Young Family Tot Shabbat for children 0-5 years, at CNS
1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10:15am, Zidell Chapel
Experience the joy of Shabbat! A fun and engaging service for families with kids 5 and under. Join our early childhood educators: Levia, and Amy and their good friend Shabbos Mouse for our liveliest Shabbat service.
Enjoy singing, dancing, storytelling and more!
Stay for a kiddush lunch and become a part of our young family community.
Ruth is late, well she always seems to be late, but tonight the show has started and she’s rushing into the theatre just as the show as begun. Morty has been left to find parking and he too will be entering the theatre late.
Ruth can’t find her seat, she apologetically interrupts the actor on stage, and then within minutes takes over the show. Just as she gets going, Morty enters looking for his seat and find Ruth on stage. How will tonight end? Through jokes from the Borscht Belt comics such as Mel Brooks, Joan Rivers, Sophie Tucker, Mae West, Totie Fields Buddy Hackett and many others, Morty and Ruth are about to tell you all about LIFE.
Performance Dates
Thursday Jan 30 @ 7:30 pm
Friday Jan 31 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday Feb 1 @ 7:30 pm
Thursday Feb 6 @ 7:30 pm
Friday Feb 7 @ 7:30 pm – NO SHOW
Saturday Feb 8 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday Feb 9 @ 2:00 pm
Thursday Feb 13 @ 7:30 pm
Friday Feb 14 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday Feb 15 @ 7:30 pm
Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years’ worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill’s grown children — a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star — all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives. The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we often arrive at unexpected destinations.
Sex, Beauty, War and Despair: Adult Themes in the Five Megillot with Rabbi Kosak
Sunday, February 2 – June 21, 9:45-11:15am, (12 weeks total; full schedule available with registration)
The five megillot are some of the enduring classics of world literature. Jews read these scrolls publicly on holidays throughout the year, but without the regularity with which we read the Torah. As a consequence, these important sections of the Bible are less familiar to the average synagogue goer. In this course, we will have an opportunity to examine the megillot, their deeply human themes, and the light they can shed on our own lives.
Cost: $36 ($72 for non-members).
Shroud Crowd, Sun, Jan 12, Feb 2, 2:00pm, Rm 102
Help create traditional burial clothing which will then be used by the Chevra Kavod haMet for their work. Contact Sandy Axel: sandyaxel@msn.com.
Sunday, Feb 2, 2:00 to 3:30 PM –
Open to all who are interested. If you’d like to attend, please contact Bob Lowe at bob.pnaior@gmail.com for location and reading material.
Would you like to know more about what is going on in our prayer services? This intro class will present a “macro” view of the Siddur (prayer book), about how the morning prayer service takes us through the four worlds of Kabbalah and, in doing so, mirrors how we received the Torah on Mt. Sinai. With this perspective, we’ll take a quick walk through the individual prayers and see how they fit in to this journey. If we have time, we’ll take on one example of the challenge of prayers that can be off-putting because of their apparent inconsistencies with our personal values. We’ll do so by taking on one of the most uncomfortable – and most frequent – words in our blessings: “Melech,” usually translated as King. We’ll unpack alternative interpretations of this word.
Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years’ worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill’s grown children — a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star — all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives. The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we often arrive at unexpected destinations.
Gates of Light: A New-Old Approach to Torah and Kabbalah
Jewish mysticism helps us understand the Torah, the world, and ourselves. Delve into the core teachings of the majestic Kabbalistic tradition. Red bracelets aren’t going to do it – dig deep into the texts and into ourselves. Join Rabbi Joshua Rose for a look into the book Sha’arei Orah – Gates of Light.
Monday, January 13
Monday, February 3
Monday, March 16
2:30 – 3:25 pm
Free and open to the community.
In partnership with Congregation Shaarie Torah
Organize Yourself for Success: For Grades 5 – 8 and 9 – 12
Help your student learn new study skills to maximize their efficiency and decrease stress. This motivation-based approach builds students’ academic confidence and organizational skills.
Instructor: Tina-Marie Baskin
Per Session: Cost: $56. Member Cost: $48.
For Grades 5 – 8
Session II: Mondays
February 3 – March 2
4:00 – 5:15 pm, SI210A
For Grades 9 – 12
Session II: Wednesdays
February 5 – March 4
4:00 – 5:15 pm, SI210B
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration