Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
What do you want Chagim to mean for YOUR child? Enjoy a family bonding cooking experience – prepare delicious recipes, plan and discuss the Chag with your child.
The Jewish Holiday Culinary Experience is an innovative program for adults and children ages 5-12.
Make decorations for your home, take part in Israeli dancing, and eat some delicious sufganiot (jelly donuts) at this family-friendly Chanukah celebration
It’s time for Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education’s annual theater fundraising event. We know that tickets for Hershey Felder as Irving Berlin will be going fast.
A special Behind the Scenes Conversation for the OJMCHE community will beheld at 1 pm.
In this tour de force performance by award-winning pianist and performer Hershey Felder, comes the remarkable story of Irving Berlin, “America’s Composer.” From the depths of anti-Semitism in Czarist Russia, to New York’s Lower East Side, and ultimately all of America and the world, Berlin’s story epitomizes the American dream. Featuring Irving Berlin’s most popular and enduring songs, Hershey Felder’s masterful creation of character and musical performance makes this evening with Irving Berlin an unforgettable journey. Hailed as “the greatest songwriter that has ever lived,” by George Gershwin, Irving Berlin is known for innumerable American classics such as “God Bless America,” “Anything You Can Do,” “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.” L.A. Times Critics’ Pick: “Richly entertaining and ultimately touching.” “Enriching, humorous and replete with most of the brilliant Berlin tunes … you do not want to miss a delicious moment of it!” – Broadway World
Join for a chic playdate for moms & tots with music & movement, stories & crafts ages 0-3 years old.
Free of charge and open to all!
RSVPor for more information: www.PortlandJewishPreschool.com
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Contact Mimi Wilhelm mimi@portlandjewishschool.com, 503.977.7850
A project of The Gan – Portland Jewish Preschool in conjunction with PJ Library Portland
DEC. 24
Latke Ball: Live DJ, light hors d’oeuvres, cash bar and photo booth for those in their 20s and 30s. 8:30 pm – Midnight at the Doug Fir Lounge, 830 E Burnside St, Portland. $18 early bird special for the first 50 people to register; $25 after and at the door. Sponsored by MJCC and B’nai B’rith Camp. 503-244-0111
bbcamp.org/latkeball
Join our entire community for this yearly tradition! Enjoy a Chinese inspired lunch, vote on your favorite kugel recipes and watch a family-friendly film. If you think you’re the kugel expert, then bring in your “soon to be famous” recipe for all to try and vote!
Fun for All!
* Candle-lighting with traditional, yiddish, sephardic, and renewal music by the P’nai Or band
* Children’s storytime, singing, dancing, and crafts
* All-ages Driedl Game!
* Potluck latke and salad bar with desserts
* Chanukah shuk (market) for last minute Chanukah gifts-including fair-trade Divine chocolate gelt and CDs by Michelle and the Mystics,& Rabbi Aryeh zt’l “Last Night of Chanukah”
Free Admission – Please bring a can or box of food to donate to the Oregon Food Bank.Michelle Alany is a passionate violinist and vocalist w…ho has delighted and wowed audiences worldwide. Specializing in a global acoustic sound that features lush strings, soulful vocals and rhythmic groove, Michelle delivers soulful interpretations of traditional and original Sephardic (Judeo-Spanish), Balkan and Israeli songs infused with her tasty Austin-blues stylings.
She is at home delivering haunting Mediterranean melodies, trading shredder blues licks or gently crafting a sensuous country solo on the fly, bringing her joyous abandon and enthusiasm to any world of music.
As an in-demand touring musician and recording artist, she has performed with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, played for sold-out events in theaters doing movie music or world music ensembles, and brought Texas music to packed Jazz and Blues listening rooms in Europe.
Putting Soul into the Season, Solo Blues Concert with Lazer Lloyd
On Sunday, December 25 at 7:30 PM Temple Emek Shalom and the Havurah Synagogue join in presenting a solo blues concert with Lazer Lloyd, Putting Soul into the Season.
Lazer Lloyd is a genre-defying artist whose self-titled new CD on Lots of Love Records topped the blues-rock charts through the summer of 2015 bringing comparisons to Santana at his best from Elmore Magazine’s sage Jim Hynes and “Muddy Waters on electric steroids” from veteran Canadian music & arts journalist, Bob Mersereau.
Whether smoking hot or meditative, Lloyd’s unique style is forged through the white-hot furnace of his three insatiable loves: songwriting, guitar, and communicating with the audience. At the core Lazer says, “Americana…roots rock, blues, folk, it’s real; it’s about everyone’s life story and it heals.”
The trailblazing singer/songwriter’s live shows and his brand of blues and psychedelic roots rock are legendary in his home base Israel. He is now blowing down the doors of clubs and festivals worldwide. Major influences include BB King, Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Winter, Santana, and Middle Eastern oud. 2q1
Rabbi David says, “When it comes to blues in the style of BB King, Albert King, and Buddy Guy then Lazer Lloyd is sure to knock your sox off. He’s the real deal. The laser beam of the blues. A solo concert not to be missed.”
For many years Jewish people have had a tradition of eating Chinese food on Christmas Day, since usually those are the only restaurants open for business. In keeping with that tradition, a Chinese dinner will be offered before the concert, for those wishing to partake of both, catered by Yuan Yuan of Ashland.
Tickets are $15 for the concert or $30 including dinner and are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2720495
or at the Music Coop, 268 E. Main St. in Ashland. Space is limited. The Havurah is located at 185 N Mountain Ave. in Ashland. For more information call 541-488-7716 or visit www.havurahshirhadash.org.
PRESS QUOTES
“Fasten your seatbelts!” wrote 1970s Rolling Stone rock music sage Gary von Tersch of the self-titled “Lazer Lloyd” CD. “I’m impressed by Lazer’s tight compositions”, “deeply expressive writing, plangent vocals and crackerjack guitar and harmonica.”
“It’s one thing to be a student of the blues, which began as gospel, and it’s another to be able to release the emotion to make it authentic. Lazer Lloyd does both.” Tim Parsons, Editor “Tahoe On Stage”
“tough blues-rockers, soul ballads, and funky Hendrix-inspired rock.” – Vintage Guitar
“Exuberant Vocals and Razor Sharp Guitar Work” – Downbeat Magazine
Videos:
https://business.facebook.com/lazerlloyd/videos/1854850058091847/
https://www.facebook.com/lazerlloyd/videos/1857975884445931/
Come one, come all and join us for the CNS annual Chanukah party. There will be a fish/dairy dinner with latkes, music by the Koleinu Choir, prizes for the ugliest sweater, a donut bar and more. Bring your own menorah and candles for a community lighting. And bring multi-packs for unused toilet paper – the Men’s Club is working to wipe away poverty. They will build a giant TP menorah and then donate it all to Neighborhood House. Cost for dinner: $15/adult, $9/child, $48 family max.
RSVP at: tinyurl.com/cnschanukah2016