The 2020 Community Havdalah Service was held on Saturday, January 25th at Rose Schnitzer Manor. More than 70 residents and community members attended the service, which was led by Rabbi Hannah Later and Hazzan Baruch Morris of P’nai Or. Following the service, nine members of various Portland Israeli folk dance groups shared a folk dance related to the theme of Havdalah, and refreshments were served.
The Community Havdalah Service is put on by the Jewish Women’s Round Table and supported
by the following organizations:
Beit Haverim
Congregation Beth Israel Sisterhood
Congregation Neveh Shalom
Congregation Shir Tikvah
Shalom Chapter of Hadassah
Havurah Shalom
Jewish Federation of Greater Portland
Congregation Kol Ami Women of Reform Judaism
Congregation Kesser Israel
Kol Shalom
Mittleman Jewish Community Center
Oregon Jewish Museum/Center for Holocaust Education