Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.

Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.

Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.

Lee Gordon, Co-Founder of Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, and Graduate (of Hand in Hand Schools) Emmanuel Auerbach will present  at EJC on Feb. 18 at 2:00

Lee Gordon has been a friend of Kol Shalom since our early days, and was a popular speaker at our Sunday Forums of past years. On February 18th, Kol Shalom will host Lee at EJC where he will speak about Hand in Hand: Center for Jewish-Arab Education in Israel, the bilingual integrated schools for Arab and Jewish children that he co-founded in 1998.

And we are so fortunate for this extra treat: He will be joined by Emmanuel Auerbach, Hand in Hand student from kindergarten through twelfth, now living in New York and visiting Portland.  

What started as one school with 50 students, Hand in Hand has grown to six campuses with two thousand Arab and Jewish students, fostering inclusion and equality. In the midst of the Hamas attacks and subsequent war in Gaza, Hand in Hand has continued its important work building Jewish-Arab partnership and shared society in Israel. Says Lee, "Hand in Hand is a model of what Israel can and should look like." We are privileged to have the opportunity to ask questions of Lee and Emmanuel and to learn of the particular challenges at this time of crisis.  

Co-sponsored by Beth Israel, Havurah Shalom, P’nai Or and Shir Tikvah 

Please register here to attend.
Thanks and hope to see you at the EJC Feb. 18, 2:00 PM!

Kol Shalom's holiday, Chai Day, is a day to celebrate LIFE! The Hebrew word of course, means LIFE. Since the numerical value of its letters, chet and yud, add up to 18, we celebrate Chai Day's birthday on the 18th of the month, each month. Kol Shalom gave birth to Chai Day on June 18, 2012 in Hillsdale, Oregon

Kol Shalom’s Yiddish group, led by Benson Schaeffer, has monthly online meetings open to Kol Shalom members. Non-members are welcome to join but should contact Benson in advance (bookie@hevanet.com). The sessions are greatly self-contained and new folks are welcome to sit in. There’s a lot of Yiddish music, vocabulary and culture. You can also see Benson’s talk, The Joys of Yiddish” here on youtube as an introduction. Have some fun and learn some Yiddish!

Join us for Third Annual Kol Shalom Reproductive Shabbat, Friday, Feb. 9, 5:00 PM on Zoom. Special Guest Speaker: Amy Lavan, Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette. Contact info@kolshalom.org for Zoom link.

Repro Shabbat is an annual Shabbat celebration that honors the Jewish value of reproductive freedom. It takes place annually on Parshat Mishpatim, the reading of which contains the verses commonly referenced as the foundation of Judaism’s approach to reproductive health, rights, and justice. Individuals and communities across the world gather to celebrate Repro Shabbat and the Jewish traditions it honors. Participation can take many forms.

Please join us at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 28, at the Eastside Jewish Commons on 2420 NE Sandy Blvd. for Kol Shalom’s annual meeting, coupled with a celebration of environmental holiday Tu B’Shevat. We’ll get a rundown of Kol Shalom activities during 2023, hear about prospects for 2024, welcome new members, and acclaim new officers. For Tu B’Shevat, we’ll raise our climate consciousness and try to stave off climate chaos.

Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.

Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.

Socrates Cafe is our monthly meeting place online to discuss topics related to philosophy, spirituality, science, history and religion. Readings will be provided prior to each session and suggested readings from participants are welcome.

Featured in programs this year will be Jewish philosophers, their lives and beliefs. We’ll look at Spinoza, Einstein and more. We’ll also have special topics related to Humanistic Judaism. What can we learn? Grab some coffee, hot chocolate or whatever your home cafe table desires and join us for some relaxed informal and, hopefully, very interesting discussions.