Our Yom Kippur Service begins with Shacharit at 9:30 am for all and a separate family service for children ages 0-10 and their parents from 9:30 to 10:15 am. The Torah Service begins at 10:30 am, and a separate Middle School Program for youth ages 11-14 begins at 10:50 am. Musaf/Additional Service is at 12:30 pm, with a break between 1:30 and 4:15 pm.
During the break, Havurah’s Tikkun Olam Committee will lead a discussion about privilege and otherness. The Mincha/Torah Service is at 4:30 pm, Yizkor/Memorial Prayers begin at approximately 5:30 pm, and the Ne’ilah/Closing Service is at 6:00 pm. Our Community Break Fast begins at approximately 7:00 pm.
All are welcome at our services, and no payment is required.
The only service requiring preregistration is the Service for Families with Children 0-10. Please RSVP here by Sept. 19 with the names of family members and the names and ages of your children planning to attend. Upbeat, brief and participatory, this holiday service is for the whole family! Enjoy stories and skits around the themes of the holiday, visuals, and lots of singing of prayers and contemporary songs.
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
Come one, come all and join us for the CNS annual Chanukah party. There will be a fish/dairy dinner with latkes, music by the Koleinu Choir, prizes for the ugliest sweater, a donut bar and more. Bring your own menorah and candles for a community lighting. And bring multi-packs for unused toilet paper – the Men’s Club is working to wipe away poverty. They will build a giant TP menorah and then donate it all to Neighborhood House. Cost for dinner: $15/adult, $9/child, $48 family max.
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/cnschanukah2016
Havurah’s Chanukah Celebration offers fun for all ages. A potluck oneg of plate-free desserts at 6:30 pm will be followed by candle lighting, storytelling, and singing led by Beth Hamon, Aaron Pearlman and other Havurah musicians.
For all who are interested, we’ll have a few tables of dreidel playing too. If you have a dreidel, chanukiah and/or candles, please bring them with you. We’ll add lots of light and laughter to the night!
RSVP at http://tinyurl.com/ChanuHS
We invite you to join us on Friday, Dec. 30, to welcome Shabbat, spread the light of the Chanukah candles, and share our feelings, fears, and hopes for the difficult times we are facing as a country. For those of us who came together on the Sunday after the election, it was a powerful expression of community, and there have been requests to identify some next steps. It continues to feel premature to launch a specific action plan. Instead, it seems more appropriate to gather in community, listen to how we are doing, and continue conversations about our hopes and fears about areas such as immigrants and refugees, poverty and homelessness, climate change, equity, and gun control.
We will begin by lighting the Chanukah and Shabbat candles, sing some songs, and then spend our time talking and listening. There will not be a formal Friday night service.
Please celebrate High Holy Days at P’nai Or.
Services will be led by Rabbi Goldie Milgram and Chazan Bruce Morris.
No charge for seats.
Erev Rosh Hashanah: Wednesday, Sept. 20, 6:30 p.m. at Unity of Portland
Rosh Hashanah Day 1: Thursday, Sept 21, 10 a.m. at Unity of Portland
Rosh Hashanah Day 2: Friday, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. at St. Mark
Tashlich and Erev Shabbat Potluck Picnic: Friday, Sept. 22, 5 p.m. at George Rogers Park
Erev Yom Kippur: Friday, Sept. 29, 6:30 p.m. at Unity of Portland
Yom Kippur: Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. at Unity of Portland
High Holy Day Services will be led by Rabbi Goldie Milgram and Chazan Bruce Morris
Unity of Portland, 4525 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
St. Mark, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219
George Rogers Park, 611 S State St, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Rabbi Goldie Milgram is best known as the “rebbe-on-the-road,” for her travels world-wide as a seeker and teacher of Torah and Jewish spiritual practices. “She helps us to bring heart and soul to our involvement in Jewish life.” –Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi (זצ”ל)
Unity of Portland, 4525 SE Stark St, Portland, OR 97215
St. Mark, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219
George Rogers Park, 611 S State St, Lake Oswego, OR 97034
Hanukkah Donuts + Dancing
Make decorations for your home, take part in Israeli dancing, and eat some delicious sufganiot (jelly donuts) at this family-friendly Hanukkah celebration.
Cost: $10 per family.
Register: oregonjcc.org/donuts
Young Adult Adventure – Swing into the Jewish New Year!
Ring in 5780 with the young adult community at Tree-to-Tree Aerial Adventure Park! Work on team building and communication skills as you soar through six courses containing a total of over 60 obstacles and 16 zip lines.
Sunday, September 22
Meet at MJCC parking lot to carpool at 9:45 am or at Tree-to-Tree, 2975 SW Nelson Rd., Gaston at 11:00 am.
Cost: $30 per person (includes snacks and adventure experience)
Space is limited. Register by September 15: oregonjcc.org/treetotree
Co-sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Dad’s Night Out – Chanukah
Thursday, December 12, 7:30-9:30pm
Planned by a group of guys who like having a reason to head out, get to know other dads, and have a drink with clergy. Open to all dads raising Jewish kids. Any stage of parenting.
$5 suggestion
RSVP: programs@nevehshalom.org.
Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.
Chanukah Donuts + Dancing
Make crafts + decorations for your home, take part in Israeli dancing, and eat some delicious sufganiot (jelly donuts) at this family-friendly Chanukah celebration.
Sunday, December 22
2:00 – 4:00 pm
Cost: $10 per family. $5 for individual adult.
Register: oregonjcc.org/donuts