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Apr

1 2019

to
Jun

30 2019

Spring Monthly Mitzvah Projects
 

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Spring Monthly Mitzvah Projects

Each month the MJCC and PJA communities will collect items for the monthly mitzvah.Â…

Apr

14 2019

Good Deeds Month - Passover Box Assembly

8:00AM - 11:30AM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Event schedule (shifts):

8:00 - 9:00 am: Setup and build boxes
9:00 - 11:00 am: Pack boxes
10:30 - 11:30 am: Send…

Apr

14 2019

PJ Library Story Hour

9:15AM - 10:00AM  

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

PJ Library Story Hour

Share in a weekly story hour for young families with music, art, and PJ Library books at Neveh…

Apr

14 2019

Pre- Passover Cooking Party with Rabbi Gary and Rabbi Laurie

10:00AM - 3:00PM  

 

Rabbi Gary and Rabbi Laurie love to cook for Passover, and they invite you to Gesher's kitchen to join them in prepa…

Apr

14 2019

OJMCHE Gala

5:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

OJMCHE Gala

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education's annual gala will be full of food, fun and no l…

Apr

15 2019

Israeli Folk Dancing at Leedy Grange

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Leedy Grange
835 NW Saltzman Rd
Portland, OR , OR 97229

 

Join in for an evening of Israeli and International folk dancing every 1st, 3rd, and 5th Mondays.

Please see sites.g…

Apr

16 2019

Mah Jongg for Beginners

10:30AM - 12:30PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Learn to play this ancient game. It will give your mind a workout!

Tuesday Mornings
April 16 - May 14
10:30 am - 12:…

Apr

16 2019

Mah Jongg for Intermediate Players

1:30PM - 3:30PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Take your game to the next level!

Tuesday Afternoons
April 16 - May 14
1:30 - 3:30 pm, CG302
Cost: $100. Members: $…

Apr

16 2019

Chabad - Jewish Happy Hour

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

Location visible to members - https://www.meetup.com/Jewish-Happy-Hour/

 

Love happy hour? Love Jews? You are in luck they are finally coming together on the third Tuesday of the month! Meet …

Apr

16 2019

Fundraising Dinner from Aviv

5:30PM - 8:00PM  

Aviv
1125 SE Division St
Portland, OR 97202

Fundraising Dinner with Aviv

Join us for a fundraising dinner at Aviv, Portland’s home to delicious vegan Israeli …

Apr

16 2019

Portland Film Premiere - Chavruta: A Drummer's Bat Mitzvah

7:00PM - 8:30PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Join us for the Portland premiere of this 15-minute documentary short by Jodi Darby. The film follows two Jewish Port…

Apr

17 2019

Exhibition Tour of OJMCHE

1:00AM - 2:00PM  

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

Please join OJMCHE for weekly public tours of the museum galleries at 1pm on Wednesdays. Tours are free with admissio…

Apr

17 2019

From Camp Herzl to The Basement Tapes: the Early Work of Bob Dylan

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
1972 NW Flanders St
Portland, OR 97209

From Camp Herzl to The Basement Tapes: a Look at Yearning in The Early Work of Bob Dylan

Apr

17 2019

Israeli Dancing

7:00PM - 8:00PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

Israeli Dancing

Join us for a fun, introductory Israeli dance class. All levels welcome. 

Six people needed.
Wedne…

Apr

18 2019

PJ Story Hour Yad b'Yad

11:00AM - 11:45AM  

Rose Schnitzer Manor
6140 SW Boundary Street
Portland, OR 97221

Share in a weekly intergenerational story hour for young families with music, PJ Library books, and the residents of…

Apr

18 2019

JND Happy Hour

5:30PM - 7:30PM  

Kells Brewery
210 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209

Jews Next Dor (JND) is Congregation Beth Israel’s group for 20/30-somethings! Operating under Portland’s largest …

Apr

18 2019

Mighty Mamas: A Group for moms by moms

6:00PM - 7:00PM  

Congregation Beth Israel: Reform
1972 NW Flanders
Portland, OR

Join us for 6 sessions of:

Positive self reflections
Solutions focused discussions
Discovering your needs as a mom
P…

Apr

18 2019

Jewish Pride Greater PDX's Happy Hour

6:30PM - 8:30PM  

Cerulean Wine
1439 NW Marshall St
Portland, OR 97209

Jewish Pride Greater PDX's Happy Hour

Come and join us!

Jewish Pride Greater PDX is a multi-denominational organiz…

Apr

18 2019

Pre-Passover Treasure Hunt: Bedikat Chametz and Bonfire

7:00PM - 7:45PM  

 

Pre-Passover Treasure Hunt: Bedikat Chametz and Bonfire:  

This is a short evening fun celebration!  Both a physic…

Apr

19 2019

Portland's Traditional Seders for Young Professionals
 

Join other young professionals at a traditional family seder!

The seder includes handmade matzah, homemade wine, hom…

Apr

19 2019

to
Apr

28 2019

Art Gallery Exhibit: The Passover Series
 

Mittleman Jewish Community Center
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR

 

Art Gallery Exhibit: The Passover Series

Shlomo Katz, Polish/Israeli, 1937 - 1992 
Born in Lodz, Poland, Shlomo Kat…

Apr

19 2019

Cedar Sinai Park's 1st Seder

5:00PM - 8:00PM  

Rose Schnitzer Manor
6140 SW Boundary Street
Portland, OR

Join the residents of CSP and thier family's for Passover 5579/2019

Apr

19 2019

Annual Theatrical Passover Community Seder at Gesher

5:30PM - 9:30PM  

Gesher: A Bridge Home (Outreach and Welcome to Unaffiliated Jews)
10701 SW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR

Come one, come all!  Gesher Rabbis Laurie Rutenberg and Gary Schoenberg invite you to join their caravan of ex-slave…
Apr

19 2019

12th Annual Student Led Passover Seder for College Students

7:30PM - 11:00PM  

Chabad at Reed Jewish student center
3355 SE Steele Street
Portland , OR 97202

12th Annual Student Led Passover Seder for College Students in SE Portland RSVP at www.JewishReed.com/PassoverRSVP

Apr

19 2019

Community Passover Seder

7:30PM - 10:30PM  

Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

A Warm Family Style Community Seder

Gourmet Cuisine
Handmade Shmurah Matzah
International Kosher Wine Selection

Heb…

Apr

19 2019

Vancouver Passover Seder

7:30PM - 10:30PM  

Chabad Lubatvitch of Clark County
9604 NE 126TH AVE, #2340
VANCOUVER, WA 98682

A Warm and engaging family style Seder. Gourmet dinner and International Wine selection. Event begins with Appetizewr…

Apr

19 2019

Hillsboro Community Passover Seder

7:45PM - 11:45PM  

Apr

20 2019

Portland's Traditional Seders for Young Professionals
 

Join other young professionals at a traditional family seder!

The seder includes handmade matzah, homemade wine, hom…

Apr

20 2019

Mini Mensches Tot Shabbat

9:00AM - 10:30AM  

Congregation Beth Israel: Reform
1972 NW Flanders
Portland, OR

Mini Mensches Tot Shabbat

Celebrate Shabbat with the youngest with music, dancing and fun with our clergy! Always fo…

Apr

20 2019

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders

10:00AM - 11:00AM  

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

Torah Troop for 3rd-5th Graders

Torah Troop allows families at Congregation Neveh Shalom to move into the main sanct…

Apr

20 2019

Kiddush Club for K-2nd Graders

10:15AM - 11:15AM  

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

Kiddush Club for K-2nd Graders

Continue the fun and warmth of Congregation Neveh Shalom's Tot Shabbat with Kiddush C…

Apr

20 2019

Young Family Tot Shabbat (0-5 years)

10:15AM - 11:15AM  

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

Young Family Tot Shabbat (0-5 years)

Experience the joy of Shabbat! A fun and engaging service for families with kid…

Apr

20 2019

Young Adult Passover Lunch

11:30AM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Beth Israel
1972 NW Flanders St
Portland, OR

This year Moishe House Portland is hosting a young adult Passover lunch rather than a seder. This will be a Passover…

Apr

20 2019

A Humanistic Jewish Passover Seder

4:00PM - 7:30PM  

Starlight Room
1125 SE Madison
Portland, OR 97214

Why is our Seder different from all other Seders?  

Come to Kol Shalom Community for Humanistic Judaism's Seder an…

Apr

20 2019

Cedar Sinai Park's 2nd Seder

5:00PM - 8:00PM  

Rose Schnitzer Manor
6140 SW Boundary Street
Portland, OR

Join the residents of CSP and thier family's for Passover 5579/2019

Apr

20 2019

Gesher's Unique Theatrical Passover Seder for Families w/ Younger Children

5:00PM - 7:15PM  

Gesher: A Bridge Home (Outreach and Welcome to Unaffiliated Jews)
10701 SW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR

PASSOVER SEDER FOR FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
 
Children know "make believe."  At this seder, we role play our …
Apr

20 2019

Passover Community Seder

5:30PM - 9:30PM  

Celebrate Catering
15555 Bangy Rd, #100
Lake Oswego, OR

Join us for a family-friendly Seder with Rabbi Alan Berg and Cantorial Soloist Ann Brown.

The 2nd night of Passover

…
Apr

20 2019

2nd Night CNS Community Seder

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Join the Neveh Shalom community and Rabbi Posen for an engaging 2nd-night Seder. This is a seder for all community m…

Apr

20 2019

CKA Passover 2019

6:00PM - 8:00PM  

Please join Congregation Kol Ami for our 2nd Night Community Seder on Saturday April 20, 2019 @ 6 P.M.   The cost i…

Apr

20 2019

Portland's UnShul's Second Night Seder at the Q

6:00PM - 9:00PM  

Q Center
4115 N Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR 97217

PLEASE PUT SATURDAY, APRIL 20th, 6:00 pm on your calendar for our annual Queer Second Night Seder that is not just fo…

Apr

20 2019

Redemption Song: A Second Night Seder at Shaarie Torah

7:00PM - 10:30PM  

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

Redemption Song: Second Night Passover Seder

A Very Beautiful and Special Traditional Passover Seder
7:00 Check in, …
Apr

20 2019

Community Passover Seder

7:30PM - 10:30PM  

Chabad Center For Jewish Life
2858 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

A Warm Family Style Community Seder

Gourmet Cuisine
Handmade Shmurah Matzah
International Kosher Wine Selection

Heb…

Apr

20 2019

SE Portland Passover Seder

7:30PM - 11:00PM  

SE Portland Chabad House
3355 SE Steele Street
Portland , OR 97202

Traditional Passover Seder! 

Open to the Jewish Community

RSVP only! www.JewishReed.com/SederRSVP