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Artists Rep to feature Portland premieres, Rare Revivals and World Premiere Musical

Artists Repertory Theatre announces an ambitious and stylistically diverse 2015-16 season of eight engaging plays. These selections emphasize Artists Rep’s role as Portland’s premiere mid-size regional theater company by offering five critically acclaimed contemporary plays, alongside two magnificent mid-20th century classics and the world premiere production of the Broadway-scale musical, “Cuba Libre.” “This season’s lineup…

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Art Installation

Gary Pearlman adjusts the Tree of Life sculpture he designed for Congregation Neveh Shalom’s foyer, which has been named the The Isaak Foyer in honor of Rabbi Daniel and Carol Isaak, following Rabbi Isaak’s retirement as the senior rabbi of the congregation. Metalsmiths Richard Cawley and Gustav Sculptor crafted the sculpture and Eddy Shuldman created…

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Israeli dance returns to Portland thanks to White Bird

For the 11th time in the past 15 years, White Bird will bring an Israeli dance company to perform in Portland. L-E-V (“heart” in Hebrew) will perform at 8 pm, Oct. 15-17 at Lincoln Hall, Portland State University. Walter Jaffe and Paul King co-founded White Bird, a Portland-based dance presentation and commissioning company, 18 years…

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Check out “Auto | Biography” July 1-Nov. 8

PHOTO: 1917 Willys Knight Touring Car, c. 1917. Gift of Harriet and George Bodner OJM 2162 “Auto | Biography – Portraits of People With Cars” will be on exhibit July 1-Nov. 8 at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education. An opening party is planned at the museum 6-8 pm, Wednesday, July 8. The…

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23rd Annual Portland Jewish Film Festival

Films ranging from touching comedies to thought-provoking documentaries will entertain and enlighten thousands during the 23rd Portland Jewish Film Festival June 14-28. The festival is produced by the Northwest Film Center and co-presented by the Institute for Judaic Studies, with an opening night reception presented by Oregon Jewish Life magazine (https://orjewishlife.com/oregon-jewish-life-presents-film-festival-opening-reception/). Rabbi Joshua Stampfer and…

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Stellar Coming-of-Age Saga Explores ‘A Borrowed Identity’

PJFF: JUNE 21 SUN 7 PM Exceptionally intelligent and resourceful, and supported by a loving middle-class family, the young protagonist of “A Borrowed Identity” has a wide-open future. He does have one handicap, though, that will block his ascent into the upper echelons of Israeli society: He’s an Arab. Adapted by Arab Israeli writer Sayed…

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Israeli artists recording in English

WEB EXCLUSIVE BY TAL PERI Twenty years ago if you were an Israeli artist who wanted to write and record in English while living and performing in Israel, you had a problem. Radio DJs were skeptical, to say the least, and without airplay you were limited to the small clubs circuit, playing for an audience…

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Oregon Jewish Life Presents Film Festival Opening Reception

Oregon Jewish Life magazine presents the opening night reception for the 23rd Portland Jewish Film Festival. The reception at the Portland Art Museum from 5:30 to 7, June 14, precedes the screening of the first film in festival – “Magic Men.” The comedy begins at 7 pm at the Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art…

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Cellist Diane Chaplin Performs with Jewish Community Orchestra

For the past 40 years, the Jewish Community Orchestra has combined standard classical fare with works by Jewish composers, or works relating to Jewish themes and historical events. On Sunday, June 14, the orchestra continues this tradition with a performance of Anton Rubinstein’s Cello Concerto in A minor, featuring soloist Diane Chaplin, at the Mittleman…

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Jewish Mothers, Way Back When: A Visual Midrash

Photos by Judith Pavlik. Torah offers enough about the patriarchs that we can surmise Esau needed a better razor than Jacob, and Abraham was hospitable. But Torah is less forthcoming about the matriarchs. From Sophie Portnoy to Helen Seinfeld, strong, vibrant Jewish mothers have long made their mark on us. Were our imahot, our matriarchs,…