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Jun

19 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: THE KIND WORDS

4:30PM - 6:30PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97266

Directed by Shemi Zarhin, Sasson Gabai
Israel, 2014, 118 mins.

Embittered, spiky-tempered restaurateur Dorona and he…

Jun

19 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: TIME TO SAY GOODBYE

7:30PM - 9:00PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Viviane Andereggen
Germany, 2015, 82 mins.

Twelve-year-old Simon has a lot to deal with. His life in Ham…

Jun

20 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: CENSORED VOICES

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Mor Loushy
Israel/Germany, 2015, 87 mins.

The Six-Day War in 1967 ended with a stunning victory for Isra…

Jun

20 2016

Israeli Folk Dancing at Leedy Grange

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Leedy Grange
835 NW Saltzman Rd.
Beaverton, OR 97229

Learn and enjoy Israeli folk dances, brought to you by Sue Wendel and friends.

Jun

21 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: THE LAST MENTSCH

7:00PM - 8:35PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati
France/Germany, 2014, 93 mins.

Marcus Schwarz has spent a lifetime concealing his J…

Jun

22 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: P.S. JERUSALEM

7:00PM - 8:40PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Danae Elon
Israel, 2015, 97 mins.

P.S. Jerusalem is the story of one family in search of home. After liv…

Jun

23 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Nadav Lapid
Israel/France, 2015, 119 mins.

In this ambitious tale about the human drive to create, Nadav…

Jun

24 2016

Shabbat on the Upper Plaza!

6:15PM - 9:15PM  

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

Enjoy our beautiful NW summer evenings singing, praying and schmoozing! (Weather permitting).

Jun

24 2016

B'kol Echad: A Musical Shabbat at Shaarie Torah

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Shaarie Torah: Conservative
920 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR

Please join Congregation Shaarie Torah for this ever popular musical Erev Kabbalat Shabbat on the fourth Friday of…

Jun

24 2016

Shabbat on the Plaza and Sisterhood Installation

7:00PM - 7:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel: Reform
1972 NW Flanders
Portland, OR

Congregation Beth Israel’s cherished summer tradition continues with a Shabbat on the Plaza Service honoring the…

Jun

25 2016

Shoreshim (Young Families) Shabbat Afternoon Hike and Snack

3:00PM - 6:00PM  

Tryon Creek State Park
11321 SW Terwilliger Blvd
Portland, OR 97219

Join us at Tryon Creek State Park for a family-friendly hike as we explore nature together, and learn special…

Jun

25 2016

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26 2016

Third Annual Lefty Sing Along - Honoring the Music of Joan Baez

7:30PM - 12:30AM  

Private Home

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

A fundraiser for P'nai Or and Plant for the Planet, featuring Dan Anolik, Joan Glebow, Joel Glick, Lisa Lieberman,…

Jun

25 2016

24th Portland Jewish Film Festival: FEVER AT DAWN

8:00PM - 10:00PM  

Northwest Film Center's Whitsell Auditorium
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR 97205

Directed by Péter Gárdos
Hungary, 2015, 110 mins.

July, 1945. Miklos is a twenty-five-year-old Hungarian who has s…