Join Rabbi Eve Posen for an evening of insight and inspiration as we gear up for Passover. Enjoy wine and dessert with friends as we explore some of the central themes of the Seder and sample traditional foods. Perhaps you’ll walk away with a new perspective on an old ritual, perhaps you’ll find a renewed enthusiasm for your Passover prep, perhaps you’ll find a new friend. Come start your journey towards the Exodus with Rabbi Posen! $18 per person rsvp to 503 246-8831
New Israeli voices in dance: Hillel Kogan and Danielle Agami.
Performances:Thurs.-Sat., March 19-21, 8:00 pm
Lincoln Hall, Portland State University
20% discount to MJCC members. Order online at www.whitebird.org Use code: MJCC
Join us for Foundation Fridays, a free young families Shabbat experience on
Friday mornings from 9:00am-10:30am, Running Room at Foundation School
Congregation Neveh Shalom, 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97239
Open to all children 0-5 and their parents,
grandparents, friends, caregivers
Schedule:
9am-10am open play in our indoor running room
10am-10:15am singing, Shabbat stories and age-appropriate service
10:15am-10:30am Shabbat snack and PJ Library Story
* Free!
Co- Hosted by PJ Library Portland
Questions? Call Leah Conley at 503-293-7307 lconley@nevehshalom.org
Shake up your Shabbat at the one and only PDX LIVE! A rockin’ service to welcome Shabbat with music that will move you! Join Cantor Bletstein, Ed Kraus, and Klezmocracy for a high-energy Shabbat service with instruments that will rock your soul! . Join us on March 20 at 7:30pm, as we welcome back Cantor Randy Herman from Bet Torah in Mt. Kisco, NY back to the Neveh Shalom! He’s bringing original music from his brand new CD “Moving Through Time.” A very special evening you won’t want to miss!
New Israeli voices in dance: Hillel Kogan and Danielle Agami.
Performances:Thurs.-Sat., March 19-21, 8:00 pm
Lincoln Hall, Portland State University
20% discount to MJCC members. Order online at www.whitebird.org Use code: MJCC
New Israeli voices in dance: Hillel Kogan and Danielle Agami.
Performances: Thurs.-Sat., March 19-21, 8:00 pm
Lincoln Hall, Portland State University
20% discount to MJCC members. Order online at www.whitebird.org. Use code: MJCC
Back by popular demand, internationally renowned Jewish singing star, Benny Friedman, and world renowned pianist and composer, Michael Allen Harrison, a/k/a “The Grand Maestro of Portland” will perform together on Sunday, March 22, 2015 at the Chemeketa Salem Campus, Auditorium 6, 4000 Lancaster Drive NE, Salem, OR 97305.
Doors open at 1:00 P.M., for a pre-concert Silent Auction; Concert begins at 2:00 P.M.
Tickets: $21 Seniors, $24 General with RSVP; $25 Seniors $28 General at the door; $18 Students and children. Sponsorship packages are available from $99. Please visit www.JewishSalem.com for information.
MJCC and PJA employee and artist Corie Hinton, will share her experience living in Madagascar as a Peace Corps Volunteer. A slideshow, music and snacks will accompany Corie’s paintings about Madagascar. Print sales will benefit organizations working in Madagascar.
Tues., Mar. 24, 7:00 pm
Free and open to everyone.
A Joyous Evening of Story, Song and Amazing Juggling Feats
P’nai Or of Portland presents a family friendly evening of performance by Rabbi Mark Novak and his wife, Renée Brachfeld, on Saturday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at TaborSpace, 5441 SE Belmont, Portland 97215. Mark and Renée will also be leading Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday night, 4-17, Torah Service on 4-18 and adult study on 4-19 at P’nai Or, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd.
Rabbi Mark Novak and Renée are guests of P’nai Or for their Scholar-in-Residence weekend April 17-19. This husband-wife duo have appeared at over 130 synagogues across the U.S. and Canada, leading services, presenting workshops, and performing for both adult and family audiences. Their recording, “King Solomon’s Daughter”, was awarded the Parents’ Choice Gold Award.
Mark and Renée live in the Washington DC area and have been featured as presenters at LimmudFest in England, Limmud NY, Ruach HaAretz, Routes and the Seattle International Storytelling Festival.
Mark began his music career as a child, singing in a professional Jewish choir and appearing on Broadway in the musical “Oliver”. From 1977-1986 he was the music director of Living Stage at Arena Stage in Washington, DC. His original theater pieces have been performed at Wolf Trap Center for the Performing Arts and The Smithsonian.
Renée has been a professional storyteller since 1986. In addition to performing, she teaches a variety of workshops including family storytelling, integrating storytelling in the classroom and building community through storytelling. Her work has been published in Penina Schram’s “Chosen Tales” and Goldie Milgram’s “Mitzvah Stories”.
Visit Rabbi Mark and Renée’s website at jewishstorytelling.com.
Israeli Folk Dancing at Leedy Grange in Cedar Mill.
Beginnner’s Class 7:30-8:30; Review and open dancing 8:30-9:30.
Learn and enjoy beginning dances from experienced folk dancers.
Made possible with support from the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland.