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May
31
Sun
Ritual Burial of Sacred Texts @ Jewish Cemetery at River View
May 31 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Join us in a short ritual in which we reflect on our special relationship with the written and printed Hebrew word, and on the transitory nature of even our most cherished sacred objects.

Bring your any old, unusable sacred text you have – old Bibles, prayerbooks, papers – to River View Cemetery.

(The day of our event, there will be major construction on Taylors Ferry Road between Macadam Blvd and the entrance to the cemetery. Access is ONLY available via Terwilliger Blvd!)

Materials can also be dropped off at Congregation Shir Tikvah at our lecture on May 6 or at the JFGP prior to May 28.

Please wrap your materials in a brown paper bag.

This ancient ritual for disposing of unreadable or unusable ritual texts is open to all. On Sunday, May 31, the community will gather at the River View Cemetery to experience and participate in the ritual burial of sacred Jewish texts and objects. At 10:30 a.m., participants will meet at the cemetery’s main office, located at 0300 SW Taylors Ferry Rd. From there, people will make their way – via car or bike – as a processional to the Jewish Cemetery at River View for a brief, traditional ceremony.

Sep
9
Fri
Shabbat in the Park with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ Wilshire Park
Sep 9 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

This summer, P’nai Or is taking it outside! Please join us at 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 9 at Wilshire Park (NE 33rd & Skidmore) picnic area for a very joyful, very musical Kabbalat Shabbat with Reb Yitz. We’ll start with a bring-your-own-picnic at 6 pm, then the service will start around 6:45, followed by an oneg.
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly 40 years in the Jewish community of Eugene. Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield, z’l.

Oct
2
Sun
P’nai Or services with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ Unity Church
Oct 2 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.

  • Everyone is welcome
  • Sliding scale donation
  • No ticket required
  • Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
  • More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500
Open your heart with Jewish Renewal
Oct
3
Mon
P’nai Or services with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ Unity Church
Oct 3 @ 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.

  • Everyone is welcome
  • Sliding scale donation
  • No ticket required
  • Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
  • More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500
Open your heart with Jewish Renewal
Oct
4
Tue
P’nai Or services with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ P'nai Or of Portland
Oct 4 @ 10:00 am – 3:00 pm

Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.

  • Everyone is welcome
  • Sliding scale donation
  • No ticket required
  • Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
  • More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500
Open your heart with Jewish Renewal
Oct
11
Tue
P’nai Or Kol Nidre with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ Unity Church
Oct 11 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.

  • Everyone is welcome
  • Sliding scale donation
  • No ticket required
  • Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
  • More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500
Open your heart with Jewish Renewal
Oct
12
Wed
P’nai Or services with Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin @ Unity Church
Oct 12 @ 10:00 am – 7:00 pm

Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin

Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.

Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.

  • Everyone is welcome
  • Sliding scale donation
  • No ticket required
  • Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
  • More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500
Jun
17
Sat
Fourth Annual Lefty Sing Along: The Songs of Cohen & Dylan @ Private Home
Jun 17 @ 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm

A fundraiser for P’nai Or and 350PDX, led by Dan Anolik, Joan Glebow, Joel Glick, Lisa Lieberman, Les Milfred, Bruce Morris & Rob Vergun.
We will be singing songs written by the late Leonard Cohen, “The Bard of Modern Judaism” and Bob Dylan, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2016.
Special guest: Joe Hickerson, folklorist & co-composer with Pete Seeger of “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” Joe will lead us in folk songs from which Bob Dylan borrowed melodies for his early compositions.
The sing along will be followed by a short Havdalah service.

Location: Private home in Lake Oswego (address provided upon purchase of tickets).
Donation: $18 plus small service fee. Please buy your tickets right away because seating is limited. Click here to purchase tickets: http://leftysing-along.bpt.me/

Sponsored by the Tikkun Olam Committee of P’nai Or.

 

Oct
26
Thu
IMPACT @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 26 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Federation Women Make an IMPACT!

Women’s Philanthropy welcomes producer, Nancy Spielberg https://www.facebook.com/whowillwriteourhistory/ to present at IMPACT. Women’s Philanthropy provides a place in the Portland Jewish community for all women.  We represent the diversity of women from all ages and stages of life.   Women are thoughtful, powerful and caring as individuals and make a difference when we collaborate and unite…we have IMPACT! Join us October 26 @ 7 pm at the MJCC and make your IMPACT!