During the month of April, the MJCC and PJA communities will be collecting toiletries and new underwear for Portland Homeless Family Solutions. Items can be dropped off in the blue bin located in the MJCC Lobby.
A PDX Art Display: People from the Greater Portland area submitted photos they took while traveling in Israel. Visit this exhibit the week before our annual Yom Ha’Atzmaut Celebration on April 18. Vote for your favorite photo in the MJCC Lobby!
Winners will be announced April 18 at our celebration.
Exhibit on display in the MJCC Lobby.
Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, PJ Library, Institute for Judaic Studies
Exhibits Feb. 16- May 27
Vedem: The Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
Vedem Underground examines the literary magazine written by Jewish teens imprisoned at Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. Using pop-art graphics, drawings and paintings, and the prose and poetry, these brave adolescents secretly wrote and illustrated the longest-running underground magazine in a Nazi camp. Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”) documented their voices with defiance, humor and heartbreak. The exhibition breaks down their 800 original pages and reconstructs them in the form of a contemporary magazine. Curated by Rina Taraseiskey and Danny King.
To Tell The Story: The Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah
On view in the East Gallery: Commissioned by Helene and Zygfryd B. Wolloch, The Holocaust Haggadah is richly illustrated with lithographic prints by David Wander and calligraphy by Yonah Weinreb that link the story of liberation from ancient Egypt to the Holocaust.
What: A public lecture by Timothy Snyder titled “Resisting Tyranny: Lessons from the European 20th Century”
When: Wednesday, April 25, 2018 | Doors open at 7:00pm, Lecture begins at 7:30pm
Where: Smith Memorial Student Union Ballroom (SMSU 355) NOTE: This location has changed
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: Stacey Johnston | stacey8@pdx.edu | 503-725-8449
Please join us for the 11th Annual Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Lecture “Resisting Tyranny: Lessons from the European 20th Century” featuring Timothy Snyder of Yale University. If you would like to RSVP for this event, each individual may fill out the RSVP form online or contact our office at judaicst@pdx.edu.
This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of Professor Emeritus Nathan Cogan, the Cogan Family, and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.
Cosponsored by the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, The Oregon Historical Society, The Mittleman Jewish Community Center/Portland Jewish Academy, the Russian Flagship program, and the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project.
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class. Instructor: Allsion Victor
Register with code: CG302
11th Annual Sara Glasgow Cogan Memorial Lecture
Doors open at 7 pm, Lecture begins at 7:30 pm on April 25.
Renowned Yale historian Timothy Snyder will speak on “Resisting Tyranny: Lessons from the European 20th Century.” The lecture received support from PSU Professor Emeritus Nathan Cogan and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for the Holocaust Education, through a grant from Oregon Humanities. Cosponsored by the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation, Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, Oregon Historical Society, Mittleman Jewish Community Center/Portland Jewish Academy, Russian Flagship program at PSU, Jonathan and Wendy Cogan, and Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project at PSU.
Please note: the closest parking structure to Hoffman Hall is located at Parking Structure 1. For more information about visitor parking options at PSU, visit the Transportation and Parking Services Page.
Everyone has a story to tell and every story is unique, interesting, and special. In this workshop you will have an opportunity to write your story in a supportive, noncritical atmosphere. Dorothy Dworkin, an experienced author, columnist, and writing coach, will offer prompts and suggestions to get you started on writing your stories.
Every Thursday April 5-May 3. Class on April 19 will begin at 12:00 pm.
Class is located in Ballroom A.
Class size is limited to 12.
Weekly learning and discussion with Rabbi Emeritus, Daniel Isaak.
Families with children ages 0-2nd grade join together for a fantastic weekend at Camp Solomon Schechter. Together we’ll celebrate Shabbat with family friendly services, activities and games. Adults will have time to relax as well. Located on the beautiful grounds of Camp Solomon Schechter in Olympia, WA we’ll enjoy the natural surroundings throughout Shabbat. Pricing includes: shared cabin, Friday dinner, three meals and two snacks on Saturday and a Sunday brunch.
Adults: $135 each
Children 5-11: $85/Child
Children 2-4: $30/Child
Kids under 2: Free
Max Per Family: $385
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/CNSFamilyCamp2018
Rabbi Hannah Laner, who is in Portland at the invitation of P’nai Or’s Rabbinic Search Committee, is a rabbi and cantorial soloist with over twenty-five years’ experience creating and leading services for High Holidays, Shabbat, and other holidays. She is a professional Jewish educator who infuses her teaching with a passionate love of Torah and tradition. As an officiant of lifecycle rituals, she engages students, families, and couples in meaningful rites of passage. She is also a certified psychotherapist with skills at counseling students, families, and couples.
She has led services for Congregation Nevei Kodesh – a Jewish Renewal congregation in Boulder, Colorado – since 1988 and has also served as High Holy Day leader at several other congregations in the Boulder area. She received smicha (ordination) from the ALEPH (Jewish Renewal) rabbinic training program in 2013, and she has engaged in study through the Pardes Institute in Israel, the ALEPH Davenen Leadership Training Program, and the Maggidah program taught by Maggidah Devorah Zaslow and Rabbi David Zaslow. She has studied with Reb Zalman in Naropa University and completed a year of intensive training in Rabbi Tirzah Firestone’s Ma’ayan Raz program.
Kabbalat Shabbat services will be followed by an Oneg Shabbat.