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Mar

1 2024

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Mar

3 2024

Weekend in Quest - The Jews in Italy

5:00PM - 12:00PM  



OR

Join us in Astoria for a weekend of community and study with Professor Nancy Harrowitz, whose lectures will address t…

Mar

1 2024

P'nai Or Kirtan Kabbalat Shabbat

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Hillsdale Community Church (downstairs)
6948 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Kirtan Kabbalat Shabbat with Mashpi’ah Zahavi—DOWNSTAIRS at Hilldale Community Church and on Zoom. Hebrew Kirtan…

Mar

2 2024

EJC Klezmer Concert קול ישא Women in Yiddish Song

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 Ne Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

EJC and Ensemble Lebedik Presents – קול ישא Women in Yiddish Song

Mar

3 2024

OJMCHE Free First Sunday

11:00AM - 4:00PM  

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education
724 NW Davis
Portland, OR 97209

The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education offers FREE ADMISSION on the first Sunday of every month,…

Mar

5 2024

Wondering Jews Podcast Release

6:00AM - 7:00AM  

 

Finally, a smart, funny, fast-moving podcast for Jews who love weed and for the people who love them! Join Portland b…

Mar

7 2024

Continuum, presented by Annabelle Dolidon

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

A compilation of French science fiction short stories, part of our March Lecture Series at Rose Schnitzer Manor Activ…

Mar

10 2024

Museums Have Records Too! Locating Your Ancestors behind Closed Doors

10:30AM - 12:30PM  


PO Box 19736
Portland, OR 97280

Melissa Barker will present methodology to help with family research.
The meeting will be via Zoom, free and open to …

Mar

10 2024

Sunday Afternoon Klez Jam at EJC

1:00PM - 3:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 Ne Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

The people have spoken and what they've asked for is a Klezmer jam at Eastside Jewish Commons!

Mar

10 2024

EJC & ORA Present: Needle Felted Kippot with Simcha Shields

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 Ne Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

Needle Felted Kippot at EJC

Mar

12 2024

17th Annual Sephardic Winter Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Congregation Ahavah Achim for our monthly winter film festival. For list of all dates and films:…

Mar

13 2024

Book Signing: THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS at Powell's Books

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Powell's City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR 97209

Meet the authors of THE COUNTERFEIT COUNTESS, Elizabeth B. White & Joanna Sliwa. Pre-order a signed copy and RSVP…

Mar

13 2024

“MATTER OF MIND: MY PARKINSON’S”

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

EJC and Indie Pop present the acclaimed documentary, “Matter of Mind: My Parkinson's”, which explores the…

Mar

14 2024

The Cost of Free Land, Rebecca Clarren

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

The entangled story of the author's Jewish immigrant ancestors, the Homestead Act of 1862, and the appropriation of L…

Mar

15 2024

EJC Friday Noontime Concert

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

Kochleffel Syndrome Klezmer Trio: Back by Popular Demand! Accordionist Martin Morgenbesser, violinist Andrew…

Mar

17 2024

Nibbles & Narratives: A Haggadah-Making Workshop

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Congregation Neveh Shalom: Conservative
2900 SW Peaceful Lane
Portland, OR

Sunday, March 17, 2024
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Congregation Neveh Shalom, Room 102

Drawing from the Feldstein's Library ex…

Mar

17 2024

Purim & Holi Celebration

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Congregation Neveh Shalom
2900 SW Peaceful Lane
Portland, OR 97239

Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland and Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh for a celebration of Purim and Holi! Famil…

Mar

17 2024

The Hoffman-Lemish Quartet

6:00PM - 7:30PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Highway
Portland, OR 97219

Amos Hoffman and Noam Lemish have been collecting Jewish melodies from different parts of the world including…

Mar

19 2024

Wondering Jews Podcast Release

6:00AM - 7:00AM  

 

Finally, a smart, funny, fast-moving podcast for Jews who love weed and for the people who love them! Join Portland b…

Mar

21 2024

Braids, Sonya Sanford

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Cookbook featuring Urkanian, Soviet, and Jewish Diasporic recipes, part of our March Lecture Series at Rose Schnitzer…

Mar

23 2024

MANDY PATINKIN IN CONCERT: BEING ALIVE

7:30PM - 9:30PM  

Arlene Scnitzer Concert Hall at Portland'5 Centers for the Arts
1037 SW Broadway
Portland, OR 97205

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall - Portland'5 Centers for the Arts

Before he was an Emmy-winning TV star, Mandy Patinki…

Mar

23 2024

Purim on Alberta St(Carpathian Pacific Express)

9:00PM - 11:59PM  

Alberta Street Pub
1036 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR 97211

Purim celebration open to the public (over 21). Features Portland's Carpathian-Pacific Express (klezmer and…

Mar

24 2024

EJC Acoustic Ecology with Aaron Kahn

1:30PM - 4:30PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 Ne Sandy Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232

EJC presents Acoustic Ecology with Aaron Kahn

Mar

24 2024

Israeli Folk Dancing at SWCC

2:30PM - 4:00PM  

Southwest Community Center
6820 SW 45th Ave.
Portland, OR 97219

No class or open dance 3/31 or 4/7.

NOTE STARTING 4/14 NEW TIME START TIME is 2:30 for beginners class, andt 3:30-5 …

Mar

24 2024

Purim Israeli Folk Dance Party

7:00PM - 10:30PM  

Burlingame Water Tower
8936 SW 17th Ave
Portland, OR 97219

Join dance leader Donna Cole for a dance party celebrating the holiday of Purim. Dance to classic and current dances!…

Mar

28 2024

Call Me John, Michael Schoenholtz

7:00AM - 8:00PM  

A 14-year-old boy who disappears without a trace is "found" 90 years later, part of our March Lecture Series at Rose …