Event Calendar

PERPLEXED? Announcing Adult Ed Zoom Class with Rabbi Isaak

Neveh Shalom 2900 SW Peaceful Lane, Portland

Thursday mornings 10-11am beginning December 2. Maimonides addressed his “Guide for the Perplexed” to 12th century Jews struggling to reconcile Jewish revealed truth with (Aristotelian) reason. Micah Goodman’s book Maimonides and the Book that Changed Judaism will tell us how he did it. Cost: $30. Register by email to: receptionist@nevehshalom.org. You will need to purchase the book prior to the start of class.

The 5 Books of Moses: weekly discussion of Torah portion with Rabbi Eve Posen

Virtual Event

Thursdays, beginning Oct 21 12:00-12:45pm, On Zoom   Come learn and discuss central themes of each parshah and how they relate to our lives today.  We’ll start each session digging into the previous week’s text and moving to the next part of the narrative. Perhaps we’ll even create a collection of Torah as told by our different perspectives. Open to all ages and stages and creativity levels. No previous text study required. To register, please contact Lisa-Marie by email or ... Read More

Can We Talk About Israel?–An Evening with Daniel Sokatch

Virtual Event

Can We Talk about Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted, authored by Daniel Sokatch, is a supreme­ly nuanced discourse of the Israeli-Pales­tin­ian con­flict, past and present. It is broad in scope, yet detailed in analy­sis, thought-pro­vok­ing for the well-informed, yet acces­si­ble for the new learn­er. It is the story of that conflict, and of why so many people feel so strongly about it without actually understanding it very well at all. It ... Read More