Calendar

Jan
22
Fri
Fourth Fridays with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve (age 0-6) @ Contact Rabbi Eve for location
Jan 22 @ 5:15 pm

Welcome Shabbat with Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Rabbi Eve Posen with music and stories.  Potluck dinner to follow.  Contact Rabbi Eve Posen for location: eposen@nevehshalom.org

Co-sponsored by PJ Library.

Jan
24
Sun
Sunday Morning at Kesser: Krispy Kreme, Coffee & Talmud @ Congregation Kesser Israel
Jan 24 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Start your week off right, every Sunday morning at Kesser Israel!
Minyan @ 8 am, Breakfast and Talmud @ 9 am.
 
From the Beginning, “Brachos Daf Beis”:
Our Gemara group will be starting the Talmud from the first Mishna in Shas. If you haven’t yet learned the Talmud, there’s no better time to start!
Enjoy Krispy Kreme donuts, coffee & more!
 
Required Text: Artscroll Berachos, Volume I
Art + Spirt Workshop:Tracing Creative Process through Text, Movement, & Art @ Zoom
Jan 24 @ 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

We’ll begin with Betzalel, beloved chief architect of the Mishkan/traveling sanctuary, and then play on paper with movement through shape and color whilst sharing simple, guided reflections and stories on our own creative process.

For accomplished artists, “I can’t draw a stick figure”, and everyone in between.Bring your own supplies: large sketch pad or sheets of drawing paper, colored pencils, markers, pastels, or whatever you love to play with.

Register at  oregonjcc.org/art spirit

Sponsored by ORA and MJCC
Jan
26
Tue
Hebrew for Lunch @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 26 @ 12:15 pm

Join Sylvia Frankel in the lobby for a discussion in Hebrew. Purchase lunch or just enjoy the conversation. Some conversational Hebrew required.
Tuesdays, 12:15 pm

Jan
28
Thu
Bible Class with Rabbi Isaak @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 28 @ 3:15 pm – 4:30 pm

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

BB Camp Town Hall Meeting @ Zoom
Jan 28 @ 4:00 pm

As the pandemic continues to evolve and information changes, we understand that families have questions about what to expect this summer at BB Camp. The health and safety of our camp community is always our highest priority.  We will be holding BB Camp Town Hall meetings on the last Thursday of each month thru May. At these meetings, we will provide 2021 summer Camp updates, policies and protocols that might be affected by COVID-19, and plenty of time for participants’ questions. Whether you are signed up for BB Camp, a returning family, or curious about joining the BB Camp community, we welcome you to attend and learn about BB Camp for Summer 2021! Register for BB Camp Town Hall Meetings Here!

BB Camp Town Hall Meetings will be held on the following dates:

Jan 28, 2021 04:00 PM
Feb 25, 2021 04:00 PM
Mar 25, 2021 04:00 PM
Apr 29, 2021 04:00 PM
May 27, 2021 04:00 PM

Introduction to Judaism @ Online via Zoom
Jan 28 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Spring 2021 Session begins January 21. 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, normally at rotating Portland area synagogues, but due to COVID-19, this term will be held online via Zoom. Register online,

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9hSttl64OGm86Kfof_p1A3xupshNG1ChgAr6MQh82RBDnrQ/viewform

Jan
31
Sun
Sunday Morning at Kesser: Krispy Kreme, Coffee & Talmud @ Congregation Kesser Israel
Jan 31 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Start your week off right, every Sunday morning at Kesser Israel!
Minyan @ 8 am, Breakfast and Talmud @ 9 am.
 
From the Beginning, “Brachos Daf Beis”:
Our Gemara group will be starting the Talmud from the first Mishna in Shas. If you haven’t yet learned the Talmud, there’s no better time to start!
Enjoy Krispy Kreme donuts, coffee & more!
 
Required Text: Artscroll Berachos, Volume I
The Mystery of Herod the Great: Film and Colorful Insights by our own Rob Kahn, Rabbi and Israeli Tour Guide @ Zoom Program
Jan 31 @ 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Every visitor to Israel cannot but be awestruck by the 2000-year-old monuments built by Herod.  He greatly enlarged the Second Temple atop the vast Temple Mount platform with the sacred Western Wall as part of its base.  He constructed the luxurious three-tiered palace at Masada.  Out of nothing, he engineered the port city of Caesarea to honor Caesar Augustus and chose as his own tomb the magnificent Judean desert refuge of Herodium. No builder before or since has left a greater footprint in the land of Israel.

 

But he was also a paranoid maniac that had his own children and his beloved wife executed.  Herod was both admired and despised, engendering hatred as well as fear.  Whether he was even Jewish is a matter of debate.  He ruled as king of Judea for 34 years.

 

Rabbi Rob Kahn, son of Garry and Judith Kahn, a licensed Israeli tour guide who lives in Jerusalem, will introduce us to this colorful, though enigmatic, figure and offer thoughts and answer questions following an insightful film on Herod’s life and career.

Feb
2
Tue
Hebrew for Lunch @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Feb 2 @ 12:15 pm

Join Sylvia Frankel in the lobby for a discussion in Hebrew. Purchase lunch or just enjoy the conversation. Some conversational Hebrew required.
Tuesdays, 12:15 pm