Calendar

Apr
23
Sun
CNS Sisterhood Sunday / Rosh Chodesh @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Apr 23 @ 12:30 pm

Embrace Rosh Chodesh – a women’s sacred time. Join Karen Sharp, herbalist and student of spiritual thought, as we find ways to bring the spiritual themes of each Jewish month to our lives using our senses in different ways.

Mindful Movement with Alexander Technique @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 23 @ 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm

Restore your posture, movement, and response to stress. The Alexander Technique improves back, neck, and knee pain, and liberates us from harmful stress patterns.

Instructor: Eve Bernfeld

Sundays, April 23 – May 14

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT309

Holocaust Remembrance Gathering- Honoring Righteous Gentiles @ Havurah Synagogue
Apr 23 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Apr
25
Tue
Mah Jongg @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 25 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!

Every Tuesday morning from April 25 to May 23.

Register: oregonjcc.org/register; CG301

Apr
26
Wed
Sculpt Yoga @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 26 @ 8:00 am – 8:55 am

Sculpt your body with this new class that combines powerful yoga poses with light weights, therabands and exercise balls to increase strength, tone muscles, and improve flexibility.

Instructor: Tara Atkinson

Wednesdays, April 5 – June 7
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT308

Building Memory: A Creative Conversation about the UK Holocaust Memorial Competition @ Shattuck Hall Annex, Portland State University
Apr 26 @ 4:00 pm
Building Memory: A Creative Conversation about the UK Holocaust Memorial Competition @ Shattuck Hall Annex, Portland State University
The 2017 Lorry I Lokey Program, “Building Memory: A Creative Conversation about the UK Holocaust Memorial Competition” with finalists from Allied Architecture.
What does it mean to remember the Holocaust in the 21st century, particularly after Brexit? Join Brad Cloepfil and Lisa Strausfeld of Allied Works Architecture in a conversation about the UK Holocaust Memorial Design Competition. Allied Works Architecture is one of the ten finalists for this venue, with the winner to be decided in the summer of 2017.This conversation will be co-facilitated by April Slabosheski of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and Professor Clive Knights of the Portland State University School of Architecture. Co-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at Portland State University. Presented as part of Design Week Portland. This event is generously sponsored by Lorry I. Lokey.

Men’s Club + ALIYAH Sponsored Yom HaShoah Event @ Location TBA
Apr 26 @ 6:30 pm

Neveh Shalom Men’s Club and Wednesday Night School team up to co-sponsor a speaker from the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. Location TBA.

Israeli Dancing @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class. Every Wednesday from April 19 to June 28.

Note: No class May 31

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration; CG300

Women of the Wall in Portland @ Congregation Beth Israel
Apr 26 @ 7:00 pm

Women of the Wall Executive Director Lesley Sachs will update Portlanders on the rapidly evolving legal battle over women’s rights to pray at the Western Wall. Light dessert reception will follow.

WHEN
7 pm, April 26, Rosh Hodesh Iyar

WHERE
Congregation Beth Israel sanctuary

PRESENTED BY
CBI with the support and partnership of the
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

INFORMATION
503-222-1069

Apr
27
Thu
Restart: Setting Goals and Intentions @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 27 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

Are you feeling behind in what you’ve had in mind for your own intentions? Give yourself the gift of a 90-minute “restart.” Reconnect with your goals and intentions that you made earlier this year and decipher what’s important for you. Christine will help you design a personal plan of support for moving forward through the year.

Led by Certified Professional Coach Christine Gilmore.

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration Code: FIT311