Join Mel Berwin from Congregation Neveh Shalom for uplifting learning & conversation – all levels welcome!
Infant Feeding Support Group
Connect with other nursing parents to share the joys and challenges of breastfeeding. Join the group if you are breastfeeding, formula feeding, pumping, bottle feeding or supporting a breastfeeding parent. Get answers from Lara Greenberg, a board certifed lactation consultant (IBCLC). Healthy snacks and activities for older siblings provided. Five people needed to run class.
Tuesdays,
October 30, November 6, 13, 27. NO CLASS: November 20
Cost: $20 Members + Guests.
Drop-in: $6 per class
Registration information: CG106, oregonjcc.org/registration
Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
November 20 – December 18
Registration information: CG103, oregonjcc.org/registration
Cost: $100. Member Cost: $85.
Mah Jongg for Intermediate Players
Take your game to the next level. It will give your mind a workout!
November 20 – December 18
Registration information: CG104, oregonjcc.org/registration
Cost: $100. Member Cost: $85.
During an evening of service, gratitude and tzedakah, volunteers will help prepare food to be distributed to hungry families in the Perishable Repack Room at Oregon Food Bank. For adults and children ages 6 years and up. All volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.
Volunteers help with the most fundamental part of Oregon Food Bank’s mission – getting food to the people who need it most. Many donations need sorting, repacking, labeling or additional processing before they are ready to be sent to hunger-relief agencies.
LOCATION INFORMATION:
Oregon Food Bank – Portland
7900 NE 33rd Drive
Portland, OR 97211
Oregon Food Bank – Beaverton
1870 NE 173rd Ave
Beaverton, OR 97006
In conjunction with Jewish Book Month, OJMCHE presents Chasing Portraits which documents Elizabeth Rynecki’s quest to find the lost paintings of her great-grandfather. Moshe Rynecki’s body of work reached close to eight hundred paintings and sculptures before his life came to a tragic end. Decades later, his great-granddaughter Elizabeth sought to rediscover his legacy, setting out on a journey to find what had been lost but never forgotten…
The everyday lives of the Polish-Jewish community depicted in Moshe Rynecki’s paintings were a constant presence in Elizabeth Rynecki’s home when she was growing up. But the art grew from familiar to extraordinary in her eyes after she discovered journals detailing the losses her family had endured during the Holocaust… including most of Moshe’s paintings. Knowing that her family had only managed to save a small fraction of Moshe’s works, and that many more pieces might still be out there somewhere, Elizabeth set out to find them.
Before Moshe was deported to the Warsaw Ghetto, he entrusted his work to friends for safekeeping. After he was killed in the Majdanek concentration camp, the art was dispersed all over the world. With the help of historians, curators, and admirers of Moshe’s work, Elizabeth began the incredible and difficult task of rebuilding his collection.
Spanning three decades of Elizabeth’s life and three generations of her family, this compelling documentary is a deeply moving narrative of the richness of one man’s art, the devastation of war, and one woman’s unexpected path to healing.
In partnership with Northwest Film Center, the Institute for Judaic Studies, and the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
We’re relaunching this fun and healthy series with a walk on the Tilikum Crossing, the largest car-free bridge in the United States. The Crossing, also called “Bridge of the People,” spans the Willamette River and is open to pedestrians, bicyclists, and mass transit. As we cross it, we’ll be able to get a full view of the Portland skyline, the Willamette River, and — if there are no clouds — Mount Hood.
Info You Need To Know
We will be meeting at at the east end of the bridge just before 9:00 AM. Please be there promptly, in order that we are on schedule.
Near the bridge there is street parking for up to two hours at Southeast Second Avenue and Caruthers Street, across from McCoy Millwork (free, no meter). If there are no spots, you could park in the OMSI lot for $5. Carpooling is a great option so let us know if you are planning to come and if you’d prefer to drive or get a lift.
It will take about a half hour to walk over and back, and we can continue along the east side, and, depending on time, along the Springwater Corridor.
There’s a Starbucks at the west end so we will stop there for a coffee/tea and chat.
This walk is stroller and dog-friendly. Plan on approximately two hours, from beginning to end.
Looking forward to walking and talking !
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
This class at Congregation Neveh Shalom will be based on Rabbi Kushner’s newest book, Nine Essential Things I’ve Learned about Life. $36, which includes the book.
Register at: 503.246.8831; receptionist@nevehshalom.org
Proceeds with support the Feldstein Library.
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.