Calendar

Aug
19
Mon
Jewish Heritage Night at the Hillsboro Hops @ Ron Tonkin Field
Aug 19 @ 7:00 pm

Jewish Heritage Night at the Hillsboro Hops

Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and the Mittleman Jewish Community Center for Heritage Night as the Hillsboro Hops take on the Tri-City Dust Devils!
Monday, August 19
7:05 pm

Ron Tonkin Field
4460 NE Century Blvd., Hillsboro, OR

Cost: $16 plus service fee
In partnership with JFGP
Aug
22
Thu
50s+ Walking Tour of Jewish PDX @ Lair Hill Bistro
Aug 22 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

50s+ Walking Tour of Jewish PDX

Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods.

5:30 pm Happy Hour
6:30 pm Tour Begins

Meet at Lair Hill Bistro.

Cost: $7 per person (includes first drink and appetizers). Register at: oregonjcc.org/50swalkingtour

Co-sponsored by the MJCC, JFGP, and OJMCHE.

Aug
25
Sun
Sunday Parkways @ North Park Blocks
Aug 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Portland’s Sunday Parkways began in 2008, closing streets to cars and opening them to bicycles. Sunday Parkways is an annual event series that’s offered on one Sunday a month from May through September. Perfect for riders of all skill levels, these community rides let cyclists take their time and roll through the neighborhoods that make up the heart of the city.
This Sunday the route is the Green Loop of Downtown and Central Inner Eastside and goes right by OJMCHE. Come visit the museum, which will be tabling in the North Park Blocks with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Stop by and say hi! Find out more about Sunday Parkways here.
This route inspired by the Green Loop presents a bold new concept featured in the Central City 2035 Plan that envisions a linear park connecting nearly a dozen districts. This linear park will stop by countless cultural hot spots like the Portland Art Museum, North Blocks and the Rose Quarter. It’ll be a playground for all ages.
Sep
11
Wed
SilentHike @ Meet at Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
Sep 11 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
SilentHike @ Meet at Vietnam Veterans of Oregon Memorial
Join people from all over the Portland area for a SilentHike — a musical journey into mindfulness at Forest Park. SilentHikes are a new concept from MindTravel — an immersive music and meditation experience company created by composer and concert pianist Murray Hidary (check him out on his Tedx talk here). During the SilentHike session, MindTravelers will wear wireless headphones and embark on a hike with music, guidance and thoughtful commentary from Hidary. All the components – music, words, silence, visual cues – work synergistically to help participants connect with themselves and the world around them.
The SilentHike is free, but register in advance to reserve headphones.
Allow yourself to be carried away by the deep feeling of freedom and connection of the newest way to practice walking meditation – MindTravel SilentHike (mountains) and MindTravel SilentWalk (cities). This magical experience is led by MindTravel creator and composer, Murray Hidary.
Over the course of the MindTravel experience, you’ll join other MindTravelers exploring one of the world’s most beautiful gardens, parks and trails while guided by MindTravel music delivered through MindTravel headphones. The evocative, improvisational piano music ignites freedom and expansiveness that amplifies the healing and inspirational power of being surrounded by beauty.
After a short introduction and intention-setting, the group will venture forth on a guided meditative walk through the beautiful grounds of the garden for a contemplative and powerful creative journey — all while enveloped in the transcendent sounds of the beautiful, original MindTravel compositions.

SilentHikes are a new form of meditation in motion, combining music, verbal guidance, silence and nature to help participants find purpose and connection.  While traditional forms of meditation are an isolated experience, and constitute a sort of retreat, this one is an exercise in exploring and being present in the evolving world around us. Participants have described their experiences as “transcendent” and “rocking their world.”

Hidary is a composer and concert pianist and a former tech guru with a passion for physics.  His MindTravel concept draws on his expertise across all these disciplines. He loved music from an early age, but truly discovered its powers when it was the only thing that helped him heal after the tragic loss of his sister in a motorcycle accident.

July 15, 2019, article in the JERUSALEM POST described Hidary like this:

The 47-year-old Jewish-American multidisciplinary artist has performed the fruits of his creative continuum to all sorts of audiences in all sorts of locations. The concept of “release,” of relinquishing control and preconceptions about our lives and the physical world around us, is central to the thematic ethos. 

Nov
17
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 17 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm

Nov
20
Wed
Film Screening – American Creed – POSTPONED! @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 20 @ 7:00 pm

Film Screening – American Creed

Condoleezza Rice, former U.S. Secretary of State, and David M. Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, come together from different points of view to investigate the idea of a unifying American creed. Their spirited inquiry frames the stories of people striving to bridge deepening divides in different communities around the country. Director Sam Ball will join us for an in-depth conversation following the film.

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.

Please check back soon for more details, including a re-scheduled date.

Cost: $10. Member Cost: $8.
Register at oregonjcc.org/americancreed

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

Feb
9
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Feb 9 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm

Apr
5
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 5 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm

Jun
7
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jun 7 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm