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Oct
20
Sun
Sunday Morning at Kesser: Krispy Kreme, Coffee & Talmud @ Congregation Kesser Israel
Oct 20 @ 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
Portland Open Studios Tour @ Artist's Studios throughout Portland
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 5:00 pm

Portland Open Studios is coming up this weekend!  This self guided tour of more than 100 Portland area artists studios takes place October 12-13 & 19-20!  More information online at https://portlandopenstudios.com/.

Oct
21
Mon
Vacation Camps @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 21 @ 8:00 am

Fun Days off from School
Need something for your kids to do during school breaks? Keep them busy and having fun at the MJCC with sports, swimming, gymnastics, arts and crafts, games, and more! Kids must be potty-trained. Registration open now!

Ages 3-11
Half-Day: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, Cost: $33. Member Cost: $28
Full-Day: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm, Cost: $60. Member Cost: $50
All campers must be fully potty trained. No exceptions.

We welcome campers from 8:00 – 9:00 am + begin programming at 9:00 am. For half-day campers, check out is at 1:00 pm.
For full-day campers, check out begins at 4:00 pm
and will continue through 5:30 pm.

Schedule for Vacation Day Camp

2019-20 – Register Today!
Oct. 1, 11, 14, 21, 22
Nov. 1, 11, 25, 26, 27
Dec. 23, 26, 27, 30, 31
Jan. 2, 3, 17, 20, 27
Feb. 17
March 13, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
April 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
May 8, 21, 22, 29

Full day: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Half day: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Contact Carli Rosenthal at 503.452.3436.

Organize Yourself for Success: For Grades 5 – 12 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 21 @ 4:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Find Your Future Workshop
Organize Yourself for Success: For Grades 5 – 8 and 9 – 12 NEW!
Help your student start the school year off right by learning new study skills to maximize their efficiency and decrease stress. Focus on time management, prioritization, goal setting, and binder organization. This motivation-based approach builds students’ academic confidence and organizational skills. Instructor: Tina-Marie Baskin

SESSION 1, FOR BOTH GROUPS OF YOUTH GRADES 5 – 8 AND 9 -12 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

For Youth Grades 5 – 8

Session II: Mondays
October 21, 28, November 4, 11
4:00 – 5:15 pm, SI102B

Cost: $56. Member Cost: $48.

For Youth Grades 9 – 12

Session II: Tuesdays
October 29, November 5, 12, 19
4:00 – 5:15 pm, SI103B

Cost: $56. Member Cost: $48.

Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Partners Portland @ Portland Kollel
Oct 21 @ 7:10 pm – 8:00 pm

Unity Through learning.

Study Torah with a partner and make connections with Jews from across Portland. Hot drinks, light snacks, and study resources will all be made available.

Join Portland as we learn one on one. Bring your learning partner or ask us to provide one.

Oct
22
Tue
Vacation Camps @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 22 @ 8:00 am

Fun Days off from School
Need something for your kids to do during school breaks? Keep them busy and having fun at the MJCC with sports, swimming, gymnastics, arts and crafts, games, and more! Kids must be potty-trained. Registration open now!

Ages 3-11
Half-Day: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm, Cost: $33. Member Cost: $28
Full-Day: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm, Cost: $60. Member Cost: $50
All campers must be fully potty trained. No exceptions.

We welcome campers from 8:00 – 9:00 am + begin programming at 9:00 am. For half-day campers, check out is at 1:00 pm.
For full-day campers, check out begins at 4:00 pm
and will continue through 5:30 pm.

Schedule for Vacation Day Camp

2019-20 – Register Today!
Oct. 1, 11, 14, 21, 22
Nov. 1, 11, 25, 26, 27
Dec. 23, 26, 27, 30, 31
Jan. 2, 3, 17, 20, 27
Feb. 17
March 13, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
April 6, 8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
May 8, 21, 22, 29

Full day: 8:00 am – 5:30 pm
Half day: 8:00 am – 1:00 pm
Contact Carli Rosenthal at 503.452.3436.

Simchat Torah – Women’s Learning @ Congregation Kesser Israel
Oct 22 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

All women are invited to join us at Kesser on Simchat Torah for a special Simchat Torah learning opportunity with Aviel Brodkin! No experience necessary, all women are welcome to join. Free to attend!

Literature of Modern and Contemporary Jewish American Women Writers
Oct 22 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Willa Schneberg teaches (guides) a six-session overview of “Literature of Modern and Contemporary Jewish American Women Writers”  through Literary Arts’ Delve Seminars begins Sept. 17.

In this seminar, we will discuss the “other” Jewish American writers — not Bellow, Roth, Pinsky or Chabon, but work by Jewish American women writers who have created a different canon. We will discuss work by Susan Sontag, Cynthia Ozick, Adrienne Rich, Marge Piercy and others arguably of their stature. These Jewish women writers are not defined by the Jewish male writers’ gaze. They do not perpetuate stereotypes of the Jewish mother as martyr, or as the controlling Jewish woman. They are writers who may be mothers or child-free, partnered or not, straight or non-heterosexual, observant or secular, of Ashkenazi, Sephardic or Mizrachi backgrounds. We will explore the particular light Jewish women writers shine on the American Jewish experience and why their profound contributions to literature have often been overlooked.

READING LIST:

I, Etcetera: Stories by Susan Sontag
Cannibal Gallery by Cynthia Ozick
Split at the Root: An Essay on Jewish Identity by Adrienne Rich
He, She and It by Marge Piercy
A Few Words in the Mother Tongue by Irena Klepfisz
The Moon is Almost Full by Chana Bloch
Divinity School by Alicia Jo Rabins
Paper is White by Hilary Zaid
Getting Home Alive by Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales

Willa Schneberg is a poet, ceramic sculptor, interdisciplinary artist, photographer and curator. She is the author of five collections and received the Oregon Book Award for In the Margins of the World. Her poetry and visual art have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including American Poetry Review, Tricycle: The Buddhist Review and the Tikkun anthology.

45th Parallel Universe @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Oct 22 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Ticket Pricing: General Admission $30, OJMCHE Members $25 (Contact media@ojmche.org for code), Seniors/Students $15

45th Parallel Universe joins the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education in celebration of the 100-year birthday of American master composer Leonard Bernstein. Our program features brilliant chamber music from Bernstein’s early years, performed at the museum at the same time as an exhibition from the Grammy Museum that draws from more than 150 artifacts including photographs, personal items, scores and more.

Oct
23
Wed
45th Parallel Universe @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Oct 23 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Ticket Pricing: General Admission $30, OJMCHE Members $25 (Contact media@ojmche.org for code), Seniors/Students $15

45th Parallel Universe joins the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education in celebration of the 100-year birthday of American master composer Leonard Bernstein. Our program features brilliant chamber music from Bernstein’s early years, performed at the museum at the same time as an exhibition from the Grammy Museum that draws from more than 150 artifacts including photographs, personal items, scores and more.