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Oct
3
Thu
Leonard Bernstein at 100 Exhibition @ Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
Oct 3 2019 – Jan 24 2020 all-day

Leonard Bernstein at 100 celebrates the life and work of Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the great Jewish American composer and conductor who dedicated his life to making classical music a vibrant part of American culture.The exhibition features photographs, personal items, papers, scores, correspondence, costumes, furniture, and audio and video recordings. A vocal booth gives visitors the chance to sing lead in West Side Story. The exhibition is the most comprehensive retrospective of Bernstein’s life and career ever staged in a museum setting.

Curated by the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live ® in collaboration with The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Bernstein Family. Presented in cooperation with the Bernstein Family, The Leonard Bernstein Office, Inc., Brandeis University, and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music.

Generous support for this exhibition is from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation and the Collins Foundation.

Jan
1
Wed
January Monthly Mitzvah @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 1 – Jan 31 all-day

Each month the MJCC and PJA communities will collect items for the monthly mitzvah. Drop off items in the blue bin in the MJCC lobby. Check the display for how you can participate and donate to these worthy causes.

This project reflects the Jewish commitment to Tikkun Olam (repairing the world), providing opportunities to give back to our community.

Please drop off items in the blue bin in the MJCC Lobby.

January
New Socks for teens and families living on the streets or in shelters
•    Portland Homeless Family Solutions
•    Janus Youth Programs

Jan
4
Sat
Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 4 @ 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders

1st and 3rd Shabbat every month at 10:00am

Torah Troop allows families at Congregation Neveh Shalom to move into the main sanctuary while still enjoying youth-oriented activity. At 10:00am, families meet in the main service. After the beginning Torah service, youth join their friends for a lesson on the Torah portion (parsha) of the week with adult leaders, and come back to help lead the Adon Olam at the end of the service.

As always, we end with our community for lunch!

Young Family Tot Shabbat (0-5 years) @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 4 @ 10:15 am – 12:00 pm

Young Family Tot Shabbat for children 0-5 years, at CNS

1st and 3rd Saturdays, 10:15am, Zidell Chapel

Experience the joy of Shabbat! A fun and engaging service for families with kids 5 and under. Join our early childhood educators: Levia, and Amy and their good friend Shabbos Mouse for our liveliest Shabbat service.

Enjoy singing, dancing, storytelling and more!

Stay for a kiddush lunch and become a part of our young family community.

Havdalah and documentary viewing: “Eternos Indocumentados” @ P’nai Or of Portland
Jan 4 @ 6:00 pm
The P’nai Or community would like to invite you to join us in Havdalah and viewing the documentary “Eternos Indocumentados on Saturday January 4, 2020, at 6 pm  at P’nai Or’s new location: 6948 SW Capitol Hwy in the Fellowship Hall downstairs. 
Our Tikkun Olam committee is hosting the gathering in memory of our founding rabbi, Rabbi Aryeh Hirschfield, zt”l, whose yahrzeit is the 10th of Tevet, January 7th this year. In his memory, we will collect tzedakah for Interfaith Movement for Immigrant Justice (IMIrJ) and International Migrants Alliance. 
It is the desire of Rabbi Aryeh’s congregation P’nai Or to honor and remember him with ongoing mitzvot of Tikkun Olam. P’nai Or Tikkun Olam committee invites our communities to gather to watch the film and then engage in a reflection and “talk back” with knowledgable resources including Rabbi Michael Cahana who has recently been a witness at the southern border, Rabbi Eve Posen, recent American Jewish World Service Global Justice Fellow in Guatemala, and Bob Brown, representative to IMIrJ from Havurah Shalom.
All who need to say kaddish will have the opportunity and then we’ll have  a L’chayim and dessert. 
 
About the movie Eternos Indocumentados  https://vimeo.com/ondemand/eternosindocumentados
(From the website): This documentary provides information about the realities at our southern border. Why are there caravans of asylum seekers at our southern border? As we all know, there are reasons why people leave their homes seeking safety and asylum. “Based on interviews with recently arrived Central Americans as well as interviews with organizers leading the struggle on the ground in Central America, this film captures the stories of Central American refugees and explores the root causes of forced migration. In the words of the late Salvadoran poet, Roque Dalton, as he says in his Poema de Amor, this film is about los Eternos Indocumentados (the Eternall Undocumented).” 
We are grateful for this opportunity to share community, learn together, and support each other in the enduring work of Tikkun Olam. Thank you to congregations Beth Israel, Shaarie Torah, and Neveh Shalom who are co-sponsors with P’nai Or.  
NB P’nai Or’s new home is shared with Hillsdale Community Church. 
      It is on SW Capitol Highway near the intersection with SW Vermont, near MJCC. 
 
Jan
5
Sun
Sunday Morning at Kesser: Krispy Kreme, Coffee & Talmud @ Congregation Kesser Israel
Jan 5 @ 9:00 am – 10:00 am
Start your week off right, every Sunday morning at Kesser Israel!
Minyan @ 8 am, Breakfast and Talmud @ 9 am.
 
From the Beginning, “Brachos Daf Beis”:
Our Gemara group will be starting the Talmud from the first Mishna in Shas. If you haven’t yet learned the Talmud, there’s no better time to start!
Enjoy Krispy Kreme donuts, coffee & more!
 
Required Text: Artscroll Berachos, Volume I
Building a Resilient Community @ Congregation Neveh Shalom
Jan 5 @ 9:40 am – 11:40 am

Talk on Building a Resilient Community, Sunday, January 5, 9:40am

Speaker Jeremy Van Keuren, the Community Resilience Manager with the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, will share about disaster preparedness. $5 suggested. Free for Neveh Shalom Men’s Club members.

Jan
6
Mon
Soup to the Streets
Jan 6 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Soup to the Streets, Monday, Jan 6, Feb 17, 6:00pm

Congregants come together at Rabbi Kosak’s home to prepare a hot meal and go to the streets to directly feed those that need it the most.

To RSVP, for address, and to donate food supplies, Contact: lrichmond@nevehshalom.org

 

Jan
7
Tue
Mah Jongg for Beginners @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 7 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm

Mah Jongg for Beginners
Learn to play this ancient game.
Tuesday Mornings
January 7 – February 11
10:30 am – 12:30 pm, CG200

Cost: $110. Member Cost: $90.
Register: oregonjcc.org/registration

Hebrew for Lunch @ Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Jan 7 @ 12:15 pm

Join Sylvia Frankel in the lobby for a discussion in Hebrew. Purchase lunch or just enjoy the conversation. Some conversational Hebrew required.
Tuesdays, 12:15 pm