What is Journalism? will explore the past, present and future of journalism in all its forms. The conference will feature a unique coalescing of media scholars and students, media professionals, independent media producers, government and community officials, as well as interested community groups and the public.
Join us for our 8th day of Passover service, our Yizkor service.
Registrations are now being accepted to Ashland Havurah’s Annual Women’s Potluck Passover Seder on Saturday, April 11 at 5:30 PM. The Seder ritual will celebrate liberation, springtime, rebirth, and the power of joining forces as women to create a Sukkat Shalom, a canopy of peace, in the world and a commitment to sisterhood and connection to the Divine Feminine energies. The Seder will be led by Rabbi Sue Morningstar, Cyrise Beatty Schachter, Devorah Zaslow, the Rev. Norma Nakai Burton of Unity of Ashland with chanting by Prema Mayi. Register by April 2 for the Early Bird Discount – $20 per adult, $10 per full-time student/women 18 and under. Pre-Registration is required. Space is limited. Call 541-488-7716 for more info or to register or log onto www.havurahshirhadash.org to download a registration
Listen to the Jewish Community Orchestra perform music by Medelssohn, Magnard and Berlioz.
Living our later years to the fullest! Let’s talk about everything: adult children, physical changes, emotional issues, losses, letting go, and more. Facilitators: Muriel Adler, Dorothy Dworkin, Carol Price (retired clinical social workers and group leaders).
Mar. 18, Apr. 1, 15, 29, 1:00-2:30 pm
$20 (G:$32) CG206
Gather as a community for a commemoration ceremony and the viewing of the movie, A Secret
Wednesday, April 15
Doors open at 5:00 pm; Film at 5:30 pm
COCC, Campus Center, Wille Hall
Following the movie, please join a discussion about the contemporary situation for Jews in France led by Dr. Jessica Hammerman Associate Professor of World History at Central Oregon Community College, followed by memorial service led by Rabbi Johanna Hershenson.
Presented by COCC Jewish Students Club and COCC Historical Club
No class on April 8th, due to Passover.
Wednesday Night School at Shaarie Torah for Middle and High School students
Every Wednesday (except for major holidays) from 6:00 to 8:15
For more information email Dorice at education@shaarietorah.org
The Oregon Board of Rabbis Presents Yom Hashoa: The Holocaust, memory and the Future
Yom Hashoah is the day set aside in the Jewish calendar to remember those six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust and to honor the lives of survivors.
Portland’s Jewish community will come together to hear personal stories from survivors, reflect on the meaning of remembrance for the next generation, and commemorate the six million with music and prayer.
Wednesday, April 15, 7:00 p.m.
Greil Marcus, renowned rock critic, Rolling Stone contributing editor, and author of Mystery Train, Lipstick Traces, The Old Weird America and A History of Rock ‘N’ Roll in Ten Songs, as well as the essay that inspired Soul Harmony, “The Deborah Chessler Story” will review and discuss the newly discovered first live recordings of The Orioles:
Sonny Til and the Orioles Live in Chicago 1951.
Greil Marcus’s presentation is free and open to the public.