Tradition tells us that the heavens are most open to prayer during the Days of Awe. Our Selichot Service will be held in Havurah’s Bet HaKnesset. We will begin the process of T’shuvah, of resolving those issues that have been heavy on our hearts and minds, and of welcoming the New Year. Please arrive early and bring a pillow to sit on and a candle in a container.
Led by Rabbi Joey and Karen St. Clair. Music by Beth Hamon.
What do you want Rosh Hashana to mean for YOUR child?
Enjoy a family bonding cooking experience – prepare delicious recipes, plan and discuss the Chag with your child.
The Jewish Holiday Culinary Experience is an innovative program for adults and children ages 5-12.
Oregon State University Press, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, and the Oregon Historical Society invite you to celebrate the publication of The Jewish Oregon Story 1950–2010 by Ellen Eisenberg
What if you were Noah, and God told you the oceans were going to rise? Would you build an ark, or try to stop the flood? Award-winning musician, writer and Jewish educator Alicia Jo Rabins considers questions like these, creating art from the place where ancient Jewish texts intersect with contemporary life. Come enjoy songs, performance, and innovative Torah learning about some of Torah’s lesser-known characters and stories. Ancient Jewish texts come to life, re-imagined through a modern, personal lens which refracts the beauty and complexity of these ideas and considers how they relate to our lives today.
Cost: $10 per person
Register at www.oregonjcc.org/culture
Registration Code: CG106
Presented by the MJCC and the Judaic Studies Department at PSU
The MJCC proudly presents the 3rd Annual Israeli Film Series featuring three extraordinary films with special guests. Each film was selected for its quality and ability to excite, delight, enlighten, provoke and/or move viewers to tears or laughter. You will not want to miss out on these films! Co-sponsored by the Institute for Judaic Studies.
Opening Night – Article of Hope with special guest, Director Dan Cohen
The story of Israeli astronaut and Columbia crew member Ilan Ramon, who carried into space a miniature Torah scroll given to Israeli scientist Joachim Joseph during a secret Bar Mitzvah at the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen. The documentary includes archival NASA footage of the astronauts preparing for the ill-fated mission; and remarks from Ramon’s widow, Rona, astronauts Garrett Reisman and SteveMacLean, and former Israeli prime minister Shimon Peres.
Discussion to follow film.
Check out our other great films on October 6 (Rock in the Red Zone) and October 13 (Five Hours from Paris). We will also have a teen screen on November 3 and will be showing The Other Son.
$8 per film; MJCC members – $5
Registration Code for single ticket: CG107A
$20 series pass; MJCC members – $12
Registration Code for series pass: CG107E
Join us and other young families for special Shabbat filled with stories, singing and of course apples and honey!
Free and open to the community
Join Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism for a warm welcoming, human-centered, inspiring ceremony which reflects the great Jewish traditions and offers a meaningful alternative for all Jews and intercultural families. – All bodies are welcome.
Oneg to follow service.
$10.00 Adult members / $10.00 Young Adult (19-25) / $25.00 Adult non member
Children through high school free. / Child care available free of charge.
Reservations suggested, but not required. Sign up online
Erev Rosh Hashanah
5:00 PM: Tot Service, Pollin Chapel
For children aged 0-4 and their families.
6:00 PM: Multi-Generational Service, Goodman Hall
For children kindergarten-B’nei Mitzvah and their families
6:00 PM Traditional Service, Main Sanctuary
For adults and families with children B’nei Mitzvah aged and up
Please contact the CBI Office for details and Admission Cards.
Sunday, October 2
5:00pm Young Family Service, Stampfer Chapel
6:15pm Erev Rosh Hashanah Service, Main Sanctuary
Monday, October 3
9:00am First Day Services, Sanctuary & Birnbach Hall
10:00am Family Services ages 0-5, Stampfer Chapel
9:30am-11am Family Services, Grade K-2, Room 102
9:30am-11am Family Services, Grade 3-6, Zidell Chapel
1:30pm, Kiddush, Upper Plaza
7:00pm Tashlich, Fanno Creek (just off lower parking area)
7:45pm (immediately after Tashlich) Ma’ariv, Stampfer Chapel
Tuesday, October 4
9:00am Second Day Services, Main Sanctuary
10:00am Family Services followed by Tashlich , Stampfer Chapel
New! 2nd Day RH alternative spiritual learning experiences in Room 101:
10:00am Torah Study: Hannah and her Perfect Prayer, with Mel Berwin
11:00am Yoga/Meditation
12:00pm Finding your vision of God in the Machzor, with Rabbi Eve Posen
Open the Gates and Enter the New Year with P’nai Or and Rabbi Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin
Yitzhak Husbands-Hankin is a composer, singer, cellist and guitarist. He served as a Hazzan and Rabbi for nearly forty years in the Jewish community of Eugene, Oregon, U.S.A.
Music is at the very heart of his spiritual life and he seeks to connect with the transcendant realms of Spirit as well as the depths of the human heart through his music. He has performed in concerts with Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach z’l and was for many years the musical partner of Reb Aryeh Hirschfield z’l.
- Everyone is welcome
- Sliding scale donation
- No ticket required
- Childcare available by advance registration: admin@pnaiorpdx.org
- More information at www.pnaiorpdx.org or 503-248-4500