Calendar

Feb
27
Wed
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Feb 27 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Israeli Dancing

Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli folk dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.

Wednesday Evenings,
Dec. 26 – Feb. 27

Cost: $100 Members + Guests.
Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.

Registration information: CG105, oregonjcc.org/registration

Feb
28
Thu
Yad b’Yad @ Rose Schnitzer Manor, CSP
Feb 28 @ 11:00 am – 11:45 am

Seniors and young families enjoy an inter-generational celebration of stories and songs each Thursday.

Join Kim Schneiderman for this weekly inter-generational story hour for young families with music, PJ Library books, and the residents of Cedar Sinai Park.

Bible Class with Rabbi Isaak @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Feb 28 @ 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.

Intro to Judaism: Winter/Spring Term @ Various synagogues
Feb 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Intro to Judaism: Winter/Spring Term @ Various synagogues | Portland | Oregon | United States

INTRODUCTION TO JUDAISM CLASS

Winter/Spring 2019 Session begins January 17. This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliation. A carefully constructed curriculum includes Jewish history, life cycle events, holidays, ritual and daily practice, theology, study of Torah and contemporary Jewish America. While not a conversion class, most OBR members consider it a prerequisite for students beginning study for conversion. Classes 7-9 pm, Thursdays, at rotating Portland area synagogues, course fee $360 includes class materials. Register online or contact JoAnn Bezodis, Class Facilitator, at 971-248-5465, or by email at info@oregonboardofrabbis.org. Website: http://oregonboardofrabbis.org/introduction-to-judaism-class/

 

 

 

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Mar
1
Fri
Lunch conversation on Jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Mar 1 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Brown Bag Lunch Conversation on the life and work of jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker.

In advance of the Portland Jazz Festival’s Michael Brecker tribute show, Saturday, March 2, OJMCHE is proud to host a conversation on the brilliant musical life of Michael Brecker a saxophonist who won 11 Grammy Awards and was among the most influential musicians in jazz since the 1960s. Michael Brecker died in 2007.

This is part of the OJMCHE series of informal lunchtime conversations. Bring a lunch or buy a brown bag lunch in Lefty’s Cafe and join us in the museum’s auditorium for a lively give and take as we share and explore ideas, experience, and expertise.

Dorot: A Short & Sweet Shabbat @ Havurah Shalom
Mar 1 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Join us for this casual, family-friendly, and music-filled service. Beginning with candle lighting, Kiddush and challah, the service continues with prayers and music, followed by a vegetarian potluck dinner. Led by Jacob Mandelsberg, Sarah Shine, Gabe Adoff, Larry Reichman, and Tanja Lux. 6:00 pm Service, 6:45 pm Potluck. Please RSVP here by Feb. 27. And please bring a vegetarian potluck dish to share!

Mar
2
Sat
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 2 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders

1st and 3rd Shabbat every month at 10:00am

Torah Troop allows families at Congregation Neveh Shalom to move into the main sanctuary while still enjoying youth-oriented activity. At 10:00am, families meet in the main service. After the beginning Torah service, youth join their friends for a lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week with adult leaders, and come back to help lead the Adon Olam at the end of the service.

As always, we end with our community for lunch!

Mar
3
Sun
2019 Friends of the Center Brunch featuring Michael Twitty @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
2019 Friends of the Center Brunch featuring Michael Twitty
Michael W. Twitty: Kosher Soul and The Cooking Gene
Join us for our 2019 Friends of the Center Brunch, the MJCC’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Come hear Michael W. Twitty, a James Beard Winning food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian, and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving, and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South. Michael is a Judaic studies teacher from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. The Cooking Gene is Michael’s personal mission to document the connection between food history and family history from Africa to America, from slavery to freedom. Initiated in 2011, the project successfully garnered funding and significant media attention in 2012 to initiate a journey known as The Southern Discomfort Tour. Follow him on twitter @koshersoul, and meet him at the MJCC on Sunday, March 3, 2019.
Individual Tickets: $54. Age 36 and under: $36. Table of Eight: $432.
Sponsorships available.
oregonjcc.org/brunch
Salem: Intro to Judaism @ Temple Beth Sholom
Mar 3 @ 11:00 am

Rabbi Gary Ellison, who was the rabbi at TBS for 11 years, has offered to teach a 10-part class that he offered at Willamette University for all those who feel they would benefit from an introduction to Judaism course.

If you are interested in this course, please contact Rabbi Eli at rabbi@tbsholom.org

This class will require a serious commitment from students: $200 for TBS members ($300 for non-members) and attendance at all 10 classes. There will be one textbook (Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, Jewish Literacy, $35 new/$8.50 or more used) required for the course.

Needs-based scholarships will be available upon request.

Class will begin on Sunday, January 27 at 11:00 am.

Mar
4
Mon
Partners Portland @ MJCC Cafe
Mar 4 @ 7:45 pm – 8:40 pm

Every Monday night, come together and study our heritage and Torah. No matter what background or affiliation,  join together and let’s unite!

Come and join, bring a study partner or you can request one at https://portlandkollel.org/partners/