Dear Melton Community,

This summer's Melton Service Event has been scheduled! We will be volunteering at the Sunshine Pantry in Beaverton to make back-to-school packs for underserved students.

Date: Sunday, August 2
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Location: The Sunshine Pantry, Building 26, 7795 S.W. Cirrus Drive, Beaverton

Please join the Melton school as we collaborate with the Sunshine Pantry to help kids start school prepared!

The packs will be distributed by the Pantry and will include school supplies such as:
- backpacks
- lunchboxes
- notebooks
- pencils

... and snack and lunch items such as:
- juice boxes
- crackers
- dried fruit
- other non-perishables.

Already busy Aug. 2? You can still make a difference by donating items for the kids! For more info, please call Sharon Strauss at the Sunshine Pantry between 11 and 2, Monday through Friday:

Sharon Straus, Sunshine Pantry
Phone: 971-506-7827
Website: www.sunshinepantry.org

Sunshine Pantry is a non-profit food pantry offering food, clothing, household items, toys and toiletries for needy families in Beaverton. It is the only local pantry that keeps a kosher freezer and offers kosher foods, in addition to gluten-free and diabetic-friendly fare.

This collaboration between the Melton School and the Sunshine Pantry was created out of a common commitment to education, and a desire to make education accessible to all.

For more info, please contact the Melton office at 503-892-3015 or melton@jewishportland.org.


Don't forget to register!
Registration continues all summer, but there are advantages to early signup.

Core students who register for Year 2 (Dramas and Ethics) before July 15 receive a tuition discount -- $705, or $535 Subsidized.

Graduate students who register sooner rather than later can rest easy knowing their spot is secure in the class(es) of their choice. (For class discounts and other Melton benefits, please ask us about the Alumni Association!)

Just Say KNOW!
Summer Calendar

Have you heard of Melton and always wanted to try a class? Have you been searching for quality adult Jewish education in a pluralistic setting? Then we invite you to try one of our free sample classes this summer! You will get a “taste” of our text-based learning style, meet faculty members and find yourself engaged in the subject matter.

To RSVP, please call (503) 892-3015 or e-mail melton@jewishportland.org. For more information on the Melton school, including schedules and registration material, visit www.meltonportland.org or contact the office.

June 10 “Whose Life Takes Precedence, Yours or Mine?” Taught by Jan Rabinowitch. 11 a.m. at a private home in Clark County. RSVP for information. June 16 “Women in the Bible” Taught by Erica Goldman 7 p.m. at Cedar Sinai 6125 SW Boundary St., PDX 97221 July 12 “Jewish Environmental Ethics” Taught by Jan Rabinowitch 1:30 p.m. at Beit Kayam Jewish Environmental House RSVP for information. Co-sponsored by Tuv Ha’aretz July 19 “Miracles” Taught by Jonathan Emanuel 2:00 p.m. Pool party at a private home. RSVP for information. Bring your kids! We will have a lifeguard so they can swim while the grown-ups learn.

July 21 “Leadership” Taught by Jonathan Emanuel 7:15 p.m. at a private home. RSVP for information. July 28 “Theology of Prayer” Taught by Erica Goldman 7:15 p.m. at Mittleman Jewish Community Center 6651 SW Capitol Hwy, PDX 97219 Aug. 4 “Family Ethics” Taught by Jan Rabinowitch 5:30 p.m. at a private home. RSVP for information. Aug. 11 “Shabbat” Taught by Sylvia Frankel 10 a.m. at Havurah Shalom 825 NW 18th Ave, PDX 97209

Last week, Melton held its eighth annual Celebration of Learning, honoring the graduates of 2009. Download the program below!

We've posted the new, 2009-2010 Melton classes! Take a look at our Two-Year Core Program and the Graduate classes we're offering this year.

Register for your first year before July 15 for reduced tuition!
Register for your second year before June 8 for reduced tuition and honorable mention at this year’s graduation ceremony!
For rates and other information, please download the registration form.

Core Classes Registration Form

Graduate Classes Registration Form

The Florence Melton Adult Mini-School Proudly Invites You To the Eighth Annual

Celebration of Learning

Honoring 2009 Graduates and Others

17th of Sivan 5769
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
7:15 p.m.

Havurah Shalom
825 NW 18th Ave

Featuring:
Rabbi Michael Cahana – “What I Thought I Knew Before I Learned That I Didn’t Know What I Knew”
Rabbi Joshua Stampfer – Text Study

Please RSVP Prior to June 4

(503) 892-3015
melton@jewishportland.org


Dessert will be served.
Download the invitation below!

Featuring Rabbi Cahana, Rabbi Fischer, Rabbi Isaak, Rabbi Spivak, Rabbi Stone, and Rabbi Zuckerman

With special musical guests
Cantor Cahana, Cantor Schiff, Cantor Slader, and Cantor Vitells.



Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 at the door, $36 patron, $10 students and young adults. Contact Melton for more information or to reserve your ticket!

Click here for our Graduate Classes
Melton Classes Begin Again

• September 16, 2008 for Year 1
• September 23, 2008 for Year 2 and Graduate Classes

Experience a Taste of Melton in August
(a sample class from the first year curriculum with one of our Melton teachers and kosher refreshments)

• Sunday, August 3, 10:30 am - 2 pm, Service Picnic @ Cedar-Sinai Park: Melton and Machar are co-sponsoring a service picnic to put our learning and ethics into action! We will be pulling ivy and possibly helping with some planting. As a bonus, Devorah Spilman will lead a Taste of Melton learning session.

  Bring a picnic lunch and gardening gloves if you have them.

  Everyone is welcome! All ages!

  RSVPs are helpful but not required. RSVP to urbanjewspdx@gmail.com.

  
  Co-sponsored by:
  
  Portland Florence Melton Adult Mini School
  
  Machar
  
  Urban Jews PDX
  
  Cedar Sinai
  
• Thursday, August 14 with Sylvia Frankel, 6:30 pm at Hadassah Office in Multnomah Village, 3570 SW Troy St., Portland.

Please RSVP at 503.892.3015 or melton@jewishportland.org

Please see this flyer about a new opportunity to do a very good deed on your own behalf or in honor (or memory) of another as a unique gift. Our Share a Shiur program is a wonderful way to pass on the value of Jewish learning.

We have just become a constituent agency of the Jewish Federation of Portland. As we enter out 10th year in Portland, we have demonstrated the importance and value of our renowned, worldwide, non-denominational mini-school. Because we are part of the fabric of the Jewish community, it seemed appropriate to have a place at the table as plans and policies are considered.