ALEFBET: The Alphabet of Memory
OJMCHE’s inaugural exhibit in the main gallery features a visually stunning collection of works by Russian Jewish artist Grisha Bruskin, who is featured in Russia’s pavilion at this year’s Venice Biennale. Bruskin’s “The ALEFBET: the Alphabet of Memory” features large-scale tapestries draping the walls of the main gallery accompanied by the artist’s preparatory drawings and related gouache paintings, all referencing Kabbalistic and Talmudic teaching, biblical narratives and Russian folklore.
June 11-Oct. 1, 2017
Tuesday-Friday, 11 am-5 pm
Saturday-Sunday, noon-5 pm
Grand Opening: June 11, noon-4 pm. Free
Please join Rabbi Eve Posen for a special hour of study.
This months topic: Healthcare and Jewish Law.
Free & open to all.
Everyone loves being outside in Portland during the summer and so do we! Join our community for this new program which will take place through the summer. Check out this incredible band where Jewish spirit and soul meet with Bluegrass and Old-Time music.
All concerts will be held on our lawn. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Sponsored by JCC Association’s Making Music Happen Centennial Grant Initiative, funded by a grant from Marvin J. Pertzik and the Mary Livingston Griggs and Mary Griggs Burke Foundation. Additional support provided by the Holzman Foundation and the Leonard and Lois Schnitzer Charitable Supporting Foundation.
Israel 360 and the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies Present Dr. Uri Shanas
From Political Enmity to Ecological Cooperation: The Israeli-Jordanian Biodiversity Study
Join us for a special presentation by Dr. Uri Shanas, one of Israel’s foremost environmental advocates. He will talk about the collaborative work between Israeli scientists from Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and Jordanian colleagues around biodiversity issues in the region and explore ways in which former enemies work to bridge the cultural divide.
Join Sarah Rohr on Thursday evenings from 7:30-8:30 at Neveh Shalom as she guides you through physical movements and practices to explore, compliment and exalt your heartfelt prayers. For both beginners and students with experience. $10 sliding scale, a portion of the proceeds will benefit ALIYAH. More info: sarah.e.rohr36@gmail.com
Delve into biblical and midrashic text to finding meaning from Jewish traditions that relate to our modern lives. Taught by Mel Berwin.
Join other families for a fun Shabbat hike at Tryon Creek State Park. FREE and snacks will be provided. More info: eposen@nevehshalom.org.
Free Meet some critically acclaimed and well known authors in person, get an autograph, ask questions, and get inspired! Let’s keep books alive! A fun filled family day, and it’s free!
Parking: 21810 Willamette Drive (Behind Legacy Medical Group building)
There will be lots of children books, Poetry, Health, Romance, Spiritual/ Self-Help, History, Memoirs, Horror/Thriller, Sci-Fi, Comics, Humor/Satire, Young Adult, Fantasy, Art, and so on.
For more information about list of authors and guest authors speaking time, visit: www.veronicaesagui.net
So far twenty-four authors have signed up for the West Linn book festival, and I have taken the liberty of attaching the flier on those speaking and also a list of the names of the authors attending, including their websites. It’s kind of interesting that some of the authors are older than me, one of them is 95 and quite a few are in their 80’s. I feel like a child next to them
At least three of the authors are Jewish, including book fair organizer Dr. Veronica Esagui, and will share their books at the fair.
Book festival organizer Veronica Esagui grew up in Portugal as a minority among less than 20 Jewish families in a largely Catholic country, and came to the United States in 1962. Dr. Esagui will be speaking at 12:30 and a “Free Spinal Analysis and Counseling” will be offered. Dr. Veronica is the international critically acclaimed author of The Scoliosis Self-Help Resource Book (English and Japanese). She is also the author of Veronica’s Diary series, Age of Innocence, Braving a New World, Awakening the Woman Within, Angels Among Us and The Gift and, Aged to Perfection (play).
www.veronicaesagui.net
Ruth Lindemann will be speaking at 1:30. She was born in 1933 in Vienna, Austria, and
came to US in 1940. Ruth lives in Portland. She has been a lecturer on the speaker’s Bureau for the Holocaust Resource Center in Portland, OR and recently at the
Tolerance Education Center in Rancho Mirage, California. Her book
“To Survive Is Not Enough” is a historical fiction based on the collection of hundreds of stories told to Ruth over the last fifty years.
https://www.amazon.com/Survive-Not-Enough-Ruth-Lindemann
| Sylvia Miller is pleased to announce the launch of her new book, Art & Soul…creative journaling from the inside out. |
| Sylvia Miller maintains her studio and residence in Lake Oswego, Oregon, a suburb of Portland.
An award winning published artist, Sylvia works skillfully in all styles from representational to abstract designs. She is best known for her spontaneous on-location watercolor paintings. |
www.sylviamillerwatercolor.com
“This event, which I started nine years ago in my parking lot, was so successful that the following seven years I organized it at the Pioneer Courthouse Square in Portland as The NW Annual Book Festival. After seven years I donated it to 9Bridges a writers group in Portland and they have been running it since then,” says Dr. Esagui. “I guess I miss the fun of putting a book festival together and decided that I would put one on again but since so many authors have signed up to participate it has taken over the parking lot next to me, which is the reason for two addresses.
Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods with other 50+ walkers.
Wednesday, August 16; 5:30 PM Happy Hour, Tour begins at 6:30 PM
Meets at Lair Hill Bistro – 2823 SW 1st Ave, Portland, OR 97201
Please call or email to register.
In partnership with MJCC, OJMCHE, JFGP