Spring Monthly Mitzvah Projects
Each month the MJCC and PJA communities will collect items for the monthly mitzvah. Drop off items in the blue bin in the MJCC lobby. Check the display for how you can participate and donate to these worthy causes.
This project reflects 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.
June – Fruit for Shavuot for Neighborhood House Food Pantry
HANS COPER—LESS MEANS MORE features the sculptural work of Hans Coper (1920-1981), a radical Jewish artist of the mid-twentieth century who was at the vanguard of British studio ceramics, pushing the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction in his work. Guest curated by Sandra Percival, founding Director and Curator of Zena Zezza, the exhibition presents nearly 50 works by Coper including his Spade, Thistle, Ovoid and Cycladic forms drawn from an extensive collection of his work in England’s York Art Gallery, a rarely seen Portland collection, and a cluster of works from collectors and California institutions. Coper left Germany for England as a Jewish refugee in early 1939. The exhibition also includes works by celebrated ceramicist Lucie Rie, also a Jewish refugee, along with a small selection of related contemporary and modern artworks. Coper was described as “gentle, yet shattering” and Less Means More opens a conversation into the complexities and contradictions embedded in his life and work.
ALSO:
Betty LaDuke: EARLY WORK: curated by Bruce Guenther, Adjunct Curator for Special Exhibitions, features works created in the 1960s by one of Oregon’s most internationally recognized artists, Betty LaDuke, recipient of the Governors Art Award 1993. Centered in her identity as a first generation Jewish American, the early graphic works are based on memories of the vibrant street life of the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and stories from the Jewish bible. The works form a foundation for understanding the evolution of her long career as a narrative, image-based artist driven by deep social and political engagement.
Share the joys and challenges of breastfeeding, feeding and new parenting! Join the group if you are breastfeeding, formula feeding, pumping, bottle feeding or supporting a breastfeeding parent. Group moderated by Lara Greenberg, a board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). Expert guest speakers will join us for two of the groups to share knowledge on hot parenting topics, including infant gum/tooth care and postpartum mood disorders. Healthy snacks and activities for older siblings provided.
Thursdays
May 30, June 6, 13, 27 (NO CLASS: JUNE 20)
10:00 – 11:30 am, CG305
Cost: $20 Members + Guests.
Drop-in: $6 per class
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.
Welcome Shabbat with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve Posen with music and stories. Potluck dinner to follow. Contact Rabbi Eve Posen for location: eposen@nevehshalom.org
Co-sponsored by PJ Library.
Join Congregation Neveh Shalom for their weekly Shabbat outdoors on the plaza! From now through September, every Friday night at 6:15 pm, you can enjoy our beautiful Portland summer evenings singing, praying and schmoozing outside on our upper plaza!
If the weather doesn’t allow us to be outside, we will meet in the Stampfer Chapel.
May 31 Rabbi Josh Rose of Congregation Shaarie Torah
June 28 Sarah Glass
July 26 Neil Weinstein
Aug. 30 Avrel Nudelman
Sept. 20 Jemi Mansfield and Jennifer Felberg
Oct. 18 Priscilla Kostiner
The People United Will Never Be Defeated!
¡El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido!
A fundraiser for The Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ) & P’nai Or of Portland
Featuring songs written by Malvina Reynolds, Pete Seeger, Tom Paxton, Victor Jara, Violeta Parra and other singer/songwriters.
The P’nai Or House Band will lead the singing.
Special guest: Joe Hickerson, folklorist & co-composer with Pete Seeger of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?”
Donation: $18 plus small service fee
Tickets available at 6thleftysing.brownpapertickets.com
For more information: leftysingalong@gmail.com
Sponsored by the Tikkun Olam Committee of P’nai Or
The Singing OUT Tour 2019 with Heather Mae and Cry Matthews
June 29, 2019 at the Havurah Synagogue, Ashland, OR
On Saturday, June 29 at 7:30 PM especially for Pride Month, the Havurah Synagogue presents Heather Mae and Crys Matthews in concert. Ask any one about the new generation of social justice music-makers and they’ll mention either Heather Mae or Crys Matthews. Mae, a powerhouse performer and earthshaking vocalist, has turned her personal struggle with mental health and body image into an empowering message of self-love, a universal light force that shines for every audience member. Matthews is a powerful lyricist whose songs of compassionate dissent reflect her lived experience as what she lightheartedly calls “the poster-child for intersectionality.” These two singer-songwriters have joined forces with JJ Jones (Girlyman) and Joe Stevens (Coyote Grace) for The Singing OUT Tour. With Jones’s “kinetically charged” percussion and Stevens’s multi-instrumentalist brilliance, the music will be as powerful as their collective message — stand up and sing out. Matthews writes, “If you’re LGBTQ, if you’re a parent of an LGBTQ child, if you are just a fierce ally, if you just like good music and good humans you NEED to experience this show.”
Tickets are $18 in advance, $20 at the door, and are available at the Music Coop, 268 E. Main St., Ashland or online https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4104248
Call 541-488-7716 for more info. The Havurah Synagogue is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave., Ashland.
Tickets: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4104248
Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=104&v=dJ-jNYUOUCE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaN2H25kTts