Calendar

Sep
27
Thu
Fundraiser for Glo & Joy Art Project @ The Cider Cafe
Sep 27 @ 3:00 pm – 9:00 pm

The Next Door Development Director Justine Zeigler talks to Crush Cider owner Sam Bailey about upcoming fundraiser.

Join The Next Door as we partner with Crush Cider Cafe to bring art to children and families in the Gorge!
The Glo & Joy Art Project offers painting parties at Joy’s Art Studio exclusively for The Next Door’s program participants. The goal is to offer four painting parties every year, and we need your help!

Enjoy food, drinks, youth art on display, a silent auction, and more, with a portion of proceeds benefiting the Glo & Joy Art Project!

Gloria Hammer asked cafe owners Sam Bailey and Guntram Jordan  to consider raising funds for The Glo & Joy Art Project. They are pleased to support The Next Door and empowering kids with Gloria and artist Joy Kloman.
Culture Shock @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Sep 27 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

A Museum After Dark event for young adults 35 and under! Enjoy drinks and small bites on the museum’s beautiful rooftop with views of downtown and then join Bruce Guenther, Adjunct Curator for Special Exhibitions, for a private tour of our exhibit R.B. Kitaj, A Jew Etc., Etc. This is the first in a series of Culture Shock events and is sponsored by Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.

Introduction to Judaism Course @ various local synagogues
Sep 27 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. 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.

Sep
28
Fri
Fourth Fridays with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve (age 0-6) @ Contact Rabbi Eve for location
Sep 28 @ 5:15 pm

Welcome Shabbat with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve Posen with music and stories.  Potluck dinner to follow.  Contact Rabbi Eve Posen for location: eposen@nevehshalom.org

Co-sponsored by PJ Library.

North Coast Shabbat Group @ Seaside Senior Center
Sep 28 @ 8:00 pm
The first services of the North Coast Shabbat Group will be held on Friday, April 27 at the Senior Center in Seaside at 1225 Avenue A.  Services begin at 8:00p.m., followed by an Oneg Shabbat.
Leonard and Elayne Shapiro will be the leaders.
Services are open to all and usually  held  on the last Friday of each month from April to October. Volunteers lead the services each month. Following are the leaders for 2018:
 April 27  Leonard and Elayne Shapiro
May 25  Avrel Nudelman
June 29  Neil Weinstein
July 27  Eddy Shuldman
Aug. 31  Jeff Freedman
Sept 28  Jemi Kostiner/Jennifer Felberg
Oct. 19  Rabbi David Kosak
For more information, call Bev Eastern–503-244 7060.
Sep
29
Sat
Social Justice Lecture @ Paulus Lecture Hall at the Willamette University College of Law
Sep 29 @ 5:00 pm

LeRonn Brooks, an assistant professor of African and African American Studies at Lehman College of the City University of New York, will deliver an illustrated lecture on the theme of social justice in modern and contemporary art on Sept. 29 at 5 pm. Admission  is complementary.

The lecture is in conjunction with the exhibit “Witness: Themes of Social Justice in Contemporary Printmaking and Photography from the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation.” The exhibit is up Sept. 15 through Dec. 20 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery and the Maribeth Collins Lobby of the The Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.

Drawn from one of the legendary contemporary print collections in the United States, “Witness” explores issues of race, identity and social justice in contemporary printmaking and photography. The exhibition has been organized by Portland art historian and scholar Elizabeth Bilyeu and explores four thematic sections: Stories and Histories, Pressures of Pop Culture, Challenging Expectations of Place and Unconventional Portraits. The exhibition features 82 prints by 40 nationally and internationally recognized artists, including Enrique Chagoya, Lalla Essaydi, Mildred Howard, Hung Liu, Nicola Lopez, Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooka), Roger Shimomura, Kara Walker and Marie Watt (Seneca).

 

Oct
3
Wed
Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 3 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Israeli Dancing

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

Wednesdays
September 26 – December 12
NO CLASS on October 10 or November 21

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

Register: CG 100: oregonjcc.org/registration

Oct
4
Thu
Introduction to Judaism Course @ various local synagogues
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

This 18-week course is taught by members of The Oregon Board of Rabbis, representing a variety of Jewish affiliations. 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.

Oct
5
Fri
Brown Bag Lunch: Eli’s Town @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Oct 5 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Join photographer Elliot Burg as we discusses his photographs on view in the East Gallery (starting Oct 4). In early 2017, photographer Elliot Burg decided to seek out and capture images of the place in Eastern Europe where his Jewish grandfather and namesake Eli (pronounced “Ellie”) had come from. The exhibition is the story of that journey.

OJMCHE kicks off a series of informal lunchtime conversations with scholars, museum professionals, historians, and others. 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.

Oct
6
Sat
Fruit Geode book launch/performance @ Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
Oct 6 @ 7:00 pm

Alicia Jo Rabin’s second poetry book, forthcoming from Augury Books, an imprint of Brooklyn Arts Press, in October 2018.