Jewish Book Month
One Book, One Community - My Father's Paradise 
Read together as a community. Join other Portlanders during Jewish Book Month in reading Ariel Sabar’s My Father’s Paradise. Then, participate in meaningful conversation, enjoy entertainment and celebrate Jewish Book Month as a community. See below for events around One Book, One Community as well as other events to celebrate Jewish Book Month at the MJCC.
The Book: My Father's Paradise
A mysterious corner of Iraq. An ancient language. A tribe of mystics and magic men, peasants and storytellers. A vanished history. And a son’s epic journey back to his father’s lost homeland.
Book Talk Led by Sylvia Frankel
Date: Thursday, November 29
Time: 7:15 pm
Location: Rose Schnitzer Manor
ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY - My Father's Paradise
Book Talk Led by Sylvia Frankel
Join us for a Jewish Book Month discussion of My Father’s Paradise with Melton Instructor, Dr. Sylvia Frankel.
At Rose Schnitzer Manor, 6140 SW Boundary St.
Sponsored by MJCC, Portland’s Florence Melton Adult
Mini-School and Cedar Sinai Park
A Weekend with Professor Yona Sabar - Community Havdalah, Discussions, Interview and Kurdish Culture
ONE BOOK, ONE COMMUNITY - My Father's Paradise
Date: Saturday, December 1
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Neveh Shalom - Stampfer Chapel, 2900 Southwest Peaceful Lane, Portland
Presented by: Congregation Neveh Shalom, The Institute for Judaic Studies and The Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies at PSU.
Free and open to all.
Congregation Neveh Shalom is honored to present UCLA Professor Yona Sabar, whose life is depicted in My Father's Paradise, by his son, Ariel Sabar. Professor Sabar, scholar of Aramaic and Folklore, was the last boy to have his Bar Mitzvah in Kurdish Iraq before his family immigrated to Israel, facing a new way of life and significant challenges.
