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DO GOOD in PDX on Good Deeds Day
Hundreds of residents in the Portland Metro area are expected to turn out on Good Deeds Day on SUNDAY APRIL 15, 2018 to do good for the benefit of others and the planet, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do a good deed, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively impact the world.
Many projects are family friendly and take place on the MJCC campus, as well as other sites around the community.
Good Deeds Day is a global movement that unites 93 countries around the world in doing good deeds. Since 2007, millions of people and thousands of organizations and businesses worldwide have united together every year to do good and volunteer.
Crossing all borders and cultures, thousands of businesses and organizations from more than 90 countries, including MTV Global, ABC Network Studios NYC, NASDAQ, Pope Francis, and many more have taken part. For more information about Good Deeds Day globally visit: www.good-deeds-day.org.
In Portland, Good Deeds Day is coordinated by the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland in partnership with the Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Over a dozen projects are available to volunteers of all ages and abilities. In addition, a special teen service program—J-SERVE for Teens—will be hosted in conjunction with Good Deeds Day at the Oregon Food Bank. To learn more and register for GDD: www.jewishportland.org/GDD For J-SERVE: www.jewishportland.org/GDD-JSERVE
WHAT: Good Deeds Day & J-SERVE for Teens
WHERE: Multiple locations in the Portland Metro Area
WHEN: Sunday, April 15, 2018
HOW: Register online at www.jewishportland.org/GDD or www.jewishportland.org/GDD-JSERVE. Call 503-245-6219 for questions
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/events/1872146936409436/
Join us for this annual celebration of community volunteering that takes place on a Sunday with millions of participants around the globe doing good together.
Pre-registration required.
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All over the world on April 15, hundreds of thousands choose to volunteer and help others, putting into practice the simple idea that every single person can do something good, be it large or small, to improve the lives of others and positively change the world. Let’s do some good in Portland!
Volunteer with family & friends and plan to join us on Good Deeds Day! Be sure to select a volunteer activity on the registration page |
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For the J-Serve specific volunteer event for 6th-12th graders click here. |
Help create traditional burial clothing which will then be used by the Chevra Kavod haMet for their work.
Study Rabbi Posen and Lois Shenker’s book. Facilitated by Kaiya Goldhammer and Dorice Horenstein (Shaarie Torah). RSVP: tinyurl.com/PirkeilmahotBookClub2017
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
Honor those that have given their lives for the State of Israel.
Located in the Ballroom.
Free and open to the community.
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.
Come out and celebrate Israel’s 70th year of Independence! Join in Israeli music, dance, crafts, food, and more!
In partnership with PJ Library, JFGP, and IJS