Through Nov. 8 Tommy J & Sally, a two-character play exploring racial tensions. 7:30 pm Fridays and Saturdays, 3 pm Sundays. Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, 5340 N Interstae, Portland. Tickets $25. passinart.net or 503-235-8079 Cuba Libre. At Artists Repertory Theatre. Artistsrep.org Through November Jewish Book Celebration. See page 51 OJMCHE events. See page 65 Nov….
MUSEUM HAS BUSY NOVEMBER SCHEDULE The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education has a very busy November planned. For more information on any of the November programs, visit ojmche.org. Nov. 1, 1-2:30 pm: Sunday Speaker Deb Mrowka is the first of four Sunday speakers at OJMCHE during the winter months of 2015-2016. Sunday…
Last minute request puts wedding officiant on the spot Dear Helen: Many years ago I got a lay certification to perform weddings. The first few I performed were for my own children; then for children of friends; then for peers who remarried. Happily, a career as a teacher and an avocation as a poet make…
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Jewish Federation of Lane County Annual Community Celebration and Benefit. Rosenblum is the first woman to lead the Oregon Department of Justice. An appellate judge and federal prosecutor prior to running for office, she was appointed to her job before being officially…
This fall the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation will launch J-Give PDX, a dynamic new giving circle for Jewish young adults in the Portland area. The program will provide an exciting opportunity for Jewish men and women in their 20s-30s to engage with the community philanthropically and experience the excitement of collaborative giving. “J-Give PDX will…
Rabbi Boris Dolin has leveraged his considerable contributions at Temple Beth Israel in Eugene to embark on an exciting new opportunity in Warsaw, Poland. The native Oregonian received a job description from a progressive synagogue in Warsaw in early June; he was intrigued, but not sure he and his family could handle such a big…
Through Nov. 8 Auto|Biography: Portraits of People with Cars at the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, 1953 NW Kearney, Portland. 503-226-3600 Oct. 2 Shaba-la Shabbat in the Sukkah. Enjoy puppets, stories and songs, blessings and challah 2:30-3:30 pm at the MJCC. For ages 3-5. Free. 503-244-0111 Oct. 3-Nov. 8 “Cuba Libre” at…
Rabbi Michael Cahana and his Impact Project Group developed “Business for Culture and the Arts,” a training platform for future arts group board members. The BCA group was, from left, Michelle Glass, Allison Rowden, Rabbi Cahana and Parna Mehrbani, as well as in photos held by Cahana Jessica Getman (left) and Emily Teplin-Fox. In 2003…
On Aug. 15, Rabbi David Kosak became the third senior rabbi of Congregation Neveh Shalom since the congregation was founded by the merger of two Conservative synagogues in 1961. Rabbi Kosak considers it a bonus that the congregation has such a rich history with its previous leaders. “The way to succeed is to follow successful…
Nordia House hosts exhibit on boatlift that rescued thousands of Danish Jews In the autumn of 1943, the efforts of Danish citizens successfully rescued 7,000 Danish Jews from imminent arrest and deportation to concentration camps. Using fishing boats, private vessels and other small crafts, Danes ferried their Jewish neighbors to safety in neutral Sweden. The…
