preparatory drawings and related gouache paintings, all referencing Kabbalistic and Talmudic teaching, biblical narratives and Russian folklore.
June 11-Oct. 1, 2017
Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm
Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 pm
Grand Opening: June 11, noon-4 pm. Free
Throughout the month of September, the MJCC and PJA communities will be collecting Back-to-School Items for Schoolhouse Supplies. Items can be dropped off in the blue bin located in the MJCC lobby.
Throughout the month of October, the MJCC and PJA communities will be collecting Reading Glasses for Street Books. Items can be dropped off in the blue bin located in the MJCC lobby.
Community Sukkah building.
We will begin by reflecting together as to how spirituality is expressed in a painting, photograph, song, dance, poem, a work in clay, and a sculpture by Jewish artists. Guided study of the High Holiday prayer “Ki Hinei Kachomer–For We Are Like Clay” will then inform the opportunity for participants to create and share a preliminary response to the prayer in your own art form. Please arrive early, bringing any art materials you may need and a protective table covering if appropriate. Bio: Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram, MSW is founder and Dean of the Institute for Jewish Spiritual Education, a division of Reclaiming Judaism and President of the Association of Professional Jewish Artists. Author of nine books, she is also a painter, liturgist, composer, and a Maggid-Educator. Her initiatives and works have been honored by the Covenant Foundation, National Jewish Book Awards, and featured by the Jewish Futures Conference. www.ReclaimingJudaism.org
Register: www.oregonjcc.org/creatingart
Jewish photographic documentarian Jono David showcases 59 images from his 4-year project documenting Jewish life, culture, and history in 30 African countries and territories. The exhibition features numerous anecdotal narrations and “Jewish African Voices” — video commentaries from people across the Jewish African world.
Exhibit displayed October 2 – December 31
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Register at: www.oregonjcc.org/registration
Registration code: CG 100
Turn Left at the End of the World: The tale of a group of families who emigrate from India to Israel in the late sixties, seeking a better life in what they believe to be the first outpost of the West in Asia. Instead they are sent to a new settlement, in the middle of the desert, populated mostly by Moroccan Jews. An inevitable cultural clash takes place between the two communities–the Indians who consider themselves British and the Moroccans who see themselves as French.
Cost: $8. Member Cost: $5.
Series Pass: $20. Member Cost: $12.
Calling all filmgoers! Join us for an array of Israeli films ranging from drama to comedy to suspense! A discussion will follow each film.
Cost per film: $8. Member Cost: $5
Film Series Pass: $20, Member Cost: $12
Register: oregonjcc.org/film
In partnership with IJS
Sign, Sing & Play (ages 9 months-approximately 2.5)
EACH class offers a chance to learn and discover for you and your child and also includes numerous strategy tips, ideas and specific demonstrations of how to teach certain signs- especially abstract ones which are more challenging to teach without proper guidance.
Registration code: CG103
Register at: www.oregonjcc.org/register
Music, Movement & Signing for preschoolers (ages 2-5)
Little movers and shakers ages 2-5 and their caregivers will sing, dance, hear stories and learn some sign language in this lively interactive class.
Cost: $15/family
Register at: www.oregonjcc.org/registration
Registration code: CG104