Yesterday our community lost a true woman of valor. Alice Turtledove Meyer was a native Oregonian, born and raised in Portland. She lived a life of community building and fierce activism. Numerous organizations benefited from her tireless and dedicated volunteerism. Perhaps – and unequivocally from our vantage point – Alice’s crowning achievement began in 1989 …
Read MoreOJMCHE is pleased to announce the establishment of the Gail Schwartz and Irwin Joseph Family Fund for Holocaust Education in Memory of Ardine Spira and in Honor of Vicki and Charles Spira. “This type of financial support is crucial as we continue to fulfill our mission of the Oregon (not Portland) Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education,” …
Read MoreBy Susan Danielson OJMCHE’s new Education Manager is Adriana Reynoso. Adriana joined the museum this spring and brings to this position a wealth of experience: commitment to Holocaust Education, fluency in at least 3 languages, and organizational and digital skills. After graduating from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, she first considered classroom …
Read MoreJudy Chicago (b. 1939) stands as one of the most important artists to emerge from the feminist movement in the United States. Her work as an artist, writer, and educator pioneered a revolution in the teaching of art, broke new ground in writing about the concerns and process of the artist and forged an essential …
Read MorePlease Help Me as I Join a Mission to Poland to Help Ukrainian Refugees Rabbi Michael Z. Cahana Like you, my heart has been breaking as we watch videos and news reports from Ukraine. As their country is under attack from the military of Putin’s Russia, the Ukrainian people have shown remarkable courage, conviction, and …
Read MoreThis week’s resource highlight is all about books. Each year books are added and removed from curriculums for a variety of reasons. Last month, the McMinn County Board of Education in Tennessee voted to remove the book Maus by Art Spiegelman from their eighth grade ELA curriculum. I’m not going to discuss in depth the …
Read MoreThis week we highlight OJMCHE’s digital experiences. You know that book, song, piece of artwork, etc that every time you look at or listen to you notice something new or interesting? That’s how I think about our digital experiences. They are resources you can come back to and examine through a new lens. Our digital …
Read MoreThis week, we feature OJMCHE’s virtual tour of the Oregon Holocaust Memorial. Released in January 2021, the virtual tour includes opportunities to interact with the Memorial and stimulate thought provoking conversations around the following essential questions: Why is it important to remember the past? What are the consequences of not remembering? What are some reasons …
Read MoreThe Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education is excited to once again collaborate with the Weekend in Quest Committee to present this year’s program featuring Sasha Senderovich, assistant professor in the department of Slavic Languages and Literatures and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, and a faculty member at the Strom …
Read Moreby Debra Shein In May of 2019, with the passage of Oregon Senate Bill 664 directing schools to provide instruction about the Holocaust and genocide, a new chapter began in the life of the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE). The broad mandate has given the museum the tools to greatly extend …
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