March 2023 - Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education

The Mira and Gustav Berger Collection of Judaica

March 31, 2023

Throughout their lives together, Gustav and Mira Berger collected Jewish ceremonial objects, focusing on silver, glass, copper tin, parchment, and fine art. The collection offers an impressive visual history of mainly European makers of ceremonial Judaica. The Bergers bequeathed their ceremonial Judaica collection to the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education in 1993. Mira Berger …

OJMCHE’s Traveling Exhibition: Upon thy Gates, the Elaine and Norman Winik Collection

March 30, 2023

by Susan Danielson Upon thy Gates, the Elaine and Norman Winik Collection, the first traveling exhibit of Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, is on view until April 23, 2023, at The Museum at Eldridge Street in New York City. In keeping with the commitment to share the museum’s growing collections with a …

OJMCHE Named Finalist for 2023 IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Service (Press Release)

March 29, 2023

Portland, Ore.—The Institute of Museum and Library Services announced today that Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, OJMCHE, is among 30 finalists for the 2023 National Medal for Museum and Library Service. OJMCHE is the only institution in Oregon to be selected as a finalist for this award. The National Medal is the …

News From OJMCHE’s Board President: Judy Margles will retire at the end of 2023

March 20, 2023

Jeff Mazer, OJMCHE Board President, announced that Executive Director Judy Margles will retire at the end of 2023. He added, “Judy’s contribution to our community’s understanding of its past and its commitment to a better future cannot be overstated. For the last 24 years, she has been a guiding force in the evolution of OJMCHE …