MARCH 30
Vancouver Passover Seder. 7:30 at Chabad Jewish Center of Clark County, 9604 NE 126th Ave., Vancouver. RSVP: jewishvancouverwa.com/holiday-celebrations
Salem Seder. 7 pm at Chabad Center for Jewish Life-Salem, 1370 Crowley Ave. SE, Salem.
RSVP at JewishSalem.com or call 503-383-9569
Hillsboro Pesach Seder. 7:30 pm at Chabad Jewish Center of Hillsboro, 965 SE Brookwood Ave., Hillsboro. Registration required: ChabadH.com or 503-747-5363
Chabad at Reed Student Led Passover Seder (10th Annual). 7:15 pm at Chabad House-Jewish Student and Community Center, 3355 SE Steele St., Portland. All college students are welcome. Free. RSVP to RabbiDov@JewishReed.com
Family Style Community Seder. 7:30-10:30 pm at the Chabad Center for Jewish Life: 2858 NE Sandy Blvd., Portland. RSVP by March 25: JewishNortheast.com/seder
Community Passover Seder as Theater. 5:30 pm at Gesher, 10701 SW 25th Ave., Portland. Info: gesher@comcast.net or 503-246-5070. RSVP necessary: ourjewishhome.org
MARCH 31
SE Portland Passover Seder (10th Annual). 7:15 pm at Chabad House-Jewish Student and Community Center, 3355 SE Steele St., Portland. Large family discounts available. RSVP: RabbiDov@JewishReed.com
Passover: A Redemption Song/traditional seder. 6:30 doors open, 7 pm seder at Congregation Shaarie Torah, 920 NW 25th Ave, Portland. RSVP by March 26: shaarietorah.org or 503-266-6131
Community Passover Seder sponsored by Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism.
4 pm check in/social hour, 5 pm seder at the Starlight Room, 1125 SE Madison St. Portland
Reservations: kolshalom.org, info@kolshalom.org or 503-459-4210
Young Adult Seder sponsored by Moishe House. 6-8 pm at Congregation Beth Israel, 1972 NW Flanders, Portland. hersch.moishepdx@gmail.com
Second Night Seder with Portland Unshul. 6 pm at The Q Center, 4115 N. Mississippi Ave., Portland. rabbidebra@asthespiritmovesus.com
Passover Seder as Theater for Families with Younger Children. 4 pm in Gesher’s Passover Tent, 10701 SW 25th Ave., Portland. Role play the Passover story. Info: Rabbi Laurie at gesher@comcast.net or 503-246-5070. RSVP necessary: ourjewishhome.org
APRIL 1
Passover Seder for Men with Rabbi Gary. 6 pm at 10701 SW 25th Ave., Portland. Men in the making (adolescents) welcome. Info: Rabbi Gary at gesher@comcast.net or 503-246-5070. RSVP necessary: ourjewishhome.org
(Traditional Seder)
Saturday, March 31
6:30 doors open, 7:00 pm Seder begins
$45 per person
Deadline for reservations is March 26th / Visit our website at shaarietorah.org or call our office to RSVP at (503)266-6131
A special Seder full of song, celebration, kosher food and wine, conversation, connection and learning led by Rabbi Josh Rose. Join us as we sing songs handed down from generations along with new songs of our own.
At Congregation Shaarie Torah
920 NW 25th Ave, Portland, OR 97210
The Mishnah Berurah is the last generally accepted code of Jewish law and custom. For beginners to advanced students.
Join Neveh Shalom’s Shomrei Teva for a beautiful, easy hike at Tualatin Hills Nature Park. Meet at the park at 1 pm or at CNS at 12:30 pm to carpool. We’ll stroll amidst the forests and open areas along creeks and trails, making several stops for reflections. All ages welcome. No pets allowed on the trails. Bring a Pesach treat to share. The hike is mostly level and about 2.25 miles.
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout! First class in the Ballroom, then in the Cafe at the J. Tuesday Mornings Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register at: oregonjcc.org/registration
Use registeration code: CG300
Take your game to the next level. It will give your mind a workout! In the Cafe at the J.
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register at: oregonjcc.org/registration
Register with code: CG301
A second performance of Jewish Storytelling from the recent class was added by special request to be held at the Rose Schnitzer Manor.
Join the RSM for an evening of storytelling. Starting in early November, these tellers had the opportunity to study with professional storyteller Brian Rohr on the art of performative Jewish storytelling. This performance is the culmination of that class. RSVP requested: brohr@nevehshalom.org.
Join our Emeritus Rabi for weekly study of our sacred texts.
Exhibits Feb. 16- May 27
Vedem: The Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
Vedem Underground examines the literary magazine written by Jewish teens imprisoned at Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. Using pop-art graphics, drawings and paintings, and the prose and poetry, these brave adolescents secretly wrote and illustrated the longest-running underground magazine in a Nazi camp. Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”) documented their voices with defiance, humor and heartbreak. The exhibition breaks down their 800 original pages and reconstructs them in the form of a contemporary magazine. Curated by Rina Taraseiskey and Danny King.
To Tell The Story: The Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah
On view in the East Gallery: Commissioned by Helene and Zygfryd B. Wolloch, The Holocaust Haggadah is richly illustrated with lithographic prints by David Wander and calligraphy by Yonah Weinreb that link the story of liberation from ancient Egypt to the Holocaust.
In conjunction with the current exhibition Vedem Underground, OJMCHE is pleased to present an evening of film and conversation with Defiant Requiem, a feature-length documentary film, which highlights the most dramatic example of intellectual and artistic courage in the Theresienstadt (Terezín) Concentration Camp during World War II: the remarkable story of Rafael Schächter, a brilliant, young Czech conductor who was arrested and sent to Terezín in 1941. He demonstrated moral leadership under the most brutal circumstances, determined to sustain courage and hope for his fellow prisoners by enriching their souls through great music. His most extraordinary act was to recruit 150 prisoners and teach them Verdi’s Requiem by rote in a dank cellar using a single score, over multiple rehearsals, and after grueling days of forced labor. The Requiem was performed on 16 occasions for fellow prisoners. The last, most infamous performance occurred on June 23, 1944 before high-ranking SS officers from Berlin and the International Red Cross to support the charade that the prisoners were treated well and flourishing.
With special guest Murry Sidlin, Conductor/Concert Innovator/Educator Founder and President of The Defiant Requiem Foundation. Murry Sidlin is a conductor with a unique gift for engaging audiences; he maintains a diverse and distinctive musical career. He is the founder and president of The Defiant Requiem Foundation, an organization that sponsors live concert performances of Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín, as well as other projects, including the documentary film, Defiant Requiem, and The Rafael Schächter Institute for Arts and Humanities at Terezín. He lectures extensively on the arts and humanities as practiced by the prisoners of the Terezin Concentration Camp, and has developed a second concert drama which illuminates the compositions of fifteen composers who were imprisoned at Terezin. The concert drama is entitled “Hours of Freedom: the Story of the Terezin Composer”. He is a distinguished teacher of conducting and performs throughout the world in the traditional concert hall and for eight years he was the resident conductor of the Oregon Symphony.
“When words are no longer adequate, when our passion is greater than we are able to express in a usual manner, that’s when art begins. Some people go to the canvas and paint; some dance and others make music. But we all go beyond our normal means of communication; and this IS the common human experience for all people on this planet.” Murry Sidlin.
More information about the film can be found here, including a trailer!
More information about Murry Sidlin can be found here.