Mah Jongg for Beginners – now offering 6-week-long session!
Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!
Tuesday Mornings
July 16 – August 20
10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG400
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Mah Jongg for Intermediate Players – now offering 6-week-long session!
Take your game to the next level.
Tuesday Afternoons
July 16 – August 20
1:30 – 3:30 pm, CG401
Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Join us on a public tour with Bruce Guenther, Adjunct Curator for Special Exhibitions, as he takes you around Betty LaDuke – EARLY WORK. Centered in her identity as a first generation Jewish American, the early graphic works in this exhibition are based on memories of the vibrant street life of the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and stories from the Jewish bible.
Young Adults Walking Tour of Jewish PDX
Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods. For 20s, 30s, and 40s.
5:30 pm Happy Hour
6:30 pm Tour Begins
Meet at Lair Hill Bistro.
Cost: $7 per person (includes first drink and appetizers). Register at: oregonjcc.org/yawalkingtour
Co-sponsored by the MJCC, JFGP, and OJMCHE.
Israeli Dancing
Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels are welcome. Six people needed to run class.
Wednesdays, July 17 – September 25 (NO CLASS ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11)
7:00 – 8:00 pm, CG402
Cost: $100 Members + Guests.
Drop-in Fee: $15 per class.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration
Come study and discuss the Bible with Rabbi Isaak at Neveh Shalom.
This event is a poetry open mic on Jewish Identity. Those who identify as Jewish (religiously and/or ethnically) are invited to read. All are welcome to come watch. This event is free and open to the public as part of the Bigfoot Regional Poetry Slam, a two-day poetry festival and competition happening in Downtown Portland.
This is part of the OJMCHE series of informal lunchtime conversations. Bring a lunch or buy a brown bag lunch in Lefty’s Cafe and join us in the museum’s auditorium for a lively give and take as we share and explore ideas, experience, and expertise.
Shaba-lah Family Shabbat BBQ
Bring your family or join your child at camp for a special Shabbat. Enjoy a Shabbat set to the theme of camp this week with stories, songs, and more.
Friday, July 19
3:30 pm
Cost: MJCC Camp Families: $10 per family.
Community Members: $15 per family.
Register at: oregonjcc.org/shabbatbbq
Join Congregation Neveh Shalom for their weekly Shabbat outdoors on the plaza! From now through September, every Friday night at 6:15 pm, you can enjoy our beautiful Portland summer evenings singing, praying and schmoozing outside on our upper plaza!
If the weather doesn’t allow us to be outside, we will meet in the Stampfer Chapel.