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, at rotating Portland area synagogues. Register here, https://oregonboardofrabbis.org/introduction-to-judaism-class/
Michael Winograd & Christina Crowder
100 Years of Klezmer
On Friday, November 15 at 7:30 PM join Klezmer clarinet virtuoso Michael Winograd and Accordion whiz Christina Crowder for over 100 years of Jewish music in one night! Critics will say it can’t be done! “Impossible!” naysayers will cry out! “A century’s worth of music in a single concert??!!” ; But Winograd & Crowder, against all odds, will prove them wrong. Don’t miss out on this historic occasion.
About the musicians:
In 2019, clarinetist Michael Winograd released his long awaited LP “Kosher Style,” re-affirming his central role in today’s international Klezmer landscape. He tours the world performing with his band The Honorable Mentshn, collaborates with Pakistani superstar Zeb Bangash in the group Sandaraa, records and plays with a veritable who’s who of today’s top Klezmorim (Frank London, Itzhak Perlman, Geoff Berner, Alicia Svigals, The Klezmer Conservatory Band, Daniel Kahn, to name a few), appears in stadiums with Vulfpeck, produces records and is the Artistic Director of KlezKanada and a founder of the Yiddish New York festival.
Christina Crowder has been performing and researching Jewish music for over twenty years, beginning in Budapest, Hungary and continuing with a Fulbright grant to Romania to document Jewish music. Her current research is examining the connections between Jewish, Bessarabian, and Greek music through a project with Walter Zev Feldman at NYU Abu Dhabi, and she is the Operations Director of the newly-founded Klezmer Institute. She has been a guest instructor in klezmer accordion and ensemble performance in the US, Canada, and Europe, and was both musical director and performer in the 2019 Oregon Shakespeare Festival production of the Broadway play “Indecent.”
Tickets are available in advance at https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4418660 and at the Music Coop, 268 E. Main St. in Ashland. No tickets will be sold at the door. The Havurah Synagogue is located at 185 N. Mountain Ave. in Ashland. Call 541-488-7716 for more info.
Video: From Windograd’s new album…
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!
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders, 1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10:00am, Room 102
This next-step-up program from Kiddush Club allows parents and kids to move into the main sanctuary while still enjoying youth-oriented activity. Families meet in the main service (Stampfer Chapel or Main Sanctuary) and youth join their friends for a fun and active lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week with adult leaders. As always, we end with our community kiddush lunch!
Continue the fun and warmth of Congregation Neveh Shalom’s Tot Shabbat with Kiddush Club. We sing, dance, hear a Torah story and more! 1st Shabbat of the month with Rabbi Eve Posen, 3rd Shabbat of the month with Gershon Liberman. Both followed by Kiddush lunch.
Young Family Tot Shabbat (0-5 years)
1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10:15-11:15am
Join us in the Zidell Chapel at Congregation Neveh Shalom for Shabbat celebration for young families with children age newborn to five years old. A joyous Shabbat experience.
Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org.
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season
All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO
FALL CONCERT
Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm
YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm
SPRING CONCERT
Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist
Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm
SEASON FINALE
Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist
Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm
The Jewish Federation of Greater Portland’s Women’s Philanthropy presents IMPACT 2020 featuring Irin Carmon
Women’s Philanthropy is proud of our IMPACT in the Jewish community!
IMPACT is our annual event exclusively for our women-identified community to gather and understand that our collective IMPACT makes the community bigger and better than ever.
When womxn* come together, we have power!
*We use womxn as an alternative spelling of “women” to be inclusive of our trans and nonbinary community members.
Enjoy an evening with friends and hear from Irin Carmon, journalist, best-selling co-author of the Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Senior correspondent, and New York Magazine and on-air CNN contributor!
Monday, November 18, 2019
Cocktail Reception: 5:30PM • Program & Dinner: 6:30PM
MJCC • 6651 SW Capitol Hwy
General Admission: $54
35 and Under Admission: $36 (Sold Out)
Free valet parking • Cocktail attire encouraged • Kosher dietary laws observedFor dietary restrictions, please contact Laura at laurar@jewishportland.org.
RSVP by November 8th. Space is limited.
Irin Carmon is a journalist, the bestselling co-auther of Notorious RBG, a New York magazine senior correspondent and on-air CNN contributor, she reports and comments on gender, politics, and the law. Carmon and her co-author were featured in the award-winning and Oscar-nominated 2018 documentary RBG.
The New York Times described Carmon as being “known for her smarts and feminist bonafides.” Of Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (2015) which spent three months on the Times bestseller list, the paper’s staff book critic wrote,”That I responded so personally to it is a testimony to Ms. Carmon’s storytelling and panache.” In 2017 and 2018, Carmon teamed up with the Washington Post’s investigative team to break the news of sexual harassment and assault allegations against Charlie Rose, as well as CBS’s knowledge of his conduct. That work was recognized with a 2018 Mirror Award. She was also a contributing writer to the Post’s Outlook section.