Calendar

Oct
20
Sat
Tot Shabbat @ Havurah Shalom
Oct 20 @ 10:30 am – 11:30 am

Young children (0-5) and their parents celebrate Shabbat with singing, movement, blessings, and storytelling. We will touch on the main highlights of the Shabbat morning service: wonder, fun, song, listening to the world, dancing, and Torah. Afterward we will enjoy an informal oneg nosh and the chance to play and schmooze. Please RSVP here by Oct. 17.

Nov
18
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 18 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra – Orchestral Showcase

Avshalomov – Endgame

**World Premiere Commission**

Smetana – Ma Vlast No. 4 “Forests and Meadows”
Bizet – Roma Suite

$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free.
Tickets at the door.

For more information, please visit: http://jewishcommunityorchestra.org/wordpress/

Jan
8
Tue
Moments of the Heart: 8-week class @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 8 @ 7:30 pm – 1:26 am
Moments of the Heart- The 4 Relationships Everyone Must Have
Join educator and author Dorice Horenstein for this eight-week class (Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 pm, Jan. 8-Feb. 26).
Explore how to live life wholeheartedly. Moments of the Heart/ Rigei Lev is her upcoming book, focusing on Jewish thought and practice, Hebrew language and spiritual connection. Our heart has a tremendous influence on how we view life, how we act and how we build relationships. Just as the heart has four chambers, we will explore four different types of relationships: with oneself, with others, with the Creator, and with special and once-in-a-life time moments that define us, that give us the essence of who we are.
Dorice  arrived in Portland,  from Israel, after meeting her soon-to-be husband while volunteering on a kibbutz. In the States, she received her BA in English Literature and a certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language. She taught hundreds of children and adults, Jews and non-Jews, the gems of Judaism, with an emphasis on the Hebrew language. Dorice has worked in synagogues and a private school, led sessions for NewCAJE and Spring Conference of the North by Northwest Region of Women’s League of Conservative Judaism organizations, and was the Education Director at a synagogue in Portland for 16 years. Together with her husband, Bob, Dorice has three children. She enjoys dancing in her spare time.
Moments of the Heart is about the four relationships one should experience in their life-time! It is a book that encourages readers to live fully and wholeheartedly. Our heart has a tremendous influence on how we view life, how we act, and how we build relationships. In the Bible, the word heart—or in Hebrew, lev (לב)—is mentioned no fewer than 202 times. If one takes the first and last letter of the Torah, the word created is lev, heart. And so, my book is a compilation of entries that enable us to find inspiration, direction, concepts and encouragement to live a better life. It is about the universal experience of being human-through the Jewish lens. Join us to find out what are the four relationships that will help create the best YOU possible!
Apr
7
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 7 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra

Featuring Daniel Partridge, Horn Soloist 
This program helps to further the growth of local artists by presenting concerts that educate and entertain our audience.
Berlioz – Overture to Le Corsair
Bar Niv – Israeli Suite for Strings
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Daniel Partridge, soloist
Lalo – Symphony in G
Sunday, April 7
3:00 pm

Tickets are available at the door
$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students. Children under 6 free.

Apr
16
Tue
Portland Film Premiere – Chavruta: A Drummer’s Bat Mitzvah @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Apr 16 @ 7:00 pm

Join us for the Portland premiere of this 15-minute documentary short by Jodi Darby. The film follows two Jewish Portland artists, drummer/writer/environmentalist Lisa Schonberg and musician/writer/Jewish educator Alicia Jo Rabins, as they prepare for Lisa’s adult bat mitzvah. The word chavruta refers to the traditional partner-style study of Jewish texts; over the course of one year, the two women delve into a grassroots, feminist, distinctly Portland course of study.

Free, but suggested donation of $5 at the door.

7:00 pm at the MJCC.

Apr
28
Sun
Good Deeds Month – J-Serve Project
Apr 28 all-day

Sunday, April 28: J-Serve Project

J-SERVE Project: Houseless Community in PDX
At Agape Village
Time to be determined. J-Serve is a teen initiative supported by BBYO open to 6th – 8th graders.

Registration opens April 1.

SAVE THE DATE. Check back for more details for this project, as well as other opportunities to participate in Good Deeds Month: HERE

Jun
2
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra – Young Artist String Showcase @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jun 2 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra – Young Artist String Showcase

Join us at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center on June 2, 2019 at 3:00 pm.

Meyerbeer – Struensee Overture

Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, op. 21 mvmt. 1

Darah Watts, violin

Barber – Violin Concerto, op. 14 mvmt. I

Paul Lee, soloist

Dvořák – Cello concerto in b minor mvmt. III

Hailey Kang, soloist

Borodin – Symphony No. 2 in b minor

Tickets available at the door
$10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students. Children under 6 free.

The mission of the Jewish Community Orchestra is to provide enjoyable music to the Jewish and surrounding communities of the Portland Metro area. Our goal as amateur musicians is to further the growth of local artists by presenting concerts that attract, educate and entertain our audience. http://jewishcommunityorchestra.org/wordpress/

Nov
17
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Nov 17 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm

Jan
21
Tue
Film Series: Saving the Dead Sea Documentary @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 21 @ 7:00 pm

The Dead Sea is dying. Since 1976, its level has dropped more than 100 feet, leaving the coastline pockmarked with thousands of sinkholes. NOVA follows scientists, engineers, and political leaders who have come up with a daring plan.
Tuesday, January 21
7:00 pm

Free and open to the community.
Sponsored by Jewish Federation of Greater Portland

Feb
9
Sun
Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019-2020 Season @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Feb 9 @ 3:00 pm

Jewish Community Orchestra: 2019 – 2020 Season

All concerts: $10 adults, $8 seniors, $5 students.
Children under 6 free. Tickets at the door.
More info: JCO

FALL CONCERT

Meyerbeer – Overture to Les Huguenots
Vaughan Williams – The Wasps Suite
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5
Sunday, November 17
3:00 pm

YOUNG ARTISTS SHOWCASE

Brahms – Tragic Overture
Goldmark – Scherzo for Orchestra
4 concerti soloists
Sunday, February 9
3:00 pm

SPRING CONCERT

Goldmark – In Italien Overture
R. Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1
Dan Partridge, soloist

Diamond – Elegy in Memory of Maurice Ravel
Rimsky-Korsakov – Sinfonietta on Russian themes
Sunday, April 2
3:00 pm

SEASON FINALE

Beethoven – Fidelio Overture
Mahler – Songs of a Wayfarer
Laura Beckel Thoreson, soloist

Franck – Symphony in d minor
Sunday, June 7
3:00 pm