During the month of May, the MJCC and PJA communities will be collecting canned fruit for Shavuot for Neighborhood House Food Pantry. Items can be dropped off in the blue bin located in the MJCC Lobby.
Join Havurah Shalom for this casual, family-friendly and music-filled service. Beginning with candle lighting, Kiddush and challah, the service continues with prayers and music, followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner. Led by Jacob Mandelsberg, Sarah Shine, Gabe Adoff, Tanja Lux, and Ilene Moss. 6:00 pm Service, 6:45 pm Potluck
Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/Dorot5-18.
Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for a special Shabbat morning service. At this service, we will include new melodies, explore the service with some reflections on the prayers themselves, and chant according to the Triennial cycle of Torah readings. It will be a mix of the beautiful and familiar traditional Shabbat morning service and new ideas and energy. This service meets in the Chapel downstairs on the third Saturday of the month.
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders
1st and 3rd Shabbat every month at 10:00am
Meet in the MAIN service (Stampfer Chapel or Main Sanctuary) for the beginning of the Torah service, and then come out with your friends for a fun and active lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week. Return to the service to help lead Adon Olam, and join the community for lunch!
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.
Please join us as we celebrate the festival of Shavuot by connecting with the wisdom of our tradition and with one another.
Havurah Education Director Deborah Eisenbach-Budner will lead off the evening with “The Book of Ruth: Witnessing Personal and Spiritual Change.” At the same time, Havurah High School Teacher David Feder will facilitate some meaningful discussion for teens.
At 9:00 pm we will all break for cheesecake, followed by more learning into the night for those who have the energy. Rabbi Benjamin Barnett will lead us in exploring texts and images of Revelation and Witness, and how we might understand the notion of revelation as progressive Jews today.
Please RSVP at tinyurl.com/TikLeyl.
The Mishnah Berurah is the last generally accepted code of Jewish law and custom. For beginners to advanced students.
Visiting Artist Linda Hendrickson will teach you the basics of weaving letters with tablets in this two-part class.
Sponsored by Congregation Shir Tikvah and Jersey Girl Handwovens
Beginners are welcome. No previous weaving experience required.
Second part of class meets Wednesday, May 30, 5-8 pm
“Tablet Weaving the Aleph Bet,” a two-part class hosted by Congregation Shir Tikvah in May and taught by Portland–based master in ply splitting and tablet weaving, Linda Hendrickson, will enable those who sign up to learn to weave the aleph-bet, the Hebrew alphabet, using an ancient technique called tablet weaving, a method of producing narrow, sturdy textiles such as straps, belts and trim.
“Once students master the technique,” says Leah Hershey, a member of Portland Handweavers Guild who is organizing the class, “they can weave Hebrew text to adorn a variety of items such as bookmarks, an atarah for a tallit, or a Torah scroll binding ribbon.”
The class will focus on reading a pattern graph, turning the tablets to create designs, and unweaving to correct mistakes. Yarn and tablets are included. Other materials are provided for class use with an option to purchase.
A graph of the aleph-bet will be provided. You can expect to complete one or two letters during class time. You will leave the workshop with enough materials to weave the entire aleph-bet or a short phrase on your own.
COST: $ 50.00 Shir Tikvah members $60 general public. This fee includes instruction, yarn, and tablets.
ENROLLMENT is limited to 12. Minimum age: 12.
About the instructor: Linda Hendrickson has been teaching tablet weaving since 1992, and is the author of several instruction books including “Please Weave a Message”. She has graphed and woven reproductions of images and text from manuscript binding ribbons from Burma (Myanmar), and in 2017, she traveled to Yangon and Mandalay to meet with weavers who are working to revive lost tablet weaving skills. Linda lives on Portland’s eastside with her husband, John Brockway. Find out more about her and her work on her website: http://www.lindahendrickson.
For more information about the class email jerseygirlpdx@comcast.
Israel360 Presents: Cooking at the Foot of the Mountain
Food Demos & A Delicious Parve/Vegan Meal!
Join Rav D and Tal Caspi, award-winning chef of Aviv restaurant, for cooking demos intermixed with rich stories about international Jewish cuisine. An incredible parve/vegan meal will follow. Free learning sessions after dinner.
Members: $14/Adults • $7/Kids • $36/Max Per Family
Non-Members: $18/Adults • $10/Kids
RSVP Required By 5/16: tinyurl.com/CNSshavuot5778