Sephardic Soul and Balkan Folk Dance Night
Journey through exotic lands with this fiddle-driven caravan of Balkan, Klezmer, Sephardic and original soul music.
Doors open at 7:00
Dance instruction 7:15 – 7:45
Concert begins 8:00
Michelle Alany & The Mystics
Michelle Alany – violin, vocals
Andrew Alikanov – clarinet
Kathy Fors – accordion
Albert McDonnell – upright bass
Michael Beach – percussion
Tom Goicoechea – Drums
Featuring belly dancers Danielle Elizabeth and Jewels Barrera.
michellealany.com
Violinist & vocalist Michelle Alany is a dynamic performer & internationally touring ambassador of world folk traditions, specializing in Sephardic, Mediterranean & Eastern music. Her captivating band, Michelle Alany & The Mystics, brings fresh interpretations of ancient melodies, hypnotic strings and wild improvisation with their deeply danceable grooves and energizing soulful music.
Journey through exotic lands with this fiddle-driven caravan of Sephardic, Klezmer, Balkan & original soul & swing music.
The band consists of seasoned jazz, classical & globally folk-minded musicians with diverse musical backgrounds in Middle Eastern, Balkan and Klezmer music.
Trio Tsuica:
Portland’s only four-member trio! Music of East-Central Europe on violin, accordion, cimbalom, and bass.
https://www.facebook.com/trio.
Join us as the Foundation School community comes together for our annual Walk-a-Thon.
Our Morot create classroom wish-lists that can be fulfilled by your child’s participation in the walk! We walk around Birnbach Hall with students, siblings and alumni.
There will be music, snacks and prizes for everyone.
To participate, contact: leahc@foundationschoolpdx.org; 503-293-7307.
Join Eve & Allison for an inspiring hike through Portland’s beautiful forests. Presented by Shine, Inpsiring Jewish Women.
RSVP to eve@portlandkollel.org for more info.
Sylvia Frankel will present the third of three in-depth-Torah-study classes that the Institute for Judaic Studies and Portland Jewish Academy
are offering in the Beit Midrash (the newly renovated Beit Knesset) of PJA.
Sylvia Frankel, Adjunct Professor, Lewis & Clark College, will speak on The Binding of Isaac: Blind Obedience Versus Moral Choice
To make reservations please make check FOR $10 payable to
The Institute for Judaic Studies
2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland, OR 97239
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Registration Code: CG200
Take your game to the next level. It will give your mind a workout!
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Registration code: CG201
Concert pianist, David Rothman, is a virtuoso when it comes to performing the complete great works of piano repertoire. In 2002, he played from memory all the Beethoven sonatas in a period of five weeks. In 2015, he performed the complete works of Frédéric Chopin. With accompanist, Michael Barnes, he has also played twelve concertos, including the Brahms Concerto #2 and Schumann Concerto in A minor.
Now David Rothman tackles all of the piano sonatas of the great Classical composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
David Rothman was born in Toronto, Canada in 1962. When he was two, his family moved to Los Angeles. At 6, Mr. Rothman began to study piano, and at ten, he was accepted into the Menuhin School in England. Nadia Boulanger was among the panel who accepted Mr. Rothman into the school. At 17, he was accepted into the Curtis Institute where he studied with Mieczyslaw Horszowski.
Register: oregonjcc.org/pianoseries
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Registeration code: CG202
A monthly discussion covering a wide range of topics that will draw on our experiences.
February’s topic: How to be a Friend
In the Cafe at the J
Free and open to the community
In partnership with Congregation Neveh Shalom
Judaism; Essential Spiritual Practices, Rituals and Ethics Class
Rabbi David Zaslow, Cyrise Beatty Schachter, Rabbi Sue Morningstar and guest teachers present an eleven-week series of classes at the Havurah Synagogue – Judaism; Essential Spiritual Practices, Rituals and Ethics. Classes will be held beginning on Thursday, February 1 from 5-6 PM for eleven weeks. Online streaming is available for those who are unable to attend at this time – a code will be given upon registration. Pre-registration is required by calling 541-488-7716. Class fee is $50-$90 sliding scale. Please call for more info. The Havurah is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland.