CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUTURE: ADVANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATION

As Oregon’s only museum focused on educating the general public about immigration, discrimination, and persecution—including, of course, the lessons of the Holocaust—OJMCHE connects the painful past to the relevant present. Now the museum has the opportunity to deepen our mission.

On July 1, 2022, Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education acquired the adjacent 1000 square foot gallery space on NW 8th Avenue to present a new core exhibition: Human Rights After the Holocaust.

We invite you to join us now in a fundraising campaign to support the museum expansion and the development of this powerful new exhibition. Education provides an essential tool to confront the challenges of our times. To date we have raised two-thirds of our campaign goal of $1,790,000 through individual gifts, foundation giving, and grants.

SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FUTURE

OJMCHE is grateful for the support of our community and will be including gifts in our Campaign for the Future donor list. If you would like your gift to be anonymous, contact campaign@ojmche.org.

OJMCHE is working with Deca Architecture Inc. and Emerick Construction to integrate the new gallery within the existing museum. This video provides a glimpse of what the finished space will look like.

A focus on human rights and civil rights helps audiences to think critically, encourage empathy and take steps towards combating racism. We are proud to have the support of visionary community members and foundations and hope you will join us in this powerful moment to position the museum with a new focus on human rights and civil rights. In this way we join other museums nationally and internationally on a platform of exploration, history, identity, and achievement – from the stories of our own community to the world stage.

If you would like a tour of the building or have any other questions, please email campaign@ojmche.org. Along with giving opportunities at all levels, the Campaign for the Future includes naming opportunities in the new Advancing Human Rights and Civil Rights Education gallery.

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS DONORS TO DATE

As of June 1, 2023

We appreciate every gift to the campaign and have endeavored to confirm the accuracy of all names. In the event of an error or omission, please contact the museum.

* Contribution was made partially or entirely through a philanthropic fund at the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation.

$250,000+
The Kryszek Family, in memory of Jacob and Sala Kryszek, survivors of the Holocaust*
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
John Shipley z”l
State of Oregon – Community Resource Economic Fund (CREF)
Jay and Diane Zidell Charitable Foundation

$100,000+
Prosper Portland – Community Livability Grant
Madelle and Stanley Rosenfeld

$75,000+
Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund

$50,000+
Nathan Cogan*
Gayle and Jerry Marger
Ruth Roth

$20,000+
Lisa Kaner and Peter Glade
Randy Katz and Peter Wigmore
Beth Kaye, in memory of her parents Sivia and Bernard Kaye
Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation
Gloria Borg Olds and Michael Olds
Diane and David Rosencrantz*
Roundhouse Foundation

$10,000+
Anonymous
Brooke Buxbaum z”l
Alyce Flitcraft and Richard Solomon
Yvonne Meekoms Gionet and Leonard Gionet
Doug Goodman
Renee Holzman
Lesley Isenstein and Steve Laveson*
A. Killough Foundation, in honor of Heather Killough and in memory of Ron Killough
Nancy Hoffman LeVant and Howard LeVant
Liz and David Lippoff
Rosalyn Menashe
Toinette and Victor Menashe
Tim O’Malley
Deborah Pollack and Barry Pelzner
Steve Reinisch
Jill and Rick Rubinstein
Lois Schnitzer*

$5000+
Monica and Carlos Camin
Carol Danish
Lora Meyer*
Selene and Chuck Robinowitz
Rosemarie Rosenfeld
Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.
Jonathan Singer*
Ed Tonkin and Michele Poli
The Trio Foundation
Zera Foundation

$2500+
Jean Cohen
Nadine Gartner and Benjamin Olds
Lesley and Bob Glasgow
Jeffrey Kleinman
Garry Maffei
Bonnie and Peter Reagan

$1000+
Anonymous
Barbara Atlas and Brian Suher
Melanie and Jack Birnbach
Ruth and Gerald Cohen, in memory of the legacy of Sarah Cohen-Doherty and her passion for social justice
Marilyn and Rick Gilbert
Ruth Greenstein
Deborah Herzberg
Judy Margles and Steve Wasserstrom
Fran Matson, in memory of Benjamin and Alta Weinberg
Sue Porter
Naomi Kaufman Price
Diane and Herbert Rankin
Steve Reinisch, in honor of Elizabeth Menashe, Rosalyn Menashe, and Toinette and Victor Menashe
Eve and Alan Rosenfeld*
Bunny and Jerry Sadis
Barbara and Jack Schwartz
Martha Soltesz
Ira Wagner
Melinda and Lee Weinstein
Zenith Tzedakah Fund*

$500+
Eva Aigner
Lindy and Benjamin Ariff
Carol and Seymour Chestler
Elaine and Arnold Cogan
Nikki and Stuart Director*
Sean Flynn, in memory of John Shipley
Barbara and David Ginsberg
Michelle and Steve Gradow*
Miriam Hecht and Ivan Zackheim
Maraline and Alec Karty
Allison and Jason Kaufman
Ellen and Peter Klein
Gail Mandel and Steve Klein
Linda and Ken Mantel
Debbi and Alan Montrose*
Linda Nussbaum
Phyllis and Warren Oster
Jane and Michael Rice
Madelle and Stanley Rosenfeld, in honor of Steve Reinisch
The Sapoznikow Family
Gail Schwartz and Irwin Joseph
Linda and Jon Twichell
Candice Director Walker and William Walker
Idelle Weinstein

$250+
Anonymous
Becca Biggs and Steve Rosenberg, in memory of Bernie and Sara Rosenberg
Sarah and Marc Blattner
Arlene and Mitchell Cogan*
Kathleen Davis-Weiner and Michael Weiner
Julia Dolan
Bruce Guenther and Eduardo A. Vides
Marsha Gulick
Erica Jensen and David Gruber
Nancy and Joe Hertzberg
Daniel Kempler
Ann and Jeff Marks
Linda Monk
Alicia Plotzker, in honor of Richard Plotzker
Lisa Rackner and Rabbi Joseph Wolf
Davia and Ted Rubenstein
Julie Sheppard
Susan and Bruce Winthrop
Michael Zusman

$100+
Evelyn Banko
Carol and Ron Berger
Ora Botwinick and Bruce Goldberg
Patty and Bob Chestler, in honor of Carol and Seymour Chestler
Barbara Jayne Edelson, in honor of Lois Schnitzer
Miriam Epstein
Karen Erde
Elaine and Richard Friedmar
Morris Galen
Susan and Seth Garber
Hannah Golub
Ava and Charlie Hoover
Kimberly Jensen and Todd Jarvis
Jan and Steve Katz
Sue Katz
Wendy Katz
Janice Kettler
Donna and Bill Krauthoefer
Hank Langfus
Joyce Loeb, in memory of Ruben Menashe and Jim Winkler
Marki Maizels
Molly Rosenfeld Mdaka
Dana and Jeffrey Melnick
Sylvia and Gary Pearlman
Susan and Stanley Penkin
Niki and Dale Pope
Sasha Reich and Aaron Pearlman
Betty and Jacob Reiss
Tia and Ryan Ribary
Alison and Justin Rosenfeld
Judith Ruben
Virginia and Barry Russell
Anne and John Schulz
Manya Shapiro
Ariel Shattan and Philip Jansen
The Sisters Siegman
Rosemary Stafford
Barbara Steinfeld
Naomi Strauss
Mark Takiguchi, in memory of Sylvia and Jacob Schlitt
Sharyl and Rick Vagy
Ann Waldman
Vivian and Howard Wasserteil
Beth and Marcos Wright-Kuhns

Under $100
Anonymous
Susan Abrams
Nancy Ballance
Marguerite Ballard
Carol Baumann and Larry Duckwall
Ellen Beier
Emily Benoit
Kathy and Andrew Blaustein
Deborah Brandt
Pam and Mike Busman
Elaine Coughlin and Jonathon Lietz, in honor of Emiko and Craig Coughlin
Geri Cullers
Susan Danielson, in memory of Louis Steinberg
Selma Duckler
Lisa and David Ellenberg
Inge Hoogerhuis
Kohya Kato
Dena Kaufman*
Robert Mullen
Debbi Nadell
Carol Tova Newman
Laureen Nussbaum
Mary and Richard Peizner
Deborah Popper
Paula Pumphrey
Bonnie and Isaac Quintero
Judy Swatosh
Eric Alan Swehla
Robin Tovey
Roz and Roy Tucker
Martin Westerman