Calendar

Nov
13
Wed
Your College Coach: For Youth Grades 10 – 12 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 13 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Find Your Future Workshop: Your College Coach: For Youth Grades 10 – 12 – NEW!
Receive and utilize the tools and resources you need to make the college application process smoother. Learn how to choose the school that is right for you. Get the scoop on application management, deadlines, tests, essays, financial aid, and scholarship resources. Instructor: Tina-Marie Baskin 

SESSION 1 CLASSES, STARTING SEPTEMBER 11, HAVE BEEN CANCELLED.

Session II: Wednesdays
October 30, November 6, 13, 20
4:00 – 5:15 pm, SI104B

Cost: $56. Member Cost: $48.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 13 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Israeli Dancing

Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli folk dance class. All levels are welcome. Nine-week class. Six people needed to run class.

Wednesdays
October 16 – December 18
No class November 27
7:00 – 8:00 pm, CG100

Cost: $90 Members + Guests.
Drop-in Fee: $15 per class
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Nov
14
Thu
Memoir Writing Workshop @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 14 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Memoir Writing Workshop – Write Your Own Story Now!
with Dorothy Dworkin
Every life is unique, interesting and special, and everyone has a story to share. No writing experience is necessary to join fellow storytellers in writing your story. In this workshop, you will be helped to remember the events of your life and write your memories in a supportive, non-threatening environment with a professional writing coach.
Thursdays, November 7 – December 19
11:00 am – 12:30 pm
No class on November 28

Cost: $60.
Register at oregonjcc.org/memoir

Nosh + Drash with Rabbi Eve Posen @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:15 pm

A monthly discussion covering a wide range of topics that draw on our experiences.
Thursdays: 11:30 am – 12:15 pm New Time!

Thursday, September 12
Topic: Returning Lost Items – What the Torah Teaches about finders-keepers

Thursday, October 10
Topic: Preparing for Sukkot – Who will you invite to your sukkah?

Thursday, November 14
Topic: Giving Thanks

Thursday, December 12
Topic: Finding Light – Hanukkah learning

Free and open to the community.
In partnership with Congregation Neveh Shalom

Nosh And Drash with Rabbi Eve @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 14 @ 11:30 am – 12:30 pm

Nosh & Drash with Rabbi Eve

Thurs, Nov 14, Dec 12, 11:30am-12:30pm, MJCC

Time for relaxed study & good conversation. More: eposen@nevehshalom.org.

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.

 

Bible Class with Rabbi Isaak @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Nov 14 @ 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm

Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.

The Pink Challah Bake @ MJCC
Nov 14 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Join us on November 14th at the MJCC for an evening of education, community, fun and swag! Go home with 2 challot full of antioxidants and flavor!

This years challah bake has a pink theme and is being held in partnership with Myriad Genetics — a Teaneck-based national nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the needs of Jewish women and families facing breast and ovarian cancer — and Myriad Women’s Health of Myriad Genetics, which will offer educational resources to participants.

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness, Myriad will be offering educational resources. BRCA screening and testing by a local physician will be available before the event. Please bring your insurance card

Come and join the Pink Challah bake!

6:00 – Check in and  education opportunity with Myriad (optional)

7:00 – Challah Bake

9:00 – Clean Up Begins

Join the community in PINK Challah Bake | Nov 14 | $18 | @MJCC

6651 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR 97219

This event is sponsored by Congregation Ahavath Achim, Portland Kollel, Mittleman Jewish Community Center, and Congregation Kesser Israel.

Introduction to Judaism
Nov 14 @ 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 affiliation. 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. Register here, https://oregonboardofrabbis.org/introduction-to-judaism-class/

Nov
15
Fri
100 Years of Klezmer with Michael Winograd and Christina Crowder in Ashland @ Havurah Synagogue
Nov 15 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm

Michael Winograd & Christina Crowder

100 Years of Klezmer

On Friday, November 15 at 7:30 PM join Klezmer clarinet virtuoso Michael Winograd and Accordion whiz Christina Crowder for over 100 years of Jewish music in one night! Critics will say it can’t be done! “Impossible!” naysayers will cry out!  “A century’s worth of music in a single concert??!!” ; But Winograd & Crowder, against all odds, will prove them wrong. Don’t miss out on this historic occasion.

About the musicians:

In 2019, clarinetist Michael Winograd released his long awaited LP “Kosher Style,” re-affirming his central role in today’s international Klezmer landscape.  He tours the world performing with his band The Honorable Mentshn, collaborates with Pakistani superstar Zeb Bangash in the group Sandaraa, records and plays with a veritable who’s who of today’s top Klezmorim (Frank London, Itzhak Perlman, Geoff Berner, Alicia Svigals, The Klezmer Conservatory Band,  Daniel Kahn, to name a few), appears in stadiums with Vulfpeck, produces records and is the Artistic Director of KlezKanada and a founder of the Yiddish New York festival.

Christina Crowder has been performing and researching Jewish music for over twenty years, beginning in Budapest, Hungary and continuing with a Fulbright grant to Romania to document Jewish music. Her current research is examining the connections between Jewish, Bessarabian, and Greek music through a project with Walter Zev Feldman at NYU Abu Dhabi, and she is the Operations Director of the newly-founded Klezmer Institute. She has been a guest instructor in klezmer accordion and ensemble performance in the US, Canada, and Europe, and was both musical director and performer in the 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of the Broadway play “Indecent.”

Tickets are available in advance at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4418660 and at the Music Coop, 268 E. Main St. in Ashland. No tickets will be sold at the door. The Havurah Synagogue is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. Call 541-488-7716 for more info.

Video:  From Windograd’s new album…

https://www.facebook.com/michael.winograd/videos/10162488580125176/UzpfSTc0NjA0MDE3NToxMDE2MjQ5MTA3ODczMDE3Ng/

Nov
16
Sat
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders @ Neveh Shalom
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10:00am, Room 102

This next-step-up program from Kiddush Club allows parents and kids to move into the main sanctuary while still enjoying youth-oriented activity. Families meet in the main service (Stampfer Chapel or Main Sanctuary) and youth join their friends for a fun and active lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week with adult leaders. As always, we end with our community kiddush lunch!