Calendar

Feb
24
Sun
JAM Art Show + Sale @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Feb 24 – Mar 31 all-day

JAM Art Show + Sale

March is Jewish Arts Month but the show starts in late February! Enjoy a rotating exhibit in the MJCC lobby. Members of ORA: Northwest Jewish Artists will answer questions, accept commissions, and sell their art. A portion of the proceeds benefits the MJCC.

Mar
10
Sun
Art + Spirit Workshop @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 10 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Art + Spirit Workshop

Willa Schneberg, poet and ceramic artist, will join us for a two-hour workshop based on poems by Jewish poets that are in part inspired by biblical texts. Discussion, prompts, visualizations and opportunities to write, sketch, move and imagine will be provided.

Cost: $18.
Tickets: oregonjcc.org/art-spirit

In partnership with ORA: Northwest Jewish Artists

Apr
28
Sun
Good Deeds Month – Beautify Grounds of Oregon Holocaust Memorial @ Oregon Holocaust Memorial
Apr 28 @ 9:00 am – 2:00 pm

Sunday, April 28: Beautify Grounds of Oregon Holocaust Memorial

At Washington Park
Space is limited to 20 people per shift. Pre-registration required by April 26.
Shifts are 9:00 – 11:00 am, and 12:00 – 2:00 pm.
Register for this event here.

In partnership with the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education.

Check out all of our opportunities to participate in Good Deeds Month: HERE

Jul
17
Wed
Young Adults Walking Tour of Jewish PDX @ Lair Hill Bistro
Jul 17 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Young Adults Walking Tour of Jewish PDX

Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods. For 20s, 30s, and 40s.

5:30 pm Happy Hour
6:30 pm Tour Begins

Meet at Lair Hill Bistro.

Cost: $7 per person (includes first drink and appetizers). Register at: oregonjcc.org/yawalkingtour

Co-sponsored by the MJCC, JFGP, and OJMCHE.

Aug
1
Thu
Art + Spirit Workshop: Entering into the Shiviti @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Aug 1 @ 6:30 pm

Art + Spirit Workshop: Entering into the Shiviti

Through the traditional Jewish art form known as the Shiviti, we will study, contemplate and enter into artistic expression. Please bring the medium of your choice — visual and expressive arts, songwriting and composing, sculpture, glass, fabric arts and more. A half-hour talk on the history, mystical practice and examples of traditional and contemporary forms will be followed by Q&A, Shiviti gazing, time to create your own Shiviti art work and debriefing.

Rabbi Dr. Goldie Milgram is an artist, educator, author and spiritual guide honored by the Covenant Foundation and National Jewish Book Council for her innovative programs, books, and resources. Her new book release is Wisdom from Reb Zalman: Embracing the Jewish Spirit (Reclaiming Judaism Press).

Thursday, Aug. 1
6:30 pm

Cost: $18.
Register: oregonjcc.org/artandspirit
In partnership with ORA

Aug
22
Thu
50s+ Walking Tour of Jewish PDX @ Lair Hill Bistro
Aug 22 @ 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm

50s+ Walking Tour of Jewish PDX

Take a walking tour of South Portland through old Jewish neighborhoods.

5:30 pm Happy Hour
6:30 pm Tour Begins

Meet at Lair Hill Bistro.

Cost: $7 per person (includes first drink and appetizers). Register at: oregonjcc.org/50swalkingtour

Co-sponsored by the MJCC, JFGP, and OJMCHE.

Aug
25
Sun
Sunday Parkways @ North Park Blocks
Aug 25 @ 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
Portland’s Sunday Parkways began in 2008, closing streets to cars and opening them to bicycles. Sunday Parkways is an annual event series that’s offered on one Sunday a month from May through September. Perfect for riders of all skill levels, these community rides let cyclists take their time and roll through the neighborhoods that make up the heart of the city.
This Sunday the route is the Green Loop of Downtown and Central Inner Eastside and goes right by OJMCHE. Come visit the museum, which will be tabling in the North Park Blocks with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Mittleman Jewish Community Center. Stop by and say hi! Find out more about Sunday Parkways here.
This route inspired by the Green Loop presents a bold new concept featured in the Central City 2035 Plan that envisions a linear park connecting nearly a dozen districts. This linear park will stop by countless cultural hot spots like the Portland Art Museum, North Blocks and the Rose Quarter. It’ll be a playground for all ages.
Oct
28
Mon
MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oct 28 @ 7:00 pm

MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020
Film Screening and Conversation with Author Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Join us for an engaging evening featuring a screening of legendary Theodore Bikel’s z”l critically acclaimed documentary film, In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem, followed by a lively audience discussion with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, widow of Theo, and Director of The Theodore Bikel Legacy Project.
Monday, October 28
7:00 pm
Cost: $10. MJCC Member Cost: $8.

Register: oregonjcc.org/bikelfilm
Co-sponsored by the Kostiner Cultural Education Fund and Portland State University’s Judaic Studies Department

Talk with Jamie Bernstein
Join us for a talk with Jamie Bernstein on her memoir, Famous Father Girl, in conjunction with the exhibition Bernstein at 100! and Jewish Book Month. Jamie Bernstein is a writer, narrator, broadcaster, and filmmaker who has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and excitement with others.
Monday, November 11
7:00 pm

OJMCHE Members Cost: $12.
General Public Cost: $15.
Register: ojmche.org/tickets/a-talk-with-jamie-bernstein
Held at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Organized by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education with support from the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Institute for Judaic Studies

SAVE THESE AUTHOR SERIES DATES FOR 2020!

January 15 – Josh Frank

May 5 – Yousef Bashir

Check back for more details, soon to come!

Nov
11
Mon
MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020 @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 11 @ 7:00 pm

MJCC Author Series Events 2019-2020
Film Screening and Conversation with Author Aimee Ginsburg Bikel

Join us for an engaging evening featuring a screening of legendary Theodore Bikel’s z”l critically acclaimed documentary film, In the Shoes of Sholom Aleichem, followed by a lively audience discussion with Aimee Ginsburg Bikel, widow of Theo, and Director of The Theodore Bikel Legacy Project.
Monday, October 28
7:00 pm
Cost: $10. MJCC Member Cost: $8.

Register: oregonjcc.org/bikelfilm
Co-sponsored by the Kostiner Cultural Education Fund and Portland State University’s Judaic Studies Department

Talk with Jamie Bernstein
Join us for a talk with Jamie Bernstein on her memoir, Famous Father Girl, in conjunction with the exhibition Bernstein at 100! and Jewish Book Month. Jamie Bernstein is a writer, narrator, broadcaster, and filmmaker who has transformed a lifetime of loving music into a career of sharing her knowledge and excitement with others.
Monday, November 11
7:00 pm

OJMCHE Members Cost: $12.
General Public Cost: $15.
Register: ojmche.org/tickets/a-talk-with-jamie-bernstein
Held at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Organized by the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education with support from the Mittleman Jewish Community Center and Institute for Judaic Studies

SAVE THESE AUTHOR SERIES DATES FOR 2020!

January 15 – Josh Frank

May 5 – Yousef Bashir

Check back for more details, soon to come!

Dec
1
Sun
ORA Holiday Art Sale @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Dec 1 – Dec 6 all-day

Looking for a great holiday gift? Local artists from ORA will be in the MJCC lobby all week selling all forms of artwork.
Sunday – Friday, December 1 –  6