Preschool families, please join Shaarie Torah for Shirat Yeladim. This program of storytelling, music, mitzvah and experiential learning is geared towards children aged 3-5 years old and their parents.
Join us on the first Saturday of the month at 10:45 a.m.
Join PJ Library for a free weekly story hour for young families with music, crafts and PJ Library Stories!
Free at New Seasons Market-Williams.
TBI Dream Auction Spring Soirée
Date: April 3, 2016 4:30 pm at TBI
Temple Beth Israel’s Dream Auction, Spring Soirée will be an evening to remember. We’ll celebrate the start of spring in style with unique offerings guaranteed to delight. The evening includes a silent auction of tantalizing items from a wide array of local merchants and artisans; a delicious dinner; delectable Dessert Dash; and a fun-filled live auction of one-of-a-kind items.
Temple Beth Israel – Center for Jewish Life
1175 East 29th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97403
541-485-7218
Seattle actress Eva Moon brings her one-woman show, “The Mutant Diaries: Unzipping My Genes,” to a Portland audience for the first time. She calls the show “the culmination and extension of all my work to date.”
“I had played daughter, mother, lover, wife, woman,” says Eva in the artistic statement on her website. “Then I was unexpectedly given the role of fighter, battling through a full hysterectomy and double mastectomy to avoid near certain odds of cancer – all while my mother was dying of cancer herself. … Through my art, with music and laughter instead of lectures and preaching, I deliver an uplifting message that it is possible to change your future.”
Followed by Q &A with Eva and a genetics professional.
COST: Free; courtesy of a grant from the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
INFO: 503-535-3617, Mara Zellinger, MJCC assistant program manager
A weekly story hour for young families with music and PJ Library books!
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Wednesdays, April 6 – May 25
(No Class May 4 or 11)
7:00 – 8:00 pm; CG300
PJA Students, join us during your lunch hour for a special discussion on PJ Our Way Books! PJ Our Way is a special continuation of PJ Library just for our 9-11 year old friends. YOU get to pick the book you read every month!
For more information, contact Molly at msloan@pjaproud.org.
Book Clubs presented by BB Camp
A beloved music series returns, featuring Irving Levin, Congregation Beth Israel cellist for “Kol Nidre,” and esteemed pianist Michael Barnes. Enjoy the moving works of Faure, Schumann, Rachmaninoff, and others.
Part of Congregation Beth Israel’s ongoing Hineinu initiative, this group provides emotional and educational support for caregivers and care partners of people with Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
Reel vs. Real: Media Stereotypes and Islamophobia
“Reel vs. Real: Muslim Media Stereotypes and Islamophobia” will look at the American media’s long history of using stereotypes to support foreign policy, military presence abroad and domestic divides. This free April 7 program is presented by Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, Muslim Educational Trust, Oregon Historical Society and World Affairs Council.
From caricatures of the Japanese “Yellow Threat” during the World War II to the typecasting of Middle Eastern cultures as incubators of religious extremism, popular media often follows whichever current fear grips society in the moment. Community leaders will respond to film clips from a documentary called “Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People,” a companion film to Jack Shaheen’s book of the same title.
Speakers Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana and Dr. Jamal Badawi will talk about how they deal with Islamophobia in their own communities and audience members will have the chance to ask questions about how to best confront Islamophobia when it presents itself.
Congregation Beth Israel Senior Rabbi Cahana serves on community boards and interreligious councils, and he is a past president of the Oregon Board of Rabbis. In 1999 Rabbi Cahana and his family were featuered in the critically acclaimed documentary “The Last Days.” The film tells the true stories of five Hungarian survivors of the Holocaust, including Rabbi Cahana’s mother, renowned Holocaust artist Alice Lok Cahana. He is a 2015 graduate of Leadership Portland through the Portland Business Alliance and serves on the Executive Committee of the Community Oversight Advisory Board.
Dr. Badawi is professor emeritus at St. Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In 2008 Saint Mary’s University granted him an honorary doctorate of civil law in recognition of his promotion of “a better understanding of Islam” and contribution “to civil society around the world.” He completed his undergraduate studies in Cairo, Egypt, and earned his master’s and Ph.D. at Indiana University. In addition to his participation in lectures, seminars and interfaith dialogues in North America, Dr. Badawi has been frequently invited as guest speaker on Islam in nearly 38 other countries. He has served as volunteer imam of the local Muslim community in the Halifax Regional Municipality since 1970.
The program begins at 7 pm April 7 at the Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave., Portland. For more information, contact OJMCHE at 503-226-3600.