Learn to play this ancient game. Registration code: CG201, cost: $85. Member Cost: $72.
Please join Shaarie Torah and Batya Podos for this exciting Shabbat program. On the first Shabbat of the month, all K-3rd graders are invited to engage in an age appropriate prayer service. From prayers to discussing the Torah portion, this lively service will get our kids knowing more Torah and loving praying!
Neveh Shalom has invited former NPR correspondent Ketzel Levine to introduce us to The Portland Jewish Response Group , an organization she recently co-founded to raise awareness about sex trafficking in our community. Acknowledging that this isn’t the easiest of issues to discuss, Ketzel will give an overview of the problem, challenge the language we use in framing the issues, and address what this has to do with the Jewish community. She’ll offer insight into ways to keep our children safe and provide tools for those who want to join the fight against this widespread crime. This talk is appropriate for ages 18 and over. RSVP to jgreenberg@nevehshalom.org
Join PJ Library as we bring back Yad b’Yad with Kim Schneiderman! Intergenerational singing and stories at Cedar Sinai Park.
A weekly story hour for young families with music & PJ Library books!
No story hour on April 29th.
Preschool families, please join Shaarie Torah for Shirat Yeladim. This program of storytelling, music, mitzvah and experiential learning is geared towards children aged 3-5 years old and their parents.
Join us on the first Saturday of the month at 10:45 a.m.
The Jewish Genealogical Society of Oregon is pleased to present Handwriting Analysis for Genealogists by Ron Arons
Description: This presentation will cover both document examination and graphology. The former is the more accepted discipline of comparing questioned samples with known handwriting samples. For decades courts have allowed document analysis as evidence in probate cases, etc. Graphology is the more questionable “art” of trying to determine personality characteristics and behavior based on the analysis of signatures and handwriting in general. Although a “soft science” graphology has some merit. Examples of both how document examination and graphology can be used in genealogical research will be provided. Also, various software packages and books that can help understand these two topics will be discussed.
Bio: Ron has presented at 12 of the past 15 IAJGS conferences on a wide variety of subjects and has also been behind the scenes at 3 IAJGS conferences to help produce “Game Show Night/Jewish Genealogy Jeopardy”. Ron has traced his roots to Lithuania, Poland, Romania, England, Belarus, and the Ukraine. In 2006 Ron appeared on the PBS TV series The Jewish Americans. He has published three books including The Jews of Sing Sing and, most recently, Mind Maps for Genealogy. Ron earned a B.S. in Engineering from Princeton and an MBA from the Univ. of Chicago.
A weekly story hour for young families with music and PJ Library books!
Learn to play this ancient game. Registration code: CG201, cost: $85. Member Cost: $72.
February 9, 2016
Jerusalem: Center of the World. This film tells the epic story of the world’s most incredible city, capturing the rich mosaic of the city’s Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities. Covering a story of 4000 years, the film explores the founding of the city and events in Jerusalem’s history, up to modern times. Learn about the First and Second Temples, Mount Moriah, Dome of the Rock, Holy Scripture, and all means of religious attachment. Narrated by Ray Suarez of PBS News Hour.
English language, 120 minutes, 2008 PBS Production by Andrew Goldberg. Speaker: Rabbi Kaplan
Films shown second Tuesday of each month at 7 pm. Admission & Sephardic dessert are FREE.
Sponsors: Jewish Federation of Greater Portland, National Council of Synagogue Youth (NCSY), Albert J. & Esther Menashe, Richard & Judi Matza, Charles & Jo Levy, Ron & Pam Sidis, Renee Ferrera
For information call David 503-892-6634 or www.jewishfilmportland.org