Monthly Mitzvah Project
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.
September
School Supplies & Backpacks for low income, immigrant and refugee students
• Schoolhouse Supplies
• IRCO (Immigrant & Refugee Community Organization)
• Catholic Charities
Willa Schneberg teaches (guides) a six-session overview of “Literature of Modern and Contemporary Jewish American Women Writers” through Literary Arts’ Delve Seminars begins Sept. 17.In this seminar, we will discuss the “other” Jewish American writers — not Bellow, Roth, Pinsky or Chabon, but work by Jewish American women writers who have created a different canon. We will discuss work by Susan Sontag, Cynthia Ozick, Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy and others arguably of their stature. These Jewish women writers are not defined by the Jewish male writers’ gaze. They do not perpetuate stereotypes of the Jewish mother as martyr, or as the controlling Jewish woman. They are writers who may be mothers or child-free, partnered or not, straight or non-heterosexual, observant or secular, of Ashkenazi, Sephardic or Mizrachi backgrounds. We will explore the particular light Jewish women writers shine on the American Jewish experience and why their profound contributions to literature have often been overlooked.
READING LIST:
I, Etcetera: Stories by Susan Sontag
Cannibal Gallery by Cynthia Ozick
Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity by Adrienne Rich
He, She and It by Marge Piercy
A Few Words in the Mother Tongue by Irena Klepfisz
The Moon is Almost Full by Chana Bloch
Divinity School by Alicia Jo Rabins
Paper is White by Hilary Zaid
Getting Home Alive by Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales
Willa Schneberg is a poet, ceramic sculptor, interdisciplinary artist, photographer and curator. She is the author of five collections and received the Oregon Book Award for In the Margins of the World. Her poetry and visual art have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including American Poetry Review, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the Tikkun anthology.
Shmirat Haguf – Jewish Yoga for Women
Focus on deepening the bond between your physical body and your vitality of spirit. Cultivate a curious and compassionate relationship with yourself as a spiritual act. This practice will offer a safe space to explore our breath, functional movement, fluidity and resistance, strength, and relaxation in a community of women. Women of all ages and experience are welcome. Instructor: Rachel Stern
Made possible by a grant from the Women’s Giving Circle of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.
Tuesdays
Sept. 3, 10, 17, 24
8:00 – 9:15 pm, FIT126A
Cost: $40. Member Cost: $32.
Drop-in Cost: $12. Member Cost: $10.
Thursdays
Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24
8:00 – 9:15 pm, FIT126B
Cost: $40. Member Cost: $32.
Drop-in Cost: $12. Member Cost: $10.
Tuesdays
Nov. 5, 12, 19, 26
8:00 – 9:15 pm, FIT126C
Cost: $40. Member Cost: $32.
Drop-in Cost: $12. Member Cost: $10.
Israeli Dancing
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Wednesdays, July 17 – September 25 (NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11)
7:00 – 8:00 pm, CG402
Cost: $100 Members + Guests.
Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.
This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliation. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues. Register here, https://oregonboardofrabbis.org/introduction-to-judaism-class/
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.
High Holiday services at Neveh Shalom, an open and egalitarian community, are led by Rabbi David Kosak, Rabbi Eve Posen, and Cantor Eyal Bitton. We offer lively young child services as well as K-6 appropriate family experiences. We welcome all to experience the New Year with Neveh Shalom.
TICKETS REQUIRED
To purchase tickets, please contact Marg Everett at meverett@nevehshalom.org or 503-246-8831, ext. 112.
For further information, please call 503-246-8831.
Rosh Hashanah
Sunday, September 29
5:15pm Young Family Service, Stampfer Chapel
6:15pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, Main Sanctuary
Monday, September 30
8:30am Combined Shacharit Service, Main Sanctuary
9:30-11am Family Services, Grade K-2, Room 102
9:30-11am Family Services, Grade 3-6, Zidell Chapel
9:45am Coffee & Honey Cake Break, Atrium
10:00-10:45am Young Family Services ages 0-5, Stampfer Chapel
10:00am Torah Service & Musaf, Main Sanctuary and Birnbach Hall
1:30pm, Kiddush, Upper Plaza
7:15pm Tashlich, Fanno Creek (just off lower parking area)
7:30pm (immediately after Tashlich) Ma’ariv, Stampfer Chapel
Tuesday, October 1
9:00am 2nd Day Services, Main Sanctuary
Shanah: A Whole Family 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Exploration
9:30am Family Services begin (all ages), Stampfer Chapel
10:00am Tashlich and Exploration, Birnbach Hall
2nd Day RH Alternative Spiritual Learning Experiences in Room 102:
10:00am Rabbi David and Laura Kosak Can We Really Change? And If So, How?
11:00am Amy Katz For the Sake of Heaven
12:00pm Mel Berwin Oseh Shalom—Creating Healing and Wholeness in our Lives