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“In This Sand” Invites Portlanders Into Free Week-Long Workshops for Collective Care and Shared Creativity

Press Release Portland, OR — The Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) will host In This Sand: Seven Days of Collective Care With Cara Levine, a free week-long series of participatory workshops and group experiences, May 18 – 24 in Portland. Through seven events, Levine and the museum invite the public to …

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Rabbi Sharon Brous, one of America’s Most Influential Rabbis, Comes to Portland for a Conversation on Healing

PORTLAND, OR (February 23, 2026) — This March, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) presents The Amen Effect: Rabbi Sharon Brous in Conversation with Adam Davis, an exciting program exploring how ancient Jewish wisdom can help repair today’s broken social fabric. One of the country’s most charismatic and thoughtful Jewish leaders, …

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2026 Portland Jewish Film Festival (Press Release)

Portland Jewish Film Festival 2026 Illuminates Shared Humanity Through Boundary-Breaking Stories PORTLAND, OR (December 18, 2025) – In a moment when the world feels sharply divided, the 2026 Portland Jewish Film Festival invites audiences to gather together and see one another more fully through the power of story. Presented by the Oregon Jewish Museum and …

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Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt Lecture (Press Release)

Eighty-One Years After Liberation: Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt Speaks about Why Remembering Still Matters in the Fight Against Antisemitism PORTLAND, OR (December 8, 2025) – On January 27, 2026, Congregation Beth Israel and the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) present a timely and deeply resonant public lecture by Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, the …

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Cara Levine and Steve Marcus Exhibition Openings (Press Release)

OJMCHE Opens New Exhibitions Showcasing Two Spectacularly Talented Artists PORTLAND, OR (September 16, 2025) – On November 9, 2025, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) unveils two new exhibitions that stand in poignant parallel. Without End: Recent Work on Grief by Cara Levine is rooted in the depths of grief and …

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Berlin Creatives (Press Release)

OJMCHE Hosts Important Dialogue on Holocaust Legacy, Art, and Identity PORTLAND, OR (September 5, 2025) – On Saturday, October 25th, the Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) hosts Jewish Eyes and Words on Berlin: A Conversation with Jason Langer and Andrea Stolowitz — a powerful dialogue confronting the intergenerational imprint of the …

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Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis (Press Release)

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) presents Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis June 8 – October 26, 2025 Berlin: A Jewish Ode to the Metropolis showcases photographs by Portland photographer Jason Langer. The project is deeply personal to Langer, a reconciliation of impressions of the Holocaust that were seeded in …

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Outliers and Outlaw (Press Release)

Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education (OJMCHE) presents Outliers and Outlaws: Stories from the Eugene Lesbian History Project June 8 – October 26, 2025 Outliers and Outlaws showcases the vibrant history of Eugene’s lesbian community from the 1960s through the 1990s. This groundbreaking project, developed through the Eugene Lesbian Oral History Project and …

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