Calendar

Mar
26
Tue
MJCC Author Series @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 26 @ 6:30 pm
MJCC Author Series
Join us for this thought-provoking program that will bring an exceptional line up of authors and special events to our community.
Guest: $8. Member Cost: $5.
Series Pass: $20. Member: $12.
Tuesday, March 12 at 6:30 pm
Mary Morris – Gateway to the Moon

From award-winning novelist and memoirist Mary Morris comes the story of a sleepy New Mexican community that must come to grips with a religious and political inheritance they never expected. Morris is the author of numerous works of fiction, including the novels The Jazz Palace, A Mother’s Love, and House Arrest, and of nonfiction, including the travel memoir classic “Nothing to Declare: Memoirs of a Woman Traveling Alone.” She is a recipient of the Rome Prize in literature and the 2016 Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction.

Tuesday, March 19 at 6:30 pm
Mark Sarvas
A son learns more about his father than he ever could have imagined when a mysterious piece of art is unexpectedly restored to him. Of all the questions asked by Sarvas’s Memento Park – about family and identity, about art and history–a central, unanswerable predicament lingers: How do we move forward when the past looms unreasonably large? Sarvas is the author of Memento Park and Harry, Revised, which was published in more than a dozen countries. His book reviews and criticism have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Threepenny Review, Bookforum and many others.
Tuesday, March 26 at 6:30 pm
Michael David Lukas
The Last Watchman of Old Cairo is a moving page-turner of a novel from acclaimed storyteller Michael David Lukas. This tightly woven multigenerational tale illuminates the tensions that have torn communities apart and the unlikely forces–potent magic, forbidden love–that boldly attempt to bridge that divide. Lukas is the author of the international bestselling novel The Oracle of Stamboul, which was a finalist for the California Book Award, the NCIBA Book of the Year Award, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and has been published in fifteen languages. A graduate of Brown University, he has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, and his writing has appeared in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.
Apr
28
Sun
Good Deeds Month – J-Serve Project
Apr 28 all-day

Sunday, April 28: J-Serve Project

J-SERVE Project: Houseless Community in PDX
At Agape Village
Time to be determined. J-Serve is a teen initiative supported by BBYO open to 6th – 8th graders.

Registration opens April 1.

SAVE THE DATE. Check back for more details for this project, as well as other opportunities to participate in Good Deeds Month: HERE

Jun
19
Wed
PDX Business Salon @ White Stag Block Building
Jun 19 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm

PDX Business Salon

If You Build It … Bringing Major League Baseball to Portland

Hear from Nathan Nayman of Portland Diamond Project, and Tom Goldman, NPR’s Sports Correspondent.
Wednesday, June 19
5:30 – 7:30 pm
White Stag Block, 70 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209
See a list of our sponsors as well as sponsorship opportunities, and  register at: oregonjcc.org/pdxbiz.

Oct
28
Mon
MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm

MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020
Film Screening and Conversation with Author Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Join us for an engaging evening featuring a screening of legendary Theodore Bikel’s z”l critically acclaimed documentary film, In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem, followed by a lively audience discussion with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, widow of Theo, and Director of The Theodore Bikel Legacy Project.
Monday, October 28
7:00 pm
Cost: $10. MJCC Member Cost: $8.

Register: oregonjcc.org/bikelfilm
Co-sponsored by the Kostiner Cultural Education Fund and Portland State University’s Judaic Studies Department

Talk with Jamie Bernstein
Join us for a talk with Jamie Bernstein on her memoir, Famous Father Girl, in conjunction with the exhibition Bernstein at 100! and Jewish Book Month. Jamie Bernstein is a writer, narrator, broadcaster, and filmmaker who has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and excitement with others.
Monday, November 11
7:00 pm

OJMCHE Members Cost: $12.
General Public Cost: $15.
Register: ojmche.org/tickets/a-talk-with-jamie-bernstein
Held at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Organized by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education with support from the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Institute for Judaic Studies

SAVE THESE AUTHOR SERIES DATES FOR 2020!

January 15 – Josh Frank

May 5 – Yousef Bashir

Check back for more details, soon to come!

Nov
6
Wed
Outside In Cooking at Congregation Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Nov 6 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Outside In Cooking

Sunday, Nov 10, Dec 8, 12:00-2:00pm

Meet in the Congregation Neveh Shalom Kitchen to do a mitzvah and help feed homeless teens.

Info: Rick Botney, 8888octopus8888@gmail.com.

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

Nov
10
Sun
Outside In Cooking at Congregation Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Nov 10 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Outside In Cooking

Sunday, Nov 10, Dec 8, 12:00-2:00pm

Meet in the Congregation Neveh Shalom Kitchen to do a mitzvah and help feed homeless teens.

Info: Rick Botney, 8888octopus8888@gmail.com.

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

Nov
11
Mon
MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm

MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020
Film Screening and Conversation with Author Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Join us for an engaging evening featuring a screening of legendary Theodore Bikel’s z”l critically acclaimed documentary film, In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem, followed by a lively audience discussion with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, widow of Theo, and Director of The Theodore Bikel Legacy Project.
Monday, October 28
7:00 pm
Cost: $10. MJCC Member Cost: $8.

Register: oregonjcc.org/bikelfilm
Co-sponsored by the Kostiner Cultural Education Fund and Portland State University’s Judaic Studies Department

Talk with Jamie Bernstein
Join us for a talk with Jamie Bernstein on her memoir, Famous Father Girl, in conjunction with the exhibition Bernstein at 100! and Jewish Book Month. Jamie Bernstein is a writer, narrator, broadcaster, and filmmaker who has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and excitement with others.
Monday, November 11
7:00 pm

OJMCHE Members Cost: $12.
General Public Cost: $15.
Register: ojmche.org/tickets/a-talk-with-jamie-bernstein
Held at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Organized by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education with support from the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Institute for Judaic Studies

SAVE THESE AUTHOR SERIES DATES FOR 2020!

January 15 – Josh Frank

May 5 – Yousef Bashir

Check back for more details, soon to come!

Dec
8
Sun
Outside In Cooking at Congregation Neveh Shalom @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Dec 8 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Outside In Cooking

Sunday, Nov 10, Dec 8, 12:00-2:00pm

Meet in the Congregation Neveh Shalom Kitchen to do a mitzvah and help feed homeless teens.

Info: Rick Botney, 8888octopus8888@gmail.com.

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

Jan
15
Wed
Author Series: Giraffes on Horseback Salad by Josh Frank @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 15 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for a conversation with author Josh Frank. Frank has worked with some of the most innovative musicians, filmmakers, producers, and artists in the industry including Black Francis, David Lynch, and Harold Ramis.
Wednesday, January 15
7:00 pm

Cost: $10. Member Cost: $8.

Sponsored by the Jewish Book Council, the Schwartz Charitable Foundation, and Portland Jewish Book Celebration

Register at oregonjcc.org/frank

Mar
18
Wed
CANCELLED – Antisemitism on College Campuses Workshop @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Due to travel restrictions advised to contain the Coronavirus, this event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

Antisemitism on College Campuses Workshop

Wed, March 18, 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Teens, parents, and Jewish community members are increasingly concerned about the anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses across the U.S. that often spills over into Anti-Semitic speech and policies. Stand With Us brings experts from the field to explain and discuss:

— Antisemitism vs. Legitimate Criticism of Israel

— The evolving face of the BDS movement

— Know your rights: how to respond and who can help

Program begins at 6pm, dinner included, ending time 8:30pm

Cost: $10 per individual or $15 per family

RSVP: tinyurl.com/CNSCollegeCampus20