Jack “Yankl” Falk (clarinet/vocals) joins with Christina Crowder (accordion) and Charles Casimiro (bass) for an evening of Carpathian klezmer, Hasidic chant, Hungarian and Moldavian dance tunes and raucous Yiddish drinking songs. As a bonus, Yankl will share liturgical invocations to guard against the dangerous weirdness that has enveloped us of late.
Yankl Falk and Christina Crowder have toured throughout Europe with the Budapest-based Jewish roots ensemble, Di Naye Kapelye. Their recordings have been praised for their energetic interpretation of Carpathian Jewish music, drawn from the group’s extensive research with vanishing Jewish communities of Central and Eastern Europe. This concert marks their first Portland appearance in more than 15 years.
Since launching the Sunday morning Yiddish Hour in 1979, Yankl Falk has been at the center of Yiddish culture in Portland. He performs internationally with Don Byron’s acclaimed Music of Mickey Katz and has worked with Klezmocracy/DoinaGroove, Hora Tzigane, Oomph Intercontinental, Black Cat Orchestra, and other Northwest musicians. He has been profiled by the New York Times for his 30 years as an itinerant High Holidays cantor, including several years at the US Naval Academy (“Anchors Oy Vey”).
Lake Oswego native Christina Crowder is a highly sought-after accordionist in New York and beyond, performing regularly with leading klezmorim including Margot Leverett, Alicia Svigals, and Walter Zev Feldman. During her 10 years in Hungary and Romania, she interviewed and recorded elderly Romanian violinists who had played for Jewish communities before World War II. Her recent research explores connections between Jewish, Bessarabian and Greek music.
Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for a special Shabbat morning service. At this service, we will include new melodies, explore the service with some reflections on the prayers themselves, and chant according to the Triennial cycle of Torah readings. It will be a mix of the beautiful and familiar traditional Shabbat morning service and new ideas and energy. This service meets in the Chapel downstairs on the third Saturday of the month.
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders
1st and 3rd Shabbat every month at 10:00am
Meet in the MAIN service (Stampfer Chapel or Main Sanctuary) for the beginning of the Torah service, and then come out with your friends for a fun and active lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week. Return to the service to help lead Adon Olam, and join the community for lunch!
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
Composer/pianist Ezra Weiss has led bands in many of the country’s greatest clubs including Dizzy’s Club Coca-Coca in NYC, the TripleDoor in Seattle, and Catalina’s in Los Angeles. He holds a Bachelors in Jazz Composition from the Oberlin Conservatory and a Masters in Jazz Piano from Queens College. His recordings include The Five A.M. Strut, Persephone, Get Happy, The Shirley Horn Suite, and Our Path To This Moment. He lives with his wife and son in Portland, where he teaches at Portland State University.
Exhibits Feb. 16- May 27
Vedem: The Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
Vedem Underground examines the literary magazine written by Jewish teens imprisoned at Terezin, a Nazi camp in Czechoslovakia during the Second World War. Using pop-art graphics, drawings and paintings, and the prose and poetry, these brave adolescents secretly wrote and illustrated the longest-running underground magazine in a Nazi camp. Vedem (Czech for “In the Lead”) documented their voices with defiance, humor and heartbreak. The exhibition breaks down their 800 original pages and reconstructs them in the form of a contemporary magazine. Curated by Rina Taraseiskey and Danny King.
To Tell The Story: The Wolloch Holocaust Haggadah
On view in the East Gallery: Commissioned by Helene and Zygfryd B. Wolloch, The Holocaust Haggadah is richly illustrated with lithographic prints by David Wander and calligraphy by Yonah Weinreb that link the story of liberation from ancient Egypt to the Holocaust.
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Register code: CG401
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Join the fun and get messy! Ages 0-5, must be accompanied by an adult.
Join Sarah Rohr on Thursday evenings from 7:30-8:30 at Neveh Shalom as she guides you through physical movements and practices to explore, compliment and exalt your heartfelt prayers. For both beginners and students with experience. $10 sliding scale, a portion of the proceeds will benefit ALIYAH. More info: sarah.e.rohr36@gmail.com
Join us on the Shaarie Torah courtyard for an evening of music, prayer, and spirit. Oneg and short drash with Rabbi Josh Rose to follow services.
Rabbi Rose, Cantor Vitells, and a wonderful group of musicians will delight with this beautiful musical Shabbat service! Come together for a very special evening of singing, prayer, and community.