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Jewish Community Orchestra Young Artist Showcase and Silent Auction @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center

Feb 11 @ 2:00 pm – 5:15 pm

Silent Auction at 2:00 PM, Concert at 3:00 PM

Turina – La Procession du Rocio. Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 mvmt. 1, Kira Wang, soloist. Mendelssohn – Violin concerto in e minor, op. 64 mvmt. 1, Ian Song, soloist. Smetana – Three Dances from “The Bartered Bride.” Poulenc – Piano Concerto mvmt. 1, Alyssa Shi, soloist. R achmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in c minor, op. 18 mvmt. III, Jenna Tu, soloist.

Tickets are available at the door on the day of the concert.

General Admission: $10
Senior Citizens: $8
Students: $5

Tags: community events family jewish live music music Portland Young families welcome

Sep

20

Thu

“Why commit suicide? After all, ‘Everything he hated was here!’: Philip Roth and Kitaj on Death, Sex, and Love” Roger Porter lectures on Philip Roth and R.B. Kitaj @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

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Sep 20 @ 7:00 pm

Philip Roth and R.B. Kitaj became good friends in London during the ’80s, and the painter influenced Roth in many ways, especially for the title character of Roth’s greatest novel, Sabbath’s Theater. Roger Porter, Professor of English and Humanities, Emeritus, Reed College focuses his lecture on Roth and Kitaj’s shared attitudes, or perhaps those of their characters and their painterly subjects, regarding desire, ecstasy, and the inevitable demise. The title of the lecture is a paraphrase of a quote by the protagonist Sabbath on the last page of Roth’s Sabbath’s Theater.

Tags: art lecture

Mar

10

Sun

Art + Spirit Workshop @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center

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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

Tags: art ORA poetry spirit

Aug

1

Thu

Art + Spirit Workshop: Entering into the Shiviti @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center

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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

Tags: art MJCC ORA shiviti

Dec

1

Sun

ORA Holiday Art Sale @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center

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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

Tags: art gifts MJCC ORA winter holidays

Dec

14

Sat

Young Family PJ Havdallah @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Dec 14 @ 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm

Young Family PJ Havdallah

Saturday, December 14, 5:15-7:30pm

Young families say goodbye to Shabbat in our PJs with dinner, stories, art and fun at Congregation Neveh Shalom

$30/family or included with the Shul Pass with RSVP required.

RSVP: nevehshalom.org/pjhavdallah

Please note: Programs are subject to change; please contact the office for more information: 503.246.8831 or visit the website at: www.nevehshalom.org

Tags: art congregation neveh shalom Fun goodbye to Shabbat pj havadallah Young Family Celebration young family dinner young family Havadallah young family stories

Mar

9

Mon

Young Family Pajama Purim Dinner & Celebration at CNS @ Congregation Neveh Shalom

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Mar 9 @ 5:45 pm – 9:30 pm

Young Family Pajama Purim Celebration

Monday, March 9, 2020 at 5:15pm

Don’t feel like getting all dressed up for once? PERFECT! Come in your PJs and join other young families for special Purim activities before the main festivities.

5:45pm Dinner followed with a Pajama Purim Celebration

Main Festivities start at 6:30pm Main Festivities: The Whole Megillah reading with musical entertainment between chapters (no charge)

Everyone is welcome. Young and young at heart, families, singles, couples, grandparents, cousins, Uncles and Aunts, etc . . .

Dinner: $14/Adult, $7/Child, $42/Family Max. *This dinner is included with the Young Family Shul Pass. You will still need to RSVP.

For more information Contact: Rabbi Eve Posen eposen@nevehshalom.org

RSVP for dinner at: tinyurl.com/CNSPurim5780

Tags: congregation neveh shalom Entertainment Megillah Reading music PJ Celebraion Purim young family dinner