Support the MJCC and PJA communities by donating books for our annual Used Book Sale.
Book Collection Drive: January 14 – March 15. Donate your used books to the MJCC. Drop off at the front desk. Need a pickup? Email pjabooksale@gmail.com to schedule pickup. No encyclopedias, please.
The Book Sale will be at the MJCC March 31 – April 2
Free and open to the community.
Monthly Mitzvah Project – February
Each month, the MJCC and PJA communities will collect items for the monthly mitzvah. These projects reflect the Jewish commitment to Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), providing opportunities to give back to our community.
Please drop off items in the blue bin in the MJCC Lobby.
February – Lunch + snack items for Portland Backpack
Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG200
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Mah Jongg for Intermediate Players
Take your game to the next level and become an expert!
Tuesday Afternoons
1:30 – 3:30 pm, CG201
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
A Fundraising Dinner for OJMCHE at Aviv, Portland’s home to delicious vegan Israeli food. The first seating from 5:30 pm and second seating starting at 8 pm. Since its recent opening, Aviv has received glowing reviews for its healthy take on familiar and innovative plant based Israeli fare. Drawing on inspiration from his life in Israel, Tal Caspi invites you to share a piece of Tel Aviv. Aviv is donating a portion of the proceeds of this multi-course dinner to OJMCHE.
Exploding from a small startup school, to filling out our new campus in just a few years, Maayan has shown it is here to stay. For the past eight years, Maayan has proven that combining a high caliber secular education with a Torah true education is a possibility in Portland, OR!
Please join us for our benefit dinner 6 pm Feb. 20th at the MJCC to partner with our mission in shaping tomorrow’s leaders! Proceeds from the evening go directly towards the Maayan scholarship fund.
The evening includes a raffle/auction. Everyprize has its own unique raffle. See a prize you like? Purchase your entries into that raffle. The more tickets you buy to a particular raffle the greater the odds you have to win that prize. The raffles will be drawn at the end of the Maayan Benefit Dinner held at the MJCC on Feb 20.
Maayan is unique. We offer a warm nurturing atmosphere where Jewish children ages 18 mo. – 8th grade and their families of all stripes feel comfortable and welcome regardless of affiliation. Children who receive the Maayan experience cherish their Jewish education and are excited to continue living their lives through the prism of Torah well beyond their years here. Come join the Maayan family and see for yourself!
Film Screening Lies & Miracles: Childhood in a Siberian Labor Camp. Presented in partnership with Congregation Shir Tikvah.
Post screening talk back with the filmmaker, Nancy Margulies and the film’s star, George Landau
Join us for a screening of this timely documentary chronicling the power of living one’s values and discovering the miraculous during the harshest of times. In 1939, World War II broke out as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union invaded Poland. About 1.7 million Polish people — targeted for their beliefs and class — were deported to slave labor camps in remote Siberia. More than half didn’t survive. But Mark and Etta Landau, along with their 7- and 9-year-old sons, did.
This is the story that Montana filmmaker Nancy Margulies — George and Henry’s cousin — opens up in the new documentary “Lies and Miracles.” In about 40 minutes, interviews with George Landau and family friend and fellow survivor Irenka Taurek, archival footage and Margulies’ original art skillfully present an experience that drastically changed the course of lives and history.
Israeli Dancing
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli folk dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Wednesday Evenings,
Dec. 26 – Feb. 27
Cost: $100 Members + Guests.
Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.
Registration information: CG105, oregonjcc.org/registration
Seniors and young families enjoy an inter-generational celebration of stories and songs each Thursday.
Join Kim Schneiderman for this weekly inter-generational story hour for young families with music, PJ Library books, and the residents of Cedar Sinai Park.
Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.