A Jewish Studies Sampler with Rabbi Jonathan Seidel PhD
Four Surveys of Intriguing and Slightly Mysterious Topics:
- The Dead Sea Scrolls Today
- Kabbalah – New Approaches and Discoveries both Scholarly and Popular
- Jewish Magic: Amulets, Healing and Transformation
- The Jewish Role in the Development of Science both Empirical and Mystical
Sundays: February 17, March 31, April 28, May 12
1:00 pm
Cost: $15. Register: oregonjcc.org/jewishlearning
Shoshana Gugenheim, one of the first women in modern times to train and practice as a soferet (a female Torah scribe), will do a workshop and/or lecture on the scribal arts and being a female in a “forbidden role.”
Shoshana is an interdisciplinary artist, Torah scribe, curator and educator. Shoshana is occupied with questions about Judaism and patriarchy, ritual, feminism and gender gaps. Influenced by her studies in and work as an educator, Shoshana addresses ways of schooling and un-schooling and engages institutional critique as a way to imagine new possibilities, often through publicly generated solutions. Her work reinvents traditional practices, primarily, but not solely, Jewish ones, and reinserts them with new forms into familiar contexts. Some subjects of her artistic research include the Jewish female body, branding and logos, citizenship, animal welfare, silence, loss, and death and dying.
Her scribal work inspired her international collaboration, Women of the Book, launched with the Jerusalem Biennale 2015, and is informing her current work on high animal welfare parchment manufacturing.
Yair Dalal & Dror Sinai in Concert
Eric Stern Music and Michelle Alany present an intimate evening with Israeli international artist, composer, violinist, oud player, and singer YAIR DALAL. Joining Dalal is percussionist DROR SINAI. This is a rare opportunity to hear Dalal in an intimate setting. This event is co-sponsored by Congregation Shir Tikvah of Portland.
About YAIR DALAL: Dalal’s family came to Israel from Baghdad and his Iraqi roots are embedded in his musical work. Much of Dalals work reflects his extensive musical skills in both classical-European, Jazz and Arabic music and also reflects a strong affinity he has for the desert and its inhabitants. Over the last decades he has put out 14 albums, covering wide and varied cultural territory, and authentically representing Israeli, Jewish and Middle Eastern cultures. Dalal has won several Israeli and international awards acknowledging his music and his contribution to Israeli music. https://www.yairdalal.com/
About DROR SINAI: Dror Sinai is an international performer, educator, leader, Healer and Energy facilitator. Percussion of the World, founding member of the World Music Committee for the Percussive Art Society. Presents lectures, clinics, retreats, workshops and residencies to diverse audience including schools, universities and Jewish communities.
Dror also leads Mugical Morocco Tours
www.DrorSinai.com, www.Mugical-Morocco.com
Guest artists, featuring Michelle Alany & Eric Stern will play a short opening set.
Special workshop with Yair Dalal and Dror Sinai tba.
Tickets are $17 in advance and $20 at the door.
Congregation Shir Tikvah (Bridgeport Community Church)
https://yairdalaldrorsinaiinconcert.brownpapertickets.com/
Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
April 16 – May 14
10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG301
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Mah Jongg for Intermediate Players
Take your game to the next level!
Tuesday Afternoons
April 16 – May 14
1:30 – 3:30 pm, CG302
Cost: $100. Members: $85.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Join us on a public tour with Bruce Guenther, Adjunct Curator for Special Exhibitions, as he takes you around Mel Bochner – ENOUGH SAID. This exhibition explores language as image and idea through Bochner’s long-held interest in complex printmaking techniques.
Support BB Day Camp Lincoln City – Food, Fun, and Fundraising for a great cause!
B’nai B’rith Camp – Across from KOA on Devil’s Lake near Lincoln City.
5:00 pm Camp Tour
6:00 pm Dinner
Tickets: $10/ person – get your tickets at http://bbcamp.org/spaghetti-dinner/
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels welcome.
Six people needed.
Wednesdays
March 27 – June 26
No class 4/24, 5/1, 5/8, 5/22 due to holidays
7:00 – 8:00 pm, CG300
Cost: $100 Members + Guests
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Mark Twain said it best when he said, “no one has an uninteresting life!” This workshop is an opportunity to explore your life and write your stories. Dorothy Dworkin, an experienced author, columnist and writing coach, will offer prompts and suggestions to get you started on writing your stories. She will help you organize your memoir with noncritical feedback from your fellow writers and from her years of experience facilitating the writing process. No experience necessary, only a desire to share your experiences with family, friends and fellow “memoirists.” Class size is limited to 12.
Thursdays
May 2 – 30
11:00 am – 12:30 pm, CG306
Cost: $50.
Register at oregonjcc.org/registration
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.