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Dec

2 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Beginning Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Class
Beginning Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Ease into Hebrew beginning with Alef-Be…

Dec

2 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Modern Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Classes
Modern Hebrew
NEW–four levels of Modern Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Join …

Dec

3 2025

Perek Shira Class with Miriam Strudler

1:00PM - 2:00PM  

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Miriam Strudler for a deep dive into the first Chapter of Perek Shira.
This chapter focuses on the heavens prais…

Dec

4 2025

POSTPONED: Jew Oughta Know Part I with Jessica Rehfield

6:00PM - 7:30PM  

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

Did you know some of your FAVORITE pop culture phenomena were created by Jewish-American artists and authors? Artist…

Dec

4 2025

Weekly Parsha Class

8:00PM - 8:10PM  

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Rabbi Gleizer every Thursday evening at 8pm for
10 minute Torah From The Mir :
Torah thoughts on this weeks Pars…

Dec

5 2025

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Dec

7 2025

Ruach Weekend Retreat

3:00PM - 10:00AM  

Camp Solomon Schechter
1627A 73rd Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98501

Ruach is an immersive, two-day adult retreat hosted by Camp Solomon Schechter in collaboration with the Jewish…

Dec

6 2025

Women's Torah Study

10:30AM - 11:30AM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week for a women's only Torah study focusing on the…

Dec

6 2025

Sephardic Foundations

12:30PM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week to learn about the foundations of Sephardic…

Dec

9 2025

Kleinstein Scholar Series: Dr. Thomas Weber Lecture

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

Beit Haverim
1111 Country Club Road
Lake Oswego, OR 97034

Dr. Thomas Weber, acclaimed scholar of Nazi history, will present a lecture at Beit Haverim on Tuesday, December 9th…

Dec

9 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Beginning Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Class
Beginning Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Ease into Hebrew beginning with Alef-Be…

Dec

9 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Modern Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Classes
Modern Hebrew
NEW–four levels of Modern Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Join …

Dec

10 2025

Portland Death Schmooze

6:30PM - 8:00PM  

Eastside Jewish Commons
2420 NE Sandy Blvd
Portland, OR 97232

Participants do not need to attend all three sessions - please sign up for any/all dates that you'd like to attend. …

Dec

10 2025

Hanukkah Webinar: History, Practice, Themes

8:00PM - 9:00PM  

Hanukkah Webinar: History, Practice, Themes

Wednesday, December 10
8 - 9 PM
Zoom link to follow upon reg…

Dec

11 2025

Weekly Parsha Class

8:00PM - 8:10PM  

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Rabbi Gleizer every Thursday evening at 8pm for
10 minute Torah From The Mir :
Torah thoughts on this weeks Pars…

Dec

13 2025

Women's Torah Study

10:30AM - 11:30AM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week for a women's only Torah study focusing on the…

Dec

13 2025

Sephardic Foundations

12:30PM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week to learn about the foundations of Sephardic…

Dec

14 2025

Jewish Women’s Storytelling Collective Book Reading and Signing

12:00PM - 1:30PM  

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

Join us for a book reading and signing event with the Jewish Women’s Storytelling Collective! Members of the Collec…

Dec

16 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Beginning Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Class
Beginning Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Ease into Hebrew beginning with Alef-Be…

Dec

16 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Modern Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Classes
Modern Hebrew
NEW–four levels of Modern Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Join …

Dec

18 2025

Weekly Parsha Class

8:00PM - 8:10PM  

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Rabbi Gleizer every Thursday evening at 8pm for
10 minute Torah From The Mir :
Torah thoughts on this weeks Pars…

Dec

20 2025

Women's Torah Study

10:30AM - 11:30AM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week for a women's only Torah study focusing on the…

Dec

20 2025

Sephardic Foundations

12:30PM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week to learn about the foundations of Sephardic…

Dec

23 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Beginning Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Class
Beginning Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Ease into Hebrew beginning with Alef-Be…

Dec

23 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Modern Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Classes
Modern Hebrew
NEW–four levels of Modern Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Join …

Dec

25 2025

Weekly Parsha Class

8:00PM - 8:10PM  

Portland Kollel
6682 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join Rabbi Gleizer every Thursday evening at 8pm for
10 minute Torah From The Mir :
Torah thoughts on this weeks Pars…

Dec

27 2025

Women's Torah Study

10:30AM - 11:30AM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week for a women's only Torah study focusing on the…

Dec

27 2025

Sephardic Foundations

12:30PM - 1:30PM  

Congregation Ahavath Achim
6686 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Open to experienced and beginner learners alike, join us every week to learn about the foundations of Sephardic…

Dec

28 2025

Last Flight Home: Brunch, Movie Screening and Meaningful Conversation

11:00AM - 1:30PM  

Mittleman Jewish Community Center (MJCC)
6651 SW Capitol Hwy
Portland, OR 97219

Join JADE's Portland Death Educator, Rachel Crawford for a special community screening of Last Flight Home, an intima…

Dec

30 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Beginning Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Class
Beginning Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Ease into Hebrew beginning with Alef-Be…

Dec

30 2025

Machon Ivrit: Fall Classes Modern Hebrew

7:00PM - 9:00PM  

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

Fall Classes
Modern Hebrew
NEW–four levels of Modern Hebrew

Tuesdays, 7-9pm
Oct 28, 2025 – May 12, 2026

Join …