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Shelter In Place (Press Images)

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 …

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OJMCHE Announces the Creation of a Photography Exhibition Fund

Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation Donates $250,000 to Museum Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, OJMCHE, announces the creation of a fund to support on-going photography exhibitions through a gift from the Arnold and Augusta Newman Foundation. The gift of $250,000 will create the Arnold and Augusta Newman Photography Fund and will ensure …

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Work of Renown Portland Sculptor Mel Katz Shown In OJMCHE’s Windows (Press Release)

OJMCHE is taking advantage of the museum’s ground floor windows to give the community an opportunity to experience art from the sidewalk Mel Katz’s father worked as a tailor in New York City’s garment industry. This seemingly small bit of biography illuminates the shapes in Katz’s current exhibition, Wall Sculptures, on view in OJMCHE’s north windows. …

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Southern Rites (Press Images)

In Southern Rites, American photographer Gillian Laub engages her skills as a photographer, storyteller, and visual activist to examine the realities of racism and raise questions that are simultaneously painful and essential to understanding the American consciousness. Through her lens and the voices of her subjects, we encounter that which we do not want to witness, …

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OJMCHE Features Gillian Laub’s Southern Rites (Press Release)

Powerful Photography Exhibition Examines Legacy of Racism in America Gillian Laub’s Southern Rites is a provocative and timely visual study of one community’s struggle to confront longstanding issues of race and inequality. The project began as an exploration of racially segregated proms and homecoming rituals in one community in rural Georgia. Gillian Laub continued to photograph its …

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OJMCHE Announces New Position With the Hiring of Gail Mandel as Deputy Director (Press Release)

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education has expanded its staffing and expertise with the creation of a new position of Deputy Director and the appointment of Gail Mandel. Prior to joining OJMCHE Gail Mandel worked for the Oregon Jewish Community Foundation for eight years, rising to the position of Director of Philanthropy.   “Gail is …

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Holocaust and Genocide Education Bill to be Signed into Law by Governor Brown at OJMCHE (Press Release)

Governor Kate Brown visits the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education, OJMCHE, in downtown Portland on July 15 for the ceremonial signing of Senate Bill 664. The bill will require school districts across Oregon to provide instruction about the Holocaust and genocide in social studies classes, starting in the 2020-21 school year. The …

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Betty LaDuke – EARLY WORK (Press Release)

Betty LaDuke EARLY WORK, presents work from the 1960s with a series of black and white prints celebrating the vibrant street life of the immigrant neighborhoods of New York and an experimental dimensional painting Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education opens an exhibition in the East Gallery of prints by internationally celebrated artist Betty …

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HANS COPER—LESS MEANS MORE (Press Release)

HANS COPER–LESS MEANS MORE presents the sculptural work of Hans Coper (1920-1981), a radical Jewish artist of the mid-twentieth century who was at the vanguard of British studio ceramics. Coper pushed the boundaries of clay and forms of abstraction as seen in the 45 pieces of his work on display.  Guest curated by Sandra Percival, …

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Mel Bochner – ENOUGH SAID (Press Release)

Featuring editioned and unique works from the last decade by acclaimed American Jewish conceptual artist and painter Mel Bochner highlighting his visual exploration of language’s system and meaning Mel Bochner – ENOUGH SAID From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundations brings together a body of recent works, 2007-2018, that challenge audiences …

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