Calendar

Dec
29
Thu
Chanukah Celebration for All Ages @ Havurah Shalom
Dec 29 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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
Dec
30
Fri
Coming Together in Dark Times @ Havurah Shalom
Dec 30 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm

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 RSVP here.

Apr
9
Mon
Not What You Think: The Role of the Holocaust in the Establishment of Israel – The 2018 Lorry I. Lokey Lecture @ 238 Smith Memorial Student Union
Apr 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
Not What You Think: The Role of the Holocaust in the Establishment of Israel - The 2018 Lorry I. Lokey Lecture @ 238 Smith Memorial Student Union | Portland | Oregon | United States

What: A public lecture by Dr. Aviva Halamish, Open University of Israel
When: Monday, April 9, 6:30pm
Where: 238 Smith Memorial Student Union (SMSU 238)
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Contact: Stacey Johnston | judaicst@pdx.edu| 503-725-8449

Please join us for the 2018 Lorry I. Lokey Lecture featuring Dr. Aviva Halamish of the Open University of Israel titled, “Not What You Think: The Role of the Holocaust in the Establishment of Israel”

Contemplate and confront the widely accepted assumption that the Holocaust had a decisive influence on the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948.

Explore questions like: Is there a link between the Holocaust and the establishment of Israel? Who promotes this claim? What really happened and how did the Holocaust impact the process of establishing a Jewish state in Palestine?

This event is made possible thanks to the generous support of Lorry I. Lokey. Cosponsored by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and the Middle East Studies Center.

Jun
17
Sun
A Book Talk with Ruth Lindemann @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Jun 17 @ 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Ruth Lindemann: Speaker, Author, Child survivor of the Holocaust.

Ruth will discuss and answer questions about the book she wrote, “To Survive is not Enough” which is based on the many stories she has heard from Holocaust survivors. She also tells what life was like for a Jewish child in fascist Austria.

This event is sponsored by Next Generations Group and Portland Hadassah.

Oct
29
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 29 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Nov
5
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 5 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Nov
12
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 12 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Nov
19
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 19 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Dec
3
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Dec 3 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Dec
10
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Dec 10 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
October 29 – December 10
No class November 26

10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG101
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration