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Sep
23
Wed
Havurah Shalom Yom Kippur Services @ Tiffany Center
Sep 23 @ 9:30 am – 8:00 pm

Join Havurah Shalom for our Yom Kippur Services at the Tiffany Center on Wednesday Sept. 16. Shacharit begins at 9:30 am, the Torah Service at 10:30 am, the Musaf/Additional Service at 12:30 pm, the Mincha/Afternoon Torah Service at 4:30 pm, the Yizkor/Memorial Prayers at approximately 5:30 pm, and the Ne’ilah/Closing Service at 6:00 pm. Our Break Fast begins at approximately 7:00 pm. Our Family Service (for families with children 0-10) will also be held in the Tiffany Center from 9:30 to 10:15 am.
All are welcome, and no payment is required. Only the family services require an RSVP. Please email RSVP@havurahshalom.org with the names of family members and the names and ages of children in your family who plan to attend. Please specify which of the family services you are interested in attending.

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
Havurah Shalom Services – Yom Kippur @ Tiffany Center
Oct 12 @ 9:30 am – 8:00 pm

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.

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
Nov
28
Tue
Living While Dying – A Documentary Film by Cathy Zheutlin @ Clinton Street Theater
Nov 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Personal Debut of Living While Dying
A story of life. A story of death. Finding joy in the journey.
Admission by donation, suggested $5-10 
 
Join filmmaker & P’nai Or member Cathy Zheutlin on a journey to discover how to come to terms with mortality.
“Death kept showing up. So I picked up a camera to document my friends with terminal illnesses, and sought the advice of a death walker and Aboriginal elder in Australia. Now death prompts my conversations with my beloved 91-year-old mom. Living while dying is a wholehearted look at vulnerability and courage as baby boomers reclaim the end of life.”
Co-sponsored by P’nai Or of Portland
Apr
16
Tue
Portland Film Premiere – Chavruta: A Drummer’s Bat Mitzvah @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for the Portland premiere of this 15-minute documentary short by Jodi Darby. The film follows two Jewish Portland artists, drummer/writer/environmentalist Lisa Schonberg and musician/writer/Jewish educator Alicia Jo Rabins, as they prepare for Lisa’s adult bat mitzvah. The word chavruta refers to the traditional partner-style study of Jewish texts; over the course of one year, the two women delve into a grassroots, feminist, distinctly Portland course of study.

Free, but suggested donation of $5 at the door.

7:00 pm at the MJCC.

Oct
1
Tue
October Monthly Mitzvah @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 1 – Oct 31 all-day

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)

Jan
21
Tue
Film Series: Saving the Dead Sea Documentary @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 21 @ 7:00 pm

The Dead Sea is dying. Since 1976, its level has dropped more than 100 feet, leaving the coastline pockmarked with thousands of sinkholes. NOVA follows scientists, engineers, and political leaders who have come up with a daring plan.
Tuesday, January 21
7:00 pm

Free and open to the community.
Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

Mar
30
Mon
SOUL: Songs of Unity & Liberation @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 30 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

SOUL: Songs of Unity & Liberation

Monday, March 30, 7:00pm

Cantor Eyal Bitton conducts the Koleinu Choir and a string quartet in this pre-Passover evening of chamber and choral music. It will feature beautiful renditions of songs addressing the themes of unity and liberation.

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