(rescheduled from July 24)
Big Truck Day: A Roots and Rafters Celebration
Join us for a community-wide celebration! Thanks to the tremendous support of our community, the MJCC has completed the Roots and Rafters Campaign sooner than expected, and we’ve exceed our goal of $3.5 million.
Our celebration will take place on Big Truck Day with tons of things for you and the family! Come out to see police vehicles, fire trucks, limos, race cars, construction trucks and more! There will also be vegetarian food carts, games, live music and other activities. Fun for the whole family!
THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE COMMUNITY.
Big Truck Day
Listen to the drivers talk about their vehicles up close and personal! Police car, fire truck, antique cars, and more! Eat lunch from the vegetarian food trucks in the parking lot.
Roots and Rafters Celebration
Come celebrate our success! Thanks to the tremendous support of our community, the MJCC has completed the Roots & Rafters Campaign sooner than expected, and we’ve exceeded our goal of $3.5 million. These funds have allowed for critical improvements to the Schnitzer Family Campus, including a new roof, warm water pool improvements, energy system upgrades, playground enhancements, parking lot repairs and more! Join us for a community party with food, music, games and activities for the whole family!
Elizabeth Rynecki, author of Chasing Portraits, A Great Granddaughter’s Quest for her Lost Art Legacy in conversation with Judith Margles, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education Director.
Rynecki’s book is a memoir of one woman’s emotional quest to find the art of her Polish-Jewish great-grandfather, lost during World War II.
The everyday lives of the Polish-Jewish community depicted in Moshe Rynecki’s paintings simply blended into the background of Elizabeth Rynecki’s life when she was growing up. But the art transformed from familiar to extraordinary in her eyes after her grandfather, Moshe’s son George, left behind journals detailing the loss her ancestors had endured during WWII, including Moshe’s art. Knowing that her family had only found a portion of Moshe’s art, and that more pieces remained to be found, Elizabeth set out to find them.
Spanning three decades of Elizabeth’s life and three generations of her family, this touching memoir is a compelling history of the richness of one man’s art, the devastation of war, and one woman’s unexpected path to healing.
Please join Oregon and Portland Hillels for a special presentation by Hillel International President and CEO, Eric Fingerhut
BUILDING JEWISH IDENTITY IN TODAY’S SHIFTING CAMPUS CLIMATE
SHARON M. UNGERLEIDER for her pioneering contributions to our Hillels. We will celebrate the announcement of an Ungerleider Family $1,000,000 legacy gift to the University of Oregon Hillel, sustaining Jewish campus life in the region for years to come.
A monthly discussion covering a wide range of topics that draw on our experiences.
Topic: The Evolution of Jewish Law
Cafe at the J
Free and open to the community
This summer, P’nai Or is taking it outside! Please join us at 6 pm on Friday, Sept. 9 at Wilshire Park (NE 33rd & Skidmore) picnic area for a very joyful, very musical Kabbalat Shabbat with Reb Yitz. We’ll start with a bring-your-own-picnic at 6 pm, then the service will start around 6:45, followed by an oneg.
Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly 40 years in the Jewish community of Eugene. Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield, z’l.
Shabbat on the Plaza and Food Carts: The Return
Friday, September 19, 6:00 PM
Temple Lawn
Same moving service, same strong community, same delicious carts.
Join us for Havurah Shalom’s first Kabbalat Shabbat of the fall on Friday, Sept. 9. Rabbi Joey will join our talented Havurah musicians, Ilene Safyan, Scott Snyder, Steven Sandberg-Lewis, Chaim Wolin and John Duke to lead this short and inspiring service.
You don’t need to RSVP to come to the service at 7:30 pm. If you’d like to join us for the catered vegetarian dinner at 6:30 pm, please register here by Monday, Sept. 5. We offer vegan, wheat-free, and nut-free options. Childcare is provided.
Join us on the 2nd Saturday of this month for our Shabbat gathering of toddlers and their caregivers.
Enjoy stories, songs and crafts that celebrate holidays and Jewish values. Stay afterwards for bagels and coffee with Rabbi – free play for the kids and schmoozing for the adults.
Best for kids up to age five, although older siblings are welcome too.
Bring the family and join us to celebrate the return of the school year with fun at the Oregon Zoo…
– Zoo Scavenger Hunt
– Crafts
– Music and Stories!
For families with children ages 11 years and under. Free Event – RSVP required.
Location: Oregon Zoo – 4001 SW Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221