Salem’s Beth Sholom, Pentacle Theatre do ‘Fiddler’
Salem’s Temple Beth Sholom and Pentacle Theatre have teamed up to add a special benefit performance to the theater’s scheduled run of “Fiddler on the Roof.” read more »
Playback Theater offering invites audience participation for single-evening performance
Two Jewish psychotherapists in Portland are behind a Nov. 7 Playback Theater presentation at the Curious Comedy Theater. read more »
TV icon Bruce Kimmel at Rave in the Nave
Bruce Kimmel is coming to town as the featured artist at the Nov. 13 “Rave in the Nave” at Christ United Methodist Church in Cedar Mill. read more »
Ahavath Achim readies Sephardic Film Series
Congregation Ahavath Achim has 10 films lined up for its free Sephardic Winter Film Series, which is hosted at the Sephardic congregation’s synagogue on Southwest Barbur Boulevard. read more »
Melton brings Jewish Brigade film to Neveh Shalom
A screening of the film “In Our Own Hands: The Hidden Story of the Jewish Brigade in WWII” is set for the Stampfer Chapel at Congregation Neveh Shalom on Oct. 28. read more »
ORA art celebration supports Kehilla Housing program
This year’s Fifth Annual Celebration of Art hosted by ORA Northwest Jewish Artists will benefit Cedar Sinai Park’s Kehillah Housing program. read more »
Ashland duo to perform at Havarah Shir Hadash
Singer-songwriters Laura Berman and Craig Benelli of 4 Stories High will present a benefit concert for Havurah Shir Hadash in Ashland Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. read more »
Temple Emek Shalom hosts Ashland Klezmerfest
“Klezmerfest,” Ashland’s first Klezmer music festival, kicks off on Saturday, Nov. 6, at Temple Emek Shalom, 1800 E. Main St. read more »
Kuznitsky portrait of Stampfers at Neveh Shalom
Susan Kuznitsky was in the Stampfer Chapel at Congregation Neveh Shalom not long ago for her younger son Matthew Heiteen’s bar mitzvah rehearsal. Associate Rabbi Bradley Greenstein was there along with Matthew’s tutor Deb Freidberg.
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Anna Cohen force for sustainability in Portland’s hot fashion community
Now in its eighth year, Portland Fashion Week has helped to put Portland on the fashion map in America and around the world as a locus of eco-responsible fashion creativity and as a nexus for art, commerce and sustainability in fashion design.
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Portland Open Studios features 10 Jewish artists
This year’s Portland Open Studios event will feature the work of 10 Jewish artists, among the 100 artists who were selected to take part.
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ORA Jewish artists event Oct. 24
The fifth annual celebration of art by ORA Northwest Jewish Artists is set for Oct. 24 at the Mittleman Jewish Community Center.
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‘Rachel Corrie’ on stage here
A controversial play about a young woman activist from the U.S. Northwest who was killed when she was struck by a bulldozer operated by the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza is on stage in Portland now.
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Israel Nebeker’s Blind Pilot flying high
For people interested in the Indie Folk/Pop music community, Israel Nebeker and his band Blind Pilot should be familiar names. read more »
Miriam Greenstein publishes story of her Holocaust survival
Portlander Miriam Greenstein’s new Holocaust memoir is a chilling first-person journey through that dark time. read more »
