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.
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
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
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
SHIR! A Musical Shabbat, Friday, January 10, 6:15pm
Please join us for a musically enhanced Friday evening service with Cantor Eyal Bitton, the Koleinu choir, and the SHIR! Shabbat Musical Ensemble along with special guests.
Les Miz’s Jewish Composer with Cantor Eyal Bitton, Thursday, January 30, 7:00pm
In this fascinating and entertaining presentation featuring live musical performances and in-depth analysis, Cantor Eyal Bitton explores the musical genius of Claude-Michel Schönberg, composer of Miss Saigon and Les Misérables.
JAM Art Show + Sale
Enjoy a rotating exhibit in the MJCC lobby all month. Members of ORA: Northwest Jewish Artists will answer questions, accept commissions, and sell their art. A portion of the proceeds benefits the MJCC.
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
SOUL: Songs of Unity & Liberation
Monday, March 30, 7:00pm
Cantor Eyal Bitton conducts the Koleinu Choir and a string quartet in this pre-Passover evening of chamber and choral music. It will feature beautiful renditions of songs addressing the themes of unity and liberation.
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
Bridging Voices Youth Chorus & Friends
Sunday, April 26, 2:00pm
Neveh Shalom’s music program is proud to invite you to a Sunday afternoon concert featuring Bridging Voices LGBTQ+ and Allied Youth Chorus conducted by Erik Gullickson, the Rose Schnitzer Manor Choir conducted by Barbara Slader, and the Koleinu Choir conducted by Cantor Eyal Bitton.
Bridging Voices is in its seventh season as Portland’s first LGBTQ chorus for young people. They chorus has around 55 members who are between the ages of 13 and 21, making them the largest chorus in the country serving LGTBQ+ youth, their families and friends.
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.