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Mar

2 2025

The Annual Queen Esther Talent Showcase
 

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Calling all Portland Area Jewish women!

Come be inspired and have so much fun - share your talent with your communit…

Mar

2 2025

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

2 2025

Screening: "Muhammad Ali - The Greatest"

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

William Klein’s masterful portrait of the Man-So-Mean-He-Made-Medicine-Sick focuses on the lead-ups to and aftermat…

Mar

5 2025

Jewish Poetry Reading Group at EJC

12:30PM - 2:30PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

Love to read poetry? Drawn to Jewish poets writing in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish in translation? You don’t need t…

Mar

8 2025

Purim Puppet Making Party

12:00PM - 2:00PM  

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

In this hands-on puppet making workshop, youth ages 5 through 15 are invited to make puppets based on the characters …

Mar

9 2025

Concert 4 a Cause! Still Kickin Band at the Gather:Make:Shelter Fundraiser!

2:00PM - 4:00PM  

Eastside Jewish commons
2420 NE SANDY BLVD
Portland, OR 97232

Concert for a Cause! Want to help a local non-profit arts organization strengthen their ability to support our housel…

Mar

11 2025

18th Annual Winter Sephardic Film Festival

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

18th Annual Winter Sephardic Film Festival Join us on the second Tuesday of each month from December - April for a…

Mar

12 2025

Pre-Purim Henna Party - Women's Event

5:00PM - 8:00PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join us Wednesday, March 12, from 5–8 PM for a pre-Purim henna celebration honoring the women of Portland’s Jewis…

Mar

19 2025

Kenahorror! Behind the Evil Eye - Jewish Lore that Begat the Horror Genre

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

Kenahorror! Behind the Evil Eye - Jewish Lore that Begat the Horror Genre

Strangely garbed hominids gather for their…

Mar

20 2025

Storytime for Adults

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

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

 
 

 

Register by Tuesday, March 18.

 

Mar

21 2025

EJC Presents: Noontime Concert with Whiskey Deaf Duet

12:00PM - 1:00PM  

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

EJC Noon Concert Whiskey Deaf Duet

Mar

23 2025

New Horizons Big Band at EJC

3:00PM - 5:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy blvd
Portland, OR 97232

Join us for an afternoon where we go back in time to the Big Band Era with standards and show-stoppers performed by T…

Mar

27 2025

Survival and Intimations of Immortality: Artist and Curator Talk

4:30PM - 6:00PM  

Zoom

Join curator Ori Z Soltes, Rabbi Ronnie Cahana, and Kitra Cahana for a conversation on Zoom about Survival and Intim…

Mar

27 2025

CNS-ORA Art, Heart, and Soul: Sip & Snip Papercut Lanterns

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Snip and Sip: Paper Cut Lanterns with artist David Friedman
Thursday, March 27
7:00-9:00pm
RSVP Here!

Join multi-me…

Mar

27 2025

Screening: "Home Court"

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

The documentary 'Home Court' is the coming-of-age story of Ashley Chea, a Cambodian American basketball prodigy in…

Mar

30 2025

Learn to Bake Kosher for Passover Macaron with Pastry Chef Eliana Bonn

10:00AM - 3:00PM  

Learn to Bake Kosher for Passover Macarons

Gesher's rabbis invite you to

A Baking Workshop in Gesher’s Kosher fo…

Mar

30 2025

Israeli Dancing for Everyone with Allison Victor

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

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

Learn Israeli Dancing with Allison Victor

Mar

30 2025

Young Professionals Cooking Workshop

4:00PM - 6:30PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Congregation Ahavath Achim and Portland Jewish Connection for a hands-on Spinach Quashado cooking experience!

E…

Mar

31 2025

A Letter to Uncle Bruce: A Grief Writing Workshop

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

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

A Letter to Uncle Bruce:
Facilitated by Jenn Director Knudsen and Laura Cohen, LCSW
Five years ago this month, Jenn…