A conversation with Rabbi Joshua Stampfer and Rabbi Emanuel Rose, moderated by Rabbi Joshua Rose. Rabbi Stampfer and Rabbi Rose were both living in Israel in 1967 when the Six Day War broke out. In a conversation moderated by Rabbi Joshua Rose, our community’s two rabbis emeriti will reflect back over the five decades since the war and share their thoughts on the events and how history and their own experiences have informed their understanding. Co-sponsored by Congregations Neveh Shalom, Beth Israel and Shaarie Torah, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education and Mittileman Jewish Community Center.
Learn the basics of Improv Theater! Students will learn short-form games that teach the skills of listening and responding, working together as a group to create a story on the spot, and building self-confidence. The class will be working towards a demo that showcases their favorite improv games, and shows off their new comedy chops!
In partnership with Portland Jewish Academy and Northwest Children’s Theater & School
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration; CG202
Join us for delicious food, good company, and an intriguing program. This is open to all. Pricing information coming soon.
Six Day War 50th Anniversary Presentation:
50 Years Later: What Does Jerusalem Mean in Our Lives?
What does it mean for the Jewish psyche that we control The Old City, The Temple Mount, The Tomb of the Patriarchs, Rachel’s Tomb for the first time in 2000 years? What do these places mean in Jewish thought, and how can it affect our relationship to holiness?
February 24 at 6:00 pm at the MJCC.
Experience and enjoy the remarkable story of our pioneer heritage! Kerry Tymchuk, Director of the Oregon Historical Society, will host a screening of The Jewish Frontier. This OPB film uses rare historical photos, footage, and interviews with people statewide to tell the story of Oregon’s Jewish pioneers. In addition to viewing and discussing the film, we will have a guided look at documents and artifacts housed at OJS that illustrate the experience of Oregon’s earliest Jewish settlers.
Portland Hadassah presents….. an evening with the author:
featuring Letty Cottin Pogrebin
HOW TO BE A FRIEND TO A FRIEND WHO’S SICK
“I’m sure you already know how to “be friends” when it means catching up over lunch… But when a pal or loved one falters physically or mentally–when they’re hobbled or hurting, when your role in the relationship is no longer easy or obvious, when your interests and exchanges are not entirely reciprocal, and your once-easy conversation tips jarringly toward matters of crisis and pain–you may have to find new ways of being together, new means for you to be helpful…” (Pogrebin, 2014).
A founding editor and writer for Ms. Magazine, Ms. Pogrebin is also the author of eleven books, including How To Be A Friend To A Friend Who’s Sick. Pogrebin’s advice about friendship and illness — infused with sensitivity, warmth, and (believe it or not) humor–is interwoven with boldly candid stories from her own journey through the land of the sick and her sometimes imperfect interactions with friends of hers who are sick or suffering.
Start reading now, and then join us for a fabulous evening with Letty!
Cost: $36
Fundraiser for Hadassah’s world class Breast Cancer Research Marlene; honoring survivors and fighters!
See what youth experiencing homelessness have to say for themselves.
What: Outside the Frame, in collaboration with the Tikkun Olam Committee of Havurah Shalom, presents The Lost Boys of Portlandia, a documentary featuring the real lost children of Portland. Homeless youth debate if and how to return to mainstream society while creating their own film version of the iconic story of Peter Pan. The evening will include a panel discussion with the filmmakers.
We will also premiere “Rest, not Arrest,” our new film for the Right to Rest Act. Oregon Legislators Piluso, Dembrow, Greenlick, Nosse, Power and Frederick have joined forces to introduce a new bill designed to end discrimination against people experiencing homelessness. HB 2215 prohibits law enforcement from arresting or ticketing people for resting, sitting, eating, or engaging in other basic life-sustaining activities in public.
A trailer for The Lost Boys of Portlandia is here: https://vimeo.com/188246795
Private link to film (24 minutes) available upon request.
Who: Outside the Frame empowers homeless and marginalized youth to educate the public about issues they face by producing films with youth that convey their experience. We help youth become directors of their lives, rather than character actors, by providing a much needed creative outlet, technological training and a sense of dignity and possibility that is contagious and visible to the public.
Why: “On its surface, it’s a film about the making of a film, but the backdrop is flooded with one of Portland’s most pressing social issues.” – KGW-TV
“This legislation, HB 2215, is crucial towards stopping the tidal wave of criminalization. If we can beat back these ordinances in Oregon, then we can continue to win in other states and actually build a future where we can all thrive.” Coral Feigin, Director of Community Organizing at the Western Regional Advocacy Project.
FREE, all ages event
Event Sponsored by: Tikkun Olam Committee of Havurah Shalom, Oregon Film, KBOO Community Radio, New Seasons.
Contact: Nili Yosha, 503-664-8344. nili@otfpdx.org. Outside The Frame is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Learn the basics of Improv Theater! Students will learn short-form games that teach the skills of listening and responding, working together as a group to create a story on the spot, and building self-confidence. The class will be working towards a demo that showcases their favorite improv games, and shows off their new comedy chops!
In partnership with Portland Jewish Academy and Northwest Children’s Theater & School
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration; CG202
Join other families for prayer, singing, conversation and fun followed by an indoor picnic style lunch.
Featuring Yosef Abramowitz, named by CNN as one of the six top global “Green Pioneers,” by PV Tech as “one of the most inspiring solar CEOs” worldwide, is an American-Israeli human rights activist, educator, and entrepreneur is recognized as one of the pioneers of the solar energy industry in both Israel and East Africa.
Individual Tickets: $54.00
Age 36 and under: $36.00
Table of Eight: $432.00
Register at: oregonjcc.org/brunch
The Havurah Synagogue presents Prince of Egypt, Disney’s adaptation of the Biblical exodus story, on Sunday, March 5 at 3:00 PM. “The animation is beautiful, and the writers wisely did not create the “cute” characters that plague too many animated films. This is a serious film that happens to be made in animation. The figures are beautifully drawn, and the computer-generated animation that powers miraculous events in this story does so in ways that convey the power and mystery of those events in the text. The handling of the death of the firstborns of Egypt is gentle enough for children to see: we see only the hand of a child who has dropped dead out of our sight, and then the body of the Pharaoh’s son. The handling of the other plagues is similarly restrained.” from Rabbi at the Movies. Appropriate for young children. Free and open to all. The Havurah is located at 185 N Mountain Ave. in Ashland.