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Be a Soup-er Hero for Purim
Lift UP’s Soup Drive
Lift UP’s soup drive is here, and YOU can help our partners combat food insecurity across the Portland area by donating canned or boxed soup or packets of ramen for their Hero’s Pantry. Collection bins are in the Main Sanctuary and Schnitzer Family Center.
Lift UP also welcomes online donations. A $10 donation secures five cans of soup, directly aiding our neighbors in need. Donate here!
Purim Carnival
Sunday, March 17, 9:30 AM
In-Person ONLY
Schnitzer Family Center
Religious School students should get ready for a morning of fun, games, costumes, and hamantaschen. Cheer for Mordecai, booooooo for Haman, and keep an eye out for details in our weekly Parent Nus newsletter!
Michloach Manot for Rose Haven
A Project for CBI Teens During Religious School
Sunday, March 17, 1:45 PM
In-Person ONLY
Schnitzer Family Center
First, help your most local community by taking down the Purim carnival, then expand the love outward for a social justice program. We’ll be packing mishloach manot for Rose Haven, our neighborhood shelter and community center for women, children, and gender non-conforming people experiencing homelessness, abuse and other traumas. Questions? Connect with Youth Director Flip Frisch.
Michloach Manot Packing
With WRJ/Beth Israel Sisterhood
Thursday, March 21, 5:00 PM
In-Person ONLY
Goodman Hall
Sisterhood is partnering with Jewish Family & Child Service and the Jewish Federation to assemble mishloach manot/shalech mones—or Purim gift bags—for a handful of Jewish retirement communities to bring a little joy around Purim.
Want to help? We are looking for volunteer-hamantaschen bakers to deliver homemade treats for our gift bags, as well as volunteers to assemble the actual packages. Let us know if you’re interested!
5784: a 1984 Rock Opera
Saturday, March 23,
6:00 PM
In-Person and Online
Main Sanctuary
What do Cyndi Lauper, Ronald Reagan, Billy Idol, Phyllis Schlafly, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, The Talking Heads, Madonna, and George Orwell all have in common?
Join us for an all-star cast and a songbook of 1984 hits, but beware: Haman is watching tou.
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