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Mar
3
Sun
2019 Friends of the Center Brunch featuring Michael Twitty @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Mar 3 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
2019 Friends of the Center Brunch featuring Michael Twitty
Michael W. Twitty: Kosher Soul and The Cooking Gene
Join us for our 2019 Friends of the Center Brunch, the MJCC’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Come hear Michael W. Twitty, a James Beard Winning food writer, independent scholar, culinary historian, and historical interpreter personally charged with preparing, preserving, and promoting African American foodways and its parent traditions in Africa and her Diaspora and its legacy in the food culture of the American South. Michael is a Judaic studies teacher from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area. The Cooking Gene is Michael’s personal mission to document the connection between food history and family history from Africa to America, from slavery to freedom. Initiated in 2011, the project successfully garnered funding and significant media attention in 2012 to initiate a journey known as The Southern Discomfort Tour. Follow him on twitter @koshersoul, and meet him at the MJCC on Sunday, March 3, 2019.
Individual Tickets: $54. Age 36 and under: $36. Table of Eight: $432.
Sponsorships available.
oregonjcc.org/brunch
Jan
12
Sun
Outside In Cooking @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 12 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Outside In Cooking, Sunday, Jan 12, Feb 9, 12:00pm

One Sunday a month CNS members gather in the Neveh Shalom kitchen from 12-2pm to prepare a full meal for homeless youth at Outside In, whose mission is to help homeless youth move toward improved health and self-sufficiency.

Info: Rick Botney, 8888octopus8888@gmail.com.

Feb
9
Sun
Outside In Cooking @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Feb 9 @ 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm

Outside In Cooking, Sunday, Jan 12, Feb 9, 12:00pm

One Sunday a month CNS members gather in the Neveh Shalom kitchen from 12-2pm to prepare a full meal for homeless youth at Outside In, whose mission is to help homeless youth move toward improved health and self-sufficiency.

Info: Rick Botney, 8888octopus8888@gmail.com.

Mar
18
Wed
CANCELLED – Antisemitism on College Campuses Workshop @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Mar 18 @ 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm

Due to travel restrictions advised to contain the Coronavirus, this event has been cancelled. We hope to reschedule this event at a later date. We apologize for any inconvenience.

 

Antisemitism on College Campuses Workshop

Wed, March 18, 6:00pm – 8:30pm

Teens, parents, and Jewish community members are increasingly concerned about the anti-Israel sentiment on college campuses across the U.S. that often spills over into Anti-Semitic speech and policies. Stand With Us brings experts from the field to explain and discuss:

— Antisemitism vs. Legitimate Criticism of Israel

— The evolving face of the BDS movement

— Know your rights: how to respond and who can help

Program begins at 6pm, dinner included, ending time 8:30pm

Cost: $10 per individual or $15 per family

RSVP: tinyurl.com/CNSCollegeCampus20

Aug
7
Fri
Virtual Film Screening + Discussion – Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel
Aug 7 – Aug 11 all-day

Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel
Directed by Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, and Jeremy Newberger

A stirring story of sports, patriotism and personal growth, Heading Home charts the underdog journey of Israel’s national baseball team competing for the first time in the World Baseball Classic. After years of defeat, Team Israel is finally ranked among the world’s best in 2017, eligible to compete in the prestigious international tournament. Their line-up included several Jewish American Major League players―Ike Davis, Josh Zeid and ex-Braves catcher Ryan Lavarnway―most with a tenuous relationship to Judaism, let alone having ever set foot in Israel. Their odyssey takes them from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem where they are greeted as heroes, to Seoul where they must debunk their has-been, wannabe reputations. With their Mensch on the Bench mascot by their side, the team laughs, cries, and does much soul-searching, discovering the pride of representing Israel on the world stage.

Cost: Suggested Donation of $5.00 per Household
Register Here

Stream the film starting on August 7 until midnight on August 9 and then join us August 11 at 6:30 PM for a Zoom discussion of the filmmakers led by Daniel A. Miller and Jeremy Newberger.

The link to stream the film and invitation to join the discussion will be provided after the registration deadline on August 6.