03/05/2010 - 6:00pm to 03/05/2010 - 8:00pm

Location:
Shaarie Torah
Congregation Shaarie Torah
920 NW 25th Avenue
Portland, OR 97210

Class Description:
Shabbat Across America: In conjunction with the National Jewish Outreach Program, Congregation Shaarie Torah is presenting an evening of a traditional kosher Shabbat dinner, catered by Meirav, along with songs, words of Torah, and the how and why of Friday night rituals.

More Info:
Call (503) 226-6131.

Cost:
Paid reservations required by March 1, $15 adults, $10 children.

03/05/2010 - 7:30pm to 03/05/2010 - 9:30pm

Location:
American Jewish Committee
Artists Repertory Theatre
1515 Southwest Morrison Street
Portland , OR 97205


Class Description:
Jewish Theatre Collaborative partners with Oregon Holocaust Resource Center and the Oregon Area Jewish Committee this winter to present Kindertransport 2010.



Performances February 25-March 21, Thursday-Saturday @ 7:30 PM, Sundays @ 2 pm

Kindertransport, by Diane Samuels weaves story of 3 generations of women whose lives are intertwined when 9 year old Eva is sent from Germany to Manchester in 1938.

For JTC, producing this play is anchored in the moral imperative of the Holocaust Never Again; to draw lessons from the Holocaust and broaden the scope of the conversation from the historical to the present. Talkbacks and additional events planned: On March 1st, Dr. Natan Meir will present a lecture on the Vibrant and Diverse Jewish Life of Pre War Europe and the remnants that remained after the war. March 8th, JTC will host The Beirut Wedding World Theatre Project, who will present a reading of Honey Brown Eyes by Stefanie Zadravec about the ethnic violence in Bosnia . And finally, Base Roots, a local African American Theatre Company will present a staged reading of Winter Miller’s In Darfur on March 15th.



More Info:

Tickets available @ www.jewishtheatrecollaborative.org and 503-512-9582

03/05/2010 - 7:30pm to 03/05/2010 - 9:30pm

Location:
Lewis And Clark College
Lewis And Clark College
Fir Acres Theatre


Class Description:
Vilna’s Got A Golem by Ernest Joselovitz
Directed by Professor Stephanie Arnold, performed by Students of Lewis & Clark College.

The Theatre Department presents Vilna’s Got A Golem by Ernest Joselovitz on the Main Stage of Fir Acres Theatre the first two weeks of March. The play, written in 1997, draws on the Yiddish theatre tradition and the legend of the Golem to address complex issues related to the resistance to oppression and the proliferation of violence, both historically and in our contemporary world.

At first the play appears to be a comedy, and comic elements continue throughout. A troupe of actors from Vilna in 1899 are putting on a play that supposedly takes place in 1540. Written by a company member, the “play within the play” tells of the creation of a Golem by two poor Jewish cobblers to avenge a family death perpetrated by a mob. But a darker undertone grows stronger, first as the story of loss becomes more apparent, and then as the Golem becomes an out of control force of random violence.



Discussions Following Performances
Saturday March 6: Professor Natan Meir, Portland State University
Friday March 12: Rabbi Jonathan Seidel, Lewis & Clark College , Portland State University , and the University of Oregon
Lecture by Jonathan Seidel

“The Golem: From the Talmud to the X Files. Reflections on the kabbalistic, magical, and artistic representations of the Golem in Jewish culture.”
Date and Time TBA

More Info:
March 5, 6, and 11, 12, and 13, 7:30 pm
Box Office: 503-768-7495. For Assistance or Group Tickets: Joyce Beeny, 503-768-7491