September 2020 - Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

Multimedia exhibition Shelter in Place

September 23, 2020

Media Release September 18, 2020 Shelter in Place, Rain or Shine Outdoor Opening, October 1, 4-6pm, brief remarks at 5pm High res images available here Media contact: Rebecca Biggs, Communications Manager, 503-226-3600, bbiggs@ojmche.org Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, 724 NW Davis Street, Portland Installation viewable from the exterior of OJMCHE both during …

PDXFoodFriday Wrap Up

September 23, 2020

For the past 12 weeks, various local organizations have come together and shared recipes that represent or connect with a variety of cultures, ethnicities, or communities. For our last #PDXFoodFriday, we thought we’d look back at all of the amazing food that was posted ask, which recipes were new to you? Which one(s) did you …

Shelter In Place (Press Images)

September 16, 2020

Shelter in Place, which in its entirety is viewable from the sidewalk surrounding the museum, is a film, photography, and dance-based interrogation of the social tenets of Sukkot—departing and dwelling, expressing and atoning, striking and shaking. A Black Jewish response to histories of oppression, McKinney’s Shelter in Place is an inquiry into social isolation and the physical and emotional effects of …