Join us for Tuv Ha’aretz Portland’s first community shabbat of the season, on the land! Nestled within Portland’s city limits and hidden among Douglas Fir trees, we will celebrate with a bonfire, delicious home cooked food, and a beautiful Shabbat experience led by visiting Rabbi Shoshana Leis. Please bring a dish to share with the community and see Tuv Ha’aretz in action! Parking & Shuttle at Riverdale High School: 9727 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland, OR 97219. Shuttle from 6:15-7:30pm. A return shuttle will also be provided. Questions: (971) 266-0231
If you’re not a member of Tuv Ha’aretz Portland, come get a sense of the community spirit! Learn more about Tuv Ha’aretz and how you can sign up for a share! More info on our website: tuvhaaretzportland.com
All adults and families with children 4th grade and above are invited to attend Congregation Shaarie Torah’s ten year tradition of praying together, learning together and being together. Led by Education Director Dorice Horenstein, this modified services touches everyone’s heart with song, prayers, and discussion galore! Join us for out of the box prayer service!
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 Women’s Round Table has announced its 24th annual Song of Miriam honorees. The Song of Miriam Awards honor women who volunteer their time and energy to ensure the continuity and vibrancy of the Jewish community of Oregon and SW Washington.
This annual event is sponsored by the Jewish Women’s Round Table, whose mission is to strengthen the Jewish community by honoring the excellent work of women volunteers and bringing the community together to celebrate Jewish life.
The 24th annual awards brunch will be held from 10 am to 12:15 pm, Sunday, June 5, at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol Highway, Portland. Member organizations have chosen outstanding women to be honored for their volunteer activities and dedication to promotion of Jewish life and values.
The 2016 honorees are Susan Aronson of Congregation Beit Am (Corvallis); Karin Stolz of Congregation Beit Haverim; Stephanie Siegel of Women of Reform Judaism/Beth Israel Sisterhood; Susan Lazareck of Havurah Shalom; Susan Marcus of the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland; Susanna Perrin of Congregation Kesser Israel; Davida Jordan of Congregation Kol Shalom; Dana Sirkin of Congregation Neveh Shalom; Joanie Levine of Congregation P’nai Or; Alison Rosenfeld of Portland Jewish Academy; Margarita Wolf of Congregation Shaarie Torah Sisterhood; Kalyn Culler Cohen of Congregation Shir Tikvah; Barbara Atlas of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education; Sherry Dunning of Temple Beth Sholom (Salem); and Sara Charney Cohen of Temple Beth Tikvah (Bend).
The D’var Torah and Hamotzi will be given by Aviel Brodkin, principal at Maayan Torah Day School and rebbetzin of Congregation Kesser Israel. Music will be performed by Barry Lavine. Envelopes will be available for donations to the Oregon Food Bank.
Marki Maizels and Carole Glauber, both past honorees, will be the brunch emcees. Door prizes have been donated by various synagogue gift shops and area businesses.
To find out more about the Jewish Women’s Round Table, visit jwrt.org to learn about the history of the SOM awards, see a listing of past honorees and the JWRT board, and much more.
Honorees’ family and friends are encouraged to attend this annual community event. Ticket prices are patron $36; regular $24 by May 25 ($32 thereafter); and $10 for children 12 and younger.
Call Jerrie Roth at 503-246-4367 for reservations and answers to your questions.
CONDUCTING AN EFFECTIVE (AND FUN) ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
* “Oral history refers both to a method of recording and preserving oral testimony and to the product of that process.”
OJMCHE’s institutional mission is to interpret the Oregon Jewish experience, explore the lessons of the Holocaust and foster intercultural conversations.
Description: The Oral History Project is a key part of the OJMCHE’s mission to preserve and present the history of Oregon’s Jewish community The central goal is to develop a community oral history archive that provides a chronicle of the experiences of the Jews of Oregon. The project began by documenting the lives of the former residents of South Portland in the 1970s. Efforts have also included the testimonies of Holocaust survivors and liberators of death camps. Several focused efforts are currently underway to collect multiple histories from within particular geographic or communal areas throughout the state.
Bio: Anne LeVant Prahl, the Curator of Collections at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, has been working in collections management since 1987. She began doing oral history by interviewing former members of Texas’ Black gospel quartets for the Texas Music Museum as part of her masters work in anthropology at the University of Texas. In Oregon, as part of her position of curator, she runs the oral history program for the museum, training interviewers, identifying interview subjects, and maintaining the collection of nearly 700 oral histories.
*Oral History Association
Sunday, June 5:
How Jews of America Saved Jews of Europe During the Shoah: The Story of the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) presented by Rabbi Jonathan Porath. Rabbi Porath spent 15 years with the JDC Senior Staff in the Russian Department and is intimately familiar with the spirit of the organization. He will bring lessons from his rich personal experiences.
Presented by the MJCC and OJMCHE
Sunday, June 5:
Please join Congregation Neveh Shalom in welcoming Alicia Svigals in concert. Alicia Svigals is the world’s leading klezmer fiddler and founder of the Grammy-winning Klezmatics. She will be performing with Accordionist Christina Crowder. According to the Willamette Week, Alicia is, “a violinist who makes her instrument sing as if it had a human voice…”
Tickets and information are available at: nevehshalom.org/aliciasvigals
Outside the Frame, in collaboration with Outside In, presents The Lost Boys of
Portlandia, a new documentary featuring the real lost children of Portland. In a riff on Peter Pan,
homeless youth debate if and how to return to mainstream society while creating their own film
version of the iconic story. The evening will include original film shorts by homeless youth and a
Q&A with the filmmakers.
A trailer for The Lost Boys of Portlandia is here https://vimeo.com/otfpdx/teaser .
Private Link to film (24 minutes) available upon request.
Outside the Frame offers film workshops to marginalized youth and video production services to
organizations that need a voice.
When: Tuesday, June 7. Doors 6 pm. Show 7 pm.
Where: Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR
Why: “ On its surface, it’s a film about the making of a film, but the backdrop is flooded with one of Portland’s most pressing social issues.” – KGW-TV
In the midst of a state of emergency for homelessness, down the street from where the city of Portland is building a new homeless shelter, Outside The Frame presents real solutions that can empower these capable youth and strengthen our community.
Tickets for this FREE, all ages event are at http://otfpdx.brownpapertickets.org/ — Donations
welcomed.
About Outside The Frame: Outside The Frame believes homeless youth are canaries in the mine,
warning of the systemic failures in our society. Our project, which offers film workshops to homeless
and marginalized youth, is a flagship for a replicable education and technology job-training program. It
is an effective, inexpensive and visible intervention that aligns with other coordinated healthcare efforts being pioneered in Oregon.
Yosha began and ran Outside The Frame in 2009 as a program of Outside In and has now spun it off into a separate nonprofit, complementing and enhancing social services in the area and empowering youth to educate the community about issues they face while showing themselves and others that they can actively contribute to the society in which they live.
Through paid internships, homeless youth gain pro-social and employable skills while forming
community connections and creating socially relevant work that is screened in theaters, broadcast on television, and shared in conferences and classrooms. Outside the Frame is a gateway to employment and education. It provides hands-on technological training and literacy, relevant job experience and a sense of structure and success. Graduates of the film workshops leave with all the basic technological skills to produce their own film.
Outside The Frame’s film workshops are also a therapeutic intervention. They offer a safe and creative space for youth to reflect on, make sense of and share their stories. Through this process, participants leave with a clearer sense of self as they interact with the world.
Schedule: 6:15-7:00pm – Doors open.
7:00-7:20 – Introductory remarks by
Margaret Solle Salazar, Field Office Director, HUD Oregon State Office
Kathy Oliver, Executive Director, Outside In
Nili Yosha, Executive Director and Founder, Outside the Frame
7:20-7:35 – Screening of short, youth-made films
7:35-7:45 – Testimonials by program alumni
7:45-8:10 – ‘Lost Boys of Portlandia’ Documentary screening
8:10-8:45 – Q&A with filmmakers, closing remarks
Event Sponsored by: KBOO Community Radio, MetroEast Community Media, Northwest Health
Foundation, Havurah Shalom, Brigit Communications Collective
Contact: Nili Yosha, 503-200-7388. nili@otfpdx.org.