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.
October
Welcome Basket Items for teens moving out of homelessness
• Second Home (Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon)
Leonard Bernstein at 100 celebrates the life and work of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the great Jewish American composer and conductor who dedicated his life to making classical music a vibrant part of American culture.The exhibition features photographs, personal items, papers, scores, correspondence, costumes, furniture, and audio and video recordings. A vocal booth gives visitors the chance to sing lead in West Side Story. The exhibition is the most comprehensive retrospective of Bernstein’s life and career ever staged in a museum setting.
Curated by the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live ® in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Bernstein Family. Presented in cooperation with the Bernstein Family, The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., Brandeis University, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.
Generous support for this exhibition is from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation and the Collins Foundation.
Wise Aging for 55+ (NEW SERIES!)
This workshop series, developed by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, is designed to help participants explore the years beyond mid-life as an opportunity for growth and discovery. Each session will include opportunities for personal sharing, contemplative listening, basic mindfulness practice, and Jewish text study. Participants will need to read the book Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience and Spirit by Rabbi Rachel Cowan & Dr. Linda Thal (not included in the registration fee). Instructors: Christine Gilmore and Naomi Harwin.
Thursdays, October 10, 17, 24, 31
10:00 am – 12:00 pm, SI100
Cost: $125.
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/
Piano Series Concerts with David Rothman
Thursday, October 10:
- Mozart Sonata in C Major K330
- Beethoven Sonata in F Minor “Appassionata” Opus 57
- Intermission
- Chopin “Funeral March” Sonata Opus 35
Thursday, October 24:
- Mozart Sonata in D Major K576
- Beethoven Sonata in C Major “Waldstein” Opus 53
- Intermission
- Chopin Sonata in B Minor Opus 58
Cost: $10. Member Cost: $5.
Register: oregonjcc.org/pianoconcert
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.
Come together for an afternoon of art . . . and friend-making! You’ll be creating tokens of kindness to share as an antidote to our troubled times. Guest speakers: Sen. Elizabeth Steiner Hayward and Jan Elfers, Dir. of Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon.
CBI’s Annual Oseran Family Lecture; free and open to the public.